Seguimos en la Costa oeste de US hablando de gastronomía. En Esta ocasion en San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle – USA
Mattin Noblia, upon opening Iluna Basque in 2004. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez/TheChronicle
Mattin Noblia taking a break from the restaurant biz, will open a health center
Iluna Basque, on the corner of Union and Powell.
On Friday, Scoop broke the news that Iluna Basque is in the process of being sold to Jon and Rebecca Rader of Frascati. Slowly but surely, more details are coming out. (+)
Frascati folks make a move on North Beach’s Iluna Basque
So much change — and so many places on the market — in North Beach lately. While the Washbag sits quietly, a few doors down, there’s some action at Iluna Basque, the six-year-old Basque restaurant from Top Chef contestant Mattin Noblia (+)
El Gobierno vasco participa en un proyecto para poner un millón de vehículos eléctricos en 2015.
Reuters
Global Alliance Aims for 1 Million More EVs on the Road by 2015
A new global alliance chaired by Prince Albert II of Monaco and convened by The Climate Group has set a target of getting 1 million more electrical vehicles on the road in the next five years than automakers had planned to bring to market. (+)
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk
Global alliance aims for one million electric vehicles
The new global alliance known as EV20 wants to put one million additional electric vehicles on to the road by 2015.
The alliance consists of businesses and government leaders including the international NGO, The Climate Group, TNT, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Smith Electric Vehicles, Johnson Controls, Better Place and Deutsche Bank. State governments involved include the Basque Country, Quebec, New York state, South Australia and Victoria. (+)
Un reportaje del Seattle Time sobre un restaurante de la ciudad que ofrece pintxos.
Seattle Times – USA
Secret’s out: Half-price happy hour at Pintxo in Belltown
Friday evening in Belltown, and the crowd is large and ready to unwind. It’s happy hour, after all, and the 5 o’clock stampede into bars and restaurants begins, and the parking spaces are scarce.(+)
The community gathered Sunday at Fuji Park to celebrate part of the region’s heritage during the 13th annual Basque Festival, a benefit for St. Teresa of Avila’s youth ministries and school scholarships.(+)
Exposicion de H. Matisse en la Sala BBK en Bilbao (Foto de Artdaily- EPA/ALFREDO ALDAI)
La BBK ha inaugurado una exposición sobre Herri Matisse que ha merecido una interesante reseña en la web especializada en arte ARTDAILY. Aqui os dejo el enlace.
Artdaily – WEB. 14/9/2010
Exhibition of Forty Prints at Fundación BBK in Bilbao Shows Henri Matisse’s Intimate Side
Exposicion de H. Matisse en la Sala BBK en Bilbao (Foto de Artdaily- EPA/ALFREDO ALDAI)
BILBAO.- The exhibition hall of the Fundación BBK in Bilbao hosts, from today until October 30, forty prints by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) in which the French painter shows his most intimate side. (+)
Amateur astrnomer Anthony Wesley, says he feels ‘very lucky’ to have made the discoveries (Anthony Wesley) ABC
Un artículo publicado em la revista The Astrophysical Journal Letters por un grupo de científicos vascos de la Universidad del País Vasco es reseñado por varios medios internacionales. Aquí os dejo las referencias de un medio portugués y uno australiano.
Diario de Noticias – Portugal – 15/9/2010
Júpiter é escudo da Terra contra asteróides
Defesa Será Júpiter um escudo protector da Terra, apesar de se encontrar a uma distância média de 778,3 milhões de quilómetros? Um grupo de cientistas da Universidade do País Basco, em Espanha, acredita que sim e disso deu conta num artigo publicado na revista Astrophysical Journal Letters. (+)
ABC News – Australia -15/9/2010
Amateurs make an astronomical impact
A new study has confirmed amateur astronomers recorded a pair of small meteors impacting with the planet Jupiter, highlighting the growing value of amateurs to the field of astronomy.(+)
La visita del Primer Ministro escocés Alex Salmond tiene una gran importancia estratégica. Las relaciones económicas entre ambos países están pasando por una etapa “dorada” gracias a la extraordinaria apuesta económica que la compañía vasca Iberdrola está realizando en Escocia. Mientras que, por otro lado, las alianzas estratégicas entre los países europeos que forman parte de la Unión sin disponer de una voz propia, se está definiendo cada vez como más necesaria, ante el cada vez mayor peso de las decisiones de los órganos comunitarios en las política cotidiana.
Esta es la información recogida en su pagina WEB por la TV escocesa
STV – Escocia – 13/9/2010
First Minister to strengthen links with Basque region
Alex Salmond visita Bilbao
First Minister Alex Salmond is travelling to Bilbao to strengthen Scotland’s economic and energy links with the prosperous Spanish Basque region.
El Proyecto de ley de Tabaco presentada en el Parlamento vasco presenta elementos únicos y novedosos que están siendo analizados y comentados en diferentes países. Aquí está una artículo de nada más y nada menos que de La Republica
La Republica – Italia – 13/9/2010
Fumo in auto a quando il divieto?
L’hanno subito battezzata come “la legge pioniera” quella appena approvata dal governo regionale dei Paesi baschi. Un provvedimento all’avanguardia in Europa…(+)
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond (L) and President of Iberdrola power company Ignacio Galan (AFP)
Una de nuestras compañías más internacionales sigue su imparable desarrollo internacional. Convertida en la mayor productora de energía eólica del mundo, acaba de anunciar un ingente plan de inversiones en Escocia que supera los 4 millardos de euros en apenas dos años destinados a parques eólicos y redes eléctricas.
Así es recogido en diferentes medios
Daily Record – Escocia – 13/9/2010
Spanish company to invest ‘billions of pounds’ into Scottish energy industry
SCOTLAND’S energy industry will benefit from billions of pounds of investment by power company Iberdrola, First Minister Alex Salmond said today. (+)
Bloomberg – 13/9/2010
Iberdrola to Invest $6.1 Billion in U.K. on Wind Farms, Electricity Lines
Iberdrola S.A., Spain’s largest utility, will invest 4.8 billion euros ($6.1 billion) in the U.K. through 2012 to develop wind-energy parks and power grids. (+)
AFP – 12/9/2010
Spanish power giant Iberdrola steps up investment in Britain
Spain’s Iberdrola, the world’s biggest wind-power generator, said Monday it would invest 4.8 billion euros (6.14 billion dollars) in Britain, two-thirds of it in Scotland, through to 2012. (+)
OJE – Portugal- 13/9/2010
Iberdrola vai investir 4.800 milhões no Reino Unido até 2012
A Iberdrola anunciou que vai investir 4.800 millhões de euros no Reino Unido no período 2010-12, sendo que 66% vão centrar-se na Escócia, segundo avança hoje a imprensa internacional. (+)
En un post anterior hablábamos de cómo recogía la Rede Globo de Brasil la “invasión de zombis” que sufría Bilbao para promocionar el musical sobre Michael Jackson. Hoy traemos la reseña del San Francisco Chronicle que nos presenta una “fotonoticia”. La foto, simplemente espectacular.
San Francisco Chronicle 2/9/2010
Fotonoticia sobre Bilbao
He’s not interested in looks, just brains: A woman in Bilbao (+)
