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Tom Steyer Announces 10-Year Plan to Revitalize HBCUs in Texas

Steyer discusses HBCU 2030 plan with South Carolina State Representative Jerry Govan and Allen University students

Today, Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer announced his HBCU 2030 plan to revitalize our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Steyer unveiled his plan at Allen University, an HBCU in Columbia, South Carolina. In conversation with Representative Jerry Govan and Allen University students, Steyer discussed the need to invigorate the next generation of leaders, pioneer new research, and continue the proud academic legacy of HBCUs in our nation.

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A Lesson in Cultural Math: How Many 6 Inch Tamales Does it Take to Get to Cuba?

It's an uplifting story that demonstrates that humanity has no borders. A young woman from Chico, California comes up with an ingenuous idea to literally cook her way to Cuba after her heart calls her to go to the community of Vinales in order to do service work as part of a Bright Light Volunteers global service learning program.

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Reverend Dr. Candace M. Lewis Serves as the Fall 2019 Service of Consecration Speaker

Reverend Dr. Candace M. Lewis will serve as the speaker on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 7 p.m. at Gertrude Heyn Chapel for the fall 2019 Service of Consecration. Rev. Dr. Candace M. Lewis currently serves as District Superintendent for the Gulf Central District in the Florida Annual Conference.

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Holiday Roast with Red Pepper Cranberry Sauce

Creating a crowd-pleasing holiday centerpiece starts with choosing a flavorful, tender cut of meat. This year, you can make a holiday roast to remember with an elegant cut from Omaha Steaks paired with this Red Pepper Cranberry Sauce to elicit rave reviews from guests.

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Cadillac Live Takes Online Luxury Shopping to the Next Level

Digital showroom launches in U.S., providing personalized car shopping experience and a unique way to explore Cadillac’s lineup

Part personal shopper and part interactive digital showroom, Cadillac Live launched today in the United States, expanding the reach of Cadillac’s uniquely immersive luxury-shopping experience to mobile devices and desktops across the country.

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Our Town America Awards $10,000 to New Homeowners

10 Lucky “Golden Certificate Giveaway” Winners Will Receive a Golden Certificate Worth $1,000 in their New Mover Welcome Package

New movers across America could win a thousand dollars just by opening their mail. In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Small Business Saturday, Our Town America, the nation’s premier New Mover Marketing franchise, will award 10 certificates of $1,000 each in 10 different cities from coast-to-coast.

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"Kids & Christmas" Pops Concert

Saturday, December 21, 5:00pm Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Rice University

The Houston Children’s Chorus presents this annual family concert of holiday favorites accompanied by orchestra in the beautiful setting of Stude Concert Hall.

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Jingle On the Boardwalk Brings Holiday Cheer to Kemah

Events offering family-friendly holiday fun!

‘Tis the Season at the Boardwalk! Area residents and visitors are invited to Kemah Boardwalk’s Jingle on the Boardwalk every weekend throughout the month on December, through Sunday, December 22. Santa Claus will be available for visits and pictures on Fridays from 5 – 7 p.m., Saturdays from 2 – 7 p.m. and Sundays from 2 – 6 p.m. On Christmas Day, Boardwalk rides, games and retail stores will be open from 12 – 9 p.m. Additionally, the New Year’s Eve Family Celebration will ring in 2019 on Tuesday, December 31.

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The Perfect Sauce to Pair with a Roast

Creating a crowd-pleasing holiday centerpiece starts with choosing a flavorful, tender cut of meat. This year, you can make a holiday roast to remember with an elegant cut from Omaha Steaks paired with this Red Pepper Cranberry Sauce to elicit rave reviews from guests. Find more recipes and tips to create a holiday dinner to remember at OmahaSteaks.com.

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JA Resorts & Hotels Announces New Hotel Addition to the Portfolio ‘The Manor by JA’

JA Resorts & Hotels announced today the early January 2020 opening of new 247-key property officially named ‘The Manor by JA’, located in Al Furjan, Dubai. As part of JA Resorts & Hotels proactive growth trajectory, the new 4-star property will focus on the Corporate segment with competitive rates and contemporary design.

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Five Ways to Avoid Being a Parking Grinch During the Holidays

30 Million Americans Need That Disabled Parking Spot You’re Stealing This Christmas

Are you a grinch or a good driver when it comes to parking during the holidays? In the harried competition for close-in spots in busy shopping areas, normally courteous drivers engage in all kinds of parking taboos—many involving the use of parking spaces designated for more than 30 million Americans with mobility impairing disabilities.

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New Study Takes an Unprecedented Look at Being Black in Corporate America Despite billions spent on diversity and inclusion, new research from the Center for Talent Innovation finds that black profes

Corporate America needs to awaken to the challenges faced by black professionals, according to a new study published today by nonprofit think tank the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI).

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Art Colony Association Announces Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park Featured Artist: McKenzie Fisk

Friday-Sunday, March 27-29, 2020

The Art Colony Association, Inc. (ACA) has announced the Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park 2020 featured artist is McKenzie Fisk, a painter from Los Angeles. Fisk, along with 300 artists from around the country representing 19 different difference disciplines, will showcase their art at Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park. The festival benefits Houston nonprofits, and will be held on Friday-Sunday, March 27-29, 2020.

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Why businesses need to rethink diversity training

It's not a one-size-fits-all solution, according to new research from Rice University

Within the past couple of years, Starbucks and Sephora have come under fire for racial insensitivity. They responded to the criticism and negative publicity by closing their stores for companywide diversity training.

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Senate Drug Plan Helps Government, Hurts Patients

Nancy Pelosi has a plan to lower drug prices. The Speaker of the House just released a new bill that would impose a slew of new taxes and allow the government to meddle with private businesses.

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Southwest Louisiana Gingerbread House Contest Winners Announced

The annual Southwest Louisiana Gingerbread House Contest winners were announced at noon on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Visit Lake Charles Welcome Center, 1205 N. Lakeshore Drive.

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JUST MERCY – Main Trailer

JUST MERCY In theaters this December. https://www.justmercyfilm.com/ https://www.facebook.com/JustMercyFilm/ https://www.instagram.com/justmercyfilm/ https://twitter.com/JustMercyFilm Michael B. Jordan (“Black Panther,” “Creed,” “Creed II”) and Oscar winners Jamie Foxx (“Ray,” “Baby Driver,” “Django: Unchained”) and Brie Larson (“Room,” “The Glass Castle,” “Captain Marvel”) star in “Just Mercy,” an inspiring drama that brings one of the most important stories of our time to the big screen. Award-winning filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton (“The Glass Castle,” “Short Term 12”) directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote, based on the award-winning nonfiction bestseller by Bryan Stevenson. A powerful and thought-provoking true story, “Just Mercy” follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them. The main cast also includes Rob Morgan (“Mudbound”) as Herbert Richardson, a fellow prisoner who also sits on death row awaiting his fate; Tim Blake Nelson (“Wormwood”) as Ralph Myers, whose pivotal testimony against Walter McMillian is called into question; Rafe Spall as Tommy Chapman, the DA who is fighting to uphold Walter’s conviction and sentence; and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (“Straight Outta Compton”) as Anthony Ray Hinton, another wrongly convicted death row inmate whose cause is taken up by Bryan. The film is produced by two-time Oscar nominee Gil Netter (“Life of Pi,” “The Blind Side”), Asher Goldstein (“Short Term 12”) and Michael B. Jordan. Bryan Stevenson, Mike Drake, Niija Kuykendall, Gabriel Hammond, Daniel Hammond, Scott Budnick, Jeff Skoll and Charles D. King served as executive producers. Cretton co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Lanham (“The Glass Castle”), based on Stevenson’s book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. Published in 2014 by Spiegel & Grau, the book has spent more than 150 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers List, and counting. It was also named one of the year’s best books by a number of top publications, including TIME Magazine. For the book, Stevenson also won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, an NAACP Image Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction. Cretton’s behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Brett Pawlak, production designer Sharon Seymour, editor Nat Sanders and composer Joel P. West, all of whom previously collaborated with the director on “The Glass Castle.” They are joined by costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (“Detroit,” “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”). Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in Association with Endeavor Content/One Community/Participant Media/Macro, a Gil Netter Production, an Outlier Society Production, “Just Mercy.” The film is slated for limited release on December 25, 2019 and will go wide on January 10, 2020. “Just Mercy” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and has been rated PG-13 for thematic content, including some racial epithets.

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Like A Boss (2020) – NSFW Trailer – Paramount Pictures

WARNING! Like A Boss has everything: Strong language, drug use, and coochie cakes. Watch the new NSFW trailer now! Starring Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, and Salma Hayek, see #LikeABoss in theatres January 10. Best friends Mia and Mel (Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne) are living their best lives running their own cosmetics company they’ve built from the ground up. Unfortunately, they’re in over their heads financially, and the prospect of a big buyout offer from a notorious titan of the cosmetics industry Claire Luna (Salma Hayek) proves too tempting to pass up, putting Mel and Mia’s lifelong friendship in jeopardy. The beauty business is about to get ugly. LIKE A BOSS also stars Billy Porter, Jennifer Coolidge, Ari Graynor, Natasha Rothwell, Jessica St. Clair and Karan Soni. Connect with #LikeABoss Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeABossMov/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LikeABossMov Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/LikeABossMov/ Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), home to premier global media brands that create compelling television programs, motion pictures, short-form content, apps, games, consumer products, social media experiences, and other entertainment content for audiences in more than 180 countries. Connect with Paramount Pictures Online: Official Site: http://www.paramount.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Paramount Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ParamountPics Twitter: https://twitter.com/paramountpics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Paramount

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Mobile Mondays w/T-Mobile: 101 on the Wireless Gs

With 5G networks now rolling out across the country, we’ve reached the next generation of wireless technology. Each predecessor – 4G, 3G, 2G, etc. – has redefined what we can do on our phones. If you're not sure what those Gs mean, you're not alone. To get you up to speed, T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile have put together a brief history of the wireless networks.