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Costa Rica Blues Fest at Club Cubano on Saturday February 27th The third annual Costa Rica blues Fest will take place on February 27, 2010 at Club Cubano in San Jose. Doors will open at 11am with music starting at 12 noon with tickets at ¢13000 for Advanced Purchase. This years headliner will be the legandary blues guitarist Texas Johnny Brown and the Quality Blues Band... Read more... |
| The Best Massage in Costa Rica - Rodrigo Porras Integrating Mind, Body & Soul! If you need a really good massage then you have to book a session with Rodrigo Porras – just simply the best massage you will have in Costa Rica – and anywhere for that matter! Read more... |
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Fiestas Palmares with Carnivals, Bullfighting and Concerts from 13th to 25th January 2010 The Palmares Festival has grown to be one of the biggest fiestas every year in Costa Rica, with carnivals, fiestas, concerts, bull and equestrian exhibitions, there is something... Read more... |
| Federal Study: Manatee Death Rate Is Seven Times Sustainable Level The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized new stock assessments for manatees that puts the population of Florida manatees at about 3,800 and a Puerto Rico population at 72... Read more... |
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NASA's Mars Rover has Uncertain Future as Sixth Anniversary Nears NASA's Mars rover Spirit will mark six years of unprecedented science exploration and inspiration for the American public on Sunday. However, the upcoming Martian winter could end the roving career of the beloved, scrappy robot. Spirit successfully landed on the Red Planet at... Read more... |
| Plan B Updates - Growing Demand for Soybeans Threatens Amazon Rainforest Some 3,000 years ago, farmers in eastern China domesticated the soybean. In 1765, the first soybeans were planted in North America. Today the soybean occupies more U.S. cropland than wheat. And in Brazil, where it spread even more rapidly, the soybean is invading the Amazon rainforest... Read more... |
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3 Kings Poker Champions League in Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste The Poker Champions League consists of 40 events. Most of them are No-Limit Texas Hold'em but they have mixed in 10 events in other popular poker games just for the fun of it! Tournaments are held at the 3 Kings Social Club, Casa Colibri, Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste on Wednesdays at 7 p.m... Read more... |
| Healthy Oceans and Coasts will Aid in Protecting Nature and People from Climate ChangeImpacts For the first time in history, an entire day is being committed to oceans alongside the U.N. climate negotiations, and The Nature... Read more... |
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Pathways of Hope: Habitat Advocates for Systematic Changes that will Increase & Sustain Access to Housing. In Latin America and the Caribbean, roughly one-third of the population—50 million families—faces severe housing issues. The most urbanized... Read more... |
| Every Monday at El Observatorio it's Salsa, Merengue and Cumbia Night! The Madera Nueva orchestra play every Monday night at El Observatorio. This amazing group of musicians are identified with the latin rhythms of the 70s and 80s and will delight you will classic salsa, merengue, cumbia and bolero music to dance the night away. The entertainment starts from 9pm till late!Check out this month's line up at El Observatorio... |
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NOAA: 2009 Global Temperatures Well Above Average; Slightly Above-Average for U.S. Global surface temperatures for 2009 will be well above the long-term average, while the annual temperature for the contiguous United States will likely be above the long-term average, according to a preliminary... Read more... |
| Danish Climate Text Should be Regarded as Diversion: WWF Kim Carstensen, leader of WWF Global Climate Initiative, issued the following statement following the publication of a leaked draft Copenhagen climate agreement prepared by the Danish hosts of the summit. “The behind the scenes negotiations tactics under the Danish Presidency, have been focusing on... Read more... |
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Insect photographs at INBio - Open to the Public til January 24th, 2010 Insect specimens, kept in INBio’s collections, are featured in the photograph exhibit "Art and Biodiversity", displayed onsite at the institute, in Santo Domingo de Heredia. Butterflies, beetles and grasshoppers are some of the insects that “posed” for the cameras of five talented... Read more... |
| $200bn – The Price of Success in Copenhagen $200bn could mean the difference between success and failure in Copenhagen said Oxfam International as the UN climate summit in the city today. The Summit marks the culmination of two years of international negotiations on a deal to prevent catastrophic climate change. Rich countries could set off a chain reaction... Read more... |
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Galapagos: The "Rosetta Stone of Evolution" Faces Devastation from Climate Change and Fishing The coastal wildlife of the Galapagos Islands – arguably the world’s most celebrated environmental treasure – has suffered outright transformations due to a combination of climate change and... Read more... |
| Clicks to Help Save Amazon Those people unable to make it to the Copenhagen Climate Conference this month can still contribute to stopping climate change – by using a new search engine from their own computers. The same day the conference begins on Dec. 7, web users can start using a new green search engine called Ecosia. The new application, powered by Yahoo!... Read more... |
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Children Share with Presidential Candidates in Costa Rica As part of the celebration for the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, more than 70 children representing every region of Costa Rica met and spoke with the presidential candidates and political representatives for the 2010 elections. The topic of the discussions was government plans... Read more... |
| In David’s Workshop, Resource & Imagination Collide With two children, Raquel of 18 years and Marial of four, the Fonseca Gómez family is an example in their community. The head of household, “Don David” has an observant demeanor and a quiet sense of focus. David has worked as a house painter, a cook and a public speaker. “Whatever job,” he says... Read more... |
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A Hotter Planet Means Less On Our Plates As the U.N. climate-change conference in Copenhagen approaches, we are in a race between political tipping points and natural ones. Can we cut carbon emissions fast enough to keep the melting of the Greenland ice sheet from becoming irreversible? Can we close coal-fired power plants... Read more... |
| A Cold & Windy December Predicted in the Central Valley of Costa Rica – Well Colder than Normal! Get your winter woolies out as you may need them according to the National Meteorological Institute (IMN) who are predicting that Costa Rica will have a cold December. The IMN have forecast for the next month an... Read more... |
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New Mall Opens in Escazu Estimated to Generate Over 450 Direct Jobs A new mall named Avenida Plaza Escazú, opened it’s first stage this week with jobs available in the areas of offices, shops and cinemas. The shopping center is located next to the... Read more... |
| METALLICA World Magnetic Tour Comes to Costa Rica on Sunday March 7th The legendry heavy metal band Metallica will bring their World Magnetic Tour, which is in support of their ninth studio album Death Magnetic, to the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium on Sunday March 7th, 2009. Tickets will go on sale for this major music event from November 17th and range in price from ¢15,000 to ¢55,000 from... Read More... |
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