Wednesday, December 17

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VIDEO GAMES

Play in Tom Clancy’s world in video game sequel

We hope you love these items as much as we did! GateHouse Media may collect a share of sales from links on this page. Author Tom Clancy passed away more than five years ago, but long before that Ubisoft bought the rights to his name and techno-thriller brand of experience. The latest foray into the Clancyverse is also one of the best. “Tom Clancy’s The Division 2” is the ideal video game sequel: It takes a solid first game (“The Division” from 2016) and improves on it in multiple ways while making few if any new mistakes. It’s not perfect, I still think the bosses soak up too much damage when you fight them, but it’s a lot better than the original, and the original was pretty good. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States in the wake of a bioweapon plague released on t...
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Becoming Your Own Celebrity
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Becoming Your Own Celebrity

Since we have become such a celebrity driven culture, I thought it might be amusing to imagine what it might be like to be a celebrity. Consider this like taking a vacation from your everyday life. This is not to advocate that you become a celebrity or pursue a lifestyle of glamour and fame, when simplifying your life may lead to more satisfying long term benefits in difficult economic times. Rather it is to enjoy thinking about being a celebrity, much as you might add an occasional celebration or fantasy experience into your life. It is like putting on a costume or mask so you become someone else on Halloween. Well, this is an experience of imagining yourself as any celebrity you want to be. To do so, you create or imagine events and activities to experience the celebrity lifestyle by yo...
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BOOKS

Every Southern cooking enthusiast worth their salt needs these 8 books by African-American chefs and authors

To get a taste of the true history of Southern cuisine, one must look to the work of African-American chefs, home cooks and writers. The eight cookbooks below are a crucial collection for any serious Southern cook. If you don't have these in your kitchen already, get them in your shopping cart now. There simply is no denying the impact that countless African-Americans have had in shaping food culture in our country. In the South specifically, the influence of black Americans is easily felt — and consumed — in everyday staples such as braised collard greens, candied yams and fried catfish. While other Southern chefs have received a lot of acclaim for bringing their interpretation of Southern food to the masses, this beloved cuisine was built in the kitchens of black folks below the Mason...
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Make your sweetheart swoon with Oprah’s Favorite Things
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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

Make your sweetheart swoon with Oprah’s Favorite Things

Oprah’s Favorite Things list for 2017 has 102 wonderful items and many are just right for Valentine’s Day. Our expert gift guru picked out some special items we just love to get you started on the road to making your sweetheart swoon on February 14! For the past 20 years, Oprah has offered up her Favorite Things -- innovative, unique gifts to give on holidays, birthdays and special occasions to the people you care about. Her new list for 2017 has 102 wonderful items in categories like Beauty Crush, Foodie, Techie and more. Many of these gifts are just right for Valentine’s Day and our expert gift guru picked out some special items we just love to get you started on the road to making your sweetheart swoon on February 14! Treats for your Sweetheart Chocolate is a traditional gift on Valen...
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Ann Petry: First African American Woman to Sell Over One Million Books
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Ann Petry: First African American Woman to Sell Over One Million Books

Ann Petry, the first African American female author to sell over one million copies of her book. Petry was born in 1911 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, where her father and grandfather ran a drugstore. Petry loved to read and from the age of fourteen she knew she wanted to be a writer. She wrote poetry and short plays in high school, but after graduation she chose the safe route and enrolled in the pharmacy program at the University of Connecticut where she earned her PhG degree. Ann worked in the family business until she married in 1938 and moved to New York. The direction of Ann's life changed when she took her first job in the advertising department of an African American newspaper, The Amsterdam News. She later became a reporter and editor for the People's Voice, a weekly newspaper, w...
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FASHION STYLE & BEAUTY

What to Wear to a Lingerie Party

A huge trend among teenagers and young adults right now is themed parties. There is an endless list of different themes people apply to their parties, ranging from neon, 80's, and jungle apparel themed parties to "anything but clothes" and lingerie parties. Lingerie is a particularly popular theme because for guys, it's easy (boxers or a robe are the most common attire) and for women, they can dress as sexy as they want. Generally, lingerie parties take place at a house party, but sometimes clubs or bars have "lingerie nights" where women are encouraged to wear sexy lingerie and can win prizes. Women have many options when it comes to dressing up for lingerie parties. Whether you dress conservatively or liberally, cute and sexy outfits can be made from a variety of different types of lin...
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FASHION STYLE & BEAUTY

Online Entertainment and Bikini Babes

The human fascination with entertainment and its various forms have come up with many forms. There are many websites that offer fun stuff like photo galleries and pictures of bikini babes. In this age of the Internet, people have many options to entertain themselves. It includes games, jokes, cartoons, etc. There are many websites that offer online games for people to have fun. People do not need to download any software to play games on their system now. Earlier they needed to play their games only on their computer sets after downloading them. As the Internet connections are getting faster and the Internet industry is growing fast online games have become a craze among young users. There are many websites that offer photo galleries for users to enjoy. They have mostly celebrity related...
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Getting the Perfect Valentines Day Gift
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Getting the Perfect Valentines Day Gift

Hey guys: Valentines Day is coming up. Oh yeah, we know that it was just Christmas, but we thought that you should get the head's up that Valentines Day is only like three weeks away. Yeah, we know, that went quick. The thing is, there is no time to complain about time, you need to get cracking. You are eating up precious minutes thinking about it right now, you need to get out there and find the perfect gift. Of course, it has to be different then what you got her on Christmas, as well as different from what you got her on your anniversary, and the previous Valentines Day's you've been together. While it may sound like an uphill battle, here's a little hint for you on something that she is sure to love: Sterling Silver Jewelry. Sterling silver can sometimes be a rather under appreciate me...
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