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Governor Abbott Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration in Response to Severe Weather and Flooding

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Governor Abbott Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration in Response to Severe Weather and Flooding

Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Texas counties heavily impacted by recent severe weather and flooding that caused wide- spread damage across the state. Additional Texas counties may be added to the declaration as local, state, and federal agencies continue to assess damages.

“The magnitude of recent severe weather and flooding has taken a serious toll on Texans across the state,” said Governor Abbott. “With such widespread flooding and devastation, addi- tional resources are needed to help Texans recover. This request will help provide assistance and emergency services for Texans impacted by this disaster, and I thank the President for his con- tinued support.”

Governor Abbott has included the following counties in his request for a Presidential Disaster Declaration, which, if granted, would allow those affected to apply for Individual Assistance (IA), Other Needs Assistance (ONA), Crisis Counseling, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, Disaster Legal Assistance, and Disaster Case Management: Burnet, Ellis, Haskell, Liberty, Llano, Sutton, Tarrant and Travis counties.

Public Assistance Categories A through G including Direct Federal Assistance have been re- quested for Baylor, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Fannin, Gillespie, Haskell, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Jones, Kerr, Kimble, Knox, Leon, Llano, Madison, Mason, Nolan, San Patricio, San Saba, Sutton, Throckmorton and Travis counties.

In addition to the Presidential Disaster Declaration request, Governor Greg Abbott today also expanded his State Disaster Declaration to cover a total of 111 Texas counties. Governor Abbott has authorized the use of all available resources of state government and of political sub- divisions to aid in the response efforts.

Counties included in the updated State Disaster Declaration are: Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Brazoria, Brazos, Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cal- lahan, Cameron, Chambers, Coleman, Colorado, Comal, Co- manche, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Eastland, Edwards, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Fayette, Fort Bend, Frio, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Harris, Haskell, Hays, Hidalgo, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Jones, Karnes, Kenedy, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, Knox, Lampasas, La Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Live Oak, Llano, Madison, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, McMullen, Medi- na, Mills, Montgomery, Nolan, Nueces, Palo Pinto, Parker, Polk, Real, Refugio, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Shackelford, Somervell, Starr, Stephens, Sut- ton, Tarrant, Taylor, Throckmorton, Travis, Trinity, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Zapata and Zavala.

September Marks 22nd Consecutive Month Of Upstream Oil And Gas Job Growth: 47% Of Jobs Recovered

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September Marks 22nd Consecutive Month Of Upstream Oil And Gas Job Growth: 47% Of Jobs Recovered

Texas oil and natural gas companies added 1,100 up- stream jobs* in September, marking the 22nd consecutive month of job growth, according to data from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Texas has re- covered 47% of jobs lost between the high point in employment in December 2014 and the low point in September 2016. Since the low point, employment in the Texas upstream sector has grown by 55,100 jobs, which pay among the highest wages in Texas.

Oil and gas jobs are some of the best jobs in Texas. Continuous job growth in the oil and natural gas industry not only bolsters our nation’s energy security, but also anchors Texas families and their communities,” said Todd Staples, president of the Texas Oil & Gas Association. “Oil and natural gas jobs, investment and innovation secure our economy, our environment and our future.”

*Upstream activity includes oil and natural gas extraction and sup- port activities for mining and excludes other industry sectors such as refining, petrochemicals, fuels wholesaling, oilfield equipment manu- facturing, pipelines, and gas utilities.

Harris County Democratic Party

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Harris County Democratic Party

Houston, TX — On Tuesday, Democrats in Harris County enjoyed a historic night with victories up and down the ballot.

Highlights from Tuesday Night:

• Lizzie Fletcher switches the 7th Congressional District, defeating longtime incumbent John Culberson

• Congresswoman-elect Sylvia Garcia will represent the 29th Congressional District in U.S. Congress, making her the first Latina elected to congress from Texas

• State House District 132 will have a new representative in Gina Calanni

• State Representative-elect Jon Rosenthal wins House District 135

• Lina Hidalgo defeated popular incumbent Ed Emmett to become County Judge

• Adrian Garcia beat Jack Morman in the County Commissioner Precinct 2 race

• Diane Trautman was elected the new County Clerk

• Marilyn Burgess becomes District Clerk, Dylan Osbourne wins County Treasurer race

• Democrats swept all of the Harris County judicial races, winning all 75 contests including on the ballot with the most diverse ballot ever

• 1st and 14th Court of Appeals elect all Democrats — first time sweep in a mid-term cycle

Harris County Democratic Party Chair Lillie Schechter issued the following statement:

“Our Party had an awesome outcome Tuesday night. We were able to flip two state house seats, elect Lina Hidalgo and Adrian Garcia to Commissioner’s Court and get Democrats elected up and down the ballot in Harris County. We know that when we engage people with qualified and diverse candidates up and down the ballot, we win. All along it was always going to be the work and not the wave that was going to get us the result we wanted in Harris County. I couldn’t be more proud of the work our volunteers, Democratic clubs and organizations, allied organizations and campaigns did over the past year and a half. They are truly the backbone of what we do. We built an amazing team that executed our program. Thank you to the people of Harris County for trusting and electing us. It’s time to go to work and change our government to make lives better.”

Publicación 1131 – Revista Digital 8 noviembre – 14 noviembre / 2018

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Publicación 1131 – Revista Digital 8 noviembre – 14 noviembre / 2018

Gracias por visitarnos, este artículo contiene la revista digital de ¡Que Onda Magazine! de fecha 8 de Noviembre hasta el 14 de Noviembre del 2018.

Descargar versión digital – Que Onda!

Maluma Es Galardonado Con El Premio Evolución Extraordinaria en Los Latin American Music Awards 2018

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Maluma Es Galardonado Con El Premio Evolución Extraordinaria en Los Latin American Music Awards 2018

HOLLYWOOD, California (26 de octubre de 2018). Anoche el ídolo juvenil de la música Latina a nivel mundial MALUMA fue galardonado con el premio Evolución Extraordinaria en la cuarta entrega anual de los Latin American Music Awards, donde además el colombiano hizo dos extraordinarias presentaciones musicales.

Además de aceptar el prestigioso premio que reconoce su trayectoria meteórica a su corta edad, el ídolo global cantó su sencillo “Mala Mía” en una impresionante presentación que sorprendió al destacar a mujeres de todas las edades y tamaños. Para ver la entrega del premio y su presentación de “Mala Mía” haga click AQUÍ Luego, para el deleite de todos, apareció junto a Prince Royce cantando su exitazo “El Clavo”.

El artista acaba de cerrar su exitosa gira por Europa habiendo vendido 215,450 boletos en 22 conciertos. La gira incluyó casas llenas en el Wembley Stadium Arena en Londres; el Wizink Center en Madrid, y el AccorHotels Arena en Paris, entre otros. Recientemente obtuvo su décimo #1 en el listado Latin Airplay de Billboard con “Clandestino”. Próximamente se presentará en su patria Colombia. . . el 3 de noviembre en Medellín (La Macarena) y el 10 en Bogotá en el recién inaugurado Movistar Arena. Además, Maluma hará parte del MetroConcierto de Conciertos en Cartagena el 29 de diciembre.

Maluma esta nominado al Latin GRAMMY por su disco F.A.M.E en la categoría, Mejor Álbum Pop Vocal Contemporáneo, marcando su décima nominación al prestigioso premio.

Acerca de MALUMA:
Con tan sólo veinticuatro años de edad, Juan Luis Londoño, mejor conocido por su nombre artístico Maluma (compuesto por las primeras letras de los nombres de su madre, su padre y su hermana) se ha convertido en uno de los artistas de mayor impacto en la música urbana y el ídolo juvenil de la música latina a nivel global. Maluma es uno de los cantantes más populares con fans activos en las redes sociales y el líder entre cantantes masculinos latinos con más de 36.2 millones de seguidores en Instagram. Esta cifra se le suma a más de 23 millones de fans en Facebook, 5.5 millones en Twitter, y más de 15 millones de suscriptores en su canal de YouTube.

En el 2017 presentó 105 conciertos en América Latina, Estados Unidos, Europa e Israel, vendiendo más de 1 millón de boletos en su MALUMA WORLD TOUR 2017 y convirtiéndose en el artista latino que vendió la mayor cantidad de boletos de conciertos en el 2017.

En el 2015, Maluma lanzó su segundo álbum Pretty Boy Dirty Boy bajo la discográfica Sony Music US Latin, el cual debutó en el #1. En su primer año y medio en el mercado estadounidense tuvo cinco canciones #1 en el listado Latin Songs de Billboard. Recientemente lanzó su más producción discográfica F.A.M.E que también debutó en el #1 y tan solo en su primera semana se convirtió en seis veces platino en EEUU. Maluma es el artista más joven en simultáneamente obtener canciones #1 y #2 en el listado “Latin Airplay” de Billboard (“Sin Contrato” y “Chantaje”) y solamente el sexto en logarlo. Hasta la fecha, Maluma tiene diez éxitos #1 en el listado Latin Airplay de Billboard.

Texas Renaissance Festival

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Texas Renaissance Festival

Texas Renaissance Festival

September 29th through November 25th

Kids get in free on Sundays!

Seis reglas que los felices practican

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Seis reglas que los felices practican

Si algo deberíamos aprender bien en esta vida, es ser feliz. Pero, ¿acaso alguien te puede enseñar esto? ¡Por supuesto! La Universidad de Harvard—una de las más prestigiosas del mundo— ofrece ahora un curso para aprender a ser feliz. Miles de personas que lo han tomado, aseguran que la vida les ha cambiado y se sienten mucho más alegres y descubrí que el famoso curso está basado en algunos de los siguientes puntos:

• Paga por experiencias placenteras y no por cosas materiales. Un estudio demostró que las personas se sentían más felices cuando invertían su dinero en vivencias, como viajes, ricas cenas, cursos, masajes, y no, cuando compraban artículos como joyas, ropa, muebles o un auto deportivo.

• Sé asertivo: pide lo que quieras y di lo que piensas. Se comprobó que “soltar la lengua” eleva tu autoestima, mientras que aguantar en silencio todo lo que te digan y hagan, genera tristeza.

• Saluda y sé amable con otras personas incluyendo a los desconocidos: más de 100 investigaciones afirman que sonreír cambia el estado de ánimo.

• ¡Siéntete bella o atractivo! Lo dicen los estudios: 41% de las personas que piensan que se ven bien, son más felices. Así que saca tiempo para arreglarte y ponerte guapo.

• No dejes para mañana lo que puedes hacer hoy, mientras más postergas lo que tienes que hacer, más ansiedad y tensión generas. Escribe una lista de tareas a cumplir y empieza a ejecutarlas ya.

• Deja de quejarte y haz una lista de las cosas que tienes que agradecer y que te dan felicidad. ¡Saber que tienes mucho más de lo que a veces crees te dará una alegría interna que no se cambia por nada!

Te motivo a que pongas en práctica estos consejitos, puedes ser un científico galardonado con un Premio Nobel, un actor famoso ganador de un Oscar o un poderoso empresario flotando en dinero… pero si no sabes cómo disfrutar de la vida de nada te sirve lo demás. Exprímele a cada día gotitas de felicidad.

Houston Ballet presents The Nutcracker

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Houston Ballet presents The Nutcracker

Houston Ballet returns home for the holidays this season as Stanton Welch’s production of The Nutcracker takes center stage at the Wortham Theater November 23-December 29. Performance tickets and VIP experiences for Houston’s beloved holiday tradition are on sale now at HoustonBallet.org or 713.227. ARTS(2787).

“We are very excited to be able to return the Wortham Theater for our wonderful Nutcrack – er. We’ve been on the road for a while now and to get to be home and to bring that ballet back to its full glory on that wonderful Wortham stage is something that I can’t even begin to tell you how exciting that is for all of us,” says Houston Ballet’s Artistic Director Stanton Welch AM.

As the crown jewel of Houston Ballet’s upcoming season, The Nutcracker brings holiday magic to life onstage with Welch’s dazzling choreography set to Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s iconic score. More than 250 spectacular costumes will be donned by Houston Ballet’s talented company dancers and Houston Ballet Academy’s vibrant students while larger than-life scenery captivates audiences’ imaginations, thanks to the work of acclaimed British Designer Tim Goodchild. With 35 performances this holiday season, there are plenty of opportunities for audiences of all ages to experience the whimsy and wonder that this glittering production delivers time and time again.

Houston Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker is generously presented by Houston
Methodist and sponsored in part by ConocoPhillips, KPRC, Tenenbaum Jewelers, United Airlines, Baker Botts L.L.P. Bank of America, Shell Oil Company, H-E-B, Apache Corporation, and Macy’s.

ABOUT HOUSTON BALLET
Houston Ballet has evolved into a company of 60 dancers with a budget of $33 million, making it the country’s fifth largest ballet company. With a state-of-the-art performance space built especially for the company—also the largest professional dance facility in America—Houston Ballet’s $46.6 million Center for Dance opened in April 2011, with an endowment of just over $74.1 million (as of July 2017).

Australian choreographer Stanton Welch AM has served as Artistic Director of Houston Ballet since 2003, raising the level of the company’s classical technique and commissioning works from dance makers such as Christopher Bruce, Alexander Ekman, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Trey McIntyre, Julia Adam, Edwaard Liang, and George Balanchine. Executive Director James Nelson serves as the administrative leader of the company, a position he assumed in February 2012 after serving as the company’s General Manager for more than a decade.

Houston Ballet has toured extensively both nationally and internationally. Over the past fifteen years, the company has appeared in renowned theaters in London, Paris, Moscow, Spain, Montréal, Ottawa, Melbourne, New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and in cities large and small across the United States.

Houston Ballet’s Education and Community Engagement Program reaches more than 60,000 individuals in the Houston area annually. Houston Ballet Academy teaches more than one thousand students every year, and approximately 50 percent of the current company was trained by the Academy.

For more information on Houston Ballet, visit www.houstonballet.org

LSC-University Park helps student succeed

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At Lone Star College-University Park, quality education and resources and supportive faculty and staff are key to helping students find success. This proved true for Guadalupe Rodriguez.

Rodriguez earned her associate degree from LSC in 2016 and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center in August. Her educational journey, though, has not been one without obstacles. Rodriguez dropped out of high school and then became a wife and mother to four sons, but had always yearned to earn a college degree.

“One of the reasons I decided to go back to school was that I wanted my children to see nothing can stand in your way,” said Rodriguez.

Rodriguez quickly earned her diploma through a GED program, but she still had another barrier: she was an undocumented immigrant at the time. Fortunately, Rodriguez found the right environment and enrolled at nearby LSC-University Park, which currently serves a 41 percent Hispanic student body.

“My immigration status kept me from pursuing a degree for a long time, but LSC-University Park gave me hope,” said Rodriguez. “First generation students and adult learners, no matter their circumstances,
will benefit from the college’s support.”

“As the community’s college, our talented and dedicated team of faculty and staff work tirelessly to better serve our diverse community and student population,” said Dr. Shah Ardalan, LSC-University Park president. “We focus on the individual student’s needs and goals and work with each to identify pathways. Our many services, from counseling and career services to scholarships, ensure that our students are well-prepared for the workforce or transfer to four-year universities upon graduation.” Rodriguez also credits Shannon Hausinger, director of the Student Learning Resource Center and a professor at LSC-University Park, with helping her achieve academic success.

“Professor Hausinger made the biggest impact on me and helped me find resources, college fairs, tutoring, and even scholarships,” said Rodriguez. “I really don’t know if I would be here with my degrees had she not been there for me. She goes above and beyond her job duties, as does everyone at the college.”

“At LSC-University Park, we advocate for students that have barriers between them and their dreams for themselves and their families,” said Hausinger. “I admire [Rodriguez’s] persistence and commitment to her education. I was proud to see her walk across the stage at graduation.”

Rodriguez is planning to pursue a master’s degree in the health and medical field, and is also helping her own children find their paths. Her oldest son, a high school junior, is already earning college credit while still in high school through LSC-University Park’s and Klein Independent School District’s dual credit partnership.

“My sons have seen my hard work and know the importance of earning degrees themselves,” said Rodriguez. “They have every opportunity and they will have all my support.”

Recap: Houston Dynamo 2, Seattle Sounders 3

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Recap: Houston Dynamo 2, Seattle Sounders 3

The Houston Dynamo’s second-half comeback bid fell short as they fell 3-2 to Seattle Sounders FC at BBVA Compass Stadium this afternoon. This was Houston’s final home game of the regular season as they travel west next weekend for their final match of the year.

The Sounders scored their first goal off a header by defender Chad Marshall in the 26th minute. Midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro’s corner kick found Marshall in the heart of the box and he headed the ball into the bottom right corner for his fourth goal of the season.

The Sounders doubled their lead four minutes into the second half, again from a Lodeiro corner kick that found defender Gustav Svensson who headed the ball into the bottom left corner.

The Dynamo prevented the shutout in the 63rd minute as midfielder Boniek García sent a cross to the middle of the box where defender Kevin Garcia outjumped his defender and flicked the ball with the back of his head to score his first career goal. Lodeiro tallied his final assist of the game in the 87th minute as he found forward Raúl Ruidíaz running into the box. Dynamo goalkeeper Tyler Deric made contact with the ball as he attempted to save the shot but Ruidiaz’ effort snuck under his torso into the goal. Houston pulled within one goal two minutes later when forward Romell Quioto’s shot was flicked back by forward Mauro Manotas to the far post for his 17th league goal of the year.

The Dynamo threatened the Sounders goal with two headers in the first thirty minutes of the game. In the 12th minute, forward Alberth Elis sent a cross into the box that found forward Mauro Manotas who headed the ball with power, but Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei saved the attempt.

Ten minutes later, Elis won a free kick outside the box. García delivered a cross to the heart of the box that found Elis but his header went just over the crossbar.

As the first half was coming to an end the Dynamo tried to equalize with two dangerous opportunities. In the 41st minute, Quioto fired a right-footed shot from 20 yards out that was deflected by Frei and defender Kelvin Leerdam cleared the ball before Manotas could tap the ball in.

Two minutes later, the Dynamo won a free kick in the final third of the field. García sent a dangerous cross to the right side of the box that was cleared but fell to defender Alejandro Fuenmayor who took a right-footed shot that was off target.

The Dynamo will conclude the 2018 season, fueled by 76®, on Sunday, October 28 when they visit LA Galaxy at the StubHub Center at 3:30 p.m. CDT.

Source: houstondynamo.com

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