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  • Ohio State tops No. 13 Wisconsin 60-51

    osuwisc.jpgCOLUMBUS, Ohio — David Lighty helped Ohio State weather Evan Turner’s foul trouble, scoring 18 points to lead the Buckeyes to their second win over a ranked opponent this week, a 60-51 victory over No. 13 Wisconsin.

    Turner had 15 points despite finishing with four fouls, and William Buford added 12 rebounds for the Buckeyes (13-5, 3-3 Big Ten), who have righted themselves after losing three of four while Turner was coming back from broken bones in his back.

    Trevon Hughes had 18 points and Jason Bohannon 10 for the Badgers (14-4, 4-2), who struggled all night to find an inside presence on offense. They were playing their second game without second-leading scorer and leading rebounder Jon Leuer, who fractured his left wrist a week earlier.

    The Buckeyes won at No. 6 Purdue 70-66 on Tuesday night.

    Down 15 with just over 8 minutes left, the Badgers trimmed the lead to seven in the final minutes but couldn’t get closer.

    The Buckeyes improved to 11-0 at home this season and 4-3 against ranked opponents — or 4-1 when Turner is in the lineup. He missed more than a month of the season, during which the Buckeyes went 3-3.

    One of those losses was a humiliating 65-43 rout at Wisconsin on New Year’s Eve.

    One of the keys to the rematch was that even with Turner sitting out the final 14 minutes of the first half with two fouls, the Buckeyes were able to turn a 10-9 deficit into a 12-point halftime lead.

    The Buckeyes used a 15-4 run in the second half to take control.

    They shot 52 percent from the field, made half of their six 3-point attempts and also outscored the Badgers — who only shot five free throws — by five points at the line.

    Wisconsin made two charges, the first an 8-0 run to start the second half, but was never able to catch up.

    The Buckeyes led 34-22 at the half, while shooting 59 percent from the field, but Turner was able to play only six minutes.

    Ohio State built its lead with a late surge while Wisconsin had difficulty even getting the ball inside the 3-point arc at the offensive end.

    With Wisconsin trailing 23-20 after Bohannon swished a 3 from the left corner with 5:17 left, the Buckeyes ran off 11 of the final 13 points
    of the half. Buford hit a perimeter jumper to start the surge, with Lighty scoring the next nine points for the Buckeyes.

    The largest — and loudest — Ohio State home crowd of the season was on hand, the number buoyed by the sale of $10 tickets two hours before the game.

    Photo: Ohio State’s David Lighty goes up for a shot over Wisconsin’s Mike Bruesewitz. (AP / Paul Vernon)

    Read the original article from Tribune News Services.


  • Southern Illinois ends four-game losing streak

    EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Carlton Fay hit his last three 3-pointers and scored 15 points to help Southern Illinois break a four-game losing streak with a 65-57 victory over Evansville.

    Tony Freeman added 13 points and Gene Teague came off the bench to hit 5 of 5 and score 12 points in 17 minutes for the Salukis (10-6, 3-4 Missouri Valley).

    The Purple Aces (6-11, 0-7) got 22 points from freshman Colt Ryan, though he made only 6 of 18. Evansville lost its eighth in a row.

    Southern Illinois shot only 40 percent (22 of 55), but Evansville could not take advantage, hitting just 41.3 percent (19 of 46).

    Read the original article from Tribune News Services.


  • No. 1 UConn routs No. 3 Notre Dame women

    Notre Dame Women's BasketballSTORRS, Conn. — Tina Charles scored 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help top-ranked Connecticut rout No. 3 Notre Dame 70-46 for its 56th straight victory.

    Maya Moore added 20 points for the Huskies, who have the second longest winning streak in women’s basketball history. They are 14 short of the NCAA and school record set from 2001-03.

    UConn (17-0, 5-0 Big East) has been at its best against top-10 teams during the streak. The Huskies are 10-0, winning those games by an eye-popping average of 27.1 points.

    Devereaux Peters scored 12 to lead the Irish (15-1, 2-1), who had been off to the second best start in school history. Notre Dame started 23-0 en route to the 2001 national championship.

    The Irish wore their alternate green road jerseys for a little extra luck, but they needed a lot more to beat UConn.

    Photo: Connecticut’s Tiffany Hayes drives past Notre Dame’s Ashley Barlow. (AP / Bob Child)

    Read the original article from Tribune News Services.


  • Colts beat Ravens, advance to AFC title game

    INDIANAPOLIS — Peyton Manning threw for two touchdowns in his first action since winning an unprecedented fourth NFL MVP award, leading the Indianapolis Colts into the AFC championship game with a 20-3 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.

    The Colts (15-2), who had the league’s best record, will host San Diego or the New York Jets next Sunday for a spot in the Super Bowl.

    Manning hit rookie Austin Collie for 10 yards and old standby Reggie Wayne for 3 in the second quarter, accounting for Indianapolis’ two touchdowns.

    Indy’s defense held Baltimore (10-8), which had 234 yards rushing in a wild-card win at New England, to 87 on the ground.

    Read the original article from Tribune News Services.


  • Como vala restauracion del Puente Uriburu/Alsina

    Gente abro este hilo para ver como van las obra de reparacion o restauracion dell Puente Alsina,lamentablemente no estoy en el pais para colgar fotos y de colocar novedades.Lo que siestoy seguro que muchos de ustedes usan este puente y le agarra dolor de cabeza con los pozos que tiene o tenian

    Dejo algunos datos

    El Puente Alsina, es un puente que atraviesa el Riachuelo, comunicando la Avenida Sáenz del barrio Nueva Pompeya de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, con la localidad de Valentín Alsina. Este parte desde Lanús, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    En este lugar se construyó el primer puente que cruzó el Riachuelo en esta área, que se conoce como Paso de Burgos. Ese puente fue elaborado a base de madera y su inauguración fue el día 26 de noviembre del año 1859. Este fue bautizado como Valentín Alsina. Fue elaborado a base de fondos privados, por esta razón para poder cruzar por el era preciso el pago de peaje. Quien estuvo a cargo de la construcción de esta infraestructura fue Enrique Ochoa, cabe señalar que el ya había realizado en este lugar, dos puentes anteriormente en los años 1855 y 1856, pero estos no duraron mucho tiempo pues ocurrían crecidas constantes de el río. En el año 1910, este puente fue reemplazado, por un puente cuya estructura era de hierro.

    En la actualidad el puente Alsina, tiene un estilo neocolonial, este fue inaugurado el día 26 de noviembre del año 1938. Unos años después se rebautizó bajo el nombre de José Félix Uriburu. José Calixto Álvarez., fue el ingeniero a cargo de esta obra. Al llegar el año 2002, la Legislatura porteña estableció una ley, por la cual se repuso el nombre de Puente Alsina a la estructura.

  • Tech demo of Fortress, GRIN’s Final Fantasy project, leaked?

    Before GRIN closed down (From-GRIN-to-grim-GRIN-officially-shuts-down-ex-members-form-Outbreak-Studios/pg/49/aid/133797), it was said (qjnet/nintendo-ds/square-enix-owed-grin-new-final-fantasy-was-in-the-works.html) that it had a project in the works called “Fortress”. This game was supposed to be a Final Fantasy title which takes off after the events of Final

  • Bugatti Veyron operating costs so expensive, it’s cheaper to use a private jet?

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    Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery

    There are frightening bills, horrific bills, and Bugatti Veyron bills. The legendarily expensive to buy, it seems that the Veyron is equally expensive to keep running, with some pegging yearly running costs at $300,000. It’s so expensive, in fact, that Autocar says there’s an owner who trailers his car to a particular driving route, then follows behind in a private jet.

    Let’s just take the tires, for example: in the U.S., the Michelin Pilot Sport 2s fashioned with the Veyron’s unique compound cost about $30,000; in the UK they’re £23,500 ($38,216 U.S.). Bugatti recommends you change them every 4,000 kilometers, or 2,500 miles, and at every ten thousand miles the company recommends changing the wheels and tires, which runs north of $50,000.

    In between those wheel changes will be things like routine maintenance, with a major annual service setting you back about $20,000. None of this is particularly unexpected so long as you remember the Veyron is more a roadgoing Space Shuttle than a car. And we won’t even begin to talk about how expensive pelican insurance has become…

    [Source: Autocar]

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  • The Cars (and bikes) of CES 2010

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    The 2010 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show is over, and so we’re looking back with some of the vehicular highlights from the floor, and the sidewalk, and the parking lot, too. The rides on hand ran the gamut from a late ’40s Chevy Truck that had been gutted and filled with speakers, to the gorgeous matte Lexus above. There were also bikes, like the Brammo, and we even snagged a picture of the Gran Turismo 5 display, just in case you needed proof that the game does indeed exist in some shape or form, even if it’s not due in stores until the year 2037. It’s all in the gallery below.

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  • Dragon Age: Origins action figures incoming

    Sometimes, having the team all geared up in-game is not enough, which is why DC Direct has another set of video game toys underway. According to the manufacturer’s previews order, Dragon Age: Origins is about to get

  • It’s A Mess: 6 Possible Scenarios If Republicans Win The Massachusetts Senate Race

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    So, let’s suppose that Republican Scott Brown wins the Massachusetts special Senate race this Tuesday, thus pulling one of the biggest upsets of all time.

    That would kill healthcare reform right away, right?

    Maybe.

    But let’s look at six possible scenarios of what could happen:

    • House passes the Senate version as-is. Right now the healthcare bill is in conference, meaning the House and Senate are coming up with a compromise that bouth bodies could then go back and pass. But if Democrats fell below the 60 vote threshold, it’s possible that house Democrats could drop all compromise demands, and simply vote in favor of the Senate bill, which would then not require a second vote in the Senate. This seems unlikely though, given that there are differences between the two, and since a Martha Coakley loss would cause a lot of moderate Dems to get nervous.
    • Democrats succeed in slowing the seating of Scott brown, giving the 60 sitting members time to vote. If Scott Brown wins, expect all kinds of legal challenges, recounts, and other efforts to slow his seating, giving Congress time to pass the bill. This would look horrible to voters, and it may not even work given the amount of time required to reach a compromise.
    • Democrats succeed in slowing the seating of Scott Brown, but Republicans succeed in preventing sitting Senator Paul Kirk from voting. Democrats might be able to slow Brown’s entry into the Senate, but Republicans are already taking about their own trick. In The Weekly Standard, conservative commenter Fred Barnes argues that under Massachusetts law, sitting senator Paul Kirk is ineligible to vote right after the election takes place, regardless of who wins.
    • Democrats bend Senate rules in order for healthcare to pass with 51 votes. Apparently Democrats could, theoretically, break Senate rules in such a way that would allow the Senate to pass healthcare reform with only 51 votes. We haven’t seen a clear explanation of how this would work, though it might require the bill to be scaled back in some way.
    • Democrats convince a liberal GOP Senator (like Susan Collins) to support healthcare reform. There are one or two Republicans who might be willing to support a bill, though we haven’t seen this proposed too seriously.
    • Healthcare dies. Probably the most likely scenario. See Megan McArdle’s explanation here.

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  • Bugatti Veyron operating costs so expensive, it’s cheaper to use a private jet?

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    Buggati Veyron Grand Sport

    Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery

    There are frightening bills, horrific bills, and Bugatti Veyron bills. The legendarily expensive to buy, it seems that the Veyron is equally expensive to keep running, with some pegging yearly running costs at $300,000. It’s so expensive, in fact, that Autocar says there’s an owner who trailers his car to a particular driving route, then follows behind in a private jet.

    Let’s just take the tires, for example: in the U.S., the Michelin Pilot Sport 2s fashioned with the Veyron’s unique compound cost about $30,000; in the UK they’re £23,500 ($38,216 U.S.). Bugatti recommends you change them every 4,000 kilometers, or 2,500 miles, and at every ten thousand miles the company recommends changing the wheels and tires, which runs north of $50,000.

    In between those wheel changes will be things like routine maintenance, with a major annual service setting you back about $20,000. None of this is particularly unexpected so long as you remember the Veyron is more a roadgoing Space Shuttle than a car. And we won’t even begin to talk about how expensive pelican insurance has become…

    Gallery: First Drive: Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport

    Photos by Drew Phillips / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.
    [Source: Autocar]

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  • Smaller Startups to Fuel M&A Fire in Mobile Ads This Year

    The mobile ad space continued to heat up last week with Amobee’s acquisition of RingRing Media, a 2-year-old London-based startup, for an undisclosed sum. The move surely isn’t anywhere near the magnitude of Google’s $750 million AdMob buy or even Apple’s $275 million pick-up of Quattro Wireless, but it’s the kind of smaller-scale deal we’re likely to see many more of this year as the segment consolidates.

    Mobile ad startups are hot commodities once again thanks largely to in-app marketing, which has given the segment a much-needed lift over the last year. Established Internet companies and software development companies alike are scrambling to gain a foothold in the space, much like in 2007, which saw a flurry of activity including AOL’s acquisition of Third Screen Media, Yahoo’s pick-up of Actionality, the Microsoft ScreenTonic buy and Nokia’s tie-up with Enpocket. While 2010 may not see as many blockbuster deals, the number of tie-ups could end up surpassing that of three years ago, Rich Wong of Accel Partners told me last week:

    Brand managers now are spending in this medium. It’s real, and it’s genuine. I do think it’s going to be hard to have a quarterly earnings call as a major Internet company and not have an answer to the question, ‘What’s your mobile strategy?’

    Data provided by IDC

    The landscape is far different now than it was just three years ago, though, when a handful of startups were quick to emerge in the nascent space. Recent figures from IDC indicate that Millennial Media is clearly the largest startup left on the field (see chart); the mobile search firm JumpTap is the second-largest potential acquisition despite a mere 4 percent market share. Yahoo and Microsoft claim a combined market share of only 19 percent — which may prompt the high-profile players to make an acquisition or two this year in order to build their mobile businesses.

    The field also teems with smaller player that specialize in targeted areas such as search or that serve specific geographic regions. And recent growth in the space has given rise to a host of startups that play supporting roles by providing analytics and other tools. Flurry, which pocketed $7 million on the heels of its recent tie-up with Pinch Media, may be especially attractive to ad companies that don’t have their own mobile analytics operations.

    So while we may see one or two more big-budget acquisitions in mobile advertising this year, most of the M&A activity will center on smaller startups. Entrenched firms with deep pockets will look to fill out the holes in their mobile ad businesses, and independent players will forge alliances to better compete with their larger counterparts. Those deals won’t make headlines, but they will reconfigure the landscape of mobile advertising in 2010.

    Thumbnail image courtesy Flickr user floodllama.

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  • Digital Justice Starts At Home

    My first year of college in Los Angeles, my mother coerced me into getting a cell phone for staying in touch – stipulating that I get a local number so she could avoid long distance fees when calling me. That year, she also acquired a $1,500 debt for a Gateway desktop for my little sister to be able to do homework. This is the same person who refused to make calls with my cell phone claiming she did not know how to use it, and who did not buy Microsoft Office for our computer – my sister used Notepad for the first three years of the desktop.

    Despite my mother’s lack of digital literacy, formal schooling, or ability to speak English, she not only advocated our learning of new technologies, but nearly forced us to embrace them. In fact, it is because of the challenges that she confronted, that she sacrificed her personal needs to provide us with tools that would create more opportunities. Well, the cell phone was mostly to keep track of me since I was about to move thousands of miles away from her. But if not for her loving need to monitor my every move [read: stay connected to her first, and arguably favorite, child], I would have never gotten a cell phone, because I could not afford the monthly payment. Nearly a decade later, on January 12th 2010, I chatted online with my mother for the first time. Before signing off she said, “esto es muy adictivo,” “this is addictive.”

    For the Christmas holiday, my sister and I pitched in and bought her a brand new Toshiba laptop – her very first computer. It was fun to watch her–confused and wondrous–unwrap the box branded with an unfamiliar name, only to realize at the very last minute that she was holding a computer in her hands. She was beyond excited, but also a little scared. She knew exactly what this gift meant. Just like her previous gifting of technology to us, this was no “just-for-fun-kind-of-gift.” It was a responsibility. Work, homework, communication, English – an opportunity.


    She said, “This gift is too much. It’s too expensive. I used to buy you computers and now you are doing that for me.” It’s true. It’s because of her efforts and sacrifices that we are now able to buy her a computer. And, what couldn’t she do with an Internet-connected laptop?!

    Ana, my mother, has been expressing for months her need to learn “the computer.” Seeing my two little brothers play online games and research homework assignments, my sister print driving directions and frequent dream interpretation sites, and me accessing a recipe for homemade champurrado and chat with my brother in México, exacerbated her urgency to learn the computer. Furthermore, realizing that just about any minimum-wage job now requires an online application– learning the computer was no longer an option, it became a necessity. But, learning the computer also meant three interrelated learning goals: English, operation of the machine, and online literacy.

    I experienced my Mother’s process against the backdrop of my work the Center for Rural Strategies where I coordinate our advocacy efforts around media policy reform for rural communities. Now, more than ever, I understand the direct connection between media policy and opportunity. As I learn about the “technical and wonky language” of policy and the inner workings of media reform, I’m developing an intimate understanding of media justice. And I grow ever more aware of the challenges underrepresented and historically marginalized communities – rural, poor, immigrant, of color, queer, etc. – face in participating fully in our nation’s democracy, economy, culture, and society. Now, I am ever more vigilant in ensuring that these communities are at the forefront of the development and implementation of national media policies such as the National Broadband Plan. I use my mother as a measure by which to gauge my work. If it’s not clear to her, if she doesn’t feel empowered to shape it, and if it doesn’t further her opportunities–then I am not doing something right.

    It is a profound personal and professional accomplishment to see my mother sign on to Gchat, email my brother in México, peruse Craigslist, and practice her English and typing skills. When she opened her laptop, she asked out loud, “and what am I going to do with this?” We all knew the answer: what couldn’t she do!

    I have my own plans for her digital life, namely having her blog about her experience as a parent to first-generation college students and write about her delicious recipes (complete with instructional videos and pictures) –in English and Spanish. But, more than anything, I am thrilled to see what my Mother does with her computer. She is proud to tell me that she is now using both hands to type, and that she averted a wrong-website-situation the other day. She will likely enroll on a GED program, and continue to an on-line trade-certification program. I would not be surprised if she acquires the first Ph.D. in the family, and launches a website for her business venture. She is an ambitious and determined individual, now armed with a computer and Internet access. Be ready.

    Guest Blog: Edyael Casaperalta is the Program and Research Associate for Center for Rural Strategies

  • Target heading to old Carson’s store?

    Discount chain among firms in talks for former State Street store

    The Chicago SunTimes reported this morning that Target Corp. may be focusing its trademark bull’s-eye on a distinctive piece of Chicago property — the former Carson Pirie Scott & Co. building on State Street.

    The popular discount chain is in lease discussions with Joseph Freed & Associates LLC, the firm that owns the building, said Jayne Thompson, Freed spokeswoman.

    “Freed is talking to a number of retailers about the Carson location, and they [Target] are one of them,” Thompson said Saturday.

    She declined to name the other interested parties. Freed is also the developer of the Block 37 property in the Loop, which is in foreclosure.

    If Target opened in the former Carson space, now called Sullivan Center, its store would include a grocery section, Thompson said.

    The former home of Carson Pirie Scott & Co., 1 S. State, was designed by famed architect Louis Sullivan more than 110 years ago. It housed the company’s flagship department store for 102 years.

    Bon-Ton, owner of Carson Pirie Scott, announced in August 2006 it was closing the State Street store because of lagging sales and high operating costs. The store closed in February 2007.

    The entire building includes about 1 million square feet, though Carson’s used only about 600,000 square feet of that for retail.

    After Bon-Ton announced it was closing the Carson store, Freed officials were hopeful of quickly filling the retail space.

    One company official told the Chicago Sun-Times in 2006 he hoped to have retailing open for the 2007 Christmas shopping season.

    That never materialized.

    Currently, offices occupy several of the building’s floors. Stir-fry restaurant Flat Top Grill is the building’s lone retail tenant, occupying 5,400 square feet at 30 S. Wabash.

    Several rumored tenants for the space — including Whole Foods, now-defunct clothing chain Steve & Barry’s and Canyon Ranch resorts — never materialized.

    Officials at Roundy’s Supermarkets, a Milwaukee-based grocery chain, also expressed interest in the space but never inked a deal.

    Freed announced in 2008 that upscale grocer Fox & Obel would open a 25,000-square-foot store in the building, but that fell through, too. Australian surf shop Billabong International also dropped plans to open a three-level store in the building.


  • Jamie Dimon: Risk Of A Double-Dip Recession Is Why We’re Not Hiking The Dividend

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    JPMorgan (JPM) seemed to have reported strong earnings on Friday, but the stock sagged, bringing the market down with it.

    Michael Corkery at Deal Journal flagged an important, nerve-wracking moment from the company’s conference call:

    Dimon: “Look, you guys are just as good at forecasting the economy as anybody else. And we’ve seen delinquencies getting a little bit better, we saw credit card spend be up a little bit…..We think loans in middle market are actually starting to level off and we see small business demand actually go up….there are signs of good signs out there, but we don’t know.

    That sounded sort of positive, but a few minutes later, Dimon was invoking the dreaded idea of a double dip recession.

    Betsy Graseck of Morgan Stanley asked if there was anything preventing JP Morgan from raising its dividend.

    Dimon: Not really. I think we’ve said we really want to see a real recovery before we do that because we don’t want to have to do this again, just in case you have another dip down here.

    Finally, Calyon analyst Mike Mayo tried to clear things up. “So you expect [nonperforming assets] to go down in mid or late 2010?”

    Dimon: “Well, Mike, we don’t know when the recovery is.”

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  • Which Uncharted girl would you pick?

    Elena or Chloe? That’s what PlayStation: The Official Magazine asked voice actor Nolan North in their latest issue, and the answer sounds like something ol’ Nate himself would say.
     
     
     
     

  • Ilhéus (Bahia) – Ultimas fotos minhas dessa cidade inesquecível!!!

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    40 Fim do bairro. Como ele fica em cima de um morro, aqui é a descida que dá prta uma rua que leva até a soares Lopes.

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    Por enquanto é só pessoal!!! Hauahuahuahuhauhauahuha
    Ainda vou postar um thread com fotos do campus da UESC, uma das melhores universidades do país. Bem, espero que vcs gostem desse ultimo thread da cidade e que a visitem um dia. Comentem por favor. XD
    Aquele abraço,
    Tourniquet.

  • Paul Di Resta podría ser el piloto reserva de Force India

    El piloto Paul Di Resta podría estar apunto de firmar un contrato con la escudería Force India para ser su piloto reserva. Para quienes no lo conozcan, Di Resta es un muy buen piloto que ha demostrado su nivel en el DTM.

    Paul Di Resta con Force India

    Esta noticia nos llega desde el propio piloto ya que ha sido él mismo quién ha dicho que sus opciones para cerrar un acuerdo estan al 90%. Los únicos datos que quedan por cerrar en el acuerdo es si el piloto escocés podrá seguir compitiendo en el DTM 2010 y la duración del contrato.

    Sea como fuere, espero que algún día Di Resta pueda ser piloto titular en la Fórmula 1 ya que calidad no le falta. En caso de que se firme el acuerdo os mantendremos informados.

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    2. Nelson Piquet Jr. se encuentra negociando con Force India
    3. Pedro De La Rosa se encuentra negociando con Force India

  • VITACURA | Hotel boutique NOI Vitacura | Pro

    Familia ligada a Molymet abrirá hotel boutique en Santiago

    El Mercurio / 13 de enero de 2010

    El segundo semestre de este año abrirá sus puertas Noi Vitacura, el hotel boutique de la familia Pirola Gianoli, una de las principales accionistas de la procesadora de molibdeno Molymet. Este recinto se ubicará en Alonso de Córdova, misma avenida donde el empresario Jorge Claro construirá su propio hotel boutique.

    Con una inversión de US$ 25 millones, Noi Vitacura-segundo hotel boutique de la sociedad- tendrá 87 habitaciones y estará orientado a ejecutivos y turistas, principalmente extranjeros. Según Alberto Pirola la idea es prestar una atención más amplia que un hotel convencional, que incluya la planificación de actividades para los huéspedes, según su perfil. "Si viene un arquitecto, le buscaremos algo relacionado con su rubro, como un seminario", dijo.

    Noi Group, sociedad hotelera de la familia Pirola Gianoli, posee un hotel en San Pedro de Atacama y planea construir otro de similares características en la comuna de Machalí, cerca de Rancagua. Para 2011 evalúan abrir un hotel en Perú.