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    Let's not forget his talent for surprises. I'm sure, whatever he does, will be great, and with a vision.
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    Yes, and in some cities that particular criteria was met by people who have nothing to do in ICU but are sent there, either because it is a new arbitrary rule, or to protect them from dangerous new guidelines. I don't know if it is the case in Grenoble. There is a rise in numbers but still rather low numbers. I won't say more on the disease because it belongs to the specific thread. There are good and bad news I would say.
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    Thank you so much! This implies that she sees Yuzuru Hanyu as a sort of Prince Kaguya?
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    Well, that seems to announce the end of the GP at all.
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    He's already over 69% (and Shoma Uno a bit under 28%), which gives an idea of how little other athletes have to share. Comparatively, Ladies are more even, with two athletes between 28% and 30% (Mai Mihara and Rika Kihira), one in the 10% (tennis champion Naomi Osaka), and several in the 5% and the 6% ranges. By the way, as I cannot access the Tussaud Museum poll, is the poll still going on?
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    And Neko Masamune (a mascot of Sendai) doesn't fail to celebrate Pooh-san's birthday :
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    I wish so much his heart to feel warm! In fact, thirsty cactus as I am, I am really happy that he's about to have been 7 months in a row with all his family and this must be the most heart-warming thing possible. With Pooh too, but he always has its company. And it seems we've missed ToshI's birthday :
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    Is there a problem in the views counting? There is a new thread for BTS fans in Space Junk, with 6 answers and 0 view (and I went there several times without answering, as well as others certainly). By the way, when I see all functions coming back to their best (lately the Twitter icon), I am so grateful to all those who are working so hard on it!
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    I don't think she implied he had messy transitions. I think, on PCs as well as on GOEs, some elements of the scores can be given by cameras, computer and software. Not only the ice coverage, the speed and accelerations/decelerations, but also edgework, body inclination, arms mobility, etc.
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    Making of a Yuzu-chibi doll with a Pooh costume.
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    Totally different subject, this Twitter account retweeted an answer from Meagan Duhamel, and it seems to relate to Yuzutu Hanyu. Of course I am not a professional skater, not even a connoisseur. Yet I think I can say 1) a) Yuzuru Hanyu's transitions are always "to the purpose" and never messy (I would admit for instance, to find messy a program with plenty of kicks where it wouldn't have a special meaning, of course I'm thinking about a recent Russian program, and even there I don't think it would justify a harsh penalty); b) one cannot invent non-existent transitions and award them with more than 9 : if there are none, there are none, and the score must reflect it, this is not subjective and this objectivity is a condition for figure skating to be an Olympic sport; 2) a) one can be more sensitive to a skater's interpretation and less to another's, that's indeed a subjective element, plus not all judges have enough artistic taste to be discerning between skaters above a certain level, but there are objective criteria and this subjective feeling cannot justify more than 1 point difference between judges, plus if a judge has absolutely zero idea about interpretation and is unable to fill the grid properly it has nothing to do on a bench; b) when a program is "executed" (in both meanings of the word) just as a series of exercises without the least bit of interpretation, the score must reflect it; maybe not under 5 if the skater remains on the beat, but certainly not more; this was a case where the score was self-evident yet a certain skater got more than 9).
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    It looks like an old video but I think I had never seen it and, yes, I find it comforting. And a bit of Baby Mone with Kid Yuzuru :
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    I really don't think the Portuguese for prata comes from argento. It is a common occurrence in Portuguese (and some related dialects) that /l/ is replaced, in its "liquid" uses, by a /r/. Plata → prata, plaza → praça, placer → prazer, blason(French) → brasão, etc. It was just a pronunciation habit, diverging from Latin I agree. In XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Spanish language took its "definitive" shape, definitely with /l/ not /r/ when written, but I think the habit of some to pronounce /r/ may have lasted (as it did, replacing completely the /l/, in Portugal and some Spanish regions), just as some pronunciation "aborted shifts" have remained in some French regions or social classes, in French language. I had to think somehow about it because at a time, I knew an Argentinian gentleman living in Brasil, who spoke a perfect Portuguese with a perfect (rather Argentinian but not "Porteño") Spanish accent, and you can't imagine how it confused me!
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    And there's "merch" too! Also :
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    I wouldn't say butchered, because if nowadays it is always pronounced plata in Spanish, and prata (like he pronounced, with a /r/) only in Portuguese (and probably in Galician), I think in the (remote) past it was an acceptable alternative, although maybe not everywhere? (Because the regional separation between /r/ and /l/ on some words like plata, plaza... occurred rather early). And I may be wrong, but I thought this little mistake meant he had learnt more Spanish than just these few words. Like he's learning Korean with Jun hwan Cha (and, I suppose, Jun hwan Cha is learning Japanese with him.) A completely different subject, some Sekkisei Miyabi products (and the names are also written in French! )
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    A versatile fanartist :
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    There's a grey wall behind him, not a white wall, is it well Yuzuru Hanyu?
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    Is this fanart or photo?
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    I wouldn't want but you gave me a good laugh! By the way, for those who don't know, male ballet dancers and figure skaters wear a dance belt, which is a sort of briefs with a function similar to the bra for breasts (which early motto was : contain the strong, support the weak, bring back the strays). It maintains what risk to change the balance or even get wedged in the aine, and anyway would look weird if moving. And, in case of some tension (which must happen sometimes), well, it contains the inflation. A ballet dancer Youtuber, Tristan Simpson, recently uploaded a video explaining this and some other things (and thanks to melmoth.blog for having embedded it) :
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    It seems Japan will allow to adapt quarantine rules. If I understand correctly, this may allow a skater returning home, to get out of home to practice during its quarantine time, provided it tells in advance where it will go. As this is probably already how Yuzuru Hanyu, and a number of Japanese skaters, are living... https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/10/09/national/social-issues/japan-eased-entry-travelers-hurdles/
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    Ami Nakai's free skate, with her 3A (fall).
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    Well, some elements in common (probably because she skates them particularly well) don't make "the same program".
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    I would disagree on one point : I found Anna Shcherbakova's Parfum choreo original. I am glad it is addressed.
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    If Runrun8383 has these notepads printed and sells them, it will be a tremendous success!
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