Red when ripe, chiles de arbol are small, slim and sold dried as well as fresh. These peppers have a bright, acidic heat similar to that of a Thai bird’s eye chile (making them a good substitute). Eating these may boost your metabolism, as capsaicin, the chemical in chile peppers that produces the heat, encourages the body to enter thermogenesis, burning more calories over a 24-hour period.
Ingredients
2 large ears corn, husked
½ tsp grape seed oil
⅛ tsp sea salt
1–2 fresh arbol chiles, seeded
1 lime zested and juiced
2 oz queso fresco, grated + additional for garnish (optional)
2 tbsp organic unsalted butter, melted, divided
4 lobster tails (4 oz each), in shell and split lengthwise
2 tbsp chopped fresh chives
Preparation
1. Grill vegetables: Preheat grill to medium. Brush corn with oil and sprinkle with salt. Place on grill and cook uncovered, turning occasionally, until charred in spots and kernels are softened, 12 to 15 minutes. Place chile on grill in final minute. On a cutting board, remove kernels from cobs with a sharp knife. In a small bowl, reserve ½ cup kernels. To a blender, add remaining kernels, chile, lime zest and juice, queso fresco and 1 tbsp butter. Purée until smooth.
2. Grill lobster: Increase heat on grill to medium-high. Brush cut sides of lobster tails with remaining 1 tbsp butter. Grill flesh side down, covered, for 2 minutes, or until flesh is opaque. Set aside to cool. Remove lobster tails from shells by pulling meat away with a fork.
3. Divide corn purée among 4 plates. Arrange 2 lobster tail halves onto each plate. Divide reserved corn kernels, chives and additional queso (if using) among plates.
Cuando comencé mi carrera me dedicaba a enseñar el “Arte de negociar” a ejecutivos y empresarios, y descubrí que las personas que piden más, siempre obtienen más. No importaba si pedían un mejor salario, un mejor descuento, o una mejor posición. Ese principio aplica tanto en los negocios como en las relaciones personales.
Por ejemplo, si tu marido nunca te ayuda con el trabajo de la casa, pero hoy tu estás cansada y deseas que esta noche sea él quien lave los platos y limpie la cocina, no se te ocurra pedirle únicamente eso. Aplica la regla #1 en la negociación: “Pide más… y obtendrás más”.
En esta negociación exige mucho más de lo que en realidad quieres obtener, dile a tu amorcito: “Mañana sábado tienes que levantarte a las 6:30 de la mañana para cortar el césped, pasar la aspiradora, lavar los dos autos y llevar los niños a la práctica de fútbol. Luego en la tarde pasa por casa de mami y llévala de compras y a cenar”.
Te aseguro que tu pareja dirá indignado, “¿!Qué¡? ¿Estas loca?”, A lo cual debes responder con dulzura, “Mi vida, si no quieres hacer todo eso mañana, esta noche lava los platos por favor”, y sin duda responderá deprisa: “¿¡dónde está la esponja y el jabón!?”. Tu pareja quedará complacido porque piensa que tuvo que hacer mucho menos de lo que pedías, sin saber que todo fue un truco sicológico.
SUSCRIBASE AHORA
En la vida y en los negocios las personas siempre darán menos de lo que pides, así que siempre pide más de lo que quieres. Tienes que cambiar la mentalidad de “¿para que pedir más, si no lo voy a conseguir?”. La razón por la cual una mujer no alcanza más éxitos, es porque no se atreve ha exigir más y se conforma con muy poco. Eleva tus expectativas, ten aspiraciones altas. De ahora en adelante aplica la regla dorada en negociación, “Pide más… y obtendrás más”.
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El gobierno del presidente Donald Trump pondrá fin a partir de la próxima semana a la política de “capturar y liberar” (“catch and release”, en inglés) de las familias centroamericanas indocumentadas que crucen la frontera sur y las devolverá a México o a sus lugares de origen.
Así lo anunció este lunes el secretario en funciones de Seguridad Nacional, Kevin McAleenan, quien anticipó que “con algunas excepciones humanitarias y médicas, el DHS (sigla en inglés del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional) ya no liberará unidades familiares de las estaciones de la Patrulla Fronteriza en el interior” del país.
Las autoridades definen unidades familiares o familias a individuos acompañados de un menor, un progenitor o un tutor legal.
El funcionario indicó que esto busca mitigar los “vacíos legales” que actúan como un “factor de atracción” para las familias indocumentadas que atraviesan la frontera, señaló un comunicado de su despacho que recogió partes del discurso del secretario en funciones en el centro de pensamiento Council Foreign Relations.
En la actualidad, decenas familias indocumentadas son dejadas en libertad en territorio estadounidense luego de cruzar la frontera sur sin papeles y entregarse a las autoridades estadounidenses para solicitar asilo.
Según la nota del DHS, si las familias inmigrantes no expresan temor a retornar serán devueltas rápidamente a su país de origen.
En el caso de que manifiesten temor de retornar, serán enviadas a México según los Protocolos de Protección de Migrantes (PPM).
La política estadounidense de PPM, más conocida como “Permanezcan en México”, permite a Estados Unidos devolver al país vecino a aquellos indocumentados que llegan a la frontera y solicitan asilo (sin importar de dónde provengan) para que esperen allí a que se resuelvan sus casos en EEUU, un proceso que puede durar años.
McAleenan apuntó que las familias constituyen “el mayor grupo demográfico por volumen que ha llegado a la frontera este año”.
Según el DHS, las detenciones en la frontera con México “han alcanzado niveles récord este año”.
El pasado 9 de septiembre, la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, en inglés) informó que 50,693 personas fueron detenidas en la frontera con México en agosto frente a las 71,982 de julio pasado.
De ese total, 25.057 conformaban una familia, mientras que las detenciones de adultos solos sumaron 21,907 en agosto y las de menores no acompañados 3,729.
En mayo, el total de detenidos y no admitidos ascendió a 144,255, cifra que superó las estadísticas mensuales de los últimos cinco años. En ese mes, fueron arrestadas 84,490 familias.
Moving to the Future, the campaign to pass the METRO Proposition, a $3.5 billion bond initiative on the November 2019 ballot, announced the results of a new poll today: 70% of likely voters currently supporting the proposition; 23% oppose the measure; and 7% are undecided.
Campaign spokesperson Sue Davis said, “We are very encouraged by these poll results. The voters are sending a clear message: They want more transit, less traffic and better roads. That’s exactly what the METRO Proposition will accomplish – without raising taxes.”
The poll of likely November voters was conducted by FM3 Research, a nationally recognized polling firm with extensive experience polling transit measures. The poll found that large majorities of voters reported top concerns that included traffic congestion, the condition of local streets and roads, the lack of public transit and air pollution and smog.
The METRO Proposition provides funding to implement the METRONext Moving Forward Plan, which increases high-capacity rapid transit services, including:
-Providing more than $4 billion over 20 years to fix our streets and sidewalks
-Extending existing light rail lines and adding a light rail line to Hobby Airport
-Expanding park & rides and commuter service on most major freeways
-Improving service on 260 miles of bus routes
-Creating new Metro Rapid high-speed bus lines which have many of the same advantages as rail, at a fraction of the cost
The funds would be provided by the sale of up to $3.5 billion in bonds over 20 years with no new taxes. METRO would also apply for federal matching funds – up to an additional $3.5 billion. Together with $500,000 in local funds, METRO’s potential investment in the region’s transportation system and infrastructure is $7.5 billion.
Roads and several communities were still submerged in 2-3 feet of water in southeastern Texas Friday after days of heavy rainfall from Tropical Rainstorm Imelda. Imelda, which came ashore as a tropical storm Tuesday, spawned rising floodwaters that turned deadly and left a bridge potentially damaged after runaway barges collided with it.
The slow-moving tropical system’s torrential rain caused a devastating scene Wednesday into Thursday that was reminiscent of Hurricane Harvey’s deluge just two years ago. The flooding prompted hundreds of water rescues as well as more than 1,000 calls for assistance.
Authorities said at least five deaths can be blamed on the widespread flooding. The first happened in Jefferson County when a person drowned while trying to move a horse to safety. Three of the deaths occurred in vehicles caught up in floodwaters. A man found in a ditch outside of Houston on Friday reportedly drowned.
Officials closed a stretch of Interstate 10 east of Houston on Friday to inspect it for structural damage after several barges slammed into a bridge along the swollen San Jacinto River.
Aerial footage captured by AccuWeather National Reporter Jonathan Petramala showed one of the barges jammed underneath the empty interstate.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Transportation and United States Coast Guard responded to the bridge near Channelview, Texas.
“At 12:05 a.m., Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a report that nine barges had broken away from their moorings at the San Jacinto River Fleet, north of the San Jacinto River bridge,” Coast Guard officials said in a statement.
A Coast Guard helicopter and boat crew were diverted to the scene.
The Coast Guard said that vessel movement under the I-10 bridge was suspended Thursday evening due to strong currents. The suspension remained in effect into Friday.
Gonzalez also said that one of his deputies had been swept away in floodwaters while responding to a citizen in need of rescue in Huffman, Texas, which is located near the outer reaches of Lake Houston.
While the sheriff ‘s office lost contact with the deputy for a time, the deputy and citizen, who weren’t identified, were eventually both located and were said to be in good condition.
Gonzalez said it was a multi-agency response involving the Coast Guard as well as the Houston Police Department. Houston officials said that more than 1,600 vehicles had been towed from city streets as of 10 a.m. Friday. Additional tows of abandoned vehicles in parking lots, medians and roadways were ongoing.
The highest rainfall report came in from around the Beaumont-Port Arthur areas. An observation site near Taylor’s Bayou near Hamshire reported 43.39 inches
inches of rain. Hamshire is about 65 miles east of Houston. Several other areas topped the 40-inch mark, including Mayhaw Bayou (42.64 inches) and Taylor’s Bayou (41.57 inches).
The torrents of rain that Imelda unleashed set numerous records, and the storm also became the seventh-wettest tropical cyclone in U.S. history.
For Houston, Thursday was the wettest calendar day ever recorded in the month of September and the fifth-wettest day ever recorded. Houston’s Hobby Airport set daily records on Tuesday and
Wednesday and the monthly total is now 11.37 inches, good for the third-wettest September on record for that site.
While Houston initially avoided the heaviest rainfall from Imelda, heavier bands of rain began shifting southward over the city late Thursday morning, and bayous were rising rapidly, according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
On Thursday afternoon, a very heavy rain band east of Houston continued to drop copious rainfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches per hour, adding to the significant and
even major flooding that is ongoing, forecasters said.
One Texas couple spent seven hours inside their vehicle, trapped in floodwaters as they waited to be rescued. Tina and Robert Horne had gone out to make a grocery run and suddenly found themselves overwhelmed by Imelda’s surging floodwaters in Splendora, about a 40-mile drive north of Houston.
“I hit that water and poof, that was it,” Robert told KTRK’s Ted Oberg. “My car was floating.” Firefighters used a zodiac boat to reach the couple in water that was nearly chest deep, according to Robert, and then usher them to dry land.
Tina said she clung to her husband to prevent being swept away by the current from the rushing floodwaters. The Hornes were weary after the ordeal, but glad to be safe — two of hundreds who need rescuing from stranded vehicles.
In a Friday afternoon update, the Harris County Sheriff ‘s Office said they responded to 422 high-water rescues, 36 major crashes and 357 stranded vehicles.
On Thursday Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster for 13 counties that were experiencing the flooding. Gov. Abbott also declared a state of emergency to give counties access to state resources as they respond to the flooding.
“The State of Texas is working closely with local officials and emergency personnel to provide the resources they need to keep Texans safe from Tropical Storm Imelda,” Abbott said in a statement. “I thank our first responders who are acting swiftly to help the communities that are facing this severe weather event.
I urge all those in the path of this storm to take the necessary precautions and heed all warnings from local officials.”
In Vidor and Winnie, officials interviewed by separate media outlets both spoke of the dangerous waters and the severity being worse than Harvey in 2017. Vidor, Texas, Police Chief Rod Carroll told KFDM News that the situation in town was “catastrophic” and the flooding in town was worse than Harvey.
Videos on social media Thursday morning showed numerous water rescues being carried out by airboats, including some by the Texas Game Warden.
Farther south, Chambers County Emergency Management stated early Thursday morning that significant flooding was occurring in Winnie, with water coming into homes and businesses. Riceland
Hospital was evacuated, and a flood shelter had been opened at White’s Park Community Center.
The Chambers County Sheriff ‘s Office said the community of Winnie was “devastated” by rising water and high water rescue vehicles and airboats had been deployed.
In an interview with ABC News, Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said the flooding in Winnie was “absolutely horrible” and homes and businesses that never got water during Hurricane Harvey in 2017 have been overwhelmed by flooding.
Elsewhere in Beaumont, the dual ABC/NBC affiliate,12 News, was forced to evacuate Thursday morning due to the rising floodwaters. The station said on its Facebook page that news anchors would broadcast from their sister station KHOU 11 out of Houston.
Imelda could be responsible for a few tornadoes that spun up in Chambers and Harris counties on Wednesday. Beaumont was under a tornado warning for a time early Thursday morning, but there were no initial reports of a confirmed tornado.
Este domingo se llevaron a cabo los premios Emmy en su edición número 71. La gala, que reconoce a lo mejor de la televisión estadounidense, tuvo su cita en el Microsoft Theatre de Los Angeles, California.
La ceremonia, al igual que los últimos Oscar, no tuvo un conductor/a. En esta oportunidad, ” Game of Thrones” tuvo 32 nominacion y se convirtió en la gran favorita de la noche. La producción de fantasía épica de HBO es la más premiada de la historia con 47 estatuillas. Esta fue la última vez que recibión un galardón ya que la serie se despidió de sus espectadores.
” Game of Thrones” ganó en la categoría “Mejor serie dramática” y se enfrentó a “Killing Eve”, “Better Call Saul”, “Bodyguard”, “Ozark”, “Pose”, “Succession” y “This is us”. “Mejor comedia” se lo llevó “Fleabag” y compitió contran “Barry”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “The Good Place”, “Russian Doll”, “Schitt’s Creek” y “Veep”.
“Chernobyl” se llevó la estatuilla a “Mejor miniserie” (Reuters).
Por su parte, la producción que se llevó el premio en “Mejor miniserie” fue “Chernobyl”, la cual compartió categoría con “Escape at Dannemora”, “Fosse/Verdon”, “Sharp Objects” y “When they see us”. Sobre canales y plataformas, “HBO” volvió a quedarse con el lugar que había perdido en 2018 frente a ” Netflix”: obtuvo 137 nominaciones frente a 117 del sistema de streaming.
Mirá la lista completa de ganadores en los Emmys 2019:
The Texans were down by 10 points at the intermission of Sunday’s game against the Chargers.
But it didn’t matter to Deshaun Watson.
The third-year quarterback engineered a trio of Texans touchdown drives and Houston roared back from a 17-7 deficit to triumph by a 27-20 margin in Carson, CA. On the final scoring drive, with 9:40 remaining in the game, he shook off a few Chargers pass rushers and was able to find a wide-open Jordan Akins. The second-year tight end sprinted 55-yards for six points, and the Texans held on for the win.
“Deshaun’s been doing that forever, since he’s been playing football,” receiver DeAndre Hopkins said. “Us as receivers, we know what Deshaun’s going to do. We know he’s not going to go down easy, so we always keep our routes alive.”
Hopkins wound up with six catches for 67 yards. He was one of four different Texans pass-catchers who had a reception of 30 yards or longer.The 55-yarder to Akins came about after Watson eluded pressure and got it to his tight end.
“No one was over there, so I just kind of flicked him the ball,” Watson said. “He made a play after that. That was pretty much it.”
Defensive end J.J. Watt, who rang up two sacks and two tackles for loss, loved seeing what his quarterback did on Sunday.
“He’s an unbelievable player,” Watt said. “You’re never out of a game. It’s always a lot of fun to sit on the bench and watch him play, because you never know what you’re going to see.”
Watson completed 25-of-34 passes for 351 yards, with three touchdowns and zero interceptions. His QB rating was 135.8.
After the break, he was 12-of-17 for 199 yards and two scores to Akins.
From Watt’s vantage point, which wasn’t good, the final Watson-to-Akins touchdown had the defense in an “ecstatic” state.
“I can’t see a ton from the sidelines,” Watt said. “He escaped out of there, which he does all the time which is crazy, and he threw it to him. I looked up at the scoreboard to see where he was going to run to, and there wasn’t a single other person there on the screen. I was like ‘Well, this could be good.’ And then he kept going, and going, and he scored.”
Watson was sacked just two times on Sunday, and gave a lot of credit to his offensive line, which saw left guard Max Scharping get his first NFL start, and Zach Fulton and Tytus Howard lining up on the right side at guard and tackle respectively.
By Howard Beck via Bleacher Report – The beard is still lush and vibrant, an impenetrable forest of facial camouflage. The man behind it, also known as The Beard, is equally spirited and inscrutable. But his steel-wooled facade has just cracked, albeit slightly.
So, about that 30th birthday you recently celebrated…
“Don’t remind me!” James Harden interjects, as if the mere mention of the milestone might buckle his knees and send his hairline into recession.
The Houston Rockets star isn’t here for your rocking-chair jokes, your stats on mid-career players or your musings on athletic mortality. He is, however, smiling wryly through this gentle protest, his defensiveness more than offset by his bravado.
Yes, Harden stared down 30 candles on Aug. 26, and yes, it was a bit jarring—”in the worst way,” he tells B/R—but The Beard has never felt friskier or more confident.
And why not? The man has back-to-back scoring titles, a half-dozen All-NBA awards and a semi-permanent place in the MVP race. One of his best friends and fellow All-Stars, Russell Westbrook, joined his team this summer. And his greatest nemesis is in tatters.
The Golden State Warriors, who have stymied Harden at every turn for years, are mortal again, having lost Kevin Durant to Brooklyn and Klay Thompson to a serious knee injury.
There are no dynasties to topple, no superteams blocking the horizon.
The NBA suddenly feels wide-open, a portrait of superstar equilibrium: LeBron and AD (Lakers), Kawhi and PG13 (Clippers), Embiid and Simmons (76ers), KD and Kyrie (Nets).
And in Houston, James and Russ.
It’s now the Rockets, not the Warriors, who boast two recent MVPs…
Story by Brian McTaggart; courtesy of the Houston Astros.
The Astros weren’t going to be denied on this day. Not with Justin Verlander on the mound with a chance to win 20 games. Not with George Springer swinging the bat like he wanted to single-handedly carry the day. And not with a sellout crowd ready to throw a party at Minute Maid Park.
Even though the Astros led the American League West by 10 games in June and were never really threatened in the division race, they were still in a mood to celebrate what seemed liked a foregone conclusion Sunday afternoon after beating the Angels, 13-5, to win their third straight AL West title.
Springer clobbered home runs in each of his first three at-bats and Verlander reached 20 victories for the second time in his career to send the Astros to their ninth division title. The Astros (102-54) stayed a half-game ahead of the Yankees for the best record in MLB and need only one win in their final six games to tie the franchise record for most victories in a season.
“I’m happy for the fans, happy for the city and happy for us a team,” Springer said. “A lot has to go right for us to do this and a lot of hard work has to get put into it. It did, and we’re starting to see it.”
When closer Roberto Osuna got Kaleb Cowart to pop out for the final out of game, the Astros headed to the middle of the diamond to celebrate. Soon, they danced jubilantly in a huddle. In a wet clubhouse a few minutes later, manager AJ Hinch told his club they’re the best team in the big leagues and that they’re winning in the face of high expectations. He challenged them to hang another World Series pennant.
“We worked for it all year, and this is not easy,” Hinch said. “These guys put in the work and we get to the finish line and win the West. We feel really good about it. We love this team. We can accomplish big things, and this is the first step, hopefully, of a few of these celebrations if we keep playing.”
Coming off winning the 2017 World Series championship, the Astros lost in five games last year to the eventual champions, the Red Sox, in the AL Championship Series. But Houston returned its core position players and a rotation led by Verlander and Gerrit Cole, so expectations were high.
The Astros overcame significant injuries to Springer, Carlos Correa and Jose Altuve, but they were buoyed by the addition of rookie slugger Yordan Alvarez and pulled off a stunning deal at the July Trade Deadline to add former Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke to their stacked rotation. They became the World Series favorites.
“I keep telling these guys, you have to appreciate the team we have and the era you’re in and the group you have,” Hinch said. “To do it one after another is great for the people that have been here. We also have some guys who won their first AL West with us. We just keep a winning culture, winning mindset. We show up ready to play every day. We’ll soak this up. We had a lot of individual achievements this year, but it was never about that. It was about winning.”
Astros president of baseball operations and general manager Jeff Luhnow, who proclaimed this year’s team is better than last year’s club that was bounced in the ALCS, said clinch day is his favorite day of the year.
“It means we’ve actually accomplished the first major step,” Luhnow said. “We know we have a lot of work to do because the eight teams that are going to be left after the Wild Card Game are going to be good, too. We put together a team here that can beat any of them in any given series.”
Verlander (20-6) struck out five in five innings and is six punchouts shy of becoming the 18th pitcher to reach 3,000 career strikeouts. He will have one final chance to get there this season when he starts Saturday against the Angels in Anaheim in his final regular-season outing. Verlander has only reached the mark in 2011, when he won 24 games for the Tigers.
“Call me old school, but wins mean something to me,” Verlander said. “I think our job as a starting pitcher is to be out there late in games and pitch a lot of innings. That’s how you win ballgames. It’s a fickle stat. You can lose some close ones when you pitch well and you can win when you don’t pitch well, but over the course of 34 starts, if you do your job, more often than not you’re going to come out with a winning record.”
Springer homered in the first and second innings off Angels starter Jose Rodriguez and in the fourth off relief pitcher Jose Suarez to give the Astros a 4-2 lead. That tied him with Bregman for the team lead with 38 homers, but Bregman hit a two-run homer in the fifth — his 39th — to push the lead to 6-2. Alvarez had four hits. Aledmys Diaz added a three-run homer in the sixth.
The Astros went 60-21 at home, joining the 1998 Yankees as the only teams in the last 40 years to win 60 home games in a season. In the final week, they’ll be trying to hold off the Yankees and get home-field advantage through the ALCS.
“We’ve got to take it one step at a time,” Bregman said. “We’ve got a few games left in the regular season, and we want to finish strong. We want our guys to go into the postseason feeling healthy, and I think we’re off to a great start.”
Houston Dynamo forward Christian Ramirez and midfielder Boniek García have been named to the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week for Week 29, Major League Soccer announced today.
Both players played crucial roles in Houston’s 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Orlando City SC on Saturday night at BBVA Stadium. The win was Houston’s second in a row at home under interim head coach Davy Arnaud, and it kept the Dynamo’s playoff hopes alive as they head out for a two-game road trip this week.
Ramirez earned Man of the Match honors on Saturday as he set up the equalizing goal with a pinpoint cross in the 70th minute that allowed teammate Alberth Elis to head the ball into the net, and then tapped in the game-winner three minutes later with a crafty run inside the penalty area that allowed him to get on the end of a pass from forward Mauro Manotas in front of an empty net.
Although he didn’t fill up the stat sheet the way that Ramirez did, García was impossible to miss on Saturday night. The 35-year-old Honduran international, who is in the midst of a resurgent season in which he has already set career-highs for games started (27) and minutes played (2,319) covered virtually every blade of grass on the pitch over the course of the match. Playing centrally in Houston’s 4-4-2 alignment, García helped control the pace of the match with a game-high 84 touches and 69 passes. He also contributed three tackles defensively and won three fouls in his 90-minute shift.
The Dynamo head west this week for a pair of road fixtures. First they’ll take on league-leading LAFC Wednesday night at Banc of California Stadium (9:30 p.m. CDT) before traveling to Utah to face Real Salt Lake on Sunday evening (6:30 p.m. CDT). Both matches will be televised live locally on KUBE 57 in English and in Spanish on TeleXitos 47.2. Univision Radio 1010 AM will air both games in Spanish.
