Nissan Consults Lawyers, Scores `Minor Miracle' With Unclaimed Leaf Name Nov 1, 2009
Before settling on names for new models the carmaker consults lawyers in as many as 200 countries or territories, including the Canary Islands, to make sure candidates arent trademarked or considered offensive in local languages. It was a minor miracle that the name was cleared, said , Nissans head of brand management. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
MoMA Film Press Release: Iberoamrica: Our Way(s), November 5-13, 2009 Oct 30, 2009
The film, which evokes the work of Luis Bu;uel and Pedro Almod;var, is set under the bright sun of the Canary Islands in the 1960s, as a group of local women respond to the death of one local man. A road movie at the genre s most austere and refined edge, Liverpool (2008), directed by Lisandro Alonso, who will introduce the film at MoMA on November 9, investigates solitude and landscape as it follows a sailor through the frigid landscape of Tierra del Fuego to find his estranged family in the... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Save on a Canary Islands cruise Oct 30, 2009
The dealLocated off the northwestern coast of Africa, the Canary Islands have been attracting visitors for years with a near-perfect climate and alluring beaches ... Next is Santa Cruz on Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands with volcanic-sand beaches and snow-capped mountains. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Audio: Rutgers soph. center Greg Echenique Oct 29, 2009
He played for his native Venezuela and also traveled with the Scarlet Knights to Spain and the Canary Islands. As Rutgers readies to host its men's basketball media day later today, ScarletReport. (RutgersInsider.com)
Snail fossils suggest semiarid eastern Canary Islands were wetter 50,000 years ago Oct 28, 2009
Fossil land snail shells found in ancient soils on the subtropical eastern Canary Islands show that the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa has become progressively drier over the past 50,000 years ... Consequently the eastern Canary Islands experienced an overall increase in dryness during the last 50,000 years, eventually yielding the current semiarid conditions. (EurekAlert!)
AfDB Receives Africa Investor Award as Sponsor of the Year Oct 28, 2009
The system is based on a trunk-and-branch topology and include branching units to the Canary Islands, Morocco, Senegal, and C te d'Ivoire. The 1. (allAfrica.com)
Wielding the whip on asylum seekers Oct 27, 2009
Each year 30,000 West Africans make a dangerous eight day boat journey to the Canary Islands, a stepping stone to Europe as Christmas Island is to Australia. NGOs and the Red Cross advise them to arrive without papers because Spain has only 40 days to identify their country of origin and deport them. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Hoops: Better Continuity? Oct 23, 2009
So, there was the trip to Spain and the Canary Islands, a more regimented played-based offseason workout program, more accountability within the team, more hanging out together, and on and on ... The trip to the Canary Islands and Madrid (Spain), that did a lot for us, said Rosario, who led Rutgers in scoring at 16. (RutgersInsider.com)
Woman, 92, arrested for smuggling cocaine Oct 22, 2009
Civil Guards became suspicious when the younger woman repeatedly told the older woman -- who had asked for an airport wheelchair in Madrid to traverse the terminal -- that if they rushed, they would make their connecting flight to Spain's Canary Islands. The Civil Guards, who run customs controls at the airport, stopped the woman in the wheelchair. (CNN -- International)
The first men and women from the Canary Islands were Berbers Oct 22, 2009
A team of Spanish and Portuguese researchers has carried out molecular genetic analysis of the Y chromosome (transmitted only by males) of the aboriginal population of the Canary Islands to determine their origin and the extent to which they have survived in the current population ... Researchers from the University of La Laguna (ULL), the Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology from the University of Porto (Portugal) and the Institute of Legal Medicine from the University of Santiago de... (EurekAlert!)
'Rowing the Atlantic': A sea of change Oct 21, 2009
After a year outfitting a craft with sleeping quarters, solar panels, a satellite phone antenna, video camera and a desalination machine, she set off from the Canary Islands in November 2005 as the first single female rower in the Atlantic Rowing Race. The 26 crews in the Atlantic Rowing Race and the safety boat spread out over the ocean on the first day, so Savage rarely saw another human during the voyage. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Noles Ready To Get Going Oct 16, 2009
and (Canary Islands, Spain), while head coach will have the luxury of adding a pair of redshirt freshmen to the mix as well in and. Also back for the Seminoles are starters and who combined for 17. (Seminoles.com)
Tunisia Joins Spain and the Canary Islands as Favourite Destinations for Recession-Hit UK Tourists Oct 14, 2009
Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. According to Abta, the travel agents' body, Britons are choosing Tunisia and other Non-Eurozone destinations in a bid to make the most of Sterling's decline in value against the Euro. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
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Tunisia Joins Spain and the Canary Islands as Favourite Destinations for Recession-Hit UK Tourists - Yahoo ... Tunisia Joins Spain and the Canary Islands as Favourite Destinations for Recession-Hit UK Tourists. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Crystal Cruises 2010 Worldwide Cruise Atlas & Cruise Guide Highlight 20th Anniversary Value Oct 13, 2009
In 2010, the freshly redesigned, 922-guest, 50,000-ton Crystal Symphony, and the 1,070-guest, 68,870-ton Crystal Serenity cruise through the Middle East, Africa, Caribbean, South America, Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Black Sea, Panama Canal, Mexican Riviera, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, South Pacific, British Isles, Baltic Sea, Arctic Circle and New England/Canada. New destinations range from maiden calls in Iran, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on the World Cruise to new North American cruises to... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Tale of hijacking in European waters grows more mysterious Oct 12, 2009
Russian officials first said the Arctic Sea would be taken to the Russian port of Novorossiysk, but then said it would dock at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands ... Russian officials first said the Arctic Sea would be taken to the Russian port of Novorossiysk, but then said it would dock at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Background of Columbus Day Celebrat... Oct 12, 2009
Reaching the Canary Islands, after he had left Spain on the 3rd of August 1492, no winds and the necessity of ample repairs to his ship, caused a month long delay. He reached the Bahamas on 12th October and continued on to Cuba. (Suite101.com)
Barcelona to host Spain-Czech Davis Cup final Oct 11, 2009
The choice was made after the International Tennis Federation had previously rejected Tenerife in the Canary Islands and the southern port city of Malaga because they were open-air venues. Malaga's stadium also fell under the minimum seating capacity of 12,000. (ESPN -- Tennis)
Banana Plants May Be Used In Production Of Plastic Products Oct 10, 2009
The project will develop new procedures to incorporate by-products from banana plantations in the Canary Islands into the production of rotationally moulded plastics ... Mark Kearns, Rotational Moulding Manager at the Polymer Processing Research Centre in Queen s School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, said: Almost 20 per cent of the bananas consumed in Europe are produced in the Canary Islands, with around 10 million banana plants grown annually in Gran Canaria alone. (Science Daily)
Airports see far fewer near-crashes on runways Oct 9, 2009
The worst aviation accident in history occurred when a 747 attempting to take off from Tenerife Airport on the Canary Islands in 1977 sliced into another 747 on the runway. A total of 583 people died. (USA Today)
* World News Quick Take Oct 7, 2009
The ship was due to be handed over to Solchart Management on Sept. 17 in the port of Las Palmas in Spains Canary Islands, but the Russian navy, which has control of it, withdrew it from the area. Speculation has raged that the ship might have carried a secret cargo. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
International crowd tours Imperial Valley microalgae facilities Oct 7, 2009
Attendees came from around the world, including Korea and the Canary Islands, to attend the conference and tour the county, Kelley said. It s a great opportunity to showcase what can be done in Imperial County, he said. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
* Arabian camels a new fixture at Dutch dairy farm Oct 4, 2009
Under EU regulations, camels cannot be imported from outside Europe, but after searching for several months, Smits managed to find a few specimens in Spains Canary Islands. He scraped together his savings and borrowed some money to buy his first camels at 7,000 euros a piece. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Camels milked on Netherlands farm Oct 4, 2009
He set up a camel farm in 2006, on land near his student halls of residence in Cromvoirt, with three camels imported from the Canary Islands. He gave Paul Henley a tour around the farm and offered him a taste of camel milk. (BBC News)
Milk machines? Oct 3, 2009
Frank Smits set up the farm in 2006, on land near his student halls of residence in Cromvoirt, with three camels imported from the Canary Islands. He now has 40 animals, not enough of which are yet old enough to produce milk to give him the quantities he needs to move into profit. (BBC News -- Europe)
Experts size up Florida's tsunami risks Oct 2, 2009
Two groups interested in the threat from a tsunami generated by a land collapse in the Canary Islands are trying to place monitoring equipment on the island of La Palma ... A far greater tsunami could be generated if a massive landslide occurred in the Canary Islands, said Steven Ward, a research geophysicist at the University of California Santa Cruz. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Columbus in the New World Oct 2, 2009
By 1492, Europeans had already sailed deep into the Atlantic, acquiring island groups like the Azores and the Canary Islands. Portugal had been at the forefront of these efforts, rounding the tip of Africa and establishing trade depots along the western coast of Africa. (Suite101.com)
Signing Ceremony Between AfDB and Main One Cable Company a Senior Loan of USD 61 Million to Finance the Main One Project Oct 1, 2009
The system will be based on a trunk-and-branch topology and include branching units to the Canary Islands, Morocco, Senegal, and C te d'Ivoire. The 1. (allAfrica.com)
Plastics 'goes bananas' at Queen's University Belfast Sep 30, 2009
The project will develop new procedures to incorporate by-products from banana plantations in the Canary Islands into the production of rotationally moulded plastics ... Mark Kearns, Rotational Moulding Manager at the Polymer Processing Research Centre in Queen's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, said: "Almost 20 per cent of the bananas consumed in Europe are produced in the Canary Islands, with around 10 million banana plants grown annually in Gran Canaria alone. "Once the fruit... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Airplanes, oxygen and the media Sep 26, 2009
I always felt that the most expressive and evocative air crash memorial was the one placed on a hillside above Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, marking the 1977 collision between two 747s that took 583 lives ... Two Boeing 747s, operated by KLM and Pan Am, collide on a foggy runway at Tenerife, in Spain's Canary Islands, killing 583 people. (Salon)
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Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 09/23/09 05:31:19 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 90% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Cuban defector Chapman establishes residency Sep 22, 2009
The , for example, opened an academy this spring in the Canary Islands. Chapman's career record is 24-21 and he twice led the Serie Nacional, Cuba's professional league, in strikeouts. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
ESO unveils interactive 360 degree view of night sky Sep 22, 2009
In order to cover the full Milky Way, Brunier also made a week-long trip to La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, to photograph the northern skies. Once the raw photographs were in hand, image processing by Tapissier and ESO experts helped to convey accurately the night sky as our eyes behold it. (Astronomy Now Online)
Mayflower II Crosses Atlantic in 19... Sep 20, 2009
Sailing at a brisk 7; knots, Mayflower II sprinted past the Canary Islands, but then was slowed by a calm that lasted two weeks. When the tradewinds picked up, the ship's pace accelerated and Mayflower II turned the corner toward home. (Suite101.com)
Lawyers: Alleged Arctic Sea Pirates Needed Help Sep 19, 2009
The federal Investigative Committee said th 00004000 e transfer will take place on the Canary Islands over the next two days. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (CBS News -- World)
The somber beauty of air crash memorials Sep 18, 2009
I always felt that the most expressive and evocative air crash memorial was the one placed on a hillside above Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, marking the 1977 collision between two 747s that took 583 lives. But the UTA memorial is even more stirring. (Salon)
Dutch farmer is confident of camel's potential as cash cow Sep 18, 2009
He managed to do so in the Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa, which belong to Spain, a member of the union. Smits shipped in three pregnant females, and soon began milking them on a small plot of land next to his dormitory in Den Bosch. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Interactive, 360-degree Panoramic View Of Entire Night Sky Sep 16, 2009
In order to cover the full Milky Way, Brunier also made a week-long trip to La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, to photograph the northern skies [1. Once the raw photographs were in hand, image processing by Tapissier and ESO experts helped to convey accurately the night sky as our eyes behold it [2. (Science Daily)
Telescope Camera Peeks At Nest Of Black Holes Sep 16, 2009
FLAMINGOS-2 s debut comes less than two months after UF astronomers helped inaugurate the Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world s largest telescope, in Spain s Canary Islands. UF, which owns a 5 percent share of the 10-meter telescope, is the only participating U.S. institution. (Science Daily)
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Aersity at Galveston professor discovers new species of underwater worms and crustaceans in the Canary Islands. . (The Battalion, TX)
Go Cuban in Your Kitchen Sep 12, 2009
NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2009. Celebrity Chef Daisy Martinez Remixes "Early Show" Co-Anchor Maggie Rodriguez's Cuban Family Recipe. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Loggerhead found in rockpool Sep 9, 2009
The aquarium said it planned to release both turtles in the Canary Islands. Squirt was discovered on Loe Bar on 10 August. (BBC News -- Science)
ACC Women's Basketball Players Shine on World Stage Sep 6, 2009
Canary Islands, Spain. Brigitte Ardossi. (Theacc.com)
Teen sailor's solo record Sep 2, 2009
Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site. Bad weather in the Southern Ocean -- between Australia and Antarctica -- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. (CNN -- International)
Naked eye astronomy Aug 29, 2009
Sheila, La Palma, Canary Islands. What can we do about light pollution from Bournemouth. (BBC News -- UK)
Texas A&M-Galveston professor discovers new species of marine life Aug 28, 2009
Tom Iliffe, professor of marine biology and one of the world's foremost cave researchers, was part of an international team that discovered the new species in a mile-long underwater cave in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic off the coast of North Africa. Their findings are published in the current issue of "Marine Biodversity." The research project was funded by the National Science Foundation. (EurekAlert!)
28,000-mile journey... Aug 28, 2009
A similar malfunction, as well as rudder trouble, forced him to stop for 27 days in the Canary Islands followed by further halts in Cape Town, Hobart and Auckland. Mike says fantastic encounters, including with dolphins, more than made up for his setbacks on his borrowed 50ft craft, totallymoney. (The Drudge Report)
PHOTO: New Eyeless Crustacean Found in Underwater Cave Aug 27, 2009
The newfound eyeless crustacean was recently discovered in the world's longest underwater lava tube, on the island of Lanzarote in the -ruled Canary Islands. (See ). (National Geographic)
Eyeless Creature Found Aug 27, 2009
The creature, named , lives in the Tunnel de la Atlantida, the world's longest on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands off the western coast of northern Africa. The discovery, which has implications for the evolution of an ancient group of crustaceans, will be detailed in September in a special issue of the journal Marine Biodiversity. (Fox News)
Eyeless creaturefound inside undersea tunnel Aug 26, 2009
The creature, named , lives in the Tunnel de la Atlantida, the world's longest on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands off the western coast of northern Africa ... Jill HeinerthWhile exploring the lava tube in the Canary Islands, divers used rebreathers, which process and return their exhaled breath, allowing them to stay submerged for about four hours. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Vanderbilt coach skips $100K raise to fund trip Aug 25, 2009
The Commodores traveled to Italy, Spain and the Canary Islands in 2003. "I knew the university was facing a tough time just like the rest of the country. There were people losing jobs. There was so much distress economically for the university to shell out $100,000 for us to make the trip.". (ESPN -- College Basketball)
New Crustacean Discovered Near Canary Islands Aug 25, 2009
New Species Of Crustacean Discovered Near Canary Islands ... New Species Of Crustacean Discovered Near Canary Islands ... 25, 2009) During a cave diving expedition to explore the Tunnel de la Atlantida, the world's longest submarine lava tube on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, a team of scientists and cave divers have discovered a previously unknown species of crustacean, belonging to the remipede genus Speleonectes. (Science Daily)
Mexico, Spanish region set for art festival Aug 25, 2009
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Artists from Mexico and from Spain's Canary Islands will hold an drama festival from Wednesday to Sept. 5 across Mexico City ... A similar festival will be held in the Canary Islands after the one in Mexico. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Sport Briefs Aug 21, 2009
Four Cuban players who failed to turn up for their squads flight home from the Canary Islands this week have begun the process of seeking asylum in Spain, the local government said on Wednesday ... The Cuban basketball squad had traveled to the Canary Islands for a series of friendly fixtures and lost 94-57 to Spain in Las Palmas on Friday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Cruises got game — of golf Aug 21, 2009
For instance, there are more than 40 Flagship Golf cruises each year that highlight golf as far north as Helsinki, Finland, and as far south as the Canary Islands. The island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands is Europe s busiest winter port and Fred. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
4 Cuban athletes seek asylum in Spain Aug 20, 2009
The Cuban team played a friendly against Spain on Friday in the Canary Islands, and those four players failed to show up Monday when the Cubans were scheduled to leave, according to Antonio Ortega, an official with the Interior Ministry office in the islands. He named the players as Georvis Elias Sayus, Grismay Paumier, Taylor Garcia and Geofry Silvestre. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Boy dies from A/H1N1 flu, 1st death in Spain Aug 18, 2009
The patient was an 11-year-old boy who was hospitalized in the Mother-Children Hospital of Canary Islands ... The Canary Islands' Health Service and the Health Ministry said that the patient had a chronic disease and his death was related to the A/H1N1 virus. (Xinhuanet, China)
Astronomy: Black-sky thinking Aug 14, 2009
Its mirror would be 42 metres across, and it would probably be built either on one of the Canary Islands or in Chile. Besides these new conventional telescopes, completely novel ways of doing Big Astronomy are likely to emerge to tempt astronomers back into its clutches. (The Economist)
Boat with suspected illegal immigrants intercepted Aug 11, 2009
The boats used to arrive on Spain's Canary Islands almost daily, rickety vessels crammed with Africans hoping for a better life in Europe, and willing to risk a perilous journey at sea to get here. Hundreds more are believed to have died each year, swallowed up anonymously by the choppy waters off Africa's coast. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Europe's highest vineyard spins heads Aug 10, 2009
The Canary Islands boast a vineyard at 1600 m.Cyprus has vineyards at 1500 m in the Limassol district and at 1250 m near Paphos. On the European mainland, Spain claims vineyards at 1300 m in the mountains of the Granada district. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Looking At Language: Eye Movements Of Parkinson’s Disease Patients During Sentence Comprehension Support Subcortical Role In Processing Syntax Aug 8, 2009
7, 2005) The human brain's remarkable flexibility to understand a variety of signals as language extends to an unusual whistle language used by shepherds on one of the Canary Islands off the northwest. . (Science Daily)
Canadian Wildfires Are Part of Global Climate-Change Trend Fanning Blazes Aug 7, 2009
On Spains Canary Islands, a popular tourist site in the Atlantic off Morocco, fires this summer forced about 2,000 people to evacuate burning pine forests on La Palma. Fires also torched bone-dry lands in the coastal Spanish town of Mojacar. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Huge telescope opens on Canary Islands Aug 6, 2009
Huge telescope opens in Spain's Canary Islands ... LA PALMA, Canary Islands - One of the world's most powerful telescopes opened its shutters for the first time Friday to begin exploring faint light from distant parts of the universe ... The observatory is located at 2,400 meters (7,870 feet) above sea-level where prevailing winds keep the atmosphere stable and transparent, the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute said. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Weather aids Canary blaze effort Aug 4, 2009
Cooler temperatures are helping firefighters tackle forest fires that have burned for four days on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands ... It is renowned as one of the greenest of the Canary Islands, but its vegetation has been seared by high temperatures in recent days ... Smaller fires have broken out on other Canary Islands, including Tenerife and Gran Canaria, but are expected to be brought under control soon. (BBC News -- Europe)
Wind whips up fires on Spain's Canary Islands Aug 3, 2009
LA PALMA, Canary Islands - Strong winds fanned forest fires for a second day Sunday on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma, and firefighters were forced to retreat as flames raged out of control near two towns ... La Palma is one of the least developed and most verdant of the Canary Islands, off West Africa, and was praised by pop star Madonna in her song "La Isla Bonita." ... Officials were worried the fire could spread north toward Caldera de Taburiente national park, home to several... (MSNBC -- International)
