America's birthday celebration

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There are several versions on who discovered America first. Some point to Chinese explorers, others say it was the Vikings. But what is crystal clear is that there must have been a series of immigration waves to the Western Hemisphere.

Is there a doctor in the house?

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The world is facing an Ebola epidemic and the people of the US are searching for answers from their Surgeon General.

Where is he and what is his name? Next moth is the one year anniversary of President Obama appointing Dr. Vivek Murthy as US Surgeon General. He had his Senate a confirmation hearing in February, but what has happened since then? Nothing, nada darn thing, folks. It's a damn shame.

Latin Americans

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and the cultures of Spanish speaking countries that unite them.

Mexico
Spain
Colombia
Argentina
Peru
Venezuela
Ecuador
Chile
Guatemala
Cuba
Bolivia
Dominican Republic
Honduras
Paraguay
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Uruguay
Puerto Rico

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EBOLA information

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Here's a few quick links for credible information about The Ebola Virus and precautions.

8 essential Ebola FAQs answered http://nyp.st/1shiuer

Questions to BBC's Umaru Fofana in Sierra Leone http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29539473

Man Diagnosed With Ebola In Texas Dies In Hospital http://n.pr/Zt27jC

U.S. to monitor incoming travelers for Ebola symptoms | http://to.pbs.org/1pR2L0T

Ebola outbreak: UK sending 750 troops to Sierra Leone http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29542129

Ebola patient in Dallas hospital dies http://usat.ly/1xpc7WF

NYC Cuban sandwiches?

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This is one of the more famous sandwiches straight out of the island of Cuba. This recipe came from my uncle who used to work at a restaurant in Pinar del Rio, Cuba and now works at a Cuban cafeteria here in Miami. This sandwich is best served with fried plantain chips and a cold drink.

So please don't just fix a sandwich. Treat yourself to a sandwich with some interesting ingredients Also known as Cubano. These sandwiches will bring the flavor of Cuba to your table.

Severe weather warning?

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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Official Site and partner National Weather Service posted these warnings yesterday, but nothing of the sort, as far as we can tell. Apparently it was close enough for government workers...

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...AND MOST OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. WHILE THE MAIN THREAT IS FROM DAMAGING WINDS...THERE IS ALSO A LOW CHANCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVERNIGHT AS WELL.

NEW YORK LIGHTHOUSES

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Two lighthouses along Long Island Sound stand out of all the time-worn majestic structures flashing lights for the appreciated guidance of ships avoiding dangers. Execution Rocks and Stepping Stones can be seen atop rock islands of the choppy blue expanse known as Long Island Sound, just east of Throgs Neck, south of City Island, and west of the westernmost edge of Long Island.

Blood moon tomorrow morning

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If you live somewhere in the western portion of the US, you will have the best view of a lunar eclipse that will turn the moon a burnt reddish orange for about an hour. This natural light show creates the second blood moon in relatively short succession. The full eclipse will start at 6:25A. ET, NASA says, and last until 7:24A ET.

TONIGHT: Lunar Eclipse! It all starts after 4am ET 'til sunrise. We'll answer your questions: http://go.nasa.gov/1savRyi

This Week in Her and History

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This Week in History, Oct 5 - Oct 11

Oct 05, 1947
First presidential speech on TV. On this day in 1947, President Harry Truman (1884-1972) makes the first-ever televised presidential address from the White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help starving Europeans. At the time of Truman's food-conservation speech, Europe was still recovering from World War II and suffering from famine. Truman, the 33rd commander in chief, worried that if the U.S. didn't provide food aid, his administration's Marshall Plan for European economic recovery would fall apart. He asked farmers and distillers to reduce grain use and requested that the public voluntarily forgo meat on Tuesdays, eggs and poultry on Thursdays and save a slice of bread each day. The food program was short-lived, as ultimately the Marshall Plan succeeded in helping to spur economic revitalization and growth in Europe. In 1947, television was still in its infancy and the number of TV sets in U.S. homes only numbered in the thousands (by the early 1950s, millions of Americans owned TVs); most people listened to the radio for news and entertainment. However, although the majority of Americans missed Truman's TV debut, his speech signaled the start of a powerful and complex relationship between the White House and a medium that would have an enormous impact on the American presidency, from how candidates campaigned for the office to how presidents communicated with their constituents. Each of Truman's subsequent White House speeches, including his 1949 inauguration address, was televised. In 1948, Truman was the first presidential candidate to broadcast a paid political ad. Truman pioneered the White House telecast, but it was President Franklin Roosevelt who was the first president to appear on TV--from the World's Fair in New York City on April 30, 1939. FDR's speech had an extremely limited TV audience, though, airing only on receivers at the fairgrounds and at Radio City in Manhattan. First coast to coast. http://youtu.be/VYNv8nphW5o

Oct 06, 1866
First U.S. train robbery. On this day in 1866, the Reno gang carries out the first robbery of a moving train in the U.S., making off with over $10,000 from an Ohio & Mississippi train in Jackson County, Indiana. Prior to this innovation in crime, holdups had taken place only on trains sitting at stations or freight yards.

Oct 07, 2003
Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes California governor. On this day in 2003, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California, the most populous state in the nation with the world's fifth-largest economy. Despite his inexperience, Schwarzenegger came out on top in the 11-week campaign to replace Gray Davis, who had earlier become the first United States governor to be recalled by the people since 1921. Schwarzenegger was one of 135 candidates on the ballot, which included career politicians, other actors, and one adult-film star.

Oct 08, 1871
Great Chicago Fire begins. On this day in 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million (in 1871 dollars; $3 billion in 2007 dollars) in damages. Legend has it that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O'Leary barn and started the fire, but other theories hold that humans or even a comet may have been responsible for the event that left four square miles of the Windy City, including its business district, in ruins. Dry weather and an abundance of wooden buildings, streets and sidewalks made Chicago vulnerable to fire. The city averaged two fires per day in 1870; there were 20 fires throughout Chicago the week before the Great Fire of 1871.

Oct 09, 1967
Che Guevara is executed. On this day in 1967, socialist revolutionary and guerilla leader Che Guevara, age 39, is killed by the Bolivian army. The U.S.-military-backed Bolivian forces captured Guevara on October 8 while battling his band of guerillas in Bolivia and assassinated him the following day. His hands were cut off as proof of death and his body was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1997, Guevara's remains were found and sent back to Cuba, where they were reburied in a ceremony attended by President Fidel Castro and thousands of Cubans. Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna was born to a well-off family in Argentina in 1928. While studying medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, he took time off to travel around South America on a motorcycle; during this time, he witnessed the poverty and oppression of the lower classes. He received a medical degree in 1953 and continued his travels around Latin America, becoming involved with left-wing organizations. In the mid 1950s, Guevara met up with Fidel Castro and his group of exiled revolutionaries in Mexico. Guevara played a key role in Castro's seizure of power from Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and later served as Castro's right-hand man after the revolution and minister of industry. Guevara strongly opposed U.S. domination in Latin America and advocated peasant-based revolutions to combat social injustice in Third World countries. Castro later described him as "an artist of revolutionary warfare." Chen resigned some say he was dismissed—from his Cuban government post in April 1965, possibly over differences with Castro about the nation’s economic and foreign policies. Guevara then disappeared from Cuba, traveled to Africa and eventually resurfaced in Bolivia, where he was killed. Following his death, Guevara achieved hero status among people around the world as a symbol of anti-imperialism and revolution. A 1960 photo taken by Alberto Korda of Guevara in a beret became iconic and has since appeared on countless posters and T-shirts. However, not everyone considers Guevara a hero: He is accused, among other things, of ordering the deaths of hundreds of people in Cuban prisons during the revolution.

Oct 10, 1985
Achille Lauro hijacking ends. The hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro reaches a dramatic climax when U.S. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom and force the jet to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily. American and Italian troops surrounded the plane, and the terrorists were taken into Italian custody.m On October 7, four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. Some 320 crewmembers and 80 passengers, were taken hostage. Hundreds of other passengers had disembarked the cruise ship earlier that day to visit Cairo and tour the Egyptian pyramids. Identifying themselves as members of the Palestine Liberation Front--a Palestinian splinter group--the gunmen demanded the release of 50 Palestinian militants imprisoned in Israel. If their demands were not met, they threatened to blow up the ship and kill the 11 Americans on board. The next morning, they also threatened to kill the British passengers

Oct 11, 2002
Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Prize. On this day in 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." Carter, a peanut farmer from Georgia, served one term as U.S. president between 1977 and 1981. One of his key achievements as president was mediating the peace talks between Israel and Egypt in 1978. The Nobel Committee had wanted to give Carter (1924- ) the prize that year for his efforts, along with Anwar Sadat and Menachim Begin, but was prevented from doing so by a technicality--he had not been nominated by the official deadline.

America on parade

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Hispanic Day Parade, in The Big Apple aka Manhattan NYC: Along Fifth Avenue from 44th to 70th Street Latinos will celebrate the brother-and- sisterhood of Hispanos Unidos de America.

Some 20 American countries will be represented, headed by their Consuls, with an estimated 10,000 marching and a million watching on the sidelines.

This promises to be a spectacle of music, dance, folklore, flags, costumes, carnival groups, Latino celebrities, and colorful floats. 50th Hispanic Day Parade October 10, 2014 from 11A to 5P.