If Puerto Rico were to endeavor to produce enough beans to feed 1/7th of the world’s total population‚ several changes would occur on a global scale. Assuming the world’s population is approximately 7.28 billion people‚ this would mean producing enough to feed 1.04 billion people. At 1 lb of beans per every 5 persons per day‚ that is approximately 75‚972‚000‚000 lbs of beans a year or 34‚460‚319.53 metric tons per year. Considering a total production of 23‚139‚004 metric tons of beans in 2013‚ producing
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Aristy Stereotypes of the Puerto Rican Culture “As of 2003‚ there were more Puerto Ricans living in the United States than on the island of Puerto Rico- 3.8 million on the mainland and 3.6 million in Puerto Rico” (Rohan‚ 2006). There was an abundance of Puerto Ricans that migrated from their mainland to the United States. Most were poverty stricken and lacked formal education. This lead them to be unemployed or on public assistance‚ causing other cultures to stereotype Puerto Rican’s. “Stereotypes
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Jose Feliciano born in September 10‚ 1945‚ is a famous Puerto Rican singer. He is a virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single “Feliz Navidad”. Feliciano was born in Lares‚ Puerto Rico‚ one of eleven sons. When he was five‚ his family moved to Spanish Harlem‚ New York City. At the age of nine he played at the Teatro Puerto Rico in the Bronx. He started his musical life with the accordion until his father and family friend‚ Benjamin
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My philosophy of life As a child I would always think about what my life was going to be like and how was I going to turn out. I asked myself why life was so complicated? Why were my parents so worried all the time? So many questions I didn’t have the answer to. Now that I’m old enough I see things so differently. Those questions I had when I was young‚ were no longer a mystery to me. My experiences through life answered them and taught me many other things. My philosophy about life is all about
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The best way to learn is knowing and living the moment. I am in my third year of bachelor of public relations at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan‚ Puerto Rico. I would like to do a student exchange because this experience will provide to me many tools for my professional and personal life. I choose the University of Nevada in Las Vegas for this experience. First at all‚ living in a foreign country allows the acceptance and understanding of different cultures and community perspective
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Chapter 1 Toyota’s Global Expansion In November 2004‚ Hiroshi Okuda‚ Chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. of Japan‚ announced that the company was going to build another factory in North America‚ raising the number of factories producing parts or assembling cars and trucks in North America to 14. As of May 2004‚ Toyota manufactured parts and assembled cars in 51 overseas manufacturing companies in 26 countries/locations. In 1980‚ the company had only 11 production facilities in 9 countries‚ so
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York in the United States of America‚ but in my heart and what is written throughout my ancestry is Puerto Rican and Cuban. I was born and raised in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ in a neighborhood that wasn’t the safest. My mother and father on the other hand was born and raised in Puerto Rico for most of their lives. They eventually came to the states when they were children. They raised me with strong Puerto Rican traditions with American cultural influences. They themselves transitioned from living on an
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childhood life in Puerto Rico and when she moved to the United States. The story discusses how Cofers father wanted her family to conduct themselves a certain way‚ to escape the general stereotypes that Puerto Ricans received‚ such as them being loud‚ playing loud music‚ and mothers yelling at their children. Cofer’s family was forced to act differently from the other Puerto Ricans that were around them for the satisfaction of her father and others around her to please others. In Puerto Rico‚ her family
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References: The National Puerto Rican Coalition‚ Inc... (n.d.). The Puerto Rican Community: From Neighbors to Citizens. Retrieved January 9‚ 2010 from http://www.bateylink.org/community Wikipedia. (n.d.). Mexican American. Retrieved January 9‚ 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American
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The Zika virus can be contracted by being bitten by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Puerto Rico being an island where is warm all year round makes the perfect breeding environment for this mosquito. At least 117 people have tested positive for the Zika virus in Puerto Rico and five of them are pregnant women. The Zika virus in Puerto Rico‚ how did it get there? Is the population in Puerto Rico able to fight this epidemic? How can the people in the island protect themselves from acquiring this virus?
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