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Titanic at 100: Why We Still Care
A hundred years after its sinking, Titanic rests on a muddy plain, torn apart, scattered, slowly eroding into the eternal darkness of the sea. It is a ghost town, its well-preserved decks and artifacts a powerful reminder of the...
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Two Kinds of Listening
This past week I had a four-way ‘skype dialogue’ with three fellows—two on the other side of the pond, in England and Ireland, and two on each side of this continent. It was a lesson in the difference between...
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Costa Rican Diplomat is Latest Venezuela Kidnap Victim Freed
(RTTNews) - A Costa Rican diplomat who was abducted in the Venezuelan capital city of Caracas earlier this week has been released unharmed by his captors, Venezuelan officials said Tuesday.In a Twitter message posted Tuesday, Venezuelan Interior Minister Tarek...
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Why Doping in Sports Continues
As the 2012 Summer Games in London approach, the fight against doping continues. Despite notable progress in testing and enforcement, we’re still a great distance from the eradication of steroid use in sports. In order to close the gap...
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The Next Stage In Human Evolution?
Some sentences are so pregnant with implications that they seem overdue for giving birth to revolutionary insight. Here’s an example: “Burial in the simple Neanderthal style falls short of furnishing us with convincing proof of symbolic activity among these...
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Retired Lifeguard Calls for Help in Costa Rica After Lifesaving Rescue
Richard Abrams, now retired and living near Playa Dominical, Costa Rica, worked as a lifeguard in Imperial Beach for 18 years.He was hired and trained by Dempsey Holder and mentored by Tom Keck. Late in February, Richard rescued local...
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The Unconscious and the Silent Brain
The dissected brain cannot have insight. That is as true metaphorically as it is literally.Insight, whether as a flash of direct perception in a given context, or a state of unmediated awareness without limit, is always whole.The neuroscience popularizer...
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Reese Witherspoon Pregnant at Beach in Costa Rica
Baby on board!Reese Witherspoon showed off her baby bump in a black one-piece swimsuit Wednesday during a vacation in Costa Rica with her family.The “This Means War” actress was joined by husband Jim Toth, 41, and her two children...
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Twin Boy Scouts Honored for Saving Father’s Life During Heart Attack
It was 3 a.m. in a condo in Costa Rica when Eric Nuevert shook his twin sons awake."Bryce! Bryant!" He repeated their names again and again.The boys were expecting an early start to their trip to Panama that day....
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White Angel Spa – Massage for Two Giveaway
Located at the edge of the mountain with an amazing view of the Santa Ana Valley, White Angel Spa is already becoming the favourite neighbourhood beauty salon. The services that are being offered Massages, Body Treatments, Facials, Hair Removal...
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Authorities Intensify Operations against Illegal Entry Into the Turrialba Volcano
During an operation, the National System of Conservation Areas (Sinac) found 58 people illegally entering the Turrialba volcano.The discovery...