Weekly Review of Blogante Headlines - September 23rd thru the 27th, 2007

I thought I would try something new by sending out a weekly review of the top stories and my picks for the past 5 days with the 20 most popular ones based on how many times they were viewed. - Gracias, Tomás

Weekly Stats Review From the Past 5 Days:

• 28,886 visits by 26,906 visitors were made to the site.
• 47,150 pages were viewed for a total of 539 hours (22.5 days) of time spent on site.
• 25,749 visits came from the US - every state in the Union was represented
• 90% came from search engines using 23,706 keywords - 23,686 came from Google alone.
• 11,894 different URLs from the site were viewed

Blast from the past: Did You Know? One in three Hispanic children in California will be diagnosed with diabetes by 2010 - April 20, 2006

Top 20 Posts of the week in order

$17.2 Million Awarded in Grants to Help Hispanic-Serving Institutions - September 26, 2007 - Top Story

Hispanic parents are frustrated because children won’t learn Spanish - South Florida - September 23, 2007 - Top Story

Cuban-Americans have a special interest in new CBS series ‘Cane’ - September 23, 2007 - Top Story

‘How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life,’ - September 23, 2007 - My Pick

Those ‘aliens’ are everywhere - Pennsylvania’s “Alien Invasion PA” report - (I wish you could see me rolling my eyes) - September 26, 2007 - Top Story

Black/Latino Violence? Scholars find no clear trend - September 23, 2007 - Top Story

Specs for Texas-Mexico Border Fence Finalized (Latina Lista) - September 25, 2007 - Top Story

Café Tacuba Tour Dates for the rest of 2007 - September 26, 2007 - My Pick

Illegal Immigrants Will Be Allowed to Obtain Drivers Licenses - New York City - September 25, 2007 - Top Story

Shrill mob would outlaw DWM (driving while Mexican) - Phoenix - September 25, 2007 - Top Story

Is American TV ready to tune in Latino culture? - Cane - September 23, 2007 - Top Story

Telemundo reassigns Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s girlfriend, Mirthala Salinas, to Riverside - September 25, 2007 - Top Story

The Campaign to “Fear the Illegal” is Unraveling (Latina Lista) - September 25, 2007 - My Pick

Children of immigrants form ethnic identity at early age - September 24, 2007 - Top Story

Hope fades for passage of bill to aid young illegal immigrants - September 26, 2007 - Top Story

Adios: Nielsen Finds Hispanic Brand Loyalty Declining - September 24, 2007 - Top Story

Illegal immigrants moving out - (of states and cities that have passed local laws) - September 27, 2007 - Top Story

Hispanics find growing enmity - Immigrants now targets of racial slurs and taunts - North Carolina - September 23, 2007 - My Pick

Churches Weigh Offering Help to Illegal Immigrants - New Sanctuary Movement - September 25, 2007 - Top Story

U.S. immigration reform blasted at Hispanic event - by the president of El Salvador in Long Island - September 24, 2007 - Top Story

Special mentions since they were mixed in with the top 20

Did You Know? More than 300 illegal immigrants are being deported every month from the city of Irving, Texas

Did You Know? Some 400,000 Latina girls turn 15 each year in the United States, and the $400 million-a-year quinceañera industry is trying to keep up with the growing demand

And I have to throw in my fav quotes of the week

“I don’t think any young Latinos know about the humiliations we had to endure,” says Rita Moreno, the co-star of CBS’ “Cane,” who now lives in Berkeley. “People who were my employers looked right through me. Not a “Good Morning’ or a “Hello.’ It was really quite astonishing that they acted like I was invisible. And in a way I wasn’t there, because Latinos weren’t there.” - on her treatment in Hollywood

“They no longer need to hide and pretend they are not here,” Gov. Eliot Spitzer said. “We will not become part of what is propagated on the federal level _ that if we don’t admit they are here, then we can somehow not provide services. That is bad policy.” regarding New York’s plan to provide driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants

“Where you’re really seeing the growth is the acculturated bilingual that’s comfortable with their heritage and their language, who chooses on a case-by-case basis whether to partake of something in English or Spanish,” says Miguel Ferrer, editorial director at AOL Latino

Top Stories –» view: excerpts | section

September 27, 2007

Like so many others, he didn’t make it past ranch - Young Honduran quietly buried at Laredo cemetery

Sue CASA - Right-Wing D.C. Group Makes Case Against CASA Latina - Seattle

The prospects for immediate Senate action on the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants, disappeared Wednesday amid Republican opposition.

Along the U.S.-Mexico border, a dilemma of the dead

Judge rules for Cuban father

Hundreds protest Irving’s rise in deportations - Texas

The complicated measure of being Hispanic in America - (hispanic vs latino vs ???? - sometimes I feel that this issue alone will take us eons to reconcile)

Border war over immigration comes to Midwest - La Raza and Minutemen in Kansas City

September 26, 2007

Immigrant cost study officially received by county board - San Diego - $101.5 million in 2006-07 fiscal year

New York, Faulting U.S., Says It Will Pay for Cancer Care for Illegal Immigrants

Fence plans could change - Surveyors seeking consent to study border residents’ land

September 25, 2007

Más braceros recibirán sus ahorros

Cancer ruling heats up immigration debate - Chemotherapy for illegal immigrants no longer covered under Medicaid

U.S. Sues Illinois to Let Employers Use Immigrant Databases

September 24, 2007

South Florida’s Colombians are again trying to unite and claim U.S. political influence, an effort that has been foiled by past political infighting and apathy.

“¡Vivir sin lí­mites! - A Reality for Latinos with Disabilities

September 23, 2007

all above

My Picks (Tomás’ handpicked highlights) –» view: excerpts | section

September 27, 2007

Peru’s Meteor: Illness Explained, Invitation Extended

Mexican returns to Rhode Island in quest for justice

Why Hispanics will miss Bush

When a columnist returns from a cancer fight, what does The Tennessean do? - Tim Chavez’s plight

Why Many Immigrants Say ‘We Are All Elvira’ Now

Five tips to ensure Hispanic media don’t cover your story - Hispanic MPR

A Cellphone Without Borders - (very, very interesting and cool)

Marketplace: Hispanic or Latino? Fill in the blank

September 26, 2007

Escuchá lo nuevo de la Bersuit - Laten Bolas - (Bersuit Vergarabat is a great band from Argentina in case U didn’t know)

Actions of Senate Democrats Beg the Question: How Deep is the Commitment to the Latino Constituency? (Latina Lista)

Racism’s toll may be physical

Yo no me escondo. by Ana Lydia Ochoa of padma media & marketing on “Brown is the New Green”

Watch Bolivian president Evo Morales on “The Daily Show” with John Stewart

New book celebrates rise of Latina-owned businesses

U.S., Mexican states seek common border solutions

‘Frida’ Makes Brief, Rare Mexican Visit - 16 years of waiting, Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art, known here as “Marco,” finally hosts the city’s first exhibit - devoted entirely to Frida Kahlo.

New York musical salutes salsa legend Celia Cruz

Salata earns MVP honors at national tournament - (I didn’t know there was a National Hispanic Basketball Tournament)

Americas Majority Foundation Releases New Study: Border Wars: The Impact of Immigration on the Latino Vote

Fernandez helps West Side students reach new VISTAs by degrees - (a San Antonio pre-admissions program called “VISTA” which helps under-privileged Hispanic students apply and receive acceptance to college)

September 25, 2007

Hugo Chavez beats his own blab record in 8-hour speech » VivirLatino

The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) Announces 2007 Lineup - From Mexico to Spain, LALIFF Showcases Films to Discover and Cherish Latino Culture

University of Iowa admissions, financial aid information now available in Spanish

Illegal immigrants pin hopes, again, on “Dream Act”

GSA Launches First Public Service Campaign in Spanish

Stamp honors journalist Ruben Salazar killed in ‘70 East LA riot

Mexican consul defends country as refugee seekers flock to Canada - (another article about Mexicans in Windsor)

Snake-bird gods fascinated both Aztecs and pharaohs - Exhibit in Monterrey, Mexico - (sounds really cool)

Mexican cheese sold in Georgia (+Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Texas) recalled - Queso Cincho de Guerrero

Latina Conductor Brings Music to the Masses - Sonia Marie de León de Vega

September 24, 2007

My Story By Martha Sanchez - Javier Mendoza - Fugitive - from America’s most wanted

New Stamp Unveiled For Hispanic Heritage Series

In Howard, Partying the Old Cuban Way - Howard County, Maryland

A Spanish-Language Store Is Forced to Close Its Books - Librerí Lectorum - New York City

Warming Up to Change - Improving the Environment to Benefit Latinos

Mexican-Americans recall life in segregated Midland

A look at the short life of a “green card soldier’ - documentary “The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez”

A DREAM immigrant proposal? A fighting chance for citizenship

Latino firefighters to gather for convention in Dallas

‘Baldo’ Strip Includes What ‘The War’ Series Mostly Omits

Simply Delicioso - Using All of Her Body to Cook, Latin Style - Review of Ingrid Hoffmann’s show

NPR : Latino Group Holds Applause for ‘The War’

South Dakota hispanic population jumps

September 23, 2007

History, heritage at heart - Retiring AFL-CIO official Chavez-Thompson decries ‘us-and-them’ views on immigration, seeks further progress for women, Latinos

Kenneth I. Trujillo expected to be first Latino on school panel - Philadelphia

Bush holds the record on Hispanic federal judges

Marketers miss much of their audience

Universities recruit Hispanics earlier, aggressively - in Tennessee

Latino WWII vets ‘don’t deserve this’

Were Latinos right in putting Burns in the hot seat?

The choice of how to describe immigrants is vital - This is the second of two columns by Edward Schumacher-Matos, who is reviewing Miami Herald coverage of immigration issues.

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