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Power outage
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delay
in posting this newspaper By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Today's edition of A.M. Costa Rica appeared five hours late because a power outage took place in the northeastern section of San José where the online newspaper is produced. The Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz said that much of the delay was caused because technicians who work on the underground wiring do not begin work until 7:30 a.m. However, the power was back on by 6:15 a.m. The outage took place at 12:35 a.m., a peak time for producing the newspaper. Only a few blocks in Barrio Otoya and Barrio Aranjuez were involved but both offices of the newspaper are in that section. Farmers will hear El Niño possibilities By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Farmers in the northern zone will have a chance to attend seminars about the probable effects of El Niño in their area. The events, Thursday and Friday, are being put on by the Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería. The first will be in Las Delicias Upala at the Asociación de Productores de México de Upala. The second will be in Los Chiles. The audience is expected to be mainly bean farmers. El Niño is a temperature change in the mid-Pacific that generally causes a dry season in Costa Rica and wet weather elsewhere. Banco Nacional plans to sell insurance policies By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Banco Nacional is entering the local insurance market as BN Sociedad Corredora de Seguros. The insurance arm received approval from the regulating body, the Superintendencia General de Seguros, the bank said. The local insurance market has been opened up to competition by law, in part to conform to the Central Aemrican Free Trade Agrement. The announcement said that the bank would sell all types of policies. Our reader's opinion
Jo Stuart uses deceptionto present liberal views Dear A. M. Costa Rica: About an hour ago, I sent you and Ms. Stuart an e-mail relaying my displeasure with her article today titled “The decision has been made to go back to the books.” Good title. It suggests that something recent in her life triggered a desire to return to school, great. However, the first two paragraphs in her article have absolutely nothing to do with the title and is nothing other than an attempt to lure in readers to listen to her radical liberal views and beliefs. Now, let’s discuss her content in those two paragraphs, particularly, this sentence: “I felt more sympathy for the illegal immigrants in the U.S., especially the children who crossed the border, often on their own, and were put in detention centers to wait for hearings about whether their fate would be to stay or be deported.” Wow! It was 5 a.m. when I read that, and it is now 9:30 and I’m still fuming over that sentence. First of all, good for her for using the words “illegal immigrants” and not some lollypop and sunshine liberal term, such as “asylum seekers.” However, this reader wonders if Ms. Stuart has as much “sympathy” for the hundreds of American citizens and legal immigrants who are victims of crimes, including murder, committed by illegal immigrants in the United States? Anyone can simply google “crimes committed by illegal immigrants” to see the number of murders, robberies, assaults, rapes, and other crimes committed by illegal immigrants. Laws are made for a reason. Any person who desires to visit, live or work in the United States must follow all laws, including immigration laws. It’s that simple. After my 30-minute “Jo Stuart” rant, I finished her column, which makes a weak attempt at trying to tie the message of her article to her opening statement. Some of us are not fooled by your deception, Ms. Stuart. It is quite clear you push a liberal agenda. But, instead of coming right out and saying it, you use trickery. Your message is quite clear: 1.) sympathy for illegal immigrants, 2.) no need for medicine – just eat better-give up certain foods – you’ll feel better-trust me-it’s for your own good, & 3.) volunteer-it’s mandatory. I will no longer read Ms. Stuart’s column and many of the liberals reading this are saying “no one forced you to read this one.” They are correct. I do not have a problem reading, listen, or discussing different views. I do have a problem with someone using deception to get their point across. With this letter, at least the reader clearly understands where I stand. Pam
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Monteverde firm
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While central government officials struggle with expanding the urban rail system, a private company has quietly set up a tourist rail service in Monteverde. The company is Monteverde Trainforest, and passengers get a 90-minute ride on a 24-inch gauge rail car pulled by an LP gas engine. The trip covers eight kilometers, according to the firm's Web page. The equipment has the style of 19 century trains but on a smaller scale. The British company that makes the train, Severn Lamb, was impressed that its full-loaded product can climb a 5 percent grade in Monteverde. The company sent two locomotives and six passenger coaches to Monteverde in May. The line opened officially July 1. Like most companies in Monteverde, the rail firm stresses the biodiversity that visitors will encounter. The British firm also makes larger locomotives and specialized transportation equipment and monorail devices. The firm credited Francisco Chamberlain, the Monteverde owner, of realizing his 20-year-long dream of this type of service there. Each locomotive can pull up to 48 adult passengers. There also is space for wheelchairs, the train company said. |
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"The coaches are open wood effect paneled ensuring guests receive a true sense of the tropical environment while they are fitted with rain curtains for times when the forest lives up to its name, and rains!!" said the manufacturer. The company is based in Santa Elena de Monteverde, and a release said that passengers are able to view the Volcán Arenal from the overlook. Some 60 percent of the trip is through forest, the firm said. The company has another of those admission systems that charge foreigners more. Costa Ricans and residents pay 5,000 colons or about $8.65. But the price for each foreigner is $65. Foreign students pay $32.50. |
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Park guard
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Four men, including one identified as a park ranger, have been detained as suspects in transporting six kilos of cocaine, the Fuerza Pública said. The arrests Saturday came near the police checkpoint in Cahuita on the Caribbean coast. Two persons were on a quadracycle and two others were on foot, police said. Two persons fled when police sought to question them, officers |
said. They left a briefcase
that contained the drug, police said. One of the persons on the quadracycle was identified by the last names of Rocha Sandoval. Police said he was a park guard with the Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones. The man works in Guanacaste, police added. He is believed to be involved because his cell telephone was found on one of the men who fled, police concluded. |
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A book about fresh water shrimp has been produced as part of the environmental impact work for a hydro project in southwestern Costa Rica, The work is being praised as a real addition to the knowledge about these crustaceans. The Proyecto Hidroeléctrico El Diquís is a plan to erect a dam on the Río Grande de Térraba. The Río Térraba is the source of the stone that ancient residents turned into the enigmatic spheres that are unique to southwestern Costa Rica. The $1.8 billion project is controversial because it would flood land occupied by native Costa Ricans. The results of the environmental study was distributed by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, which is building the project. The book includes an ecological study of the shrimp done by experts at the Universidad de Costa Rica, the Universidad Nacional and others. The book also discusses some of the problems facing the creatures. There are pollution problems and the use of inappropriate methods to trap the shrimp during the dry season, said the institute. There is a tradition of using poison to catch the shrimp for commercial gain. The river mouth is considered a nursery for many small creatures that provide essential links in the food chain. |
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Non-Roman
domain names given approval by registrar By
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The organization that coordinates the world's Internet traffic has taken a big step toward a more multilingual Web. Internet domain names are about to start speaking local languages around the world. The non-profit corporation Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers acts as a clearinghouse for Internet addresses around the world. It handles the details that make it possible to navigate the Web. In Seoul on Friday, as expected, the organization's board approved what it says is the biggest change of the Internet since it was invented 40 years ago. It has agreed to introduce what it calls internationalized domain names to the Web. Up until now, Web users have had to type Web site domain names, the "dot com," using the Roman alphabet. Country codes, too, are written in the alphabet, such as "CN" in China or "KR" here in South Korea. Soon, speakers of non-Western languages can begin typing domain names completely in their own scripts, such as Arabic, Cyrillic or Chinese characters. Friday's vote represents only a first step. The registrar organization will begin by replacing two-letter country codes with native language alternatives. Replacing other domains, like the familiar "dot com" or "dot org" with native script will take longer. Still, the organization's chief executive officer, Rod Beckstrom, says just getting to this point is a major milestone. "Technically, politically, globally, internationally, culturally, I mean, the amount of work that's had to go on all over this world to push this project through is quite colossal," Beckstrom said. "And to watch it actually fall over the finish line, I think, is quite an emotional moment." Internet experts say the new domain names may open up a whole new set of challenges, as governments seek to assert sovereignty over language domains. Rebecca Mackinnon is a Hong Kong University professor who specializes in Internet governance. "If somebody who lives in Vancouver wants to register 'dot Tibet,' what's the process for objecting to that, if the Chinese government feels that's inappropriate? And who decides what's appropriate and what's not?" Ms. Mackinnon noted. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers expects country codes in non-Roman scripts to start becoming available by the end of the year, and domain names will come into use next year. |
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