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Black Women's Roundtable addresses NFL's New Personal Conduct Policy Washington, DC - In response to the National Football League's (NFL) recently released revamped Personal Conduct Policy for players and other employees that was ratified unanimously by 32 league owners, Melanie L. Campbell, convener of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation's Black Women's Roundtable (BWR), issued the following statement:

engaging, particularly related to the AfricanAmerican community to the NFL at our meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

"In addition to overhauling their Personal Conduct Policy, the NFL is deploying education and training on domestic violence, child abuse, and sexual assault which is mandatory for all league and club personnel, including "The Black Women's owners, coaches, Roundtable is and executives. They optimistic about the are also providing progress the NFL has individual and family made in their continued support and are efforts to put tougher supporting programs personal conduct that focus on character policies in place and development, healthy also create programs relationship education, designed to change the as well as dating Melanie L. Campbell culture of violence in violence, domestic the league and beyond. violence, child abuse, and By including a diverse group of individuals sexual assault for players, and coaches in and organizations with expertise in domestic college, high school, and youth football. violence and sexual assault, the NFL is "BWR looks forward to continuing to headed in the right direction. advise and engage the NFL as they move in "BWR provided recommendations to the a positive path to getting it right by changing NFL on culturally-competent best practices the culture of violence and abuse within to eradicating domestic violence and sexual the organization and addressing issues of assault during meetings with NFL executives diversity and inclusion throughout the NFL." held at their New York headquarters. Some of our initial concerns, including the urgent need for the NFL to include Black women on their external advisory group for domestic violence and sexual assault, were addressed after our initial meeting with NFL executive vice president of football operations, Troy Vincent, NFL's new vice president of social responsibility, Anna Isaacson, and other NFL executives.The NFL subsequently appointed Dr. Beth Richie, professor of African American studies, criminology, law, and justice, and Director of the Institute for Research on Race and Policy at the University of Illinois, to the NFL's external advisory group on domestic violence and sexual assault. Dr. Richie's education and experience sent a message that the NFL was serious about seeking serious solutions.

"BWR also provided a list of individuals and community-based organizations with expertise in culturally-specific service delivery, policy and program development that we recommend the NFL consider

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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy promoting public health to bear on priorities ranging from stopping new diseases to helping our kids grow up healthy and strong. Vivek will also help us build on the progress we’ve made combatting Ebola, both in our country and at its source. Combined with the crucial support for fighting Ebola included in the bill to fund our government next year, Vivek’s confirmation makes us better positioned to save lives around the world and protect the American people here at home.

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Groundbreaking for Singing Hills Rec Center

In October, Matthew Torres stopped by the Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education Center to share news with his former broadcast teacher, Eva Coleman, of landing his first television station job at KTAB-TV, the CBS affiliate in Abilene, Texas.

His most recent stop was to visit before his start with WTVF NewsChannel 5, the CBS affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee where he'll serve as a morning reporter.

"Matthew is so talented and I love being able to witness his continuous rise in this industry," Coleman said.

"He always comes back to visit, paying it forward, and words cannot express my level of pride."

Torres is a 2007 Frisco High School graduate and served as a reporter for the school's news program, RACC-TV. Coleman launched RACC-TV in 2004 and served as Executive Producer until 2008 before going on to launch the district-wide student produced program, Frisco ISD-TV. Torres is also a Cum Laude graduate of the University of North Texas with a degree in Converged Broadcast Media, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Journalists Urban Journalism Workshop..

In addition, he interned with Dallas-Fort Worth's CBS 11. He often visits Coleman's Audio/Video Production classes at the Career and Technical Education Center to share his experiences.

Tiffini Young, Gail Terrell (Park Board VP, Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins and Park Department Director Willis Winters at the groundbreaking for the New Singing Hills Recreation Center scheduled to open in 2016! This is the first recreation center to be built in Dallas in over 10 years.

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Parkland providers treat hundreds with shingles each year

I applaud the Senate for confirming Vivek Murthy to be our country’s next Surgeon General. As ‘America’s Doctor,’ Vivek will hit the ground running to make sure every American has the information they need to keep themselves and their families safe. He’ll bring his lifetime of experience

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are diagnosed in this country every year. That means you, or someone next to you, could be at risk.

In fiscal year 2013 providers at Parkland Health & Hospital System treated 573 patients suffering from shingles which is caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After a person recovers from chickenpox, the virus stays dormant in the body and for reasons that are not fully known, the virus can reactivate later, causing shingles.

Shingles is a painful rash that develops on one side of the face or body. The rash forms blisters that typically scab over in seven to 10 days and clear up within two to four weeks. Before the rash develops, people often have pain, itching, or tingling in the area where the rash will develop.

This may happen anywhere from one to five days before the rash appears.

“I’ve seen the commercials describing the pain associated with shingles, but didn’t give it a second thought until I was diagnosed with shingles,” said Cassandra Christopher, an HR Business Partner in Parkland’s Office of Talent Management. “The pain was excruciating. It’s not something I’d wish on anyone.”

Most commonly, the rash occurs in a shingle stripe around either the left or the right side of the body. In other cases, the rash occurs on one side of the face. In rare cases (usually among people with weakened immune systems), the rash may be more widespread and look similar to a chickenpox rash, according to the CDC. “Shingles have been around for a number of years but with the increased publicity, people are becoming more aware of the virus,” said Noel Santini, MD, Medical Director for Parkland’s network of Community Oriented Primary Care health centers. “There are several antiviral medicines to treat shingles that will help shorten the length and severity of the illness. But to be effective, they must be started as soon as the rash appears.

“People who have or think they might have shingles should call their healthcare provider as soon as possible to discuss treatment options,” Dr. Santini added.

The only way to reduce the risk of developing shingles and the long-term pain is to get vaccinated. The CDC recommends that people aged 60 years and older get one dose of the shingles vaccine. People seeking the shingles vaccine are advised to call their neighborhood pharmacy or physician office and ask about its availability.

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Nearly 1 in 3 people will be diagnosed in their lifetime Take a look at the people around you. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly one in every three people in the United States will develop shingles in their lifetime and an estimated 1 million cases

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Serving the USA Army Veteran thriving in Dallas... receives a free car on Veteran’s Day 

George Way

Dallas resident, George Way recently received a refurbished 2008 Honda Civic and six months of car insurance on Veteran’s Day compliments of Progressive Insurance.

George is a 23-year old Army Veteran who has been deployed to both Afghanistan and Iraq.

He moved to the Dallas area this past summer to enroll in Universal Technical Institute to become an Auto and Diesel Technician.

After his car broke down and was unable to be fixed, George struggled to get to his daytime job in North Dallas, UTI in Irving and his parttime job at A T & T Stadium in Arlington.

George says that receiving the car has changed his life, and he has even been able to get a better full-time job now that he no longer has to rely on public transportation.

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Recently individual members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the decision by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri not to indict a police officer for the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager.

Without exception, members of the Caucus expressed outrage with the decision, and the conduct of the Ferguson County prosecutor, Robert McCullough, whose ability to be fair-minded and non-partisan was challenged by members of Ferguson’s African American community.

McCullough undermined public confidence by taking a highly unusual approach to the grand jury proceedings.

Rather than conducting an investigation into the August shooting and then making a recommendation to the grand jury, as most prosecutors do, McCullough left the decision to the 12 men and women who comprised the grand jury.

The grand jurors were faced with massive amounts of data to consider.

In a highly unusual move, the officer who did the shooting,

By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson represent the state of Texas’ 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Darren Wilson, was allowed police vehicles were overturned. to testify before the grand jury While arrests were made, there for nearly four hours, and his was no loss of life. Protests against account of events leading up to the decision have continued in the shooting went unchallenged Ferguson and in other parts of by the prosecutor. the country by people of all races.

The testimony of witnesses The decision by the grand jury whose accounts differed from and the turmoil that followed it is the officer’s was discounted by consistent with the deeply painful McCullough belief held by many during a press in this country conference that lesser value is following the placed upon the grand jury’s lives of young black decision. men in this country.

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by ProPublica, a many observers media research who had closely organization in followed events New York City, in Ferguson, stated that black McCullough males in America decided to were 21 times more Robert P. McCulloch announce the likely to be shot by ST. LOUIS COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTY. grand jury’s police than their decision at 8 p.m. A small white counterparts. minority of those protesting the In the wake of events in decision turned to violence. Fires Ferguson President Obama were set, looting took place and convened a meeting at the White

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Young people around the country are speaking out against injustices and more and more signs of illegal acts by police officers are surfacing on the internet.

Some are saying that protests don’t work and others are celebrating the activism displayed.

I tend to choose to stand on what I deem to be the right side of history.

There’s nothing like being the people who lack backbones, fortitude or a level of consciousness to speak out during times of turmoil and urgency; but decades later they want to act as

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House of community activists, elected officials, law enforcement officials and members of the clergy to address the events that occurred in Ferguson and their aftermath. President Obama has pledged his personal involvement.

As the proud mother of an African American son and the grandmother of three grandsons I can only imagine the depth of the wound that is in the hearts of Michael Brown’s parents.

Their son will not sit with them for another holiday meal. Nor will they see him graduate from college.

As a nation we must immediately address the social ills that lead to the senseless deaths of young black men. We must somehow harness the hurt and the anger that exists and create positive and lasting change.

Senseless tragedies can be avoided if we initiate and sustain dialogue and mutual respect among our youth, elected officials, clergy, community leaders and members of law enforcement.

We must do this to ensure that events, like the shooting death of Michael Brown, do not occur on the streets of Ferguson, or on the streets of any of our cities and towns.

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though they were doing the right thing all along.

You know what I’m talking

to them today, over 50 years later, they were a few rows behind Dr. King as he marched in the streets.

Here we are, in another century, fighting injustices, racism and a number of other isms, only to find that half the battle is fighting those who stand to benefit the most from the valiant efforts of tbe courageous, who more important than finding something to die for;

“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.� .Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

about, like the people who mocked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was alive but listening

they’ve found something to live for.

How can you blame someone

for having the guts, willpower, or sense to do something that you can’t bring yourself to do?

You nay not agree with the tactics, strategies or execution, but you can move out of the way and let those who have a desire do what they feel is necessary; without your griping and moaning.

If you don’t agree, do your own thing. Come up with your own strategy. Or, you can sit home watching your sop operas, reality shows or cartoons--like you don’t have a care in the world.

That is, after all, better than using the media to attack progress.

I smile every time I see or hear about someone else doing something to call attention to the war we are fighting to make this world a better place.

Maybe, just maybe if enough people stand up and speak out, we will all be able to breathe!

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Quit Playin’

Vincent Hall Vincent L. Hall is an author and award-winning columnist.

“The cops are awesome,” Barkley told CNN on Tuesday.

“They’re the only thing in the ghetto between this place being the wild wild West.”

–“Sir” Charles Barkley – Times Magazine I was waiting for Supreme Court Injustice Clarence Thomas to carry the “White man’s water” in this latest series of miscarried justice, but I guess Charles Barkley had the lowest bid.

This over-zealous, semi-literate Negro did what good coloreds are supposed to do…Charles came up with a line almost as asinine as the ones former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been spouting to support the non-indictment of officers who committed murder.

Let me make two strong declarations upfront; 1. Not all cops are bad, but the good ones need to start speaking up quickly.

2. If you think Charles Barkley is a plain spoken, tell-it-like-it-

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tis Rhodes Scholar, just notice that he never has a script or teleprompter like all of the other sports journalists. He’s a hack!!

You know by now, that it’s a cherished choice of mine to bring

you old sayings, colloquialisms, clever quotes and bits of wisdom that survive history. But here is one that I coined myself, tailormade for Charlie Barkley; “When

you engage a worrisome fool you marry your worst fears.” In other words; trying to discern or defend against the mind and mannerisms of an idiot is idiotic.

Chuck Barkley is a millionaire by the virtue of the fact that he is a sold-out Negro, a coonish caricature and a fully-functioning subsidiary of White conservatism and White privilege. Chuck is an embarrassment to the Freedom Fighters and martyrs who served his home state of Alabama and this nation so well. But…Enough of that Negro.

Rather than get engaged to a witless fool I would rather marry the wisdom and bravery of other sports heroes. I will leave Chuck and quiet Negroes like Michael Jordan to their cigars and golf clubs.

Let’s concentrate on Curt Flood whose bravery spawned the notion and birth of Free Agency that made Charles rich. Or the great and gracious Muhammad Ali who’s fights for freedom and justice compelled this nation and the world to go the extra round for the sake of freedom and dignity.

How about Wilma Rudolph who exchanged her Olympic star status to become an earthly gift to the Civil Rights and Women’s Rights movements?

Or maybe Jackie JoynerKersee who made the long jump

from Gold Medalist to return to help in communities that look like ghettos.

Fast forward to today and there are more than a few athletes paying the freight of freedom.

Protests take a lot of nerve, but to Protest Ferguson Police where they live under the bright glaring lights of the National Football League require character and strength.

Fox News reported it this way.

“Prior to kickoff of their game against the Oakland Raiders, Rams wide receivers Tavon Austin and Kenny Britt came out together and raised their hands, but the move was obscured by a smoke machine in the upper reaches of the Edward Jones Dome. Jared Cook, Stedman Bailey and Chris Givens then

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came out and stood together with hands raised in the fog.”

Take that Uncle Charlie. And by the way they went on to win the game 52 to nuthin’ as we say here in the ghetto!!!

LeBron James and so many other NBA players are speaking out vociferously and vehemently.

If Charles could read a Muhammad Ali quote, he may understand this movement that is statistically as diverse as any in this nation’s history; “Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.”

This fight is all about the poverty of injustice that resides in our communities and apparently there’s nothing to fight about in Charlie’s neighborhood.

10-Point Plan: National Urban League Police Reform and Accountability Recommendations TO BE EQUAL Marc H. Morial President and Chief Executive Officer National Urban League

“The phenomenon we have seen in America since the announcement of the nonindictments of officers in the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner is new to a generation, but not to the nation.

Young people have always helped to fuel historic social change. We must not forget – 50 years ago, it was young people on that bridge in Selma, Alabama; young people sitting-in in Greensboro, NC; young people riding Freedom buses all over this nation challenging conventional laws and the status quo; young people like Schwerner, Goodman and Chaney losing their lives in

Philadelphia, Mississippi.

A multicultural band of young people, united with historic civil rights organizations, legislators, clergy, and everyday Americans who decided that it was time for our country to do better and be better, have been the impetus for so many of the changes we’ve witnessed as a nation through the decades.

Millions of Americans have now taken to the streets and to social media not because the problems that have caused the outrage just began yesterday, but because sometimes difficult circumstances present a once-ina-lifetime opportunity to bring

Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman

about historic change. Now is that time. Now is our time.

This conversation and the subsequent action that will result from it will continue because we remain committed to the idea that these cases do not end where they are.

In addition to the opportunity for the Justice Department to conduct independent investigations, we each have an opportunity to

participate in our great democracy by helping to ensure that the America of tomorrow is better than who we are today.”

10-Point Plan: National Urban League Police Reform and Accountability Recommendations: Widespread Use of Body Cameras and Dashboard Cameras

Broken Windows Reform and Implementation of 21st Century Community Policing Model Review and Revision of Police Use of Deadly Force Policies Comprehensive Retraining of All Police Officers Comprehensive Review and Strengthening of Police Hiring Standards Appointment of Special Prosecutors to Investigate Police Misconduct Mandatory, Uniform FBI Reporting and Audit of Lethal Force Incidents Involving All Law Enforcement Creation and Audit of National Database of Citizen Complaints against Police Revision of National Police Accreditation System for Mandatory Use by Law Enforcement To Be Eligible for Federal Funds National Comprehensive AntiRacial Profiling Law

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Dear Alma, I have been with this person for six years, and we’ve had our up and downs, like any relationship. We are living apart but he still wants us to keep our friendship. I don’t, because he needs to get himself together financially and mentally. Basically, I feel if someone truly loves you, they will do whatever it takes to be with the person. He’s just not moving fast enough for me. I do love him and want to be with him, but I can’t wait any longer. Now my problem is trying to move on and forget him.

What’s the best way to handle this?

Name withheld Dear Nameless, Six is the magic number. So you’ve been with him for six years. You guys don’t live together; you aren’t engaged, and he needs to get it together. He wants to continue a “friendship,” but you want more, and since he hasn’t obliged, you’re ready to move on.

First, I applaud you for making the decision to break it off, redefine, redirect and find your joy.

Some people stay in an unfulfilled relationship for the sake of being in a relationship, and that’s never a healthy decision. Truth be told, let’s give him credit; a friendship is all that he wants, and a friendship is all that he has to offer – to you.

You, on the other hand, have decided that’s not enough, and that’s ok. You know you better than anyone else. By making the decision to break it off and move on in your mind, all you need now is for your heart to catch on. That ol’ heart always takes a little more time with this sorta thing, doesn’t it?

While working through the heartache, keep in mind – after a break-up, we think…and ponder…and reminisce…about how we wish it could have been. I call that the coulda, shoulda, woulda stage. Since you will be thinking about it, for a little while anyway, put yourself on the path of thinking about the real deal of what’s been happening for the past six years. Even if you have to write it down. That way, you can recall and reread what really happened and how it made you feel.

Now, the next step toward moving on – take the time to refuel. I’d suggest focusing on what brings you strength. If there’s a particular minister or motivational speaker you like, listen to them, every day. If you like to walk, run, dance, workout, swim, do that for yourself – every day – or as much as you can. Download your best pick-me-up songs on your iPod, and listen to them. Hum along and take it all in.

Let’s imagine you’re preparing to take a long road trip. Close your eyes, see yourself at a gas station; you’re filling up your tank – a red sports car, I hope, LOL. Do the same for your heart – refuel. Keep busy, find a new hobby. How about volunteering at church, with the elderly, a charity, or with kids? Take the focus off him and focus on you. Use this time to allow yourself to work on being the best person you can be, who without a doubt is taking the time to live her life to the fullest.

You can do it!

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Spiritually Speaking

by James A. Washington

Promises, Promises, Can I Believe You? For a moment I’d like to think through this thing called covenant. I understand the dictionary definition as you probably do also. But here I’d like to take a moment and look at it biblically. It is really something to think that God made a covenant with His people. That would mean you and me. In essence He’s made us a promise. Now if you’ve lived as long as I have, you’ve had people make promises to you that one, they had no intention of keeping and, two, they failed miserably while trying to keep their word. A third example would be he or she could have cared less about keeping a promise they made to you. Perhaps you are a promise breaker, rather than a promise keeper. I know I’ve broken a promise or two in my day. But the subject here is God. I’ve got to assume that if anybody keeps His Word, it’s got to be God. Therefore it stands to reason and faith that we should take to our graves the covenant promise God made to Abraham i.e.us. Lest we forget, it’s the one Jesus came to fulfill.

Now, if I’ve got the concept down and the importance associated with keeping one’s word, then I need to be more careful in the promises I make and to whom I make them. It appears the foundation of spiritual belief is wrapped up in a simple promise. To Noah, “Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you green plants, I now give you everything.” Genesis 9:3. To Abraham, “As for me, this is my covenant with you…..you will be the father of nations….I will make nations of you and kings will come from you. I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for generations to come, to be your God and the God of the descendants after you… ..I will be their God.” Genesis 17:2-8. To Moses, “Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant then out of all nations, you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation…..”

Exodus 19:5. From Jesus to the disciples, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood…for whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes….. 1 Corinthians 11:25-26.

Remember this is God talking about His promises to us. Have you made any promises to Him lately?

What about to yourself about Him, or to someone who loves you or to someone you love? Have you kept them? Are you a covenant breaker or a covenant keeper? Do you believe you when you talk? Do you speak the truth when you do? There is a saying we’ve all heard about speaking the truth into existence; also, be careful about what you ask for. You see this covenant thing had a powerful beginning. A promise is downright godly. It has to be. The first one came from God to us through Adam and Eve. It kind of gets all caught up in words and the power of words and the understanding of words; God’s words, your words and more words. They have incredible power, if we could always understand them in the context of covenant. They are really vehicles to communicate with each other and the original covenant maker. A reality for all of us is that we are accountable for our words and thereby our actions. My obligation then is to emulate God almighty in a manner befitting His divine order. “So shall my word be that goes forth out of your mouth…” Isaiah 55:11. This covenant is a wondrous thing because God keeps His word. The more we understand this, the more scripture opens up and reveals the true nature of God. If I am made in his image, honesty should be the stuff of which my promises are made. Truth is the essence of life and faith in God’s word is unshakeable. Hopefully, others can put their faith in my words and yours too.

May God bless and keep you always.

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KwanzaaFest 2014

With more than 50,000 attendees over two days, KwanzaaFest was the place to be over the weekend. Not just a community marketplace, even though there are vendors who travel thousands of miles to sell their products and services. There were also plenty of elected officials, celebrities, educators, health professionals, community activists and volunteers, and children.

KwanzaaFest is a family affair where people come annually for the thousands of dollars in

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health screenings, A-list talent provided by K104 FM and KRNB 105.7, a cultural experience and an all-around good time as they prepare to celebrate the seven principles of Kwanzaa, a cultural holiday that begins on December 26 -the day after Christmas.

Attendees also walked away with hundreds of great prizes, including flat screen televisions, laptop computers, Dr. Dre’s Beatz, bicycles and more!

Photos by Luvenia Sanchez

Mark your calendars for December 12-13, 2015 for the 25th anniversary KwanzaaFest at Fair Park in Sunny South Dallas!

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LIFE HAPPENS Holidays Can Hurt

by Linda Mitchell, CEO Black and Clark Funeral Home

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Atty. Carl Hayes, Atty. B. D. Howard and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings.

Pastor Eddie L. Jenkins, Dr. Barbara Steele, Hon. Diane Ragsdale, Lawanda Mitchell and Hon. Cleo Steele.

Holiday parties, sounds of merry music, festive foods and decorated homes are a welcome scene during the Christmas season, but for many, it can be a stark reality of the physical absence of a loved one due to death.

Statistics reveal that from Thanksgiving to New Years, the rate of suicide, homicide and other types of deaths peak to its’ highest.

It is the time of year where those who are spending their first holidays without that special loved one struggle the most.

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The moment of comfort and consolation for families should not stop at the site of the interment, but there are stages and phases to grief, and the holiday season is a significant phase.

Over the 100 years of Black and Clark funeral home taking care of families with excellence, we know a little something about grief. We would like to recommend some Holiday Grief Nuggets that can help you and your family continue to focus on the celebration of your loved one’s life, even during this difficult holiday season.

Keep the party going. As hard as it may be, keep the party going by remembering the special nuisances and uniqueness of the loved one who is physically not present this Holiday Season. This is the time to create new memories so that the legacy of life lives on. Plan a special event where everyone brings a picture and tells their favorite story about them.

Keep your Faith strong. Write a special prayer acknowledging their legacy while having a candle lighting ceremony. As a family, make a decision to worship together on a certain day. This is great way to keep children involved and understanding that Faith is an important part to the grieving process.

Keep the Legacy Alive. It is important to get input from family and friends so that everyone will feel included in celebrations. Involve Children in service opportunities that their loved one was may have been passionate about. In lieu of shopping for gifts, consider giving legacy gifts to others. Establish legacy traditions like serving at a homeless shelter, or donating coats to needy children and families in the name of your loved ones or by donating to another grieving family who may be in the beginning of the grief cycle. This is also a very healthy way for children to learn to live a life of service while remaining connected to the legacy of their loved one.

At the end of the day, holidays can hurt – but if looked at from a perspective of faith, you will make it through.

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Mocca Cosmetics Kena and Eboneke are building an empire with quality products at affordable prices. Mocca Cosmetics is based in Southwest Center Mall. The ladies are deeply entrenched in the community and also provides classes for its consultants. Customers are able to do something that they are not doing when supporting many other companies -- supporting businesses that support our communities.

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HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING Gifts for the entire family

Kick off the New Year with a New Look for Your Office!

Bring art into the everyday items in your home or office, and help support local artists while displaying amazing style—with KESS Inhouse!

No more staring at a drab cubicle desk, cookiecutter dorm study space or monotone home

has an artist behind it that KESS gives a portion of each sale to. If their art is featured on a sold product, that artist benefits. It’s the KESS way— and the desk mat is no exception! Made from soft neoprene material, these fashionable mats create a skid-free desk area that is comfortable to work on, easy to clean and boosts inspiration with original artwork. The perfect size for any desktop, they are also machine washable and come in a multitude of artistic stylings. Featuring the quality artworks many have come to know and love from KESS Inhouse, there is Desk Mat for absolutely every taste and every office décor. www.kessinhouse.com

Make Your New Year’s Resolution to Slim Down…Your Wallet! office! With KESS Inhouse unique, vibrant and colorful desk mats you’ll have a space that beautifully reflects you!

KESS Inhouse is known for their awesome products that feature real art on everyday items such as home décor and pet products. Their connection to the artist community is unique and sets them apart in the home décor industry.

Each and every product that is sold gives a royalty back to the artist that worked on the design, making them a company that is giving back and providing a line of products that are always evolving to their customer’s desires. In fact, at KESS Inhouse, there are well over 4500 pieces of art to choose from and every single piece

Wojo Wallet is the perfect way to carry only what you need and eliminate the temptation of using multiple credit cards.

Studies show if you want to spend less, you should carry only the one or two essential cards you need to use. Start the New Year with

a slimmer wallet and fatter bank account with Wojo Wallet!

Wojo Wallet is extremely versatile and can go anywhere you do—even when participating in your favorite sports activity! Plus, it can float, making it easy to keep track of when swimming or surfing. No matter where you are headed, with Wojo Wallet at your side, you can be active without the extra hindrance and shop without a heavy purse bulky back pocket! Wojo Wallet is made from easy to clean silicone and neoprene, so you never have to worry about it getting grungy while you work out.

Wojo Wallet easily follows you from day to night, and is the only wallet you need when heading out for an evening on the town. Slip your ID, cards, and some cash into your Wojo and know that your items will be safely stowed in your pocket or a small clutch, without all the bulk of a big wallet or having to carry a large bag!

Wojo Wallet makes the perfect stocking stuffer for the adventurer, fitness lover or budgeter in your life. Preload the Wojo Wallet with a gift card for an extra special gift that is sure to be a hit this season! Wojo Wallet is available in four trendy colors, so there is a Wojo for everyone! And, at only $12.95 each, you can get one for every person on your shopping list! www.wojowallet.com

Beacon Audio’s “The Blazar” Beacon Audio is one of less than 20 companies chosen for the launch of eBay’s Innovators Collective. eBay marketing and SEO teams

have hand-picked products they believe to be at the forefront of innovation and design for the Innovators Collective, the retailer’s newest category. Beacon Audio is proud to have The Blazar counted among eBay’s exclusive list of unique lifestyle, electronic, and tech products.

Impressed with Beacon Audio’s products and overall brand image, eBay selected The Blazar to show why the Salt Lake City company is an emerging name in the Bluetooth speaker market.

The partnership between eBay and Beacon Audio will connect new customers to this young brand and their market-unique product.

The Blazar is the perfect blend of power and portability. 360-degree sound projects from this lightweight speaker that fits in the palm of your hand. A single Blazar will fill your home or office with high quality audio. And, this speaker stands apart with its ability to provide true stereo sound when wirelessly paired with an additional Blazar.

The single-piece aluminum design of either the Deep Graphite or Silver Aluminum Blazar brings an unparalleled level of sophistication to your listening experience.

Beacon Audio believes listening to music is an emotional experience. To them, sharing music is more than just sharing a song; it’s sharing your soul. This connection provides the catalyst for some of life’s most memorable moments.

Whether it’s the thrill of a rooftop party or the intimacy of a sunrise, Beacon Audio’s mission is to

enable you to become immersed in the moment.

Wherever, whenever, and however the feeling strikes you, Beacon’s portable Bluetooth speakers will stream the soundtrack to your life.

Since the company’s conception in 2011, they’ve continued to find new ways of bringing together the latest in technology and forwardthinking design. By creating premium products without the premium price tag, Beacon Audio has enabled consumers to live out the company’s core belief: Music shouldn’t simply be heard; it should be experienced. www.theblazar.com

Spring Forward with Your Customizable Travel Backpack!

Travel can be fun and easy with the right gear.

With AttachaPack customizable and buildable backpacks, you not only have convenient storage for all of those travel essentials, but the ability to switch out pockets, accessories, colors and patterns for a fresh look for every destination!

With customizable pockets that can be easily zipped on and off, often accessed items like wallets and phones can be easily reached while bulky items stay secure in the larger compartment.

Get ready for cool customization and amazing designs that reflect any personal style with AttachaPack—The amazing customizable backpack that lets YOU design your own look and change it up again depending on your mood, destination or needs. This revolutionary

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backpack is not only customizable, but buildable, offering different pockets, pouches and fun accessories that can be easily attached and detached for a personalized look that can change with a simple zip. It’s simple! Simply choose a backpack style, pick pocket(s) color or design pattern, zip onto the backpack and enjoy a oneof-a-kind bag designed by you. AttachaPack is the ultimate in fun, fashion and function!

Personal style meets smart simplicity with the AttachaPack’s Henley backpack. With a roomy main compartment and detachable mediumsized front pocket, Henley carries personal items and travel essentials fashionably and with comfort. Plus, with a simple zip, the front pocket can switched out for a different look any time— it’s like having new backpack with every pocket switch and every new destination! www.attachapack.com

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sometimes brought on by a blank page vanishes with dedicated space that provides enough room to write down daily thoughts without the need for an entire blank page.

Inspired by a Japanese product brought to the United States by Masayo Koshiyama in 1994, Ten Year Journal is the only journal offering 11 years of entries (so that owners may start at any time within the first year and still get an entire decade) and remains a strong seller among those buying for a second time. Ten Year Journal believes in the power and intimacy of the handwritten memoir and dedicated to providing highquality, expertly bound and beautiful journals that are not only fun and meaningful to use, but affordable as well. www.journalten.com

Pedi Princess Pedicure Flip-Flops are the Perfect Last Minute Find

Sparkle and Shine This Holiday Season or Spring Ahead with Bio Seaweed Gel! The holidays are here, and along with the festivities usually come lots of parties and chances to get all dolled up. Why not spruce up that Little Black Dress this season with some sparkle and shine from Bio Seaweed Gel? Bio

Express Your Love Through the Gift of Lasting Memories:

Keep life’s small moments and big events forever recorded and preserve them for generations to come with Ten Year Journal — Memoir Journals that record up to 11 years of your life.

Of all your moments and memories, how many have you forgotten? Ten Year Journal provides the unique experience of putting actual pen to actual paper to create a permanent and tangible memoir. Unlike other journals that leave writers staring at a blank page, Ten Year Journal includes dated and lined pages with room to record feelings, special moments, books read, what was eaten that day, local weather, world events or whatever happening stands out—the writer is only limited by their own imagination! A perfect gift for newlyweds to record the first decade of marriage, world travelers, valentines, or anyone that loves to journal, Ten Year Journal is an intimate and unique way to cherish memories.

With its beautifully bound leather cover, it will quickly become a treasured hobby. Plus, with spring baby showers around the corner, it makes a great gift for new parents to treasure the first ten years of a child’s life.

With Journal 10 Ten Year Journal, just a few scribbled sentences a day will become a decade of memories and observations that can be held in your hands. What fun to look back and see what happened a year ago today! Plus, Ten Year Journal doesn’t just provide daily entries but special pages for long-range planning, monthly overviews, address and phone numbers, special dates, extended entries and more! It’s like a journal, planner and contacts book in one!

Not only is journaling a great way to preserve your thoughts and experiences from 2015 and beyond, but it can also have daily health benefits as well. Journaling is often used to help calm thoughts and bring stress levels down while helping to problem solve or clarify thoughts on a complicated issue. Plus, because Ten Year Journal offers small, dated entry spaces, the intimidation

market so that everyone can have beautiful and healthy nails. With a 100% customer satisfaction rate, Bio Seaweed Gel is the perfect gel nail polish for the professional and consumer alike. bioseaweedgel.com

Seaweed Gel is the only healthy gel nail polish on the market, and with over 114 colors to choose from, there is a shade for every occasion.

Did you know that most gel nail polishes contain really nasty ingredients that can be harmful to your health? Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP, BHA and other solvents make gel polish a fairly toxic product. Those ingredients used to be unavoidable for those who wanted beautiful gel nails, but now with Bio Seaweed Gel, not only do you avoid those harmful chemicals, but their polish is actually GOOD for your nails!

Bio Seaweed Gel is also the only gel polish on the market that can cure in the sun! No need for expensive equipment and UV lights, just take your pretty nails outside and let Bio Seaweed’s revolutionary SolarCure Technology take action!

This season, when you are looking for the perfect nail polish to accentuate your style as you ring in the New Year, check out the line of sparkle and shine shades of Unity All-in-One Colour Gel Polish by Bio Seaweed Gel. A base coat, color and topcoat all combined, one bottle is all you need for over 50 applications! If you want something in a rich sparkle red, check out 165 Ruby, or maybe you want something with a little more bling like 233 Diamond VIP. When you are out checking out twinkling holiday lights, what better shade to match the occasion than 168 Twinkle.

As the holidays come to a close it will be time to shed those winter blues and look ahead to spring!

Along with springtime sunshine will come lighter clothes, open toe shoes and beautiful, soft shades of Bio Seaweed Gel to give you the perfect manicure and pedicure this season! With many gorgeous springtime shades to choose from like 172 Toffee, 242 Pink Sky, and 219 Pink-a-boo just to name a few, Bio Seaweed Gel has you covered for every season!

Bio Seaweed Gel is a family owned business based in Canada. After 20 years of experience in the industry, they set out to answer the problems of the industry through the development of healthy gel nail polish. Their products have been available to the professional market for 9 years and have newly launched to the consumer

Tired of paying for a pedicure only to smudge those gorgeous glosses when dashing out the door? At Pedi Princess, they’ve created a unique two-in-one sandal that functions as both an eye-catching shoe and the perfect pedicure toe separator. Their innovative design allows the onthe-go woman to indulge in her favorite beauty ritual while removing potential smears and messes from the equation.

From tweens and teens to moms and grandmas, Pedi Princess’s irresistible creations are the perfect gift for enjoying with girlfriends of all ages. While each pair is glamorous enough to wear every day and everywhere, their claim to fame lies in their unique built-in toe separators. These jewelcapped accoutrements fit comfortably between each toe, keeping them safely separated during and after their appointment. Since there’s no need to remove her shoes when she gets has her nails painted, she can just sit back, relax, and then get on her way.

Each durable pair is crafted with a cushy foot bed boasting eye-catching and vibrantly colored designs. Their strap embellishments range from adorable sparkling flowers to rhinestones in a wide variety of hues, ensuring her favorite one is there for gifting. With a pair of Pedi Princess’s irresistible creations, getting a pedicure is just another opportunity to accessorize.

Laura Slipak, founder of Pedi Princess, is an Argentinean designer whose keen eye for patterns, colors, and fashion solutions has led her down the path to entrepreneurship. Over the years she has dabbled in the fashion world with her brand Miss Vintage, and broken into the interior design market by renovating the boutique hotel The Mod Resort in Palm Desert .

After seven years of putting Pedi Princess on the backburner, Slipak decided it was time to bring it to life in 2013, providing countless women with stylish footwear that caters to their unique needs. www.pediprincess.com

want is to have a nice workout without the hassle. With Flip2BFit, it is all about having fun while getting some fitness!

Flip2BFit is an amazing new board game that incorporates fitness in a box. Learn cardio, strength training exercises, yoga and more with each and every round of Flip2BFit. There is no equipment needed beyond the board game to have a fun round of fitness with family and friends. You will enhance your fitness level with the Fact/Fiction Nutrition cards that provide basic information that is crucial to living a healthy lifestyle. Information about topics such as good versus bad fats, serving size portions, antioxidant information and more, you will learn fundamental and interesting facts that will boost your fitness level! One of the great things about Flip2BFit is that you won’t even think of it as “working out”. It is a fun game that will challenge you, yet is appropriate for all ages from six years old and up! Whether playing as individuals or teams, Flip2BFit is as simple as spinning the wheel, picking up a card, completing an exercise, and of course having fun!

Bakari, by the creators of Flip2BFit, is an awesome fitness memory game. Challenging both your mind and your body, you match two physical activity cards, and then complete the physical challenge to earn points. Bakari can be taken anywhere, for game night with friends, or a family night in. Both Bakari and Flip2BFit are correlated to US National and State PE and Health Curriculums, making them the perfect companion to school PE Programs, especially on those rainy and cold days when going outside is not an option.

Heather Parisi, founder of Flip2BFit, was inspired to share her joy of health and fitness after she overcame a serious injury. Part of her road to recovery included physical activity and a healthy lifestyle, and she just knew she had to share it with others. Parisi wanted to educate the public about their health options as well as provide a way to make fitness fun for all ages. Flip2BFit was born out of these desires. Flip2BFit is partnered with Fitness for Africa, an organization that battles obesity and malnutrition in Africa and through this partnership Flip2BFit is helping make a difference in the lives of many Ugandan Children, by teaching them ways to have a fit and healthy lifestyle through the fun of playing a game. www.Flip2BFit.com

Experts agree BudStraps keep Earbuds conveniently hanging on BudStraps, the innovative new way to keep earbuds in place, promises to put an end to Dangling Earbuds, a nuisance felt by athletes, parents, office workers, drivers, travelers and music-loving teens. And the experts seem to believe and endorse their claim that BudStraps actually work.

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Putting the fun back in fitness!

When it comes to fitness and getting in shape, a lot of people have visions of boredom or being stuck at an uncomfortable or intimidating gym.

It isn’t often that someone will envision a family activity that is both fun and challenging, but now with Flip2BFit, fitness can be a fun, group activity that helps you get in shape, and spend time with those that matter to you! Forget waiting in line for monotonous machines at the gym, or dealing with intimidating gym-goers when all you really

up via Twitter, suggesting BudStraps as “an alternative to tangling headphones.”

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The Ultimate GrownUp Gift!

Sophistication, Style and Technology Collide in One of this Season’s Coolest Gifts—COGITO CLASSIC: The Amazingly Chic Smartwatch with the Sophistication of a Precision-Crafted Timepiece Since their invention, watches have made elegant and enduring gifts. Take this year’s holiday gift giving up a notch with COGITO CLASSIC—the smartwatch that combines the sophistication of a classic timepiece with the cutting edge of today’s technology.

COGITO CLASSIC appeals to both the techie and grown-up in each of us. Combining classic analog movement with all the essentials of a smartphone, it’s the ultimate gift for that special someone who values function, but doesn’t want to trade fashion to get it. A pioneer of the smartwatch movement, COGITO CLASSIC is revolutionary in the way it operates. Rather than becoming one more gadget that distracts from everyday moments, this wonder watch helps streamline what is important and what can wait.

Simply link COGITO CLASSIC to any smartphone or tablet using the app, and use its customized settings to choose priorities and which notifications will appear. COGITO CLASSIC frees you from continually checking your phone. On the beautiful watch face, a digital display shows who is calling and gives the option whether to answer or mute the call.

“We wanted to eliminate the clutter and all the digital distractions in our daily lives,” says Henri-Nicolas Olivier, Chief Executive Officer of CONNECTEDEVICE, makers of COGITO CLASSIC. “What better way to do that than by simply looking down at your wrist?”

Making life even easier is the fact that the COGITO CLASSIC is one of the only smartwatches on the market that never needs to be charged!

Using a standard watch battery that is easily replaced when needed, hunting for an outlet or charging cable becomes completely unnecessary. In a world where everyone already has to remember to charge their computers, tablets and smartphones every night — they shouldn’t have to charge their watch, too!

The COGITO CLASSIC is also water-resistant up to 10 ATM, meaning those with active lifestyles can still monitor essential communications in situations where they might not be able to bring a phone. No more worrying about carrying

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The best feature of COGITO CLASSIC smartwatch? keep around the house, families will not only be It’s programmable to give only the notifications saving on expenses, but on space too. you need. If you want to receive notifications www.boppy.com Let’s face it; getting kids excited about shoe about text messages from only certain people shopping can be a tough venture. Sure, they are such as your child or boss, this function is more than happy to head to the toy store, but available! Want to use your COGITO to take a how do you get them to be just as excited to go photo? No problem! Just set up your phone and shopping for a new pair of shoes? It used to be use the watch to snap the shot! The ultimate nearly impossible since there really wasn’t much selfie! in the way of exciting shoes for kids until Stikii The watch is not only revolutionizing the way Shoes arrived on the scene, making shoes fun we live our lives, but it’s fashion-forward as for kids! By providing unique footwear that can well. Featuring design by award winning French be customized for each child’s personality or style Designer Xavier Houy, this precision-crafted for the day, kids will never want to be without timepiece adds a level of sophistication to the their Stikii Shoes! smartwatch market. Featuring classic analog Not only are Stikii Shoes fun for kids, but they movement combined with intuitive digital are also lightweight and comfortable, making notifications, this is the only smartwatch with them a shoe that parents can feel good about a design that looks forward to the future while purchasing for their little ones. The outer sole is paying tribute to the past. made from EVA and the upper is a soft microfiber The COGITO CLASSIC can be paired with Apple fabric, creating a fun, cozy design that kids will and Android smartphones, making it one of the love. Available in lots of fun colors such as Bubbly only smartwatches to cross the boundaries of Blue, Groovy Green and Playful different operating systems. If you change from Purple to name a few, there is a color of Stikii one phone brand to another, you don’t have to Shoes for every kid! As if that weren’t enough, ditch your smartwatch in the process. Retailing Stikii Shoes have a very special custom feature for $179, the COGITO Classic is an affordable that kids haven’t seen before, but are sure to get option, making it the ultimate gift for that special excited about! someone who values function but who doesn’t Thanks to the Stikii Shoes’ Stik technology want to trade their fashion sense to get it! fun additions to the shoes called Stik-Ems Currently available at select retail shops across can be added with ease. These Stik-Ems allow the US and online at http://cogitowatch. com/classic.html The holidays are upon us and with them come Stikii shoes to be customizable and allow kids colder weather that can also lead to dryer skin. So to express their own design and personalities why not surprise the special someone in your life through the additions they add to their shoes! So with some Enfusia bath products and help them many options are available, such as animals like battle the winter dryness and maintain their panda bears and puppies, letters and numbers holiday cheer! With many luxurious products and even 3D plush designs with frogs, bears and to choose from, you are sure to find a gift for other fuzzy creatures. The great thing about Stikii Shoes is that your child can change the design of everyone on your list!

Enfusia bath products are handmade in small their shoes daily, making shoes fun! Gone are batches out of 100% natural ingredients to thedays of trying to convince your 3-year-old to ensure that you receive the highest quality put on his shoes before you go out! Now with product! There is no need to trust your sensitive Stikii Shoes, kids will actually want to wear their skin to machine made products that have harsh shoes, solving parents’ problems and creating fun chemicals and unnatural ingredients when you all at the same time! can have products made by hand with care, just for you!

Choosing a stocking stuffer for the girl that has everything is a piece of cake with Enfusia’s Cupcake Bath Bombs! Available indelectable scents such as Chocolate, Lemon, Strawberry Shortcake or White Chocolate Raspberry, the only trouble you will have is choosing which one to gift! These Cupcake Bath Bombs feature the same quality ingredients as the Bath Bombs you love from Enfusia, but with cake inspired scents and adorable cupcake packaging. These bath bombs take the cake!

When you have a hard time making up your Stikii Shoes were invented by a Toledo, Ohio dad Boppy, the trusted name with mothers for over mind on which scent to gift, try the Enfusia Bath after an outing to take his two young children 25 years has revolutionized the baby industry Bomb Trio! Featuring 3 of their most popular shoe shopping. Ending up in the toy aisle, he once more. The company has recently launched scents: Pomegranate, Rose Ylang Ylang, and started thinking: Why can’t shoes be fun! From yet another ingenious product which will be Lavender, and wrapped cutely with colored foil there Stikii Shoes was born and the idea has every parent and caregivers must-have accessory. and ribbons, this is the go to gift for any woman stuck! The company is growing through providing fun shoes for kids everywhere!

Owning multiple baby seat products will be a in your life! thing of the past because the new Boppy Chair If you’re still not really sure what to get that www.stikii.com does it all. special someone - The Luxe Bath Bomb Sampler Part highchair, part booster and part floor seat, makes the perfect gift and introduction to Enfusia! the Boppy® Baby Chair can be used on infants as Featuring 7 of their most popular scents and young as three months and grows with baby until 3 seasonal scents, this is the way to experience they reach their first birthday. Made of cushioned a lot of Enfusia in one package! Including skin fabric, this resourceful chair goes from floor seat softening ingredients, moisturizing massage oils to table seat. It also has a removable tray so and scrumptious scents, the Luxe Bath Bomb feeding your little one is a snap. Boppy Chair is Sampler is sure to make a splash on your gift list not only soft and durable, but easy to clean, so this year! wiping down those orange carrots will be a cinch.

Enfusia creates their made by hand products And when you’re done, it easily folds down so you in order to help people have skin that is healthy, Milkies Milk Trays allow nursing moms to easily can tuck it away, out of site. moisturized and nourished. Developed as an freeze and store their breast milk Firefighter and Mompreneur, Tobi Porter, has With a removable bolster for use on the wee answer to owner/creator Debra’s sensitive skin teamed with Fairhaven Health to launch her new ones, the Boppy Baby Chair comes with all the issues, their entire line of products utilizes natural line of Milk Trays for breastfeeding moms. excellent safety standards that you’d expect from and botanical ingredients. There are absolutely For over a decade, Fairhaven Health has been the Boppy brand—the bottom has skidproof no harmful chemicals in any of their products. fabric, there’s a three point harness so baby is Everything created by Enfusia is made in the USA, home to a diverse collection of natural fertility, safely buckled in, and a secure strap which can 100% vegan and cruelty free, and also gluten pregnancy, and nursing products developed by hook to a dining room chair, and keep it there. free! Each product is made by hand in small trusted healthcare professionals.

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Understanding that moms need options, Fairhaven Health has partnered with Tobi Porter, adding her Milk Trays to their popular line of Milkies nursing products.

Serving as a full-time firefighter paramedic near Tampa, FL, Porter developed the Milk Tray as a way to continue breastfeeding despite a hectic work schedule fraught with 24 hour shifts.

“I’ve always wanted Milk Trays to become the leading choice in breast milk storage,” said Porter.

“I know that under the guiding hand of Fairhaven Health this dream will become a reality.”

Milkies Milk Trays are specifically designed for freezing and storing one ounce servings of breast milk, so they can be defrosted and used at a moment’s notice.

The reusable tray completely eliminates waste commonly associated with breast milk bags, while taking up less space in the freezer and providing moms with perfectly sized portions every time. They can fit in any bottle opening and are BPA free.

Located in Bellingham, WA,Fairhaven Health has been breaking new ground within the pregnancy and newborn fields through effective, quality products developed by specialists and medical professionals since 2002. All of their designs are BPA-free, feature no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives, and are manufactured in the United States by GMP certified facilities for added peace of mind. www.fairhavenhealth.com

A Holiday Must-Have for Dad: Standing Room Tents Standing Room Tents are spacious and offer over 8 ft of headroom in just ten minutes of easy set up. Give the gift of a year full of exciting excursions and family fun with the versatile new sleeping solutions from Standing Room Tents.

This holiday season give outdoor enthusiasts an easily accessible option for sleeping under the stars with Standing Room Tents. Spacious, convenient, and easy to set up, their adaptable creations are the civilized new wave of the camping world. In just a few easy steps everyone from parents and grandparents to tailgaters and recreationists can transform any standard canopy

frame into a fully functional, stand-up, living space.

It all starts with a typical 10’x10’ gazebo or canopy--the sort that are often purchased for special events and then discarded in the garage.

Standing Room Tents gives these forgotten frames a whole new purpose in life, using it as the scaffolding for an amazing full size tent. Each one is set up with a series of ties and hooks and can be assembled in a matter of minutes with instruction that are easy enough for even the youngest campers to help with.

The popular Standing Room 100 Hanging Family Cabin is the perfect compromise for diehard campers who just can’t duck and crouch anymore and families where convenience is key.

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Each one is made to be a weather proof environment with a solid waterproof top and seamless PU-coated taffeta nylon tub style floor.

Two doorways are built in for easy access, and a number of fully screened windows can be zipped open and closed against the wind and rain. While the 100 Hanging Family Cabin is for use with straight-leg frames, their 64 version was crafted with the same innovative design but made for slant leg canopies. With Standing Room Tents’ versatile creations, it has never been easier to enjoy the outdoor world in comfort and style. www.standingroomtents.com

RejuvaHealth’s Compression Legwear is a Winter Fashion Essential Don’t let the holidays run you ragged. The revolutionary compression legwear company RejuvaHealth has what you need to make it through the holidays looking svelte and feeling great.

What is graduated compression? Graduated compression is an effective and comfortable way to give one’s legs, feet, and ankles a boost when prolonged periods of sitting and standing start to take their toll. At RejuvaHealth they take pride in developing fashion forward stockings knit at compression levels everyday professionals and jetsetters can take advantage of. As fall and winter set in and the holidays approach, it’s the perfect time to get acquainted with the allure and many benefits of RejuvaHealth’s gorgeous creations.

Show up for the season’s festivities fresh from the runway with RejuvaHealth’s Sheer Dot and Floral Knee Highs. These chic stockings are the perfect complement to that new pair of boots, and can add a dash of fall friendly color while they promote healthy blood flow. Compression legwear starts tightest at the ankle and loosens as it moves up the leg, creating better circulation and relieving feelings of heaviness and tiredness

while working to reduce and prevent swelling.

When searching for the perfect stocking stuffer, RejuvaHealth’s Unisex Sock with COOLMAX is a guy’s dream come true. Each pair of these enhanced socks is built with graduated compression to renew his legs with every step.

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Kelsey Minarik launched RejuvaHealth in December of 2010 after being diagnosed with Deep Vein Thrombosis. Through her company, Minarik is able to make other young women and men aware of this health issue, and provide those who suffer from it with a product that’s designed to help while looking great. RejuvaHealth works with the National Blood Clot Alliance to promote thrombosis & thromphilia awareness and raise funds that will go toward alerting the public and health care providers about this silent killer. www.rejuvahealth.com

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myriad of fashion forward colors. Each cap is lined with a fleece comfort layer that provides her with ample warmth and a soft barrier between her skin and biting winds. Its claim to fame however lies in its two cleverly disguised openings, one high and one low, that can be used to keep her ponytails neatly elevated and out of the way.

When paired with one of their Classic Cable, No-fuss Contour Cowl’s, she’ll be outfitted in effortless style. These matching cowls are crafted with a stretchy back for quick and easy changes, and are made from non-itch acrylic fibers that wrap her up in comfort and elegance. With these stylish staples by her side she can enjoy any activity without batting an eyelash.

In 2003, founder Danica Leigl stumbled upon her first prototype while knitting between college classes. From that first cap sporting its accidental gap, she received countless requests from friends and fellow students, eventually leading to the formal creation of the brand in 2007. Armed with a proprietary pattern and patent pending design, PeekaboosÂŽ Ponytail Hats are making a name for themselves. www.ponytailhats.com

Slip Into Your Own Style with ISlide ISlide combines athletics, fashion and individuality with their customizable footwear Give sports fans something to celebrate this holiday season with the comfiest kicks around, only from ISlide.

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industry where their avant-garde approach to design gives men and women a chance to stand in what they stand for.

This year, they’re making holiday shopping a breeze by offering friends, family members, and teammates an easy and unique way to put a smile on their loved ones faces. With just one click they can give the gift of customized comfort and personal style with ISlide’s proprietary buildyour-own shoe system.

The perfect gift all begins with an idea.

Whether they’re outspoken about the team they play for or the sport they love, with ISlide it’s easy to create distinctive slides that let them show off their passion and spirit.

The first step in the process is choosing the look of the slide from a number of special and limited edition colorways. They can then start personalizing their pair from a collection of pre-cultivated symbols and designs, or go fully optimized by uploading their own text, logos, and even photos. This option in particular is a fantastic way for teams and individuals alike to get the specially designed look they crave, with the personalization they need.

Each pair of slides boasts their RPL (pronounced ripple) technology, which is composed of a wave-like foam footbed that helps feet relax and recover after a grueling game, workday, or any activity in between.

The textured EVA foam offers a comfortable cushion, while the adjustable strap provides a smooth and adjustable fit. Add to that a lightweight yet strong support system for everyday wear, and a special antimicrobial layer to protect from post game day socks and scents, and folks have a signature shoe to fit their lifestyle.

Since their launch in July of 2013, ISlide has brought thousands of fully customizable slides to a market bereft of individuality. From creating the template to printing the design and packing for shipping, they oversee every step of the way on each individual pair. Through a thorough yet streamlined method, they are able to maintain a high level of quality craftsmanship while fulfilling huge orders with the same care as when they do only a single pair, ensuring customer satisfaction from start to finish. www.islideusa.com

Women can now comfortably wear their hair in ponytails while wearing their winter hat Introduce her to the latest in winter accessorizing this holiday season with the PeekaboosŽ Ponytail Hat. From cozy textiles to an innovative design, with the PeekaboosŽ Ponytail Hat they’ve thought of everything she needs to maximize her fun this winter. She’ll never compromise on fashion or function thanks to their patent pending design that incorporates a secret opening in every cap to accommodate her ponytail. Whether she lives to barrel down those powdered slopes or a snowy walk in the woods is more her pace, the PeekaboosŽ Ponytail Hat offers her the versatility she needs to seize the day.

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In America, it’s expected that over 31 million people have suffered from back pain at one time or another in their lives, making it likely that someone on this year’s holiday list is in need of an introduction to Kacelia. Developed by an established chiropractor, Kacelia’s Tru-Align Body System works safely and naturally to decompress and reshape muscles and tissue in the comfort of one’s home. With just 20 minutes of use per day,

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