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Agustin y Agustina AGAIN?

[stateofsport211]

US Open MS Q3: Know Your Qualifiers (1/2)

Illustration of the US Open qualifying weeks (📸 US Open official website)

After being rain-delay-ridden in the past two days, including what was supposed to be the fourth qualifying day, the third qualifying rounds only kicked off in the last timeslot of that day (throughout the late afternoon-evening), with 7 men's singles final qualifying matches playing almost simultaneously, pulling a Roland Garros splitting the 16 matches into 2 days due to the weather forecast (which turned out to be true, with some second-round matches being delayed twice, so did the start of the day). Several matches notably started earlier but finished later due to their dynamics, which will be summarized below (as they qualified).

The first part of the final qualifying rounds had several names in the spotlight, such as but not limited to fourth seed Taro Daniel, who qualified comfortably in a dominant showing with his current form, 22nd seed and NextGen Dominic Stricker, who previously also qualified to the Wimbledon Championships and was a lucky loser in Roland Garros, which turned out to be a rematch but in a different surface against Thiago Agustin Tirante, and Aidan Mayo, who even stunned Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard while minding his past ITF successes in the past month.

The shorter Twitter/X thread of the qualifiers can be found here.

Section 4: Taro Daniel d. Francisco Comesana 6-1, 6-4

Taro Daniel's point to break 2-0, 1st set (📸 Eurosport)

Francisco Comesana, who did not play in a hard-court event this season before an impromptu move to indoor hard courts in the Liberec Challenger due to continuous rain, where he was the eventual champion, stunned Jozef Kovalik and Federico Gaio, having to dig deep for the latter, thanks to his adjustable controlled aggression. An interesting return depth challenge awaits in fourth seed Taro Daniel, who currently has an 18-10 win-loss record in the hard courts, with some notable results of reaching the third rounds of Indian Wells and Miami M1000s as a qualifier.

T. Daniel dominantly started the first set by smashing his way right after a forehand down-the-line finishing attempt to break 2-0 before he consolidated to 3-0 right after. However, Comesana lost control and went erratic, which explained the first set breadstick (6-1). Comesana successfully averted the second set bakery once he held his service game 2-2, and T. Daniel once again passed Comesana from his forehand side to open the path, followed by a forehand return ace before he broke to 3-2 at the expense of Comesana’s double fault. Consolidating his lead to 4-2, it was too late for Comesana to match the pace since the whole flow was in T. Daniel’s racquet, and the latter successfully took the second set 6-4 to be the first person qualified for the main draw.

In the first round, T. Daniel will face former World No. 6 Gael Monfils, who entered the US Open through his protected ranking. Their only Tour-level meeting dated all the way to Roland Garros 2019 (on clay, instead), where Monfils won 6-0, 6-4, 6-1. While the dynamics could be different this time, their point construction (and anticipation combined) would be something of attention, making this match one of the most interesting encounters to watch (caution: possible highlight reels on both peaks).

Section 1: Enzo Couacaud d. Giulio Zeppieri 3-6, 6-1, 6-1

Enzo Couacaud's point to 2-0* 0-30, 3rd set (📸 Eurosport)

Notably taking a tie-break set out of Novak Djokovic as a qualifier in the Australian Open earlier this season, the rest of the season was more or less chaotic for Enzo Couacaud. The chaos was further added with an early exit in the Winnipeg Challenger against Gabriel Diallo before he stunned first seed Jaume Munar in the first qualifying round. 30th seed Giulio Zeppieri played mostly clay Challengers along the way, becoming the runner-up in the Karlsruhe Challenger after a fall resulted in his retirement when he was up 6-2, 0-1, marking his comeback with an applicable all-around game in the hard court by defeating compatriots Riccardo Bonadio and Alessandro Giannessi in the first two rounds.

Zeppieri initially controlled the match when Couacaud started erratically, with the latter’s backhand errors securing that break, and he did not look back before taking the first set 6-3. However, in the second set, Couacaud bounced back thanks to his working backhand, going after Zeppieri’s forehand, from which its response was insufficient at times. After the second set breadstick, Couacaud kept controlling the flow during the third set, with his backhand passing shot becoming one of the keys before he doubled the break, resulting in Couacaud’s double breadstick (6-1, 6-1) service as a result in the last two sets.

Couacaud will face former World No. 35 Jiri Vesely, who tried to work his way back up, recently eliminated in the second round of Grodzisk Mazowiecki/Kozerki Challenger to Benjamin Hassan 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(5) with his match points being saved. Even if this will be their first Tour-level meeting, Vesely had to retire down 4-6 at the conclusion of the first set during the Bengaluru Challenger quarterfinals back in 2022. Knowing how physical (and chaotic) this match could be, J. Vesely’s usually reliable baseline game would rely on such fitness as well.

Section 15: Dominic Stricker d. Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-2, 6-3

Dominic Stricker’s point to *0-1 40-ad, 2nd set (📸 Eurosport)

Interestingly, Thiago Agustin Tirante and 22nd seed Dominic Stricker met in the Roland Garros third qualifying round, with Tirante winning the encounter 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 while Stricker got the lucky loser spot. Since winning the Morelos Challenger a few months back, Tirante had an interesting hard-court record by defeating Gonzalo Lama in Los Cabos before Alex de Minaur demolished him 6-2, 6-1 as well as an early exit in the Stanford Challenger before defeating Luca Nardi and Brandon Holt in the first two qualifying rounds. On the other hand, Stricker also had some rough patches, notably an early exit against Christian Harrison in the Winnipeg Challenger before dealing with Pablo Llamas Ruiz in the second qualifying round in a dramatic third set tie-breaker interrupted by the rain delay at 7-6(9) before winning it two points later.

Outside of Tirante’s physical problem (likely his shoulder, where he had a medical timeout from in the second set), this match was on Stricker’s racquet from the way he paced the flow. Right in the third game, he opened the path to break thanks to a working volley before leading 3-0 but had to endure a 17-minute game three games later, where Tirante held his service game to 4-2. An erratic service game resulted in Stricker taking the first set 6-2. Stricker continued his control in the second set, surviving 2 break points to hold 1-0 before a backhand winner created his break point, eventually breaking to 2-0. He did not look back since, keeping things balanced to take the second set 6-3 (almost broke for the match as well).

Stricker will face Alexei Popyrin in the first round, whom he also faced in the first round of Wimbledon several months back. The Swiss won the encounter 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, which thriller would likely replicate in the Flushing Meadows if both players kept going after each other from the baseline, boiling down to several margins of errors.

Section 7: Otto Virtanen d. Juncheng Shang 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-1

Otto Virtanen's point to *0-0 30-40, 1st set (📸 Eurosport)

Juncheng (Jerry) Shang had a rollercoaster season, starting it by qualifying for the Australian Open. Some of his hard-court defeats were rather in bigger matches, e.g. against Frances Tiafoe in Washington (500) quarterfinals or Kei Nishikori in Atlanta (250) second roun]; however, he could also find trouble fending powers from people like Mark Lajal or Alex Michelsen back in Granby and Chicago Challengers, respectively. Such a challenge would be possible when he met 28th seed Otto Virtanen, who survived being demolished when he was 1-6, 0-2 down in the first qualifying round against Emilio Gomez, and bounced back to defeat Michael Zheng in the second qualifying round.

In the match dubbed as the “match of the century” for the NextGen talent-off, Virtanen had a fiery start thanks to his volley to create his break point before an early break, only to be broken back (1-1) out of a forehand error to start the first set. They also traded breaks in the middle of the set, but the most important one came from Virtanen (at the cost of Jerry’s forehand misfire) before he served for the first set to 7-5. Fast-forward to the second set tie-breaker, Virtanen’s forehand error to 2-0 resulted in everything going downhill, which resulted in Jerry taking the second set 7-6(2) to force a decider. Realizing this, Virtanen took it personally, when Jerry’s game fell apart after the first break of that set (2-0) due to his forehand rushes to close the rallies. It did not help anything except for Virtanen’s third-set breadstick to 6-1.

Virtanen will face 30th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry, with whom it will be their first-ever meeting. Knowing both players, while keeping solid service games looked important, a balance of power would be necessary, which could boil down to a few options: either those who moved forward successfully, being more intuitive (with the open space usage) or the minimum mistakes. Both players came a long way in the past year, should be a high-quality encounter when both players are on.

Section 14: Yu-Hsiou Hsu d. Aidan Mayo 7-5, 6-3

Yu-Hsiou Hsu's point to *3-4 30-40, 2nd set (📸 Eurosport)

Starting to grab attention since becoming the runner-ups of the 2 Mexican ITFs last May in Xalapa and Tabasco, followed by ITF M25 Dallas runner-up last July], as well as a quarterfinal run (l. Arthur Cazaux) in the Lexington Challenger a few weeks ago, Aidan Mayo grabbed more spotlight in the first two qualifying rounds by defeating Frederico Ferreira Silva 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round, and shockingly eliminated fellow NextGen Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(6), 7-6(8) to book an encounter against a comeback Yu-Hsiou (Timmy) Hsu, who qualified to the Australian Open but had a rough patch in most parts this season. Coming to this match, return depth and defense-to-offense execution would be some aspects of attention when constructing points.

While most of the first set consisted of service game holds, it was worth noting that Aidan had one of his holds coming thanks to his forehand down-the-line winner in the middle of that set. However, it all boiled down to the last two points (to Aidan’s disappointment), where his double fault created it and a forehand error in response to Timmy’s backhand resulted in its conversion. Timmy stayed steady with his pace until he intuitively came up with a volley in the sixth game of the second set, setting himself 2 points apart even if Aidan held that game to 3-3. The same volley played an important role in creating a break point 2 games later, which was converted to 5-3, prompting Timmy to serve for the match, and he did it without further ado.

Timmy will face wild card Thanasi Kokkinakis in the first round. This will become their first meeting at any level, and while Thanasi has his own edge in terms of singles main draw experience, Timmy could end up digging even deeper when things go south, starting from getting the second serves (which are often vulnerable for most people), something that (likely) happened when he stunned Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the second qualifying round.

Section 12: Timofey Skatov d. James Duckworth 6-2, 6-2

Timofey Skatov’s points to *0-4 15-15, 2nd set (📸 Eurosport)

Despite having a stellar clay season by becoming the runner-up of the Concepcion Challenger and qualifying through Roland Garros (l. Grigor Dimitrov), 23rd seed Timofey Skatov proved his explosive game to also apply on the hard courts of US Open by convincingly defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-2, 6-2 and Raul Brancaccio 6-4, 6-3 in the first two rounds. However, it all will be tested against the more experienced 12th seed James Duckworth, runner-up of 3 different hard-court Challengers earlier this year (Burnie, Bengaluru, and Morelos), who had to dig deep to defeat both Timothy Svajda 7-6(12), 6-2 and Terence Atmane 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(8) to set this face-off.

Duckworth started by getting broken early out of his error sprees (including a forehand error to be broken 0-1), while Skatov kept dominating from his forehand side. However, Duckworth’s physical problem was not visible until he took a medical timeout twice in the match, one of them being escorted off-court (likely for his back). Skatov took the first set 6-2 while trying to overpower Duckworth, and his forehand dominance was more visible in the second set with several noticeable winners to open the path or to break altogether, hence overwhelming Duckworth until a second set breadstick was almost served, but Duckworth could still hang on for one more game before Skatov successfully served for the set.

Skatov gets Alex de Minaur in the first round, with this being their first meeting ever. A tough one, with the person who is more offensive and deep (in terms of return games), could prevail from this round, in general.

Section 3: Felipe Meligeni R. Alves d. Federico Coria 6-4, 5-7, 7-5

Felipe Meligeni R. Alves' point to save one of Federico Coria's match point to 5-4* 40-40, 3rd set (📸 Eurosport)

Other than winning the Concepcion Challenger against Timofey Skatov, the past few months had been its own rollercoaster for third seed Federico Coria before his Santo Domingo Challenger semifinal appearance (l. Genaro Alberto Olivieri). Interestingly, Fede defied the odds by not dropping a set in the first two rounds, defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-3, 6-1, and Martin Damm, Jr. 6-2, 6-2 in the first two rounds. However, he faced an interesting challenge in Felipe Meligeni R. Alves, the Lyon Challenger champion, whose aggressive game also suited the hard courts (proven by qualifying for the Miami M1000 several months ago), defeating Dalibor Svrcina 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 and Facundo Bagnis 6-4, 6-2 in the first two qualifying rounds despite having to retire in his Santo Domingo Challenger quarterfinal match a week ago. While this match might not be easy for Fede, he should try to be more offensive before Felipe’s offensive side got him.

Exactly, Felipe attacked Fede’s baseline game more right from the start, with Fede’s forehand errors resulting in Felipe’s break of serve before he was spotted leading 4-2 in the first set. He almost doubled it thanks to a forehand winner, but Fede still held to 3-4, and Felipe ended up taking the first set 6-4. This rhythm carried on in the second set, where Felipe’s forehand winner created a break point to break early, but got broken back to 2-2 to start the second set. Fede had his moments with his break points, but Felipe still stood his ground, even broke at the expense of Fede’s forehand rush for a chance to serve for the match at 5-4. However, Felipe ended up taking a scenic route after he got broken instead (5-5), and Fede ended up breaking for the second set to 7-5 thanks to a forehand return ace. In the deciding set, both players had their moments, but it was not until Felipe had to face 2 match points at 5-4* out of his errors, that damage was averted thanks to his unreturned serve and a volley to close a rally before holding to 5-5. Finding a way out from his more attacking play, Felipe broke and served for the third set to 7-5, securing his main draw spot as a result.

Upon qualifying, Felipe gets former World No. 4 Kei Nishikori, who entered the tournament with a protected ranking. Despite the latter’s uncertainty to play in the US Open due to the injury picked up several weeks ago, he still has it on his full form, coming back with a storm by winning the Palmas del Mar Challenger as an unranked person right in his first tournament coming back to the Tour (d. Michael Zheng 6-3, 7-5). When he is fit, Felipe’s usually reliable forehand would be given a decent test, with rally tolerance becoming another aspect of attention.

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Agustin Bruno

(Note: It was brought to my attention that the picture with Daniel Garcia's face is an edit. This is the original picture. I apologize.)

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Society of the Snow is incredible in so many ways. But one of the biggest is the incredible, tender thoughtfulness put into casting the boys.

In Pablo Vierci's book, he wrote in the forward that before filming, Enzo met Numa's family and walked through their home. One of his sisters said, "when they went into the backyard, she felt for a moment as if her brother had come back." Also, when the survivors met the cast, they were stunned by how similar Diego and Alfonsina looked to Marcelo and Suzy. One of the survivors said that when Alfonsina stood up to speak to the group, his mind just couldn't comprehend it because Suzy Parrado was dead, but there she was in front of them.

The video I was waiting for.

Actors and characters side by side, posted by Bayona on his instagram.

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👁️ 🥦 👥️ 📚

👁 - dark brown

🥦 - carrot :d

👥️ - There are a lot of em, but here are the main ones at the moment

Sergey Razumovsky/Oleg Volkov, Randal/Satoru Tsukada, Vargelle, Yura/Nikita ("это всë.")

📚 - "Notes of a Young Doctor" by Bulgakov

"Special Meat" by Agustine Busterrick

"Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

[josh0555]

This is the Summer Station ID of ABS-CBN in 2007. The Summer Station ID was themed “Piliin Mo Ang Pilipinas”.

The Summer Station ID theme song was performed by Filipina OPM singer and songwriter Regine Velasquez featuring Filipino singer, songwriter, rapper, conductor, television host and comedian Ogie Alcasid which is Regine Velasquez's husband when they got married in December 24, 2005. Also starting in June 1, 2007, The theme “Piliin Mo Ang Pilipinas” can be heard on DZMM Radyo 630 and various radio stations nationwide.

The Summer Station ID features The Summer Station ID features Ritz Azul, Alice Dixson, Arcee Muñoz, Eula Caballero, Tuesday Vargas, AiAi de las Alas, Cherry Pie Picache, Lucho Ayala, Gil Cuerva, Rainier Castillo, Arjo Atayde, Kit Thompson, JC de Vera, Sef Cadayona, Dion Ignacio, Gerald Anderson, Edgar Allan Guzman, Cherie Mercado, Kara David, The Tulfo Brothers, Bernadette Sembrano, Mariz Umali, Kim Atienza, Jiggy Manicad, Ted Failon, Arnold Clavio, Marc Logan, “Kabayan” Noli de Castro, Vicky Morales, DingDong Dantes, Marian Rivera, Andi Eigenmann, Dominic Roco, Felix Roco, Bong Revilla, Jayson Gainza, Zanjoe Marudo, RJ Padilla, Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey de Leon, Mariel Rodriguez, Toni Gonzaga, Camille Prats, Bayani Agbayani, Luis Manzano, Matteo Guidicelli, Patrick Garcia, AJ Perez, Ryan Agoncillo, Oyo Boy Sotto, Maine Mendoza, Catherine Bernardo, Edu Manzano, Jericho Rosales, Gardo Versoza, Vhong Navarro, John Prats, Teddy Corpuz, EJ Falcon, John Lloyd Cruz, Dennis Trillo, Aga Muhlach, Joem Bascon, Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, Daniel Padilla, Alwyn Uytingco, Rocco Nacino, Enchong Dee, Benjamin Alves, Carl Cervantes, Terence Baylon, Rico Barrero, Tom Rodriguez, Paolo Serrano, Edgar Allan Guzman, Erich Gonzales, Bianca Umali, Carla Abellana, Roxanne Guinoo, Valerie Concepcion, Arra San Agustin, Rufa Mae Quinto, Jennylyn Mercado, Robin Padilla, including Regine Velasquez and her husband Ogie Alcasid featuring the Smosh crew members Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox and Caleb Bratayley, boy bands TVXQ and Super Junior, girl group Girls’ Generation, supergroup Bravo All-Stars, special guests Pokwang, Heart Evangelista, Dimples Romana, Bea Alonzo, Ogie Diaz, Ahron Villena, Diether Ocampo, Ina Raymundo, Gretchen Barretto, Onemig Bondoc, Diego Castro III and child actors Angelica Panganiban, Alex Gonzaga, Cristine Reyes and the Goin Bulilit original cast members from TV5. The Summer Station ID also features British boy band One Direction in their pre-debut and Australian born American actor, producer and comedian Will Smith who portrayed Jack Frost in the 2002 movie Frozen as a special guest. Red, Green, Blue and Black Balloons will also be scattered around the nation to literally bring forth the summer fun.

The Summer Station ID was filmed in Manila, Quezon City, Baguio, Palawan and Boracay in June 2006 whenever the ABS-CBN, GMA and TV5 crew members are having a hot summer day into a big summer party.

The Summer Station ID clips will be re-used in the I Gotta Feeling music video from the future movie Ready Player One which will be releasing in March 21, 2013 from Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios. But somehow, This is the only Summer Station ID to feature actors from ABS-CBN, GMA and TV5.

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DDWCaPH! Naming Process/History

Alright, so I got an ask about old/scrapped names of the characters… But I didn't expect the list to be this long, so I decided to make this into a development post and also talk about my naming process (except some juicy details I need to keep secret though, hehe).

Anyway, a bit of context for my early naming process: In the original first draft, Lungsod City was a futuristic setting. Everyone had two names: Assigned birth names, or legal names given to people by the government (meant to be a comparison to how authors assign characters their names), and personal nicknames.

This meant that Patrick, Wayne, and Roselyna have two names, and if Roselyna had to introduce herself, she'd say, "Roselyna, nickname" or "Primrose, legal". Their legal names were stored in a phone/ID device called P-cards, which also double as a debit card since there's no physical currency anymore.

For Wayne and Rosie specifically (the original twins in the first draft), I chose their nicknames first, then I worked backwards to choose their assigned name. This isn't the case anymore of course (I've also stopped naming characters after my friends), but it's become tradition for me that each character should have at least one nickname, and anyone who doesn't is just a minor background character.

With that said, here's an extensive list of all the name changes I can remember:

Patrick: Paddy had Maverick as a placeholder name during the early outlining phase, but I settled with Patrick because I like Paddy as a nickname, especially because it rhymes with daddy. I think I was considering Theodore too, so that became his first name. And of course Paddy can also be Patricia now.

Wayne: Wayne's original name was Nyco because reasons, but that also didn't survive the outlining phase. I don't recall where Wayne even came from, but I picked Thomas as his assigned name because it means "twin". As for why I picked Ryan, you can probably figure out why if you know the current origin story of Wayne's nickname (which you learn by choosing him as your bestfriend).

Roselyna: Roselyna was just simply Rose in the first draft. Anyway, it's a very special name to me, and I wanted to change it to Roselyn to make it a lil prettier. I used it as a name for several characters, and even in some games I was playing. It's a pretty common name, so I was forced to think of variations of the name when it was taken already. I remember liking the spelling of Rosalynne too, but Roselyna just sounds better (and apparently hard for some people to spell, as I've realized). 😅

I went with Primrose for her assigned name, which eventually led me to "Primrose Evelyn", which was sort of a tiny nod to Primrose Everdeen from The Hunger Games (which was big at the time, not that I care much for it). So her nickname became a portmanteau, but I couldn't decide for the longest time whether I wanted it to be Evelyna, Everlyn, or Everlyna, until recently when I just decided to make the 'a' in Roselyna come from her middle name, Agustin (which was previously Flores).

Maggie: From the start, I wanted her to name to start with M/sound similar to mommy. And Maggie was the obvious choice because I don't like how Maddie sounds like. For her assigned name, I briefly considered Magdalene, but I knew someone in elementary named Marjorie, and I liked it a lot (plus it's a little less common than the other candidates).

MC's Dad: Aka, Wayne and Roselyna's original dad. Unfortunately I can't mention it because it implies some spoilery events about IAC, but I can safely say that I scrapped that name and event very early in the rewrites (it's not one of the characters you meet, it's hard to explain). Part of the reason you'll be able to choose the name of MC's dad in the next update, is that I haven't really settled on a name for him either. Although I was considering David and Daniel (two of the preset names) because like Maggie, I want his name to start with D/sound similar to daddy.

Julie: I think Julie came from a friend's character I was RPing with, and Wayne got used to calling her Mama Julie. Or at least, it was a big influence why I settled with Julie. It really only became Juliette relatively recently because of the whole nickname thing. I just chose Anne as her second name because it sounds nice and simple, then I realized it sounds nice with Maggie too.

Robert: Apparently, Julie and Robert were originally unnamed in the first draft. But other than that, he didn't have any name changes, other than me giving him Anthony as a second given name.

At this point before the big rewrite, everyone above just had the surname Dela Cruz, since I wanted them to have a common surname. I ony changed it to Villanueva after the rewrites.

Lily: Lily and JM came about because Wayne and Rosie needed to have a friend group at school, and during their creation process, making them have the opposite of W&R's personalities just seemed to fit them perfectly. I'm also unsure why I picked Lily's name exactly, but I think I added "anne" to Lily because of the nickname thing. Her original surname was Concepcion, which I have now given to Rosie's friend, Abigail (who was part of the early iterations of the friend group, before she got repurposed because there's too many).

And since I'm on the topic, I was also planning to add another friend nicknamed Junjun (because double syllable nicknames are common here) …and I just realized, Lily's secret nickname actually fulfills the double syllable nickname (you can discover it if you choose her as your BFF).

JM: When I was thinking of friend names for Wayne and Rosie, I also wanted a nickname with just two initials. They had a friend called RJ at some point, and JM was originally just "Michael", and I guess I kinda merged the two name concepts and ended up with JM. Him becoming a junior was mostly a random idea because I thought it sounded nice with his name, but it gave him more conflict fuel with his dad so I kept it. Maybe RJ still wanted to be a part of his name as "jr", hehe.

With JM's dad now being Lungsod City's vice mayor, I've since changed their names to "John Jesse Michael" (something I've had in my notes for a while now), and changed his dad's nickname from Mike to Jesse.

Beatrice: My old notes say Beatrice's original name was Angelica. I don't remember that, but I guess I wanted it to be ironic. Brandon only came later when I decided to make B gender-selectable/a crush option. Not much story to their names, other than it just fit the vibes I was looking for. Maybe I subconsciously gave them 'B' names because they're bullies, but I dunno.

Nestor: His original name was Robin, since he owns a bird pet shop and needed to have a bird-related name. I eventually changed it to Nestor (esp. because his favorite birds are parrots), which accidentally gave me the greatest pun ever.

Mary: Mary's full name probably had the most number of candidates. I had a full page of notes dedicated to possible names for Mary, but you don't need to know all of that, hehe.

Mariano/Josephine: Mariano's original placeholder name was Christopher, based on one of my friend's characters who I RP'd with, along with Josephine (who 8 year old Rosie became surprisingly close to and was the reason she became less bratty). I got the blessing to use Josephine as her mom's name, and with Rosie's new backstory of having been found in a church, I just had to make her dad's name Mariano (and their surname Del Rosario). As it's pointed out in MC's diary, it's the opposite gender versions of Mary and Joseph. In the next update his nickname will be Mario so it's more apparent.

JM's Mom: I didn't remember this until I found some old notes, but JM's mom's original name was Luzviminda, which is a portmanteau name of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao (the three major island groups in the Philippines). You don't actually meet her until Volume 5 in JM's story world, so I can't say much about her yet.

Lily's Moms: Lily actually had both dads instead of moms at one point, but her parents didn't have names until I was forced, when I wrote their diary entries. I'm changing Richie's nickname to Rickie in the next update, but I picked Richelle Dalisay for Police-Mom's name as a shout to Ang Probinsyano. I'm also changing Computer-Mom's name from Jezebel/Belle to Danica/Dani because it just fit her better, now that I've written a scene with them.

Ma'am Bianes: As you might've seen from the Super School Bus game, she was previously Mrs. Agustin. I did choose her surname after one of my teachers in elementary, who I distinctly remember saying the "be honest" joke… although unfortunately I don't remember much else about her besides that. There was also a Miss Nelson in the first draft, but she was a background character and Rosie didn't like her, so I wouldn't say they're the same character. (Miss Mean Chin was in the first draft too, who's a reference to Miss Minchin.)

Raven: Her original name was Raybie, and it's a little strange because I derived it from my friend's names (something I liked to do a lot because I was very unoriginal). The spelling always seemed off to me, so I changed it to Ravie. And because I like portmanteau nicknames, her name became Raven Bianca.

Chamyrrha: I also got the blessing to use Cham's name from a friend I RP'd with, although I changed the spelling from Chamirra. Her last name was Tenebrae before I decided to drop it entirely because it doesn't make sense for her to have a last name. At one point, Cham was actually one of Wayne's classmates at school.

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Anyway, I think that's all the characters for now. Anyone I didn't mention means they always had that name.

I'll reblog this post later in the IAC blog with the name changes of the characters in IAC and Wayne's story world!

[countessofravenclaw]

For fun, here's my updated OC list

Marco Perida and Isla Perida (Nee. Vasquez Born. Sulandre) ~ Gastón's parenst

Diego Alvarez and Carla Alvarez (Nee. Lopez) ~ Simon's parents

Rico Alvarez, Julio Alvarez, Maria Alvarez and Racheal "Rika" Alvarez  ~ Simon's younger siblings

Maya Carcia (Nee. Alvarez), Antonio Carcia, Valeria Carcia and Garen Carcia ~ Simon's older sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew

Sofia Balsano (Nee. Perelli) ~ Matteo's stepmother

Lucia Balsano (Nee. Astrella) ~ Matteo's diseased mother

Alice Vargas (Nee. Lopez) and Agustin Vargas ~ Simon's aunt and uncle, Leon's parents

Maria Aquirre ~ Buenos Aires based jeweler who is a close friend of Gastón's mother

Sarah Arya ~ Chilean designer who Jazmin discovered from Fundom

Ariana Williams and Marlee Wynne ~ Nina's Oxford roommates

Oliver Carson and Jacob "Cob" Thomas ~ Gastón's Oxford roommates

James Wilson and Isabel Davidson ~ Gastón's friend from his engineering class and his girlfriend

Lisa White and Jess Smitson ~ Classmates from Nina’s literature course

Jakinda Vasquez (Nee. Romero) ~ Gastón’s maternal grandmother

Joakim Vasquez ~ Gastón’s mother’s late adoptive/stepfather

Mía Ruiz (Nee. Vasquez) and Luis Ruiz, and Elise Otero (Nee. Vasquez) and Calvin Otero ~ Gastón’s aunts and their husbands

Jonathan Ruiz and Windy Ruiz (Nee. Zelora) ~ Gastón’s oldest cousin and his wife

April Ruiz, Angelina Ruiz, Cris Ruiz, Liliana Otero, William Otero, Camellia “Mel” Otero, Iris Otero, and Matias Otero ~ Gastón’s other cousins

Tomas Perida and Coral Perida (Nee. Vidal) ~ Gastón’s uncle and his wife

Viviana Astrella (Nee. Bianchi) ~ Matteo’s maternal grandmother

Edoardo Astrella and Rosalinda Astrella (Nee. Varela) ~ Matteo’s uncle and his wife, Flor’s parents

Evelyn Sulandre, Isaac Sulandre and Maxima “Max” Sulandre ~ Gastón’s cousins from his biological maternal grandfather’s side

Jorge Sulandre ~ Gastón’s late biological maternal grandfather

Toni Sulandre and Jay Sulandre ~ Gastón’s uncles from his biological maternal grandfather’s side

Dr. Daniel Alzamenti and Dr. Serena Alzamenti (Nee. Evania) ~ Delfi’s parents, Neuro and Trauma surgeons at Swiss Medical 

Aaron Alzamenti ~ Delfi’s younger brother

Clarion Carbajal (Nee. Clevro) and Samuel Carbajal ~ Jazmin’s parents

Alejo Medina and Dr. Marisa Medina (Nee. Kezne) ~ Jim’s parents 

Ashlyn “Lyni” Medina ~ Jim’s older sister

Pío Sanches and Dr. Julissa Sanches (Nee. Julyer) ~ Yam’s parents

Rodrigo Ramirez ~ The Headmaster of Blake South College

Elias Winton ~ Gastón’s former boss at Renishaw

Some of these character have not appeared in a fic of mine yet, so send me guesses on how they will factor in something or what you would like to see them in

[stateofsport211]

Antofagasta Ch F: Juan Manuel Cerundolo [8] def. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 Match Stats

📸 ATP official website

Even though Dani dominantly started the first set from his aggression, Juanma adapted the rhythm to set up the second set afresh, leaving the former less to no options when he dealt with the latter's strokes. As powerful as Juanma looked, he took the ball as early and as deep as possible, which also contributed to some key shot winners. By then, he was able to optimize his chances by converting 56% of his 9 break points, although Dani's first set showing also contributed to his 15 break points.

Despite their occasional service game chaos, Juanma maintained more stable percentage throughout the match. He won 60% of his first serve points, where his sole ace also helped him to get out of some troubles. Somehow, only a little differentiated both players on their second serves (by 1%), with Juanma winning 57% of his second serve points even though both players double-faulted thrice.

This marked Juanma's tenth career Challenger title, his third for this year after the Lima (1) and Santa Cruz (Bolivia) 2 Challengers earlier this year. Propelling his rank back to 154 by the end of the tournament, facing eighth seed Federico Agustin Gomez back home in Buenos Aires (Racket Club), with Dani receiving a Special Exempt to partake in the same event, facing sixth seed Roman Andres Burruchaga in the first round. This tournament could deliver once again!

[jcmarchi]

David Autor named the inaugural Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor in Economics

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David Autor named the inaugural Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor in Economics

The Department of Economics has announced David Autor as the inaugural holder of the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professorship in Economics, effective July 1. 

The endowed chair is made possible by the generosity of Daniel and Gail Rubinfeld. Daniel Rubinfeld SM ’68, PhD ’72 is the Robert L. Bridges Professor of Law and professor of economics emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley, and professor of law emeritus at New York University.

“The Rubinfeld Professorship in Economics is important for two reasons,” Rubinfeld says. “First, it allows MIT to wisely manage its resources. Second, as an economist, I believe it’s efficient for the economics department to plan for the long term, which this endowment allows.” 

MIT will use the fund to provide a full professorship for senior faculty in the Department of Economics. Faculty with research and teaching interests in the area of applied microeconomics will receive first preference.

David Autor’s scholarship explores the labor-market impacts of technological change and globalization on job polarization, skill demands, earnings levels and inequality, and electoral outcomes. He is a faculty co-director of the recently-launched MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative.

“I am privileged to be the inaugural holder of the Rubinfeld Professorship in Economics, honoring Daniel Rubinfeld’s illustrious career of scholarship and public service. As the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor of Economics, I aim to honor Dan Rubinfeld’s legacy by contributing in both domains,” Autor says.

Prior to Berkeley and NYU, Rubinfeld previously spent 11 years teaching at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Rubinfeld has been a fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Rubinfeld previously served as deputy assistant attorney general for antitrust in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Jon Gruber, department chair and Ford Professor of Economics, says the Rubinfelds’ gift illustrates two important lessons.

“The first is the ongoing power of the MIT education — Daniel’s PhD helped him to build an important career both inside and outside of academia, and this gift will help ensure others continue to benefit from this powerful experience,” says Gruber. “The second is the importance of support directly to the economics department at this time of rapidly growing costs of research.”

“Nothing ensures the future strength of an academic department as much as endowed professorships,” adds Agustin Rayo, the Kenan Sahin Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. “This seminal gift by Gail and Daniel Rubinfeld will have a lasting impact on the success of MIT economics for decades to come. We are deeply grateful for their generous investment in the department.”

Autor has received numerous awards for both his scholarship — the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, the Sherwin Rosen Prize for outstanding contributions to the field of Labor Economics, the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2019, the Society for Progress Medal in 2021— and for his teaching, including the MIT MacVicar Faculty Fellowship. 

In 2020, Autor received the Heinz 25th Anniversary Special Recognition Award from the Heinz Family Foundation for his work “transforming our understanding of how globalization and technological change are impacting jobs and earning prospects for American workers.” 

In 2023, Autor was recognized as one of two NOMIS Distinguished Scientists.

Autor earned a BA in psychology from Tufts University in 1989 and a PhD in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 1999.

[miracleintheandes]

The survivors and the actors who play them

Nando Parrado and Agustin Pardella

Roberto Canessa and Matías Recalt

Fito Strauch and Esteban Kukuczka

Antonio Vizintín and Agustin Della Corte

Eduardo Strauch and Rafael Federman

Daniel Fernandez and Francisco Romero

Alvaro Mangino and Juan Caruso (with Alvaro's wife Margarita)

José Luiz "Coche" Inciarte and Simon Hempe

Pancho Delgado and Valentino Alonso

Roy Harley and Andy Pruss

Moncho Sabella and Rocco Posca

Bobby François and Agustin Berruti

Gustavo Zerbino and Tomas Wolf

Carlitos Paez and Felipe Otaño

Pedro Algorta and Luciano Chattón

Javier Methol and Esteban Bigliardi (Javier passed away in 2015)

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🎲📚🎶

🎲 - HEAVY RAIN!!!! It's so underrated.

📚 - "Notes of a Young Doctor" by Bulgakov

"Special Meat" by Agustine Busterrick

"Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

🎶 - It's hard to choose, I listen a lot of artists and in completely different genres....

I probably listen tooooo Type O Negative, Электрофорез, Pyrokinesis, Burzum, and Morbid most of the time!