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Why the West is Ignoring Africa 2.0
Racism and a legacy of colonialism are preventing the West from recognizing the potential of African innovation.Affordable technology is helping people all over Africa propel an economic revolution. Investment is pouring in from India, China, and other emerging markets....
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Perception by Horses and Small Children
I sit at a walk-in picnic site overlooking the swollen stream. A steady flow of people goes by on the pedestrian park road—runners, bikers, walkers, and the occasional rollerblader. Intensely observing the movement of thought/emotion with no more interference...
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Costa Rica Secures $670 Million Loan for Hydroelectric Dam
From Tico Times - The Inter-American Development Bank (BID) approved $670 million in loans to finance the Reventazón Hydroelectric Dam – the most complex hydroelectric project ever built in Costa Rica – near the Caribbean slope town of Siquirres.The...
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The New Puntarenas – Michael’s Surfside Hotel
Most people’s ingrained perceptions of Puntarenas in the past were negative. I must admit when I was heading on the bus from San Jose to this Central Pacific port town I was prepared for the worst. I was told...
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The Curse of the Perfect Mother
Feminist theorist and author Elisabeth Badinter argues women are being shackled by expectations of what it takes to be a good mother.Women once again need to start talking frankly to each other about what it means to be a...
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May 5th, Nature Air $5 Flights in Costa Rica
April 27, 2012, San José, Costa Rica – In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, Nature Air is offering $5 flights for travel during the month of June 2012. Travellers can book a domestic flight to any of Nature Air’s...
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Building on Tradition, Wang Shu
China's building boom has been dominated by soaring glass skyscrapers and contemporary designs inspired by the West. Wang Shu, recipient of the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize, questions the wisdom of this approach.You’ve won the world’s most prestigious architecture prize...
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Getting Dialed in Costa Rica
"A one stop shop for your competitive surfing needs," is what former ASP photographer and Prodigy Competitive Surf Program cofounder Sean Rowland likes to call it. "We do it all, from video and photo review, coaching, training and heat strategy."Along with...
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The Next Stage in Human Evolution, Part Two
Paleo-anthropologists are generally of the view, in the words of Ian Tattersall, that there has never been a more fateful arrival on the biological scene than that of our extraordinary species. Old anthropocentrism dies hard.Though the first fully modern...
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Men, Go First
“Men go first, and if it works, women follow.” A Russian woman told me that proverb in Moscow many years ago. It’s interesting to see how women and men react to it these days. Most men scoff; most women...
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Comunales Nicoya Celebrates Inspiring Women in the Second Edition of “Blue Ideas”
In commemoration of Mother's Day, the Nicoya Azul Canton brand of the Municipality of Nicoya held the second edition...