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The Gesher Galicia Regional Meeting is set for Sunday, October 19, at the Center for Jewish History, in New York, announced Pamela Weisberger. Gesher Galicia is for those those with Jewish roots in the former Austrian province of Galicia: From 11am-1pm, there will be four presentations: - Cadastral

Brown University professor of history and German studies Omer Bartov spoke at the recent Chicago 2008 conference to rave reviews. His latest book, "Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine," (Princeton University Press, 232 pages, $26.95), was reviewed in the Haaretz Book Supplement, by Simon J.

Olives and Estrella Galicia in a shady bar in London En espanol We tend to go to Spain around this time each year. However, due to starting new jobs etc we haven’t been able to plan anything, and so we started thinking about how to replicate some of the best Spanish experiences in London.

Today I had lunch in New York with Gesher Galicia research coordinator Pamela Weisberger, before she flew back to Los Angeles. Our discussion ranged over the Los Angeles conference (set for July 2010) and Gesher Galicia's second phase of the Cadastral Map and Landowner Records Project.

  Drinking a nice white tonight with steak and roasted vegetables.  The label is Guitian in a beautiful art deco style. The grape is Godello, native to Galicia. The year was 2005. The smell? Rich pineapple and almond.

Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (GF Galicia) reported healthy y-o-y growth in its top- and bottom-lines in 2Q 08, driven by strong expansion in its loan portfolio. Going forward, we remain concerned about the condition of the Argentine economy, as well as the bank’s rising provisions.

The Guardian newspaper has praised the Spanish government for its vanguard intentions to save energy by reducing speed limits, turning down air conditioners and minimising street lighting. As ever, much will depend on how much notice the regional governments take of guidance from Madrid.

jasta la pista, baby (MPSU #11) July 29, 2008 by biancology Continuing last week’s theme of Brit mixes, here’s one by the F*CHAMPS crew from Spain via London. Coincidentally, they sent* it to us while our main man of MM!!! was up in the UK partying in mead-halls across the English countryside.

The EU supreme court has pronounced - to nil surprise whatsoever - that the Spanish government acted in contravention of the rules, a couple of years ago, when it helped a local energy company to fight off a bid from a German giant and, instead, to get into bed with a Catalan competitor.

2nd post of the day . . . Well, it's coming up for 6pm and I don't have the computer promised for hours ago. Which is hardly a surprise, especially today. Since I wrote of the earlier problems, I've managed to cause an electricity blackout in the office of the friend whose computer I was using to send an urgent message.