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McDonald’s y J Balvin Lanzan Colección de Mercancía de Edición Limitada

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McDonald’s y J Balvin Lanzan Colección de Mercancía de Edición Limitada

La exclusiva colaboración está inspirada en los productos favoritos de J Balvin del menú de McDonald’s

 Después de que La Orden J Balvin llegara a los restaurantes la semana pasada, los Arcos Dorados y el embajador global del Reggaetón, J Balvin, continúan elevando su colaboración al lanzar una nueva colección de ropa y accesorios. La colección fusiona los Coloresfavoritos de J Balvin con su amor por la comida de McDonald’s, que incluye una hamburguesa Big Mac, las Mundialmente Famosas Papas y un OREO® McFlurry, cuales forman parte de su orden exclusiva.

Los fanáticos tendrán acceso a la mercancía a partir de hoy, a través de jbalvinmerch.com. Las piezas incluyen desde un sombrero de pesca McFlurry, hasta unas zapatillas Big Mac, y un tatuaje temporal del recibo de La Orden J Balvin. Son de edición limitada y sólo estarán disponibles hasta agotar existencias.

“Ha sido increíble ver la emoción entre los fans la semana pasada”, dijo J Balvin. “No sólo quise aportar mi propia personalidad al menú de McDonald’s, sino también compartir mi energía y creatividad de una manera que eleva nuestra colaboración, a través de una colección exclusiva de mercancía que creamos con mi equipo. Ahora la gente podrá coleccionar un pedazo de esta colaboración y guardarla para siempre…¡lego!”

Para aquellos que anhelan más, La Orden J Balvin sigue disponible para ordenar en el restaurante, para llevar, en el Drive Thru, a través de McDelivery, o usando la aplicación de McDonald’s. La orden incluye una hamburguesa Big Mac, las Mundialmente Famosas Papas medianas y un OREO® McFlurry, y está disponible en restaurantes participantes hasta el 1 de noviembre. Los clientes que elijan La Orden J Balvin como una oferta de la aplicación de McDonald’s, recibirán el OREO® McFlurry gratis.

¡McDonald’s y J Balvin les brindará a los fanáticos aún más sorpresas en las próximas semanas, así que deben de seguir atentos!

McDonald’s USA, LLC, sirve diariamente a casi 25 millones de clientes una variedad de opciones preparadas con ingredientes de calidad. El 95% de los 14,000 restaurantes McDonald’s en Estados Unidos son propiedad de y están manejados por hombres y mujeres en forma independiente. Para obtener más información, visita www.mcdonalds.com, o síguenos en Twitter @McDonalds y en Facebook www.facebook.com/mcdonalds.

Source: Rockets GM Daryl Morey to step down

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Source: Rockets GM Daryl Morey to step down

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey will be stepping down from his role, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.

According to Wojnarowski, Morey, who has been with the Rockets for 13 seasons, will be replaced by the team’s executive vice president of basketball operations, Rafael Stone. Morey will remain in an advisory role while the team completes its search for a new head coach.

Morey reportedly approached Rockets ownership after the team was eliminated from the 2020 playoffs and quietly worked out an exit agreement.

Houston has the NBA’s longest consecutive playoff appearance streak with eight and owns the league’s second-best regular-season record since Morey took over the GM job 13 years ago. Despite that success, the Rockets have not been able to get over the hump and reach the NBA Finals.

Morey was at the centre of controversy in 2019 when he tweeted his support for the Hong Kong protests. China responded by pulling the NBA off its television airwaves and also suspended sponsorship agreements. NBA commissioner Adam Silver and Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta supported Morey, despite China’s requests for his dismissal.

 

I-10 to close in both directions this weekend

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I-10 to close in both directions this weekend due to major projects

Bridge crews will pull double duty along Interstate 10 in downtown Houston this weekend, in the hopes of combining closings so drivers are detoured fewer times.

Eastbound and westbound I-10 will be closed at 8 p.m. Friday, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Eastbound lanes will be closed from Shepherd to Interstate 69, while westbound lanes will be closed from I-69 to Interstate 45. Detours will send drivers through downtown to I-45 and then back to I-10 westbound, while eastbound I-10 traffic is recommended to use Loop 610 to avoid the area entirely.

Westbound lanes are scheduled to reopen by 5 p.m. Saturday, but the eastbound lanes are not expected to reopen until 5 a.m. Monday.

The closings, which cover a much larger area than typical, are so TxDOT can advance two separate construction projects which would have led to closing the freeway two straight weekends, said Danny Perez, a spokesman for TxDOT in Houston. Crews are rebuilding the Elysian Viaduct that crosses Buffalo Bayou and I-10 in to downtown, while another project is repairing the Houston Avenue bridge across I-10 west of downtown.

“The Elysian work needed both sides (of the freeway), so instead of having back-to-back weekends, we combined,” Perez said.

Though traffic on weekends has returned compared to earlier declines during COVID, the number of vehicles remains about 10 percent below common levels on Saturdays and Sundays, according to Houston TranStar. Still, TxDOT officials are warning drivers to expect significant delays as a result of the freeway closings, and possibly seek alternative routes.

 

City of Houston Prohibits Parking in the Bicycle Lane

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City of Houston Prohibits Parking in the Bicycle Lane

HOUSTON –  Houston City Council approved an ordinance prohibiting parking of motor vehicles in dedicated bicycle lanes.  A dedicated bicycle lane is a portion of the roadway separated from vehicle traffic with striping and/or physical barriers for the exclusive use of bicyclists.

When the Houston Bike Plan was adopted in 2017, the City committed to making Houston a safer, more accessible, bike-friendly city by 2027. Approval of the ordinance supports the Bike Plan, protects the City’s investment in the bikeway infrastructure and further strengthens the City’s Vision Zero goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030.

“We have listened to bicyclists throughout our city, and we are taking this step to protect them and keep the lanes clear for everyone to enjoy. The ordinance is an opportunity to promote safety and educate those who park in dedicated bicycle lanes without realizing how it impedes access. Together, we can balance the needs of drivers and bicyclists in our city,” said Mayor Sylvester Turner.

“With the passage of this ordinance, we have provided a means to not only protect the safety of bicyclists but also to demonstrate our commitment to Vision Zero,” said Tina Paez, Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department director. “The City has invested significantly, and we must ensure bicyclists feel safe while using these lanes. Bicyclists are no different from the vehicle drivers who want safe and clear roadways.”

The citation carries a $100 fine but for their first violation, offenders have the option to take a Bicycle Friendly Driver Training Class to have the fine waived. The class is designed to teach the best practices in considering the road safety of bicyclists and other non-motorists on shared rights-of-way. In order to take the course, the driver must see a hearing officer.

The ordinance approved by City Council will not require posted signage as it has previously. The prohibition will not apply to on-street bikeways where travel lanes are shared by vehicles and bicyclists and where the City permits on-street parking; i.e.: Washington Avenue.

Seminario Virtual sobre la salud del hombre, Sistema Urolift

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Seminario Virtual sobre la salud del hombre, Sistema Urolift

Early voting begins in Texas with high turnout, despite new legal developments on voting access

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Early voting begins in Texas with high turnout, despite new legal developments on voting access

Early voting in Texas began Tuesday with crowds of excited voters waiting in line for several hours in some places to cast their ballots, even as new legal developments sowed confusion and threatened to restrict options for voting ahead of Election Day.

As they have in other states, long lines formed outside voting locations as socially distanced voters sometimes turned up hours before early in-person voting began Tuesday morning. Many brought folding chairs, lunches and umbrellas to wait their turn.

Meanwhile, a federal panel of judges overturned a lower-court ruling in Texas that had allowed counties across the state to offer multiple locations for voters to drop off their absentee ballots in person. And election officials contended with a new lawsuit from the Texas GOP seeking to block the Harris County clerk from allowing any registered voter to vote in person from their car or at the curb — options that appeared popular Tuesday amid coronavirus concerns.

The legal tug-of-war added a new layer of anxiety for voters casting their ballots in Texas, a large and historically Republican state that Democrats have sought to put in play for the general election.

In the new lawsuit, Texas Republicans argued that the Harris County Clerk’s Office had violated the state elections code by expanding access to drive-through early-voting sites, which had previously been available only to those who were physically unable to enter a polling place or had health concerns. The expansion was designed to limit exposure to coronavirus.

In response to voter questions Tuesday in the wake of the suit, the Harris County clerk tweeted that “all votes made through drive-thru voting locations are valid and will be counted,” underscoring the ongoing election dispute even as voting was well underway.

Lina Hidalgo, a Democrat and the top elected county official in Harris, the largest county in Texas, also said the drive-through sites will remain open for voters barring a court decision. She called the lawsuit a “shameless” attempt at chilling the vote and sowing confusion.

“There is a sort of collective anxiety from folks who . . . can see just how hard certain folks are trying to keep them from voting,” Hidalgo said, adding that she is energized to see a surge in voter interest despite the hurdles.

Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, hailed the 5th Circuit court decision in the statewide absentee ballot drop-off location dispute, tweeting: “The Federal Court of Appeals upholds my proclamation about mail-in ballots saying that it actually expanded access to voting by allowing drop-offs before election day.”

He added: “Critics were clearly clueless about the legality of my action & simply voiced prejudicial political opinions.”

Election officials in the state’s most-populous counties anticipated that a record number of voters would cast their ballots before Election Day, taking advantage of six additional days of early voting and new options such as drop boxes and drive-through sites for those who want to avoid exposure to the novel coronavirus or potential mail delays.

More than 128,000 people had voted in Harris County, setting a new turnout record for a single day of early voting, according to the county clerk’s office.

A long line of people waited to vote at Sunnyside Multi-Service Center in Southeast Houston on a warm, cloudless early afternoon, with an estimated wait time of about 40 minutes.

Amos Miles, 64, said he has typically voted at the location and had rarely seen it so crowded. Miles said he didn’t mind the wait because he believed Abbott and other Republicans were trying to threaten voter access.

“This is an important election,” Miles said. “If we don’t speak out, we’re going to get left out.”

There was one location where voters could drop off their mail ballots in person in Harris County, per the new ruling issued Monday.

The three-judge panel from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman had usurped state officials’ authority over election law in overruling Abbott’s move to allow counties to provide just one drop-off location apiece.

The governor’s proclamation “does nothing to prevent Texans from mailing in their absentee ballots, as they have done in the past in election after election,” the decision states. “Properly understood . . . the October 1 proclamation is part of an expansion of absentee voting in Texas, not a restriction of it.”

Voting rights advocates had sued Abbott, contending that the rule burdens voters and “undermines the public’s confidence in the election itself.”

The three judges responsible for Monday’s decision are all appointees of President Trump.

The state is one of only five that are prohibiting voters from casting their ballots by mail this fall if their only reason for wanting to do so is their fear of being exposed to the coronavirus.

At the NRG Arena, the drop-off site in Harris County, four tents were set up in the Blue Lot where people could drop off their ballots. A steady stream of residents in cars pulled up, rolled down their windows and handed their ballots to poll workers, who then checked the voter’s ID to confirm their identity.

Mary and Edgar Jackson drove about 20 minutes from their home in Northeast Houston to drop off her ballot.

“We want to make sure our voices are heard,” said Mary, 74. “It’s important to vote, especially for Black people. Our grandparents didn’t have this opportunity to vote like we do, and they have fought and died for this right, so we’re going to not neglect it.”

In Travis County, which encompasses liberal Austin, more than 14,000 people had voted at 37 early voting locations, and the turnout exceeded local officials’ expectations. Lines moved steadily, with roughly a 30-minute line or less at most locations. But one popular location had about a three-hour wait on Tuesday, prompting election officials to publicly ask voters to relocate to the lower-traffic sites.

Dana DeBeauvoir, Travis County clerk, said she anticipates about 650,000 of the county’s eligible 850,000 voters will cast their ballot before Election Day, with a record number of them using mail ballots.

At another polling place in Fort Worth, voters waited about two hours on Tuesday morning, said Roxanne Kateley, 28, who was reached through ProPublica’s ElectionLand voter tip line. Those in line were generally polite, but were irritable at one point when they learned that an unspecified technical glitch had added to their wait time, she said.

“I was ready to wait an hour just in case. But two and half hours seemed extremely long,” she said, adding that she was relieved to have eventually cast her ballot on the first day.

Houston will be home to the nation’s largest psychiatric hospital in 2021

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Houston will be home to the nation’s largest psychiatric hospital in 2021

The UTHealth Behavioral Sciences Center will be making history in Houston.

The facility will be the first public mental health hospital constructed in more than three decades, and will be the largest of its kind in the United States.

UTHealth enlisted the help of architecture firm Perkins and Will to design the mental health facility near the Texas Medical Center.

The future building will “consist of two buildings connected by a glazed bridge, surrounded by a tranquil green space,” as reported by Jillian Goltzman at Innovation Map.

The facility will be an educational hospital, where future physicians and specialists will be trained. Not only will the facility provide mental healthcare, but substance use intervention, treatment and medical care via integrated treatment programs, according to Innovation Map.

The infrastructure of the new building is being carefully crafted to assist with patient care. Light and sound were both important considerations in the development of the building.

The ultimate goal is to create a “peaceful environment for patients and staff.” The facility will have tunable light fixtures that adjust to the time of day, as well as noise reduction coefficient acoustics to reduce noise impact.

To help transition patients back into everyday life, the facility will include a therapy mall, that “can serve as a salon, boutique, fitness center, movie night spot, or music therapy space.”

The UTHealth Behavioral Sciences Center will be opening its doors in late 2021, and will include 264 inpatient beds.

Mayor Turner kicks off the first day of early voting with university students

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Mayor Turner kicks off the first day of early voting with university students
Mayor Turner kicks off the first day of early voting with the Mayor’s Early Vote College Challenge and releases public service announcement encouraging all Houstonians to vote
Mayor Sylvester Turner announces the Mayor’s Early Vote College Challenge at the University of Houston on the first day of early voting.
HOUSTON – Mayor Turner kicked off the first day of early voting with students from the University of Houston (UH) and Texas Southern University (TSU).

The Mayor announced the Mayor’s Early Vote College Challenge, a challenge encouraging students from the University of Houston, Texas Southern University, and Rice University to cast their ballots during early voting. Mayor Turner will receive a daily report of the turnout on local campuses and will announce the winning school after the election.

During his visit to Texas Southern University, Mayor Turner took part in TSU’s Student March to the Polls. The Mayor joined TSU students by marching down the campus to the TSU polling location where he casted his ballot.

On the first day of early voting, Harris County smashed a record previously set in the 2016 election cycle.
Mayor Turner marches down to the TSU polling location and is joined by TSU students and faculty.
Mayor Turner is asking young people to vote early and on election day by sharing their experiences on social media.

“Our students are the future of this country and their voices must be heard,” said Mayor Sylvester Turner.  “This is the most important election of our time and you simply cannot sit it out and expect to be heard. Voting is a fundamental right and the most powerful way to express one’s self. I am encouraging everyone to participate in early voting this year and vote all the way down the ballot.”

The mayor also released a public service announcement on the first day of early voting.

México asegura vacuna para más de 100 millones de mexicanos: Ebrard

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México asegura vacuna para más de 100 millones de mexicanos: Ebrard

El Gobierno de México formalizó contratos de precompra de vacunas con AstraZeneca, CanSino Biologics y Pfizer para cubrir a más de 100 millones de mexicanos.

En el marco de la conferencia de prensa que encabeza el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, el secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, informó sobre los avances en la estrategia de México para garantizar el acceso universal y a precios justos a la vacuna contra COVID-19. En esta semana, el Gobierno de México suscribió tres contratos de precompra con las farmacéuticas AstraZeneca, CanSino Biologics y Pfizer para adquirir dosis suficientes de vacunas para cubrir, junto con las adquiridas en el mecanismo COVAX, a hasta 116 millones de personas mexicanas.

 

El secretario de Relaciones Exteriores informó que los tres acuerdos de precompra firmados con las farmacéuticas podrían cubrir un rango de entre 81.4 y 90.9 millones de personas. Estos acuerdos cumplen los criterios de búsqueda de mecanismos de apartado con bajo riesgo y protegen a México de aumentos de precio por exceso de demanda. Además, diversifican el portafolio al que nuestro país tiene acceso, incluyendo tanto a vacunas basadas en virus inactivados y vectores virales, como a tecnologías más modernas y flexibles.

 

Durante la conferencia, el secretario presentó detalles de cada uno de los acuerdos. Tanto la vacuna de AstraZeneca como la de Pfizer deben administrarse en dos dosis. El acuerdo suscrito con AstraZeneca es por 77.4 millones de dosis que estarían disponibles entre marzo y agosto de 2021. En el caso de Pfizer, el acuerdo es por un rango de entre 15.5 y 34.4 millones de dosis, dependiendo de lo que el sector salud convenga. Las vacunas de esa farmacéutica llegarían a México entre diciembre de 2020 y diciembre de 2021.

 

Por su parte, se acordó que la vacuna de CanSino Biologics, que se administra en una sola dosis, tenga un flujo de suministro de 35 millones de dosis entre diciembre 2020 y septiembre 2021. Estos acuerdos de precompra se suman al anticipo pagado recientemente al mecanismo internacional COVAX para garantizar el acceso a 51.5 millones de dosis que cubrirían a 25 millones de mexicanos.

En este sentido, el canciller afirmó que “debemos estar orgullosos de que México ha contribuido, en voz de su presidente, a que hoy tengamos un mecanismo multilateral, COVAX, en el que participan más de 100 países y que nos va a permitir, tanto a México como a los demás países, acceder hasta al 20% de las vacunas de nuestra población”. Recordó que el portafolio de este mecanismo ya cuenta con 18 vacunas a las que nuestro país tendrá acceso.

El secretario Ebrard subrayó: “de todas las actividades en las que me ha tocado participar en mi vida pública, esta es de la que me siento más orgulloso, y de mi país y de mi presidente”.

También informó que entre las vacunas que forman parte del portafolio se encuentran los desarrollos de AstraZeneca, BioPharma, CureVac, Inovio, Merck, Moderna, las universidades de Hong Kong, Queensland y Oxford; además, se han agregado las candidatas de China, Corea del Sur, Estados Unidos y Reino Unido.

En apego a las instrucciones del presidente de la República de garantizar la cobertura universal de nuestra población, con la suma del mecanismo COVAX, más los acuerdos mencionados anteriormente, “se garantiza la disponibilidad de dosis suficientes para vacunar a más de 100 millones de mexicanas y mexicanos, poniendo a México en la misma condición que los países más avanzados en este proceso, como Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea”, aseguró el canciller.

Además, fruto de esta estrategia desarrollada por la Presidencia de la República y ejecutada por la Secretaría de Salud y la cancillería, México llevará a cabo varias fases 3 de los ensayos clínicos de diversos desarrollos, entre los que se encuentran: Janssen, de Estados Unidos; Sputnik V, de Rusia; CanSino Biologics, de China; Novavax, de Estados Unidos; Curevac, de Alemania; Sanofi-Pasteur, de Francia; y ReiThera, de Italia.

La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores avanza y refrenda la visión del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador para garantizar el acceso universal, temprano y equitativo a las vacunas contra COVID-19.

Acompañaron al presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador: Jorge Alcocer Varela, secretario de Salud; Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, secretario de Relaciones Exteriores; Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez, secretario de Hacienda y Crédito Público; Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, subsecretario de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud; Martha Delgado Peralta, subsecretaria para Asuntos Multilaterales y Derechos Humanos, SRE; Sylvia Lorena Varela Ramón, presidenta y directora general de AstraZeneca México; Lizete de la Torre García, directora de Asuntos Corporativos y Health & Value de Pfizer México; y Yu Xuefeng, director ejecutivo de CanSino Biologics.

City of Houston Housing and Community Development (HCDD) is Announcing Changes to Round 2 of its Multifamily Harvey Program

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City of Houston Housing and Community Development (HCDD) is Announcing Changes to Round 2 of its Multifamily Harvey Program

HOUSTON – The City of Houston Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) is announcing changes to Round 2 of its Harvey Multifamily Program, due to recent changes to housing tax credits allocated by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA). Two new developments have been approved, one development has been removed, and two developments have changed funding amounts.

The modifications bring the total amount of funding for this round to $170,250,000, which will be distributed between 16 developments. The changes bring new affordable apartments to priority areas, including Gulfton Complete Community and Piney Point Village, and ensure that chosen developments have the capacity to create high-quality communities for residents.

The currently proposed Round 2 of the program will create 1,932 apartments. Combined with Round 1, the Harvey Multifamily Program is expected to bring 3,400 new, resilient apartments to Houston, 3,000 of which will be held at affordable prices to provide greater choice and quality of homes to low- and moderate-income Houstonians.

Detailed changes are as follows:

  • Proposal “The Ella” is no longer being recommended.
  • Connect South Apartments, developed by Brinshore Connect Communities, will be awarded $7,300,000 to create 77 new units located within the Gulfton Complete Community in District J.
  • Ella Grand, developed by DMA Development, will be awarded $6,500,000 to develop 145 new units in District G, in an area experiencing high rental costs.

A complete list of the 16 developments that the City of Houston recommends can be viewed in full in the table below.

i) amount provided is based on the application and is subject to revision during HCDD underwriting.

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