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• A Watch Designer Devises a 190 MPH Concept Car—and a Timepiece for Its Driver

  22-12-2016 22:00
  
  Bruno Belamich’s putative AeroGT is a captivating vehicle, and a remarkably complex design environment for a watch
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• Popular mobile game 'Pokemon Go' lands on Apple Watch

  22-12-2016 21:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - The popular mobile game "Pokemon Go" is now available on the Apple Watch, squashing rumours that the game's maker was scrapping such plans.The game involves catching digital pocket monsters in an augmented-reality version of your surroundings. The Apple Watch version will let you...
  
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• Petri dish to plate: Food innovators consider range of protein options

  22-12-2016 21:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - If you think $30 for a juicy kobe beef burger is expensive, the price tag on a patty cooked in London three years ago would have you reeling.In 2013, a burger created from stem cells taken from a cow and cultured in a petri dish was served up at a cost of about C$415,000 (250,000
  
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• Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani dies at 66

  22-12-2016 20:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MILAN - Vogue Italia editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani, who championed Italian fashion in the magazine she ran for 28 years, has died at the age of 66.Thursday's online version of Vogue Italia remembered Sozzani with a simple red heart next to her name. The Italian news agency ANSA said she died
  
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• How To Remove Dull Blade From Box Cutter?

  22-12-2016 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I never asked myself how is the safest way to remove a dull blade from a disposable box cutter, because I just did. Mostly by pressing it against a hard surface. And I guess I can call myself lucky since I didn’t slice my eye open yet.How To Remove Dull Blade From Box Cutter?
  So I never realized or someone told me that the cutter itself has a solution for it without harming yourself or others. So go ahead and watch the video below and please do answer the pull question within the video (li
  
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• Toy sellers and makers offer more options for autistic kids

  22-12-2016 19:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Toy stores, with bright lights, loud sounds and crowded aisles, can be hard to manage for children with autism or other sensory issues. For parents, finding toys that match their kids' skill sets and will hold their attention can be a process of trial and error. Big toy sellers and
  
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• Franca Sozzani, editor in chief of Vogue Italia, dies aged 66

  22-12-2016 19:22
  
  At the helm of Vogue Italia for almost 30 years, she was one of the most powerful and groundbreaking journalists in the fashion industryFranca Sozzani, the editor-in-chief of Italian Vogue, has died after a year-long illness. While she might not have been a global household name like her US counterpart and friend Anna Wintour, she was undoubtedly a giant of Italian fashion. The industry has responded accordingly. In a tribute published on the American Vogue website, Wintour describes her as &ldq
  
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• Enchanting Jewels with a Touch of Winter Magic

  22-12-2016 19:00
  
  Jewelry expert Katerina Perez highlights four designs that cast a mesmerizing spell…Katerina Perez
  
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• Put Your Sponge To Bed

  22-12-2016 18:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  After a full day of cleaning dishes your little helper needs a place to rest as well. So do please consider to put your sponge to bed. But then you come to think of it, this bed looks like someone else will sleep in it and the sponge is getting used as a mattress. It’s probably the bacteria all snuggled up and enjoying a good night of sleep.
  Put Your Sponge To Bed
  And besides sleep the bacteria is probably very busy with other activities in case the sponge is moist and stored in a warm env
  
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• Anthony Bourdain has 'contempt' for Trump hotel restaurateur

  22-12-2016 18:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - A restaurant in President-elect Donald Trump's Washington hotel will remain "Parts Unknown" to celebrity chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain.Bourdain tells foodie-focused website, Eater , that he will never eat in restaurateur Alessandro Borgognone's new sushi restaurant at Trump's
  
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• Drink: forget claret, champagne and port – there are interesting Christmas alternatives

  22-12-2016 18:00
  
  Our drinks writer draws up her alternative festive planBy the time you read this, we’ll have endured 54 days of full-on festive hype since the Christmas promotions kicked off the day after Halloween. And I, for one, have had enough. If I have to hear – or write – about another claret or châteauneuf that’s perfect for the turkey, I’m going to give up the day job. So here, for fellow grumps and Scrooges, is an alternative Xmas (or alt-xmas, as I&n
  
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• 'Silent strokes' leave traces on brain, up risk for full-blown stroke, dementia

  22-12-2016 17:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Peter Chaban was up early doing dishes one morning in 2012 when he noticed there was water flowing over his hand — but he couldn't feel it. Next thing he knew, he lost all sensation and strength on his left side and dropped to floor. Within seconds he was lying there completely...
  
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• Festive take on risotto creates special New Year's Eve dish

  22-12-2016 17:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Even though risotto is a simple rice dish, I associate it with special occasions.A northern Italian rice dish cooked in broth to a creamy consistency, risotto is most often served as a first course. But in the U.S., we serve it as a side or a main course.It most always includes butter, onions
  
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• RobbReport.com’s Most Popular Aviation Stories of 2016

  22-12-2016 17:00
  
  Your one-stop shop for the business jets, private helicopters, and industry news that captivated our readers…Compiled by John Lyon
  
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• Historic Spanish Bar’s Return to Former Glory

  22-12-2016 17:00
  
  The Bar Virgen Del Carmen in Santa Pola, Spain, dates all the way back to 1860. What started as a repair to the filtration system quickly turned into a full building rehabilitation by Estudio Arn Arquitectos.When work began it was discovered that, over the decades, layers and layers of repairs, additions, modifications and removals had altered the building so completely as to be unrecognizable from the original condition. The external walls were covered by layers of mortar and dif
  
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• Spain's 'El Gordo' lottery sparks celebrations across Madrid

  22-12-2016 16:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MADRID - Workers at a home for the elderly were among those celebrating Thursday in Madrid after all the tickets with the top prize-winning number in Spain's 2.3 billion-euro ($2.4 billion) Christmas lottery were sold in one city neighbourhood.The number 66513 appeared on 1,650 tickets in the...
  
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• Rose Evansky obituary

  22-12-2016 15:35
  
  Hair stylist who introduced new blow-dry techniques at her salon in MayfairRose Evansky, who has died aged 94, was from the early 1950s to the mid-60s the only woman with a major salon in Mayfair, London, and was a pioneer in the use of the hand-held blow dryer. She regarded her work as a personal service, rather than a vehicle to promote herself. Evansky empathised with her customers, since she knew just how much grooming cost in time and money, especially for women whose hair had natural kinks
  
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• UK's Queen Elizabeth, 90, starts Christmas holiday after illness delay

  22-12-2016 15:33
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth, 90, and her husband Prince Philip, 95, left Buckingham Palace by helicopter on Thursday, going ahead with their Christmas travel plans following a day's...
  
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• Spain's socialists cheer at last: they win El Gordo lottery

  22-12-2016 14:36
  
  MADRID (Reuters) - Staff from the Madrid headquarters of Spain's PSOE socialist party were among the top winners on Thursday of El Gordo, the world's biggest lottery jackpot with prizes totaling 2.31...
  
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• List of 195 Christmas Themed Movies

  22-12-2016 12:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Wondering what to watch over the holidays? Then check out this Criticker list of 195 Christmas themed movies. And the best thing is if you’re an actual user of that site you could order those movies by your PSI (Probable Score Index) which would list the movies by what movies Criticker think you would like most.
  Christmas Themed Movies List
  Just in case you’re not familiar with Criticker, it’s an independent movie and TV series recommendation engine. You rank couple of movies f
  
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• In Bruges, unwind amid the calm of an almshouse garden

  22-12-2016 12:00
  
  Many of Bruges’s 44 almshouses have hidden gardens, which are ideal spaces for contemplating its historic atmosphere. This is one of the bestSometimes, even in a city as beautiful as Bruges, the canal cruises, the carriage rides and the Flemish primitive paintings will begin to pall, and the 300-plus types of beer lose their appeal. To get off the tourist circuit and soak up something of the authentic, historic atmosphere, go to one of the hidden gardens of the city’s Godshuizen or a
  
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• Shake It Like It’s Hot: Maraca Cocktail Shaker

  22-12-2016 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Product design like this of the maraca cocktail shaker just makes me happy and puts a smile on my face. You definitlye have to get two of those and when filled with crushed ice it sounds like the real thing and you even could join a maraca band and reward yourself not just with one but two cocktails after a long night of shaking your little cocktail shaking instruments.Shake It Like It’s Hot
  And on top of the charming sound it can make, it also has a strainer. So when you’re ready to
  
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• Panto dames come out to cheer Britain after a tumultuous 2016

  22-12-2016 11:26
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Roy Hudd cakes on the make-up, squeezes into his super-size bra and baby-blue slip dress, then heads out on stage to entertain a packed house of Londoners in need of a laugh at the...
  
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• 2016: the year that Vogue went rogue

  22-12-2016 11:01
  
  This was the year that Vogue launched its documentary, put a Royal and a plus-sized model on the cover, turned 100 and its US sister publically backed Hillary. All in all, it was a big year for the fashion bibleYou could not have predicted, looking at the January 2016 issue of British Vogue, that this was the dawn of most tumultuous year in its century-long history. Gigi Hadid smiled out from her first cover, wholesomely covered-up in a weather-appropriate Breton-striped knit and classic black l
  
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• Schadenfreude: Send This To Someone With Vertigo

  22-12-2016 10:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Know someone with vertigo? Why not send the video below to that lucky one. That person might be cured from vertigo after watching it or just throw up. And maybe even throw up on you to pay back for your evil prank.
  Schadenfreude is the best kind of Freude
  We climbed the spiral staircase of the bell tower of the Iglesia de Santa Catalina in Valencia. And I’m normally not being affected by vertigo but looking up or down that spiral staircase gets a bit uncomfortable. But after the climb you
  
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• Which programs should I install when setting up Windows 10?

  22-12-2016 10:42
  
  Stuart is getting his daughter a Windows 10 laptop for Christmas, and would like some advice on setting it upMy daughter has asked for a Windows laptop for Christmas, for schoolwork and games. I used to follow the same procedure when setting up a PC for the first time: I’d install AVG anti-virus, Zone Alarm, CCleaner, Spybot Search and Destroy etc. I’m a Mac user and haven’t set up a Windows machine for many years so I’d appreciate any advice … except “get he
  
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• Killer comebacks to win every Christmas family argument – from Brexit to Bowie

  22-12-2016 10:00
  
  It’s the most wonderful time of the year, struggling to eat sprouts while spouting ONS immigration figures to defeat an undiplomatic uncle. Here’s how to have the last word
  For many of us, Christmas is a time when we’re forced to leave our cosseted liberal-elite filter bubble of identity politics and small-batch quinoa snackpots and plunge back into the dark heart of Brexit. Spending time with your family – especially when your family doesn’t share your progressive
  
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• The 12 Whiskeys of Christmas: Day 11

  22-12-2016 09:00
  
  Woodford Reserve Brandy Cask Finish.
  This year, we’re filling the 12 days before Christmas with the best whiskeys on our wish lists… Richard Carleton Hacker
  
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• Help, my turkey won’t fit! Quick fixes for Christmas dinner disasters

  22-12-2016 09:00
  
  Avoid common festive disasters with our crisis management tip sheet: stock up on cream and ice, get a decent stick blender and plenty of boozeIt’s true what they say, Christmas dinner is nothing but a big Sunday roast. What we so-called experts don’t add, however – lest you all decide to bin the turkey and go to the pub instead – is that it’s a Sunday roast where everyone is either half-cut or high on sugar, various relatives aren’t on speaking terms and
  
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• Window company was a real pane when it didn’t turn up but charged a fee

  22-12-2016 08:00
  
  I thought Emergency Response Group had lost interest in the job – then it billed me for £54Urgently needing some new glass for windows in my house, I Googled local window companies, and found one called Emergency Response Group. I gave the measurements and it quoted me £400 to replace six windows. I agreed as I needed the work doing fast. It took my card details, which would be charged once the windows were replaced.Continue reading...
  
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• Should we dip into our savings to reduce our mortgage?

  22-12-2016 08:00
  
  We need to remortgage in a few months and wonder if it’s best to lower the amount we need to borrowQ We are looking to move up the housing ladder and have managed to save £60,000. However, we are struggling to find a house we like so it may be another year or two before we move. The issue is that we are coming out of our five-year fixed rate on our current mortgage in April and all the numbers suggest that it would be better to remortgage than stay on the lender’s standard rate
  
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• In Israel, an oily Hanukkah treat outlasts a health campaign

  22-12-2016 07:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  JERUSALEM - Israelis are finding a new campaign by their crusading health minister hard to swallow: in the name of proper nutrition, he has gone on the warpath against the nation's beloved Hanukkah tradition of gorging on sugar-laden, deep-fried, jam-filled doughnuts.As head of a powerful...
  
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• Readers' favourite travel discoveries of 2016

  22-12-2016 07:30
  
  The unexpected finds you stumble across on a holiday are often the most memorable. This week’s selection of readers’ travel tips features less heralded places, from Borneo to Mexico, via GloucestershireDeep in the cool Paphos forest, we found the 17km Venetian Bridges nature trail. Built in the 16th and 17th centuries, the three bridges were part of the old camel trail along which copper was transported to the ports. The whole route takes six to eight hours to walk, but we did one se
  
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• The grief of losing a pet is traumatic and universal. So why don't we talk about it? | Eliza Henry-Jones

  22-12-2016 00:11
  
  Animals are accepted as part of the family but there is an overwhelming perception that mourning their loss is not truly valid. That needs to changeThree weeks ago, I euthanised my 27-year-old horse, Cheque. We’d been together since I was 14 and he was – and remains – my special horse: the one I would ride anywhere and trust with anyone; the one whose moods I could read with a glance. I miss seeing him in my paddock; I miss kissing his nose and how he ate his apples, one tiny b
  
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• The Gulfstream G600 Jet Passes First Flight with Flying Colors

  22-12-2016 00:00
  
  Gulfstream G600 completed its first test flight, having successfully taken off and touched down at Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport in Savannah, Ga.The aircraft has a range of up to 7,135 miles and a cruising speed of Mach .85…Viju Mathew
  
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