#laura pérez

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Laura Pérez

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An absolutely gorgeous portrait of Louis du Pointe du Lac by Laura Pérez from the book "Secrets of the Vampire"

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Panels from Ocultos (2019) by Laura Pérez

Laura Pérez is an illustrator and comic author currently living in Valencia. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, National Geographic, and Vanity Fair. She has created several award-winning graphic novels.

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Laura Pérez, from Nocturnos (Astiberri Ediciones, August 2024)

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The New Teen Titans #15 (1982) by Marv Wolfman & George Pérez

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First of all, I apology for the delay in posting this. I had stuff to do recently, and it had dragged longe than expected. Anyway. I'm here to post Jorge's moments in El Desafío.

Before starting, I want to advice that the imatges are impactant and if anyone want to avoid them, please do it. I was shaken the same way I shake after a red flag is bring after a bad crash.

For those who don't want to see the challenge, but still want to know what happened, here is the summary.

Jorge started in 3rd position after last weeks gala, being only 2 points away from the leaders.

Just at the start, Jorge is send to prepare for the challenge, where he is dressed with several nomex (? not really sure is the same stuff drivers use under their racing suits) clothing and a gel that is a fire retardant in between. He came out fully dressed, and the video of the training is put on, while Jorge put the safety glasses and the balaclava. A layer of a inflamant gel is put on Jorge while the challenge is explained.

The challenge is 2 in 1. Jorge is set on fire, and he has 30 seconds, due to safety concerns (fire burning through the layers of clothing and Jorge's life being in danger) to set all torches on fire. 30 torches are distributed in a 15 m long space, with 15 torches per side. For Jorge to be able to complete the challenge, he needs to set all of them on fire. There's an aid, torches has been coated with an accelerant. But it's not as easy as it sounds. In the training, Jorge never managed to set all of them in fire and 2 (as they are at the same level and they are et in fire 2 by 2) torches takes about 2-3 seconds to catch fire. Basically Jorge will need between 30-45 seconds to set all of the torches on fire.

He just manages to do it in the last seconds. As he is stepping out of the "hall", the fire is being extinguished. The upper layer id completely destroyed in the back and in the arms, as is where mostly the fire was concentrated.

During the judges comments, Juan applauded Jorge for his effort and  Pilar called the producers out due to the impossibility of the challenge. Jorge was practically set to fail. Santiago said it was easier than it looks as torches where covered in accelerant and Jorge was not at all so precise. He also said that he thought it was more impressive breaking plastic with the teeth while being upside down to free themself and then jump from 6m high (Rosa and Ana’s challenge).

At one point, during another contestats comment (Boris after he played the Bond melody in a vibraphone), Santiago Segura said he was more impressed with his challenge than with being set on fire. (Waru's comment: I got so mad. Yes, learning to play an instrument is difficult, but learning the vibraphone is not so impressive. Boris life was not at risk, nit it was so difficult. The melody had a limited number of keys to play and he had stickers inmost of them).

When it's the turn for the points score, Jorge was once again in the top-3, and once again, he finished in 3rd place with 17 points (Santiago and Jua gave a 6 each and Pilar gave a 5) Flo after holding his breath for 3 minutes and 30 seconds got 30 points out of 30 possible (each judge's 10 points as he managed to be the 7th contestant in the apneas' challenge who hold it the longer. And Laura Escanes got 21 points (each judge's 7 points) for dancing in a wet floor while it was falling water.

Following all the points (JV is Juan, PR is Pilar and SS is Santiago)

Just to end, when the total scores where show, Jorge climbed to P1 as his rivals Mariló and Ana got lower scores than him. Next challenge is called Disco GP, which means Jorge is going to become the main character of his own musical. For sure involves dancing, not sure if signing too (please let singing be involved).

The lead broad after 2 galas

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Gobierno saliente de Tlaquepaque enfrenta nuevas acusaciones por irregularidades en la entrega de administración

En un acto que podría afectar gravemente los servicios públicos del municipio, el gobierno saliente de San Pedro Tlaquepaque ha sido señalado por cometer nuevas violaciones a las leyes que regulan el proceso de entrega-recepción. La presidenta municipal electa, Laura Imelda Pérez Segura, advirtió sobre el deterioro en la transición administrativa y denunció la resistencia de la administración…

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EL DIARIO MONTAÑÉS

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Exposición Post-It 9, Colectiva

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At the end of this F1 season I would like to see one more race, a special one

Just put on the grid these guys together

Jos Verstappen

Carlos Sainz Sr.

Antonio Pérez Garibay

Lawrence Stroll

Arthur Leclerc

Mark Webber (as Oscar's daddy)

Flavio Briatore (Nando's daddy)

Toto Wolff (daddy of everyone at Mercedes)

Nigel Albon

Laura Magnussen

Who win will give 100 points to the relative

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Kevin and Nico in the NY Times …

Kev on thinking he has time to be a Dad, getting called back to F1, priorities shifting, Laura liking the car, being torn about his kids being on socials and being neighbours with most of his family when they bought a house in his hometown …

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 1: Kevin Magnussen of Denmark and Haas F1, wife Louise Gjorup and their daughters in the paddock during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain. (Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images)

By Madeline Coleman

Jun 15, 2024

Just behind the Formula One teams’ motorhomes inside the Monaco Grand Prix paddock, fans leaned over a fence, trying to catch a glimpse of their favorite driver. As various drivers passed by, they inevitably missed some fans’ requests for selfies and autographs.

But Laura Magnussen wasn’t going to allow that to happen.

The three-year-old pushed her red scooter down the road behind a Haas team member and her father, Kevin Magnussen. When she realized he missed a fan’s autograph request, Laura scooted up to Kevin and tugged at his shirt, grabbing his attention and pointing at the fan. Kevin backtracked and signed the notebook, Laura pushing her scooter behind him.

It was just the latest of many moments featuring one of Magnussen’s two daughters to go viral on social media. Although plenty of team personnel, track employees and media members have families back home, Magnussen, teammate Nico Hülkenberg and Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez are the only parents on the grid.

Motorsports are ruthless and dangerous, a cutthroat sport where every millisecond and millimeter count. As elite athletes like F1 drivers rise to the top of their respective sports, the focus largely is centered on them.

That is until a little one comes along, radically changing how the adults approach life.

“It changed a lot of my priorities, like my perspective on life and my career and sport, and made everything else seem less important,” Magnussen said. “There’s always pressure on the drivers and also a bit of an anxiety where you think, ‘If I can’t be racing, then what am I? What do I do with my life?’

“Whereas now, that side of it is all settled in a way. I know if I’m not racing, then I have a fantastic life anyway.”

Magnussen didn’t initially intend to have kids while racing in F1.

He joined the grid full-time in 2014 but lost his seat to Fernando Alonso a year later. Magnussen found a full-time seat for 2016 and was out of a seat again after the 2020 season. He moved on to the lower profile world of IMSA. Rather than traveling the globe and competing during 20-plus weekends a year, he raced in sports cars in North America at places like Belle Isle in Michigan and Watkins Glen in New York. He competed in nine races that season and had no marketing or simulator duties, he said.

“I thought (the) timing was perfect because I finished my Formula One career, I thought, and it was the right moment,” Magnussen said. “We had a fantastic year. The next two years were fantastic, too, but in a much different way than I expected it to be.”

In January 2021, shortly before Magnussen flew to the U.S. for IMSA, he and Louise Gjørup Magnussen welcomed Laura into the world, born seven weeks early.

Hülkenberg was in a similar position when he and his wife, Eglė Ruškytė-Hülkenberg, had their daughter, Noemi Sky. “I was kind of a little bit out of the hot seat, and I had more time. Life was a bit more relaxed,” he said.

“My wife said I was always in a good mood because I didn’t have the bad days of the race weekend. You cut out the bad days, and you’re always kind of happy and balanced and well because we take this pretty seriously, this job, and if we have a bad weekend, it can tend to take up to a week to digest it, and obviously it impacts your mood.”

But when he returned to the grid full-time in 2023 with Haas, Hülkenberg said being a father didn’t change his approach, just that his life now revolved more around his family, as well as racing.

“I think racing drivers, the way we are wired, when you get in the car and when you put the helmet on the visor down, you forget all that. You don’t really think about it, and it’s just a blank mind,” he said. “You’re solely focused on performance and getting the best possible result. So no, I don’t think it’s changed my approach in the car. But outside, it takes a lot of focus and time being a dad.”

Sporting bright pink headphones and an all white outfit, Noemi Sky beamed as Nico and Eglė walked through the Monaco paddock, swinging their daughter in the air. On her feet were a pair of decorated shoes in honor of her father, one reading “Go Daddy” and the number two, and the other “Noemi Sky” and the number seven. (Her name came from both parents: Hülkenberg liked Noemi after seeing it in movie credits on a flight with his wife, while Eglė really liked Sky).

Bringing kids trackside takes a lot of planning, Hülkenberg said. Their schedules need to be factored in, like how to squeeze in naps at a noisy track. He added, “If you’re away from home and you have the hotel and it’s far away from the circuit, you really have to make sure you have all the toys and the iPad or whatever to get through the day.”

MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - MAY 25: Haas F1 driver Nico Hulkenberg is accompanied by his wife Egle and daughter Noemi during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco. (Kym Illman/Getty Images)

Nico Hülkenberg said being a father didn’t change his racing approach, just that his life now revolved more around his family, as well as racing.

Magnussen finds it both “fantastic” and “frustrating because I’m too busy to really spend a lot of time with them. My kids think they’re on holiday.” Anges is nearly one year old and has visited the paddock before. Laura now understands that her father is racing, which is something she looks forward to, he said.

“She loves being in the garage and watching the car and all that. But still, she gets frustrated that I’m not available for the whole weekend. She wants to swim in the pool, and she wants to explore the place that we’ve come to, and I can’t do that. I’m just too busy.”

Magnussen says his oldest daughter isn’t intimidated by the loud sounds that come with the sport, and when she is in the garage, she wants to be close to the car. “She loves it, I think, because she knows that this is what daddy does, and she can be proud of the world that I go into every time I leave them alone.”

Over the past few years, Laura’s become a recognizable figure in the paddock, often going viral on social media, like when she helped her father prepare in Abu Dhabi last year. With her headset on, she helped Magnussen out on his gloves and closed his visor.

Magnussen’s social media accounts are run by his team, but his wife shows him the content of their daughters when it pops up. “It’s something that I feel divided about,” the Dane said.

“Laura doesn’t understand that millions of people are watching this and she didn’t consent to that. Also I feel like it’s a lot of people. Laura has been recognized, and I feel like she didn’t ask for that. I don’t feel too good about it,” Magnussen continued. “But at the same time, I think these videos are super cute, and these moments that we have had in the garage, they’re very special. And I treasure those videos because it’s awesome that we got to have this to keep and look at years to come.”

They try to balance the chaotic life of an F1 family, building some normalcy and making the kids happy. Magnussen pointed out how the number one thing in life is having real relationships and friends, not the jet-setting lifestyle.

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - MARCH 2: Kevin Magnussen of Denmark and Haas F1 walks through the paddock with his daughter during the F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain. (Kym Illman/Getty Images)

“Whatever you think is important before you’re a parent,” Magnussen said, “don’t worry about it. It’s not.”

“Me and my wife bought a house in a normal neighborhood with normal people close to our family. My wife’s parents, they live one house next to us, and my dad’s house is also on the same street,” Magnussen said. “Just around the corner, my mom’s house is also 100 meters away. My best friend is 50 meters. So we’re all within a radius of 100 meters, and I treasure that a lot.”

Even in a glitzy and glamorous world like F1, the simple moments in life may mean the most to the drivers, like flying home early to see their family or playing with their child after a difficult weekend. “It’s really nice when you have a bad weekend or a bad day and you go home and you take her and you play with her and she smiles at you,” Hülkenberg said. “It helps to forget the day, and it makes you feel better in that moment.”

When it comes to being a parent, the drivers’ priorities are the same as those of the everyday fan. It’s wanting to protect and be there for their child, providing a life that’ll make them happy. Priorities shift fairly heavily in the new chapter, putting life in a different perspective despite competing in a pressure-cooker-eseque environment.

“Whatever you think is important before you’re a parent,” Magnussen said, “don’t worry about it. It’s not.”

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Players & their families of Spain Nt for EURO 2024

GOALKEPERS

Alex Remiro - girlfriend, Ainhoa Andonegui

David Raya - girlfriend, Tatiana Trouboul

Unai Simón - girlfriend, Carmen Orcajo

DEFENDERS

Alejandro Grimaldo - girlfriend, Ana Fuster > Lucía

Aymeric Laporte - wife, Sara Botello > Lucay & Ayla

Dani Carvajal - wife, Daphne Cañizares > Martín & Mauro

Dani Vivian - girlfriend, María Labeaga

Jesús Navas - wife, Alejandra Moral > Jesús & Romeo

Marc Cucurella - girlfriend, Claudia Rodríguez > Mateo, Río & Bella

Nacho Fernández - wife, María Cortés > Alejandra, Nacho, Guile & Lola

Robin Le Normand - single

MIDFIELDERS

Alex Baena - single

Dani Olmo - girlfriend, Laura Abla

Fabián Ruiz - girlfriend, Rosa Pereira

Fermín López - girlfriend, Berta Gallardo

Lamine Yamal - single

Martín Zubimendi - single

Mikel Merino - wife, Lola Liberal

Nico Williams - single

Pedri - single

Rodrigo Hernández - girlfriend, Laura Iglesias

FOWARDS

Álvaro Morata - wife, Alice Campello > Alessandro, Leonardo, Edoardo & Bella

Ayoze Pérez - single

Ferrán Torres - single

Joselu - wife, Melanie Cañizares > Leo & Lucas

Mikel Oyarzábal - girlfriend, Ainhoa Larra > Luken

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Pérez embodied many aspects of the immigration debate. He had exactly the skills that American companies are desperate for. He was an expert welder, willing to work in the cramped, dangerous spaces inside ships. And Pérez was able to earn $23 an hour at a shipyard in Houma, many times more than he could in his home country. Slightly built with jet-black hair, Pérez was funny, diligent and eager to succeed. He had begun building a life in the U.S.

But, like millions of others, Perez had not been able to do that legally. This spring, the secretary of Navy, Carlos del Toro, called for creating exactly such a pathway, to help construct the ships the Navy needs. “What we’ve got to do is open up the spigot a bit,” he said. “Allow blue-collar workers to come here.”

Without a work permit, Pérez was vulnerable. He worked at the shipyard but not for it, a contractor for a subcontractor.

Pérez’s story is emblematic of a system that relies ever more on immigrants, even as employers and politicians vilify the very people doing work that generates profits and serves the nation. Employers use subcontractors and independent contractors to pass the risks and costs on to the workers, said Laura Padin, director of work structures at the National Employment Law Project. “These companies, particularly in occupations and industries with high rates of health and safety violations, use this to shield themselves from responsibility,” she said. “We also see that they do this with workers who are immigrants if they think they’re undocumented so that they can avoid responsibility for hiring someone who’s undocumented.” The point, Padin said, is to “protect the entity at the top.”

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The New Teen Titans #15 (1982) by Marv Wolfman & George Pérez

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Y no

No puedo olvidarte,

Yo ya lo he intentado,

Y mil veces,

He fracasado,

Porque parece imposible,

tener que olvidar,

lo que yo fui contigo🎶

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Tribunal Electoral de Jalisco confirma victoria de Laura Imelda Pérez Segura en San Pedro Tlaquepaque

El Tribunal Electoral del Estado de Jalisco (TRIEJAL) ha determinado que no hubo intervención del cardenal Emérito, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, en contra del partido Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) y su ex candidata en la elección para la presidencia municipal de San Pedro Tlaquepaque. La resolución del TRIEJAL establece la inexistencia de infracción por parte de Sandoval Íñiguez, desestimando así la…