#scott gilbert

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We are all lichens.

We Are All Lichens Now by Scott Gilbert

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Original strip by Scott A. Gilbert from Pictopia #1, published by Fantagraphics, 1992.

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Scott Gilbert, Melon Basket with Braided Rim and Half Hoop, 2009, white oak, 9 1⁄2 x 10 1⁄4 in. diam. (24.2 x 26.0 cm) irregular, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Martha G. Ware and Steven R. Cole, 2011.47.24

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American imprisoned in Cuba says goodbye to family

A lawyer for an American who has spent more than four years imprisoned in Cuba said Monday that his client cannot take life in prison much longer and has said his goodbyes to his wife and a daughter.

Alan Gross was arrested in Cuba in 2009 while working covertly in the Communist-run country to set up Internet access. His attorney, Scott Gilbert, said in a statement Monday that his client "has withdrawn" and told him "life in prison is not a life worth living." Gross has previously said through his lawyer that his 65th birthday, which took place in May, would be the last one that he "celebrates in Havana, one way or the other."

Gross said goodbye to his wife and youngest daughter during a visit in July. Gross, who lived in Maryland before his arrest, had previously told his two daughters not to come see him in prison.

At the time Gross was arrested, he was working as a subcontractor for the U.S. government's U.S. Agency for International Development, which promotes democracy on the island. He had traveled repeatedly to Cuba on a mission to expand Internet access using sensitive technology typically available only to governments, a 2012 AP investigation found. Cuba considers USAID's programs illegal attempts by the U.S. to undermine its government, and Gross was tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Now, Gross has stopped exercising and his health is not good, said Gilbert, his attorney, who plans to visit his client this week. His hips are failing and he has lost most of the vision in his right eye. Gross' "emotional deterioration has been severe," Gilbert said, particularly following the death in June of his 92-year-old mother.

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Alan Gross, an American subcontractor for the US Agency for International Development who was imprisoned in Cuba in 2009, has gone on a hunger strike to press for his release, his lawyer said Tuesday. Gross launched the fast on April 3 to protest his "inhumane treatment" and call on both Cuba and the United States "to resolve this shameful ordeal," he said in a message relayed to AFP by lawyer Scott Gilbert. Gross was arrested in December 2009 for allegedly distributing telecommunications equipment to members of Cuba's Jewish community under a USAID contract. The latest development follows disclosures that USAID created a Twitter-like social network from 2009 to 2012 to enable Cubans to debate conditions on the island among themselves. Source: AFP

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Scott Gilbert: "La embriología es una fuente increíble de asombro"

¿Cuántas personas pueden decir que al despertar todas las mañanas esperan asombrarse durante su día? Probablemente la mayoría no hemos pensado en este deseo, pero Scott Gilbert sale de las generalidades: para él, el asombro es algo cotidiano. Embriólogo, profesor y autor de uno de los libros más influyentes de biología del desarrollo, platica con Historias Cienciacionales sobre sus ideas y percepciones.

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Con esta entrevista inauguramos la nueva sección de esta página, llamada Personas Cienciacionales. Para leer lo que Scott Gilbert nos contó, entra a este link: http://historiascienciacionales.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/scott-gilbert/