Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.
But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

A shout out all, who've been blessed with the responsibility and the pleasure of being called DAD, Godfather, or Grandpa. We're all fairly fabulous and fortunate fellows.

I was born in La Habana, CUBA... This pearl of the Caribbean conjures up images of a gorgeous island ravished by history and politics. It channels in me many positive memories, along with the spirits of José Martí, Desi Arnaz, Ernesto Lecuona, Benny Moré, Guillermo Alvarez Guedes and so many other Cubanos...etc.

I'm the youngest of three sons from a professional couple, whose ancestors came from Europe. Margarita, my mother was a teacher, and Antonio, my father was an attorney and architect. The value of education, fair play and community service were made crystal clear.

My parents were also intelligent, witty, hard-working and religious. They always made an effort to enjoy family time and also encouraged us to value health and to respect gender, nationality and race. Also, to compete in sports and to provide community services. After we arrived in the United States, my folks both found jobs as social workers.

As a young boy, I went to grammar school in Cuba, but I attended high school in the US. Later on as an undergraduate student, I received a BFA and then went on to earn advanced degrees. I've always been fascinated by communications and higher education.

In media, I served in various content development and management positions. In academia, I've enjoyed a few distinguished visiting professorships and guest lecturer positions at several private colleges, and public universities.

An interest in travel, life long learning, as well as visual, performing arts, cultures, languages and media, combined with community involvement, has helped me to be a just and fair team player, a gentle leader and an effective motivator.

Over the years, I've been extremely fortunate to have successfully managed several media start ups and turnaround projects, which required overseeing large staffs and larger budgets.

I've served in various high profile positions. English and Spanish-language Senior Producer, Executive Producer and News Director, US Government Division Chief, Cable TV Station Manager, Bureau Chief for the world's oldest non profit news cooperative, Executive Director at a NYC Media firm and Professor at various US Colleges and Universities.

I continued volunteering. These two online: http://cimages.me * www.doseofnews.com

However, my best and proudest tittle by far has been that of DaD, UB, Grandpa, or GB, as my grandchildren like to call me. My kids are the very best I could have hoped and prayed for. My God-children and grandchildren are even better than I could have ever imagined.

I will always love all of you... DaD, UB, GB ;-)

Latinos are very surprised after dozens have been reportedly fired from the nation's largest Spanish language newspaper company. For years, El Diario, La Prensa has been known as The Champion of Hispanics, but the oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the United States has seen plenty of unrest and today, the parent company ImpreMedia has fired dozens in NY and La Opinion its LA newspaper, according to informed sources.

The Newspaper Guild of New York filed an unfair labor practice charge against ImpreMedia, the paper's parent company, over their loyalty to the union.

City Island Images reached out to Newspaper Guild officials, but they have failed to comment.

El Diario, La Prensa, over 100 years old, is a news outlet in sore need of recovery. The tabloid's newspaper's circulation has been declining for years. Argentinian paper La Nación bought a majority stake in El Diario's and La Opinion's parent company, ImpreMedia, in 2012.

impreMedia delivers news and information content to U.S. Hispanic audience and is among some of the most respected and trusted online brands.

Meanwhile, Univision TV, one of the world's largest Spanish language networks has reportedly held preliminary talks with CBS and with Time Warner for a possible surprise sale.

The leading Spanish broadcaster seeks $ 20 billion dollars, well above the amount paid by the current owners, an investment group led by Haim Saban. Mr.Saban is a television and movie producer who paid $ 13.700 million for Univision seven years ago.

These negotiations involve a surprise in the media market for media, because it was expected that Univision would be totally acquired by Mexico's Grupo Televisa, which already owns a minority share of the company and also produces most programming like telenovelas prime-time schedule of Univision.

New initiatives have been announced stemming from the second Wine, Beer, Spirits and Cider Summit to support New York State's local wineries and breweries. Consumers can now enjoy tax-free tastings at wineries that charge a nominal per-person fee, and which are already exempt from paying a use-tax on the wine used for tastings.

Additionally, $350,000 in funding will go to research hops and malting barley, key beer-brewing ingredients, to help specialists understand the varieties and differences that work best for New York agriculture.

New York officials have announced that 54 additional scour-critical bridges have progressed to the next stage for federal action through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. This follows the Governor’s call for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to review the initial round of 51 bridges on May 8, 2014 (view here) and completes New York State’s request for support for the complete 105-bridge program. The total cost of the program will be $518 million.