Santo Domingo

As a Radiological Technologist working in New York City’s health care system one encounters an environment filled with diversity. We as professionals will be exposed to all types of cultures, ethnic backgrounds and religious beliefs. It is important for us to be aware and cultivated in many different cultural practices that will affect how we provide healthcare in a big city like New York. We should be prepared to communicate and interact with these types of patients while still providing them…

Dominican culture, similar to many other cultures, have traditional gender roles that separated the patterns of personality traits. There are general expectations of roles from both males and females within the Dominican Republic. In a novel called “The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz. The novel begins describing what is called a fuku, which people believe to be a curse, and how that same curse has haunted the family of the De Leon through generations starting with Belicia’s…

The Catholic Church has been a big influential force in the Latin America. It influence can be found since the beginning when Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. On the first island that they landed, Hispaniola or now Haiti/Dominican Republic, was were the church started to spread its influences. Among their priorities, the first of Church was stablish in the new continent. The other priority was to be a conscience to the “conquistadores” or conquerors about fair treatment of the…

the Spanish that the island became a boon for pirates; specifically French pirates who began to encroach upon the western portion of the island. It was from their base on Tortuga that the French raided Spanish fleets and further encroached on Santo Domingo, until possession of the island transferred to the French following a brief war that saw the French victorious. It was under the French that the economy of the island truly developed, the colony’s economy booming in such products as sugar,…

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and political leader. One Sunday they burst in on the gathering, armed with clubs and stones, to disperse the congregation permanently. The plantation was between Hillsboro and Cordova; his birthplace was likely his grandmother's shack east of Tappers Corner, and west of Tuckahoe Creek. After escaping from slavery in Maryland,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” In the early 1900s, Teddy Roosevelt led the way that left a trail still traveled today. This trail is one of America’s greatest achievements. The Panama Canal , built during the 1900s, allowed for more efficient trading and easier warship travel. In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Nurez de Balboa became the first European to discover the Isthmus of Panama was just a slim land…

Sojourner Truth Isabella Van Wagenen (only later did she adopt the name Sojourner Truth) was a dutch speaking slave born in Ulster County, New York in 1797. As a child Truth was separated from her family, and sold into slavery. Truth fled to New York City with her baby after she endured physical and sexual abuse at the Dumont farm. There she fell into the cult “Prophet Matthias,” but through Truth’s pentecostal preachings she was introduced to abolitionists and women right’s groups. As an…

TTc Government The XYZ Affair Mr Cadwallader Andrew 9/25/2017 Andrew Olsen 201 American National Governments Mr. Cadwallader 25 September 2017 The XYZ Affair America’s first diplomatic issue happened between France and America and became known as the XYZ Affair. The slogan of the affair was, “Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute.” (Berkin 151) The slogan captured America’s determination to assert its sovereignty and its refusal to give in to foreign…

Throughout history, women were consistently being undervalued by men. Also, women are always at a disparity and an impediment towards all the men. A colossal amount of opportunities went to men, even in the contemporary era. Henceforth, it wasn't until recently that women have been able to get educated. As early as the 1800s, women weren't permitted to get an education. When women had an education, men considered them a threat and a danger to society. Education has unceasingly been the…

1. Introduction The Consciousness of the people on financial literacy in decision-making initially becomes inspirations to this essay. Diversification of financial instruments and the complexity of procedure lead to the people realize on crucial role of financial knowledge. The Financial literacy concept is extensively acknowledged as a pivotal element within many areas of life when people begin to enter the modern global market, such as become an entrepreneur, an investor, or an officer. In a…