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	<title>Costa Rica Retirement Vacation Properties</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bio Banks</title>
		<link>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/16/bio-banks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Shannon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HEALTH-LATIN AMERICA: Free Rein for Biobanks?
By Emilio Godoy*





 




MEXICO CITY, Aug 15 (Tierramérica) - Four years ago, when Guillermo Soberón &#8212; one of Mexico’s most prominent scientists &#8212; became a grandfather, the newborn&#8217;s parents received a letter requesting a donation of biological material to be used for medical research.
Requests of this kind reflect the mushrooming of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now two kinds of green - Quepos to Dominical highway</title>
		<link>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/15/now-two-kinds-of-green-quespos-to-dominical-highway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Shannon</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Dominical, Uvita Ojochal and south]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The long awaited completion of the highway in 2009 between Quepos and Dominical not only offers tourists a look at green all year round, but the Real Estate market is going to see some green as well.
Costa Rica’s infamous road system, often a topic of frustrated news and national concern, has decorated news headlines this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moody&#8217;s outlook on Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/13/moodys-outlook-on-costa-rica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Shannon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica investment climate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New York, August  12, 2008 &#8211;
Moody&#8217;s Investors Service has revised the
outlook on Costa  Rica&#8217;s key ratings to positive from stable in
recognition of the  significant improvement in the country&#8217;s fiscal and
debt positions and the  likelihood of such improvement continuing in
the medium term despite  ongoing global turbulence.
The outlook change affects Costa Rica&#8217;s Ba1  foreign and local currency
government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land development in Costa Rica series&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/11/land-development-in-costa-rica-series/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/11/land-development-in-costa-rica-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Shannon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Developing land in Costa Rica]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No shortcuts in Costa Rica land development today.  If you think doing permitting the right way is onerous, wait and see what happens when you do it the wrong way.
The Costa Rica government is rapidly improving enforcement, significantly increasing the chance that un-permitted construction will get shut down long before the developer has a chance to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 World Surfing Games being hosted by Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/09/2009-world-surfing-games-beinbg-hosted-by-costa-rica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Shannon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Central Pacific things]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rica has been chosen to host the 2009 World Surfing Games, the International Surfing Association announced this week. Besting bids from popular surf destinations like Brazil and Australia, Playa Hermosa in Puntarenas will see hundreds of competitors from 40 different countries descend upon the Central Pacific coast from July 31 to August 9 of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law of the land</title>
		<link>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/09/law-of-the-land/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/09/law-of-the-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Shannon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Devlopment land Costa Rica]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guanacaste’s golden coast is a haven for development; foreign investors flock to the beautiful sand beaches and bright blue skies, banking on their own slice of paradise. Yet not all is perfect in paradise, as twelve home and business owners recently found out, when they were notified that their buildings and additions would be torn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sustainable - not a myth</title>
		<link>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/08/sustainable-not-a-myth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Shannon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sustainability in Costa Rica: Not Just Talk              by Andrew Cohan
In January, 2008 a team comprised of Yale and Columbia University researchers released the first comprehensive country rankings of &#8220;green-ness&#8221; based on an Environmental Performance Index, or EPI.  The EPI incorporates 25 categories of statistics and indicators to arrive at a composite score between zero and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developer opportunities in Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/02/opportunities-in-costa-rica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Shannon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been said recently as to how the USA economy is impacting on the  Costa Rica Real Estate market.  One cannot ignore what is happening and how it will eventually affect us in certain quarters.  REMEMBER THIS&#8230;. Costa Rica is not part of the problem but is the solution for many. This applies to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Retirement - Dining out</title>
		<link>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/02/costa-rica-retirement-dining-out/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/08/02/costa-rica-retirement-dining-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Shannon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica Retirement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rica Retirement 
When people retire to Costa Rica they often eat out more not only because of the fine foods but the lower cost as well.
There are any number of levels of and types of restaurants both on the coast and the central valley.  Pricing for the typical restaurants is very inexpensive, the food is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shortcuts to disaster</title>
		<link>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/07/31/shortcuts-to-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.costaricaretirementvacationproperties.com/2008/07/31/shortcuts-to-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Shannon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica Retirement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Articles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Best advice to follow whether you are buying a development property, investment property or a retirement home.
Whether you are buying a large development tract of land or a condo for your residence, the very best advice you can receive is &#8220;No shortcuts&#8221;
Almost every horror story I hear is often traced to this. 
People arrive new to [...]]]></description>
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