A member of the maintenance team at Masnou's beaches, just north of Barcelona, found a dying beached shark in Ocata beach, as the local broadcaster Mataró TV first reported on Thursday, and was later confirmed by the Catalan News Agency (ACN). The local security councilor, Sílvia Folch, was jogging on the beach with a colleague when they saw the shark. They tried to return it to the water between them for an hour and a half, but the shark kept getting out of the water a few meters away. One of the CRAM Sea Life Rescue Foundation vets recommended not trying to push the shark into the water again, as it was probably dying and had decided to remain on the beach.  When CRAM experts arrived on site, the shark had already passed away, and rural agents secured the area so people would not get close to the shark. Members of the CRAM, rural agents, and civil protection were on site. Get the day's biggest stories right to your phone Foreign News ReporterPublished: Invalid Date AN EIGHT-feet long "suicidal" shark washed up on a Brit-favourite holiday beach in Spain before dying on the spot The giant beast with serrated teeth was found on Ocata Beach in El Masnou - just 10 miles from Barcelona It is understood that the creature found was a blue shark that had attacked people in the past Beach authorities said they found the shark last week on Thursday morning while exercising on the sand The sea was rough at the time and the animal appeared tired Locals around the area then tried to push the shark back into the sea in deep waters in a bid to save its life They then called experts who advised them to leave it alone as they believed the shark had likely come ashore to die. By the time help arrived on the scene, the shark was dead. Rescuers then cordon off the area to prevent people from approaching its huge dead body. They said the shark had “marks from fishing interactions on its caudal and dorsal fins” Blue sharks are known for their distinctive teeth Their upper teeth are triangular and curved with serrated edges and overlapping bases While their lower set of teeth are more straight and slender with finely serrated edges El Masnou is regarded as one of the best stretches of sand within half an hour of the city who go there to avoid the crowds of Barcelona’s urban beaches It comes after a monster 15ft prehistoric shark with six rows of teeth was found just three miles from Benidorm THE great blue shark is known for its attractive metal blue-coloured upper body that helps them to blend well in deep ocean waters Most adult blue sharks measure around 8ft to 10ft in length - but some may end up growing up to a whopping 13ft They are often seen swimming slowly at the surface with the tips of their dorsal and caudal fins out of the water blue sharks are known to be docile creatures and are not usually aggressive towards humans They are curious creatures who may end up approaching boats and yachts with humans onboard there have been a few recorded cases of great blue sharks attacking humans a diver was ferociously attacked by a blue shark in the calm waters of a Valencian beach in Spain Luckily he was rescued shortly and was used to the hospital for treatment a British woman was bitten off by a massive blue shark just near the coast of Cornwall The giant beast was spotted dead in the sea by local sailors off the coast of Altea last month The fishermen informed authorities of their terrifying discovery and the shark was soon hauled into port at the popular Spanish resort Researchers measured the shark and found it to be a whopping (15ft 1in) long parasite and tooth samples to study the little-known species further The deceased specimen has since been identified as a bluntnose sixgill shark Found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide at depths of almost 6,562ft, it is the largest shark that inhabits the seabed of the Mediterranean the beast has six rows of saw-like teeth on its lower jaw and smaller teeth on its upper jaw It feeds exclusively on dead animals although its diet is said to be widely varied by region The International Union for Conservation of Nature categorises it as “near threatened” meaning it may be vulnerable to endangerment shortly In 2019, terrifying footage showed the moment deep sea researchers come eyeball-to-eyeball with a bluntnose sixgill shark twice the size of their submarine Venturing into the waters off Cape Eleuthera in the Bahamas the team from OceanX dived down to more than 2,624ft below sea level to find the predator Two years earlier, a Blue Planet II producer told how an attack by seven 20ft sharks left his crew fearing for their lives The BBC1 team were in a submersible nearly half a mile down when the bluntnose sixgill beasts tried to smash it Elsewhere, tourists were banned from swimming in the sea at a Menorcan beach earlier this month after a huge shark was seen lurking near the shore Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/ Drug products with highly-Potent APIs are a special species: these highly-potent APIs are small Handling them therefore requires an extraordinary expertise as it can be found in Siegfried's site in Barberà del Vallès in the northeast of Spain Carolina Bonifacio is the Head of Research and Development (R&D) in Barberà del Vallès and its neighboring site El Masnou As an expert of this matter she knows the requirements and challenges of HPAPIs: “These substances not only require particularly sensitive handling in the manufacturing process; the employees who work with them also need special skills a thought-out risk and hazard assessment is needed." That is the reason why in Barberà del Vallès these products are manufactured in a separate area in isolated facilities with the actual production process largely automated HPAPI production requires special requirements and skills: Investment in production equipment is high manufacturing times are usually significantly longer and energy costs are higher than for conventional APIs production volumes are usually comparatively low the transition times from one product or batch to the next are quite long while cleaning and waste management are complex Siegfried brings its entire expertise in this area to the plant just under half an hour north of the port city of Barcelona The company claims a successful track record of supplying complex Drug Products containing HPAPIs to Europe It has a team that brings decades of experience with these products And it has a wide range of technologies - from dry & wet granulation process (including roller compaction) over blending Due to the increasing importance of HPAPIs and its special expertise Siegfried is focusing on further strengthening this area and gaining additional customers Highly Potent APIs are a rapidly growing segment of the global pharmaceutical industry Some market estimates project that the global HPAPI market could reach 26 billion dollars by 2023 and close to 10% annual growth in this area more than 25% of all drugs in development fall into the HPAPI category," says R&D Head Bonifacio Thereby the HPAPI market covers a wide range of product types across several therapeutic areas although oncology-focused medicines continue to lead in terms of innovative pipeline candidates the northern Spanish sites gain further importance with the opening of a new global development center for drug products in spring 2023 highly qualified specialists will work there closely with Siegfried's customers there in modern purpose-built laboratories to transform their innovations into commercial products this is a qualitative step forward - from pure production of a limited number of drugs to development activities as well employees are developing individual approaches to solving customers' problems Bonifacio points to the state-of-the-art laboratories that have been built on an area of around 1,500 square meters around 40 employees are working in product development determining how best to formulate an active ingredient so that it exerts its desired effect in the right part of the human body The manager points out that in the development center they also carry out process development provide drugs for clinical trials and develop analytical methods to be able to provide evidence for certain ingredients the transition to the regular high-volume manufacturing process the decisive factor is that the production process is robust Siegfried has invested 15 million EUR in the new development center development activities and equipment were moved from the company headquarters in Zofingen to Barcelona The new facilities will be Siegfried's global research and development hub for its drug product sites in addition to the development center for Biologics Fill & Finish in Hameln which will help to expand the competencies of the CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization) and its service depth as well as to win new customers: "The Center of Excellence for Drug Products development services at our Barcelona sites shows our strong commitment to invest in technologies and to development capacities for our customers." In Barberà del Vallès the lettering of the former owner Novartis is still slightly visible under the Siegfried logo but the fresh wind that has been blowing through the plant with its approximately 550 employees since the takeover in early 2021 is clearly noticeable where solid oral dosage forms are produced in large quantities served mainly its own internal production under the previous owner under Siegfried they not only get additional competencies with HPAPIs and the new development center each of whom has their own product requirements This not only significantly expands the site's portfolio but also demands a high degree of flexibility and expertise from the employees a short  drive from Barberá del Vallés and slightly elevated near the Mediterranean Sea the focus of the nearly 400 employees here is on the production and packaging of aseptic ophthalmic products such as eye drops and eye ointments Access to the GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) production of liquids and ointments is possible only in compliance with strong hygienic regulations Also the manufacturing itself takes place under strict orders of absolute cleanliness: Materials are sterilized in autoclaves 1100-liter reactors produce fully automatically the filling machine presses a cataract remedy into small containers grab small vials from the assembly line at high speed and place them with equal speed and precision into passing sorting systems Siegfried has proven to be a highly trusted partner for HPAPI projects as it has the appropriate facilities and equipment as well as highly trained personnel in place Barberá del Vallés and El Masnou play a central role in this: The two sites not only stand out for its competencies in Highly-Potent APIs Are you ready to elevate your pharmaceutical operations Download our exclusive whitepaper and discover how compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) is essential for the safety and integrity of pharmaceuticals CHEManager Spotlight is an exclusive event tailored for practitioners and decision-makers in the chemical industry This part of our event series delves into the latest trends and innovations in logistics to streamline your operations and drive efficiency Swatches | December 1, 2021 | By: one of the largest groups in the European textile industry has combined its Dogi and Ritex production facilities in El Masnou The two companies will become one large textile production plant The combined operation will be known as NEFE (Nextil Elastic Fabrics Europe) where elastic fabric will continue to be manufactured The move is part of a commercial reorganization which now operates by product units (Luxury Intimate Apparel and Medical Fabrics) instead of depending on each production center The new approach will enable customers to arrange different services (fabric sustainable dyeing) through a single point of contact “We have different research projects with several European universities and technology companies that will soon come to light,” noted Nextil CEO Manuel Martos These projects focus on innovation and sustainability to create highly technical and specialized fabrics as well as cutting-edge machinery to optimize and reduce energy and resource consumption during textile production The combined Spanish facilities bring other advantages consistent technological and administrative licensing and greater negotiation capabilities with suppliers thanks to increased purchasing volume and economies of scale A computer in a single fiber Pvilion's solar ag buildings could take farmers off the grid Waterproof coating for clothes made from textile waste Textiles to help prosthetic limbs blend into clothes Storm Creek reduces plastic waste, gives back to community One-step flame retardant for cotton developed Specialty Fabrics Review is a publication of the Advanced Textiles Association Copyright © 2025 Advanced Textiles Association Terms of ServicePrivacy Policy Recent pharmaceutical service acquisitions highlight three trends in the sector: the acquisition of drug company plants by service firms the growing presence of European companies in the US and an increased emphasis on finished-drug manufacturing The Swiss services firm Siegfried has agreed to buy two Novartis manufacturing sites near Barcelona Spain—an ophthalmic sterile drug plant in El Masnou and a solid-dose form site in Barberà del Vallès The agreement includes multiyear supply contracts with Novartis Siegfried got its start as an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) maker but has now made three purchases of finished-drug facilities the British services firm Sterling Pharma will buy an API plant in Germantown The deal marks Sterling’s second US purchase following its buy of a CiVentiChem plant in Cary which formed in 2013 through the combination of an API maker and a finished-drug contractor ACS’s Basic Package keeps you connected with C&EN and ACS $80 Regular Members & Society Affiliates ACS’s Standard Package lets you stay up to date with C&EN ACS’s Premium Package gives you full access to C&EN and everything the ACS Community has to offer Spain—an ophthalmic sterile drug plant in El Masnou and a solid-dose form site in Barberà del Vallès Meanwhile, the British services firm Sterling Pharma will buy an API plant in Germantown, Wisconsin, from Alcami. The deal marks Sterling’s second US purchase following its buy of a CiVentiChem plant in Cary Alcami, which formed in 2013 through the combination of an API maker and a finished-drug contractor, will exit APIs with the deal, having sold its API facility in the Netherlands to MercachemSyncom earlier this year Alcami recently expanded its finished-drug manufacturing site in South Carolina and acquired TriPharm Services Bernhard J. Paul, principal consultant at Carinth Consulting, calls Siegfried’s purchase of drug company facilities the most recent example of a strategy that has proven successful for both service firms and drug makers CordenPharma’s 2017 acquisition of a Pfizer plant in Boulder Sign up for C&EN's must-read weekly newsletter “This looks like a win for both sides,” Paul says “Novartis gets to offload a plant they probably don’t run at full capacity and Siegfried gets a plant with capacity and some special technology as well as a contract to supply products to Novartis which is a tremendous help because it’s difficult to buy empty plants.” Paul also sees the Sterling-Alcami deal as a win-win “Alcami said last year that they want to go into more of a high-growth area,” he says “Sterling is trying to break into the US market and this is a much larger manufacturing facility” than the plant in Cary This article has been sent to the following recipient: Copyright © 2025 American Chemical Society Get quality reporting directly into your inbox centred around a drug manufacturing organization that trafficked its product all over the country An initial seizure and a pair of arrests in late 2020 revealed to law enforcement that the group was comprised of Dominican nationals; further probing uncovered that the traffickers’ entire operation was being run domestically out of Barcelona national police officers surveilled one of their principal suspects engaged with another person of interest who was immediately detained and caught carrying several kilos of cocaine ready for distribution A search of his home resulted in yet another cocaine seizure; large quantities of various monies as well assets believed to be acquired illegally were also taken into evidence authorities hit the jackpot after following a series of raids across five small towns in Barcelona agents uncovered one of the sources of the whole operation: a laboratory where the traffickers managed the processing and packaging of their cocaine enterprise police shut down two nurseries where the traffickers’ coca plants were cultivated before being shipped to the lab These raids also resulted in the seizure of just under 500 kilos of cocaine large quantities of chemical precursors used to process the drugs as well as several pieces of equipment used to facilitate the whole operation investigators managed to ascertain the traffickers’ brand from the captured equipment This allowed police to link all the seizures together and to properly identify their drugs in future raids One final raid in the town of El Masnou uncovered another cocaine processing plant and drug laboratory as well 292 kilos of cocaine and well over 1,000 litres of chemical substances police seized over 836 kilos of cocaine and 3,450 litres of chemical materials and dismantled an entire drug trafficking network from cultivation Support from readers like you helps OCCRP expose organized crime and corruption around the world you’ll be directly supporting investigative journalism as a public good You’ll also gain access to exclusive insights and benefits A sting of operations across the Balkans and Southeast Europe targeting drug and firearms trafficking Spain seized nearly 100 tonnes of drugs last year in international waters around the Iberian peninsula Spanish police said they arrested eight suspects and seized for the first time three underwater drones especially designed.. Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Spaniard Bruno was appointed to Head Coach Graham Potter’s backroom staff having previously worked with him at Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea The El Masnou native began his impressive professional playing career at Espanyol around the turn of the 21st century after graduating through the club’s academy ranks and his subsequent departure from Espanyol Bruno made over 100 appearances apiece for Lleida and Almería before spending three years at Valencia where he featured in the UEFA Champions League kickstarted seven productive years as a player on the English south coast helped inspire promotion to the Premier League in 2016/17 With 39 top-flight appearances to his name the former defender announced his retirement in May 2019 and in the wake of Potter’s unveiling as Brighton manager was appointed to the position of senior player development coach at the club a month later Bruno joined Potter as an assistant at Chelsea and duly took caretaker charge of the Blues for one match - a goalless draw against Liverpool - following the latter’s departure Site designed & built by Other Media, powered by Clubcast I’m bored!The Gothic Quarter’s warren of medieval alleyways is great fun to explore, and one of its hidden treasures is the original Papabubble store on Calle Ample where jewel-like sweets are made by hand free under 90cm) with rollercoasters and rides for young children against jaw-dropping panoramic views If the rain in Spain falls mainly on your holiday, head to CosmoCaixa science museum (adult €4 The star attraction is 1,000 square metres of living Amazonian rainforest teeming with live snakes Aquarium at CosmoCaixa science museum. Photograph: Siqui SanchezThose who dream of being the next Lionel Messi can walk in his studmarks at FC Barcelona’s Camp Nou Experience (€25 adult After visiting the dressing rooms and stepping onto the hallowed turf they can explore the club’s history in the museum It’s not just a trophy collection; there are plenty of touch-screen displays showing famous Barça goals to keep everyone entertained A free light-and-music spectacular runs at the Montjuïc Magic Fountain year-round in the evenings – but the show timetable varies considerably (and can close in winter) so check the website for details Atmospheric eating in Odyssey at Opera SamfainaXurros (deep-fried dough sticks) dipped into thick hot chocolate at Granja La Pallaresa on Calle Petritxol – which has been serving the morning pick-me-up in the Gothic Quarter since 1947 – provide enough calories to carry you through to lunch Tapas make mealtimes easy, as kids love choosing for themselves and eating with their fingers. Bobo Pulpín in the Gothic Quarter serves food that wows adults in a cartoon-decorated environment that children adore but has all the staples such as chorizo tortilla (€6) and patatas bravas (€5.50) Just expect your kids to nag you to buy a Bobo-themed soft toy when you leave For a psychedelic take on Catalan cuisine, the Odyssey at Opera Samfaina on La Rambla is a wild animation-and-food experience (the menu includes rabbit cutlets and roast chicken with prunes Kids love watching dragons explode into sausage-y entrails on the 360-degree screen while you enjoy the wine tasting Steve Tallantyre is a guidebook author and food writer who has lived in Barcelona since 1998. He is founder of restaurant blog foodbarcelona.com Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Six beaches were closed for a day after three sharks were spotted close to shore I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Six beaches near popular Spanish holiday destination Barcelona were closed following a shark scare. Three blue sharks measuring between one and 1.5 metres were seen not far from the shore by lifeguards on Tuesday, Sky News reported. Beach-goers were banned from sunbathing and swimming at the beaches in the Premia del Mar and El Masnou resorts after the local town halls deemed it too dangerous. Hasina Ahmad of the Red Cross said: “Three sharks of about one to one and a half meters in length were spotted near the area where people swim up to two meters from the shore, very close. They could be seen from the beach." There were no further shark sightings and authorities reopened the beaches on Wednesday. However, a spokesperson said two of the charity’s patrol boats would continue to be on the lookout. Blue sharks are not known to go out of their way to attack humans but will fight to the death if threatened. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies The Fire Department responded to 46 calls about the storm that descended upon Catalonia overnight.  Most of the incidents came from the metropolitan area and coastal region around Barcelona.  The most notable incident was the flooding of the N-2 highway in Santa Susanna. Emergency services received warning at 3.46 am and activated four crews as the road was completely flooded.  Civil Protection reported that due to the flood, the road was closed and a detour was been activated, while other roads were cut for a brief period because of landslides, but the situations have since been solved. Most of the calls to firefighters were because of flooding in homes or leaks.  According to the Fire Department, homes in Arenys de Mar, Premià de Mar, Cornellà, El Masnou, and Cabrera were attended to, but no injuries were reported.  The 112 emergency telephone has received a total of 75 calls, with the majority in the Barcelonès county.  The bulk of this morning's intense rains passed without any major incidents.  Some trees in the Catalan capital also fell, while there were reports of power outages in the city also.  During the night several storms hit the central coast and the Maresme county saw the most intense extreme weather.  According to data from Meteocat and Civil Protection, in Teià, 88.7 mm of rainfall was recorded.  Between 8 pm on Tuesday and the early hours of Wednesday, the Cabrils station accumulated 73.7 mm, the Prat de Llobregat station saw 58.1 mm, Barcelona's port station saw 42.2 mm, while Barcelona's Raval station recorded 33.4 mm.  On the contrary, there are stations, such as the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona, which did not record any rain. and documentation such as family photographs the importance of the documentation offered in the exhibitions about the Orquestra Pau Casals is capital we find a photograph of the orchestra with Eugène Ysaÿe in the same year 1927 the month before the Masnou concert; making an exhaustive review of the musicians that appear we distinguish many musicians that appear in the image of the Masnou too with the photograph taken in 1929 in which Casals and 33 cellists appear rehearsing Sardana per a 32 violoncels by the maestro from El Vendrell both from 1927 itself and from other years The lists of musicians of the Orchestra Pau Casals that appeared in the programmes of two of their concerts (1920 and 1921) located at the Centre de Documentació de l'Orfeó Català (CEDOC) which list the musicians by families of instruments and positions they are also listed in the Anuario Musical de España and in the Orchestra Fund in the Biblioteca de Catalunya where we could find lists of musicians from the years 1922 and 1937 in this case of the musicians and / or musicians' groups Tracking their concert career can make it easier to discover chamber ensembles with which they worked and perhaps there is visual documentation in which they can be found (especially if they didn’t stand out as soloists) It is worth saying that the writer of these lines has not done research exhaustively for each of the musicians (yes for some) the citation of a fragment of Joaquim Pena's speech in which he had a memory for the musicians who died in previous years Or a list of donations for the realization of a monument to Juli Garreta the reproduction in a newspaper of the list of groups of musicians that would take part in the concert of June 12 1927 at the Teatre Casal de Vilafranca del Penedès the texts are part of digitized newspapers that can be consulted in the Arxiu de Revistes Catalanes Antigues (ARCA) Regarding books such as monographs or illustrated dictionaries: Pepe Reche pointed out and Sara Guasteví extracted all the information from the 1929 Diccionario de música ilustrado edited by Albert Torrellas which offers very illuminating close-ups of some of the musicians Also a book on the Banda Municipal de Barcelona specifies the presence of musicians (with names and surnames) for each year of the band which has allowed us to extract the list of those who belonged to it in 1927 in the Viquipèdia entry (in Catalan) of the formation there is a high resolution image also from that year which allows us to find the faces of some of the same musicians in the El Masnou photograph if not fully clarify who some of them are (we will comment on this last area again) precisely Viquipèdia or blogs and monographs have a wonderful compilation of information and images of musical groups in Catalonia or the website on Eduard Toldrà (also monumental focusing here on his entry for the Orquestra Pau Casals which includes a photograph of what is possibly the first concert of the formation; at least we are quite sure that several of the musicians coincide with the order of the lists by family of the 1920 programme) which would be the equivalent of talking about private collections Quick searches of some names of musicians result in photographs or hand programmes or a copy of El Masnou's own photograph that includes a partial list of supposedly identified musicians (apparently the original owner and therefore identifier could have been Domènec Pastor Massana musician of the Banda Municipal de Barcelona and the Orquestra Municipal since the name appears at the top of the document) Focus on April 1927 with Ysaÿe as an example 83 musicians appear in El Masnou's photograph The programme that the Orchestra performed in that concert had the following compositions: Weber's Der Freischütz overture; Leonora no and Els murmuris de la selva (from Siegfried's second act) and Wagner's Tanhäuser Overture a note and a suspicion: the concert was in the afternoon but the Orquestra Pau Casals had given a concert that same day for the Associació Obrera de Concerts (and with the participation of Blanca Selva pianist); so we suspect that the musicians for now we do not have any chronicle about how the day passed (and it seems that there is no local press either); we do not know what was the possible order or plan for that day; we do not know either when the musicians would have eaten or where; maybe the photograph was taken just after lunch and before the concert or maybe it was done later in the afternoon The photograph with Ysaÿe includes 86 musicians (or 87 with Ysaÿe) and corresponds to the concert that the Orquestra Pau Casals offered on April 23 at the Palau de la Música the second of the Beethoven Festivals commemorating the centenary of the composer’s death The programme included the Second Symphony the Violin Concerto and the Fifth Symphony with Casals as conductor and with Ysaÿe as soloist in the concert (and who also played in the fifth) There is a question of obvious importance: the placement of the musicians In the background (behind the first and second violins respectively) we have the cellos on the left and the violas on the right; the harps are found to the right between violas and second violins In the third plane (behind the string and wind groups) Whether the musicians who played the concert appear strictly in the photograph of El Masnou it would seem risky to affirm it without reservation the ideal way to answer the question would be with the complete "Qui és Qui" and contrast it with the payrolls of that year Or with another photograph of the orchestra in formation at the same El Masnou concert if we insisted on the idea that in the photograph the formation that took part in that concert could strictly appear (imagining that just after the last applause those who filled the stage were marching towards the courtyard of the Casino to take the picture) and knowing that those works were performed in the concert (we do not know if other works were added outside the programme that might require the participation of musicians that were not necessary in other works) checking the instrumentation required for such works would give an idea of groups of instrumentalists supposedly required and it would lead to discard the presence of various musicians from the initial list Theorizing (and sometimes proving) identifications Putting on the table the various clear singular identifications lists and other specific visual documents such as cartoons or drawings In a theoretical and therefore provisional way we prefer the order of one or another list (or subtraction parts) as a reference to clarify the template present in El Masnou's photograph: we move between the 1930 Anuario's list and the previous ones when we see that some musicians that we have identified do not appear in this but they do in those During 1927 various newspapers published lists of donations to make a monument to the composer Juli Garreta At the end of July and the beginning of August we find this one Just if we look a bit at all those names that accompany the photograph of El Masnou on the occasion of the #quiésqui we will immediately realize that practically all of those that appear in this list "de Garreta" We omit the first two names for the moment (Joan Farrarons was a violinist and the second was a cellist or double bass player) number 65 (identified by the Twitter user @JosepEudald) things are getting bigger: Dini was the first cello If in the photograph with Ysaÿe we have cellists starting from Dini and Rodó (41) the row behind Dini and Rodó must be the third which according to the Anuario they would be Josep Umbert (63) We recognize Lluís Millet i Farga at two o'clock (61) 13 in the photograph of El Masnou visible on the Todocolección website We are missing the seventh and eighth; for the position in the Garreta’s list appear "Antoni Elies" and "Wangarner" We have no news (perhaps due to my ignorance) that Antoni Elies was a cellist for the OPC "Wangarner" seems to have been used as a pseudonym something that only left two more cellists there who clearly seem to us numbers 70 and 25 of the El Masnou Without further investigation in this research we only venture provisionally if they would not be Joan Prat and Francesc Solà since in the Anuario they are the ones that appear in the seventh and eighth place but it is doubtful due to the fact that in the Anuario they do not neither Millet nor Gallego appear as ninth and tenth in the photograph of the 32 cellists those who we believe to be third fifth and sixth appear identically aligned Still weaker may be another theory: the photograph on the Todocolección website was mistakenly identified as number 65 There were two notable cellist brothers (in fact they would also be trombonists in the Banda Municipal since the 30s) with surnames Clot and the second actually appears on the list of cellists who participated in the interpretation of Sardana for 32 violoncels by Casals Perhaps the seventh or eighth was Esteve Clot The name that follows Gallego is Jaume/Santiago Cortadella there are names of musicians of whom we have no evidence that they are: they are Cortadella Pere Cantarell and Jaume Sató; by "Figueres'' we can understand "Francisco Higueras" we have no news that it was Rafel Debesa (who would be viola) or Artigues we do not know if it was not extra-musical the names below could also be Jaume Rodríguez If we contrast with the list in the Anuario It is clear that Valls and Gratacós are 55 and 32 respectively contrasting with the photograph of Ysaÿe and that of Beethoven's 9th Symphony concert which in photography of El Masnou are double basses on 8 it turns out to affirm that 9 and 44 are also so We still only see one possible theory to launch: we are certain that those who occupy the top 4 positions the most are Valls Cortadella's relatives believed they identified him in no If it was the only one that looked familiar it is possible that Cortadella (which could be the second double bass in Ysaÿe's photograph next to Valls) is not present in El Masnou's photograph which appears as fourth double bass quite clearly Pere Carbonell and Leonard Aroles: having seen all the double basses we believe that these two (the second sure) are first violins But for now we put them aside: the next name that comes up is Dino Dini and without a doubt the first second violin; he also appears in the Anuario The photograph of the concert on Eduard Toldrà's website also facilitates identification here since as we said it is very likely that the musicians that appear are the same ones from the list of the 1920 hand programme and Francesc Pujol Mateu is actually Joan Pujol Mateu (Francesc of Orfeó Català Dini - Burgués it matches; and in the second row we find the two identifiers with whom Jaume Ayats initiated the identifications the second violins Cèsar Fernández and Vicenç Company in Ysayë's photo the third and fourth violin would be Josep Port In the row behind we see the also identified (by relatives) Ramon Vergés it is very likely that next to him is Tomàs Prunell and next to him Joan Pujol (67): Pujol sits in the last row of the second violins (he was identified by relatives) and in the photograph on the Todocolección website Plantada is identified as number 38: we believe then that from Vergés (eighth) the Garreta’s list jumps to the row behind but in 1930 it is possible that Plantada would have improved to eighth place we venture that the appearance of Plantada is sufficiently clear that whoever identifies him in the Todocolección photo here would have been right We also have quite clear who Plantada has on the left Another second violin that appears in Garreta’s list and in Anuario is Joan Cervera but at the moment we cannot put a face on it A decisive question is where is the limit between second violins and violas in the photographs in which the orchestra appears in formation we can venture that in our right hemisphere and in symmetry we would find the first and second violas of another first viola that was not Joan Ribas (or Ribes) and despite the fact that it seems somewhat doubtful given the high luminosity of the photograph and the musician's very white hair we believe we can identify Francesc Musolas (22 in El Masnou) in the photograph that presides over the web space of his collection in the Biblioteca Catalunya (varying the contrast and the light allows us to see that it is not bald as it might seem and features such as ears or lips are unequivocally identical) can be identified by a photograph of the "Sextet Barcelona" that appeared in the issues of the magazine Catalunya Ràdio of July 15 and October 28 The Sextet was made up of  Domènec Ponsa and Ramon Vergés Ponsa and Vergés are easily located that show that neither of them was bald; therefore it can only be the one in the second row on the right although not quite clearly if it is appreciated that it would be number 33 of El Masnou we see how Ribas and Musolas are the first of a succession of violists: followed by Alexandre Riera such as Claudi Agell (who we are almost entirely sure that he does not appear in the photo of El Masnou) Rafel Debesa (who we have already said that appeared among double basses in Garreta's list) and Ignasi Gironella It seems then that the 1930 Anuario shows changes that had not taken place in 1927 If we can suppose that Enric Ainaud could be number 79 with the photograph in the Diccionario ilustrado by Pahissa et al. We see that in Ysaÿe's photo we find him in the third row of violists Also in Ysaÿe and Garreta the eighth is Cassià Casademont (48 If we assume that they are in the position of 2 it seems possible that in this case (violists 1-9) everything could fit: Ribas (33) We do not know who the tenth viola could be; below the Garreta list the is an inscription: "Juliverd de La La Costa" [sic] It could also be possible -even though we are not affirming it- that no we also add that in other photographs of the OPC in formation (the one of the Ninth Symphony with the Orfeó Gracienc or the one of the 1920 concert in which the members appear in the play programme) we believe we recognize the viola that We assume it is Josep Antonés thanks to the fact that in all of them he poses in which he raises his head quite a bit and opens his mouth a little which have already been identified: Antoni Goxens (49) and Àngel Manén (bassoon or contrabassoon who in the Todocolección website photo indicates number 37 (and number 37 seems to be recognized by Nori's daughter) Then there are two horns (Ramon Bonell and Jeroni Méndez among the first wind players that have been identified are Jaume Poca (flutist Thanks to Pepe Reche's research in his thesis and to various articles we can assume that the four horn players were Bonell (50) Rafel Lleyda and Ramon Nolla; all four appear as OPC horn players in the Anuario contrasting the photograph of Ysaÿe and that of El Masnou it seems likely that they could be numbers 40 and 28 on the paper with the identifications of the Todocolección website Gavín and Vidal points to numbers 18 and 19 which would agree with the Anuario if it is a first and third trombone respectively It may seems that the person who identifies them could be Domènec Pastor due to the fact that many of the musicians he names were also members of the Banda Municipal in the same row he identifies two other musicians We would still add more: we suspect that we can trust ourselves with the winds while with the strings we have more doubts Sanjuán and Bellera appear as first and third trumpet in the 1930 Anuario; Llorenç Domingo appears as the second and we are quite clear that the second trumpeter in Ysaÿe's photo is number 15 but we do not know for sure that it is Domingo identified at the beginning of everything (like Pau Casals Vicenç Company or Cèsar Fernández) is Enric Casals Who we see as a companion of the first violin in Ysaÿe (and we find him in various photographs) is Ferdinand Guerin who is most likely Agustí Torelló (they identify him in the photo on the Todocolección website in the Anuario of 1930 also appears as third violin first and in Garreta we believe that his initials appear It is possible that the fourth in Ysaÿe is Josep Maria Escolà (it is the fourth name in the Anuario) but we do not think he is in El Masnou; on the other hand seventh and eighth violins are Domènec Forns both in the photograph on the Toldrà website and from the Diccionario ilustrado by Pahissa et al. and very vaguely in the photo on the Toldrà website he was already identified in part by family members with the number 10; also in the photo on the Todocolecció website perhaps giving weight to being Rafael Vidal we see it in Ysaÿe and it therefore seemed like one of the first violins in the third row (although there was a Josep Font and Joan Font and we understand that Josep was a violist in addition Joan Font appears in the Anuario; We do not know if Josep could have changed his instrument followed perhaps by Joan Torrens i Maymir (identified by relatives as number 16 and in El Masnou we already have 10 cellists so we think that perhaps he was also a violinist for the OPC) We do not have a name for the player to the left of him nor for the violinists in the background (although as we have already said we would bet that one of them is Lleonard Aroles) we believe that it is clear that they are numbers 58 it seems clear that there is Eliseu Martí at the timbales (identified in El Masnou by relatives as number 14 and slightly recognizable in Ysaÿe's photograph); to the hype the silhouette of the person in Ysaÿe's photograph seems to correspond to number 69 the doubt is confirmed based on the dates of birth and death of the two: Nogués and Olivé died in 1938 a He was 78 years old We therefore bet that the bass drum is Andreu Olivé (no And what about the other possible percussionists In the weekly Acció published in Vilafranca del Penedès on June 4 1927 (therefore 6 days after the concert in El Masnou) there were commentaries on the concert that would take place the following June 12 in this town Not only was the repertoire of the programme that the Orquestra Pau Casals would perform but they also reproduced a fragment of the printed programme notes providing information on the instrumental families that made up the orchestra This allows us to raise some questions (we do not know if in the El Masnou concert programme something similar could have been identified) The first: in El Masnou there could be a tuba and there could be neither tenora nor English horn nor any other percussionist apart from timpani and bass drum We were already wondering at first if the repertoire could determine the formation that appeared in El Masnou and since the repertoire does not differ too much (Symphony No instead of Weber's Der Freischütz overture the rest identical) we believe that it would not be unreasonable to suggest that except for the possible reduction in the number of some instrumental groups that there were three oboes (unless the corn anglais played oboe) when in 1927 photographs we usually see only two of each Second: in El Masnou all the musicians who played in the concert might not appear If we think of musicians seen so far that we are shocked not to find especially the flutist who appears in various photographs from 1927 on stage (and perhaps also in the drawing that is preserved) Since Esteve Gratacós does not appear in El Masnou either or simply one of the two was not there (in the photo or at the concert) or there is someone else that we have not been able to recognize at the moment we have briefly cited sources and documents related to the Banda Municipal we have extracted from the Almacellas monograph the list of musicians who were part of the Band in 1927; The 1930 Anuario also includes a list of the formation the information of which belongs to 1929 (we also have that of 1927 We also said that it helps us because many of the musicians in turn played in the band and in the Orquestra Pau Casals (we are talking about wind and double bass players); these musicians do not always play the same instrument in the OPC as in the Band (and we only talk about winds In identifying which musicians have these photographs of the band helped us with information not found elsewhere before they allow us to fully confirm that Sanjuán and Bellera (trumpeters in the OPC) Lluís Oliva Roca (clarinet or bass clarinet in the OPC); who is to his left we believe may be Josep González who in the same 1927 would become solo clarinet at the OPC we do not know how to recognize Valentí Gavín but it is not clear to us that none of the band's trombonists resembles anyone in the photo of El Masnou The same previous enigma with the Rafael González tuba leads us to another meditation: in some moments we looked 53 (we had also said that he could look like the tenth violist in Ysaÿe's photograph and that perhaps such a violist was Debesa But if the tuba in El Masnou appears and it was not González and assuming that there was not someone else that we do not have in the initial list of "Qui és qui" (Who’s who?) the only tuba that could be there would be Ramon Milà Milà we know that he died (because he is one of those mentioned by Joaquim Pena in the 1930 speech) but for now we do not know his second surname and we have three Ramon Milà who died between 1927 and 1929 (63 73 has had various proposals for identification although it is difficult to confirm it from the images of the supposed second oboe of the orchestra A final question arises: is it possible that this supposed second oboist and possible name for number 73 was a cor anglais the other possible English horn apart from Vicenç Montoliu but unfortunately we have not obtained the death certificate which would confirm day and month and at least ensure whether or not this is a possibility We also have a small enigma with the number 12: in the photographs of the OPC we see a musician in the line of clarinet players wearing dark glasses but looking at them carefully (and given the low quality of the image) we don’t think  that they are the same person: the one in the photos of the OPC seems to be older and have less hair we would think that perhaps it is Enric Galcerán who appears in the Anuario and was then 47-48 years old among other reasons because in less than a month he had grown a big mustache We also theorize about the possibility of being Vicenç Montoliu Melià (Tete Montoliu's father) but we have a photograph published in 1935 in Jazz magazine (eight years after El Masnou so we don't know the date of the photograph) that does not help much to clarify it And we have a last case of "mission impossible" According to who identifies them in Todocolección something that does not fit with having identified all the cellists At the bottom of everything in Ysaÿe's photograph there is a figure that might remind us of him but it is insufficient to draw any conclusions 2023: We are informed that number 42 is Germà Sabat i Soler and refraining from commenting on other inquiries made the following result remains from the #quiésqui of the Orchestra Pau Casals Otah & Friends, the otter-themed experience at Gardens by the Bay will be extending its run till 4 April 2021 it will be unveiling refreshed offerings which include a meet-and-greet with Otah himself and an Easter Egg hunt Otah & Friends was launched on 15 December 2020 visitors make their way through brightly-coloured and Instagrammable rooms in order to look for Otah before his cookies burn visitors get rewarded with Otah’s favourite snacks – cookies and lemonade With the extension of Otah & Friends from 26 February till 4 April 2021 new experiences will also be introduced at the otter-themed exhibition Otah & Friends has received much love from more than 8,000 visitors and our tickets continue to be well-subscribed As Singaporeans continue to look for places and new experiences locally we hope to bring Otah & Friends to more people visitors can look forward to creating memories with Otah in person an egg hunt themed to the upcoming Easter holidays as well as new touches and surprises to the space.” New add-ons to the space include a tunnel decorated with fairy light portraits of Otah with his family and more visitors will have a chance to meet Otah the otter Visitors can enjoy a picnic with the larger-than-life Otah an Easter Egg Hunt will be held at Otah & Friends Visitors who collect five eggs hidden around Otah’s home will get to take part in a lucky dip Prizes to be won included limited edition plushies and discounts on merchandise Tickets to Otah & Friends are available online and priced at $15 per person Groups of five will enjoy a special rate of $12 per person For groups larger than five can write in through a website form One of the greatest crimes in the history of Brighton and Hove has taken place with the ‘El Capitan’ mural of Bruno in the city centre being painted over In its place on the side of Gelato Gusto ice cream shop on the corner of Gardner Street and Church Street is a ghastly piece of promotion for some bloke called Ricardo Gold’s new single ‘Body Language’ Ricardo has been subjected to a lot of abuse as a result of him taking Bruno’s place in the heart of the city In something straight out of the playbook of Liverpool supporters somebody has even launched a petition to bring Bruno back “fuming” and “Get on YouTube and dislike all Ricardo Gold’s videos so he knows how much we hate him” are all words and phrases being bandied about The mural was originally put up by Sky Sports to promote their coverage of the Premier League ahead of the 2017-18 season. It was only due to be up for two weeks, but proved so popular that it has lasted nearly two years and survived a vandalism attempt from Crystal Palace supporters who sprayed red paint over it before our 0-0 draw at the Amex in November 2017 Now, we’re whispering this quietly given the outrage flying about and the amount of knickers that are getting in a twist, but it’s only a bit of graffiti artwork. And the good thing about graffiti artwork is that you can paint it virtually anywhere. Who gives a toss if some wanky singer with 44 Twitter followers painted over Bruno when somebody can just go and put up an even bigger and better mural on the side of a building somewhere else we’ve come up with 10 ideas as to where a brand new El Capitan painting could go – including artists impressions of what it might look like We’re all eagerly anticipating the debut of Percy Tau in a Brighton shirt and what better way to celebrate the Lion of Judah’s arrival and our subsequent Champions League victory a few seasons later than with a double mural of Bruno and Tau on South Africa’s Table Mountain It would represent the great past of our club with Bruno and the great future we have when the Lion of Judah is banging in 50 goals a season Yasin Ayari finally scored his first Brighton goal in FPL Gameweek 34 – and his numbers for the season suggests there are more to come           The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Pla de l'Os and Bellamar (Premià de Mar) were shut down after Red Cross lifeguards saw a one and a half-metre (5-foot) long blue shark at Ocata beach near El Masnou Later searches revealed the presence of two other sharks A screenshot of the Catalonia Civil Protection website showing the location of the closed beaches The animals were "very close" to shore in the area where people were swimming The beaches were opened again on Wednesday morning which can weigh up to 80kg (175 pounds) can become aggressive if they feel threatened by humans Please log in here to leave a comment So that your dogs don't suffer so much from the heat and you don't suffer going to the beach without them we leave you the best beaches to swim together The perfect beach for dogs because it is better for dogs than for people A small beach lacking in services with an orientation that does not help sunbathing but it is perfect for taking dogs for a swim You can visit in Sitges, half an hour from Barcelona, near the cement plant and can be reached by following the old Castelldefels road so you can also crown the day with a walk through the park The dog beach in Barcelona has been a resounding success since it opened a few years ago A kennel of 1,250 m² with a maximum capacity of 100 dogs where in August even queues form dogs can access any beach without time limitation with the exception of Easter This Zone for dogs of 1.000m2 is located between the streets Vandellòs and Tamarit this is one of the most comfortable beaches to go with our animals it has a capacity for 100 people and 75 dogs so you can enjoy a large space without being too cramped During the summer months, close to the thermal power plant of Cubelles, a Zone for dogs is enabled on the beach of Les Salines It is a stretch of more than 450 meters long of sand and gravel ideal for playing and bathing with your dog without having to worry about space The beach is composed of fine golden sand and is open from June 15 to September 16 the beaches of Arenys de Mar accept dogs from 8 pm until 8 am Includes all basic services and marine rescue the beach of Pineda de Mar has a small fenced section for dogs during the summer months.  It is located in front of the two campsites and dogs do not need to be registered in the municipality The enclosure has litter garbage cans and bags for excrement in case you forget them at home if you are looking for a place a little more remote and quiet this is your place you can enjoy between 1.600m2 and 5.000m2 of sand certainly more than enough space to play and bathe with your furry friend This dog beach is located near the boat launching area so you can not only enjoy a fun day with your dog but also a traditional Mediterráneo landscape The waters of this beach are characterized by their transparency and the sand is fine and pleasant The Zone is delimited with wooden fences and has a maximum capacity of 150 people From June 1 to September 30, this beach of Mataró is enabled for dogs and people to enjoy a refreshing day at sea It is located next to the pier and dogs must be registered and microchipped to register them at the ticket The beach has lifeguard service and access hours are from 10-19h with a capacity of only 60 people and 40 dogs is located behind the Badalona municipal swimming pool and all animals attending must be microchipped In the midst of the Cap de Creus we found this canine beach next to the parking lot of the Platja Gran  It is a sandy Zone from where we can enjoyspectacular views of the village of white and picturesque houses.  Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon The best of Singapore straight to your inbox We help you navigate a myriad of possibilities Sign up for our newsletter for the best of the city By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news Sign up for our email to enjoy Singapore without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush) By entering your email 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Singapore The otter-this-world experience brings together two local favourites – otters and photo-taking.  Spanning 2,500 square feet of a fantasy world the immersive 45-minute story-based experience challenges visitors to seek Otah out before the cookies in his oven burn The challenge is to explore his home in search of him while being treated to a feast for the senses as you step through the door Once inside, you will get to traverse his visually-stunning and pastel-hued rooms revel in the delicious scent of cookies baking in his oven rummage through his cabinets to look for clues and lounge amidst the lush foliage before wrapping up the experience with a visit to Otah’s lemonade cart in his backyard sip on Otah's favourite refreshing lemonade and bite into soft-baked cookies from homegrown bakery Whiskdom where you can shop for adorable Otah & Friends collectibles.  Otah & Friends opens December 15, and online ticketing begins today. 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