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Now to The Week Ahead.
4 Games–Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Edmonton, Ottawa, Phoenix
3 Games – Anaheim, Calgary, Carolina, Colorado, Dallas, Florida, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Montreal, Nashville, New Jersey, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Jose, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington, Winnipeg
2 Games - Buffalo, Columbus
** Late Note: The Buffalo/Pittsburgh game originally scheduled for April 20 has been moved to Tuesday April 23. Therefore the Sabres play three games this week while the Penguins play four.**
Detroit, Edmonton, Minnesota, St. Louis and Washington play three games at home this week.
Calgary, Chicago, Colorado, Montreal and the New York Islanders play three games on the road.
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Alex Chiasson of the Dallas Stars is day-to-day with a shoulder injury. (Click here to see the rest of the injury list.)
Games this week
@ Edmonton, @ Vancouver, vs. Phoenix
The Ducks are rested Saturday for their final regular season game against Phoenix as the Coyotes are home to the Avs Saturday. Sami Vatanen scored his first NHL goal Wednesday after a nine goal, 45 point season in 62 games in the AHL. The defenseman will be worth looking at next season in fantasy pools. Viktor Fasth is only 1-2-1 of late and NHL shooters could be finding a couple of holes in the 30-year-old's game. Saku Koivu has gone 16 games without scoring a goal. The Ducks sent Peter Holland, a former first round pick, back to the minors.
@ Philadelphia, vs. Tampa Bay, @ Washington, vs. Ottawa
The Bruins play all four games at home this week including three games in four nights so do not be surprised if Anton Khudobin gets into one game in place of Tuukka Rask. The original schedule had the Bruins only playing twice this week but a pair of postponements, including the tragedy at the Boston Marathon, give the Bruins a four game week. The Bruins are the rested team Thursday when hosting the Lightning as Tampa Bay host the Maple Leafs Wednesday. With only six goals this season, it looks like Milan Lucic is expected to be a healthy scratch on April 19. The Bruins are getting great goaltending for Khudobin as he is 9-3-1 this season with a .925 save percentage and 2.20 GAA. Patrice Bergeron is back from a concussion.
vs. Winnipeg, vs. New York Islanders
The Sabres only play twice this week so I suggest resting all your Buffalo players in weekly transaction pools. The Sabres are rested Friday when hosting the Islanders who are in Philadelphia Thursday. Tyler Ennis scored for the first time in 12 games Sunday. After exploding for 11 goals and 23 points in his first 11 games, Thomas Vanek came down to earth with only six goals and 13 points in his next 23 games. Jhonas Enroth is 4-2-1 this season with a 2.40 GAA and a .924 save percentage and actually played back-to-back games with a healthy Ryan Miller on the bench.
@ Nashville, @ St. Louis, @ Chicago
Calgary plays three games in four nights so look for Miikka Kiprusoff and Joey MacDonald to share the net. Flames are tired Friday when in Chicago after travelling from St. Louis Thursday. Fantasy fans are finally seeing how good Sven Baertschi is as he has two goals and four points in his last three games. Roman Cervenka had a tough go of it in his first year in the NHL as he was a healthy scratch on Wednesday. He likely needed the shortened year to acclimate himself to North American life and is worth a pick in deeper pools next season. Reto Berra inked a one-year deal after being acquired at the trade deadline. He could see action in the NHL next season, especially if Miikka Kiprusoff retires, as has been speculated.
vs. New York Islanders, vs. New York Rangers, @ Pittsburgh
It looks like Jeff Skinner was lucky as it was thought that he suffered a concussion but he could be back as early as this weekend after getting hurt Tuesday. Joni Pitaken's surgery to repair a broken heel looks like it was successful and that's good news for Hurricane fans. Justin Faulk was considered a great sleeper pick heading into the season but has only four goals and 13 points in 32 games. His plus-one and 13 penalty minutes aren't anything to write home about either. That being said, he is worth looking at next season. Carolina was in line for a playoff spot until Cam Ward was injured. Do not forget about Ward in 2013-14.
@ Vancouver, @ Edmonton, vs. Calgary, @ St. Louis
NotesThe Blackhawks play four games this week including three games in four nights so look for Corey Crawford and Ray Emery to split the net heading into the playoffs. Emery could not play on Friday due to a lower body injury and Chicago recalled Carter Hutton. Look for Emery to be back this week. The Blackhawks are the rested team on Friday when they host the Flames as Calgary take on the Blues in St. Louis Thursday. Chicago is tired Saturday when they are in St. Louis. Patrick Sharp's shoulder continues to be worrisome as the Blackhawks head into the playoffs and hopefully will be able to play this week. Chicago inked Hobey Baker winner Drew LeBlanc to a contract.
@ St. Louis, @ Phoenix, @ Minnesota
The Avalanche finish their season on the road and head into the last week of the season looking for the number one pick in the 2013 Draft. Milan Hejduk will return this week from a shoulder injury and he may be playing in his last NHL games as retirement is definitely on the radar. Semyon Varlamov returned to action from a hip injury as the Avs returned Sami Aittokallio to the minors. You have to feel bad for Joey Hishon who apparently suffered a head injury earlier in the week. Hishon missed almost two years of hockey with a bad concussion suffered in the 2011 Memorial Cup when hit by Brayden Schenn. The 21-year-old first round pick in the 2010 Draft was injured in an AHL game when hit by Joey Tenute. He had a goal and six points in nine games since his return.
@ Dallas, vs. Nashville
It's amazing that the Blue Jackets are in the hunt for a playoff spot as most pundits picked them to finish 30th and last overall. They have only two games this week so I suggest benching all your Columbus players in weekly transaction pools with the exception of goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, who may be the best player in the NHL right now with Sidney Crosby on the shelf. Marian Gaborik has three goals and seven points in nine games since being acquired from the Rangers. Artem Anisimov suffered a concussion but has been skating and could return this week. Defenseman Dalton Proult has been a good fantasy player since his recall on March 1. He scored his first NHL goal Thursday to go with four helpers and is a plus-15 in 25 games.
@ San Jose, vs. Columbus, vs. Detroit
At 40 years of age, Ray Whitney is still unbelievable, as he has four goals and 10 points during his six game points scoring streak. The Stars gave up a lot at the trade deadline but are currently only two points out of a playoff spot and have two games in hand on the eighth place Blue Jackets. Loui Eriksson has been a fantasy disappointment this season with 10 goals and 27 points in 43 games. He was reunited on the top line Thursday with Jamie Benn and picked up an assist but his lack of scoring has been a puzzle. Rookie Alex Chiasson has been a pleasant surprise with six goals and seven points in seven games but is currently out of action with a shoulder injury. He is worth looking at in deeper pools next season.
vs. Phoenix, vs. Los Angeles, vs. Nashville, @ Dallas
The Red Wings play three games in four nights so look for Jonas Gustavsson to possibly get one start in place of Jimmy Howard, especially if the Red Wings are able to clinch a playoff spot earlier in the week. They are rested Wednesday when playing the Kings as Los Angeles play in Minnesota Tuesday. Detroit will be tired Thursday when they host Nashville. The Red Wings inked Howard to a six-year/$31.8 million extension. Detroit is currently sitting in 10th place and could miss the playoffs for the first time in 21 seasons, currently the longest such streak in North American professional sports. Henrik Zetterberg has only one goal in his last 12 games but does have seven points in that span.
vs. Anaheim, vs. Chicago, @ Minnesota, vs. Vancouver
The Oilers play three games in four nights as part of their four game week so Nikolai Khabibulin will likely see action in his last game in an Edmonton uniform as his four year contract expires at the end of the season. The Oilers will be the tired team on Saturday at home to the Canucks as they play in Minnesota Friday. The big news in Edmonton was the firing of GM Steve Tambellini and the hiring of Craig MacTavish to the role. The Oilers have a sublime amount of young offensive talent but have not figured out who to mix in with this talent and as a result, they will fail to make the playoffs yet again in 2013. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a terrible year finding the back of the net with only three markers. Expect a comeback season in 2013-14 as he is a lot better than that.
vs. New York Rangers, vs. Toronto, @ Tampa Bay
Jacob Markstrom has had a tough rookie season as the restricted free agent to be is 6-11-1 with a 3.17 GAA and a .903 save percentage. He is still highly regarded and only 23 years-old. Jonathan Huberdeau has been very good in his rookie season and is a definite Calder Trophy candidate with 14 goals and 28 points in 43 games although his minus-15 rating does not help. Dmitry Kulikov could be ready for a breakout season in 2013-14 as the defenseman has been in the NHL for four seasons and is only 22. The Panthers have a good shot at the first overall pick in the 2013 Draft and as good as defenseman Seth Jones is, the Panthers need help up front and could be better off drafting a forward or moving down if they get the first overall pick.
@ Minnesota, @ Detroit, vs. San Jose
The Kings are the tired team Wednesday when in Detroit after playing the Wild in Minnesota Tuesday. Jonathan Quick may be getting his mojo back after giving up only three goals in his last two games. Quick has not been a fantasy gem considering he was likely taken in the first or second round of most pools this season as he is 16-12-4 with a 2.43 GAA and a .901 save percentage, ordinary numbers at best. Jeff Carter has 24 goals including seven game winners, but only five assists. Matt Greene returned to action on Thursday after being out with a back injury since opening day. His return is good news for the Kings as they head into the playoffs.
vs. Los Angeles, vs. Edmonton, vs. Colorado
The Wild finish the season with all three games at home. They are currently sitting in seventh place in the Western Conference. Ryan Suter has been outstanding and should be a finalist in the Norris Trophy race, if not the favorite. Pierre-Marc Bouchard has 11 points in his last 10 games, showing everyone that he is still quite a hockey player when not injured. Jason Pominville has nine points including four goals in eight games since he was dealt from the Sabres. Josh Harding (multiple sclerosis) should play this weekend with the Houston Aeros of the AHL on a conditioning stint and be recalled by the Wild at the start of the week. Mathew Dumba, the Wild's first Draft pick in 2013, finished his junior season with Red Deer and was assigned to the Aeros.
@ New Jersey, @ Winnipeg, @ Toronto
After an absolutely terrible week of hockey in which he gave up 12 goals on only 53 shots, Carey Price gave up only two goals on 34 shots in a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay Thursday. Habs fans have to be breathing a sigh of relief after this effort as there were huge worries over what was wrong with Price. Michael Ryder has been outstanding with the Canadiens as he has 10 goals and 21 points in 23 games since his trade from Dallas. Nathan Beaulieu was send back down to Hamilton of the AHL after picking up two assists in six games. The defenseman is worth grabbing late in deep pools next season as he has a lot of offensive talent. Alex Galchenyuk is getting better as the season nears its end as he has six goals in his last eight games to go with two assists. He was drafted third overall in the 2012 Draft after missing all but two games in his final junior season and should be a star for many years in Montreal.
vs. Calgary, @ Detroit, @ Columbus
The Predators will be the rested team Thursday against the Red Wings as Detroit take on the Kings Wednesday. The Predators likely traded for a jewel of a hockey player in Filip Forsberg as coach Barry Trotz loves him after seeing him play in only two NHL games. "My first impressions are that I love him," Trotz said. "I've been around a lot of young guys and the ones that turn out to be really good players — top players — have a certain swagger to them. They carry themselves a certain way and I see that in him." Looks like a great trade by the Preds as they only had to give up Martin Erat and minor leaguer Michael Latta. Patric Hornqvist has played in only 24 games in an injury filled season and the Predators need him to score a lot more than his four goals next season if they hope to compete for a playoff spot.
vs. Montreal, vs. Pittsburgh, @ New York Rangers
The New Jersey Devils have really missed their superstar Ilya Kovalchuk as they finally won their first game since he left the lineup 11 games ago, on Thursday. The Devils are now 1-6-4 without Kovalchuk and are a long shot at best to make the post-season. Johan Hedberg has been bothered by a sore groin but looks to be healthy now. The Devils must give up a first round pick in one of the next two drafts for their efforts in trying to circumvent the rules in the original Kovalchuk deal. It seems strange that they did not give up their 2012 pick as they chose 29th overall, especially with New Jersey most likely being a lottery team this season and very possibly next as well. Defenseman Bryce Salvador (wrist) may miss the last week of the season.
@ Carolina, @ Philadelphia, @ Buffalo
The Islanders play three games in four nights so Kevin Poulin could see action in one game for Evgeni Nabokov, if the Islanders have clinched a playoff spot. New York will be tired on Friday in Buffalo after playing in Philadelphia Thursday. John Tavares has been outstanding this season with 26 goals and 45 points in 44 games as he is trying to lead the Islanders into the playoffs. Evgeni Nabokov has been great in April as he is 6-0-2 giving up only 12 goals on 183 shots. The Islanders are currently in seventh place, three points clear of the ninth place Winnipeg Jets with both teams having four games left to play although the Islanders do have to play their remaining games on the road.
@ Florida, @ Carolina, vs. New Jersey
The Rangers are still in a huge battle for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference as they are tied with the Jets for the spot but get the edge right now as they have a game in hand. The Rangers will lose the tie-breaker should both teams be tied so they need to keep winning with five games remaining. Rick Nash had a goal and two assists Thursday after going pointless in his previous three games. Good news in that Marc Staal partook in his first practice Wednesday since injuring his eye on March 5, but was not allowed to participate in contact or battle drills. Hopefully he is close to returning to action. Derek Dorsett is also practicing but is not allowed to participate in contact drills. He has yet to play with the Rangers since he was acquired at the trade deadline from the Blue Jackets as part of the Marian Gaborik trade.
vs. Pittsburgh, @ Washington, vs. Philadelphia, @ Boston
The Senators play three games in four nights so look for Craig Anderson and Robin Lehner to split the net. Kyle Turris broke out of a 13 game goalless drought Thursday with a couple of goals. It is amazing, but Erik Karlsson could actually practice this week with his teammates, only two months after his Achilles tendon surgery. He will not participate in a full practice but his return could be a lot quicker than most people thought at the time of the injury. Jared Cowen returned this past week after undergoing hip surgery in November, and made his return to action a memorable one with a couple of fights, four hits and two blocked shots. The Sens first round pick, ninth overall, in the 2009 Draft, will give Ottawa a great presence on the blueline in the playoffs.
vs. Boston .vs. New York Islanders, @ Ottawa
The Flyers are just playing out the string as they will not make the post-season in 2013. Simon Gagne has moved to the top line with Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek. The Flyers inked a couple of their enforcers, Jay Rosehill and Zac Rinaldo, to two-year extensions. Steve Mason picked up his first win in a Flyers uniform Tuesday, stopping 38 shots in a 4-2 win over the Rangers. Maybe he needed a change of scenery and will start playing like he did when he was the Calder Trophy winner in 2008-09 as well as a second team All-Star. Kent Huskins is out of action after suffering a concussion.
@ Detroit, vs. San Jose, vs. Colorado, @ Anaheim
The Coyotes play three games in four nights this week so Jason LaBarbera could get at least one start, especially if Mike Smith is unable to go. If that is the case, Chad Johnson will also see some action. Phoenix will be rested on Wednesday when hosting San Jose as the Sharks host Dallas Tuesday. The Coyotes will be tired Saturday in Anaheim as they host Colorado Friday. Twenty-six year-old Chad Johnson has been sensational, albeit in only four games as he is 2-0-2 with a 1.21 GAA and a .954 save percentage. He looks like he could take over in the Coyotes cage should Phoenix be unable to sign Mike Smith in the off-season. Radim Vrbata's injury-plagued season could have been a big factor in the Coyotes not making the playoffs as they are five points out of a post-season spot in 11th place, with only five games to play. Vrbata missed 14 games and his goal-scoring prowess may have made a difference in a couple or three games. Of course had Mike Smith played as well as last season, the previous point would be moot.
@ Ottawa, @ New Jersey, vs. Carolina
The Penguins continue to roll along as they head into the post-season as the number one seed in the Eastern Conference. They will be helped by a now healthy Kris Letang who has a goal and five points in his last three games. He has 33 points in 31 games. The Penguins are not going to rush back any of their injured players before the start of the playoffs although Evgeni Malkin could see some action this week. Do not expect to see Sidney Crosby play until the start of the playoffs as there is no need to rush him back from his broken jaw. Brenden Morrow has certainly turned his season around since his trade from Dallas as he has five goals and eight points in his last four games.
vs. Colorado, vs. Calgary, vs. Chicago
The Blues are rested Saturday against the Blackhawks who host Calgary Friday. David Perron broke his 16 game goalless streak Thursday as he scored the Blues lone goal in regulation. T.J. Oshie is looking to return for the start of the playoffs after undergoing ankle surgery Tuesday. Jay Bouwmeester potted his first goal in a Blues uniform Tuesday. Chris Stewart continues to lead the Blues in goals and points with 16 and 31 respectively, but has only a goal and an assist in his last 13 games. Alex Pietrangelo has not found the back of the net in his last 19 games but has an assist in each of his last two contests.
vs. Dallas, @ Phoenix, @ Los Angeles
The Sharks are tired Wednesday when in Phoenix after playing the Stars at home Tuesday. San Jose is getting hot again at the right time as they are 7-2-1 in their last ten. Logan Couture had a big four point night Thursday and now has 34 points including 19 goals. Antti Niemi is in the Vezina talk as he is 23-10-6 with a 2.10 GAA and a .927 save percentage. Too bad he will have to try and beat out Sergei Bobrovsky and that looks to be impossible at this time. Scott Hannan returned to action for the first time in a San Jose uniform. The Sharks have lost only once before a shootout at home so the battle for fourth place with the Los Angeles Kings in the West, is an important one.
vs. Toronto, @ Boston, vs. Florida
Tampa Bay are the tired team Thursday when playing a makeup game in Boston as they entertain Toronto Wednesday. Victor Hedman should be worth a look in deeper fantasy pools next season as he has 19 points in 40 games thus far. Alex Killorn is another Lightning player to watch as the rookie has seven goals and 19 points in 34 games. It's hard to believe that Tampa Bay is not a better team with Steve Stamkos and Martin St. Louis are tied for second place in scoring with 53 points, trailing only Sidney Crosby in the race for the Art Ross Trophy. Anders Lindback hopes to return before the end of the season from an ankle injury.
@ Tampa Bay, @ Florida, vs. Montreal
The Maple Leafs have been reeling of late as they have not looked good in their last two losses, but you cannot blame their goaltending as James Reimer has been absolutely outstanding in net. This is the reason you should never panic when taking an NHL star early in a draft and then he gets off to a slow start (See also Alex Ovechkin). Phil Kessel had only four assists in his first nine games as so many poolies were panicking that he should be traded. Well, Kessel now has 16 goals and 46 points in 44 games and is tied for seventh in NHL scoring. DON'T PANIC early on if your star players are off to slow starts and if you are on the other side, grab these players from irrational owners. No two players have been better offensive players of late than Kessel and Ovechkin and both have probably helped playoff lineups more than any other forward in Yahoo! pools. Joffrey Lupul returned to action on Tuesday after missing five games with a concussion.
vs. Chicago, vs. Anaheim, @ Edmonton
The Canucks are rested Saturday when playing in Edmonton as the Oilers are in Minnesota Friday. Kevin Bieksa is out with a lower body injury. Derek Roy is off to a good start on the second line as he was moved to the wing. He has three points in three games with Ryan Kesler and Jannik Hansen on his line. Henrik Sedin has 11 goals and 42 points this season. His brother Daniel also has 11 goals and that has been a disappointment as he is the goal scorer in the family. Christopher Higgins is still out of action with a knee injury. Hopefully he will be ready for the start of the playoffs.
vs. Winnipeg, vs. Ottawa, vs. Boston
The Capitals will be rested on Tuesday when Winnipeg comes to town as the Jets are in Buffalo Monday. Brooks Laich will not have surgery on his injured groin but will not return to the Washington lineup until he is 100 percent. Laich has played in only nine games this season with one goal and four points. He is worth looking at next season if healthy as most poolies will have forgotten about him in deeper pools. Troy Brouwer is having his best season in the NHL with 17 goals and 30 points in 43 games with half his points coming on the power play. He is one of only four NHLers to be on the ice for over 30 power play goals this season.
@ Buffalo, @ Washington, vs. Montreal
The Jets play three games in four nights so it's possible that Al Montoya will get one start in place of Ondrej Pavelec. The Jets will be tired Tuesday against the Capitals as they are in Buffalo Monday. Zach Redmond has been sent to the minors on a conditioning stint after missing almost two months of action when he sustained a serious cut to his femoral artery and lost a lot of blood at practice on February 21. It's great to see him playing again. Tobias Enstrom is week-to-week with a middle body injury. Andrew Ladd has 44 points in 44 games and has been a great fantasy player this season. Jacob Trouba still has yet to play despite practicing with the team.


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Researchers Turn Focus to LGBT Seniors
In terms of academic research, LGBT seniors largely remain in the closet. Only a few studies have attempted to shed light on the needs of aging LGBT adults.
Experts in the field of gerontology point to several factors behind the lack of scientific data on this age group. LGBT people were not considered part of the senior population, they said, so questions about sexual orientation or gender identity weren't asked.
The onslaught of AIDS in the 1980s not only devastated a generation of gay and bisexual men, it also diverted the LGBT community's attention and scarce research funding toward combating the deadly disease.
"The money for it simply dried up in the 1990s and didn't come back until the end of that decade," said Marcy Adelman, Ph.D., who has focused on LGBT aging since the 1970s. "The community wasn't in a position to focus on aging when struggling so hard to keep everybody alive. I don't think Washington was particularly friendly to LGBT aging research."
Now, due to treatment advances, people with HIV are living well past their 50s. They are aging alongside other LGBT baby boomers, many of whom have been out of the closet for decades and are demanding services as they enter retirement age.
The result is an increased attention on studying LGBT seniors and addressing their concerns. Entities from the National Institutes of Health to AARP have funneled resources toward LGBT adults.
"We are finally starting to talk about these issues from a research position," said Brian de Vries, a gay man who is a professor of gerontology at San Francisco State University. "AIDS happened and researchers were just siphoned away and turned their attention to the experiences of people living with, and at that time dying from, HIV. I think it has only been in the last 10 years or so that we have found our way back to an appreciation of aging within the LGBT community."
He recalled attending a lecture in the mid 1980s about gay men and aging where an audience member asked if "those terms are mutually incompatible 'gay' and 'aging.' It really struck me that somebody would make a comment like that.
"So many of us were dying during that time, so the idea of aging seemed luxurious," he added. "Given what the circumstances were, people thought it was almost not possible. I think that is part of the issue for why we were late to the game."
Early last decade de Vries, 56, helped establish and co-chaired Rainbow Research, an LGBT interest group within the Gerontological Society of America. He also took part in 2006 and 2010 in a Met Life study focused on LGBT seniors.
Called "Still Out, Still Aging," "it was one of the only national representative studies of LGBT boomers," said de Vries.
It first looked at the needs of 1,000 LGBT baby boomers. A follow-up study then compared 1,200 LGBT boomers against 1,200 from the general population.
"It was one of the very few studies that allowed us to compare LGBT people with heterosexuals," de Vries said.
One of the lead authors of the Met Life study, and a co-founder of the Rainbow Research group, was Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Washington and director of the Institute for Multigenerational Health.
Fredriksen-Goldsen, 55, an out lesbian, also received funding in 2009 from the NIH and the National Institute on Aging to conduct a national survey on the needs of LGBT seniors. More than 2,500 LGBT adults ranging in age from 50 to 95 took part.
The findings were published in 2010, and that same year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funded the creation of the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging.
As for why there had been relatively little LGBT aging research done in the past, Fredriksen-Goldsen said, "A lot of it has been just very rampant invisibility colliding with the stereotype that LGBT people aren't seniors."
Her latest project is to study the specific needs of LGBT seniors in San Francisco. As the B.A.R. noted in October, the recently formed LGBT Aging Policy Task Force hired her to oversee the creation of an online survey and analyze the data. A variety of government and private sources have provided $60,000 to fund the work, and an advisory committee of local leaders is assisting with it.
"I am really excited to be working with the city of San Francisco and excited to move the research forward and identify what some of the needs are for some of the most under-represented groups in our community," she said.
Her first task was to study the responses from 295 San Francisco residents who took part in the federally funded Caring and Aging with Pride research project. She was in San Francisco last week to present her findings, and a report based on her work can be downloaded from the task force's website at http://www.sf-hrc.org/index.aspx?page=201 .
Most of the respondents, 85 percent, were white, and 70 percent were male. The majority lived alone, didn't have children, and were renters.
The results are an "initial snapshot," and more information is needed on LGBT seniors of color and transgender people, said Fredriksen-Goldsen.
The task force plans to put particular focus on reaching LGBT adults in those communities when it launches the online survey, which will be in English, Spanish, and Chinese, in late February. It has asked for final analysis by July.
"I haven't had an opportunity before to work as closely and go into the kind of depth as we are going to go in San Francisco," said Fredriksen-Goldsen. "We really want to understand what is happening within very specific communities among LGBT adults."


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It is not uncommon for whoever leads the invocation prayer at the start of each Hannibal City Council meeting to request protection for those serving abroad in our country's armed forces. At the Dec. 4 Council meeting that portion of the prayer resonated within me.
As you read these words one of my son-in-laws, Shawn, is serving in Afghanistan.
When Shawn and my daughter, Amber, announced their plans to be married this past June it was with the thought that they would begin their lives together at a post in Germany. Since they are both accomplished photographers, they were looking forward to the opportunities that awaited them in Europe within a short jaunt of where they would be living.
However, as Uncle Sam is prone to do, there was a change of plans. Not long after they shared their wedding vows came notice that the transfer to Germany was off. That was followed by news that Shawn was being deployed to Afghanistan.
I have not been to either Germany or Afghanistan. Maybe they're both beautiful in their own unique way. Still, as far as destinations go it sounded to me like Shawn had gone from the penthouse to the outhouse.
With her husband overseas, Amber, like countless new brides before her, is doing everything she can to support her man. To bring a smile to his face, Amber has had a photo enlargement of Shawn's head made, which she has brought to different events and gatherings. People take turns holding the head-on-a-stick, while photos of it in the different settings are taken. The images are then posted on Shawn's Facebook wall. Why? To help make sure that Shawn knows that while he's thousands of miles away, he's still in the minds and hearts of his friends and family back home.
Of a more traditional nature has been the sending of "care packages" during the holiday season. Amber's grandma (my wife Nancy's Mom) earlier this month sent off a box filled with eatable Christmas items.
To make sure Shawn was not overwhelmed with sweets all at once, Nancy waited a week or so before starting to work on her own treat package. I recently came home from work to find Nancy making an assortment of our family's favorite treats.
After sampling the assorted goodies to help guarantee quality control, I gave my bride a "thumbs up" that they were indeed suitable to be shipped out.
Nancy went to the post office to pick up one of those set-price boxes that ships anything that will fit inside it. Next came Nancy's big challenge: Maximizing the space in order to get the most items packed inside.
I watched as Nancy carefully wrapped the various items and slowly began loading them into the box. I'm sure she packed, unpacked and then repacked the box at least a couple of times in an effort to get as much as possible in it.
During the course of packing and repacking my bride found herself tackling an age old issue – trying to get something round, not a peg but cookies, into a square hole, the container. And while Nancy had no trouble getting the circle cookies in the box, she noted that it felt like she was fitting more in when packing chocolate bars that were cut in squares, rather than the circular cookies.
An e-mail from Shawn arrived last week to let us know the treats had not only arrived, but had proven popular, not only with him, but his comrades.
Because Shawn's e-mail contained both a heartfelt "thank you" and a request for more when possible, Nancy will soon be doing her best to again fit round items into a square hole.


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27 May 2013
The European Astronaut Luca Parmitano has trained for the 'Volare' mission in Moscow, Cologne and Houston.
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Astronaut Luca Parmitano met the crew that will look after him in the course of his mission to the International Space Station during a visit to the Columbus Control Center of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
At NASA, Luca Parmitano tested his spacesuit, which was specially prepared for his mission to space, which will last from May to November 2013.
European astronaut Luca Parmitano's 'Volare' mission will begin on 28 May 2013 with the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The International Space Station will be his place of work and home for the next six months. During this time, he will care for 14 German experiments, which are funded by either the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) or the DLR Space Administration. In this interview, Luca Parmitano speaks about the challenges that he seeks in his profession – and enjoys.
By Manuela Braun
When people go on holiday, they think about what to pack and what to do before leaving. You are going to be in space for more than 100 days. So what are your last preparations, and how do you feel about your trip to space?
I have never thought about going to orbit as a trip, I always talked about it as a mission. Really, there is not a lot I must prepare or take with me to the Station because there are people that have been asking me and preparing everything that I will need once I'm there. There will already be already sets of clothing, food, running shoes and bicycle shoes for me; everything has already been sent, or will be arriving when I am in the Station. The only things left for me to take are small items, like souvenirs, my wedding ring or pictures of my family or objects I want to take up to give to my friends and family when I return. It is really not a lot because we can only carry 1.5 kilograms of items with us on the Soyuz spacecraft.
You will be the Flight Engineer on this mission – what will your main tasks on board the ISS be?
Being a Flight Engineer means carrying out a lot of different jobs. During the launch phase, the Flight Engineer is actually the co-pilot of the spacecraft, which means that during launch and re-entry phase I will be supporting the commander, who sits in the centre seat. I will be sitting on his left and am in charge of all the systems of the spacecraft, while the commander is responsible for the navigation, orientation and safety of the spacecraft. I must check the engines, the navigation systems, the computers, the life support systems – these are all my responsibility. Once we get to the Station, the Flight Engineer must perform a lot of tasks. We are in charge of maintenance – it is our job to replace anything that needs to be replaced on the Station. We are also in charge of the interaction with all the experiments that are on the Station. At any time on the Station we have to care for about 150 experiments. Around 100 of these require direct interaction with the crew. That takes up – I would say – about 50 percent of our time, especially when we are also the subjects of these experiments. While I am on the Station, I will also be responsible for monitoring the approach of ATV-4, and I will also be involved in all the robotics operations for the arrival of other cargo spacecraft. Finally, there are two EVAs – two spacewalks – planned during my increment, and I will be in charge of them together with my colleague Chris Cassidy.
It's rather busy while you are at the Station. The Japanese transporter HTV, the Russian Progress spaceship, and the European ATV-4 arrive.
There will be two EVAs. These are all tasks that require a quick and successful reaction from you. Besides the normal training for that, how do you prepare yourself for this work? Are you a relaxed person by nature, or will you get a little nervous?
I am probably not the best person to answer this – maybe you should ask my instructors! But yes, I would say that I am a relaxed person; I am confident that the training I have received is what I need to perform well. My background is very operational; having been a pilot for the past 20 years, I have always worked in high-pressure environments where you need to perform and you need to do it right in the first time. Well, it doesn't mean that I am not nervous. I think a certain level of stress is necessary to perform better because it heightens your level of focus, your attention. Of course, I will be thinking about it, I will be preparing myself mentally by reviewing the procedures, by training as much as I can while I am on board, and also by talking to people who are more experienced than I am.
You will take part in more than 40 experiments on board – from radiation to nutrition, from experiments in material science to an experiment analysing the reduction of your muscle tissue in space. How much information do you get about the scientific background of these experiments, and what kind of experiments are the most interesting from your point of view?
We receive as much background information as we want. The great part about the scientific experiments is that we have contact with the principal investigators. We can get in touch via email or phone calls; we also have face-to-face-encounters where we can ask about the science. That is extremely interesting – especially for me, since I don't have a strong scientific background. That is why I volunteered for all the physiology experiments; what we learn today about physiology in orbit, about what happens to our body when we leave for an extended period of time in weightlessness, will be vitally important, indispensable knowledge for future explorations. We need to know what happens to us if we want to leave lower Earth orbit and travel further away. So I am looking forward to all the experiments that are somehow linked to this kind of research, to physiology. One of these is a diet. The idea behind this diet is that we can control the loss of calcium from our bones while in weightlessness – and this is also important on Earth, when people are suffering from osteoporosis. Of course, the exercise that we do on the Station is also an important part of the research. We look at how our muscles change while we are in orbit. So, I am certainly excited about all the physiology experiments. But there are also experiments more related to technology. There is one called 'Green Air', which involves research towards biofuels. The study in orbit will focus on trying to reduce the toxic waste from combustion. It's an Italian experiment and I am very proud of that.
So, preparing for your mission, you had to learn many different things; you had to train for the different experiments, you were trained for grasping the HTV, for monitoring the arrival of the ATV, there was survival training, you had to learn Russian. What parts of the training in the last months did you like the most, and which did you find most difficult?
When you come to a job like that of an astronaut, you are looking for challenges. If everything I did came easy to me, it would almost be boring. The truth is, everything we do can be very complicated – the harder it is, the most satisfactory it is mastering it. I have to admit that a lot of the training is fun. It is fun because it takes a lot of effort. Certainly, flying the Soyuz in a manual mode is very hard. We need to demonstrate that we can safely dock the spacecraft to the Station, as well as that we can manually land the spacecraft. An EVA in Houston under water in a pressurised space suit is also very physically demanding. It takes full concentration. These are all hard things, but it is also part of the training I enjoyed the most. Robotics training takes a lot of skills, a little bit like mental gymnastics, because we are looking at a robotic arm through cameras and we have to build a 3D-image in our mind using the various cameras. I have really enjoyed everything that I have done in the past 4.5 years. I haven't stopped learning since I became an astronaut.
You have already visited the Columbus Control Center at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, and met the crew that will be in contact with you during the mission. DLR's User Support Center in Cologne will be part of the mission, as well as six more support centres in Europe and, of course, NASA's control room. So you will work together with a whole network of people around the globe. In a way, you depend on these people. How much trust is necessary, and how do you build up this relationship?
You are absolutely right; we depend on these people! I wouldn't be able to do anything by myself if it wasn't for the support of all these amazing people that work in the space sector. They are almost invisible behind the scenes, but they are as important, if not more important, than the astronauts who get all the visibility. How do I build a relationship with them? It's very simple; throughout my training, we meet each other and talk. We learn to trust each other and to trust each other's experience and background just by working together. I know they are all extremely responsible, I know that they put all their efforts into what they are doing. It is enough for me to know that there is somebody out there who cares for me and my safety.
You are the first astronaut of the European Astronaut class of 2009 who will be in space. The German Alexander Gerst and the Italian Samantha Cristoforetti will follow in 2014. Will you be involved in their training when you return from ISS in November?
As soon as I come back, there will be about six months for my recovery from the six-month-flight. So it will be a little late for me to help Alexander. By the time I am back, Alexander will already in Russia getting ready for his own flight. For Samantha, I certainly plan to help her during training through my experience.
Some of your former colleagues, like Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield or Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi sent a lot of photos and videos during their stay in space. Do you have plans to keep in contact with Earth, and what hobbies will you have in space?
Chris Hadfield is an experienced astronaut. He already has three flights under his belt and is an incredibly talented person, with both communication and singing skills. I don't even try to match somebody at that level; I am not able to communicate in that way. I would like to be able to share my experience of being in orbit. I like music, and on the ISS we have a guitar and a keyboard and I think I will be playing a little bit – but mostly for my own pleasure.
Right now before your launch, what moment during your mission are you especially looking forward to?
I am a 'rookie' - somebody going to space for the first time – so everything is unknown to me. Everything will be a surprise: the launch, being in orbit, entering the Space Station, seeing Earth, being outside of the Station for the EVA. I have been dreaming about these things all of my life. I will come back with a memory of something that changed me for life. I am certain of that. I am just looking forward to enjoying this experience, being up there and fulfilling a dream that I have had for a very long time.
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VICTORVILLE — The Burroughs volleyball team didn't take long to bounce back from its first DSL loss of the season. The Burros beat Silverado in four sets 25-15, 24-26, 25-13, 25-14 on Thursday night in the first of five straight road matches.
VICTORVILLE — The Burroughs volleyball team didn't take long to bounce back from its first DSL loss of the season. The Burros beat Silverado in four sets 25-15, 24-26, 25-13, 25-14 on Thursday night in the first of five straight road matches.
"The girls showed tonight that they want to stay in first and they want to keep winning — it was a big game." Burros head coach Michele Lazaro said. "It's always fun when it gets to this point in league."
Burroughs (11-5, 7-1 DSL) beat Silverado for the second time this season by cutting down on its mistakes. The Burros committed half as many service and defensive errors as they did in their loss to Granite Hills two days earlier, and shook off that first league defeat as a result.
"You don't know if they're going to stay in that funk or pull out of it," Lazaro said. "The coaches were really on top of them trying to keep them motivated and keep them up — we knew we were capable of doing so much better."
Burroughs took the opening set by double digits, and Silverado narrowly won the second set to tie the match. In the second set, the Burros didn't play cleanly.
"In that second set we made too many hitting errors," Lazaro said. "We fixed it and that was the difference — the hitters being able to bounce back changed the momentum of the game."
The Burros responded in the third and fourth sets, winning each decisively to beat Silverado. The victory keeps Burroughs all alone in first place in the DSL.
Outside hitters Michaela Metcalf and Allie Sliva both played well in the victory. Metcalf had a team-high 24 kills to go along with five aces and five digs, and made adjustments after the second set that helped Burroughs close out the match.
Sliva had 11 kills, 21 digs, passed well and had a stellar night serving. The junior had 10 aces in 27 service points, and served 97.1 percent on 35 attempts.
Setter Chantia Jennings recorded 32 assists, two aces, two kills and two blocks in the win. Jennings was part of a Burros' front row block that stifled Silverado and featured middle blockers Megan Smith (two kills, one block) and Kristel Teuscher (four kills, two blocks), along with opposite hitter Bridget Ingle.
"They were able to stop their big hitter, she got frustrated and started hitting it out, and then they starting tipping because the block was there," Lazaro said.
Libero Rebecca Floyd and defensive specialist Laurie Orbita each had 12 digs. Floyd delivered a solid all-around performance.
"Rebecca played sharp tonight — she was really in there playing solid defense, she had great passes and she had some good serves," Lazaro said.
Burroughs resumes DSL play at Victor Valley next Tuesday. The Burros beat the Jackrabbits in four sets in the first round of league play.
"It's not going to be easy going into that game and winning on the road — they have a bigger block than Silverado and they have talented players," Lazaro said.


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Saw III: Director's Cut (US - DVD R1)
Gabe Powers twawt he twaw a booby twap. He did! He did twaw a booby twap!
Contrary to what I'm sure most regular readers will assume, I never saw Saw II or saw Saw III. When I saw the first Saw (aka: Saw I) I was nominally impressed with what I saw. I saw a clever horror concept, I saw some flashy direction, and I saw a decent low budget début. What I didn't saw was the future of popular horror. Apparently I saw wrong because each Saw continues to make more money than the last Saw. Saw is the new Halloween franchise - that sure fire quick buck October release that will continue sawing away until enough people finally get sick of it and it stops making any more money. Who saw this coming?
I'll start by stating that I think this whole 'torture porn' thing is a load of bull hooey. The title was made up by a bunch of media pseudo-pundits looking for a social phenomenon where there wasn't one. People that only watch movies made in the last 15 years bought into the hype and were generally offended because it sounded like they should be. Meanwhile, 300 Spartans gut 10,000 Persians, Spider-Man shoves a man's face into an oncoming subway car, and Transformers are torn asunder to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, and not one Joe Schmoe theater stomper puts two-and-two together.
Anyone fond of exploitation flicks and the grindhouse will tell you about several dozen real torture porn films, like Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS, Cannibal Ferox, The Gestapo's Last Orgy, going all the way back to 1964's Two Thousand Maniacs and before (not to mention Japan's Guinea Pig series, which was mistaken for a real deal snuff film by none other than Charlie Sheen). Movies that feed into an audience's need to see really bad things happen to people, movies that titillate through images of torture and inescapable graphic violence. The Saw series is just feeding into something that's been part of the zeitgeist since entertainment was born, it is nothing new, and neither is the public outcry.
Enough of my monotony though, if anyone here at DVDActive.com should like Saw III it's me – the guy who loves ooey-gooey horror movies, and the guy who has an unhealthy respect for exploitation films. Saw III is an exploitation film pure and simple, and it wastes no time exploitin'. I'm sure there are plenty of term papers to be written on the subject of level of acceptable violence in a mainstream feature (despite my didactic sermon in the previous paragraph, the mall theater acceptance of horror movies this brand of brutal is something new), and I'm sure Carol J. Clover and Barry Keith Grant are preparing new chapters for their respective books on gender in horror films, but the folks at LionsGate only care about the bottom line.
The film gets off to a goopy start with a series of cringe inducing 'games', and though such a thing can grow dull quickly, I was rooting for a plotless hunk of hard-R action, just because I'd find the existence of such a thing hilarious. Then around the 20-minute mark they had to go and throw in a plot, and I realized that I had been watching 20 minutes of Saw II loose end tying. Now I only saw, or viewed the first Saw on two occasions, and I never surveyed the second film so the continued narrative went over my head a bit, but I don't think recalling all the characters is a requirement. Fortunately, most of the callbacks are to the first film.
My problem with this plot is what it does to the Jigsaw character - it turns him into a big baby. In the first film he's obviously not happy about dying of inoperable cancer, but he's accepted it, and finds a creative outlet for his frustrations. Frankly I was sick at the time I saw, sorry watched the first film, and personally dealing with cold mannered doctors, so I found myself rooting for him a little bit. Here he's afraid of dying and taking it out on a doctor he barely knows (yes, there is a twist to this, but it's so convoluted that I couldn't buy it, not even in this film's universe of suspended disbelief). Bringing in Amanda as an apprentice (I did remember her from the first film) is clever enough, especially because she doesn't follow the rules Jigsaw set forth, but too much time is spent trying to mold her into a sympathetic character, and it just doesn't work.
The 'B' story at least manages to expound upon the series' themes a bit. Instead of dealing with traditional self-loathing through horrible tests of physical pain, Jigsaw makes his latest victim deal with his own creeping vengeance by sticking him in a series of moral dilemmas. This kind of robs the series of its solitary iota of originality – the fact that these victims kill themselves – but really, how many times can an audience watch the exact same thing. Don't answer that. It's nice to see that the filmmakers are trying to find something to say about the human condition, unfortunately they were beaten to the punch a very long time ago. Still, plus one for a try at something new.
The movie is colourful and well shot without too many MTV cuts or shaky camera movements. Director Darren Lynn Bousman has his green gels well under control, and he has some idea of how to develop suspense. The film's ick and cringe factor actually surprised me. The big gross out moments didn't really affect me personally (I have a high tolerance), but the little things, like a character tearing a section of his face off against a freezing pipe, made me squirm a bit. I didn't catch the theatrical release, so I have no clue as to how strong these scenes were in theaters, but this disc actually earns its 'unrated' status. Fans of heavy gore should enjoy themselves, but I'd rather they spent their time with more interesting filmmakers like Lucio Fulci and Peter Jackson.
Saw III is a pretty grimy looking little film, with high contrast and deep shadows obscuring details, and more sour apple Jolly Rancher filters than you can shake a severed limb at. The disc looks as good as such a film can, with crisp lines, bright colours, and deep blacks. Noise is minimal, and grain is, I'm assuming, intended. This isn't the best showcase for an HD set, but I noticed no overt errors, and can't imagine the film looking any 'nicer'.
I do very much enjoy the over-the-top sound design on these films. The aggressive soundtracks are almost surreal, and contain some of the loudest ambient noise on DVD record. Sometimes these larger than life effects are more comical than scary, but there is no mistaking their clarity on this disc. The DTS track (which was not included on the previous releases) is awash with sound, bleeding from every channel at practically every moment of runtime. It's become a bit of a cliché over the last few years from horror films to cover their budget constraints with noisy soundtracks, but I haven't grown tired of it yet.
Apparently my Jigsaw torture is to be bland-commentaried to death. This director's cut release (for those keeping score, this is the third R1 release for a film that is yet to have aged a year) contains no less than three commentary tracks. I liked the film a lot more than I thought I would, but sitting through it three more times while commentators desperately search their memory banks for stuff to talk about is enough to make me go mad. I cheated and clicked between tracks when they started to dry up.
Executive producer and co-writer Leigh Whannell (he was in the first movie, and has a bit part in this one) is a happy guy, a real deal geek, and he seems really sweet, but his track is all about congratulating everyone he's ever met in his entire life. I'm exaggerating, but really there isn't much to learn here, except for the moments where he recalls his original scripts. Director Lynn Bousman is good to have around because he points out some of the deleted footage (though he isn't specific as to what's 'unrated' cut and what's director's cut), but this is the third time he's recorded a commentary for this particular film. Actor J Larose is there to help (the chain trap guy at the beginning of the film), but he doesn't do much more than interject with a few 'yeahs'. Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith's track is really, really dull, at almost 50% total silence. I think Bell says maybe six words total.
Disc two is pretty much a joke. 'Jigsaw's Plan' is an incredibly simple trivia game with film and sound clips. I lost interest before I 'won'. 'Choose the Death' is a look at the traps of Saw III (along with three from Saw II, which is weird). Each scene plays in its entirety, and is accompanied by an unnamed commentator (perhaps the production designer?), design sketches, and storyboards. 'Looking Tortured' is a make-up effect how-to, which is actually pretty educational. Our technician uses everyday materials, so this stuff should be pretty affordable as well. There are also some trailers, a few text screens where the filmmakers list their favourite parts of the films, and a stupid music video for a horrible song.
The last extra, and the reason inpatient Saw fans might want to rent this disc, is a sneak peak at Saw IV. If this footage is all we have to go on, it already looks pretty bad. The lighting is dull, the framing is bad, the make-up is weak, and it's not scary at all. I was sure it had to have been made by a different, less practiced director, but it isn't. It appears that he has somehow devolved as a filmmaker (though in his defense the framing is now 2.35:1 instead of 1.85:1, which is what I call progress). The only way the scene works is if it's meant to be amusing, like the bloodiest Laurel and Hardy bit ever filmed.
So did I love Saw III? No, but I didn't hate it either. It was an effectively entertaining, sometimes gross, and even occasionally dramatic waste of my time. It was actually better than I thought it would be. I can't tell fans what the difference between this directors cut and the previous 'unrated' cut, but there seems to be an extra 8 minutes or so to look forward to. The DTS track might also entice people into a double dip, but the extras are nothing special, and a sneak peak at a movie coming out in a manner of weeks isn't worth the price either. Instead, I recommend spending your hard earned cash on the original vengeful trap master - The Abominable Dr. Phibes. I think you'll be shocked at the similarities.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 23rd October 2007
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Director/Actor Commentary, Producer/Co-Writer Commentary, Actor Commentary, Trivia, 'Killer Inside'' Music Video, 'Choose the Death', Make-Up How-To, Filmmaker Favs, Trailers, Sneak Peak at Saw IV
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus McFayden, Bahar Soomekh
Genre: Horror
Length: 121 minutes
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Johnny Eduardo
TRAINING: I have practiced Jiu-Jitsu, boxing, wrestling and a lot of Muay Thai.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training very early at 7 years old. My father had a Kung Fu academy where they also had Karate and Taekwondo so I was always around the mats. I wanted to be as good as my father. After some time I went on to train Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu, and at 17 I started fighting MMA.
What ranks and titles have you held? Rio de Janeiro State Jiu Jitsu Champion, 3 x Brazilian Muay Thai Champion, 2 x Rio de Janeiro State Muay Thai Champion
Do you have any heroes? Master Luis Alves who passed away last year; he was a man that helped shape who I am today.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It is a dream come true that I have been waiting for. I persisted in my fighting career and now it pays off as I prepare to fight in the biggest event in the world.
What was your job before you started fighting? I had a lot of jobs. I sold ice cream on the beach, was a security guard, I have taught Muay Thai and MMA classes and many other jobs that helped me get through and survive.
Specific accomplishments in pro competition? The biggest accomplishment in my career was when I realized I was capable of winning fights and make a living, doing what I love to do.
If any, list ranks in any martial arts styles: Jiu Jitsu purple belt
Favorite grappling technique: Guillotine, triangle
Favorite striking technique: Knees
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