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Real Food Blends Launches 3rd Annual 12 Days of Holiday Magic

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Real Food Blends, makers of 100% real food meals for people with feeding tubes, and the company that started a real food revolution in the medical community, is excited to announce its 3rd Annual 12 Days of Holiday Magic.

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Houston sailor serves in Philippine Sea

Ensign Tristan Edwards, from Houston, right, shoots an M4 rifle, and Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Jakob Morgan, from Rossville, Ga., stands by as a line coach during a live-fire gunnery exercise on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69). Milius is underway conducting operations in the Indo-Pacific region while assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino)

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Houston Sailor reads to elementary students during Pearl Harbor Remembrance Program

NRD San Antonio’s Assistant Command Career Counselor, Personnel Specialist 1st Class Kamitria Delaney, right, of Houston, reads to a first grade class at Dorie Miller Elementary School as part of the school’s annual Pearl Harbor and Dorie Miller Remembrance Program.

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Project Row Houses and Own Every Piece-Community and Conversation

Own Every Piece and Project Row House hosted Community and Conversation, an informative and empowering conversation about contraceptive care. The event was in conjunction with Project Row House’s Round 50: Race, Health and Motherhood, curated by PRH’s Ryan N. Dennis, Round 50 addresses maternal mortality and its impact on women of color - specifically, Black women in Houston’s Third Ward community.

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Rice men's basketball to host 7th annual School House Mania Dec. 19

Rice University’s Athletics Department will host more than 3,500 local elementary schoolchildren for its seventh annual School House Mania when the Owls men’s basketball team tips off against the University of St. Thomas at 11:15 a.m. Dec. 19 at Tudor Fieldhouse.

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Solange Knowles Releases Extended Director's Cut of Interdisciplinary Performance Art Film for Album When I Get Home Available On Digital Platforms Today

Today, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and visual artist Solange Knowles released the extended director’s cut of the interdisciplinary performance art film for her album When I Get Home via Saint Records / Columbia across digital platforms.

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Houston Sailor communicates with helicopter control tower aboard U.S. Navy warship

Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Chance Vaughan, from Houston, communicates with the helicopter control tower during a helicopter crash drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) as part of the U.K.-led Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), Dec. 4, 2019. FOST’s training is designed to prepare all types of navy vessels and auxiliaries for peacetime, peace-support, and war-fighting operations. Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its seventh patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners as well as U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV/Released)

Congressman Jimmy Gomez Statement on the Introduction of Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump

Today, the House Judiciary Committee introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress after he pressured Ukraine to help his re-election campaign and obstructed Congress’ exercise of its constitutional powers. In response to this announcement, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) released the following statement:

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David Weekley Homes Collects Thousands of Meals, Donations During Annual Food Drive

More than 12,000 people locally – and 60,000 nationwide – in need received a hearty meal to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday through the partnership of David Weekley Homes and 18 charities across the U.S. In Houston, Weekley joined with Houston Food Bank, a nonprofit organization that provides nutritious meals to food pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers and other agencies in 18 southeast Texas counties.

ClickUrban Goes Live! Makes Community and Local Businesses Easy to Find with Searchable Directory

ClickUrban, the online directory and searchable database of cool products and services, is now live. The official launch of the platform brings to the public a service based database of local communities across the US, and very soon, the rest of the world.

2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl to be Called By ESPN's Kevin Brown, Andre Ware and Alyssa Lang

The matchup between No. 25 ranked Oklahoma State University and Texas A&M University will kick off Friday, Dec. 27 at 5:45 p.m. at NRG Stadium and broadcast nationally on ESPN.

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Rainbow On Ice Returns to Discovery Green

Discovery Green, the 12-acre park in the heart of downtown Houston, hosts the 9th annual Rainbow on Ice on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, from 7 to 10 p.m. This Houston-themed LGBTQ celebration is the ultimate dance party on The Ice powered by Green Mountain Energy®. The evening features music by DJ Joe Ross and a performance by H-Town’s R&B Princess JaeRene. Also featured: electrifying drag performances such as Blackberri as Lizzo and a fashion show with designs by Yahaira DeHill.

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Chevrolet Introduces All-New 2021 Tahoe and Suburban

Transformed to offer more of the people- and cargo-hauling capabilities that have distinguished the industry’s best-selling full-size SUVs for generations

Chevrolet’s iconic people and cargo haulers begin a new chapter today with the introduction of the all-new 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban. Each has been redesigned to be the ultimate SUV – offering the most interior space of any SUV, exclusive technologies and features, and the best driving dynamics in the full-size segment.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the Tragic Shooting Death of Sgt. Christopher Brewster of the Houston Police Department

“The expansion of persons prohibited from possessing a firearm in the VAWA Reauthorization is the reason why it has not received a vote in the Senate, led by the Republicans. The reauthorization prevents current boyfriends, former boyfriends or those deemed to stalk their victim. The boyfriend loophole, had it been in law this past weekend, could have prevented Sgt. Brewster’s assailant from getting the gun which he used to threaten his girlfriend, but which was deployed instead to take Sgt. Brewster’s life.”

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Commends the World-Doping Agency for its Ban of Russia from the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Committees on Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Budget, a member of the Helsinki Commission and the sponsor of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, issued this statement following the issuance of a ban on Russia from the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics:

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Encourages Texas Small Businesses Affected by Hurricane Harvey to Apply for Small Business Grants

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Committees on Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Budget, issued this statement urging Texas small businesses to apply for small business grants made possible through my introduction of H.R. 3990, the Small Business Hurricane Harvey Recovery Grants Bill:

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement Following today’s Mass Shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Committees on Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Budget, issued this statement following today’s mass shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey:

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the Introduction of Articles of Impeachment Against the President of the United States

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Committees on Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Budget, issued this statement following the introduction of Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States:

Second Day of 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing Brings Redemption to Lake Charles

Tuesday evening served as an opportunity for redemption for those who lost in yesterday’s opening bouts of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing. The winners kept their Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 hopes alive while the losers were eliminated from the tournament. Tuesday’s victors will face the losers of Wednesday’s bouts. Here’s who performed well enough to advance.

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The New Istituto Marangoni CEO is Female

For the first time in its 80 year history, a female Director will manage the entire Marangoni Group.

Starting November 2019, Stefania Valenti has been the new Managing Director of Istituto Marangoni succeeding Roberto Riccio, who guided the Group since 2009 through its brilliant phase of international growth. Throughout her remarkable work career, we have seen Valenti in roles at La Perla as Executive Vice President and Board Member, at MSGM undertaking the position of General Manager or joining Les Hommes Group where she served as Chief Executive Office and General Manager.