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Happy Fourth of July to my Ancestors!
I would check but no real desire, maybe one day. This was a good show about chestnut on espn
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30 for 30: The Good, The Bad, The Hungry - Trailer - ESPN Video
The rivalry between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi went beyond hot dogs. Watch "The Good, The Bad, The Hungry" on ESPN July 2nd.
I know we do not really celebrate the 4th of July in the DR but anyone doing something special like barbeque?
I look in the mirror and I see Brad Pitt, in reality I am more like your pic. that is why I must go to the salon to get my back waxed before I go to the beachYou don't know me, never saw me.....that percentage would change considerably...
Yes. During my first life (BDR) every year after a full day of activities, eating and drinking I would put on the tv and watch the Macy's fireworks. I was asleep in 20 minutes. So, that my record will stay unbroken I will put the fireworks live stream on my laptop, and for ole times sake go to bed at 9:30pm and continue to watch "Sprint" on Netflix.
You go back far enough, and we are all related. JD, I'm very impressed with your Darwin relationship. Was it your fifth cousin seven times removed? Excuse me, ninth cousin five times removed.
Btw, there are some details that the article claims that contradicts other information.
For example, it claims that 70% of villa owners in Casa de Campo are of US origin, but if you go by what Alfonso Paniagua said in an interview for Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana magazine (069; that volume is in Spanish and in English, one of the few in another language other than Spanish) he says that Dominican share of ownership was close to 70%. That volume is from December 2018 and the interview is from that year too. No doubt things have changed in 6 years, but enough to revert a 70% Dominican ownership to 70% American ownership I highly doubt.
The only way this contradiction could be explained is if a large portion of the US citizens are in fact dual nationals (more so Dominicans with US citizenship vs Americans with Dominican citizenship.) It’s also widespread that among the upper classes pregnant women go to the USA during the last month of pregnancy in order to give birth in a US hospital and shortly after the birth they return to the DR to continue with their lives and the upbringing of the newest addition to the family. Plenty of Dominicans that either never lived in the USA or only did to attend a university with US citizenship along with the Dominican one.
Alfonso Paniagua is himself a contradition to another claim in the article. It says the first president of CC of Dominican origin is the current Andrés Pichardo. That’s great except that, from what I’m understanding based on what he said, Alfonso Paniagua managed Costasur (manages CC) for 40 years starting in 1978 (hired by Charles Bluhdorn himself.) That’s a Dominican right there. In fact, he is the reason why CC began to grow so much since he insisted Dominicans should be targetted to buy/build homes in CC. That was an idea that Charles Bluhdorn wasn’t too fond of simply because he thought there weren’t many Dominicans that would be able to buy in CC. Charles left to Paniagua the entire marketing to Dominicans highly doubting its success, yet because of Paniagua’s focus on Dominicans CC took off. As said before, Dominicans made up to 70% of villa owners in CC.
Another one is Altos de Chávon. The article claims it’s a replica of a 16th century Meditteranean village, except it isn’t a replica. The only thing accurate is the “Meditteranean village” part since it was inspired (not copied) by the French town of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. The kicker? Not only Altos de Chavón is a replica of anything, but Saint-Paul-de-Vence itself isn’t a town from the 16th century. It’s a Medieval town from way before the 16th century.
I could go on and on with a few more contradicting details.
Poor Dominique Bluhdorn (daughter of Charles.) She was also interviewed in that volume and says “No una réplica de nada, a mi me vuelve loca cada vez que oigo: ‘hay una réplica de un pueblo Meditteráneo.’” I hope she doesn’t read that Listín Diario article…
For example, it claims that 70% of villa owners in Casa de Campo are of US origin, but if you go by what Alfonso Paniagua said in an interview for Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana magazine (069; that volume is in Spanish and in English, one of the few in another language other than Spanish) he says that Dominican share of ownership was close to 70%. That volume is from December 2018 and the interview is from that year too. No doubt things have changed in 6 years, but enough to revert a 70% Dominican ownership to 70% American ownership I highly doubt.
The only way this contradiction could be explained is if a large portion of the US citizens are in fact dual nationals (more so Dominicans with US citizenship vs Americans with Dominican citizenship.) It’s also widespread that among the upper classes pregnant women go to the USA during the last month of pregnancy in order to give birth in a US hospital and shortly after the birth they return to the DR to continue with their lives and the upbringing of the newest addition to the family. Plenty of Dominicans that either never lived in the USA or only did to attend a university with US citizenship along with the Dominican one.
Alfonso Paniagua is himself a contradition to another claim in the article. It says the first president of CC of Dominican origin is the current Andrés Pichardo. That’s great except that, from what I’m understanding based on what he said, Alfonso Paniagua managed Costasur (manages CC) for 40 years starting in 1978 (hired by Charles Bluhdorn himself.) That’s a Dominican right there. In fact, he is the reason why CC began to grow so much since he insisted Dominicans should be targetted to buy/build homes in CC. That was an idea that Charles Bluhdorn wasn’t too fond of simply because he thought there weren’t many Dominicans that would be able to buy in CC. Charles left to Paniagua the entire marketing to Dominicans highly doubting its success, yet because of Paniagua’s focus on Dominicans CC took off. As said before, Dominicans made up to 70% of villa owners in CC.
Another one is Altos de Chávon. The article claims it’s a replica of a 16th century Meditteranean village, except it isn’t a replica. The only thing accurate is the “Meditteranean village” part since it was inspired (not copied) by the French town of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. The kicker? Not only Altos de Chavón is a replica of anything, but Saint-Paul-de-Vence itself isn’t a town from the 16th century. It’s a Medieval town from way before the 16th century.
I could go on and on with a few more contradicting details.
Poor Dominique Bluhdorn (daughter of Charles.) She was also interviewed in that volume and says “No una réplica de nada, a mi me vuelve loca cada vez que oigo: ‘hay una réplica de un pueblo Meditteráneo.’” I hope she doesn’t read that Listín Diario article…
