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• Dana Woldow, crusader for healthy school lunches, dies at 65

  16-04-2017 23:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Dana Woldow, who drew national attention when she began a fight to rid California schools of junk food, has died. She was 65.Woldow died Monday in her San Francisco home. She had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.A mother of three and school volunteer, Woldow was horrified...
  
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• Inside Oberoi’s Stunning New Himalayan Spa

  16-04-2017 21:00
  
  The new Oberoi Sukhvilās Resort & Spa takes wellness to luxurious new levels…Margot Bigg
  
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• Inside Oberoi’s Stunning New Himalayan Resort

  16-04-2017 21:00
  
  The new Oberoi Sukhvilās Resort & Spa takes wellness to luxurious new levels…Margot Bigg
  
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• Vintage-Inspired Clothing and Accessories to Make Your Wardrobe Feel New Again

  16-04-2017 20:00
  
  Six designs from Gucci, Ben Sherman, Zenith, and more that prove what’s old is new again…Phoebe Neuman
  
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• Meet the woman behind the White House Easter Egg Roll

  16-04-2017 19:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd auditioned for the job of White House social secretary and may not have known it.The veteran event planner's creativity and handicraft were prominently on display at President Donald Trump's inaugural luncheon at the Capitol, the fifth one she has worked...
  
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• How to run a marathon – and why London's is the world’s best

  16-04-2017 17:00
  
  Reaching the 26.2-mile finishing line takes months of tough, lonely work – and, yes, a ton of carbs. Here is an essential how-to guide from a seasoned veteranOn Sunday morning, thousands of people will undergo a ritual familiar to anyone who has run the London Marathon. The extremely early wake-up call after a fitful night’s sleep. The enormous breakfast bowl of porridge, or multiple slices of toast, to store energy for what lies ahead. Vaseline smeared on the nipples, inner arms and
  
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• Toronto homeowners cash out of hot real estate market as uncertainty sets in

  16-04-2017 15:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - Sarah Blakely recalls feeling some trepidation when she and her husband shelled out more than $300,000 for a modest 1 1/2-storey house in a less-desirable part of Toronto.Seven years later, they found themselves on the right side of a hot housing market, with values tripling in a...
  
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• Supreme Court, with Gorsuch, set to hear church-state case

  16-04-2017 14:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - Justice Neil Gorsuch's first week on the Supreme Court bench features an important case about the separation of church and state that has its roots on a Midwestern church playground. The outcome could make it easier to use state money to pay for private, religious schooling in many
  
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• Berliners get an appetite for refugees’ cuisine

  16-04-2017 12:00
  
  Restaurant and cooking groups whose food is served by refugees are part of projects in Berlin using meals to build bridges between Berliners and recent immigrantsLunchtime on a weekday at Alagami restaurant, in Berlin’s Neukölln district, is busy as usual. Waiters buzz around serving plastic plates brimming with orange-tinted saffron chicken pilaf, tabbouleh and hummus, and tall glasses of labnah yoghurt drink. Outside, a hijab-clad little girl zips past on her e-skateboard. The only
  
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• If the suit fits: French presidential hopefuls hone branding

  16-04-2017 11:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PARIS - Do voters judge a book by its cover? France's presidential candidates certainly think they do, and more than ever are trying to get their political message across through their wardrobes.With unemployment and economic woes topping voter concerns ahead of France's two-round April 23-May...
  
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• YouTube Copyright Counter Notice – What Now?

  16-04-2017 11:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Let’s assume you’re a small video content creator and you publish these videos to Youtube to make some money with advertisement and obviously to go viral. After some time you do manage to get couple of videos viewed over a million times. Good for you and hey you see some money come in.
  But one day you notice this related video on the sidebar while viewing one of those viral videos of yours. WTF? Someone took your video to re-upload or even worse made a compilation video out of it.
  Go
  
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• Forever Alone Chair

  16-04-2017 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Who wants to sit in a crowd when you only want some peace from this world. Nobody will come near you while you sit in the forever alone chair, NOBODY! Not even mosquitoes. Not even them.
  Bring this chair to a concert = you’re alone. Bring this chair to the pool = forever alone. Sleep while sitting in this chair = forever alone.
  And if you’re looking for a version for two people of this chair, it won’t exist because it’s called a tent and you can whatever you have to do in
  
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• sweet potato eggs benedict, rhubarb fool and a cuppa | The modern cook

  16-04-2017 08:00
  
  Breakfast in bed may be a distant fantasy for many parents, but should the occasion arise then a rhubarb fool paired with a sweet potato eggs benedict – and a nice cup of tea, of course – is just the way to start the day on the right footBreakfast in bed can split opinion: for some, the piles of crumbs on the duvet is just too much; for others, like me, it’s a treat. With a few more days to play with this weekend, I’d say the chances of a breakfast in bed are peaking for
  
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• The eco guide to bike-sharing

  16-04-2017 07:00
  
  Cycling has the power to transform urban transport. But access to bikes is key to getting more of us on to two wheelsImagine the huge improvement in air quality if we shifted to pedal power. In Groningen, in the Netherlands, almost two-thirds of trips are made by bike, making it one of the most cycle-friendly cities in the world. It’s no accident that the Dutch city also has great air quality. The UK manages a meagre 2% cycling rate overall. And we all know about the air quality here.If, b
  
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• My in-laws won’t stop giving our daughter chocolate

  16-04-2017 07:00
  
  A reader asks if they should cancel an Easter visit to the grandparents, but Mariella Frostrup suggests their child’s weight issue should not be viewed in the context of one weekendThe dilemma We were planning to visit my mother-in-law with our two young children over Easter. We asked her to be careful not to give our six-year-old daughter too much chocolate as she is overweight. She was furious. She said that we were controlling and always expect the rest of the family to pander to our de
  
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• Map the smells of your day. It will be heady with truths

  16-04-2017 07:00
  
  Cities – and the route you plot through them – have distinctive smells. Spend a day mapping them and you’ll find them powerfully evocative, but not always of the obvious thingsSince I read about “smell maps” of cities, my nose has been on high alert, like a dog at an airport. A designer named Kate McLean wants to record this fleeting information in order to see how cities change; she worries that, with all the air fresheners and bleach, cities today are “in da
  
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• Food that looks good enough to… Instagram

  16-04-2017 07:00
  
  From honeycomb doughnuts to Taiwanese bao buns, some dishes are perfect for social media. But do chefs make them just to create a buzz?On the website for Temper, chef Neil Rankin’s loud and smoky barbecue restaurant in Soho, are lots of hashtags and emojis: “#moneyshot” and “#banging” caption a picture of their glistening Sunday roast beef, along with the heart-eyes emoji. “Wood, smoke, fire, meat. We got it all,” they purr. “#hotstuff #werereadyfo
  
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• Box-E, Bristol: restaurant review

  16-04-2017 07:00
  
  An old shipping container is now home to a small but perfectly formed Bristol restaurantBox-E, Unit 10, Cargo 1, Wapping Wharf, Bristol BS1 6WP. Meal for two, including drinks and service: £85 To understand Box-E in Bristol it’s worth knowing a little about the recent history of globalisation. From the late 90s onwards Middle America became the recipient of increasing volumes of cheap consumer goods, transported by sea from China to Long Beach, California, and then onwards by rail in
  
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• Great wines for an Easter feast | David Williams

  16-04-2017 06:59
  
  Easter is one of the high points of the Italian culinary year and the River Café’s Joe Trivelli knows just what he’ll be cooking. Here are three wines to enjoy with his dishes or on their ownAldi Montepulciano, Abruzzo, Italy 2015 (£3.99, Aldi) Whether you use lamb or kid, Joseph Trivelli’s Easter roast will have a lightly gamey pungency but also, thanks to the lemon, pickled rosemary, fennel and oregano, a certain citrussy herbiness to the juices. So if the meat c
  
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• As millions watch via webcam, giraffe gives birth in NY zoo

  16-04-2017 05:19
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - After weeks of suspense, April the giraffe finally gave birth on Saturday to a baby boy, delighting of hundreds of thousands of people who have been monitoring a live cam feed...
  
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• How to make tea: follow my PG tips… | Barbara Ellen

  16-04-2017 01:08
  
  A master brewer will certainly have no truck with a microwaveA while ago, there was a flurry of national panic and indignation when DI Hardy, David Tennant’s character in Broadchurch, put his cup of tea in the microwave. Now an Australian scientist has proved that this could be the best method of tea-making, as it releases flavour, theanine, caffeine and antioxidant compounds in the healthiest way.With due respect to Australians (their input is always welcome), this was a British disaster
  
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• The Robb Report Luxury Guide to Bermuda

  16-04-2017 00:00
  
  20 reasons to love Bermuda, from the America’s Cup to Bermuda shorts…Laurie Werner
  
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