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Pensamientos the melancholy soul is found in our jibaro music with its child called salsa -- Samaris Ayala Samaris Ayala of NY's Lower East Side contributes her writings to Puerto Rico Sun.

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Things to do Read my post at NY Latino Community Examiner

ORLANDO LATINO™: Is Puerto Rico Shrinking? Check out Maria Padilla's post in today's Orlando Latino.

Latinos and Technology The Native Born Lead the Foreign Born When it comes to the use of technology among Latinos, nativity plays an important role. Internet use and cell phone use are much higher among native-born Latinos than among foreign-born Latinos. And among young Latinos ages 16 to 25, the native born are more likely than the foreign born to use mobile technology to communicate daily with their friends. These findings emerge from two new analyses of a nationwide survey of Latinos ages 16 and older by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. Fully 85% of native-born Latinos go online while just half of foreign-born Latinos do so. And when it comes to cell phone use among Latinos, 80% of the native born use one, compared with 72% of the foreign born. Results also reveal that use of a cell phone or the internet among adult Hispanics still significantly lags behind non-Hispanics. Among those ages 18 and older, only 64% of Latinos go online, compared wit...

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Spreading the Sunshine Award Thanks to Efrain Ortiz Jr. for honoring Puerto Rico Sun with The Sunshine Award. LOL, Bronx Latino honored Efrain's Corner with a Sunshine too. There's a lot of sunshine spreading in the Puerto Rico Sun community. )