Houston Community College (HCC) has received a total of $1.8 million in four job-training grants from the Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) Skills Development Fund. The grants will be used to custom train workers in 1,151 new or upgraded jobs in high-demand, high-growth health care, engineering and technology industries.

The increasingly pervasive, user-created content of online social media – tweets, confessional video, status updates, online gaming – are these subjects for art?

American Airlines has been recognized by Profiles in Diversity Journal for demonstrating excellence in diversity innovations. The publication recognizes corporations, organizations and institutions that have developed innovative solutions that offer measurable outcomes in the area of workforce diversity and inclusion.

Copper Mountain is Colorado’s mountain bike and cycling hub. Riders with a competitive streak will enjoy the addition of the Copper Cup, Aug. 28 – 30, to the biking events line-up this season. This inaugural event at Copper consists of Super D (Downhill), XC (Cross Country) and the State Championship Short Track race.

Dear Deanna!

My boyfriend revealed to me that he’s gay. On the outside everything about him is masculine, strong and reflects a genuine man. We do things together as a couple, have great intimacy and often talked about having children. How in the world did I miss the signs and should I stay in this relationship?

Talented students and scholars who excel academically and deserve an enriched and challenging collegiate environment will now have Prairie View A&M University’s Honors Program as an option to consider. To manage its emerging Honors Program, PVAMU has appointed James A. Wilson, Jr. as its honors program director.

Congressman Al Green welcomed a thousand people to a health care reform town hall meeting on August 25. Hosted at Houston’s Power Center, the Congressman engaged a standing room only audience in a meaningful discussion about healthcare reform.

HITS Theatre will present the American Girl® Fashion Show on Nov. 14 and 15 and is searching for area girls to come be part of the show – and history!

Tuwana Hudson Cummings’ dream of becoming a lawyer has come true. The University of Houston-Downtown alumna is a civilian environmental attorney with the U.S. Navy in Washington, D.C.

What’s the future of fashion in the 21st century? On September 12th and 13th, 2009, during New York’s Fashion Week, the mainstream fashion community, the independent fashion community, and fashion’s next wave of wearable technologists will convene at FashionCampNY in NY to address this question.

When I was in a parking lot getting into my test car, a woman walked up to get in her car and said, “I like this car” then she asked “what is it?” I said “it’s an Audi” and she admiringly said, “I should have known.”

Road Scholar recently welcomed Ambassador Andrew Young as the keynote speaker for the annual Taste of Road Scholar event at historic Shearer Cottage in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard.

The Texas Association of Magicians (TAOM) annual convention will be held over Labor Day weekend, September 4-7 at the Omni Riverway Resort, in the Galleria area.

Gov. Rick Perry will speak at the Montgomery County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business Forum. Later, the governor will announce the reimbursement of school districts through House Bill 4102 for costs associated with Hurricane Ike.

The original glass-topped casket that held the battered body of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African American boy brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955, will be given to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The donation will be announced prior to a memorial service at the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, the site of the 1955 funeral, Friday, Aug. 28, the 54th anniversary of Till’s death.

AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL comes to Houston, in a search for aspiring models over 5’7”. The CW’s dramality series AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, created by the multi-talented Tyra Banks, gives real women an opportunity to prove that they can make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of supermodeling.

H-E-B is pleased to announce wholesome, new items in its H·E·Buddy® brand and an innovative labeling system now used on H-E-B brand products. H-E-B brand development expert Dr. Molly McAdams, who developed the innovative H-E-B Fully Cooked meats – with more than 250 items, will also be on hand to talk about the products and helpful icons that make shopping for nutritious options easier.

It’s time again for the back-to-school rush! With the kids needing rides here and there, deadlines at work, and the never-ending list of chores, it can be hard to find the time to put together a delicious family meal and stay in budget. Cook’s Ham asked one busy mom of a family of four to see what recipes she could come up with using a Cook’s Spiral Sliced Quartered Ham while sticking to her budget. She was able to portion her ham into three family-friendly meals.

No one likes to be in a place where he/she is not wanted. It is the sense of welcome that grants permission for invitation. Before the key is even turned in the ignition, the 2010 Honda Pilot LX invites drivers in with a simple message, “welcome.” When a driver sits behind the steering wheel a screen in the dashboard displays the word “welcome” each and every time, and the driver feels as if he/she has been pleasantly received into the company of the Honda Pilot.

Every day, you deal with mandatory furloughs, bank accounts heading toward minus, homeowner woes, and high prices against low paychecks. So when it’s time to turn in for the night, you can’t shut your brain off, and you know you simply can not handle this any more. You’re done.