One Dead as Christmas Quake Hits Panama, Costa Rica
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Brazil crush Costa Rica
Brazil crush Costa Rica
07/12/2004 12:55 AMAdriano scores a hat-trick as Brazil beat Costa Rica 4-1 to reach the
Copa America quarter-finals.
Geodog is back from Costa Rica
Geodog is back from Costa Rica
10/29/2003 01:16 AM We are back from our month in Costa Rica. We had a fabulous vacation.
We learned a little Spanish, met some really nice people, and we had a
great time living outdoors, hiking or swimming almost every day. In
fact, we had so much fun that we didn't get around to doing all the
research we had planned on housing costs, schools, employment
opportunities, health care, and all the other details that would be
involved in living there in the future. We just played. We also
concluded that while we are definitely interested in going to Costa
Rica to live for a year to two at some point in the near future, for
now we are staying here in Berkeley. I highly recommend Costa Rica in
the summer to anyone looking for a moderately priced vacation with
great hiking, great wildlife viewing, great adventures and really
friendly people. If anyone is interested, I put a few of the 300+
photos I took up on the web at
http://www.thebishop.net/gallery/CRHigh/. Email me for the password if
you want to see photos with people in them. If you are interested in
my impressions of Costa Rica and travel recommendations, I'll be
posting a travel report of sorts here and at Geodog: Costa Rica over
the next few days. I plan to start writing here again, although I am
going to try to avoid losing myself in politics again -- it takes up
too much time, doesn't feel productive, and there seem to be plenty of
people doing a good job exposing the lies of the Bush administration.
Now it is time for me to restart the job/entrepreneurial opportunities
hunt that I put on hold last spring. I am looking for anything that
involves using my analytical, organizational, and people skills (see
resume) to work with smart people on an interesting product or
project, but I suspect that the easiest way to market myself is going
to be as a Software Product/Project/Program manager. I'm hoping to
find something in the East Bay or San Francisco, but I'm looking
farther afield as well. If you know of any openings or of any
interesting companies in the Bay Area that are hiring, feel free to
leave me a comment or send me an email....
Geodog has temporarily retired to Costa
Rica
Geodog has temporarily retired to Costa
Rica
10/29/2003 01:16 AMWriting is addictive, but sometimes I need to break the habit. After
Bush's War on Iraq started, and after I started
SARS Watch Org, about the SARS
epidemic, I stopped my
Geodog political and
technology writing, and worked furiously and full time on
SARS Watch Org for about 3 months,
stopping as the epidemic wound down. When I stopped working on it, I
found I needed a break from writing. I was (and remain) discouraged
about the political situation, and I decided to spend more time
enjoying my family and the beautiful summer we were having, so I
haven't updated
Geodog's MT
Weblog in a while.
Recently I have been concentrating more on coding and photography than
on writing. I used the tools and skills I learned about with SARSWatch
to update the
TheBishop.Net's
News page to actually do something useful, by having it display
headlines and excerpts of articles from publications like the
Washington Post, the New York Times, and the BBC. The page is updated
hourly, making it a useful place to check out the news. I have put up
a ton of family pictures in the photo gallery, and actually put up
some public pictures, like the ones from the
O'Reilly Emerging
Technology Conference. And while I took a break this summer from
my "
Geodog" political writing, I
did continue to maintain my
linklog. To keep my technology
muscles limber, I also started a Costa Rica Travel Wiki to play with
the technology and to store information about my upcoming trip to
Costa Rica.
Now I am heading down to Costa Rica for a month, to try and gage what
it would be like to live down there. When I last visited Costa Rica
for a month in 1994, it was a great place to travel, but I wasn't
looking at it from the perspective of living there. This time we are
going to check out housing costs, schools, employment opportunities,
health care, and so on, as well as working on our Spanish and just
having a great time. As the situation in the United States continues
to deteriorate, it seems only practical to take a look at some
alternatives, and Costa Rica sounds appealing from afar. We will see
what it looks like close up. I expect that all my surfing in Costa
Rica will be waves instead of the net, although I might check my mail
once a week or so. Feel free to send me email at my travel address,
costaricatim
at
thebishop.ne
t.
I expect that I will take up writing as Geodog again in the fall,
after school starts up. Until then,
hasta luego y vaya con
dios.
Bus bound for Costa Rica runs on used
cooking oil
Bus bound for Costa Rica runs on used
cooking oil
12/24/2004 01:09 PMY Bws
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Impressions of Costa Rica after a
month's visit: Biodiversity
Impressions of Costa Rica after a
month's visit: Biodiversity
10/29/2003 01:16 AM In Costa Rica biodiversity isn't a just a slogan or a buzzword, it is
an observable fact. The country is teeming with life. We saw amazing
numbers of birds, reptiles, insects and plants. Even when we weren't
looking for them, the number and kinds of birds and insects that we
saw just walking around rural towns was astonishing, and the variety
we saw when we were hiking in the national parks was awe-inspiring.
For example, on one short afternoon hike on Rincón de la Vieja I saw 2
species of toucans, 2 species of parrots, a laughing falcon, a cuckoo,
a woodpecker, several kinds of finches, flycatchers, magpies and jays.
That was just some of the birds. I also saw 2 bats, an agouti, a
snake, several kinds of frogs and toads, several kinds of lizards,
several kinds of ants including leaf cutter ants and army ants, and
thousands of butterflies. I'm not much on plants, so I can't name many
of the different trees I saw, but in the course of one afternoon I
passed through at least 5 kinds of habitat: cloud forest, tropical
rainforest, dry tropical forest, open savannah and what looked like
California live oak highlands. I have done a lot of hiking in the
United States, and I have never seen anything like it. As the
guidebooks point out, there are more species of birds in Costa Rica
(650) than in all of the United States and Canada combined. All of
this in a country the size of West Virginia. If you like hiking and
wildlife viewing, especially bird-watching, it is hard to imagine a
better place. And if you are a fan of the writings of Charles Darwin,
David Quammen and Edwin O. Wilson, as I am, it is a great place to
see, in the flesh as it were, exactly what they were writing about....
Impressions of Costa Rica after a
month's visit: Tico Time
Impressions of Costa Rica after a
month's visit: Tico Time
10/29/2003 01:16 AM The pace of life in Costa Rica is considerably slower than it is in
the United States. Part of this was undoubtedly because we traveled as
tourists, mostly in rural Costa Rica, in the low season. I'm sure that
it would have been somewhat different in San Jose in the high season,
or working at Intel's plant in Heredia. Still, people in Costa Rica
aren't as frantic about getting things done on time as people are in
the US. Costa Ricans act as though people are more important than
deadlines, and people expect to make time for each other, and to wait
for other people and to have other people wait for them. Expatriates,
and some Costa Ricans, call this living on Tico Time. Punctuality is
not next to godliness, and waiting is not seen as offensive, or as a
waste of time. We ran into this all the time. The best example of this
was one day when a hotel owner offered to take us and some other
people in the hotel up to see turtles coming ashore to lay eggs at
Ostional (a fantastic trip). He said that we would leave the hotel
after lunch, and I asked him exactly when after lunch we should be
ready to go. He shrugged his shoulders, looked at me and slapped his
empty wrist and said "you see a watch? We will leave when everybody is
ready to go." It worked both ways -- once we were about to go out to
dinner and another hotel owner stopped us and asked if we would help
her middle-school aged son with his homework, because he had a test
the next day but was still confused about the difference between the
comparative and the superlative. Having made her house into a home for
our family (mi casa es su casa), she expected that we would do no less
for her family. So we happily postponed our dinner for an hour to
tutor her son. Living with tico time was not always easy. One morning
we got up early, hoping to climb up to the top of Rincón de la Vieja
volcano before it was covered with clouds, but when we got to the
entrance to Rincón de la Vieja National Park, we found a scene from
the California Department of Motor Vehicles. There was long line of
other hikers waiting to pay...
Ericsson and ICE in Costa Rica Sign
Managed Services and GSM/GPRS
Infrastructure Contract
Ericsson and ICE in Costa Rica Sign
Managed Services and GSM/GPRS
Infrastructure Contract
04/18/2005 02:02 PMBusiness Wire UK Apr 18 2005 3:24PM GMT
Four dead in C Rica hostage drama
Four dead in C Rica hostage drama
07/28/2004 12:55 AMThree hostages and the policeman who seized them are found dead after
a seven-hour stand-off in San Jose.
This Decades $100 Billion Internet Wave
Trend Fully Launched in Panama City
Panama April 2005
This Decades $100 Billion Internet Wave
Trend Fully Launched in Panama City
Panama April 2005
04/14/2005 02:11 AMPatricia Winston, CEO of Time And Resources INC, and Emerald Passport
Publishing celebrated the launch of the Phase I and Phase II product
line at the inaugural Emerald Conference in Panama City, Panama April
3-6, 2005 [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005]
World Financial News Network Continues
to Recommend Y-Tel - Independent
Analyst, WFNN Favors Y-Tel – for the
Strong Earnings Future in the
International Telecommunications Sector:
They Provide VoWLAN Industries with
Telecom HUBS Located in Miami, Florida
and Panama City, Panama.
World Financial News Network Continues
to Recommend Y-Tel - Independent
Analyst, WFNN Favors Y-Tel – for the
Strong Earnings Future in the
International Telecommunications Sector:
They Provide VoWLAN Industries with
Telecom HUBS Located in Miami, Florida
and Panama City, Panama.
12/19/2004 03:09 PMDr. Joseph de Beauchamp of World Financial News Network started
coverage and gives favorable analysis to NetMusic works in the digital
music industry: digital music services (DMS), digital jukeboxes, and
digital music storage devices. [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]
Iran Quake Survivors Dig for Others,
20,000 Dead
Iran Quake Survivors Dig for Others,
20,000 Dead
12/26/2003 07:49 PMReuters via Wired News Dec 26 2003 6:40PM ET
Nine feared dead in quake crash
Nine feared dead in quake crash
04/02/2005 09:12 AMNine Australians are reported dead in a helicopter crash on the
quake-hit Indonesian island of Nias.
A Third of the Dead in Undersea Quake
Are Said to Be Children
A Third of the Dead in Undersea Quake
Are Said to Be Children
12/28/2004 11:27 AMSurvivors arranged for mass burials and searched for tens of thousands
of the missing in countries thousands of miles apart.
20,000 feared dead in Iran quake
20,000 feared dead in Iran quake
12/26/2003 08:53 AM 20,000
feared dead in Iran quake. Google News Cluster.
Four Britons dead in Asia quake
Four Britons dead in Asia quake
12/27/2004 07:03 AMFour Britons are dead and thousands more are stranded in south and
east Asia after an earthquake sent massive waves flooding across the
region.
UN: 518 Confirmed Dead in Indonesian
Quake
UN: 518 Confirmed Dead in Indonesian
Quake
03/31/2005 12:15 AMSci-Tech Today Mar 31 2005 4:14AM GMT
Bad weather hits quake work
Bad weather hits quake work
04/01/2005 01:49 AMStorms hamper efforts to bring relief to those hit by Monday's
earthquake on the Indonesian island of Nias.
Rescuers Scramble for Iran Quake, 20,000
Dead
Rescuers Scramble for Iran Quake, 20,000
Dead
12/27/2003 04:09 PMReuters via Wired News Dec 27 2003 3:39PM ET
Quake: Up To 2000 Dead On Nias Island
Quake: Up To 2000 Dead On Nias Island
03/29/2005 02:11 AMFree Internet Press Mar 29 2005 6:03AM GMT
MSNBC - 296 reported dead in 8.7 quake
near Indonesia
MSNBC - 296 reported dead in 8.7 quake
near Indonesia
03/29/2005 06:54 AM8.2 earthquake registered off Sumatra .. widespread reports of panic
.. in Indonesia .. msnbc
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Quake, Tsunami Devastate Asia; Over
11,300 Dead
Quake, Tsunami Devastate Asia; Over
11,300 Dead
12/26/2004 07:07 PMReuters via Wired News Dec 26 2004 9:35PM GMT
Rescuers Scramble to Iran Quake, 20,000
Dead
Rescuers Scramble to Iran Quake, 20,000
Dead
12/27/2003 08:57 PMReuters via Wired News Dec 27 2003 6:42PM ET
Senior Official Says 2,000 Dead in Iran
Quake
Senior Official Says 2,000 Dead in Iran
Quake
12/26/2003 07:43 AMReuters via Wired News Dec 26 2003 6:38AM ET
6,300 Dead as Quake, Tsunami Devastate
Asia
6,300 Dead as Quake, Tsunami Devastate
Asia
12/26/2004 11:21 AMReuters via Wired News Dec 26 2004 3:33PM GMT
Quake, Tsunami Devastate Asia; Nearly
9,500 Dead
Quake, Tsunami Devastate Asia; Nearly
9,500 Dead
12/26/2004 08:20 PMReuters via Wired News Dec 27 2004 12:20AM GMT
Powerful quake hits northern Iran
Powerful quake hits northern Iran
05/28/2004 10:50 AMAn unknown number of people are killed in a quake near the Iranian
capital Tehran, state media say.
Strong quake hits Indonesia coast
Strong quake hits Indonesia coast
03/28/2005 01:26 PMA major earthquake rocks the Indian Ocean off northern Sumatra,
triggering a tsunami warning.
Strong Quake Hits Indonesia, at Least
Nine Killed
Strong Quake Hits Indonesia, at Least
Nine Killed
12/26/2004 05:00 AMReuters via Wired News Dec 26 2004 9:44AM GMT
Iran quake death toll hits 50,000
Iran quake death toll hits 50,000
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Strong Quake Hits Near Indonesian Island
(AP)
Strong Quake Hits Near Indonesian Island
(AP)
04/10/2005 08:02 AMAP - A strong earthquake hit Sunday near the Indonesian island of
Sumatra, which was devastated by an earthquake-generated tsunami in
December, but there were no reports of a tsunami, seismologists said.
Magnitude-5.1 Quake Hits Southern Calif.
(AP)
Magnitude-5.1 Quake Hits Southern Calif.
(AP)
04/16/2005 09:12 PMAP - A magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck in Southern California on
Saturday and could be felt dozens of miles away in downtown Los
Angeles, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Quake Hits Iran, Many 'Buried' Under
Debris
Quake Hits Iran, Many 'Buried' Under
Debris
12/26/2003 01:49 AMReuters via Wired News Dec 26 2003 0:37AM ET
Strong Quake Hits Off Indonesia Island
(AP)
Strong Quake Hits Off Indonesia Island
(AP)
03/28/2005 12:36 PMAP - A large earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's
Sumatra Island late Monday, and the U.S. Geological Survey said it was
a major quake measuring a magnitude of 8.2.
Strong quake hits western Japan
Strong quake hits western Japan
09/05/2004 07:31 AMAn earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hits western Japan, reportedly
shaking buildings in Tokyo.
EA celebrates Christmas hits
EA celebrates Christmas hits
12/23/2003 07:20 AMBBC Dec 23 2003 7:05AM ET
CNN.com - Thousands feared dead in Iran
quake - Dec. 26, 2003
CNN.com - Thousands feared dead in Iran
quake - Dec. 26, 2003
12/27/2003 06:38 AMCNN: 20,000 feared dead in Iran quake .. a terrible earthquake in Iran
.. really bad
earthquake
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Foreign Teams Aid Iran Quake Rescuers,
20,000 Dead
Foreign Teams Aid Iran Quake Rescuers,
20,000 Dead
12/27/2003 01:47 AMReuters via Wired News Dec 27 2003 0:36AM ET
Iran Vows to Rebuild Quake-Hit City;
30,000 Dead
Iran Vows to Rebuild Quake-Hit City;
30,000 Dead
12/29/2003 12:26 PMReuters via Wired News Dec 29 2003 10:52AM ET
Frantic Hunt for Iran Quake Survivors,
20,000 Dead
Frantic Hunt for Iran Quake Survivors,
20,000 Dead
12/26/2003 10:21 PMReuters via Wired News Dec 26 2003 9:32PM ET
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