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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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    Political corruption is destroying the Dominican Republic. Today i want to share with you‚ what is happening at the moment with the tax reform‚ what is and what involves‚ the factors or posible consequences that may happen‚ so in order to start is good to know that the Dominican Republic suffers from government corruption‚ wasteful spending‚ and high unemployment‚ as well as unreliable electric service caused by seasonal drought‚ low collection rates‚ theft‚ and infrastructure problems. Today

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    dominican masculinity

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    11/15/14 Dominican Masculinity and Its Downfall In reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ by Junot Diaz‚ there is a large emphasis imposed on both male and female gender roles of the Dominican Republic. Gender roles are social and behavioral norms that‚ within a specific culture‚ are widely considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex. However in this book‚ it is apparent that there is an extreme machismo attitude that is expected of men from the Dominican Republic

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    Dominican Prostitution

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    Prostitution in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a place where there are a lot of necessities due to the bad economy. The bad economy influences a lot in the tourism prostitution industry. Tourism is a very important factor to the Dominican Republic’s economy and also to the prostitution. Many dominican young men working in resorts are seeking for women that can give them the opportunity to get out of the country or helped them economically. The same is true for many dominican young women

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    Dominican Fisheries

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    Outline I) Introduction Establish a sustainable fishing system based on the moral ethics of responsible fishing. Over the past decades the Dominican Republic has been recognized over the world as a number one fishing spot in the Caribbean due to its variety of fish and amazing sea life. Its vast coasts full of fish and marine life makes the Dominican Republic unique. But all this is just for know. Recent studies show that the fish population is decreasing at a unstoppable rate. Fisherman and fishing

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    Agriculture for the Dominican Republic economy. Outline Agriculture • One of the base of Dominican economy • 35% labor force • Produces of Dominican Republic are; coffee‚ cacao‚ tobacco‚ cotton‚ rice‚ beans‚ potatoes‚ etc. • The Dominican agriculturists are responsible for supplying most of the Dominican food to the population. Tourism • One of the most important aspects I the Dominican economy. • Because of location‚ Dominicans people and climate‚ Dominican Republic is one of the most visited

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    Dominican Charism

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    The school’s history‚ traditions and in particular‚ Dominican Charism In 1867 a group of brave Dominican sisters took a risk and moved from their beloved home in Ireland to move to Maitland NSW to establish the Dominican foundation in Australia. In 1892 under the request of Cardinal Moran‚ the Dominican sisters purchased two acres of land in Strathfield‚ and Rosary Lodge the building that stood on this land. This land was intended to become a school and a convent. The school was to be called Santa

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    There are many famous people that live in America that were born in foreign countries. One foreign country that I am researching is the Dominican Republic. Most baseball players that play in the Major League Baseball known as the MLB come from countries like Dominican Republic and Cuba. One famous person that came from the Dominican Republic was Albert Pujols. Albert Pujols born as Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara was born January 16‚ 1980. After being born in the DR Albert and his family moved from

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    Dominican Groups

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    Available data from the New York City Department of City Planning indicate that Dominican and the Chinese communities are the top two immigrant groups in the city. The Dominican group has a population strength of 380‚200‚ compared to that of the Chinese which is about 350‚200‚ according to a December 18‚ 2013 Press Release from the agency. Sub-Saharan African population is about 4% of the total immigrant population in the city. I have profiled organizations with services in politics‚ legal‚ language

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