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Lunch Agenda for the Villa Cofresi Networking Lunch in Rincon, PR on Tuesday, March 4th

11:00 am Villa Cofresi Road #115 – KM 12.0 – Rincon, PR 00677. 787-823-2450

11:00 am - 11:45 pm Business Networking. Please place your business cards and brochures on the table in the front of the room. Do Not place your sales materials on the lunch tables. No one will be permitted after 11:30 am.

11:45 am - please be seated and begin to look over the menu. We will order lunch promptly and then our Sponsor will give a 5-10 minute intro presentation. We will then circle the room and each guest is allowed 15 seconds to announce their name and occupation. Please limit your introduction. Please keep one business card with a working email address on the table in front of you for me to collect. We will collect one card from each guest and produce a spreadsheet with all the important contact information for each attendee. We will email this spreadsheet to each person within 48 hours.

12:00 noon - enjoy your lunch. You may want to re-intro yourself to those around you and continue your conversations. There may also be a little Q & A with the Sponsor during the lunch.

12:45 - wrap up. You are free to stay and finish your conversations. Please spread the word about our Business Network and we hope to see you again.

P.O. Box 428 Kingsville, MD 21087 410-592-2406 fax 410-592-2407

Exposition: Carnival Inside, Carnival Outside: 150 Years Of Ponce’s Carnival Exhibition

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 At 07:30 PM All Day Cultural event celebrating Ponce’s Traditional Carnival 150th anniversary will be on display in front of the Ponce History Museum in Isabel Street. The exhibition will present to the public iconic images rom Carnivals around the world, having Ponce's Carnival as the main focus.

URL: http://www.visitponce.com
Location: Ponce History Museum
Address: Isabel Street, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Contact Name: Ana María Rolón Romero
Telephone: (787) 538-3202
Email: cultponce@hotmail.com

Global warming is killing the coqui
The frogs went silent in the night

(San Juan, Puerto Rico)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Back in the Puerto Rican rain forest for the first time in five years, biologist Rafael Joglar sensed something was wrong. He wasn't hearing the frogs whose nocturnal calls he had long recorded in the misty highlands.

EPA and Navy Reach Landmark Agreement on the Cleanup of Former Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Base

(San Juan, Puerto Rico) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached an agreement with the U.S. Navy that will govern all current and future environmental cleanup work at the former Naval Station Roosevelt Roads base, which closed in March 2004. The agreement follows an open public process in which the EPA and the U.S. Navy held a public meeting and received and responded to multiple public comments as part of a 30-day public comment period.

On a recent vacation to Puerto Rico, we were able to capture some of the deep colors, warmth and charm of Old San Juan at night. View our photo Gallery Here.
We spent a day in Old San Juan, taking photos at every corner. I always remembered the vibrant colors, the deep, rich colors and the baclonies everywhere. View Our Photo Gallery Here
el Morro Photo Gallery of the mighty fort in Old San Juan. A walk into the history of Puerto Rico. View Our Photo Gallery Here
Rincon Faro - the Lighthouse in Rincon, Puerto Rico. The lighthouse was not very busy this time of the year. It gets very busy in the Winter with a lot of whale watching going on. View Our Photo Gallery Here
the Mountains in Rincon, Puerto Rico. We took a drive through the mountains just outside of Rincon. We tried to capture the views and the scenery with our photos. View Our Photo Gallery Here