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Protecting Over A Thousand Turtle Eggs From Nine Nests
So far this month, 1161 loggerhead turtle eggs, from nine nests, have been collected and moved to the Tortugranja for protection and incubation. The season will officially continue until October 15th, with expectations that the statistics will match or exceed last year when more than 90,000 eggs were collected and 84,401 hatchlings were released. The beaches they are collected from include the area in front of the 'rastro' ("trail", probably refers to the Caribe Malecon), the area known as el barranco, (barranco means ravine), in front of the high school Colegio Bachilleres, in front of the Chiapanecos colonia, el Acapulquito, Punta Sur, Media Luna, Piedra Rota, Sac Bajo and Playa Hangar, among others. Source: Diario Q Roo/Manuel Valdez
Awards To Water Rally Winners
The company Aguakan announced that the winners of their Fifth Annual Water Rally was the team "Jasper" from the institute Xel-Balam, who were awarded Xboxes. The 60 participants competed in groups of four, following a map that led them to locations such as the water treatment facilities in Cancun and Isla Mujeres, and eventually they went to Garaffon to enjoy the zip lines, and Dolphin Discovery to encounter the manatees. At each station, they performed mental and physical tests to earn points. The questions involved subjects such as the water cycle, waste water treatment, and water conservation, with information and answers from a study guide prepared by Aguakan. The team who took second place were given four karaoke systems, and the third place winners were given four "minicomponents". Source: Diario Q Roo/Manuel Valdez
Education & Free Dental Services During Oral Health Week
During the Second National Oral Health Week, visits will be made to preschools and primary schools with plans to administer 7258 'external' measures and 240 in the 'interior', from Monday through Friday, as part of the program "Construyendo una Sonrisa Feliz”, "Building a Happy Smile". The goal is took educate children about methods to keep their teeth free of cavities, which can affect health, communication, and self esteem, as well as ability to chew and swallow food, which is essential to healthy development and nutrition. Staff from the General Hospital will visit eight eight schools, teaching brushing techniques, flossing, and oral health, and applying fluoride, while promoting hygiene and nutrition to prevent diseases and disorders, such as cavities. Adults will be taught about cleaning of dentures (prosthesis), and pregnant women need to pay special attention because of hormonal changes that can weaken the teeth, cause bleeding gums, and issues. The hospital will be providing free consultations all week that include prophylactic treatment, tartar removal, polishing, topical fluoride applications, and an opportunity to talk to members of the program. The formal ceremony for the initiation of Oral Health Week will take place Wednesday at the kindergarten Tlaloc in the colonia Miraflores. Source: Quintanarroense/Ovidio Lopez
Preventative Measures To Remain Dengue Free
The Director of the General Hospital, Dr David Valenzo Loaeza urged the public to take preventative measures against Dengue, so that the municipality may continue to report zero cases of the disease. While there have been no cases in Isla Mujeres this year, the state of Quintana Roo is second in the nation with 890 reported cases, behind Tabasco. Residents are encouraged to keep their yards and patios clean of areas where mosquitoes could breed, such as old pots or appliances. The Vectors staff continues to make inspections, to spray, and to assist with trash removal, with the most recent campaign to eliminate potential breeding areas for the mosquito Aedes aegypti taking place two weeks ago. Heat has intensified recently, and the rains are expected in upcoming days.Source: Por Esto
Merchants report they are not selling handicrafts
Registran los comerciantes nulas ventas de artesanías
Diario Respuesta/Jesus Molina say merchants are reporting that sales have crashed and they are only making one or two sales daily, and those who have had zero sales have considered closing their stores. Ana Beth Villanueva, who has a shop on the main street of Rueda Medina said, "We are not having much tourism and not many people are arriving on the boats/ferries to this place, so sales are very low. Some days we only sell one tee shirt or some small bauble, which does not help to pay the rent; and the rents are very high and without sales we are pretty much going broke. Maritza Olivares, who sells sea related handicrafts ( "tiene un local de artesanías marinas), expressed the same sentiment, "What we sell is so little that we cannot meet our operating expenses, and because a lot of us buy our good on credit, we have weekly payments to make, which is impossible to do without sales." Finally, Sandra Avila, who also sells on Hidalgo Avenue (the pedestrian street) "Sales are in the dumps and we cannot meet the salaries of our employees".Nightlife in Isla Mujeres drops off
Se derrumba la vida nocturna en la ínsula
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Check out the Live Music Guide that is ALWAYS at the top of the page for music manana & all weekend!
Your Guide To Live Music In Isla Mujeres For Nearly Two Years!
Live Music Today!!
WEDNESDAY EARLY SHOWS!!
Banda Sin Nombre at Casa de los Suenso 4-7 & half price appetizers (BSN at Fayne's ~10)
Jazz at Iguana's 6:30-8:30 & a Tapa Special
Caribbean Acoustic at Fenix 8-10 with Gianluca' Mariano
Open Mic at Bahia Tortuga 6-8 with Joe Melekai
Dinner music at Sunset Grill 6-7:30
On the internet in the past 24 hours...
![Head down to Barlito to munch on a yummy just made bagel w/ egg salad or lox or pesto cream cheese or @[533936339:2048:Tony Devellano]'s favorite a CoolBreeze w/ cream cheese, bacon, tomato, onion & avocado. In case you don't remember, we have everything & sesame (seeded on both sides) as well as plain, onion & garlic! Yum, yum, yum! Hope to see you at Barlito!](http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/s480x480/971945_10200516239642785_1490820868_n.jpg)
Hola Artistas! To participate in the June 6 Artist Fair, I need your payment by Saturday, May 26. I am at Barlito 8am to 3pm. Be sure to let any friends or family know the deadline & have them come talk to me if they are interested. It looks like it will be another great fair! Thanks for your participation & support.
Logan Day changed her profile picture. You can contact her for whale shark tours (with Minino's). "Wave!"
Logan Day updated her cover photo. (I don't think she is actually touching the whale shark.)
Here is a link to a catch of a marlin blanco (white) on the first day of the fishing tournament, with a very fast release...and an underwater cam showing it swimming off! Posted by Seso (SesoLoco's restaurant) If you can't see it..befriend him & then you should be able to see it...and when there are pizza specials! Jesus Antonio Vazquez Romero 10 hours ago torneo de pesca cosme castro 2013
marlin blanco que sacamos el primer dia del torneo de pesca cosme magaña —
TVIslaMujeres added a new photo.
HERE is another version of Fashion Tour featuring Isla Mujeres (and Isla Contoy)
Victor Manuel Cervera Cervera por aqui ,alguien se quedo ,con ganas del helado de caniste ,me cuentearon...
Victor is having cravings for ice cream made with this fruit called Canistel or Sapota Amarela (Latin it is Puteria campechiana)...in the comments the Tourism Director (Issac Sulu Martinez) notes he's gonna have to wait until they come into season.
I fucking love science Monday This week there are some incredible reasons to look up at the night sky. For more information on each of these events, check it out here: http://bit.ly/10QVgKQ
Photo credit: Andrew Crampton
The Moon rises today at ~5pm, tomorrow at ~6pm,
It will be full on Friday
when it rises at 7:06
Sat May 25 8:11
Sun May 26 9:13
Mon May 27 10:11
Tues May 28 11:03
Rob Herrin added a new photo. — at Punta Sur Isla Mujeres.
Not In Isla Mujeres....From Guatemala (and National Geographic)
HERE is the link, where you will also find a video
The recently discovered Maya mural at Xultum
This morning, in Seattle, National Geographic had a free, live event about the Maya (for grade schoolers) Here is an excerpt from their website. ( BTW....Stephens and Catherwood wrote about Isla Mujeres, with drawings of the Temple to Ixchel, although it is misidentified as being at the north end of the island. They visited a few years before the town was founded by refugees from the Caste War, and said there were no people living permanently on the isle. Some of the people who visited the Punta Sur ruin in the 1800's carved their names into its wooden lintels.)
Photograph by Tyrone Turner “There the paintings remained, hidden in the
Guatemalan jungle, for more than 2,000 years before those divine faces
again met human eyes. I was the fortunate one to uncover the mural…” —
William Saturno
Since the 1840s, when explorers John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood first revealed to the outside world the wealth of Maya ruins to be found in the jungles of Central America, we have been wrestling with the same questions: Who built these cities? Who ruled over them? How did they fall into ruin?
Recently, these questions have taken on added urgency in the public mind with the popularizing of a “Maya prophecy” that the world will end in 2012.
For more than a decade, archaeologist William Saturno has searched for clues to the mysteries of the Classic Maya, carrying out excavations in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. During this time he has made some of the most important Maya discoveries to date, including the spectacular murals of San Bartolo, and—in the sprawling complex of Xultun—a house whose walls are covered with glyphs that appear to represent calculations of the various cycles of the Maya calendar. These calculations show that, contrary to popular thought, the Maya believed the world would continue well past 2012. A report on this illuminating new discovery appeared in the June 2012 issue of National Geographic.
Join Saturno for a lively overview of archaeology’s two-century-long quest for answers about this enigmatic Mesoamerican people, illustrated with colorful imagery and irresistible tales of royal intrigue, backstabbing, and war. The sparks will fly as William Saturno brings to life the events that determined the fate of kingdoms, and how they affect us today.
Since the 1840s, when explorers John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood first revealed to the outside world the wealth of Maya ruins to be found in the jungles of Central America, we have been wrestling with the same questions: Who built these cities? Who ruled over them? How did they fall into ruin?
Recently, these questions have taken on added urgency in the public mind with the popularizing of a “Maya prophecy” that the world will end in 2012.
For more than a decade, archaeologist William Saturno has searched for clues to the mysteries of the Classic Maya, carrying out excavations in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. During this time he has made some of the most important Maya discoveries to date, including the spectacular murals of San Bartolo, and—in the sprawling complex of Xultun—a house whose walls are covered with glyphs that appear to represent calculations of the various cycles of the Maya calendar. These calculations show that, contrary to popular thought, the Maya believed the world would continue well past 2012. A report on this illuminating new discovery appeared in the June 2012 issue of National Geographic.
Join Saturno for a lively overview of archaeology’s two-century-long quest for answers about this enigmatic Mesoamerican people, illustrated with colorful imagery and irresistible tales of royal intrigue, backstabbing, and war. The sparks will fly as William Saturno brings to life the events that determined the fate of kingdoms, and how they affect us today.
Zina Vishnevsky Lalo
ran away Sunday after his family moved with him across the street and
he got a bad haircut! His legs and snout have long hair and the rest is
grey. He is a black miniature French poodle, eight years of age, with an
undescended testicle and one in place. He belongs to my handyman
Jose Flores, whom you can reach by calling me at ### ### . He is from
the Salina Grande area of Isla Mujeres. Contact me at westofcuba@gmail.com and I'll call her!
Melekai Joe Petrila Well
I'm in here so might as well post.. Going to Nashville for a
songwriters festival and meeting with some VIP's... See some of you when
I get back... Open Mic at Bahia Tortuga tonight 6pm.. Me and a few
others.. Mostly acoustic no drums.. Come Jam or just hang with a cold
one and watch the fireworks.. ;-)Here are some of my songs... Enjoy! http://www.reverbnation.com/
Last 24 hrs "Time Lapse" of Playa Norte Webcam: LINK
Playa Norte now in real time in Isla Mujeres
The Early Edition with the newspaper photographs and headlines is usually published around sunrise.
This Final Edition with the translated articles, plus original photos including the sunrise and the "Around the Internet in the Past 24 Hours" section usually publishes around noon.
Both blogs always have links to the original articles.
Usually if an article is "missing", it may have been published in another paper recently, and translated.in a previous post.
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