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Dominica

Coordinates: 15°25′N 61°20′W / 15.417°N 61.333°W / 15.417; -61.333

Dominica (/ˌdɒmɪˈniːkə/ DOM-i-NEE-kə;French: Dominique; Island Carib: Wai‘tu kubuli), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its area is 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi) and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at 1,447 metres (4,747 ft) elevation. The population was 72,301 at the 2014 census. The capital is Roseau, located on the leeward side of the island.

The island was originally inhabited by the Kalinago/Arawak and later colonised by the Europeans, predominately by the French, who arrived at the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493 ("Sunday" = "Domenica" in Italian). Great Britain took it over in 1763 after the Seven Years' War and gradually established English as the official language. The island republic gained independence in 1978.

Its name is pronounced with emphasis on the third syllable, related to its former Dominique. Dominica has been nicknamed the "Nature Isle of the Caribbean" for its unspoiled natural beauty. It is the youngest island in the Lesser Antilles, still being formed by geothermal-volcanic activity, as evidenced by the world's second-largest hot spring, Boiling Lake. The island has lush mountainous rainforests, and is the home of many rare plants, animals, and bird species. There are xeric areas in some of the western coastal regions, but heavy rainfall occurs inland. The Sisserou parrot (also known as the imperial amazon), is found only on Dominica and is the island's national bird and features on the national flag. Dominica's economy depends on tourism and agriculture.

Punta Cana

Punta Cana is part of the Punta Cana-Bávaro-Veron-Macao municipal district, in the municipality of Higüey, in La Altagracia Province, the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. The area has beaches and balnearios which face both the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and it has been a popular tourist destination since the 1970s.

Geography and climate

The Punta Cana area has an estimated population of 100,000, with an annual growth rate of 6%. To the north, it borders the village and beach of Cabeza de Toro, and the Bávaro and El Cortecito beaches. The nearest city, the 500-year-old Higüey, is 45 kilometres (28 mi) away, which takes about an hour to reach by car. European entrepreneurs, particularly Spanish hotel chains, own all but two of the over 50 megaresorts at the Punta Cana tourism destination.

The province’s 100-kilometre (62 mi) coastline tends to be mildly windy. The ocean waters are mainly shallows, with several natural marine pools in which visitors can bathe without danger. From north to south, the main beaches are Uvero Alto, Macao, Arena Gorda, Bávaro, El Cortecito, Las Corales and Cabeza de Toro, all north of the cape; and Cabo Engaño, Punta Cana and Juanillo south of the cape.

Dominican Republic

Coordinates: 19°00′N 70°40′W / 19.000°N 70.667°W / 19.000; -70.667

The Dominican Republic (ⁱ/dəˌmɪnᵻkən rᵻˈpʌblɪk/; Spanish: República Dominicana [reˈpuβlika ðominiˈkana]) is a country on the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western three-eighths of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that are shared by two countries. Both by area and population the Dominican Republic is the second-largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba), with 48,445 square kilometres (18,705 sq mi) and nearly 10 million people, one million of whom live in the capital city Santo Domingo.

La Vega

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La Vega Independent School District, public school district in Waco, Texas, USA

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La Vega, a village in Cantabria, capital of the municipality of Vega de Liébana

Music

La ' Vega, a female Hip Hop musician from Bronx, NY

La Vega, a piano work by Isaac Albéniz, written in 1899

Fiel a la Vega, a Rock en Español band from Puerto Rico formed in 1994

Viva La Vega, a Norwegian DVD of the band Kaizers Orchestra

La Vega, a surf rock band from Austin, TX

People

Pietro la Vega (1764–1810), Italian artist

Was Abduction And Torture Of Papini A Political/Racial Hate Crime Directed Against Trump?

Edit WorldNews.com 02 Dec 2016

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “In time we hate that which we often fear.” – William Shakespeare ... 2 while she jogged near her Redding, Calif. home. After having suffered three weeks of being chained, beaten and tortured, her captors finally released her ... Moreover, neither did her abductors fit the kind of individuals who kidnap young women and girls for sex-trafficking cartels ... racism always lacks imagination and blinds....

photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert

Atmosphere at Victoria's Secret Pink Nation Beach Bash Miami Beach, Florida - March 16, 2011

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Sparks Controversy

Edit Opposing Views 01 Dec 2016

A Victoria's Secret fashion show featuring Lady Gaga, Kendall Jenner, and Gigi Hadid has been accused of insensitive cultural appropriation. Cosmopolitan magazine called "The Road Ahead," the show's opening segment featuring Jenner and Hadid, a "brazen attempt to re-label what is clearly cultural appropriation," calling out the segment's use of materials and designs inspired by cultures from around the world, according to Heatstreet ... ....

photo: AP / Luis Benavides

Rescue workers recover a body from the wreckage site of an airplane crash, in La Union, a mountainous area near Medellin, Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.

Chapecoense air crash: Pilot 'was warned over fuel'

Edit BBC News 02 Dec 2016

The pilot of a charter plane that crashed in Colombia on Monday had been warned before taking off from an airport in Bolivia that he might not have enough fuel, a reports say. An airport official raised the concern after checking the plane's flight plan, Bolivia's Deber newspaper said. Seventy-one people died in the crash, including members of a Brazilian football team. Six people survived ... Related Topics. ....

photo: AP / Jerome Delay

Gambian officers signal to the media not to block the public's view during President Yahya Jammeh's final rally in Banjul, Gambia, Tuesday Nov. 29, 2016. Gambia's opposition parties are rallying together behind a single candidate for the first time in decades, forming a coalition they hope will oust longtime President Yahya Jammeh, who has been accused of human rights abuses throughout his 22-year rule.

Election en Gambie: le président Jammeh reconnaît sa défaite

Edit Boursorama 02 Dec 2016

Le président gambien Yahya Jammeh vote à Banjul, le 1er décembre 2016 ( AFP/Archives / MARCO LONGARI ) ... M. Jammeh, arrivé au pouvoir par un coup d'Etat en 1994, élu en 1996 puis largement réélu tous les cinq ans depuis, s'était dit certain d'une nouvelle victoire, et ses détracteurs lui prêtaient l'intention de n'accepter aucune autre issue ... Barrow ... ....

photo: AP / Claude Paris

In this picture dated Sept. 15, 2016, workers labor at the construction site of the ITER ( the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in Saint-Paul-les-Durance, southern France.

After 60 years, is nuclear fusion finally poised to deliver?

Edit The Guardian 02 Dec 2016

It’s been a long time coming, but the world’s top powers are now betting billions on the Iter collaboration to deliver clean, safe, limitless energy for the modern world. @dpcarrington. “We are standing on the ground that could change the future of energy,” says engineer Laurent Pattison, deep in the reactor pit of the world’s biggest nuclear fusion project ... getting more energy out of the intense fusion reactions than is put in ... Twitter....

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This region knows how to prevent HIV: Now will we?

Edit Jamaica Observer 01 Dec 2016

World AIDS Day 2016 comes a year after the community of nations committed to ending AIDS by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, and six months following a landmark political declaration to end AIDS. HIV prevention is central to achieving this goal ... Some of the weapons in our arsenal are familiar. Condoms still matter ... Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Vincent and the Grenadines ... ....

The Queen's Young Leaders: Not What Is Going To Happen But What We Are Going ...

Edit Huffington Post 30 Nov 2016

The future can no longer be. What is going to happen? It is. What are we going to do?. Thus wrote French 20th century philosopher Henri Bergson ... But everywhere, in every sphere, there are exceptional people showing the way and influencing the lives those around them for the better ... Rianna Patterson of Dominica for example, aged just 19, has established Dominica Dementia to help families who have a member living with the condition....

All the energy of the desert (Enel Green Power SpA)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Nov 2016

(Source. Enel Green Power SpA). We have created a greenhouse for the cultivation of cacti, used for ornamental and reforestation purposes ... Farmers who live around Dominica can now rely on the maguey mill named after the agave that is typical of semi-desert areas ... Enel Green Power S.p.A....

Regional leaders gather in Cuba for Castro funeral

Edit Jamaica Observer 30 Nov 2016

He was 90 years old. “We are not here to mourn the death of Fidel, we are here to celebrate the life of Fidel Castro,” the Dominica prime minister said on his arrival at Jose Marti International Airport. Skerrit said that the Caribbean would continue to show and express “great solidarity” with the Cuban population, saying “with the death of Fidel there is still more struggle ... But there was a simple tribute....

Chile hosts OECS Delegation in a Study Tour on Multi-Dimensional Poverty (OECS - Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Nov 2016

(Source. OECS - Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States) ... The study tour aimed to share knowledge on Chile's experiences with multi-dimensional poverty measurement and interventions ... The participants who represented the Member States of Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and St ... Read more ... Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 30 November 2016 17.41.09 UTC ... (noodl. 36555170) ....

Bordeaux, France

Edit Newsday 30 Nov 2016

(Credit. Justin Foulkes / Lonely Planet). Wine connoisseurs visiting Bordeaux must visit the La Cité du Vin, where the building itself is considered a contemporary piece of architecture depicting a wine decanter ... (Credit. Gary Latham / Lonely Planet). If you only thought you'd see a colony of penguins in cold, icy regions think again ... A destination not to miss in Dominica is the Emerald Pool that is surrounded by beautiful waterfalls....