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José Miró Argenter, también escrito como José de Miró Argenter, (Sitges, Barcelona, 4 de marzo de 1851 - La Habana, 2 de mayo de 1925) fue un militar y escritor, general de división de la Guerra Necesaria.

Infancia y adolescencia
José Miró Argenter era hijo de José Miró Armengol (1816-1888), secretario y censor del ayuntamiento de Sitges, y de Joaquina Argenter Llopis. Tuvo tres hermanos: el pintor Joaquín Miró Argenter, nacido el 3 de febrero de 1849, Rosa, madre del también pintor Joaquim Sunyer y Remei Miró Argenter.

Trayectoria

En España

Estudió bachillerato en Barcelona. Ingreso en la Facultad de Medicina de la capital catalana en 1869. Dejó los estudios de medicina para incorporarse al Ejército carlista, donde alcanzó el grado de teniente y el cargo de jefe de compañía.

En Cuba

En 1874 embarcó hacia Cuba para establecerse en La Habana y trabajar en la firma Barahona y Domenech, antiguos conocidos de su padre. Dos años después, por motivos de salud, acepta la invitación de los hermanos Catasús, también naturales de Sitges, y trabaja de mayoral en el ingenio "Río Grande",cercano a Santiago de Cuba, donde conoció al Mayor General Antonio Maceo en el almuerzo de despedida que se le ofreciera el 8 de mayo de 1878, antes de abandonar la Isla. Se inicia en el periodismo y su primer artículo "El Juez y el Negro" le enfrenta a las autoridades españolas que le condenan a tres años, seis meses y veintiún días de destierro a cien kilómetros de su residencia.

Se establece en Holguín y dirige el periódico "La Doctrina". En Holguín contrae matrimonio con Luz Cardona y Cardona, estamos en 1891 y la novia tiene entonces 17 años y Miró está involucrado de lleno en la revolución independentista. En 1893 funda "El Liberal". En 1894 nació su primera hija: Remedios Miró Cardona. Colaboró con el Plan Gómez-Maceo en Oriente.

Guerra Necesaria

En la Guerra Necesaria se alzó desde el primer día, al frente de un contingente de patriotas, en Holguín, con grado de coronel. Se incorpora a las órdenes de su amigo Maceo. El 14 de abril de 1895 se batió en Ciego La Rioja. Después de la llegada de Maceo a la Isla le ratificó el grado y lo incorporó a su estado Mayor. Se destacó en Peralejo, y fue propuesto al grado de General de Brigada; el Consejo de Gobierno le reconoció el grado el 29 de septiembre. Días después le promovieron al cargo de jefe del Estado Mayor de la columna invasora, con la cual salió desde Baraguá.

Durante la Invasión

Estuvo junto a Maceo en la Invasión y durante toda la Campaña de Occidente. Se destacó en el combate de Iguará, La Lechuza, Cacarajícara, Rubí y Bejerano. Escoltó a Maceo en el cruce de la trocha de Mariel a Majana, cayendo herido tres días después en San Pedro, donde cayó Maceo. Por su comportamiento en la Batalla de Mal Tiempo fue propuesto a General de División, pero no fue hasta el final de la guerra cuando se le otorgó el grado.

Marcha a Oriente

Apesadumbrado por la muerte de Maceo marcha a Camagüey para continuar hasta Manzanillo, donde mostró poca actividad durante el resto de la guerra. Se discute si Miró llegó a conocer personalmente a José Martí; en una carta fechada el 7 de mayo de 1895, dirigida al general José Miró Argenter, Martí se despide diciendo: ...con vivos deseos de verle de cerca alguna vez. Sin embargo, hay historiadores que sostienen un encuentro en vísperas de la muerte de Martí. En el Archivo General Militar de Segovia, existen varias causas abiertas contra: el paisano José Miró Argenter, por diversos motivos de asalto, incendio y asesinato. Las causas están numeradas como: Causa 10808 (incendio); causa 1507 por triple asesinato; causa 416 por amenazas a la empresa del ferrocarril; causa 333 por rebelión. Por ninguna de ellas pudo ser juzgado.

Últimos años y muerte

Fue nombrado Inspector del Departamento de Oriente. Fue nombrado Secretario de la Junta Liquidadora del Ejército Libertador. Durante los primeros años de la República se encargó de los archivos del Ejército Libertador. Reinició sus actividades periodísticas. En 1900 nace en San Luis (Santiago de Cuba) su segundo hijo que, en homenaje a Maceo, se llamará Antonio Maceo Miró Cardona. El 22 de agosto de 1902 nace su tercer hijo: José Miró Cardona, quien sería primer ministro provisional de Cuba a inicios de 1959. En 1920 falleció su esposa Luz Cardona. José Miró Argenter murió en La Habana el 2 de mayo de 1925.

Obra escrita tras la guerra

Durante los años 1899 a 1909 escribió "Crónicas de la Guerra", un valiosísimo y exhaustivo compendio de acciones militares y de sus propias experiencias personales, donde ofrece una pormenorizada descripción de los hechos relacionados con la muerte de Antonio Maceo, entre otras batallas y acciones de guerra. También escribió en 1897 "Muerte del General Maceo" y "Apuntes de la vida de Antonio Maceo Grajales" y el drama: "El pacífico" en 1914 editado por Imprenta y papelería de Rambla, Bouza y Cª de La Habana con la misma editorial que en 1910 publicó su novela "Salvador Roca".

Referencias

Bibliografía

 Artículo: "Un héroe para dos mares. José Miró Argenter" de Jordi Martínez Brotons. Revista "La Xermada" de Sitges
 Artículo: "José Miró Argenter, un catalán mambí" de Jorge Quintana. Publicado en La Habana en 1989.

Generales de España del siglo XIX
Militares de la provincia de Barcelona
Militares de Cuba
Militares de España en la guerra hispano-estadounidense
Militares de España en la guerra de la Independencia cubana
Militares del Ejército español de la guerra de la Independencia cubana
Nacidos en Sitges
Emigrantes españoles hacia Cuba
Fallecidos en La Habana


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Volume 2012, Article ID 673954, 9 pages
Impact of Hemodialysis Catheter Dysfunction on Dialysis and Other Medical Services: An Observational Cohort Study
Robert I. Griffiths,1,2 Britt B. Newsome,3 Grace Leung,4 Geoffrey A. Block,3 Robert J. Herbert,5 and Mark D. Danese1
1Department of Epidemiology, Outcomes Insights, Inc., Westlake Village, CA 91362, USA
2Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
3Department of Clinical Research, Denver Nephrologists, P.C., Denver, CO 80218, USA
4Department of Health Economics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
5Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Received 14 September 2011; Revised 3 November 2011; Accepted 3 November 2011
Academic Editor: James E. Springate
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"From 1st. February 2018, Mumbai Central Railway Station will be closed permanently. All trains will be running from Dadar, Bandra and Borivli station."
This viral message on whats app and other social media made life difficult for Western Railway over the weekend. The message started circulating on whats app initially and was forwarded into groups and on personal messages randomly without any authentication or verification. No one had clue about its reality or facts and there were wild guesses going around trying to make sense of the message.
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Another serious-sounding theory in support of shutting down of Mumbai Central station speculated that the station land was on lease of 99 years and that the lease was expiring and the railways would have to surrender the land and hence they were shifting all trains to other stations.
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The reality of all these rumours was revealed after a few twitter users asked Western Railway, referring to the latest timetable, why there were no trains starting from Mumbai Central (BCT) in the new timetable and were there any plans to shut down Mumbai Central station.
The Western Railway then made it clear in their official clarification that as informed earlier too, Western Railway has decided to change the station code of Mumbai Central main (BCT) and Mumbai Central local (BCL) with new station code as MMCT from February 1, 2018. Accordingly, the new assigned code has been defined in all PRS Centers and IRCTC website with effect from 1st February, 2018.
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The man who bore the brunt of the rumors was Western Railway's Chief Public Relations Officer Ravinder Bhakar who had a field day handling all the rumours. "We appeal to public not to believe in any floating messages, but always verify with official social medai accounts or websites," he said.


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Russia has abandoned its plans to build the South Stream gas pipeline, intended to carry Russian gas under the Black Sea and via Bulgaria to the EU. President Vladimir Putin said during a visit to Turkey last December: "If Europe does not want to implement [South Stream], then it will not be implemented. We will redirect our energy flows to other regions of the world" — mainly Asia.
The South Stream project involved European investors — EDF (France), ENI (Italy) and Wintershall (Germany) — and was launched in 2006 with the aim of bypassing Ukraine and scuppering the Nabucco pipeline (which was to link the gas fields of the Caspian Sea to central Europe). The decision to cancel South Stream came at a time of increased diplomatic tension with the EU (which had adopted sanctions against Russia after its annexation of Crimea in March 2014).
But there were also economic reasons. Russia realised that the lengthy negotiations with the European Commission over the implementation of the third climate and energy package had reached an impasse. To promote competition, EU rules require gas pipeline operators to open up their networks to all suppliers, so investors no longer have priority in reserving gas transportation capacity according to their stake in the pipeline. Gazprom asked to be exempted to offset the necessary investment ($35bn).
To guarantee its gas supply to Europe, which will be its biggest market for many years to come, Russia wants to replace South Stream with another gas pipeline under the Black Sea — this time to Turkey (Turkish Stream). The project has already attracted interest from Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary. If transit via Ukraine becomes too uncertain, Europe will have to collect its gas from the Greek-Turkish border, where the terminal is to be located. This will involve building costly infrastructure, in which the major European gas companies are reluctant to invest (for the same reasons as Gazprom).
The EU still believes it can secure the Ukraine route for Russian gas by means of a lasting agreement between Ukraine and Russia. It is pressing Ukraine to resolve the dispute over its gas debt and wants to make economic aid conditional on Ukraine liberalising its gas sector.
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Season Preview: Philadelphia 76ers
Mac Crowe August 31, 2015 August 31, 2015 2015, 2015-2016 Season, Philadelphia 76ers, Season Preview, Season Preview: Philadelphia 76ers
As a site, we ranked all the NBA teams from worst to best for our release of season previews. Corey Bourassa starts our daily release of a season preview with the Philadelphia 76er's. Bourassa provides a recap of their past season, an offseason recap, and then finally the season preview all of us fans are eager for.
Philadelphia 76ers:
Last Year's Record: 18-64
Playoff Status: Missed playoffs
The 2014-2015 season was another forgetful one for the Philadelphia 76ers. Under their current rebuilding scheme, Philadelphia is trying to lose as many games as possible, in a hope to get a high draft pick to try and acquire a young star. This plan was aided by the fact, their 2014 first round pick, Joel Embiid was going to miss the entire season, while rehabbing his foot. Philadelphia seemed to have a good young duo in Michael Carter-Williams and Nerlens Noel, but at the trade deadline, Philadelphia thought otherwise and traded the 2013 Rookie of the Year to Milwaukee. Philadelphia also traded away a promising defensive stalwart in K.J. McDaniels. Many people question the motive for these trades, but as any 76er's fan will tell you, "In Hinkie we trust". Without these two young players helping contribute, Philadelphia's back court was a disaster, and their perimeter defense fell apart. Nerlens Noel still performed at a high rookie level, and was a top candidate for Rookie of the Year. With the season over, Philadelphia was going into the offseason with hopes of another high draft pick, and looking to add future draft picks with salary absorption, or other forms of trades.
Heading into the offseason, Philadelphia has a hole at nearly every roster spot, except of course center. Philadelphia is in need of shooters, guards, forwards, and better defense and offense efficiency. Heading into the draft, rumors swirled of the 76er's love for Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell. Unfortunately for the 76er's organization, Russell was snagged second overall by the Los Angeles Lakers, and now many questions surfaced for the 76ers. Now being on the clock, many did not expect the 76ers to draft another center, but instead, Philadelphia drafted Jahlil Okafor. Although this pick is a confusing one, Philadelphia took the best player available, and now have a trio at the center position, which gives them the opportunity to explore trades to fill out the rest of their roster. Many believed the 76ers would trade Noel, Okafor, or Embiid but kept them all, due to the fact Joel Embiid is out for another full season with the same injury injury. Philadelphia added a few more big men in the second round, most notable Richaun Holmes, who has the potential to be a steal, and provide great energy off the bench in his rookie season.
During free agency, the 76ers made a trade with the Sacramento Kings that sent Nik Stauskas, Jason Thompson and Carl Landry to Philadelphia, for a way for Sacramento to clear up cap space, as they acquired the rights to international players, Luka Mitrovic and Arturas Gudaitis. The 76ers also have the ability to switch their 1st round picks in 2016 and 2017 with the Kings, which are not protected, so they can become lottery picks based on how each team plays this season, as well as rights to a future first round pick. Another trade happened between the Warriors and 76ers. This trade sent Jason Thompson to the Warriors and Gerald Wallace to the 76ers. After these small moves, free agency was a quiet one for the 76ers. The only move left for Philadelphia, is their ability to sign point guard Norris Cole. Philadelphia, as they let their drafts picks develop into hopeful stars, will have to wait till next summer for a bigger splash in free agency.
This season is going to be yet another lost season for the players, coaches, and fans. Philadelphia looks to continue losing for the chance of higher draft picks. Philadelphia looks to have their frontcourt set, with the pairing of Noel and Okafor. Okafor is looked at as an early favorite for Rookie of the Year, and holding the job of being the offensive go-to-man. Noel will need to continue his development on the offensive side of the ball, but the main thing he will be asked of is his defense awareness, as Philadelphia will need him to protect the rim at a high level. Robert Covington is going to be looked upon to continue his development, and hold down the starting small forward position, as well as provide outside shooting, while Philadelphia waits to add 2013 first round pick Dario Saric next season, who will be a huge boost to their development. The back court is the biggest question mark for the organization, as the starters right now are Tony Wroten and Hollis Thompson, with their back-ups being Isaiah Canaan and Nik Stauskas. Wroten is an electric scorer, but suffers from his inability to control his turnovers, while Canaan does not look to have the ability to be a full time starter, and looks to have a career as a offensive bench piece. Thompson provides the 76er's with the consistent outside shooter that they need, but his lack of confidence, could pose a threat to his development, and cost the 76er's wins. Stauskas never found himself in Sacramento. He was suppose to push, and beat out Ben McLemore for the starting position, but his lack of confidence, and ability to consistently hit the three ball, left him getting fewer and fewer minutes. With the 76er's in such a state of losing, the hope is, Stauskas finds his shot, and can become a offensive bench piece for the 76ers in the near future. Jerami Grant, Richaun Holmes, and Pierre Jackson, look to give Philadelphia even more interesting young bench depth to work with. This season may not consistent of a lot of winning basketball, but the most important thing for this organization is the development of Okafor and Noel, as well as the health of their other big man Embiid. Expect their to be rumors this season around all three of these big men, as Philadelphia looks to add more draft picks, who fit their scheme better. Noel has received the most attention, as many teams are still desperate for a rim protector, but he will not come cheap, due to his rising overall game. Next year's draft holds a potential super star in Ben Simmons, and with a need at the small forward position, Philadelphia might be in the perfect position to land his services. As always, talks will be about development and the future in Philadelphia, as this franchise looks to compete for titles in three to four years.
By: Corey Bourassa
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Ich möchte alle meine Verwandten und Freunde (Kobolde, Wichtel, Gnome, Trolle) auf der ganzen Welt besuchen. Bitte macht Bilder von unseren Treffen!
I'd like to visit my whole family and all my friends (elfs, goblins, gnomes, trolls) all over the world. Please take pictures of our meetings!
Ich bin ein Kobold, der Nachtwandlern in den Nacken springt und sie mit Ohrfeigen wieder auf den richtigen Weg bringt. Man kennt mich aus den Sagen Ch. Ludwig Wuckes und Ludwig Bechsteins. Ich habe sogar einen eigenen 28km langen Wanderweg, der an vielen sagenhaften Orten (und natürlich etlichen Caches, siehe das Listing zum Cache Pummpälzsteg) vorbeiführt und mit tollen Holzskulpturen ausgestattet ist.
I'm a goblin, who jumps into the neck of walkers at night and slaps them into the face to bring them back on the right path. I'm known from the legends written by Ch. Ludwig Wucke and Ludwig Bechstein. I also have my own 28km long hiking trail, who leads to a lot of fabulous places and of course many caches (they are listed at the Cache Pummpälzsteg) and who is decorated with many beautiful wooden sculptures.
Grabbed this TB during the MEGA weekend as we were discussing from puzzles.
Brought to Qatar for some exploring!!
Hello all TB owners! All these critters were seen during the MEGA EVENT III - 100% NATURE. Thanks for sharing and all the best to you! Happy Caching.
Bonjour aux propriétaires de TB! Toutes ces petites bêtes furent vues durant le MEGA EVENT III - 100% NATURE. Merci du partage et je vous souhaite tout le meilleur! Bon Geocaching!
Seen on a big list about the MEGA Event FRANCE. Thanks for sharing.
Seen on a big list at the MEGA FRANCE. Thanks for sharing.


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On March 31st, Transgender Day of Visibility, GenderGP hosted a live Q&A with some of the leading international experts in the field of trans youth care.
Together, this formidable panel answered your questions on the subject of healthcare for trans and gender variant youth; discussed where we currently stand in the UK and how this compares to the approach taken by the largest transgender youth clinic in the United States, located at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Episode 3 of the GenderGP podcast contains the live audio from the event, so you can catch up on the move.
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Explainer: The Russian COVID Vaccine
Written by: Sruti Venkatesh
Russia has received backlash for the speed at which the vaccination has been produced.
Earlier this week President Vladimir Putin announced Russia has approved the world's first COVID-19 vaccine ready for widespread use by October.
Who created it?
It has been developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow as part of Russia's Ministry of Health.
The vaccine is to be called 'Sputnik V,' in reference to the Soviet Union's first satellite, Sputnik 1 which launched in 1957.
How will it be administered?
The vaccine is said to be administered by two shots given 21 days apart. Both shots will contain modified versions of adenoviruses and the gene for the spike protein from the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
The effect is for the protein to enter human cells so when encountered with the actual virus the immune system will already be primed to combat it.
Putin said the vaccination produced by Russia has passed all its required checks, further stating that his daughter had already been given her two doses and was feeling fine after an initial temperature increase.
"After the first injection her temperature was 38 degrees, the next day 37.5, and that was it. After the second injection her temperature went up slightly, then back to normal," he said.
What tests has it been through so far?
Vaccines are tested in four phases of human experiments.
Phase one: A simple step in the process, different doses of the vaccination is given to a small group of people to see which dosage amount is the safest.
Phase two: This step marks the trials going bigger with the right dosage amount administered to a few hundred people. The two purposes of this phase is to see if it causes any side effects and if it triggers some kind of immune response.
Phase three: Arguably the most important step, these trials test whether the vaccine actually works. It involves randomly allocating people into two groups and following these people for months to track the effects of the vaccine. These trials are usually administered in large groups upwards of 10,000 participants.
Phase four: The final step is there to check whether the vaccination has caused any rare issues.
In Russia, phase one and two have been registered but no results have been posted about these trials as of yet. There is also nothing to show that phase three has started yet.
With Russia having not completed their large trials to test the vaccines safety, the announcement by the President has been deemed premature and unsafe by experts worldwide.
You can read a more in-depth analysis of the above here.
What do medical experts say about it?
Medical experts are largely concerned with the speed in which the vaccine has been created. Many claim that Russia seem to be cutting corners in the world's marathon to produce a vaccination.
Peter Hotez, a vaccine scientist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, said the Russians may be skipping measures and steps which is a worry to the community of vaccine scientists.
"If they get it wrong it could undermine the entire global enterprise," he said.
Dr Anthony Fauci, leading expert in infectious disease in the US, said he hoped that Russia were "actually testing the vaccine" before dispensing it for use.
Francois Balloux, Professor of Computational Systems Biology at the University College London and Director of the UCL Genetics Institute said to the Science Media Centre that this was a reckless and foolish decision.
"Mass vaccination with an improperly tested vaccine is unethical. Any problem with the Russian vaccination campaign would be disastrous both through its negative effects on health, but also because it would further set back the acceptance of vaccines in the population," he said.
Despite the backlash, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko hailed the discovery of the vaccine as a victory over COVID-19 and said the vaccine is "proven to be highly effective and safe".
Is there a vaccine that will be available globally soon?
The World Health Organisation says there are currently 6 vaccinations in phase III trials, but none of these trials have been completed yet.
More than 100 vaccines are in development with hopes that there will be a vaccination available in the next 12 months.
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XXII ESADE Alumni Annual Conference in Barcelona
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Barcelona Palau de Congressos de Catalunya. Av. Diagonal, 661-671. 08028
On 25th May, the Palau de Congresos de Catalunya hosted the 22nd ESADE Alumni Annual Conference in Barcelona, an outstanding event which focused on innovation as the secret of success and provided an opportunity for the alumni community to get together.
Two keynote speakers shared their academic and business viewpoints: Prof. Jonathan Wareham of ESADE's Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences, and research and faculty dean at ESADE; and Enrique Lores (MBA 93), president of Image, Printing and Solutions at HP who gave the talk ''What I have learned since I left ESADE'' and received the ESADE 2017 Award for his leading role in one of the largest and most complex corporate splits of all times: the division of Hewlett-Packard into two new Fortune-100 companies: HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
A novel feature at this year's conference was the entertainment provided by the famous Spanish magician, Jorge Blass with his show ''A different look at reality.''
Xavier Sanchez (Lic&MBA 97 / AMP 08), director of ESADE Alumni, opened the conference by thanking everyone for coming along, and particularly the event's sponsors and collaborators Caixabank, SEAT and AlfaConsulting for their contributions. He welcomed the new associates taking part and emphasised the important role of class representatives as essential links between classmates.
Joaquin Uriach (MBA 94), president of ESADE Alumni, thanked Enrique Lores for taking part, ''We can say that Enrique is 'one of us'. From our classrooms, from HP in Barcelona he has conquered the world with his professional career. The reasons for our great satisfaction and pride are not simply his career, his promotion and his management position, but the way he has achieved all this, always respecting the values he learnt at ESADE. Values such as personal and professional integrity, simplicity, humility, honesty, respect, social responsibility and the value of human beings.''
He went on to explain the new ESADE Alumni strategy and to outline the need for change, the need for a new strategic approach under the guidance of the board, ''We want to position ESADE Alumni in a new dimension based on creating more segmented and individual value for alumni in order to achieve a more personal association in which each one of you is the focal point. We aim to shift from alumni (plural) to alumnus (singular). Just as ESADE's strategy focuses on 'Student First', ours will focus on 'Alumnus First'. The technological revolution and today's VUCA world call for new knowledge, new professions and new professionals. This makes life-long training essential, and this is where ESADE Alumni plays a crucial role, helping you with the on-going education you need and becoming your very own centre of lifelong learning.''
Converting ideas into value
Jonathan Wareham – also the director of the ESADE Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management – explained how big companies innovate and what we can learn from them. He mentioned the importance of understanding problems that need to be solved and also the open innovation model, a strategy created by Professor Henry Chesbrough in which external professionals are crucial. ''They teach us the right answer and how to follow the rules. Playing helps us break the rules. In this sense, I am optimistic about the new generation of millennials, because they are aware of the world's current problems and good at questioning established rules,'' he said.
This was following by the presentation of the ESADE 2017 award to Enrique Lores. These ESADE Alumni awards are to acknowledge persons and organizations whose career, activities or services rendered demonstrate the values that define the founding spirit of ESADE and act as a benchmark or example for others.
During his 26 years at HP, Enrique Lores has held leadership positions throughout the organization. He has been the president of its printing business since 2015. Hewlett-Packard did not enter this field until the 1970s but has been a market leader in it for the last thirty years.
After receiving the award, Lores spoke very earnestly to the audience whilst recalling his part-time MBA days at ESADE between 1990 and 1993. ''We worked hard for three years, coming to calle Pedralbes every evening from 7 to 10. Three long years which, in my case, although I should say in our case, was much more bearable because the lady who was then my wife – and still is – took the same course''.
After finishing this master, he had the opportunity to give up his purely technical job and enter product marketing, which he soon realized was one of his passions. This is where his story really begins, because what he learned in those early years in the product marketing department left an indelible stamp on his business approach. ''You understand what the customer really wants, you understand your technology and you learn to think outside the box. I want to talk to you about four essential career tenets: choose your passion, lead with excitement, implement rigorously and enjoy the road.'' He then explained his own experience of applying these principles at HP and the results achieved.
Innovation in our DNA
During her closing comments, ESADE managing director Eugenia Bieto (Lic&MBA 73 / PhD 08) expressed her grateful thanks to Enrique Lores for his talk and his fondness for the business school where he took his master. She also remembered the victims of the recent terrorist attack in Manchester: ''We must remain firmly committed to building a fairer society and a world in peace,'' she said.
She then explained ESADE's plans for the future. ''Like many of your sectors, education is experiencing increasingly fast change. In education, digitisation is not a toolbox that enriches what we were already doing. It is a new learning ecosystem that obliges us to adopt roles and to do things which are very different. In addition, companies need and are hiring new profiles for their teams, resourceful people able to take decisions in complex, uncertain environments, people able to work as a team and who are always connected and always open to change,'' she explained.
To keep ahead of change, ESADE has maximised its globalisation, changed its teaching model and concentrated its efforts on what makes ESADE unique.
Eugenia Bieto believes that innovation is the future or there will be no future. ''ESADE prepares people who are resourceful, flexible and open minded. And many of them are entrepreneurs. But the most unique thing about ESADE is not our innovative talent but our distinct and solid commitment to a form of education based on well-established values.''
Finally, she announced that Joaquín Uriach would replace Manuel Raventós as president of the ESADE board of trustees.
Making impossible things happen
In a world of information overload, unforgettable experiences are very important and magic is one such experience. For Jorge Blass, magic is an art to be experienced live, when what is happening before your eyes cannot be explained. In the last part of the event, the spotlight focussed on the audience. Alumni took part in the magician's amazing tricks that entertained and fascinated everyone.
The audience then had the opportunity to network whilst sampling products at stands in the Palau exhibition hall (Umaicha, Estrella Damm, Lolea, Demasié and Freixenet); to admire the HP Desk Jet 3720 multifunction printers and the new SEAT Ateca on show in the entrance; and to take photos during the photo call. The amusing selfies were then uploaded to the new ESADE Alumni Instagram account with hashtags #YEStoINNOVATION and #EDayBCN.
The Annual Conference is one of the most emblematic events of the alumni community, an afternoon to meet up with former colleagues, friends and colleagues. This year we will talk about innovation with two keynote speakers who will share their academic and business outlooks. See you there!
Xavier Sanchez (Lic&MBA 97 / AMP 08), Director of ESADE Alumni
Joaquín Uriach (MBA 94), President of ESADE Alumni
Jonathan Wareham, Professor of Information Systems and Dean (Faculty & Research) at ESADE Business & Law Schools
Enrique Lores (MBA 93), HP Imaging, Printing and Solutions President: ''What I have learned since I left ESADE''
Eugenia Bieto (Lic&MBA 73/ PhD 08), Managing Director of ESADE
''Another way to look at reality''
Jorge Blass, illusionist
Networking cocktail
Follow and participate on the event with the hashtags #EDayBCN and #YEStoINNOVATION
esadealumni@esade.edu


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New Anamanaguchi Album [USA] Out Today
The new Anamanaguchi album [USA] is out now.
By Frank Darling
I don't know if I'd call it chiptunes, but they're back, and it's pretty darn good.
The last time we saw a release from Anamanaguchi was six years ago.
If you're not familiar with the previous album that Anamanaguchi released, it's called Endless Fantasy. The album took three years to record, and when the band was ready, we saw the album get released eleven days after they asked for funding to self-release the project via Kickstarter campaign.
The campaign exploded, raising more than five times their original funding goal of $50,000 and became the second-most funded music project on the platform in history behind a project by Amanda fucking Palmer. Since then, the album has been picked up by Alcopop! Records and is now available for purchase on their Bandcamp page at the link above.
Although Anamanaguchi has been absent from the world of studio albums, they've been consistently playing shows over the past few years. Some of the folk here at Too Far Gone actually had a chance to go see them when they played the Hoxton in Toronto a few years ago, and it was quite a crazy show they put on.
[USA] by Anamanaguchi
Anamanaguchi will likely be old hat for many chiptune fans. Over a decade strong, their poppy, electronic, video game console, soundchip-inspired tracks have reverberated through online forums and smaller music communities, growing and solidifying the band's cult status—though not it seems their sound has evolved. The two demo tracks that came out earlier this week ( Lorem Ipsum (Arctic Anthem) & Air On Line) really reminded me of Worlds-era Porter Robinson. Very slick production that makes space for multiple different musically creative catalysts and tools like vocoders and old MIDI-powered soundfonts that remind me of Fruity LSD.
"[USA] is the first Anamanaguchi album deliberately set in the real world." says Pete Berkman, one of the lead songwriters and guitarists of the group. "It's a kind of long-exposure photo that started when we chose the title in 2014", a year after the release of Endless Fantasy.
You can view the tracklist for [USA] below:
Lorem Ipsum (Artic Anthem)
The C R T Woods
Speak To You [Memory Messengers]
Sunset By Plane
Air On Line
Apophenia Light [Name Eaters]
Overwriting Incorporate
B S X
We Die
[ L O M ]
[USA] is something magical, the likes of which seldom emerges from collaborative artistry such as this. If you haven't heard it yet, go listen to it. Buy it from their Bandcamp.
Source: Anamanaguchi
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Goodbye to the Blueberry Farm? – UPDATED!
Posted on June 16, 2006 April 8, 2015 by GriffinNeighbors
Most residents of this area know of the 40-acre blueberry bog on Steamboat Island Road. It is on the right as you drive north on the peninsula in the vicinity of 49th Lane. It has been a U-Pick or free pick community resource for decades. St. Christopher Church's Annual Blueberry festival began with church members picking at the blueberry bog.
There are two owners of parcels involved in development plans. MC Construction (working for the owners, Michelle and Danaher Dempsey) and an organization calling itself Blueberry Farms, LLC (represented by Michael Welter) is now in the process of gaining approval for 8 large houses to be clustered on the forested upland portion of the blueberry farm. This is that beautiful section of Evergreen woods that you can see emerging from the blueberry fields at the North center of the bog.
Click here to view copies of the two applications associated with these projects.
Developers plan to log the woods, approximately 8 acres of them, which is where the houses will be built.
Last year the developers created a site plan that showed eight home lots plus two large resource parcels (the blueberry fields themselves), which they intended to donate to a nonprofit so that it could remain a community blueberry farm forever.
Unfortunately, at some point and for some reason not known to us, MC Construction changed their mind and submitted development plans that call for the blueberry fields to be divided into two parcels, each of which includes a small portion of high ground so that a house can be built on it.
In other words, the blueberry fields are about to become someone's back yard.
To see MC Construction's web page, promoting this project, click here.
A while back, at the time the blueberry farm owner applied for open space tax designation, the County put a public access requirement on the blueberry fields for the purpose of allowing blueberry picking. However, it appears that loophole clauses (which allow exceptions in the event of owner liability concerns, etc.) will make it unlikely that public access will actually occur once the two parcels belong to individual homeowners.
This could happen prior to this years' picking season.
Please spread the word that our beloved community farm is endangered.
Because the development was submitted as two separate 4-lot short plats rather than one 8-lot long plat, there is comparatively little opportunity for public input.
However, a flood of letters might get their attention.
UPDATED July 1:
Your comments have helped! The County has transferred both applications to the City of Lacey, for review (since Mr. Welter, one of the applicants involved, is also the County's Director of Development Services).
Please write or e-mail the new planner in charge of the development:
Ryan Andrews, Associate Planner
City of Lacey Community Development
randrews@ci.lacey.wa.us
Mention the two project numbers: 2005103734 and 2005103728
As the City of Lacey to:
Be fair and impartial: Start the development approval process over from the beginning.
Specify that the blueberry bog be permanently preserved as community open space.
Require that the blueberry fields be platted as separate un-developable critical areas tracts.
Require a conservation easement for the blueberry fields to be held by a nonprofit or govt. entity
Ask to be added to the notification list.
Ask that your comments be put on the record for all permit applications associated with the projects. Pending permits include road clearing and grading, forestland conversion, short plat, and SEPA determination. There may be others as well.
You may want also to contact MC Construction to let them know how you feel about their change of plans:
MC Construction Consultants, Inc
julie@mcconstruction.com
UPDATED June 20: Click here for a copy of our flyer regarding this development. Thank you for any assistance you can provide with the distribution of this flyer to your neighbors and to local organizations with which you may be affiliated.
UPDATED June 30: The Thurston County Agricultural Advisory Committee has weighed in with a letter expressing concern over the use and access of the portions of the blueberry farm contained within the two resource parcels of these development applications. Read their letter here.
Thanks for taking the time to preserve what's good about our neighborhood.
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Here's the actual history: for many years the Dempseys owned the land and gave informal permission for its use. Then more recently for several years the Dempsey's provided a $1 per year lease to the Farmland Trust in order to facilitate public access. The farmland trust in exchange provided liability insurance and pruning workparties at the bog.
Then Thurston County decided to go after the Dempsey's for back taxes since the land was in Ag open space and the County decided the land didn't qualify for that exemption.
That's when the Dempsey's decided to allign with MC Construction. With the help of MC Construction the Dempsey's applied to put the blueberry fields into a different open space tax designation. Public access for blueberry picking is required as part of that new open space tax designation agreement. I've read the agreement. Public access to the blueberry fields is REQUIRED at this time.
So, people are participating in the public input process as is their right, in order to RETAIN public access, not get public access for the first time.
No one has ever claimed that the land is in public ownership, it is not.
The ironic aspect of this entire debate is regarding the loss of public access to the blueberry bog. The reason that this is rather amusing is that even in the past this land has NOT been public land. Although community members and organizations have been accessing the blueberries for their personal use/ selling them for profit, what people need to realize is that they have been using PRIVATE land. With further investigation people will find that they are arguing over something that has never been rightfully theirs. So while people are up in arms about MC construction and Michael Welter revoking their rights to what they believe is public land, in actuality it is not, so therefore they are fighting for something that they were never legally entitled to. So before people get angry over "word of mouth" allegations maybe they should do some research. Come on people let's be informed before we go off "half-cocked" and generate conflict.
I have another perspective on this.
First I don't think anyone is saying that Michael Welter is or isn't a good person. He just happens to be the legal owner of half the blueberry bog so his name comes up when discussing ownership of the farm.
People who want to see the blueberry fields remain publicly accessible are only asking that the government invoke provisions already in the laws at the state and county level.
The two owners of the blueberry farm have applied for two cluster developments. This will allow them to build 8 houses on land that would otherwise support perhaps two houses in the one unit per five acre zone. That's because most of the land is wetlands and under water much of the year, not developable.
In exchange for the privilege of being able to cluster develop, which adds perhaps a million dollars to the value of the owner's property (wouldn't that be nice!), they are required by county zoning law to set aside a portion of the land (the undevelopable wetlands) as resource parcels. It seems like a very fair trade to me!
Under existing County zoning laws, the County has the authority to require a conservation easement on resource parcels. In this case the County has so far declined to require a conservation easement.
Asking the County to require a conservation easement is not coming out of left field. Its a reasonable request that the County invoke an existing provision of their zoning code.
When the County provides a private individual or corporation with a huge increase in the monetary value of their property, its reasonable for the County to require a some public benefit in exchange.
As far as public access goes, it could be specified as part of a conservation easement, but it could also be required as a part of SEPA (Washington State Environmental Policy Act).
The original announcement from the County regarding SEPA indicated they intended to require public access to the blueberry fields as part of SEPA.
Ryan Andrews who is processing the application, removed that language when he issued the SEPA decision. His reason was that he felt public access is already required by the open space tax designation of the blueberry fields.
However, since the open space tax designation is voluntary, the owners can remove the property at any time and eliminate the public access requirement. Recent communications between MC Construction and the County seem to indicate that that is what they are about to do.
For those who feel there should be a balance between private wealth generation and public good, including language through SEPA that requires public access to the blueberry fields is balanced by the County providing the landowners with a tremendous increase in the market value of their land. This seems like a win win situation to me.
Of course, the GNA cannot demand public access to private property. However, the GNA and other organizations have, for quite a while, been in intermittent contact with the previous owners of the property, regarding whether public access, continued maintenance and the purchase of insurance could be secured for the portions of the property which are already a protected wetland. This is the blueberry bog. Those discussions are ongoing and the new developers have shown an interest in an arrangement which will mutually – read that again – mutually benefit both the public and the future owners of both resource parcels which share the blueberry bog.
Don't get your blood pressure up, protectmyland, over a specific situation which it appears you actually know very little about.
There is no property owner to be martyred here, and no property "takings" either. After all, the GNA is solely comprised of local property owners.
protectmyland
This whole issue is a private property issue. Where do the people of the GNA get the right to demand public access to private property? Are these members ready to allow people looking for some good shellfish to use their property to dig it? The assumption is no. Therefore how can GNA think they have a right to force a private developer to provide public accces to their property?
Where are we going with this philosophy? Where will it end? Is private property ownership a lost art for our children?
treehugger82 is right; Mr. Welter is a fine person. However, Thurston County believes it is important to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest and so they transferred the application to the City of Lacey. While it's great to hear that treehugger82 is confident public access will be maintained, there was nothing except contradictory information – and no guarantees – in the applications that would indicate that public access would continue to be permitted. However, meetings between the developer, the GNA and the Community Land Trust have occured and may result in a legal agreement. I'll take a legal agreement regarding access over treehugger82's confidence. In fact, treehugger82, without a legal agreement, the property owner can easily deny access.
Of course, none of us can, as treehugger82 says, "do whatever we want with our property." Ah, the burdens of living within social structures. . .
Thanks to the work by the GNA, Community Land Trust and others in the neighborhood, including the developer and owners of the resource parcels, the blueberry farm may remain available and well-maintained.
treehugger82
People need to start getting their facts straight. Michael Welter is just an innocent man who has done so much for the Griffin community. All he is doing is trying to build a house for goodness sakes and if that's a crime then God help me now. The Welters are only currently holding the property for the Demseys. Just because the man is involved in the permitting department does not mean that he forced the people to sign the permits. He is the director. I mean come on people!!!!!! The Demseys can do with their property whatever they want to. The Blueberry patch will still always be there for public use and no one can stop that. That place has been a treasured possesion by the community for as long as anyone can remember and just because houses are going next to it doesn't mean that it will be destroyed. It will be there for the island community forever and for always.
For some of us, the issue is about a promise kept. The GNA had an agreement, including to purchase liability insurance, in order to permit public access to the blueberry bog (which ought not to be built upon, anyway). The property owner ought not to sell the blueberry bog. To be blunt, the blueberry bog ought not be in private hands. If your land was to be placed in trust, and instead you sold it, you might expect those who sought to place the parcel into trust to kick up a fuss.
To make matters more complicated, some of us feel this plays into wider issues related to who owns and benefits from the so-called "resource parcel" in any PRRD. Too much propery, hereabouts, is being referred-to as a "resource parcel" but is, instead, being used as a septic drainfield or a stormwater settling pond. Not at all what we want from something the County calls a "resource parcel."
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My family and friends have also enjoyed u-pick and free blueberries over the years. I would like to thank the owners for allowing us this privilege. I was shocked when I read the GNA poster hoping to interfere with private property owner right so that a handful of people can continue to enjoy their outings. We should be grateful for the time that we have had and wish these people godspeed in their next endeavor. I hope that noone would come to my home and determine that it would be better used for someone elses desires over mine and be taken.


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Behind the scenes photography
I was commissioned by the Tennessee Department of Tourism to be a behind the scenes photographer as VML produced 4 commercial spots called 'It's a Great Day in the Smokies' with Atlanta's celebrity blogger Anna Liesemeyer and her family. The purpose of this tourism ad campaign was to show people that the Smokies and surrounding areas are ok and very much alive after last year's wildfires.
The unique focus of theses ads is that they were shot in real time. What I means by that is every spot was shot, edited and distributed in less than a day. Each morning began shooting about 8am and finished around 1pm. As the shooting was happening around Sevier County, carriers were taking the media back to a home base where a team of editors began their magic. By the time we were done shooting, all the editors had to do was prep and insert the last segment and distribute to Atlanta tv stations along with the web. Meanwhile the behind the scene photography I created was sent out with press releases about the campaign.
This was a very small scale run and gun team that covered four different areas of the county over four days. These areas included Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. My time with the crew was only for three of those days. Here are a few of my favorite behind the scenes moments of the talent and crew doing what it takes to make these commercials.
I hope you have enjoyed this small glimps into what it is like to be behind the scenes on a commercial set.
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Democracy (and Democrats) in Japan
On December 2, 2006 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan Blog
I have been absent for a few days, in part because I've been busy with the unusual task of translating an interview Mr. Asao did earlier this year in the Swiss St. Galler Tagblatt — which has required using not only my German skills, which have gone unused for some time now, but also translating my English translation into Japanese, because no one else in the office can read English. It is an exhausting task, but I think it's actually turned out pretty well, so far.
On Friday, Mr. Asao hosted a fundraising breakfast at the Kamakura Prince Hotel. The breakfast was attended by approximately 220 people; there were actually more attendees than there were places. The keynote speaker was a noted scientist, who talked about current issues in Japanese politics and praised Mr. Asao. In other words, it was a pretty standard political fundraiser.
That's one thing I've learned here: in advanced democracies, there are only so many ways for politicians to communicate with constituents, and vice versa. While Japan is lagging behind somewhat in its adoption of e-campaigning techniques — beyond official websites there's not much use of digital tools — I have yet to see an approach that I have not also seen used in the US.
At the same time, however, the spirit of Japanese democracy is very different from American democracy. Personalities seem to matter much more here than in the US. Personality is, of course, important in American politics — John Kerry might have been president now if it wasn't important — but personality shares precedence with party and policy. In Japan, however, party and policy trail personality. So campaign flyers highlight the candidate's personal history and details alongside policy positions.
I think this is, in part, a product of Japan's party system. If American democracy represents a(n) (American) football game, with two more or less clearly defined teams fighting back and forth continuously, each with its own fervent supporters, Japanese democracy has long resembled a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition, with the LDP in firm control of the "game" like the Harlem Globetrotters, with a beleaguered opposition — the Socialists during the cold war, the DPJ more recently — playing the role of the hapless Washington Generals, keeping things interesting but never actually controlling the agenda.
When the LDP was briefly driven from power in 1993, observers thought that the "Harlem Globetrotter" days of Japanese democracy might be at an end. But the LDP returned, weakened, but still in command. The creation of the DPJ in the late 1990s by castoffs from all parties in Japanese politics, including a number of short-lived parties created during the political upheaval of the 1990s, was similarly hailed as a sign that Japan might develop a more balanced two-party system. To date, however, the DPJ has been disappointing, having suffered from leadership difficulties and internal conflicts as a result of being a party stitched together by politicians of all stripes. Like the LDP, it has pretty much been a vehicle to elect individuals grouped under a big tent party, with no guarantee that those individuals share policy ideas.
There are signs, however, that this divisiveness in the DPJ may be at an end. One sign was the selection of Ozawa Ichiro as DPJ president earlier this year. Ozawa, whatever his failings, is a crafty political veteran and a committed reformist — and an advocate of a strong two-party system in Japan with clear differences between the two parties.
Now it seems that Ozawa has set about clarifying exactly what the DPJ stands for and how it differs from the LDP. Ozawa has, with the help of a nine-member panel, set about drawing up a platform that, it is hoped, will resolve once and for all where the DPJ stands on a range of issues. The party will try to finalize a draft by year's end, as party competition heats up in advance of the 2007 Upper House elections. Both Asahi and Yomiuri saw this as important enough to merit editorials (English version of the Asahi editorial here).
Whether Ozawa's effort to enforce policy discipline on the DPJ will succeed is unknown. It may be impossible to enforce discipline on a party that includes dedicated socialists as well as hawkish Young Turks like Maehara Seiji and Nagashima Akihisa.
If the DPJ is to emerge as a legitimate contender for government, something like this is necessary because until the parties become true transmission belts for competing visions of how to govern Japan, there is little incentive for voters to abandon the LDP. Japan needs — dare I say — more partisanship. The competing parties must be seen as the guardians of clearly defined positions, which inspire loyalty from blocs of voters, instead of random assortments of politicians sharing a common banner but little else.
A little partisanship may actually lead to better, more accountable government, instead of the cozy, clubby Kokutai system that produces behind-the-scenes compromises in the Diet. Partisanship may seem at odds with this customary way of Japanese decisionmaking that emphasizes steady, bottom-up consensus-building, but without going to the partisan extremes that the American political system has gone (Washington could probably learn some lessons from Japan), Japan could benefit from some degree of partisanship without completely abandoning government by consensus.
Of course, for this to happen the way Japanese citizens approach politics will have to change; this may be the biggest obstacle to reform. It seems to me that while Japanese voters are well informed — based on the political coverage on TV and in the mass-circulation dailies (and I mean mass; the Yomiuri Shimbun, for example, has 14.5 million subscribers, the most of any paper in the world) — they are, unlike Americans, hesitant to voice their political opinions. Japan is more a spectator than a participatory democracy. Unless Japanese voters become more willing to express approval or disapproval and participate in politics, broader change in the Japanese political system is unlikely. There are some signs that Japan may be moving in this direction — take, for example, the growing presence of NGOs — but ultimately the cultural change that will facilitate political reform cannot be decreed. And cultural changes take a long time to wend their way through society.
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Ten Questions for Adrian Tomine
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This week's installment of Ten Questions features Adrian Tomine, whose graphic memoir The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist is out today from Drawn and Quarterly. Adopting a new minimalist, black-and-white style, Tomine depicts poignant and comedic scenes from his life and career. The story begins with Tomine traveling to Comic Con in 1995, recalling the childhood bullies he left behind: "Well, I showed them!" he thinks to himself. "I said I was going to be a famous cartoonist when I grew up, and now… Here I am!" But despite his success, Tomine reveals there are more bumps in the road than an outsider might realize—results of the cruelty of others as well as personal mistakes. In illustrating these moments of vulnerability, especially in the comics world, he depicts a more complete vision of reality than is ordinarily revealed. "A wonderful book about feeling morbidly self-conscious while also longing to connect with other people," writes Roz Chast. Adrian Tomine is the author of the ongoing comic book series Optic Nerve and several books, including Killing and Dying and Shortcomings, which was named a notable book of the year by the New York Times. His illustrations appear regularly in the pages and on the cover of the New Yorker. Tomine lives in Brooklyn.
Adrian Tomine, author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist.
1. How long did it take you to write and draw The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist?
About two years, but with a fair number of interruptions from other projects and life.
2. What was the most challenging thing about creating the book?
Getting it printed, with all the bells and whistles I wanted, just as the world was going into lockdown.
3. Where, when, and how often do you write and draw?
At a drafting table in the corner of my wife's and my bedroom, whenever our kids aren't demanding something else of me.
4. What are you reading right now?
The Sky Is Blue With a Single Cloud by Kuniko Tsurita, Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh, various "George and Martha" books by James Marshall.
5. Which author, in your opinion, deserves wider recognition?
Yuko Tsushima.
6. What is the biggest impediment to your creative life?
My two daughters, who are also the biggest inspiration in my creative life.
7. What is one thing you might change about the writing community or publishing industry?
This is actually too big of a topic for this quick questionnaire, but in the simplest terms, we need the industry to be more reflective of the audience.
8. If you could go back in time and talk to the earlier you, before you started The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, what would you say?
Don't insist on making this book look like a real Moleskine notebook.
9. Who is your most trusted reader of your work and why?
My wife, Sarah. She's an extremely sharp and sensitive reader, both unsparing in her criticism and generous in her praise. If something is unclear or confusing to her, I know there's a problem. She's had a huge influence on me in terms of trying to find humor in even the darkest stories, as well as finding some sort of empathy for even the least appealing characters. She actually was a book editor when I met her, and I'm sure she could've excelled in that career had she chosen to do so.
10. What's the best piece of creative advice you've ever heard?
My friend Richard Sala had two catchphrases/mantras: "I can't win" and "It never ends." Taken together, they seem like the perfect summation of creative struggle.
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"Feel for the thread. Follow it through the dark." —Kendra Atleework, author of Miracle Country
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"Kevin Killian always told me great fiction lets you know how things smell." —Andrew Durbin, author of Skyland
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"There's a balance to be struck between what you reveal and what you hold back." —Sophie Mackintosh, author of Blue Ticket


Let me begin by saying that this report on my experience with the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tire is entirely based on subjective feedback. When we purchased our Boxster, the tires were already well worn, and certainly were not even in the same category of performance as the Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires we have now. Not only that, but the old Sumitomo tires were on the smaller stock wheels in much narrower sizes. Comparing the two would be foolish. Furthermore, we don't have the tools at our disposal needed to properly test a tire, like tread depth gauges, g-force meters, or accelerometers. There are other places where more data-based information is available, we're focusing solely on how our Michelin tires feel, and basing our results on actual logged miles and real-world driving response. The tires we're testing are sized perfectly for 996 GT3 fitment with 295/30ZR18 in the rear and a 245/40ZR18 in the front, which have been mounted on a set of 996 GT3 wheels.
I've had the opportunity to drive these tires on other cars as well (including non-Porsches), and they've never failed to impress. In the rain at Road Atlanta, they felt stable and grippy even in horrible conditions. With the GT3 RS and GT4 both shod in Pilot Sport Cup 2s, they never felt like they were going to slide off the road, and always felt planted right where you wanted them. This is a massive improvement over the last generation Pilot Sport Cup, which would conspire to shove you into a lightpost if someone dumped their coffee out onto the parking lot.
As for road noise, you may notice an increase in decibels, as others have stated these are pretty noisy tires. For my purposes, I don't really notice, as I'm driving a convertible with the top perpetually down, so everything is loud. I don't think I can hear the rolling noise over the engine noise or passing cars noises. I didn't notice a difference in road noise between the Cup 2 tires and the ones they replaced, but I am comparing these to old worn out Sumitomos in different sizes and at least a decade older technology. Not really a fair comparison, I'd say.


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Premio Minotauro 2014
Yesterday, in a ceremony held in Sitges, during the 47th edition of the International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, the winner of the Premio Minotauro, the International Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Award, has been announced. The jury of the 11th edition of Premio Minotauro, formed by Adrián Guerra (producer), Ángel Sala (the director of the Sitges Film Festival), Marcela Serras (editorial director of Minotauro), Javier Sierra (writer) and Carlos Sisí (writer and winner of the 2013 Premio Minotauro), elected from a total of 450 manuscripts Carlos Molinero's novel, "Verano de Miedo" (Summer of Fear), as the winner (submitted under the false title "Hermana Noche" (Sister Night), signed with the pseudonym Morgenstern). As usual, besides the prize of 10,000 euros received by the winner, the novel will be published by Ediciones Minotauro and it is due to be released on 28th October.
When his mother announces him that he'll spend the summer melting his vacation in Vega Alta, the village of his grandmother, the first thought that passes through Juan's mind is that he is going to die of boredom. But the construction of some villas in the outskirts of the village unearths a blood thirsty creature that from this point forward makes boredom impossible. Dying is another matter.
Juan faces the threat of the vampire together with Eva, an obese Goth girl, and Jairo, a former child lay brother of San Ildefonso. Against his inferior conditions he decides to use information as weapon, so he starts to write on his blog all the terrible things that are happening in Vega Alta. With only this he gets someone's attention: the risen vampire who has a hard to imagine plan for Vega Alta…
"Summer of Fear" is not only a quick and refreshing novel, but also a homage of the classics of horror and of those summers, bloody or not, that change our lives.
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Carlos Molinero won in 2002, together with Lola Salvador, Clara Pérez Escrivá and Jorge Juan Martínez, the Goya Award for the best adapted screenplay for "Salvajes" (Savages), based on the homonym theatre play. In 2007 he directed, together with Lola Salvador, the documentary "La niebla de las palmeras" (The Mist in the Palm Trees). He wrote screenplays for TV series such as "Querido maestro" (Dear Teacher), "Paco y Veva" (Paco and Veva), "El comisario" (The Deputy), "La fuga" (The Escape), "Cuéntame" (Tell Me) or "Alatriste" (Alatriste). He is also the author of various short plays, in addition to "Verónica", a piece of spiritualistic horror. (bio presented by Fantasymundo)
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Stumbled across the group about a month ago.
Love me some Cajun and it doesn't hurt that Anna Laura Edmiston is a cutie.
Best prog album of this generation.
^ Though it's not my favorite TMV album, when you put it that way it's hard to disagree.
The second half is such a great stoner jam.
Well, it looks like I'm on yet another sludge metal binge... at least for the day, since I won't have access to Spotify over the weekend. I'm giving Acid King a shot.They seem to be a fairly decent sludge band that treads into the 70's or 80's woman-fronted hard rock band territory. It's definitely a bit on the cheesy side, I'm not sure yet if it's good cheesy or bad cheesy.
Absolutely beautiful thank you for posting.


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Organic Cotton Tote Bag Rhinocerous
There are five species of Rhinoceroses— Common Name: White, Black, Indian, Javan, Sumatran. (Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis, Rhinoceros unicornis, R. sondaicos, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) and for the most part, they live in widely separated ranges. By most counts, there are less than 30,000 rhinoceroses alive today, a steep plunge in population for a mammal that has existed on the earth, in one form or another, for 50 million years. Rhinoceroses are native to Subharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, depending on their species. They live in a variety of habitats, including tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands, tropical moist forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands. All of the five species of rhinoceroses are listed as endangered or vulnerable ty the IUCN. Three are listed as Critically Endangered (Javan, Sumatran, and black rhinos); one is Vulnerable (Indian), and one is Near Threatened (white). Donations will be made to the Wildlife Conservation Society.


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This project was born out of necessity. As a designer, I always want to ensure your mockups are being viewed at the correct size. When I send static mockups to a client, whether it be via email or a project management service, I have no way of knowing if they're viewing them at 100%, or if the image is being scaled. This is where my design mockup template comes in handy.

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