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Bandits invade dwelling
of ex-police school head By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Police have arrested four men suspected of robbing the Santa Ana house of the former director of the national police school Tuesday, according to officials. Four armed men entered the house of Cólon Bermúdez Tuesday morning, and tied up him and a friend, said Roy Chavarría, captain of Fuerza Pública in Santa Ana. Police arrived at the scene in Alto de las Palomas as the robbers were gathering up a computer and other valuables, said Chavarría. “They were behind a curtain trying to leave,” said Chavarría. Police arrested two suspects on the scene, one of whom, was a 14-year old boy. Two persons hid inside of the house and later escaped, according to officials. One of the robbers shot a private security guard in the foot when he tried to call for police, said a Fuerza Pública official. The guard, Elvis Barrantes, went to hospital México, said authorities. He was released because the bullet did not hit any bones, said Chavarría. Two hours after the robbery, police detained two more suspects, said Chavarría. The suspects arrested in the house were last names, Rodríguez Amador, 23 and Barboza Murillo, 14. A third suspect is in a clinic after being shot in the hand, said Chavarría. The other names have not yet been released. A total of 12 police from the Escazú and Santa Ana units were at the scene, said Chavarría. Bermúdez is well known in law enforcement circles and has been an adviser to officials at the Ministerio de Gobernación, Policía y Seguridad Pública. Business leaders optimistic about economy this year By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Costa Rican business people are optimistic about the remainder of the year. They expect that they will create more jobs when and if the free trade treaty with the United States comes into force. This is the finding of a panel study of employers by the Unión de Costarricense de Cámaras y Asociaciones del Sector Empresarial Privado. The index of confidence came in at 7.7 out of a possible 10, said the organization. This says that the persons surveyed expect that their businesses will do as well in the future as they have in the past, said the organization. The survey was done during the early weeks of January. It is a panel study because the same 400 respondents are questioned each time the survey is taken. They are distributed by size of company and location in Costa Rica, according to a summary of the survey's methodology. The business leaders assessed the fourth quarter of 2007 at 7.16 when compared with the same period in 2006, said the survey. Some 53 percent of those surveyed said they were planning to increase the investment in their business. However, the business leaders in the survey cited difficulty in obtaining mid-level technicians and university professionals as employers. Paquera ferry operators plan protest at docks By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Paquera group that operates the Ferry Peninsula plans a protest at the docks in Puntarenas tonight against what it terms the monopoly of its competitor, Naviera Tambor. Naviera Tambor now has the exclusive right to operate its two ferries between Puntarenas and Paquera on the Nicoya Peninsula. The Sala I of the Corte de Justicia Jan. 31 ordered the Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Paquera to stop running its ferry. The association said at the time this decision would affect the income for 60 families in Paquera. It estimated it would lose 46 million colons (about $92,000) a month. Naviera Tambor won a concession in March 2007 after a public offering, but the Paquera association prevailed on the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes to allow it to continue with the third ferry as a temporary measure. The event tonight is from 6 to 10 p.m. Robbery suspect detained By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Investigators arrested a suspect accused of robbing numerous pedestrians in Pavas, said officials. The suspect, José Garbanzo Rodríguez, 24, was arrested Tuesday morning in his home in Finca San Juan, said officials. The Judicial Investigation Organization said they have been investigating the case for months. In numerous incidents a man pointed a gun at pedestrians and then robbed them of all their belongings, primarily in central Pavas, said officials. One case involved two men who robbed 6 million colons ($12,000) from a citizen as he was leaving a bank.
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
A man accused of bombing two corporate offices in the United States, is presumed to be hiding in Costa Rica, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday. The man, Daniel Andreas San Diego, 38 is a U.S. citizen described as an extreme animal rights activist and also a skilled computer technician. The U. S. government is offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. The FBI did not say why agents suspected San Diego to be in Costa Rica. San Diego, is accused of bombing Chiron, an international corporation that specializes in blood transfusion research, in August 2003 in Emeryville, California. The first bomb went off in the main entrance of the Chiron building, and a second bomb was found shortly before most officials arrived at the scene. It is possible that the second bomb was intended to kill the firemen and police as they arrived at the scene, said the FBI report. The area was evacuated however, and no one was injured in the incident. In September, 2003, a single bomb strapped with nails exploded at the Shaklee Corp., located in Pleasanton, California. The bomb was covered in shrapnel, most likely to inflict extreme injuries and damage, said the FBI report. Shaklee makes biodegradable cleaning products and describe themselves as a part of a movement for a healthier planet. Both Chiron and Shaklee have been targets of animal rights groups because of their apparent links to Huntingdon Life Sciences, a research firm that uses animals for testing, according to a Dec. 5, 2003, report in SFGate.com, the online news source of the San Francisco Chronicle. The FBI linked him to San Diego to an alleged international network of animal rights extremists, the publication said, noting that San Diego vanished in October of 2003. He has been a fugitive since that time because an FBI surveillance team lost him. Officials say it is quite possible that San Diego is working |
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Two views of Daniel Andreas San Diegoand living in Costa Rica. He most likely associates and works with other English speakers, said FBI officials, since he did not speak Spanish before he left the United States. He is a strict vegan and has numerous tattoos including a circle on his chest which has a picture of flames and the inscription, "It only takes a spark," a black and white image of burning collapsed towers on his left abdomen, burning towers on his lower back, and a leafless tree on his upper back. He possesses a 9 mm handgun and is considered armed and dangerous, according to the FBI. San Diego is considered a terrorist, as such he is fair game for overseas surveillance as specified in the USA Patriot Act, and one source believes it is likely that U.S. law enforcement intercepted a telephone call from San Diego in Costa Rica to friends or family in the United States. San Diego shares his place on the FBI's Web site, with César Armando Laurean, a former Marine wanted for his alleged involvement in the killing of Maria Lauterbach. Lauterbach, 20, was a Marine who was pregnant at the time of her murder in North Carolina. The remains of Lauterbach and her unborn baby were found in a shallow grave in the backyard of Laurean's Jacksonville home, according to the FBI Web site. Recent news reports say that witnesses saw Laurean in Mexico, but he may have moved further south. |
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Venezuela's state-run oil company has announced it is cutting crude sales to ExxonMobil, the largest U.S. oil company, because of Exxon's efforts to seize Venezuelan assets. Petroleos de Venezuela said in a statement Tuesday its move is retaliation for what it calls ExxonMobil's economic harassment. ExxonMobil has not yet responded to Venezuela's decision. British and Dutch courts last week granted ExxonMobil's demand to freeze as much as $12 billion in Venezuelan oil assets. |
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Venezuela's decision to nationalize a large
oil project in which ExxonMobil had a large financial stake. The
petroleum giant is pressing its case in the International Centre for
Settlement of Investment Disputes, a World Bank affiliate. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has threatened to cut off oil sales to the U.S. if the court decision freezing the assets is upheld on appeal. But a senior Venezuelan oil official Bernard Mommer said Tuesday Chávez is unlikely to carry out his threat, saying it would be costly for both countries. The United States is Venezuela's biggest crude oil customer. |
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Traditional libraries are losing their central role in disseminating information as the world goes digital, an American law librarian said while speaking in the Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano's rather traditional Biblioteca Mark Twain Monday. Costa Rican lawmakers and librarians gathered in the San Pedro building to listen to Janice Hyde speak about the importance of the Global Legal Information Network. The resource is an online database of laws and judicial decisions gathered from 49 countries scattered across the globe, and translated into 13 languages, aimed at making a worldwide information network that is relevant to a globalized world. Almost every Spanish-speaking country in the world is included in the database. Costa Rica joined the network in 2003, and won the model station award two years later for diligence in uploading the country's laws and keeping the legal information up to date. |
Ms. Hyde, the information network
program coordinator, said that
librarians' traditional skills and preoccupations with collecting
information, such as an emphasis on reliability of resources and
diligence in keeping the library up to date, are still very important. Cooperation between counties is essential, she said, as the sources and varieties of information available to us become more abundant. People will increasingly expect to be able to access all information, however technical, online, rather than going to a library to find paper-based records. The database can be accessed through the address www.glin.gov/search.action. The Corte Suprema de Justicia, the Procuraduría General de la República and the Asamblea Legislativa are involved in an agreement that united these three branches of government, legislative, judicial and executive, into a program to strengthen the information network in Costa Rica. The network is based here in the legislative complex. |
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| Season
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Costa Rica's leading orchestra fills the Teatro Nacional with classical
music from March through to December, and season tickets are now on
sale for those who do not want to miss any of the Orquesta
Sinfónica Nacional's performances. Under Chosei Komatsu's dedicated baton, the orchestra will interpret works by hoards of renowned composers, from Beethoven, Chopin and Shostakovich to Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Liszt. Modern musical talents will also feature, with soloists from around the world flying in to join the orchestra during the program of 12 concerts. World-class violinist Ilya Kaler joins the orchestra in June to play Wagner's Faust Overture, and works by Prokofiev and Strauss. Russian Kaler is the only violinist to have ever won gold medals at three of the world's most important music competitions - the Tchaikovsky, the Sibelius and the Paganini competitions. Greek pianist Maria Asteriadou plays the second concert, scheduled for April 4 and 6, and Brazilian oboist Washington Barella continues the international line-up in November. Other organisations to contribute to the program include the Coro Sinfónico Nacional, a group of amateur singers from all walks of life which will sing with the orchestra on three occasions, and the Spanish Embassy, which will colaborate in the organisation of the eighth concert. This concert will be played in September, and contain works |
such as 'España' by Chabrier,
and 'Rapsodia Española' by
Ravel. The Coro Sinfónico has chosen a couple of challenging pieces, including Rossini's 'Stabat Mater', which they have not performed for more than 20 years. They will also perform Mozart's 'Missa in D minor', which the groups director has called 'a difficult pieces, but very interesting, demonstrating all the genius of Mozart. The Rossini will be presented on June 20 and 22, while the Mozart appears on Oct. 24 and 26. The program starts March 7 with a performance by Gabriel Cabezas, a chellist who lives in America but has Costa Rican ancestry. She will be playing Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien, Dvorák's Concerto in C minor and Brahms' Symphony Number One, starting at 7 p.m. in Teatro Nacional. A repeat performance is on March 9 at 5 p.m. Some soloist spots are yet to be announced, but season tickets are now on sale and will be until Friday. They can be found at the Centro Nacional de la Musica in Moravia, and the price includes a 15% discount. This makes season tickets for all 12 concerts fall within the range of 30,600 colons to 91,800 colons ($61.20-183.60), depending on the seat chosen. Subscribers with the orchestra can also get 15 percent discounts on individual concert tickets. |
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Rembrandt exhibition opens to high acclaim in downtown San José  Hailed
as the most important exhibition of the year, a collection of
the Dutch master Rembrandt's etchings opened amid much praise Thursday.
The 48 etchings usually reside in Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum, where the artist lived for about 20 years from 1620-40. They were collaboratively chosen from a wider collection by Dora Maria Sequiera, the director of Museos del Banco Central and Ed de Heer, the director of the Rembrandt House Museum. Although now better known for his marvelous paintings that capture intense emotion, facial expression, and deeply contrasted light and shadow, the etchings that are now on show in San José are considered by art buffs to be just as important. “Rembrandt was the most influential and original etchers possibly of all time,” said de Heer. “He is a shining beacon because he changed etching from a reproductive medium to a fully fledged artistic medium. “He used all sorts of different techniques to get all the possibilities out of the medium — he printed on copper plate, parchment, even sheepskin to make luxurious editions of prints. He didn't want any two to be the same.” Read more - click here Chicken suits, foot photos brought to Galeria Nacional by art colony residents  Those with a sharp
eye who look closely at Nancy Ennis' collages will
find a man in a chicken costume haunting each one. In some, he is the main focus of the piece, and in others he is as invisible as a smudge behind a layer of material. “One of my kids gave me this photo of their Dad when younger,” said Mrs. Ennis, as she pointed out the eerie figure, standing amid her as-yet unhung exhibition in the Galeria Nacional. “I like it because my ex-husband was a very funny man, although very irresponsible.” Mrs. Ennis, an American who lives in New Jersey, has been creating artwork on Costa Rican soil for the last six weeks, working in a private artists colony in Ciudad Colon. She is one of several dozen who seek out Costa Rica's tropical climes each year to spend a residency in the Julia and David White Artists' Colony. Read more - click here |
Imagen V show has a few gems but a pack of clinkers, too  New media art is
always a bit hit and miss with the potential to come
across as a foundationless piece of pretension if it is not done well. The Bienal Iberoamericana Inquieta Imagen V, a competition for video artists from across Latin America, is a good example of this, containing a few pieces that engage well with the subject and make the most of their medium, but many that leave the viewer cold. Most of the works are video projections, some as short as a pistol shot and the flight of birds and some as long as a didactic letter that teaches about identity, isolation and fuschia flowers. Read more - click here Exhibit condemning illegal fishing would be better elsewhere For a while now, a large marquee has been standing outside the Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo in San José. In it hangs what has variously been described as an enormous bee hive, a throwback to sixties glow lamps or a swarm of schooling fish. The last explanation is the one that the artists propound. Huge, blue, glowing and transparent, the structure extends almost four meters down from the ceiling, nearly equaling its height with its width. It tapers towards the end, putting one in mind of a chrysalis, and its outside is made totally of clear nylon wires. Read more - click here Mistaken identity? No such thing, says new exhibition  Costa Rica is
a land of volatile volcanoes, orchids, coffee fincas,
Catholicism and Ticos. Or you could say it's a country of wide seashores, football stadiums, fast food restaurants and beach towns overtaken by Gringos. Some are clichéd symbols of a tourist nation, while others are part of the country's changing culture, but all are involved in Museo de Arte Costarricense's new exhibition that challenges viewers to reconsider their own perceptions of the nation. Read more - click here |
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Puntarenas Carnaval a mix of the traditional and the modern If you didn't know otherwise, you could be forgiven for thinking that Puntarenas Carnival is largely about scantily clad ladies fighting it out to be crowned queen of the show. However, the organisers claim that the carnaval tradition that will fill Puntarenas with people dressed in luminous feathers, steel bands, and brightly-coloured dancers, has roots that go back for thousands of years, to pagan celebrations of Baco, the God of wine. Over time the carnaval has become related to Christian tradition, the date changing with that of the Easter week, and always falling around the time that Lent begins. |
Back in Medieval times, games, dances and a lot of banqueting was the indulgence to get people prepared for lent, before it was placed under strict prohibition by King Carlos I of Spain in 1523, and not restored until the reign of Felipe IV who came to the throne in 1605. The tradition has certainly revived itself effectively, with carnavals now taking place all over the globe, and the Puntarenas Carnaval is Costa Rica's grandest party of the year. 2008's crowned carnival queen, chosen from a line-up of 10 girls in stringy bikinis, will parade through the streets to start off the celebrations on Feb. 14. Read more - click here |
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Mini-mall comes to the rescue of the not-rich-but-hungry  For those in the know, there is a clean, affordable, relatively quiet gastronomic surprise off the pedestrian mall in downtown San Jose. Between Arenas clothing store and the Patio Restaurant, behind a perfume counter and a Pops Ice Cream sits a food court without a McDonald's, Wendy's, Subway or Church's Chicken in sight. Tropical Food is a counter selling relatively healthy food. While their batidos aren't as delicious as the ones found at FrutiLand in Mall San Pedro, the water-or-milk- blended-with-fruit drink is a refreshing treat to carry during your walk along Avenida Central. A batido with the fruit of your choice mixed with water costs 650 colons, with milk, 750 colons. That's from $1.30 to $1.50. Adding honey or granola takes you up to a still-reasonable 900 colons ($1.80). The store also peddles fruit salads, ranging from 700 to 1.600 colons ($1.40 to $3.20). Marisqueria produces delicious looking and smelling seafood dishes. A customer-friendly hanging chalkboard lists their menu and respective prices. A small corvina ceviche will set you back 1,950 colons ($3.90). Get a small rice with shrimp for 2.150 colons ($4.30), 2,800 ($5.60) for a larger serving. Or try one of the fish filets prepared several different ways, the cheapest being with oil and garlic for 2,600 ($5.20) colons, the priciest fish filet dish is 3,600 colons ($7.20) for relleno with ham and cheese. Click here to read more |
Festive season proves troublesome even for established restaurant  Being a chef in a
busy kitchen must be a pretty stressful job, but
around Christmas stress is something any successful restaurant should
factor in as inevitable. On a second visit to well-reputed French restaurant Le Chandelier, it soon became obvious that the staff were poorly equipped for the onslaught of Christmas party diners on a Tuesday night, leaving the usually decent food to deteriorate into a procession of almost inedible starters and bland entrees. Set in an old San Pedro house with brick ceilings and wooden beams that was converted into a restaurant around 15 years ago by Swiss owner Claude Dubuis, Le Chandelier purports to offer French cuisine that has been developed over generations of experience. Click here to read the full review A great meal is not all in the presentation  With a vaulted
glass ceiling, palm trees lining the pathway and posh lighting, one
would not expect Saga restaurant to be settled behind a dull parking
lot in Escazú. Although this restaurant may look out of place, it doesn't deviate much from the norm in Escazú, an area many would classify as suburban sprawl. The majority of the cuisine at Saga seems to fit with the setting: classy presentation, yet lacking any profound flavors. Although the restaurant boasts itself as an “international food restaurant” on its Web site, much of the inspired cuisine is lacking the depth which would be found in authentic dishes. Click here to read the full review |
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Sunny days in San José complemented by free concerts  The hot dry days
are being put to good cultural use by the Museos del
Banco Central with a series of outdoor concerts in the middle of the
downtown area. Hundreds of shoppers stopped to lean over the balcony in Plaza de la Cultura Saturday, when the Costa Rican singer MAF and her band played a sunny set of pop tunes outside the doors of the museum. Although the series is named 'Conciertos en las gradas', fewer people sat to on the steps outside the Museo de Oro than stood around the edges, looking down at the stage. Onlookers were enthusiastic about the music, in spite of the singer's annoying lack of the ability to dance. She has recently released her debut album, Viaje Cosmico, for which she was recognised as 2007's revelationary interpretive artist by Costa Rica's music association, Asociacion de Compositores y Autores Musicales de Costa Rica. An alternative offering of rock trip-hop is up next on Feb. 9 at 2 p.m., played by group Parque en el espacio. The band recorded a live CD in San Pedro's Jazz Café during 2006, called Hello Hello. Miriam Jaraquín and Blues Latino will bring piano and accordion, flute and saxophone to the stage at midday on March 2., with an acoustic jazzy sound. The final concert of the series will be on March 29., with trio Villegas playing some classic Spanish rock from 2 p.m. |
Cultural prizes handed out to 2007's cream of the crop Premio Magón  A woman who devoted her life to the improvement of Costa
Rica's
education system was yesterday announced as the winner of 2007's Premio
Nacional de Cultura Magón. María Eugenia Dengo started out by introducing new subjects and professions to the Universidad de Costa Rica in the early 70s, and moved on to such respected positions as minister of Educación Pública and UNESCO regional coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more click here National Culture Prizes Hot on the heels of the Premio Cultural Magón winner have come the announcements of the numerous other national culture prize winners. María Elena Carballo, minister of Cultura y Juventud, read out the long list of Premios Nacional de la Cultura 2007 Tuesday, in a conference at the Centro Nacional de la Cultura. Along with the prizes for national theater, music, dance and literature, came two presented by the minister of Ciencia y Tecnología, Eugenia Flores. Read more click here |
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Land use in Costa Rica documented by Fulbright scholar Forty years of living in the jungle, moving between secluded forestry stations and research labs, has led Louisiana resident and NASA veteran
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New book dwells on the social aspects of food Food is not just a selfish pleasure or a way to stifle hunger, but is central to the evolution of art, according to a new book published by Museos del Banco Central. Artworks by Costa Rican painters are the main content of the hardback book, “Imagenes para Comer,” which follows the representation of food in art since still life painting became popular in the Renaissance. Full-color pictures of both traditional and modern works are far more common than recipes, as the author Marjorie Ross only provides seven recipes within the book. All are traditional Costa Rican dishes showing influences from different sections of the community, such as corn fritters, white beans and chorizo and fruit salad. The book focuses on the meanings that food has within society, and how these are portrayed by art. Click here to read more |
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| There is a lot to be said for 'limping in' on a hand | |
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wisdom in Texas hold’em suggests that you should raise before the flop
if you’re planning to play a hand. The saying goes, “Raise or
fold,” but is that correct? Well, it’s not the worst advice but
limiting yourself to one of these two options would be a mistake. Limping in — entering a pot by calling rather than raising -— is more complicated than raise-or-fold poker because you’ll end up playing more hands. Also, it’s difficult to put players on a hand when they’re in the pot without making a pre-flop raise. The big blind, for example, could have any two cards. Trying to determine his hand can be very tricky. In certain situations, the best players in the world will limp in rather than raise to disguise the strength of their hands. Follow these guidelines to add this deceptive tactic to your game, too. Limp to set a trap in aggressive games Trap plays work best when there’s lots of raising before the flop and other players have already limped in. You’ll need to have a premium hand to set the trap, something like pocket aces or kings, or maybe A-K. Then, call rather than raise, and hope that an overly aggressive player behind you will interpret your limp as a sign of weakness. If the trap works and he does try to bully you with a raise, go ahead and re-raise when the action returns to you. If the trap fails and no one raises before the flop, proceed cautiously because you’ll have no idea what cards your opponents might have. Any flop could give any player two pair or better. You’d even have to consider folding your pocket aces if the action gets too heavy after the flop. When setting a trap, be careful not to get trapped yourself. Limp from the small blind The small blind is the worst position to play from after the flop. At the same time, since you already have half the bet in the pot, it’s usually correct to call the other half of the bet. An interesting situation occurs, though, when you find yourself in the small blind versus the big blind, with everyone else out of the hand. Too many players in this scenario make |
 the mistake of thinking, “Only one blind left, this should be an easy blind to steal.” In fact, this is probably the toughest blind to steal because thebig blind will suspect larceny. Even more important, you’ll be out of position throughout the entire hand. Playing from the small blind, your goal should be to minimize losses rather than to try to bully a player who has the power of position. Limp in first to change the pace of the game Sometimes you’ll feel that the game is too aggressive pre-flop, making it difficult for you to outplay your opponents post-flop. In these situations, you can slow the pace of the game by limping in first, hoping that other players will adopt your style of play. This tactic works particularly well if you’re a solid player with strong hand reading skills. Limp behind other limpers Your choices are definitely not limited to raising or folding after other players have limped into the pot. Say that two players have already limped in and you’re holding pocket threes. In this case, limping in to see a cheap flop is the best approach. While limping in isn’t a tactic for everyone, the play definitely enhances poker deception. That’s because the more willing you are to shift gears, the tougher it will be for your opponents to get an accurate read on you. Visit www.cardsharkmedia.com/book.html for information about Daniel Negreanu’s new book, "Hold’em Wisdom for All Players." © 2008 Card Shark
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