2847975170497500The stage has been quietly set for a serious confrontation in the non-too-distant future between Russia and the United States – along with Canada‚ Norway and Denmark. Russia has recently laid claim to a vast 1‚191‚000 sq km (460‚800 sq miles) chunk of the ice-covered Arctic seabed. The claim is not really about territory‚ but rather about the huge hydrocarbon reserves that are hidden on the seabed under the Arctic ice cap. These newly discovered energy reserves will play a crucial
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I am a eighteen year old female. I am mixed. I was born in MD. My mother is from El Salvador‚ and my father is from Dominican Republic. I’ve visited Dominican Republic a lot‚ but I haven’t visited El Salvador ever since I was about two years old. I’ve lived in Hyattsville‚MD for most of my life‚ and it’s actually very urban. I live in a house hold of five: me‚ my two sisters‚ my mom and my dad. My baby sister is four‚ and my other little sister is ten. I remember when I was the only child
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far the best scenery. After our plan landed and we got off‚ the first thing I felt was the hot‚ humid air hit my face. Unluckily I was wearing jeans and a sweater because it was fall in Ohio. We were greeted with friendly faces welcoming us to Dominican Republic. We were on the bumpy dirt road‚ heading to our hotel. We passed some run down houses and stores. Kids were walking outside half clothed or even naked‚ staring at us with their begging eyes. It was almost a hundred degrees there when we arrived
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our brains and it can be a good or bad memory depending on the person. Fortunately for me most of the smells that strike memories for me are very good. The memory that strikes me most when I get a certain smell is the feeling of being in the Dominican Republic. Whenever I get the sweet scent of a pineapple I just lay back and think about our vacation when my family and I went to the Caribbean. That sweet smell of a freshly cut pineapple is so sweet you can almost taste it even before
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What are the Causes and Effects of poverty in the United States? Jose Flores Blackstone Academy Charter School Are all Americans grateful for the things they have? What if Americans do not to have the proper basic needs? Many Americans do face this situation and it is called poverty. The top three causes of poverty in United States are lack of education‚ unemployment and the high cost of health insurance. Americans can overcome the high rate of poverty and alleviate their struggles
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summers ago‚ my family and went on one together and had the time of our lives. On the boat there is all the astonishing activities and food you need to have an excellent time. We went to a variety of places‚ but my favorite ones were Aruba‚ Dominican Republic‚ and Caraca. Going on a cruise with my family is for sure‚ an experience i’m never going to to ever forget. To get onto the cruise is a long process. We traveled to the airport to Georgia and then took another airplane to Florida. When we reached
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But there is one thing‚ that‚ my family don’t know about me. It’s that i became a man in front of them and they don’t think about it!. Do you remember when you become an adult? Growing up in the Dominican Republic is cool‚ you become a man at 18 years old‚ but you still are an inexperienced teenager. You went from being a baby to being a kid‚ a kid to a teenager‚ a teenager to an adult and a adult to a senior. In the US is different.You have more time to adjust your life‚ create habits and become
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Dominican Republic and Haiti: Consequences of the regularization process The island of Hispaniola‚ which Dominicans share with Haitians‚ is considered to be the cradle of blackness in the Americas. It was one of the first territories that colonizers brought African slaves to labor. Since then‚ there has always been a dispute between the two sides of the island. One side defending the ideology of European heritage while the other side stands to beliefs and practices of African descendants. There
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Poverty America Greatest Sins Even though some people think this problem can easily be solved. It’s a terrible thing our country faces each year. Because Peer pressure is a problem many young kids face. The impact of drugs in the communities and poverty and how it changes lives. There are numerous elements that play a hand in the increased number of violent acts. I had to say poverty is the worst of them all. There are multiple factors that play in the crime wave we see. I feel a major problem that
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The Causes of Poverty in Mexico | |[pic] |Are you aware that 20 million people in Mexico live on less than two dollars a day? Sixty million people‚ half the Mexican | |population‚ live in poverty‚ and 20 million of them live in extreme poverty. Most of the time‚ garbage is their food‚ and some | |days‚ they don’t even eat anything. This critical situation in Mexico is caused by individual‚ geographic and political factors. | |The purpose of this essay is to analyze these three main causes
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