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Money-Saving Gas Tips

Gas prices suck…a lot. That is all. While perusing my local car forum, a member who has been working for the petroleum industry for 31 years posted some neat tips and interesting facts about pumping gas and saving money.
Tip 1: Buy in the early morning
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the [...]

3Apr2008 | Fredric | 2 comments | Continued
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Looking to Get Away?

This month Black Enterprise highlights 10 of the best black-owned B&Bs in the country. A B&B is a private residence with rooms for guests whose paid accommodations include breakfast. There is a wide range of B&Bs available, from quaint country inns to sleek, urban dwellings. The owners and/or innkeepers usually reside at the B&B, which [...]

20Jul2007 | Kimberly | 2 comments | Continued
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Summer Festivals

One of my favorite parts of summer is the opportunity to attend music festivals. Some of the big ones are: Coachella held in L.A. near the end of April, Bonnaroo held in Tennessee mid-June, Summer Fest held in Milwaukee last week in June through the 4th weekend, Essence Music Festival held in New Orleans at [...]

10May2007 | Gloria | 6 comments | Continued
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The Ten Best Cities for African Americans

Black Enterprise (BE) revealed its most recent list of top cities for African Americans as featured in its May 2007 issue. Surveys were evaluated and the editors weighed the following criteria as it pertained to African Americans in each city: median household income, percentage of households earning more than $100,000, percentage of businesses owned, percentage [...]

18Apr2007 | Kimberly | 10 comments | Continued
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preventing jet lag

my daily perusing of my feeds came across something at lifehacker where they do an ‘throwback sentiment’ highlighting posts that were written a year ago on the site. while we’ve emulated a few of those sentiments here at ybpguide, the reality is that it helps readers who may have missed some good information.
one of lifehacker’s [...]

30Mar2007 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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tech news 3/1: “yay for the redesign!” edition

if you can’t tell, i’m really excited about the new ybpguide.com redesign. i’ve been mulling over which blog editor to go with as well as the colors and layout i wanted. for all the readers that are using wordpress, we decided to go with the cutline 1.1 theme.
i also want to give a big HAPPY [...]

1Mar2007 | Fredric | 2 comments | Continued
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Surviving Holiday Travel

If you are like many YBPs, you are living away from your family and on your way back home for the holidays. But try not to stress about traveling. Flying over the holiday season doesn’t have to be stressful. A little preparation—and paying attention to the details—can help make your trip smooth and easy.
1. Pack [...]

21Dec2006 | Kimberly | 0 comments | Continued
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not frying your American gadgets…specifically London

i won’t make this a long post mainly because i’m at an internet cafe on Praed street in London right now. its basically about plugging your american electronics into the plugs of your countrymen across the pond. also read this for other travel tips.
it’s actually a lot simpler than you would think. the main thing [...]

28Oct2006 | Fredric | 0 comments | Continued
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Planning an overseas trip

As a YBP, I know you’re open to other cultures and seeing what the rest of the world has to offer. If you haven’t travelled internationally, I encourage you to step outside the box and visit a different country. Use those hard earned YBP paychecks to see what the world has to offer.
When looking [...]

24Oct2006 | Kimberly | 2 comments | Continued
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