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• Walmart.com teams up with upscale Lord and Taylor

  13-11-2017 23:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Walmart will devote a section on its website to upscale Lord & Taylor, the latest strategic partnership as retailers make alliances.The initiative announced Monday will start next ......
  
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• Half of US adults have high blood pressure in new guidelines

  13-11-2017 22:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  ANAHEIM, Calif. - New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults.High ...
  
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• 'Canada needs a better approach:' Health groups want alternatives to opioids

  13-11-2017 22:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CALGARY - An interim report released at a pain management conference suggests the best way to cut down on opioid addiction is to not prescribe the drugs in the first ...
  
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• Decorating With Color: Shop Plum and Wine Decorating Ideas for a Cozy Nest

  13-11-2017 22:10
  We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page.The latest rich hues of plums, wines and berries are a vibrant way to warm up your neutral space for the holidays. Image: Whiteline DesignsShop a similar look: Throw Pillows | RugPlum or wine has many names — aubergine, currant, merlot, deep cranberry, burgundy, eggplant, berry and plum spice. The latest fashionable version is a combo of the darker, tradition
  
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• Talk about vintage: Pottery shards show 8,000-year-old wine

  13-11-2017 21:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Pieces of broken pottery in the nation of Georgia provide the earliest known evidence for the origins of today's winemaking industry.The eight shards were found to be ...
  
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• Amid complaints, Quebec town forbids nudity in pool locker rooms

  13-11-2017 20:57 via winnipegfreepress.com
  A Montreal-area town has decided to forbid all nudity in the locker rooms of its municipal pools — a level of discretion that has one man wondering if it doesn't ......
  
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• Is your own MD best in the hospital? Study eyes hospitalists

  13-11-2017 19:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CHICAGO - The old-fashioned, family doctor style of medicine could be lifesaving for elderly hospitalized patients, a big study suggests, showing benefits over a rapidly expanding alternative that has hospital-based ...
  
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• UK Scrabble group bans star player for breaking tile rule

  13-11-2017 18:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LONDON - The Association of British Scrabble players banned one of its star players for three years after an independent investigation concluded that he had broken rules in the popular ...
  
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• 10 people. 10 days. One phone. Welcome to The Chain.

  13-11-2017 17:51
  Ten people. Ten days. One phone. Welcome to The Chain.How do we connect today? So often through the touch of a phone. Which is why we gave one Google Pixel 2 to 10 strong individuals from the worlds of fashion, art and activism and asked them to record their day. As Google has pushed boundaries and opened new digital frontiers, this new generation of artists, activists and models are challenging the culture by asking more. From the front row, via social media and a lot of frank debate, they prov
  
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• What is The Chain?

  13-11-2017 17:50
  In 2017, our phones are the windows to the soul. We gave one Google Pixel 2 to 10 people changing fashion and art and asked them to record their day. Welcome to The ChainTheir influence ripples out from the front row, via social media and online discussions. Uncompromising and unafraid, they’re changing perspectives and challenging the status quo by asking difficult questions; using their profiles to stimulate debates on subjects once considered incompatible with the pages of pristine maga
  
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• The sartorial network: fashion’s most influential chains

  13-11-2017 17:48
  From Yves Saint Laurent to Edward Enninful, every big fashion creative has their own chain of supportersFashion is a tribal affair. The industry is made up of formidable – and often seemingly impenetrable – clans of designers, stylists, models, editors, buyers, bloggers and photographers. The power of these sets is all prevailing, and it’s this rich tapestry of relationships, which sees peers become collaborators and collaborators become lifelong friends, that ultimately dictat
  
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• fashion on the frontline of technology

  13-11-2017 17:48
  From the hood that knows when it’s raining to the digitised wardrobe, tech innovation is transforming and challenging fashionContinue reading...
  
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• 10 trends to know and share for next season

  13-11-2017 17:47
  The hottest intel for next season. Pass it onContinue reading...
  
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• 'Hannity' fans smash Keurig brewers over pulled ads

  13-11-2017 17:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - A decision by Keurig to stop advertising on Sean Hannity's Fox News program has supporters of the conservative host destroying the company's coffee makers.Keurig announced Saturday that ......
  
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• Transgender job fair aims to help integrate trans people into workforce.

  13-11-2017 16:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - A Toronto transgender woman is holding a job fair geared toward transgender and gender-nonconforming people to try to spark systemic change in the Canadian workforce.Biko Beauttah, who came ...
  
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• Liz Weston: Not feeling the recovery? You're not alone

  13-11-2017 16:14 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Incomes are up, the stock market is soaring, and home prices have largely recovered from the mortgage meltdown. But Americans still haven't regained all the wealth they lost and, on ...
  
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• Is it OK to wear clothes made by Harvey Weinstein’s wife?

  13-11-2017 15:57
  Today’s sexual harassment dilemma: the success of Georgina Chapman’s label Marchesa is inextricably linked to the promotional wiles of her soon-to-be ex. So should we spurn it, asks our style expert in her weekly columnWith the sexual harassment scandal hitting the fashion world now, whose work should we no longer enjoy?Jonathan, by email Continue reading...
  
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• Report: UK Scrabble star faces ban for breaking rules

  13-11-2017 14:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LONDON - A British newspaper has reported that a noted Scrabble star has been banned from competition for a year for allegedly breaking rules of the popular board game.The Times ......
  
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• Basmati rice makes Greek Style Rice Pilaf special

  13-11-2017 14:45 via winnipegfreepress.com
  With the exception of ooey-gooey potato concoctions, side dishes rarely get any respect. Most of us devote our love and attention to the protein in the centre of the plate ...
  
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• Brand diplomacy: in Louvre, France hones soft power strategy

  13-11-2017 14:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - As empires fall, brands rise.No longer buoyed by Napoleonic empire-making and the power the French language once commanded, the French have honed new ways to exert cultural influence ...
  
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• Holocaust victim's family brought together by pendant found beneath death camp floorboards

  13-11-2017 14:25
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Dozens of relatives from three continents lay a brass plaque in the pavement in Frankfurt on Monday, in memory of a Jewish schoolgirl who perished in the Holocaust and whose...
  
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• Masculine Attic Bedroom in Poland Exudes Character

  13-11-2017 13:52
  Welcome to a contemporary attic bedroom that exudes personality. The owner, a young lawyer, decided to convert the empty attic of a building in Sopot, Poland, into a quiet place for relaxation.Studio Raca Architekci began by changing the geometry of the roof to make more space inside the new bedroom. A peaceful ambiance was achieved by cladding the ceiling and floor in oiled wood planks. Simple, modern furniture in black and gray complements the interior. A reading corner was pla
  
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• Where is best to keep our house deposit money?

  13-11-2017 13:30
  We might need it at short notice but want the best return possibleQ We have just accepted an offer on our house from a cash buyer and plan to move into rental accommodation until we find a house of our own to buy, hopefully once the market picks up again in the spring.We hope to have a cash lump sum of around £160,000 after paying off our mortgage. This will form a deposit for the purchase, but may sit for several months until we need it. Do you have any advice for how we can get the best
  
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• Slow-cooked leek pappardelle with crispy white beans and lemon

  13-11-2017 13:00
  This recipe sings in its simplicity and depth of flavour. Plus: five golden rules for cooking pasta There is no food I can evangelise about more than pasta. The toothsome chew, a silky sauce that hugs each piece … It cooks in little more than 10 minutes, it’s an unrivalled vehicle for flavour and it sates the appetite whatever the season (but most excellently as the months grow colder).As a young chef, I spent a lot of time in a kitchen that championed Italian cuisine, so my cooking
  
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• 'I feel like I'm in a different time': Thames Lido review

  13-11-2017 12:49
  Unused since its closure in 1974, the pool has been restored and refurbished to a quirky and glamorous degreeIn the late 19th and early 20th centuries, swimming was a spectator sport. Onlookers lined the edges of municipal swimming baths to watch feats of endurance swimming, “underwater ballets”, and to marvel at high dives. Celebrities such as Captain Matthew Webb, fresh from conquering the English Channel, and Annette Kellermann, later dubbed the Million Dollar Mermaid, thrilled th
  
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• Try our American-style crossword puzzle #2: Cheers!

  13-11-2017 11:28
  The second instalment in our attempt to make puzzles in the US style but made up of British-friendly referencesThanks for your feedback about our first American-style crossword. You were kind.So the experiment continues. I have, as they say in the US, “constructed” another puzzle. It’s titled Cheers! and you can download it in digital or in printable form.Continue reading...
  
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• Can men get postnatal depression?

  13-11-2017 09:00
  More than a quarter of new fathers in a new study showed significant levels of depression – what are the causes, and what can they do about it?Men don’t go through pregnancy or childbirth. Their hormone levels don’t nosedive. They don’t get sore nipples. What exactly have they got to be depressed about? Quite a lot, according to research from Sweden showing that, over the past 10 years, a significant number of men have struggled with the transition to fatherhood.This late
  
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• My partner says she loves me but that sex is not a priority

  13-11-2017 08:00
  I’m feeling rejected – especially since she has a colourful sexual past. Should I settle for the odd cuddle?I met my partner just over a year ago. Sex and communication were fairly good at first, but now she often says she is too tired, stressed or ill. She says sex is not her priority and hardly ever initiates it, although she is keen on cuddling and maybe a little petting. She says she loves me a lot and that she needs more time to feel more deeply passionate. I
  
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• In the frame … the real cost of making an insurance claim

  13-11-2017 08:00
  I claimed £123 from LV= for broken spectacles but my premium has gone up by £71I am in dispute with LV= over the renewal of my home insurance which has gone up from of £160 to £231. When I queried this by phone I was told it was mostly due to a claim I had made a month earlier – the first in five years. That was for a broken spectacles frame with a replacement cost of £123. I only received £73 after the £50 excess was deducted, which is almost the
  
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• ‘You get to play like a kid again’: the joy of gymnastics for fitness

  13-11-2017 07:00
  It may sound like the old-school way to get into shape. But thousands of adults are turning to the rings, rope and mat, and rediscovering their inner child in the process
  Right now, thousands of perfectly ordinary adults are in online forums airing concerns such as: “Is it necessary to apply the posterior pelvic tilt in the straddled one-arm handstand?” Or: “Pancake stretch: position of the knees?” These are just a couple of the posts by the 32,432 members of the forum on
  
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• Ten years of posh burgers – how they changed Britain's dining habits

  13-11-2017 07:00
  It’s a decade since the first Byron branch opened in west London and flipped the meat sandwich from junk food to high-quality restaurant dish. Now, with premium outlets all over the country, how much posher can the burger get?It was while he was reading classics at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, that Tom Byng first began a serious study of the American hamburger. After a long night of college carousing, the Old Etonian would often end up at the Silver Top, an elderly diner i
  
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• 'It​​ is what’s outside that counts': how northern style became the quintessence of the British identity makeup

  13-11-2017 07:00
  Morrissey’s flowers; Paul Morley’s rollnecks. As the exhibition North: Fashioning Identity opens in London, one sartorially savvy export dissects the style signatures of the region’s menIn 1986, 31 years before the Tory conference set up camp to bury Theresa May alive in its industrial shell, the G-Mex centre in Manchester hosted the Festival of the Tenth Summer. Commemorating the Sex Pistols’ 1976 date at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, the unofficial starter-gun of punk par
  
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• Italy's white truffles feel the heat at Alba auction

  13-11-2017 06:27
  ALBA, Italy (Reuters) - It's bad news for white truffle fans. Dry weather and changing climate patterns have hit production and sent prices soaring.
  
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• Colleges draw fewer foreign students but avoid crisis so far

  13-11-2017 06:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  BOSTON - International enrollments at U.S. colleges have fared better than expected this year, but many schools still fear the country's political climate, according to a national survey.The Institute of ......
  
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