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Emily Henderson Makeover: Senior Living With Lots of Style

By Lili Zarghami

Former Design Star winner and Secrets From a Stylist host Emily Henderson partnered with Sunrise Senior Living for the second year in a row to make over the room of deserving residents of the Sunrise community. If you know (and love) Emily like we do here, you’ll know that her room designs are full of life, color and style – just what a blank space needs to truly feel like home. Helen and Dominic — this year’s winners — were treated to a makeover of their home which just didn’t suit the personalities of this upbeat couple who’ve been together 67 years.

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Emily shared with us a bit about this stunning room refresh. She says, “The whole redesign was just so satisfying. Sunrise is a really awesome community – it kinda feels like college dorms but for seniors. Helen and Dominic were so happy and I think re-invigorated [by the makeover]. I truly believe that your happiness can be strongly effected by how much you like your home, so I’m hoping that this makeover makes every day a little bit happier for them.”

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Source: HGTV Designs

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What to Read This Weekend: Everything You Think About Red Meat in America Is Probably Wrong — 10 Weekend Reads from The Kitchn

By Faith Durand

Ten good food reads to while away your weekend!

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Source: The Kitchn

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How Soviet-Locked ‘Tetris’ Came to the Game Boy

By Chelsea Stark

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In 1988, Henk Rogers traveled from Japan to Las Vegas to find new games for his company, Bullet-Proof Software, to bring to the Japanese market. The Netherlands-born, American-educated game designer wanted to find something new at that year’s Consumer Electronics Show.

CES 26 years ago was “mostly televisions and car stereos, probably much like it is now,” Rogers said. The show featured hundreds of video games as well, and Rogers found something surprising: a little puzzle game called Tetris.

“I realized there was something different about Tetris when I found myself standing in line for the fourth time to play it.” …

More about Entertainment, Gaming, and Tetris …read more

Source: Mashable Entertainment

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How Soviet-Locked 'Tetris' Came to the Game Boy

By Chelsea Stark

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In 1988, Henk Rogers traveled from Japan to Las Vegas to find new games for his company, Bullet-Proof Software, to bring to the Japanese market. The Netherlands-born, American-educated game designer wanted to find something new at that year’s Consumer Electronics Show.

CES 26 years ago was “mostly televisions and car stereos, probably much like it is now,” Rogers said. The show featured hundreds of video games as well, and Rogers found something surprising: a little puzzle game called Tetris.

“I realized there was something different about Tetris when I found myself standing in line for the fourth time to play it.” …

More about Entertainment, Gaming, and Tetris …read more

Source: Mashable Entertainment

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