phone that allowed me to practice the Spanish that I was learning in class and also teach me some new words and phrases. I also used a flashcard app to play with my son and try to help him learn Spanish too. The next activity I did was to go see a Puerto Rican band from Milwaukee called “De la Buena”. I really enjoyed that experience and so did my son. He was so funny dancing around and clapping when they were done. Two of our neighbors are in the band so I think he really liked being able to see
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Breast Health Education among Hispanic Elderly Women Program Analysis Name Course Date Tutor Breast Health Education among Hispanic Elderly Women Program analysis Introduction Older women are at a higher risk when it comes to developing breast cancer and dying from the disease than their younger counterparts. The use of mammograms as scanners and clinical breast examinations as the best practices for early detection of breast cancer are available to this age group‚ though they do not have
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Population The Dominican Republic is a country rich with beautiful lands and white sandy beaches. It’s west of Jamaica and south of Puerto Rico and occupies two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola. There was a population of 10.4 million in 2013‚ but as of now the population is approximately 10‚652‚135 million. One-tenth of its population resides in the capital city of Santo Domingo. Major Religion The main ethnicity is mulattoes‚ which is a mix of European and Africans. The majority of the people
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Circus Lady Circus lady is a play by Jason Miller. The play takes place in an apartment in a Puerto Rican ghetto in Bronx‚ New York. The apartment faces the streets. The apartment is really messy‚ and everywhere lays clothes‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and empty TV-dinners. The furniture is dirty‚ and covered in dust‚ and a smell of pet shop is filling the apartment. There are cockroaches everywhere. It is actually one of the first things we read‚ so we have already some pictures in our heads.
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A labor union is a legal organization formed together‚ usually made up of people with in the same industry. Its purpose is to protect its members from unfair treatment as well as from being overworked and underpaid. The first American organized union dates back to 1794‚ in Philadelphia a group of shoemakers gathered together to form the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers. “They formed to maintain price structure and resist cheaper competition’ (United States History‚ par. 1). It was in 1866
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business risk was relatively low for this industry. John M. Case owned 60-65% of the market share causing the risk to be substantially lower than other industries. Manufacturing for this company had many advantages. As Case Company had a subsidiary in Puerto Rico‚ it allowed them to be tax exempt from U.S taxes. With these tax exemptions‚ it provided low income tax rates for Case Company. Case Company also did not have problems in regards to their customers. With 95% of their customers being loyal to their
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way to Florida; however‚ the particular group of Arawak-speaking people who lived on the island of Hispaniola was the Taino Indians. For about a thousand years the peaceful people known as Taino had thrived in modern-day Cuba‚ the Virgin Islands‚ Puerto Rico‚ and many other islands in the Lesser and Greater Antilles. However‚ less than 30 years after Columbus’ journey‚ Spanish weaponry‚ force labor‚ and European diseases would wreck the Tainos. The Tainos left no remains or signs of their existence
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I chose this topic because I thought that it was important to highlight the recent successes of the Latino baseball players to show how minority groups can prosper in America. Latino atheletes have gain notoriety and riches through the sport of baseball. These are things that they couldn’t have dreamed about achieving without Major League baseball. Major League Baseball has given Latin Americans the opportunity to better their economic and social situation. Many Latin American children dream
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com/article/590193/hispanic_american_cultural_diversity.html?cat=37 Green‚ D. (n.d.) Puerto Rican Americans. Retrieved July 28‚ 2010 http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/590193/hispanic_american_cultural_diversity.html?cat=37 Rice‚ P. (2006). Linguistic Profiling. The sound of your voice may determine if you get the apartment or not. Retrieved July 28‚ 2010 http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/6500.aspx Tate. A. (2008). Hispanic American Cultural Diversity. A look at Mexican‚ Puerto Rican‚ Cuban‚ and Domincan ethnic groups. Associate
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to have been Melbourne Beach‚ the expedition sailed south to the bottom of the Florida peninsula‚ through the Florida Keys‚ and up the west coast as far north as Charlotte Harbor‚ where they briefly battled with the Calusa before heading back to Puerto Rico. Further Spanish attempts to explore and colonize Florida were terribly unsuccessful. Ponce de León returned to the Charlotte Harbor area in 1521 with equipment and settlers to start a colony but was soon driven off by
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