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Hebrews, Day 31: Hebrews 9:18-26 - Why is the Bible So Bloody?
Why is the Bible So Bloody?
Hebrews, Day 31
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Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you." And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
- Hebrews 9:18-26, ESV
I once knew a man who wanted to be a doctor, but he couldn't stand the sight of blood. Our family is watching old episodes of Monk, a TV show featuring a detective with OCD and anxiety. He's the most brilliant detective, but he's a germaphobe and can't stand getting dirty or having too much close contact with people.
Many people are offended by the Bible for different reasons. I used to think it was my responsibility to clear up any and all offense people might feel over the Bible, to try to get them to love it as much as I do. And while I still want to clear up confusion and misunderstanding, I've come to see that many people don't like the Bible because they don't like God, often because they resent God's position as God, a job they would rather take for themselves.
One common problem people have with the Bible is with all the blood. The Old Testament is filled with bloody sacrifices, and the New Testament writers focus a lot of attention on the blood of Jesus. So some people really want to know: Why is the Bible so bloody?
The answer goes all the way back to the opening chapters of the Bible, in the first days of humanity's presence on earth, God told Adam not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that he ate of it, he would surely die. By choosing to sin, Adam chose the death penalty for himself. As Romans 6:23 would later say, "The wages of sin is death."
The Bible also says, "The life of the flesh is in the blood" (Leviticus 17:11). That is, God's way of carrying life to our bodies is through blood, and so blood comes to symbolize, or represent, the essence of life.
The only way to make atonement for sin in the Bible is by the shedding of blood. As Hebrews 9:11 says, "without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins." The bloodshed of animals never actually removed anyone's sin. It couldn't. Animals can't pay for people's sin. However, the regularly repeated bloodshed was a constant reminder of the need for forgiveness, the need for atonement. The price for sin needed to be paid. God's justice needed to be satisfied.
The requirement for bloodshed comes to an end at the cross. There, Jesus died once for all, the just for the unjust, to bring us to God. (see 1 Peter 3:18) His sacrifice was final, perfect, sufficient and satisfactory, and so He died only once. He died once and lives now forevermore, securing the salvation of His people with His shed blood and His glorious resurrection life!
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I am a self-confessed reality TV junkie. It all started with Survivor season 1. Since then, other favourites have been American Idol and The Apprentice. It's interesting to watch unknown folks clamour for their 15 minutes.
My latest addiction is Rockstar Supernova. This show is right up my alley—it brings back my head banging 80's youth with Motley Crue's Tommy Lee, Metallica's Jason Newsted, and Guns and Roses Gilby Clarke and adds in all the drama of American Idol without all of the candy-coated glitz.
Anyway, the point of my blog is that my chosen profession doesn't really offer any big rockstar moments—or at least I didn't think it did. Over the past four years, we helped Envision Financial brand, name, and launch its new mortgage product, Redfrog. It has been very successful for Envision. My wife and I switched to this great product and a few weeks ago, we were issued new Redfrog MemberCards.
This new debit card elicits a positive response almost everytime I use it. At the grocery store, the woman at the deli said "That's a cool card, I haven't seen one like that before." At a gas station, the clerk said, "That's the coolest card I've ever seen." At the department store, the cashier commented, "Nice card." My three-year old son said, "Hey Dad, Redfrog!"
These folks might not be Simon Cowell, but they have all seen a lot of cards (other than my son). I haven't had the nerve to tell them I designed it yet, but I am working up to my true rockstar moment.


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Given a clinical case, correct diagnosis, and relevant signs and symptoms as input derive the patho-physiology (illness script) of the diagnosis with respect to the clinical case This is an inference problem of how the disease affected a patient, given all the relevant information about the disease, signs, and symptoms in a patient and to arrive at the pathology, physiology and Organ information that resulted in the disease. This is different from clinical reasoning, since clinical reasoning identifies the diagnosis from signs of symptoms given a clinical case. In this specific problem, given the diagnosis and all relevant information, identifying the causation and associated mechanism of the disease is the problem attempted.


Distractable is an acceptable word in Scrabble with 17 points. Distractable is an accepted word in Word with Friends having 20 points. Distractable is a 12 letter long Word starting with D and ending with E. Below are Total 1554 words made out of this word.
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By the request of the Hungarian community Armenian community joined the article writing contest on the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. 12 participants edited 139 articles on the Hungarian Revolution on October 1-31.
The Western Armenian team promoted the project in different conferences and events in Armenia thus increasing public awareness and outreach of the project among Western Armenians living in Armenia. One of this conferences was the "Western Armenian language in Armenia: Challenges, Prospects" conference. The conference was organized by the Youth Council of the Aleppo Compatriotic Charitable Organization with the support from the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia and the Armenian General Benevolent Union. The conference aimed at finding solutions for preservation and development issues of the Western Armenian language in Armenia.
We also carried on with the recruiting new volunteers in the Diaspora. After the Summer WikiCamp 2016 in Portugal, Turkish-Armenian participants tried to establish a new WikiClub in Istanbul. On the 6th of October, 2016, participants began their first workshop at Istanbul National Central College encouraging the students and teaching how to edit Western Armenian articles.
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We understand that water is one of our most precious resources, without it, cultivating our standard of quality produce wouldn't be possible. George Tanimura was one of the first adopters of drip irrigation. By utilizing drip tape, we're able to target water application in our fields and deliver water directly to the root zone. We have also made large investments in efficient, safe wells and water technology systems to ensure a steady water source for our fields.
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True to our innovative roots, harvest is no exception. Here are just a few of the ways we approach harvesting to deliver produce to our retail partners.
Tanimura & Antle was one of the first adopters of drip tape irrigation.
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Gaius Vettius Aquilinus Juvencus (ok. III/IV wiek) – kapłan pochodzący z Hiszpanii, autor pierwszego eposu chrześcijańskiego; w średniowieczu uważany za jednego z największych klasyków starożytności.

Niewiele wiadomo na temat Juwenkusa, w historii zapisał się jako poeta. Przedstawiał sobą nurt chrześcijaństwa życzliwy dla zdobyczy kultury antycznej. Obszerny poemat Juwenkusa, Libri Evangeliorum, będący dokładnym przetworzeniem czterech Ewangelii na język heksametrów homeryckich, okazał się pierwszym znaczącym dziełem w łacińskiej poezji wczesnochrześcijańskiej, stanowił przy tym owoc spotkania się wiary w Jezusa Chrystusa z wrażliwością klasycystyczną.

Życie
Wszystkie informacje na temat Juwenkusa pochodzą z pism Hieronima. Ułożył cztery księgi ujmujące tekst Ewangelii w 3200 heksametrach.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 César Vidal Manzanares, Pisarze wczesnochrześcijańscy I-VII w., wyd. Verbinum, Warszawa 2001.

Linki zewnętrzne
 Pełny tekst łaciński Libri Evangeliorum

Ojcowie Kościoła
Pisarze łacińscy starożytnego Rzymu
Poeci IV wieku
Poeci języka łacińskiego

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Q: Is there way to execute any particular flow after every other flow without need to plug it explicitly I have multiple flows(To process message received from queue) to execute and after every flow I need to check if there is any error in previous flow, if yes, then I filter out the message in process, otherwise continue to next flow.
Currently, I have to plug this error handler flow explicitly after every other flow. Is there any way this can be done with some functionality where this error flow can be configured to run after every other flow. Or any other better way to do this?
Example:
flow 1 -> Validate message, if error, mark message as error
error flow -> check if message is marked error, if yes filter, otherwise continue.
flow 2 -> persist message to db, mark in case of error.
error flow -> check if message is marked error, if yes filter, otherwise continue
flow 3 -> and so on.
Or is there way to wrap (flow 1 + error flow), (flow 2 -> error flow) ?

A: I am not sure it is exactly what you asked for, but I have sort of a solution. What can be done, is creating all flows, for instance we can look at:
val flows = Seq (
  Flow.fromFunction[Int, Int](x => { println(s"flow1: Received $x"); x * 2 }),
  Flow.fromFunction[Int, Int](x => { println(s"flow2: Received $x"); x + 1}),
  Flow.fromFunction[Int, Int](x => { println(s"flow3: Received $x"); x * x})
)

Then, we need to append to each of the exsiting flows, the error handling. So let's define it, and add it to each of the elements:
val errorHandling = Flow[Int].filter(_ % 2 == 0)
val errorsHandledFlows = flows.map(flow => flow.via(errorHandling))

Now, we need a helper function, that will connect all of our new flows:
def connectFlows(errorsHandledFlows: Seq[Flow[Int, Int, _]]): Flow[Int, Int, _] = {
  errorsHandledFlows match {
    case Seq() => Flow[Int] // This line is actually redundant, But I don't want to have an unexhausted pattern matching
    case Seq(singleFlow) => singleFlow
    case head :: tail => head.via(connectFlows(tail))
  }
}

And now, we need to execute all together, for example:
Source(1 to 4).via(connectFlows(errorsHandledFlows)).to(Sink.foreach(println)).run()

Will provide the output:
flow1: Received 1
flow2: Received 2
flow1: Received 2
flow2: Received 4
flow1: Received 3
flow2: Received 6
flow1: Received 4
flow2: Received 8

As you can tell, we filter the odd numbers. Therefore the first flow gets all numbers from 1 to 4. The second flow received 2,4,6,8 (the first flow multiplied the values by 2), and the last one did not receive any flow, because the second flow makes all of the values odd.

A: You can also use Merge
val g = RunnableGraph.fromGraph(GraphDSL.create() { implicit builder =>
  import GraphDSL.Implicits._

  val merge = builder.add(Merge[Int](3))

  val flow1 = ...
  val flow2 = ...
  val flow3 = ...

  flow1 ~> merge
  flow2 ~> merge
  flow3 ~> merge

  ClosedShape
})

Not sure if it meets your need, just showing the alternative.

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History has been most unkind to proponents of sanctioned mixed martial arts in New York, but the future glimpsed within the shifting sands of the hourglass is more positive than ever. So let's talk about what will happen once the MMA Bill passes and the changes it will bring - specifically, the timing of it all.
New York teeters on the precipice of drastic change, all set to tumble headlong into the chasm of acceptance, and soon what was will nevermore be – all of which is just a fancy way of saying it's time to take a walk down memory lane.
If you were in Brooklyn in 2001, and you wandered south of the Belt Parkway to the Russian enclave of Brighton Beach, you might have seen the posters. Colorful posters, taped to lamp posts and hanging in the windows of shops whose awnings bore Cyrillic letters. The posters promised violence, promised heroes to cheer for, promised a slice of the kind of thrills offered by the UFC (which was at the time banned from pay-per-view, but would soon make a comeback in a big way).
The posters advertised something called "International Fight Night".


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When Mann Mayal began it had all the hall marks of an old fashioned love story: two simple, small town protagonists torn apart by wealth, misunderstandings and the usual slings and arrows of cruel fate. Although Mannu (Maya Ali) loves Salahuddin (Hamza Ali Abbasi), he cannot muster the courage to ask for her hand because he is from a poor family. At her parent's request Salahuddin persuades her into a disastrous marriage to Mikaal (Gohar Rasheed). After thirty episodes of what had supposedly been a twenty four episode serial , Mannu is divorced and living at the now wealthy Salahuddin's Karachi home while she endures a tug of war over her two children with her abusive ex-husband. Adding even more confusion to this mix is Salahuddin's obsessive, lovelorn secretary and all around villain Jeena (Aisha Khan) who will stop at nothing to make Salahuddin her own.
Mann Mayal has seen a steady decline in quality, a weak story line and an even more deficient script have turned what were initially well drawn characters into strange, erratic creatures that jump from one stance to the next without rhyme or reason. The ad hoc addition of a new twist every other episode to keep this story limping along may confuse faithful viewers but it makes perfect sense to team Mann Mayal, for whom this serial has been the ultimate cash cow. The villainous Mikaal has undergone no less than three transformations so far, from a normal young man happy to marry Mannu, then drug addicted, partying gambler who couldn't care less if his children or his parents died, to a loving father who wants to keep his children, to hopefully his final avatar, as repentant sinner conveniently dying of a mystery illness. Similarly Mannu was once the typical bholi larki so beloved of TV audiences, making silly jokes, bumping into flour sacks and visiting the now requisite mazar to pass her exams, then she was a broken hearted lover before a sudden switch to good (?), mashriki wife who abandons her duppattah and prayers to keep up with a "bad boy" ,partying husband. Some six years of an abusive marriage, two children and a divorce have not matured her, instead she has come full circle; back to bholi larki mode, unable to cross a road or travel to her parents' house without an accompanying adult.
Episode thirty was yet another example of some really choppy editing and director Haseeb Hassan's lack of grip on the story line. In last week's supposed cliff hanger, Mikaal had kidnapped Mannu's children (at Jeena's instigation). He then declared Mannu could never see them unless she came back to him even inf it was just as the children's Ayah. Despite their divorce, and the existence of lawyers and courts in Pakistan, Mannu agrees , but Mikaal suddenly changes his mind at slams the door in her face. Mikaal has a habit of slamming doors in Mannu's face but for some strange reason he never slams the door in Salahuddin's face,he even turns up with the children for a meeting straight after refusing Mannu. Stranger still, he just as suddenly refuses Salahuddin's offer of financial support and the right to keep his children, giving them up in the space of two minutes and leaving with a blank check he won't cash.
Instead of celebrating her children's return, Mannu hugs them before sending them away and getting into a nonsensical fight with Salahuddin about "buying" her children and "pushing: her husband out of the way because Salahuddin knew he needed money all in a grand scheme to make her his slave. Mannu and Salahuddin's fights are increasingly tiresome and represent a sad, last ditch attempt to create some sort of chemistry between a lead couple that could not muster a single spark in a this tortuously long on screen relationship. This is not the first contradiction in a relationship that defies a lot of conventional values. Mannu maybe a good Mashriki larki but whenever she needs help her ex-lover Salahuddin or his servant Jamil are always on hand to help. When Mikaal throws Mannu out, in a logic defying move she actually takes Salahuddin to help her patch things up, an action which inevitably leads to divorce.
After her divorce Mannu is supposedly in Iddat which traditionally allows a woman a time of seclusion after a divorce but she is forced to spend it in her ex-boyfriend Salahuddin's house. Far from taking time out to think or contemplate on her situation Mannu is constantly in Salahuddin's company. There has even been an episode in which Salahuddin orders his servant Jamil and then fiancé Jeena out of the house so he can spend some "alone-time" with the freshly divorced Mannu , surprising her and her children with breakfast in bed in a breach of privacy and curtesy which would be shocking in real life. Even more curious is the way Mannu's parents won't help their daughter in any way. In fact her entire family ignores her completely, treating her like a pariah and shutting her out after her father's heart attack in case she causes him a relapse, reinforcing the notion that divorce somehow degrades a woman's status. All of these forced situations are geared towards giving the lead couple Salahuddin and Mannu maximum screen time and up the romance quotient , except that there is little romance to be found in the endless misery this story involves.
Maya Ali had been the saving grace of this serial , putting in a steady performance for the majority of episodes but recently even her portrayal has sunk to the same level of lack luster mediocrity as Aisha Khan and Hamza Ali Abbasi. Similarly Gohar Rasheed has given a patchy performance but with enough highs in his limited screen time to just about cancel out the lows. For quite a few episodes his Mikaal was the only character in this serial whose motivations could be understood but that was not to last long. Even more disappointing; a talented actress like Aisha Khan has not been able to breathe life into a caricature like Jeena, whose obsession and complete lack of self-respect have reached levels of notoriety that would make Sara from Humsafar blush.
While Hamza Ali Abbasi is most definitely the "star attraction" of this serial, his portrayal has been very uneven and failed to fulfill the promise of his controlled performance in the beginning of this serial. Salahuddin is typical of writer Samira Fazal's heroes: looking back at Hassan of Dastan , Mujtaba of Kuch Pyar ka Pagalpan , Salman of Vasl , Shaam of Shukk, Aazer of Chup Raho, they are all likable and caring but, essentially weak , indecisive men bordering on unfaithful – always ready to get engaged or married to the next best option. Like all the actors playing these characters, Abbasi has indeed made Salahuddin a lot more palatable but he has not given him the depth to make this character's troubles relatable, leaving the impression of a concerned older brother rather than a lover silenced by circumstance. Beneath the mess of contradictions there is a deep vein of guilt that motivates Salahuddin's character, something that Abbasi to his credit has tried to show but the director has failed to focus on.
Next week's promos show Jeena poisoning Salahuddin which has set twitter ablaze with speculation as Abbasi's army of fans pray he doesn't "die " like he did in Pyarey Afzal . A phenomenon which may explain why this serial hits the top of the ratings every week despite all its flaws and inconsistencies .Apart from Hamza Ali Abbasi's star power, there is also the tendency of people to watch a drama till the bitter end once they invested in enough episodes even if its underperforming. The last but perhaps the most likely reason is that the masses simply love a mazloom aurat story, with lots of good looking people making disappointed, majboor faces at the camera. While it's easy enough for critics like me to dissect a drama's bad points to pieces, the silent majority are happy to turn up in front of their TV screens at the appointed times and make Team Mann Mayal lots of advertising revenue .So, while MannMayal is an undeniable, runaway commercial success it will not have the repeat value or iconic status that Humsafar, Dayar e dil, Pyarey Afzal, Dastan, AunZara or other great iconic serials have . It will go down as just another pot boiler that made a lot of money, which is shame because this serial started off with a spark of brilliance.
this review can also be found in Dawn
Dawn, Gohar rasheed, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Haseeb Hassan, Hum Tv, Mann Mayal, Maya Ali, Momina Duraid, Samira Fazal

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This Netflix Telenovela Is Taking Over Social Media With A Challenge Tied To One Of The Characters
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By Jackie Mejia August 27, 2018 at 1:19 pm
Netflix's Mexican comedy-drama series, "La casa de las flores," is bringing family dysfunction to a whole other level. The 13-episode series, which premiered earlier this month globally, starts out with the series narrator, Roberta, hanging herself at the flower shop owned by the de la Mora family. From there, the drama, one-liners and secrets bloom in a family where nothing is as it seems.
Fans of the show in Mexico and the U.S. are begging you not to sleep on this television show.
A novela I can binge !!! My childhood dreams have come true & if you didn't know #veronicacastro is a OG legend @vrocastroficial #casadelasflores pic.twitter.com/qIFNDnVXXC
— Valley mama (@fabvalleymama) August 27, 2018
It is finally a novela you can binge and not have to wait for the new episodes to air. Goodbye cliff hangers.
People are discovering the majesty that is "La casa de las flores."
Why had I been sleeping on @CasaFloresTV? I'm hooked. 😂#casadelasflores
— Edgar Garcia (@EdgarFilm) August 22, 2018
Good morning, Edgar.
People are already comparing it to some of the best shows in American pop culture.
La Casa de las Flores is like the Mexican version of Arrested Development. I'm HOOKED.
— Jessica (@justjessss_23) August 21, 2018
The show eschews traditional tired telenovela stereotypes and plot lines in favor of fresh scenarios modern families have to deal with. Things like deleting your sister off the WhatsApp group after an argument, a son coming out to his family at dinner while visualizing a cabaret scene of Thalia's "A quien le importa" and getting a dog to mend an argument with your partner.—as well as some D-R-A-M-A we hope your familias don't have to go through (a dead mistress, finding out you have a half-sister from your father's affair, etc.)
The mastermind behind the show is 33-year-old Manolo Caro.
I ❤NETFLIX!
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Now he is a triple-threat creator, executive producer and director of "La casa de las Flores" on Netflix and he is rightfully proud of it.
An architect by education, Caro now designs and constructs masterful scenes that leave his audiences going "No pos wow." Following the box office success of his first feature film, the cheekily named "No sé si cortarme las venas o dejarmelas largas¨ (translation: I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Veins or Leave Them Long), Caro continued to make a name for himself with his films.
Oh, did we mention that Verónica Castro called off her retirement exclusively for this show.
Virginia, madre de todas las flores y de los De la Mora. Conócela en #LaCasaDeLasFlores, ya disponible solo en @netflixlat.
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Castro plays Virginia de La Mora, the matriarch of the de la Mora family, a chic and stealthy business woman who likes to keep up with appearances. Think Kris Kardashian but someone you would like to sit and talk with over cafe de la olla and pan dulce. This is Castro's first series role since 2009.
Meet Paulina de la Mora, who a-nun-ci-ates ev-e-ry syllable.
Paulina, la hija primogénita y primera en saber cualquier secreto. Conócela en #LaCasaDeLasFlores, ya disponible solo en @netflixlat.
Paulina de la Mora is the eldest, straight-laced sibling of the de la Mora familia, portrayed by Cecilia Suárez. Her peculiar form of speech has caught the attention of the fans who can't get enough of it.
Her pregnant pauses has sparked a #PaulinadelaMoraChallenge on las redes.
Este es el #PaulinaDeLaMoraChallenge de #LaCasaDeLasFlores y nomino a @alejandrospeitzer @erickelias @manolocaro y @zuriavvega a realizar el reto y nominar a 3 más y también a mis seguidores, pero me etiquetan que los quiero ver 😂. @lacasadelasflorestv @netflixlat @cecilia_suarez
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Who else really wants to make one of these videos? They seem easy enough.
Suárez even joined in on the challenge herself, showing that she can be a good sport.
Pau-li-na de la Mo-ra tie-ne al-go muy im-por-tan-te que de-cir-les: . . . . . . . . . . #Netflix #PaulinadelaMora #LaCasadelasFlores #PaulinadelaMoraChallenge #Meme #Memes #Viral
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Netflix may have put in a clause that barred Suárez from speaking as Paulina during appearances but does that stop her from participating in a viral challenge? One can only assume even Netflix would like the publicity despite trying to control how an actor speaks in public.
Paulina's smart comebacks and personality quirks are gaining loyal fans.
Paulina de la Mora is my new icon. #CasadelasFlores
— Peco (@pecodaniel1) August 24, 2018
💜 🙌🏽 💜
Paulina is arguably the fan favorite.
Help, I've been binge watching La Casa de las Flores all day and the amount of drama in this one season is more than you'll get in any telenovela. Also Paulina is the only character who wins at most annoying but favorite.
— Briana Miranda (@brimiranda17) August 22, 2018
But, honestly, can you even blame them?
The rest of the cast includes the lineage of Mexican film and TV dynasties.
Julián, el hijo consentido hasta que demuestre lo contrario. Conócelo en #LaCasaDeLasFlores, ya disponible solo en @netflixlat.
Dario Yazbek Bernal, who plays Julián de la Mora, is Gael García Bernal's half brother, while Eugenio Derbez's daughter Aislinn Derbez plays Elena de la Mora.
Spanish actor Paco Leon makes a special appearance as Paulina's ex husband, who is transgender.
Precioso estreno de @lacasadelasflorestv ELENCAZO!
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We told you there were lots of secrets in this family. Stay with us.
Fans are already eager to start streaming season 2.
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The verdict is still out on whether Mexico's most famous flower shop will be returning for a sophomore season, but it seems it will do so without its matriarch, according to Forbes Mexico. In the meantime, you can still enjoy Virginia's best phrases on the IG stories on the official Casa de las Flores Insta account.
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Producers Finally Confirmed The Fate Of 'Luis Miguel, La Serie' But Will Hardcore Fans Be Happy
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By Justin Lessner July 17, 2019 at 12:12 pm
Not only is 'Luis Miguel' the series hitting the airwaves across Latin America (meaning it's no longer being restricted to Netflix), but producers of the hit show also confirmed a second season. According to Gato Grande Productions, the company behind 'Luis Miguel', the second season will return with new episodes at the start of 2020.
The second season has been confirmed and will hit Netflix in early 2020.
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Translation: The second season of 'Luis Miguel, the series' will return in 2020. Miguel Alemán Magnani said that LuisMiguel himself will review the scripts of each and every episode and in the coming months they'll start filming. In the first quarter of 2020 there will be new episodes of 'Luis Miguel' in Netflix. 🇲🇽
Producers told Reforma that "Luis Miguel has just finished a very important tour of the United States. He is resting and soon he'll begin to review all the episodes of season two very carefully. They'll start filming at the end of the year … The first quarter of the year, we are going to start airing."
This was huge news for fans who had been waiting for literally a year for news – any news – of a possible second season.
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The first season of 'Luis Miguel' came to and end on July 15, 2018 – so it's been literally a year without any news. Fans have been waiting in absolute suspense.
And it was only just recently that US fans of the series were able to start watching on Netflix.
Oooh the #LuisMiguel series is now on US @netflix pic.twitter.com/oorVFamTGu
— Ernesto Sanabria (@alwaysamedic) July 16, 2019
Meaning there's going to be a whole other group of wildly obsessed, dedicated fans.
Like seriously, the series just became available on US Netflix fom yesterday (July 16).
Fans across Twitter were beyond excited for the hotly anticipated news.
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Definitely going to add this to my Netflix and Chill plans. Will you be watching it?
Tags: Luis Miguel series, Netflix, Mexico
Here's Why Netflix's 'Mr. Iglesias' Is So Important For Students Of Color Right Now
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By César Albarrán Torres June 28, 2019 at 3:20 pm
Throughout the history of American film and television, there have been some great teachers that have inspired audiences. We can think, of course, of Sidney Poitier in "To Sir, With Love," which broke down racial stereotypes in U.S. popular culture, or of Robin Williams and his carpe diem philosophy in "Dead Poet's Society." "Dangerous Minds"showcased the many talents of Michele Pfeiffer as an inspiring teacher dealing with a tough neighborhood. And, of course, our own Edward James Olmos in "Stand and Deliver." All those roles are pretty intense, and students are often portrayed as troubled minds who need rescuing.
That is why Netflix's new show, "Mr. Iglesias," is a fresh and welcome variation on the "inspiring teacher" Hollywood trope. It follows the life in a Long Beach school where students of all ethnicities learn from Gabriel Iglesias, an amazing maestro that dances salsa and is an endless source of wittiness. In fact, the real Iglesias attended this very school, Woodrow Wilson High School. The show has gotten positive reviews. Dan Fienberg from The Hollywood Reportersays: "Would I like for Mr. Iglesias to be funnier? Or, at times, especially funny at all? Yes. But I'm a sucker for 'well-meaning,' especially when it's warm and inclusive." Merrill Barr at Forbeshighlights that much of the show rests on the broad shoulders of the lead character: "Perhaps it is just due to the animated nature of its lead to sell what would otherwise be a rather bland sitcom, but Mr. Iglesias works. It's funny. Hacky at times, but funny nonetheless." But judge by yourself: we promise some hard LOLing!
It serves us some harsh historical truths right from the beginning.
As we said, the show follows the adventures of Gabriel Iglesias, a history teacher who struggles to serve some truths to his students in the United States educational system. The show is funny as hell thanks to the incandescent personality of its lead actor, comedian Gabriel Iglesias (how meta!), but that doesn't preclude it from being fiercely political. In the first episode, suggestively titled "Some Children Left Behind", the show delves into what the struggles of the educational system mean for the lives of students and teachers.
He teaches History by keeping his students engaged with pop culture references.
Seriously, we all would love to have a teacher like Mr. Iglesias. He is not only a source of smart interpretations of racial and class relationships in the United States but also una fuente of wisdom when it comes to cool pop culture references. Seriously, if all maestros were like him, maybe we wouldn't be in the mess we are in right now as a country and as humankind.
And being a Latino teacher in the age of Trump… of course, he went there right away!
OMG, Mr. Iglesias found a way to basically use a picture of POTUS as a piñata, make fun of his hairdo and bring up his Cheeto complexion, all in a few seconds of comedic bliss. When politics are turbulent and violent towards minorities, comedy is one of the best weapons to fight back and have una carcajada en el intento.
The show was created by Kevin Hench.
He is an experienced writer and producer, and his credits include the super funny comedy "Last Man Standing," and the Latino-themed legal drama "Cristela." No wonder him and Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias found some common ground to create the comedic masterpiece that is "Mr. Iglesias," which like all good satire uses current events to uncover deeper truths.
The show looks at the endemic inequalities in the educational system.
Let's face it: many Brown and Black kids have systematic obstacles from the get-go. Many of them work from an early age and have to basically deal with the very adult juggling act of home/school/job. This is addressed in the show, with the top student, Marisol (who quotes Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, BTW!), being on the verge of being expelled because of poor attendance when she is helping out in her family business. This is a very familiar situation for thousands of first and second generation students.
There is a white teacher, Mrs. Abigail Spencer, who is just oh so naive!
The show doesn't demonize white characters, it just paints them as… well, sort of naive and protected by bubble wrap. Mr. Iglesias tells her: "Abby, you are white, you can do anything". She is a funny woman from North Dakota who just needs to get in touch with reality a bit more. Well, there is also a preeeety borderline racist football coach who says "your people" constantly. Of course, es un gringazo.
The show is binge material and is getting some committed fans.
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The show has some amazing rhythm. Even though the scripts follow a schematic three-act structure and it has some risas grabadas that are frankly very annoying, "Mr. Iglesias"is totally binge-worthy. The episodes run just under 30 minutes and are fast-paced and full of adorable moments. We don't blame this Instagram user for bringing the whole show in a night…. we wonder they had cara de zombie the next day, eh?
It is hard to predict whether there will be a second season, but we think there will!
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Netflix does not usually release viewership numbers, so the second season is not a done deal. We can predict, however, that this show has some legs, and Netflix would take a lot of heat if they cancel yet another Latino-themed show after the criticism they faced when canceling "One Day at a Time." With the Latino market in the United States and overseas being a clear player in budgeting and projects, we can predict that "Mr. Iglesias"is here to stay.
Netflix is pretty committed to Gabriel Iglesias, a top Latino talent.
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Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias has a highly popular stand-up comedy act in "One Show Fits All," where he talks about the many tribulations of being a person of color in this day and age, as well as some funny Mexican traditions and body positivity. He is not fat, he says, he is simply fluffy.
Here is what you need to know about Gabriel Iglesias.
He was born Gabriel Jesus Iglesias, in San Diego, so he is a true son of Mexican-American culture. He and his five siblings were raised by a single mom. He spent his childhoods in struggling Californian communities such as Compton, Baldwin Park and lastly Long Beach, where "Mr. Iglesias"is set. His comedic influences are diverse: Paul Rodriguez, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, and the disgraced Bill Cosby.
Recognize his voice from "Padre de familia", that awesome "Family Guy" special?
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In 2007, Gabriel Iglesias voiced an entire Mexican family in the hilarious sixth season episode of Family Guy, simply titled "Padre de familia". And if you are a fan of kitschy films, he also plays a super funny character in the male stripper saga Magic Mike (we just can't get over how he moves sus lonjas doing a Carmen Miranda impression).
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Why do Chromebooks dominate the education market?
By: Gadjo Sevilla
The Chromebook has evolved from a poor copy of a PC to the most dominant device used in schools. Basically a notebook that runs a version of Google's Chrome browser as an operating system, Chromebooks require constant connection to the Internet, all the the applications are based on websites and each time a user signs off, the device basically becomes a clean slate. Here's why it's become so vital to the education market.
Chromebooks have overthrown PCs, Macs and even the once-standardized iPad as the go-to device in education. Google recently shared that there are now over 20 million teachers and students that use Chromebooks at least weekly; and that there are now over 70 million G Suite for education users.
Why Chromebooks?
"Educators are looking for a device that can do everything for a student," said Rajen Sheth, director of product for Chrome for Education. "A device needs to be a laptop, a tablet, a textbook, and a notebook. It's not about replacing what is in the classroom, but really augmenting what is in the classroom."
As a computing platform, the Google Chrome powered Chromebook might not be the powerhouse that will appeal to creative users, road warriors and office workers who need to run desktop-class apps, require speedy processors, lots of storage space and an all-day battery.
Chromebooks are really simple terminals for cloud-connected computing and while they require a constant Internet connection to work optimally, they also constantly save all documents to the cloud. Because of their less powerful specs and cheaper price, Chromebooks are a no-brainer in the classroom setting where devices are subjected to a lot of wear and tear but which ultimately all have to run uniform experiences and applications.
Unlike iPads or PCs, Chrombooks aren't ideal for content consumption or gaming, there's little risk of students downloading games and apps that could compromise a Chromebook's performance. More importantly, newer Chromebooks offer 2-in-1 functionality. You can type on them, flip them around and use multi-touch or pen input as the class requires it. If a Chromebook gets broken, no problem, since everything is backed up to cloud servers, students simply need to sign in from another Chromebook and everything should be there as they left it the last time they were on.
Aside from functionality, savings are the big attraction to Chromebooks because they aren't licensing software, they can be sold for a lot cheaper than a PC with Windows or a Mac with macOS.
Even Microsoft is taking notice
While PC sales have been on a downward spiral for what seems to be almost a decade now, mostly because of the surge in popularity of smartphones, tablets and other personal computing devices, Chromebooks are an outlier that continue to fit nicely in the educational market.
It looks, however, like Chromebooks are trying to make inroads into the corporate market as well. Newer releases by the likes of Samsung and Dell show more premium models that are geared towards professionals. The latest Chromebook Pro from Samsung (which isn't going to be sold in Canada), features a stylish 2-in-1 design not unlike Microsoft's popular Surface devices.
These Chromebooks have all the features of educational-focused Chromebooks, but feature faster processors, better screens, more powerful components and will be able to run Android apps. While this doesn't guarantee they will be successful in enterprise, it is still a big enough move that Microsoft has taken notice.
Microsoft is trying to take some of the Chromebook's action with a new version of their Intune mobile device management solution and inexpensive Windows 10 PCs for schools. This will likely happen in conjunction with partner OEM's that will sell Chromebook class PCs that are more affordably priced.
There's a lot more riding on this for Microsoft, who is trying to get Windows 10 to run on ARM processors (more power-efficient and affordable than Intel's stunted and expensive m or Core line of processors).
Google's Chromebooks are the perfect example of products that have pivoted from being poor PC substitutes for consumers to the ideal solution for many educational users. Now, they're starting to evolve once more into viable PC substitutes for enterprise. How they fare in the next six to eight months will depend on pricing, availability and if Google and its partners can effectively market the benefits of Chromebooks to the mass market.
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31st December 2021 End of Year Reviews
2021 End of Year Review
COVID-19 has made this a difficult year for many, and I have been fortunate indeed not to be too badly affected. A lockdown until mid-April was mitigated with a few engine maintenance flights (once per month) and a few flights to retain currency as an instructor – this included a couple of standardisation flights that undoubtedly improved and aligned my technique with others in the club.
Surprisingly, my hourly total hours flown this year was almost my best to date – just a few hours short of my 2019 record. It would have been surpassed had it not been for the lousy weather in the second half of December alongside various other factors throughout the year.
Flight Instruction
PPL instruction seems to have been in demand from mid-April onwards – perhaps more of those with money who can't spend it on holidays or going out have chosen to learn to fly instead. Both the clubs I instruct through have been fairly busy, although with less demand for PPL/IR instruction. There have been quite a few technical and logistical issues hampering lessons – everything from engine overhauls, propellor overhauls, gear actuator overhauls to plain regular servicing. The older fleet of aircraft we fly seem to require ever more maintenance (Part ML doesn't seem to have reduced this) with parts more difficult to obtain and possibly of lower durability. The lack of a modern cost-effective replacement for the Piper PA28 or Cessna 172 remains an age-old an industry problem.
Nonetheless, I have enjoyed working with a variety of students throughout the year. These range from the youngest who hopes to start training for his PPL in earnest when 16 next year to the more mature club members learning about SkyDemon for the first time. While much of my time is spent on the regular PPL syllabus, I've done quite a few conversions or renewals too and these can be very rewarding. A senior member of the BBMA with many microlight hours under his belt spent several hours intensively upgrading from NPPL(M) to NPPL(SSEA) upsizing aircraft from 450kg to 1111kg and finding it a much heavier, faster machine with more momentum. That's the opposite of the 787 captain downsizing from his 228 tonne machine! Both found it great fun, both exciting and challenging, which is a joy to share. Some students progress very quickly while others need more time, but I am impressed with how much all my students are aware of safety. IFR training has involved IMC courses, completing a COVID delayed Instrument Rating and conducting refresher flights prior to IR revalidation. I finished off a night rating in the last few days of December which proved a positive end to the year. PPL flight instruction is rarely a highly paid job, can be frustrating at times (aircraft gone tech, airport closed, weather not as forecast, student scheduling, regulations) but can also deliver some real highs where students progress and succeed. The prop-strike incident on the ground was memorable for the wrong reasons, thankfully no injuries but the aircraft remains out of service awaiting repair.
I've also delivered many hours of remote instruction via Zoom, the majority to those with their own flight simulators, learning good habits/procedures and taking time to fully understand the concepts more conveniently prior to or between real-world training.
PPL theory exams moved online late last year, requiring invigilators to be approved by the CAA. I have recently been issued with Ground Examiner authorisation and received some training ready to conduct these next year.
I mostly blog about tours and travel in my shared TB20. The group sold two of its five shares last year, and both Nic and Last have completed their initial differences training and made use of it. Most of my flying in it has been either with them or my wife, and only a couple of trips with friends.
As soon as lockdown restrictions eased, my wife and I flew up to Scotland to spend a few days in Stornoway, Plockton and Mull with a couple of bonus days in Oban thrown in due to bad weather down south. It was a relief to get away, and the aircraft made it seem safer (not mixing with many others) and quicker to reach these more remote places. My trip to Scotland featured in AOPA UK's October magazine. I enjoyed a couple of long days out visiting Northern Ireland, first to the more remote Enniskillen and then into Belfast City to visit the Titanic exhibition. Ireland benefitted from easy access too without the need for tests or many forms, so I had a short weekend trip to Kerry with a couple of friends from the flying club. Subsequently, I flew to Sligo, Inishmore and Kerry with my wife for a really great week's holiday with fantastic weather. Finally, later in September, Nic and I flew the TB20 down to Corsica, stopping at Annecy and Lourdes as featured highlights. I'd quite like to explore more of the area between the southern Alps and Pyrenees in the future.
Other activities included chairing AOPA's Members Working Group, which saw attendance rise to around 50 due to holding these via Zoom combined with lockdowns. I've also run FI Seminar group breakout sessions, discussing how to involve GPS during training with instructors and examiners. It's been eye-opening to hear how others in the industry think and operate today.
A word of thanks to all those I've flown with and those who have supported my flying activities throughout the year – whether ATC, Firecrew, groundstaff, maintenance engineers, committee members, club volunteers, instructors, examiners, pilots or students – too many to name individually. Equally to my wife/lifelong partner who tolerates my obsession with good grace.
Progress against objectives
Yet More Instruction!
No complaints here. Despite not starting until mid-April due to lockdown, it's been a busy year with plenty of highs, logging around 60% more instructional flight time than last year.
Another longer trip into Europe
This didn't look very likely at the start of the year, but I did make it to Corsica in September. Having not flown to southern France before, I'd definitely like to return – Annecy south to Grenoble was a particularly scenic area.
Remote Flight Instruction
I've joined FlightSimCoach as one of their regular instructors, mainly working with students in UK and Europe who want to learn the basics prior to or during a break in real-world flight training. If I can teach them to look out the window instead of staring at the instrument panel, explain what the instruments/controls do and practice some R/T offline then I feel sure it will accelerate their training. More advanced students can learn IFR procedures and go more in depth into the avionics at their own pace. In general, it's more predictable with fewer tech issues or weather cancellations although those mandatory Microsoft updates can catch students out and a lot cheaper/convenient than learning in the cockpit. Personally, I much prefer X-plane for more serious work even if the graphics aren't as good.
Raw Statistics
Total Time: 1744:10 PIC 1535:30
This Year: 312:50 (of which 4:25 night)
PIC 310:55 (of which 251:45 instructing)
Dual 1:55
G-CORB 52:00
278 flights (of which 9 IFR Airways flights, plus some IMC/IFR outside airways)
4 different aircraft types
3 logged European trips (one to France and two to Eire)
16 new airfields (Total 257)
I'm tempted to say it's more of the same:
More flight instruction: More of the same, with a little more IMC/IR for which I have a few students in the pipeline.
More foreign tours: While we'd like to venture back to the USA, I think it more realistic to make good use of the TB20 with weekends away in France, Italy, Germany. We do have friends in Austria that are keen for us to visit.
Further enhancement of remote flight instruction: Exploring and testing the limits of the market and technology
Some photos of the highlights
Skye Bridge, just south of Plockton
Left base for Belfast City Airport
Eniskillen, Northern Ireland
Kerry Airport
Beach near Sligo
Aran Islands, west Ireland
Kilarney, Ireland
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Accountancy firm BDO, which maintains a strong Leeds presence, has completed its merger with Moore Stephens in a deal it says creates "the largest UK accountancy and business advisory firm focussed on mid-sized, entrepreneurially-spirited businesses".
From today, the merged firm will operate under the BDO brand and as part of BDO's international network, which has 80,000 people and revenues of $9 billion across 162 countries.
In the UK, BDO now has a combined workforce of 5,000 people across 17 locations, delivering revenues of £590 million.
The merger, which relates to the London, Birmingham, Reading, Bristol and Watford offices of Moore Stephens, will make BDO the third biggest auditor of listed companies, strengthening its position as calls to improve quality and competition at the upper end of the audit market continue.
"Notwithstanding these uncertainties I'm confident that a combination of our 5,000 people and our reputation for trust and quality, puts us in a fantastic position to help our clients and our people to capitalise on the opportunities that always accompany such change.
He said: "From the moment we started our conversations, our shared ambition was to create a fully-integrated firm that our people are proud of and one which leads in serving what we call the UK's 'economic engine' – the entrepreneurially-spirited, mid-sized businesses that are driving UK growth.


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Gold Medals for Titouan Puyo and Julen Marticorena Hold France Firm in Team Gold Medal Position
Posted November 27th, 2019 - News Posted for El Salvador News, ISA News, World Surfing News.
Team France earns six total medals in Technical Races, looking to win first-ever Team Gold with SUP Surfing remaining
Puyo crowned ISA World Champion for first time since 2014
Spain's Esperanza Barreras dominates debut in event, wins second Gold Medal in Women's SUP Technical Race
USA's Jade Howson defends World Title in Girl's Junior SUP Technical Race; Denmark's Christian Andersen earns Junior Boy's Gold
Spain's Itziar Abascal and France's Marticorena take Paddleboard Technical Golds
Team France took one big step closer to winning their first-ever Team Gold by claiming two Technical Race Gold Medals at the 2019 Surf City El Salvador ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship at El Sunzal.
Titouan Puyo shined for Team France in the Men's SUP Technical Race, dominating the field of world-class racers to take the Gold, his first in the event since 2014.
"I am happy to get this Gold for my nation," said Puyo. "France has never won the Team Gold in this event before. We know that we need to stay strong all week and we will try everything in SUP Surfing to earn the Gold."
France's Titouan Puyo back to the form that earned him ISA Gold in 2014 in Nicaragua. Photo: ISA / Ben Reed
Team France took six total medals through the day of SUP, Junior SUP, and Paddleboard Technical Races.
Julen Marticorena joined Puyo has a newly crowned World Champion for Team France with a Gold Medal in the Men's Paddleboard Technical Race.
With thirteen of fifteen medals determined in the competition, France has shown the balanced talent that they have brought to El Salvador, having placed athletes on every podium thus far except Women's Paddleboard Technical Race.
Julen Marticorena is mobbed by Team France after winning the Men's Paddleboard Gold. Photo: ISA / Ben Reed
The race for the Team Gold Medal will come down to the final four days of the event window, with only the Men's and Women's SUP Surfing World Champions yet to be crowned.
Team Spain and USA are France's closest competitors in the team ranking, both relying on a strong performance from their SUP surfers to make it to the top of the team podium.
Spain's Esperanza Barreras was unstoppable in the Women's Technical Race. Photo: ISA / Sean Evans
The Spaniards had a very strong showing as well in the Technical Races, with Esperanza Barreras taking Gold in Women's SUP Technical and Itziar Abascal earning Gold in Women's Paddleboard Technical.
Barreras, who entered the event with low expectations as her debut participation, has dominated the field of elite talent and asserted herself as one of the premiere women paddlers in the sport.
"My goal this year was simply to come to the World Championship," said Barreras. "Winning two Golds is a dream come true. I am super happy, even more so for my team, who are all here on the beach cheering me on."
Team Spain celebrates a Gold Medal for Itziar Abascal in the Women's Paddleboard Technical Race. Photo: ISA / Ben Reed
USA's Jade Howson successfully defended her Girl's Junior World Title, but not without a tough race against Spain's Duna Gordillo, who kept Howson's pace until the final stretch of the race, finishing with Silver.
"I am so excited to be here in El Salvador," said Howson. "It's super pretty and a great place for racing, so I am so happy to take another Gold here."
USA's Jade Howson (left) displaying that the future of USA SUP Racing is in good hands with her second consecutive Girl's Junior Gold Medal in the Technical Race, her second of the event after winning Gold in SUP Sprints. Photo: ISA / Ben Reed
Christian Andersen, the Danish prodigy and long-time student of five-time ISA World Champion Casper Steinfath, stepped into the spotlight by earning his first World Title in the Boy's Junior Technical Race.
"It's so unbelievable!" said Andersen. "At the end I got a little lead on [Rai Taguchi] and I was able to hold it all the way to the finish.
"I am really grateful to have Casper [Steinfath] here today. He's been with me since day one. He pushed me into my first wave at nine years old. We warmed up together and he gave me some key tips out there for the race."
Five-time ISA World Champion Casper Steinfath embraces his long-time student Christian Andersen and as he earns the Boy's Junior Gold. Photo: ISA / Ben Reed
Both Howson and Andersen showed exceptional courage by entering the Women's and Men's SUP Technical Races not long after their earlier junior victories. The exhaustion of having already competed earlier in the day was an unsurmountable disadvantage for both, but they showed pride and determination by competing to earn more points for their nations.
The SUP Technical Racing marked the fourth day of competition at El Sunzal, El Salvador, a turning point in the team rankings with six Gold Medals awarded across SUP, SUP Junior, and Paddleboard.
The Men's and Women's Technical Races capped off the day and provided loads of excitement with the world's best racers putting it all on the line.
The Women's Final was a tight race from start to finish, as Spain's Barreras and France's Amandine Chazot went back and forth throughout.
Barreras dug deep for a last reserve of energy to pass Chazot on the home stretch and pulled ahead by six seconds.
The Men's Sup Technical Race followed with more excitement for the international delegations.
Puyo proved to be too strong for the field and pulled away from the draft train early in the race, smartly using the surf zone to further his lead on multiple occasions.
With Puyo earning a comfortable Gold, the race to Silver came down to a final sprint by USA's Connor Baxter and Brazil's newly crowned SUP Distance Race World Champion Vinnicius Martins.
Baxter passed Martins at the shoreline to finish just one second ahead for Silver.
France's Martin Vitry finished with the Copper, placing two French athletes on the podium.
Two world-class athletes who are usually staples on the podiums of this World Championship, Denmark's Steinfath and USA's Candice Appleby, had particularly rough races today.
Steinfath, battling through a fever, and Appleby, recovering from multiple injuries, both showed dedication by competing despite earning results that they are not accustomed to – Steinfath took 11th of 12 and Appleby 9th of 12.
A particularly inspiring performance came from El Salvador's 15 year-old Marco Falkenstein in the Boy's Junior Technical Race. Falkenstein finished in last place, but in his first competition ever he successfully finished the course as the local crowd cheered him on.
"The support from my home nation has been so good," said Falkenstein. "I learned out there today from the world's best that it is not that easy and I am going to work hard for the next one."
ISA President Fernando Aguerre said:
"The racing portion of the Word Championship has wrapped up with great success, underlining the ISA's global authority of the discipline. The world's best showed that SUPers are surfers, and that knowledge of the ocean and its waves is an integral part of the sport.
"El Salvador continues to be an unprecedented host for this World Championship, as the President and his cabinet are fully behind and following the event on a daily basis. The natural beauty and excellent waves that their country possesses are resources that visitors from all around the world can enjoy."
The 2019 Surf City El Salvador ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship can be viewed live on isasurf.org Nov 24 – Dec 1.
The remaining schedule for the competition is as follows, subject to changes.
November 28 – December 1
SUP Surfing
Men's SUP Technical Race
Gold – Titouan Puyo (FRA)
Silver – Connor Baxter (USA)
Bronze – Vinnicius Martins (BRA)
Copper – Martin Vitry (FRA)
Women's SUP Technical Race
Gold – Esperanza Barreras (ESP)
Silver – Amandine Chazot (FRA)
Bronze – Rika Okuaki (JPN)
Copper – Caterina Stenta (ITA)
Boy's Junior SUP Technical Race
Gold – Christian Andersen (DEN)
Silver – Rai Taguchi (JPN)
Bronze – Marius Auber (FRA)
Copper – Tyler Bashor (USA)
Girl's Junior SUP Technical Race
Gold – Jade Howson (USA)
Silver – Duna Gordillo (ESP)
Bronze – Laura Dal Pont (ITA)
Copper – Anais Guyomarch (FRA)
Men's Paddleboard Technical Race
Gold – Julen Marticorena (FRA)
Silver – Bart Schade (USA)
Bronze – Carlos Alonso Ruiz (ESP)
Copper – Andrew Byatt (ENG)
Women's Paddeboard Technical Race
Gold – Itziar Abascal (ESP)
Silver – Yurika Mitsui (JPN)
Bronze – Cornelia Rigatti (ITA)
Copper – Tiana Pugliese (USA)
About the International Surfing Association:
The International Surfing Association (ISA), founded in 1964, is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. The ISA governs and defines Surfing as Shortboard, Longboard & Bodyboarding, StandUp Paddle (SUP) Racing and Surfing, Bodysurfing, Wakesurfing, and all other wave riding activities on any type of waves, and on flat water using wave riding equipment. The ISA crowned its first Men's and Women's World Champions in 1964. It crowned the first Big Wave World Champion in 1965; World Junior Champion in 1980; World Kneeboard Champions in 1982; World Longboard Surfing and World Bodyboard Champions in 1988; World Tandem Surfing Champions in 2006; World Masters Champions in 2007; and World StandUp Paddle (SUP, both surfing and racing) and Paddleboard Champions in 2012.
ISA membership includes the surfing National Federations of 108 countries on five continents. The ISA is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (ARG). The Executive Committee includes four Vice-Presidents Karín Sierralta (PER), Kirsty Coventry (ZIM), Casper Steinfath (DEN) and Barbara Kendall (NZL), Athletes' Commission Chair Justine Dupont (FRA), Regular Members Atsushi Sakai (JPN) and Jean Luc Arassus (FRA) and ISA Executive Director Robert Fasulo as Ex-officio Member.
Its headquarters are located in La Jolla, California (USA).
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The Inventory for Work Attitude & Motivation (iWAM) is a questionnaire used for job-related activities, such as recruitment, coaching and training projects. It is based on metaprogrammes, a model of thinking styles (48 parameters are measured and explained).
We all operate from a set of values. What one individual values as important may be very different to another. Our values reveal themselves as patterns in what we say, how we say it and what we do. These intrinsic values (or drivers) are often referred to as metaprogrammes.
Understanding what motivates ourselves and others (and adapting our behaviour accordingly) is often the key to achieving goals – it certainly removes a significant element of chance.
In other words, the iWAM helps explain, predict, and influence performance at work by assessing what you pay attention to, how you think, and how you prefer to behave.
Here is an extract from a report showing just two of the filters iWAM explores.
The iWAM report shows a person's strengths and areas of development in the work context in terms attitude and motivation. It also shows how this person might behave in various tasks, such as administration, customer contact or managerial tasks.
Our coaches are trained and qualified to administer the iWAM instrument and to coach clients to use the results to develop their careers and anticipate and deal with any issues.
For individuals, the report helps them to understand what motivates them and what makes a good day at work. Why some tasks are "easy" and others require more effort.
We can also produce team reports combining the individual preferences to give a single report demonstrating the team's strengths. These reports assist teams in seeing and appreciating the stengths within the team and to value diversity so that points of difference are seen as strengths. Managers can appreciate how to motivate individual team members and the group as a whole thereby becoming more effective as managers and leaders.
The test is conducted online – we will send you an invitation by email allowing you to log onto the JobEQ portal in order to take the test. It typically takes 20-30 minutes to complete. Once complete, we have immediate access to the results and we can then arrange a coaching session to discuss the results.
The iWAM produces unique and powerful results by focussing on the metaprogramme filters. Unlike tests that measure traits such as personality, the patterns assessed by the iWAM are context specific. We all know people who are highly organised at work, but chaotic at home! By keeping the context solely focussed on work the report can be highly specific, avoiding the "broad brush" approach adopted by other tools.
iWAM explains the implications of the results in terms of work relationships and communication For each pattern measured, iWAM recommends motivational language to be used – or avoided – for effective communication.
Here is another extract from a report which summarises the results. There are a series of words listed next to each pattern – where the individual has scored highly (more than 70%) they are likely to find the language highly motivating. This information can be invaluable for managers and leaders, enabling them to tailor their communication to the individual.
iWAM compares one's results to a standard group (people who have taken the test in your work country) to provide invaluable information about how others actually see us.
Take another look at the example above – the bars on the right hand side plot the individual's scores (the green bars) in relation to the standard group (the red bar). Look at the result for "Breadth", this individual is far more comfortable talking in big picture terms than the vast majority of the population. If we were coaching him, we would encourage him to understand that others have a different way of processing information and actually need a little more detail than he does, so he would need to adapt his style to get his message across and to avoid being perceived as just a dreamer. On the other hand, if we were to be coaching his manager we would be suggesting that this individual could become easily demotivated by too much detail, and the way to keep him motivated is to keep relating back to the bigger picture.
Unlike other tests, the iWAM does not put people in boxes: each person has a unique fingerprint of motivational and attitudinal patterns. People don't fit into just 2 categories, or 4, or even 16. Every person in the world is different, and a test must be able to reflect these differences. The iWAM measures 48 cognitive patterns (metaprogrammes), which are classified into 16 groups. The results are reported on a scale, so it won't just say a person is "proactive" or "reactive." Instead it will show you just how proactive and reactive each person is.
Here is an example of an individual attitude sorter wheel – an individual "fingerprint". We have found this to be an invaluable tool in helping clients to understand the source of their motivation so that they can develop strategies to motivate themselves to do tasks that they had previously found de-motivating.
Contact us to find out how iWAM could benefit you or your organisation.
If you would like to book an iWAM coaching package, click on the link below. This package includes a full iWAM profiling report together with a 1:1 coaching session (in person or via Skype) to assist you to interpret the results and develop an action plan. This button connects you to the UKCPD shop.


Jax Godwin has been married to the love of his life for almost five years. But lately, things haven't been great. In the middle of hockey season and trying to recover from another year of missing the playoffs, Jax has let his career become his number one priority. He's ready to get things back on track until his wife's actions has him rethinking everything.
Avery Godwin has loved Jax Godwin since the day he came into the emergency room where she works. With a quick marriage, Avery becomes comfortable in her new life until Jax's priorities change. After months of neglect and lack of communication, she begins to questions Jax's love for her. It becomes worse when Avery takes a vacation away from him and finds comfort from another man.
The couple is far away from who they were when their relationship began and they both have to figure out if they can start again with a new beginning.


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Chinese tech giants patent tools to identify, track Uighurs on streets
BERLIN Jan 14, 2021 - 6:26 pm GMT+3
This file photo taken on June 4, 2019, shows the Chinese flag behind razor wire at a housing compound in Yangisar, south of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region. (AFP Photo)
by Reuters Jan 14, 2021 6:26 pm
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Chinese technology giants have registered patents for tools that can detect, track and monitor Uighurs, in a move human rights groups fear could entrench oppression of the Muslim minority.
The series of patents, filed as far back as 2017, were unearthed by IPVM, a video surveillance research firm.
In a report published on Tuesday, IPVM reveals a cluster of patents for systems that could be used to analyze images for the presence of Uighurs, and hook into ongoing surveillance camera and facial recognition networks.
"We cannot ignore the fact that these technologies have been developed to be able to efficiently carry out ... brutal oppression," Rushan Abbas, executive director of the rights group Campaign for Uyghurs, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The firms could not be reached for comment, but in responses to IPVM, they denied that the patent applications represented the intended use of their technologies.
United Nations officials have said China is transforming the Xinjiang region, where many Uighurs live, into a "massive internment camp," with the patented tracing tech seen by rights groups as key to the crackdown.
"These technologies allow police in China to go through a large database of faces, and flag faces that the AI (artificial intelligence) has marked as non-Chinese, or Uighurs," says Charles Rollet, a researcher with IPVM. "There are major human rights implications."
The U.N estimates that more than a million Chinese Muslims, many of whom are from the minority Uighur ethnicity, have been detained in the province of Xinjiang, where activists say crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place.
China has denied any abuse and says its camps in the region provide vocational training and help fight extremism.
Its embassy in Washington, D.C., did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Research by human rights groups suggests that Chinese tech firms are building Uighur detection systems, using facial recognition to alert authorities to peoples' whereabouts, and predictive policing tools to identify which to detain.
Maya Wang of Human Rights Watch said the world should be alarmed by the use of tech in Uighur persecution.
"Imagine if the U.S. were a full-on dictatorship, imprisoning Black people just for being Black, and there was technology deployed across the country to detect where Black people were, so they could be hunted down," she said.
"That's what we are seeing in China – and the world needs to pay way more attention."
US Spillover
The debate over the role of corporations in China's treatment of the Uighurs is increasingly spilling over internationally, with the United States applying sanctions to Chinese tech firms accused of abetting the persecution.
The incoming Biden administration this week returned a donation from former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, who had registered as a lobbyist for Hikvision, a video surveillance firm blacklisted by the U.S. government in 2019.
Boxer's firm, Mercury Public Affairs, did not respond to a request for comment.
According to the IPVM report, many top China security camera manufacturers have offered "Uyghurs analytics," including the three largest firms: Hikvision, Dahua and Uniview.
Hikvision told Reuters in 2019 that the firm "takes global human rights very seriously" and that its technology was also used in shops, traffic control and commercial buildings.
One patent application, filed by the Chinese tech giant Huawei in conjunction with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, describes how AI can tell if a pedestrian is Uighur or not.
Huawei said its inclusion had been a mistake.
"It should never have become part of the application and we are taking proactive steps to amend it," a company spokeswoman said in emailed comments from New York.
"Huawei opposes discrimination of all types, including the use of technology to carry out ethnic discrimination."
Another patent from the facial recognition start-up Megvii mentions using a tool that can tell if Uighurs are present.
Megvii said the patent application had been misunderstood, according to the report. The firm did not respond to a request for comment by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The scale of persecution means tech firms in China will be increasingly implicated in some form of abuse, Rollet said.
"If you're a Chinese tech company – in particular one that builds facial recognition – and the police are customers, you are going to have this kind of Uighur-detecting analytics," he said.
The report also discovered similar patents filed by firms that are not directly linked to surveillance.
A patent filed by the e-commerce giant Alibaba described technology to detect race, though it did not specify Uighurs.
"I am shocked there are so many technology firms helping the Chinese government watch us," said Jevlan Shirmemmet, a Uighur activist living in Turkey who says his mother is detained in a Chinese internment camp.
"If this technology helps them persecute Uighur people – why are they making it."
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Harsh winter weather in Europe brings damage and fun


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"Pallet Palace" Helps Homeless Survive the Seasons
By Jim Aroune Rochester
UPDATED 7:14 AM ET Mar. 27, 2019 PUBLISHED 5:20 PM ET Mar. 26, 2019 PUBLISHED 5:20 PM EDT Mar. 26, 2019
For a place that stands invisible in plain sight, there was plenty to do at Peace Village on Tuesday.
"You wouldn't even know they're here with this fence when you're driving down Broad Street. People have no clue, except for his rooftop lounge that you can see," joked Mike Kenny, pointing to one of village's rooftops equipped with a lawn chair.
Peace Village is the homeless encampment relocated from South Avenue, just beneath the Interstate 490 on-ramp to just west of downtown. Tuesday, hands moved broken lumber and tattered belongings to the curb in a bit of spring cleaning.
#PeaceVillage spring cleanup. #MikeKinny and #BobReiss clear debris and stack pallets that'll be used as shelter platforms @ROC homeless encampment. Mikes built four #skidloos. Igloos made from skid pallets. pic.twitter.com/s8DOV7kSao
— Jim Aroune (@JimAroune) March 27, 2019
Bob Reiss is the village's unofficial mayor.
"We're trying to clean it up because we got to have a place to stay. The city's coming down hard on us ... trying to make the best of it, you know," Reiss said.
Bob calls Peace Village a place for the people that can't go into a shelter and don't want to be in that kind of environment. Human service agencies leave supplies and portable shelters that serve as storage.
Few people visit the encampment more than Mike Kenny.
"I should be cleaning my own yard, " the Greece contractor said.
When he's not installing floors, Kenny stops by the Industrial Street lot. He dropped a Christmas tree off there in December. Now he collects loading pallets, or skids for the camp to keep tents and people off the cold ground and abide by the city's non-permanent structure rules.
Mike's built four shelters here with scraps.
"We call them skid-loos, 'cause they're make out of skids, like an igloo."
When Mike's job fell through Tuesday, he headed into the sunshine and helped Bob sweep this site of tents and debris reduced by the winter.
"That's what the snow does to the tents. Can't hold up," Kenny said. "But hopefully the city comes and picks all that crap up."
Mike knows when the warmer months arrive and homeless shelters close, this place will fill with new people. He knows because he used to be a person who would live in a place like this.
"I'd rather be hands-on, than throw money and not know what it's doing. If I was homeless, this is where I'd be at," Kenny added.
The change of season means a fresh start here. RIT students will install a solar array to power lights and phone chargers. Bob's always raking to clean up any needles or signs of drug use on the lots fresh black mulch.
One slip up by anyone here, and Peace Village could close.
"It's actually nice to have someone come by and help because not a lot of people do," said Reiss.
Spring cleaning may be a chore, but on a dead-end in Rochester it can be a way to help others.
"People ask me why I'm doing this," Kenny said. "I think I just hit my head and here I am. Thing to do. Right place, right time I guess."


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Q: How to disable warnings within macros I'm looking at some custom code regarding unreachable code. In short, I have a macro that marks certain code as logically unreachable. This can be used as:
int boolToInt(bool b)
{
    switch (b)
    {
        case true: return 1;
        case false: return 0;
    }
    MY_UNREACHABLE("All cases are covered within the switch");
}

Similarly, I'm trying to reuse this macro at locations where the compiler already knows the code is unreachable.
while (true)
{
    if (++i == 42)
        return j;
    // ...
}
MY_UNREACHABLE("Infinite loop that always returns/continues, never breaks");

That said, in some cases, MSVC still gives the unreachable code warning on the custom handling within the unreachable macro. A simplified version looks like:
// MSVC: cl.exe  /std:c++latest /W4
// Clang: clang++ -O3  -std=c++2a -stdlib=libc++ -Weverything
#ifdef __clang__
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wc++98-compat"
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wmissing-prototypes"
#pragma clang diagnostic warning "-Wunreachable-code"
#else
#pragma warning( default: 4702 )
#endif

#ifdef __clang__
#define DISABLE_WARNING_UNREACHABLE  _Pragma("clang diagnostic push") _Pragma("clang diagnostic ignored \"-Wunreachable-code\"")
#define REENABLE_WARNING_UNREACHABLE _Pragma("clang diagnostic pop")
#else
#define DISABLE_WARNING_UNREACHABLE   __pragma(warning(push)) __pragma(warning( disable : 4702 ))
#define REENABLE_WARNING_UNREACHABLE  __pragma(warning(pop))
#endif

[[noreturn]] void g();
#define MY_UNREACHABLE(msg) DISABLE_WARNING_UNREACHABLE; g() REENABLE_WARNING_UNREACHABLE

[[noreturn]] void my_exit(int);
[[noreturn]] void f()
{
    my_exit(0);
    //g(); // Test if warning works without the macro
    MY_UNREACHABLE("Custom message");
}

Reproduction at Compiler Explorer
From what I understand from [the microsoft documentation] (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/preprocessor/pragma-directives-and-the-pragma-keyword?view=vs-2019), I should be able to use the __pragma with this warning push/pop to disable this warning within the invocation of my macro. (It even has an example doing so)
What should be changed here to suppress the warning in MSVC?


I received so many emails all so fast! Thanks to everyone's encouragement, the entire DICE Staff is running on full cylinders of excitement!
Time passes and now I have so many people giving me their support like this! The very thought warms the cockles of my heart!
I couldn't even dream that I would start a homepage and blog about things, but these days where you get the unexpected impression that "'talking to yourself' is hard~!" and "tweeting like crazy is awesome~!," how is everyone living through the heat?
Oh, right! There seem to be some Twitterers among my staff as well, so feel free to make friends with them. I'm not too good with Twitter, though.
The people at Good Smile Company have made some incredible figures!!!
The monsters that represent Yu-Gi-Oh! The shining examplars of dragons! Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Dragon! These are statues that go far beyond mere figures! They are works of art revered around the world!
They have form with intensity that makes them look like they'll come to life at any time! The weight of them is so overwhelming that you can practically hear their earth-shaking roars! Not to mention that their huge size and price are Monster-grade as well!
Nonetheless, they have spectacular craftsmanship! I hope that the real Yu-Gi-Oh world will have its fill with them!!
I'm back from Comicon! Boy, that was fun!! That's the real American Entertainment Soul for you! American comics, figures, manga, art! Anyway, the energy was superb! It fired me up! Boy! It sure was something!
In transition, "Button", produced by Dice, has started up. Since the art is roughly done by one person, I think it ends up taking a lot of time, but I think I keep my nose to the gridstone with 60% focus on hobbies, 30% focus on work and about 10% focus on preventing slacking off, so I'd appreciate it if you all stick with me!
Next week, Dice takes its summer vacation.
But, because of the heat, I might not go anywhere~! Maybe I'll just draw at the old work bench. I can't go dragging my feet! I've got to do things with a snap!
American Comics, awesome! Figures, awesome! Fatbo~y! Awesome!
As to why I'm here to begin with, it's because the folks at Good Smile Company have the Yu-Gi-Oh Figures they have made for me on display! Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Red-Eyes Black Dragon!!
The craftsmanship on them are out of this world! It's way too cool! These statues are transcendentally beautiful enough to even shock the Americans! Once they rock the world, they're coming back to our country~!
Ishizu and Malik Ishtar. The composition of the sun and shadows shows their brotherly-sisterly relationship.
Seto and Mokuba. A never-before-seen illustration.
A planet that revolves around buttons is one day thrown in chaos when an evil inhabiatant of Planet Button tricks their leader into destroying the planet with their own defense systems. The few survivors board spaceships and fly off into space, along with our hero, Button 229.
A card illustration of Red-Eyes Black Dragon. I'm proud of putting in the Kokuendan with the ground spurting lava.
So many Blue-Eyes cards have come out that every pose has been exhausted, so this is the illustration I drew in doubt~. Even so, I like it more than I thought I would!
Kageyamacchi came to play the other day.
Kageyamacchi is currently the person drawing the Yu-Gi-Oh GX manga in V-Jump. Since Studio Dice has gotten cramped, Maruyamacchi and the others have all been working by themselves and working hard on the monthly serial at their own places of work.
Card tournaments have been being held pretty frequently and it seems he's gotten pumped up with the OCG along with the anime staff and voice actors! Each of their individual personalities show up in their decks and it seems some pretty heated battles can unfold!
The OCG has gotten so complex that I can't keep up~! My memory has gotten so bad as of late that I can't even remember all the cards~! And the text is tough with these old eyes~! Still, simply hearing stories of everyone enjoying themselves dueling is enough to satisfy me!
*-cchi is a cutesy name suffix.
I'm thinking of releasing my silly cartoon soon! But I've been taking more serious steps towards making it than I thought I would. I've done illustrations and manga up till now, but I've given anime a try since I've never done it before.
It's an action adventure movie with my mascot character set in space!
...or so I've designed it after!
But, boy, does an anime take time to make! Making the pictures move is fun, but it really is a big chore to do~!....or is it.
With the release depending on when its finished, it might be released at some erratic date, but since I have big stories in my head, I want to try and see how far they take me!...or so do I! In any case, I hope you all continue to look forward to it~!...or should you!!
Okinawa was a blast! The staff enjoyed it, and with everyone going diving, it was the greatest! Also, the night sky was awesome! The stars were looking great and moved me-! They maybe be hidden from sight in the city, but I sure did realize the whole sky alight with stars above our heads any time of the night-! That's space for you! And on the night of the Tanabata*, I saw a shooting star! I really did, for a second! It was all 'Woosh☆'!
*The Tanabata (Seventh Night) Star Festival is an event that happens the 7th of every July where people write wishes on small pieces of paper called tanzaku and hang them on bamboo branches.
With its manga and anime colors, the Black Magician has been presented as being blue, but in my image, I think this is the true Black Magician.
The design of the Blamagi (Black Magic) disciple initially had an American comic book feel to it, but on many levels, this design helped to add grace to the manga, so I'm quite fond of it.
Elf Swordsman wasn't in a lot of scenes in the manga, but this is somewhat of clinching pose.
Summoned Demon's card illustration. I winded up revising the design, but it's sort of creepy.
Two people from the staff I met at the production studio of the Yu-Gi-Oh anime had gotten married and stopped by to say hello the other day! They were together in the bar once or twice, but I ne~ver would have noticed!
It's so good to be young~~!
The God of Obelisk. I originally drew this for a card and I put the studio logo on it. My apologies for any inconvenience.
An illustration of the Winged Dragon of Ra. I tried giving the God Cards a sense of unity by putting the hieroglyphs in their backgrounds.


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