...As hurricane season begins this week, experts are still trying to count the number of deaths caused by last year’s devastating Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. The latest estimate: roughly 4,600, many of them from delayed medical care. Residents of Puerto Rico died at a significantly higher rate during the three months following the hurricane than they did in the previous year, according to the results of a new study by a group of independent researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and other institutions. The researchers say their estimate, published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, remains imprecise, with more definitive studies still to come. But the findings, which used methods that have not been previously...
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...Hurricane Maria is one of the most devastating hurricanes humans have ever faced. Its damage is estimated to cost billions and the island is still not done repairing the damages. The destruction its caused has left most of the island without power, water, food, or proper medical care. The relief effort for Puerto Rico has been sturdy but very slow. At its current recovery rate, it will take years for the residents of Puerto Rico to function properly again. Puerto Rico was already a struggling island before the hurricane. The island was already clipped by hurricane Irma leaving one million without power. This isn’t even mentioning the 70 billion dollars’ worth of debt it had not paid off. The financial problems Puerto Rico is facing makes this hurricane a much more daunting task. 55 percent of the island has no working water meaning the inhabitants have to actively look for clean water. Even worse only 16 hospitals are functional this has resulted...
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...President Trump has failed to focus consistently on rebuilding the devastated island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.4 million US Citizens, after the tropical storm Hurricane Maria took place. Two months after the disaster the lights still remain off in even the most bustling cities of Puerto Rico, more than 50% of the population still live without electricity, and 100% of those with power experience constant blackouts. The innocent citizens of Puerto Rico have essentially been left for dead by their own federal government, and despite the efforts of Puerto Rican Officials to raise money for the island, the funds raised so far are nowhere near what is needed to provide and rebuild for Puerto Rico's commonwealth. Part of the reason why Puerto Rico...
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...After years of government corruption and neglected infrastructure, Puerto Rico has finally collapsed and is in desperate need of help. Help they know, they will receive if they were to become the 51st state. According to the New York Post, Puerto Rico’s government has been inept at taking care of their precious infrastructure. Even before hurricane Maria, their power and water systems were crumbling due to being outrageously outdated and they were up to their eyeballs in debt, 118 billion to be exact. According to CNN, people were leaving the island at a historic rate with an “average of 230 people leaving a day”. This was due to essential resources shutting down. Hospitals no longer had the funding they needed to help their people and schools...
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...Nature Disasters; Earthquake, Volcano and Flood Name: Titania Proctor Institution: Park University Date: 07/10/2015 Nature Disasters Abstract A nature disaster is any catastrophic event that is caused by the natural processes of the earth. The severity of a disaster is measured in lives lost, economic loss, and the ability of the population to rebuild. All natural disasters cause loss in some way. Depending on the severity, lives can be lost in any number of disasters. Some disasters cause more loss of life than others, and population density affects the death count as well. Prediction of earthquake Long term forecasting founded on the knowledge of place where the earthquakes have taken place previously. In order to study the occurrence of earthquake, the knowledge of the current tectonic setting, geological records and the history records are analyzed critically to establish locations and occurrence intervals of earthquake. Pale seismology and seismic gaps are the most crucial aspect when carrying out analysis. Paleoseismology is the study of the earthquakes that have occurred before. Through the analysis of the offset in layers of sediment near the fault zones, it becomes very easy to predict the occurrence intervals of earthquakes. If it is established that earthquakes have interval recurrence of a hundred years, and there is no available records of earthquakes in the last 100 years, then a long- term forecast is done. Through the effect, effort can be undertaken...
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...Impacts of Imperialism in Puerto Rico On May 12, 1898, a fleet of twelve American ships attached San Juan. Shortly after on June 25, the U.S.S. Yosemite blockaded San Juan’s port; it prevented goods and people from leaving and entering the port. One month later on July 25, General Nelson A. Miles led 3,300 American troops into Guánica, a southwestern town in Puerto Rico. They were meet with little to no resistance. Spain and some Puerto Rican volunteers put up a small fight against the 6th Massachusetts in the Battle of Yauco. The only casualties were two Spanish soldiers. Overall, the United States was well accepted into Puerto Rico by the people. In the whole invasion, only seven American soldiers died. The Spanish-American War...
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...Disaster hit when Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on September 20, leaving Puerto Ricans struggling extensively to get back on their feet. Maria has inflicted massive destruction on the island of Puerto Rico and has caused an immense level of disorganization and ruin. Puerto Ricans are still attempting to clean up their homes so they have a decent place to live. However, it is hard to clean up anything when you have no access to electricity, clean water, money or food supplies. Obviously, in these conditions, the recovery process has been slow and painful. Hurricane Maria was nearly a category 5 hurricane when it made a direct hit on Puerto Rico on September 20. The hurricane lashed the island with wind and rain for longer than 30 hours. Puerto Rico hasn’t had a hurricane with winds of 155 miles per hour, a category 4 hurricane like Maria, hit the island since 1932. The damage that it caused was astronomical. The death toll has risen to 45 and counting while 113 people still remain unaccounted for. Furthermore, it has left the whole island in ruins....
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...Are there differences between living in Puerto Rico and living in the United States? I believe that there are big differences. I came to the United States when I was fifteen years old. Although, I am currently living in the United States, I always go back to Puerto Rico to visit my family. I love it there. I like living in the United States but there are many things that differ from Puerto Rico such as food, education and weather. Puerto Rico has variety of Spanish food that make you go there. Puerto Rico’s food is one of the best reasons to visit the island. It is diverse, rich, and flavorful with a combination of rice, beans, meat and fish fried. Puerto Rico cooking is somewhat similar to both Spanish and other Hispanic cuisines. It’s is a unique blend of influences. In Puerto Rico they cook rice with beans as a weekly menu. Traditional foods remind us of who we are, what we like, and those we love. In contrast the United States has variety of food from all over the world. Their food is a combination of everything because it has a lot of different people from other countries. Also, you can find Spanish food, Italian food, Mexican food, etc. The American people adopted a style of life, so they eat a lot of junk food, so there is high percentage of fast food places. In what I seemed American people tend to eat nachos, hot dogs and cheese burger instead of eating rice with beans. The style of education in Puerto Rico based in schools. In the other hand, their education comprehensive...
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...a new global market. During this time the team developed a business strategy to promote DCC and bring its product line to Puerto Rico. Early on DCC had to conduct a regional analysis, country analysis, and an organization and product or service analysis. Regional Analysis Regional Alliances and Economic Integration Puerto Rico is just one of many Caribbean countries, which make up the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). This regional integration between Caribbean countries, formed in 1973. According to the United States Trade International Commission (2008), “The purpose of regional integration is to achieve economic gains through free trade flow and investments between neighboring countries often by lowering or eliminating tariffs against imports from fellow member countries. These actions increase duty free trade, tourism, movement of labor, and the flow of capital across national borders, reducing the possibility of conflict. Regional integration promotes global business in that it removes, in stages or altogether, previous barriers to foreign investments and other business ventures” (Trade policy for Development). Duty free access and tax incentives encourage the United States firms to invest heavily in Puerto Rico to assist in promoting Puerto Rico's prosperous trade. “Puerto Rico’s industries include pharmaceuticals, electronics, textiles, petrochemicals, processed foods, clothing and...
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...Identification. Christopher Columbus landed in Puerto Rico in 1493, during his second voyage, naming it San Juan Bautista. The Taínos, the indigenous people, called the island Boriquén Tierra del alto señor ("Land of the Noble Lord"). In 1508, the Spanish granted settlement rights to Juan Ponce de León, who established a settlement at Caparra and became the first governor. In 1519 Caparra had to be relocated to a nearby coastal islet with a healthier environment; it was renamed Puerto Rico ("Rich Port") for its harbor, among the world's best natural bays. The two names were switched over the centuries: the island became Puerto Rico and its capital San Juan. The United States anglicized the name to "Porto Rico" when it occupied the island in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. This spelling was discontinued in 1932. Puerto Ricans are a Caribbean people who regard themselves as citizens of a distinctive island nation in spite of their colonial condition and U.S. citizenship. This sense of uniqueness also shapes their migrant experience and relationship with other ethnoracial groups in the United States. However, this cultural nationalism coexists with a desire for association with the United States as a state or in the current semiautonomous commonwealth status. Location and Geography. Puerto Rico is the easternmost and smallest of the Greater Antilles, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Caribbean Basin to the south. Puerto Rico is a crucial hemispheric access point...
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...The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979.[1][4] The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a disaster that has occurred in the United States and that overwhelms the resources of local and state authorities. The governor of the state in which the disaster occurs must declare a state of emergency and formally request from the president that FEMA and the federal government respond to the disaster. FEMA also provides these services for territories of the United States, such as Puerto Rico. The only exception to the state's gubernatorial declaration requirement occurs when an emergency and/or disaster takes place on federal property or to a federal asset, for example, the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, or the Space Shuttle Columbia in the 2003 return-flight disaster. While on-the-ground support of disaster recovery efforts is a major part of FEMA's charter, the agency provides state and local governments with experts in specialized fields and funding for rebuilding efforts and relief funds for infrastructure by directing individuals to access low interest loans, in conjunction with the Small Business Administration. In addition to this, FEMA provides funds for training of response personnel throughout the United States...
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...a culture where the human temperament was kind. Among the Taino at the time of contact, generosity and kindness were governing values in society as well as directed towards an ecological interaction with the natural surroundings. It suggested a lifestyle that tried to feed its entire people, and a spirituality that was valued, through ceremonies. The Taino lived humbly in an abundant place and so their environment was abundant. The Tainos & Ciboneys were related to the cultural Arawak group, who was one of the main indigenous people of South America and the Caribbean. They spoke Taino, which was considered Arawak language. Up until the late 15th century, they resided in multiple areas such as Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, and Puerto Rico. The Arawak combined, voluntarily, into the sequential entering groups and acculturated to the point of disappearance. Remains of their poetry, songs, sculpture, and art are found today throughout the major Antilles. The Arawak and other cultural groups are accountable...
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...Traditional Christmas in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico’s Christmas is all about fun, joy, and family union. Traditions are yet to be lost in our country, we celebrate it by joining family and friends together, and enjoy the traditional foods of the time. Unlike other parts of the world, Christmas in Puerto Rico is not only celebrated in Christmas’s eve, it is celebrated the whole month of December, and it is extended to January of the New Year. Certainly Puertorrican Christmas is the most joyful of them all. Hurricane Preparation History teaches that a lack of hurricane awareness and preparation are common threads to major hurricane disasters. They can cause immense damage to coastlines and several miles inland. The first thing to do when preparing for a hurricane is to gather a list of important contacts, such as: hospitals, evacuation areas, law enforcement, etc. Everyone needs to be prepared for the unexpected; having a supply kit is a must in these times. Having an emergency plan to protect your family is of upmost priority. If you have businesses, properties, or pets, you should focus yourself in getting them to safety, or at least insured for anything that could happen. Local Tourism in Puerto Rico There are so many places to see in our island, that any unaware visitor might end up missing some of the best sights the island has to offer. Visitors find themselves with exotic hideaways, white sandy beaches, mountains and valleys, and many other natural wonders. Tourists...
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...TONISHA M. ADAMSON 7 Adler Place Brooklyn, NY 11208 Home: 718-277-4466, Cell: 646-465-2272 tadamson5@ymail.com ASSISTANT EDITOR I aspire to work in a dynamic environment where my proven record of timely submission of articles and research using all documents in national and local archives will be exercised to their fullest.PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS * Possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written * Goal-oriented and ability to handle multiple tasks * Ability to type 80 words per minute accurately * Possess excellent phone etiquette and interpersonal skills * Possess strong analytical skills and performs tasks in given time TECHNICAL SKILLS: * Knowledge of basic operating systems such as Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office * Familiar with software operating systems such as Vista and Windows XP EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Enterprise, Business and Technology Diploma in Business and Technology, June 2002; G.P.A 3.9 Keller Graduate School of Management MA Business Administration, 2009; G.P.A 3.0 Anticipated completion date, June 2011 Hunter College, City University of New York BS English, 2008; G.P.A 2.5 Concentration, English PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE EXAMINER, NEW YORK (January 2011-Present) * Write various articles for the Examiner website. NEW YORK BOARD OF ELECTIONS, New York, NY (November, 2010) * Oversaw registration for new voters and directed them to the polls. CONGRESSMAN EDOLPHUS TOWNS...
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...Correa was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, to Jose Rodriguez Correa and Francisca Rodriguez de Valez Colon. He was in charge of a small militia whose job was to protect the city of Arecibo from any attack which the city may be subject to, either by pirates or foreign forces. His claim to fame came as a result of his defense of the city from an attack and possible invasion by the British on August 5, 1702.[1] [edit] Defense of Arecibo During the early part of the 18th century the United Kingdom was at war with Spain, and Great Britain ordered an attack on the Spanish possessions in the New World. On August 5, 1702, two British warships approached the coastal town of Arecibo. Two smaller boats with a company of British soldiers landed on Arecibo's beach. The Puerto Rican militia - headed by Correa - had only thirty men, armed with just spears and machetes, who fought the British, who were better armed with muskets and swords. At the end of the battle there were twenty-two British dead on land and 8 at sea, including the captain in charge of the troops that landed, who had died in the hands of Correa. Correa himself was wounded but the British left and the city of Arecibo was saved - as a result Correa was declared a national hero.[1] [edit] Honors and later years Arecibo Coat of Arms Correa was awarded "La Medalla de Oro de la Real Efigie" (The Gold Medal of the Royal Image), by King Philip V of Spain and given the title of "Captain of Infantry" on September...
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