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Surviving Christmas with MS

I found this from 2013 and it’s reminding me of some very important points in life.

What a wonderful week of family, friends and the foes of MS. Yes, wonderful even with the nagging MS stuff going on: The emotional roller coaster, the fatigue, the foggy brain. Not to mention clumsy foot, balance issues leading to a broken toe. But despite all the MS foes, this was a grand Holiday.
While I love Santa and the stocking he provides, it's often the intangible gifts that mean so much during the holidays. The gift of life, of friends, of family. Even if our family is just one other person, or that most of our friends are acquaintances on Twitter, we do have a family.
My morning chat from Christmas Morning:
Yesterday included some great food with me grilling a wonderful piece of beef tenderloin from Sprouts market. Love their meat! Grandma made all the fixings and family helped with the dishes. Girl with MS had to take several rests during the day. By now my young nephews understand when "Auntie Nonnie" needs an MS break.
This is a family full of converse shoes, time outside and basketball. Go Lakers! Go Clippers!

Gifts came in all forms. Here is the Day of the dead doggie in honor of all of our lost hounds.
We did it! The emotional roller coaster has subdued. Gifts exchanged. Tears of joy and love shared. Frustrations as well, but all in all a Cherry Merry Christmas.

a New Year, a New Blood Test and 2 MS Companies making a difference.

Happy New Year!   (well, almost)

2017 was amazing in so many ways but after these holidays I definitely need to get back on track.  Late nights, rich food, more drinks and body began to rebel.   It just about quit on me yesterday.  Maybe it did.

Two pm, and helping mom with yet another holiday function and finally found myself crashed out on the bed.  Been a beautiful but long holiday!

We kicked off December going to Nashville, Tennessee to learn more about iQuity's blood test to help diagnose multiple sclerosis.  Click here for my article about this blood test called isolateMS.  This is definitely company to keep an eye on in the future.  The blood test is already helping some patients with their diagnoses.  It could be an effective alternative to MRI's and anyone who's had an MRI knows how uncomfortable it can be.

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There were ten of us MS bloggers in Nashville and it was awesome to connect and meet in person! We ended up at the Grand Ol' Opry after a good day of brainstorming, sharing and learning.

The next week found us in Boston, Massachusetts.  This trip we worked with another company and their activities helping MS patients live better.   It snowed on us and we got to experience an almost white Christmas!
Enjoying Boston with some of the EMD Serono MS team!
It's really amazing and wonderful to feel the connection between medicine and quality of life.  These two companies understand that this is important.  I appreciate this greatly.

Caroline Craven and Carolyn Kaufman - from Without the Weight.
So much appreciation and gratitude as 2017 comes to an end.   GWMS was active in many great programs this past year to help others with MS live a better life.  AND I met the man of my life who has been the most wonderful support system imagined.   This is good for Girl with MS.  Oh so very good for GWMS.

As the holidays come to an end, my body is ready for cleansing and reflection.  For movement and for routine.  The rich foods and excess alcohol was felt in every muscle and nerve.  I also indulged in some cigarettes which I know are terrible for us - but tasted good at the time.  And the coffee/caffeine consumption was nearing epic proportions.

But the binge/festivities are over and easily my body, mind and spirit slide back into a healthy routine.  Today I'm sipping royal chrysanthemum tea.  Yesterday my cup was full of "pitta" tea to help reduce heat and inflammation, followed by some fruity Acai berry tea full of anti-oxidants.  And it has the most beautiful bright blue flowers in it.  Violet blue.

Today I am working on an exciting project for Self Care Catalysts.  This is another company that is making a difference in the lives of MS patients.  They have launched an app called My Health Storylines in addition to starting the Self Care Movement:  #selfcaremvmt

They understand that patients want to take control over their wellness and they are doing something about it!

Their homepage says it all:

Mabel and Caroline Craven,

It's that whole, "Begins with Me" that knocks it out of the park.  So true.  We are only as good as our actions.

As many of you know, my whole gig is about creating our own wellness, about self-care.  Now this does not mean you abandon all medicines or disease treatments.  Self-care is about the big picture.  The whole enchilada.   The wholistic approach.  this includes nutrition, exercise, mindfulness, medicines, and all things consumed and ingested as healing treatments.

I'm working on some challenges for the coming year.  Weekly resolutions that can be done in five days to help guide us into a healthier 2018...

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A new at-home study called EMPOWER (Evaluating Multiple Sclerosis Patients ShOWing A GEnomic Signature of Therapy Response) is seeking volunteers with MS nationwide to better understand how MS affects the body. The goal of the study is to develop a blood test to help monitor disease activity and treatment response for people diagnosed with MS. The study is being conducted by DxTerity, a genomics company developing tests to better manage autoimmune diseases.

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We have played to a goalless draw with Orlando Pirates tonight at Orlando Stadium.

We created a number of opportunities in the first half with Phiri narrowly missing a chance in the 13th minute and then Conco and Sibeko managed to get shots away.

A minute before half time, Sibiya lined up a free kick on the edge of the box, but fired it straight to Mpontshane.

The Buccaneers enjoyed possession in the first 45 but failed to find penetrative passes as our defensive players managed to close down the majority of their plays.

Orlando Pirates came out firing in the first couple of minutes in the second half. They put pressure on our defence and kept us on the back foot, having to defend on both sides of the park as Lorch and Pule attacking the goals.

We used our counter attack well and had an opportunity when Sibeko had a header from a flick on. Again Mpontshane made the save and kept the game goalless.

Lamola was introduced off the bench to attempt to change the game for us. It had limited affect for us as we failed to use the change of pace to our advantage.

A solid performance from our defence tonight, and good execution of Coach Larsen’s game plan. But we just failed to convert the chances again to secure full points from the encounter.

We return to Durban and will prepare for our weekend game at home against Black Leopards on Sunday at 15h30.

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Monday, February 1, 2016

Everything is Temporary

Walking along the Colorado River, RM 179.5 in the Grand Canyon, I see a twisted outcrop of columnar basalt. Pillars of hardened lava protrude right then left, up then down, a stark contrast to the basalt on its sides, tall and vertical columns—sentries guarding a renegade piece of the past.

Typically, columnar basalt is very linear, either standing upright or lying horizontally to the ground. Vertical basalt is formed by lateral lava flows, horizontal basalt, vertical flows. All of it very orderly. This twisted belt of rock, however, it speaks of pandemonium. Clashing forces. Disarray.

But even more compelling then this specific flow on this specific part of the Colorado River, is the question of how these blocks of stone settled into their distinct shapes. Most geologists believe columnar basalt is created by constriction; the cooling lava shrinks, causing cracks or joints similar to those seen on dried lake beds. Then you have others who think the shrinkage theory is, "too simple," favoring, instead an action they call, "viscous fingering," or what I think of as geologic foreplay. In essence, "vertical loading and progressive cooling and crystallization" work together to ease the basalt into its forceful forms.

Whatever the real mechanism for basalt's symmetrical semblance, geologists tend to agree it takes hundreds of years for the rocks to cool into these features, perhaps even longer. It's often that way with earth science. The Grand Canyon may or may not have been carved in 6 million years, the basalt columns may or may not be the result of viscous fingering. We can do field studies on the subject, write papers, have conferences, but we don't really know the answer for sure—not yet.  I think that's what draws me to the science—its tangential relationship with certainty.

RM 179. I leave the river path and scramble up a scree slope toward the chaotic columns, grabbing anything solid to boost my way. I brush a nettle plant, feel its sting, scrape against a fishhook barrel cactus, feel a spine embed in my leg. At the base of the outcrop I stop, catch my breath, then begin to climb the twisted and uneven stone.

Halfway up I find the perfect place to pause and eat a few crackers. There is a seat for me, a ledge for my feet, another for my canteen, and yet another for my backpack. Beside me, lying prone to the ground, is a dead and desiccated barrel cactus. The living one, the one whose spine is now lodged in my thigh, was striking with its yellow and magenta plumage. But this one, this dead one, also has a certain beauty. Its body is ashen and has collapsed in on itself. Its spines look like rusted nails. In this brittle environment, where decay is so slow, the cactus may have died a decade ago or more. I know from its size it may have lived eighty years, maybe one hundred.

I watch the river go by, thinking about it and the curve of time. A barrel cactus which lived longer than my parents, a series of lava flows which temporarily dammed this river well over a million years ago. Either one, eighty years or a million, they are infinitesimal compared to the age of the bedrock that surrounds this place: 1.8 billion year old granite and schist.

It's one of the reasons I come to this canyon. All those years piled on top of one another, a lexicon of what's been. What is my existence in all of that? All of human civilization would amount to barely a hairline in the these walls. The idea calms me, puts my own losses in perspective. All things are temporary. Heartburn, heartache, heart attacks. Politics, politicians, preachy puritans. Guns, laws, dams, disease. All of it making the rounds, from germination to termination.

The canyon is an open book, giving me a glimpse of what was, what is, and what has yet to be.

-Naseem Rakha, February 1, 2016

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Whiskey Before Breakfast
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Lord protect us, Saints preserve us, We been drinkin’ Whiskey ‘fore breakfast

Coins weren’t actually minted near The Mint Bar, but many were in play during the heyday of gambling in the rear of the bar, in downtown Sheridan.  Cowboys and girls had been known to duck under the front door on horseback. Teddy Roosevelt wrote of the “mad antics” he witnessed at the Mint.  Certainly, the chords and lyrics of the iconic fiddle tune have been played time and again in this classic Western destination.

Michael Blessing’s Whiskey Before Breakfast reveals a great deal about his concept of the Neon West. It is as much a state of mind as it is a visual record of its streets and history. With Neon Gunslingers he takes western icons into the Pop Art realm of rarified gasses and with Whiskey Before Breakfast we see the rarified gas origins of Pop Art on the western landscape.

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A self taught artist working in oil, Michael is primarily compelled by the shapes within a composition. Having discovered an initial inclination toward figurative painting, he favors a candid view of his subjects, often depicting unexpected everyday moments and emotions that are universally relevant.  As a rule, Michael is drawn to strong compositions, vibrant color, and bold lines.  His figurative work and paintings of vintage Western nostalgia are widely appealing and have an edgy quality that is both contemporary and timeless.

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Monday, January 25, 2010

West Bengal

Downright Assault on Human Rights, Extra Constitutional Exercise of Constitutional Powers—a Shame on the Anarchic Governmental Left-ism

National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), West Bengal strongly condemns the blatant attack on the Fundamental Rights of the people of the country guaranteed by the Constitution made by the police and administration of the state of West Bengal by illegally detaining and finally arresting with some false and frivolous allegations the human rights activists and the renowned members of civil society on their way to visit Lalgarh for access of the situation over there and in their peaceful and lawful demands of withdrawing Joint Force from Lalgarh, release of political prisoners of Lalgarh and withdrawing the preventive orders U/S. 144 of Cr.P.C. from the area.

As soon as the team comprised of Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR), Bandi Mukti Committee, Mazdoor Kranti Parishad, Legal Service Committee, Lalgarh Mancha and others reached Kharagpur Railway Station around 10-45 a.m. from Howrah, where some other local people joined them, and got down at the platform the police personnel posted there beforehand forcefully lifted 76 of the members of the team in the prison van without any warrant of arrest or without issuing memo of arrest nor did the police mention any reason for their action. The activists requested to show them the copy of the prohibitory order, if any, which was not shown by the police. We also condemn the heinous act of bodily lifting of 25 women members of the team to the prison van by male police personnel.

They were taken to Kharagpur Town Police Station in Paschim Medinipur District and were illegally detained there till 5-30 p.m. After they were taken to the Police Station the Additional Superintendent of Police Mr. Chowdhury once came to the place and asked for the identity proof of the detainees but within ten minutes he left the place. A huge armed police force had been posted there. The lawyers and other friends reached the spot by the time and wanted to meet the detainees. But they were not allowed by the police. The detainees wanted to lodge complaint against the police for their illegal, improper and overt acts which are in contravention of the law of the land. But they were constantly discouraged to do so by the police officers, which is again a violation of law.

At about 5-30 p.m. they were told to have been arrested U/S. 143/188/511/186/506/123 of I.P.C. and that would be produced in court next day.

But we understand that the intervention and collective pressure of the opposition parties, the opposition leader, the noted writer like Mahasveta Devi and many other concerned citizens ultimately made the police and administration drop the false allegation made U/S. 123 of I.P.C. against the team of activists and to release them on P.R. Bond. They were released from the Police Station after 9 p.m. Kharagpur P.S. Case Number 18 of 2010 U/S. 143/188/511/186/506 of I.P.C. has been started against them.

It is a clear case of police high handedness and impunity in West Bengal that anyone can be detained by the police or arrested without any charge at any time and also can be released according to their whims which is quite shameful and condemnable instances of which are plenty. It remains a cause of great concerns as to the intentions of Governments—State and Central—and what they attempt to achieve by cordoning off Lalgarh and making it in-accessible to the people, in general. Also the restriction imposed on the movement of the people way before Lalgarh, in this case Kharagpur, a busy township which hardly has anything to do with Lalgarh insurgence (?), is a clear instance of the extremely repressive attitude of the State Government under the pretext of containing so-called Maoist extremism. Notwithstanding the supreme stubbornness of the Government to create a state within a state, we expressed our solidarity and by all such peaceful—and peaceful only—endeavours to break the anti-people barrier posed by the authority.

In this context, we mention that in spite of our best efforts we could not collect from the police or from the administration the copy of the prohibitory orders U/S. 144 (3) of Cr.P.C. operative in different areas of Paschim Medinipur including Lalgarh and an application seeking information as well as first appeal under Right to Information Act have been filed on behalf of NAPM, West Bengal but the authorities are seemingly reluctant.

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Samar Bagchi

Pranab Banerjee

Manik Samajdar

Murad Hossain

Debjit Dutta

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

DVC – Isn’t it Grand! Grand Villa that is!!!

If you have followed posts on this web site for long you know by now that we are Disney Vacation Club Members and that we have been members since 1993. That was back when Disney’s Old Key West Resort was known as The Disney Vacation Club Resort. It was the first and only one of its kind. My wife and I toured DVC in December 1992. That was just over a year after it had opened and many of the buildings were still being constructed. We toured the model Studio and One Bedroom villa and saw how it became a 2 Bedroom lock-off. We also toured the Grand Villa. A beautiful 2-story 3-bedroom Villa that was bigger than our home. We could see ourselves staying in the Studio or the one and Two Bedroom villas, but the Grand Villa was something else. Even when Amy was married at WDW we booked 2 – two bedroom villas and a studio. The Grand Villa was still something we didn’t consider.

Then Tink came along.

Having a first Grandchild is different. I guess because we traveled to Oklahoma to see Tink instead of Florida to see Mickey, we happened to have “extra” Vacation Club points. When we started talking about Tink’s first birthday of course it had to be at WDW. Amy and Andy were married there and we received our announcement Tink was on the way just as fireworks were going off at the start of Illuminations at EPCOT. Grand Villas are normally hard to book and you need to book them at the 11 month Home Resort Priority window to ensure booking one of the 27 Grand Villas at OKW. My daughter was, however, able to book us in a Grand Villa for Tink’s Birthday Party.

The Grand Villa at Disney’s Old Key West Resort is normally on the second and third story of one of their Key West themed buildings (although handicapped GVs are available). This does give you some wonderful views from the upper floor of the GV. Our GV was wonderful. Three bedrooms, four baths with a full kitchen and dining room covering about 2375 square feet. My wife and I got the main level Master Bedroom, which is larger than the master bedroom in the one or two bedroom villas. The extra room allows for a bench at the foot of the king-sized bed and two chairs sitting next to the bed. The master suite is completed with a Jacuzzi tub and separate shower, once again in a different layout from the one and two bedroom villas. Also on the main level is a kitchen, dining room, laundry room, 2 closets, a bath with a shower, and a 2-story living room. The living room also has a table that would seat 4 as well as an entertainment armoire with a large flat screen TV, DVD player and surround sound.

Up the winding staircase to the top of the stairs is the smaller of the two up-stairs bedrooms. It has 2 double beds and a full private bath. The third bedroom is across an open walkway that allows you to look down into the entry-way or the living room. It has 2 queen beds and a full private bath. Our daughter, son-in-law, and Tink took this bedroom with our son graciously taking the “smaller” of the two up-stairs bedrooms. With all this space and the sleeper sofa in the living room you can sleep 12 in the GV. We had 5 adults and Tink.

The kitchen and dining room were wonderful for celebrating a First birthday. There were 2 high chairs in the dining room along with seating for 8 at the dining table. We hung streamers from the light and let Tink have a go at her Mickey Mouse head shaped cake. The adults had our cake from a much larger Mickey Mouse head shaped cake without the small hands and face in our cake.

We love staying at OKW. Love the atmosphere. Love the look. If you have something special you are celebrating, whether it is a First Birthday, or your next family gathering, if you are a DVC member I hope you can book a Grand Villa. If you are paying cash, bring a wheelbarrow full. The rack rate for a Grand Villa at OKW will cost you around $1500 per night with taxes.

  1. We were thinking of trying to book a Grand Villa for our next trip. How would 6 adults and 5 kids fit? The kids will be turning 6 just after we leave, 5.5, 4.5, turning 4 while there, and 18 months. I was thinking having 6 small children, the kitchen would be ideal for breakfasts and some lunches. Plus, I've always made my kids birthday cakes, so it would give me the opportunity to bake a cake for Emily rather than order one.

  2. I think your group would fit just fine in a Grand Villa. The kitchen is large enough you'd have plenty of room for an occasional meal and making a cake. We made Tink's two birthday cakes at our house and carried them 600 miles, but there would have been plenty of space for making one there.

  3. Beth, I think the GV would be perfect for your group. The kitchen was the largest we've seen at any DVC villa. There is also lots of open space throughout so you won't stepping on each other. 4 full baths would help get everyone ready in a reasonable time. Oh, and it's beeeeautiful.

  4. Ok, I'm convinced this is perfect for us, now to convince my family! :-) Emily will turn 4 while we are there and though I know we'll take her out for her birthday to a princess dinner or breakfast, I would feel guilty not making her a cake. Thanks you so much for the information!

  5. Beth, be sure to bring a baby monitor for the 18 month old.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Photo Flashback! Living with the Land and Mickey

Some times Mickey Mouse even shows up in the rain. (This photo was not altered, just lucky.)

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  1. What a great blog! I love Disney and hope to one day be able to take my family to WDW.

    Thanks for joining in the blog hop and stopping by!

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Redding police Chief Peter Hansen said he’ll notify the city’s 16 medical marijuana dispensaries ahead of an upcoming City Council discussion that could lead to elimination of city permits for the collectives.

A ruling in a recent Southern California lawsuit seems to have found it’s unlawful to permit something that’s illegal under federal law and the council might have to decide whether to keep its current ordinance, change it or drop it, Hansen said.

“The basic message will be there’s a big issue here and you better show up,” Hansen said.

The lawsuit was brought against Long Beach by members of one of that city’s marijuana collectives that had been ordered to shut down.

A county judge ruled in favor of Long Beach and the collective members appealed, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The 2nd District Court of Appeal threw out Long Beach’s ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries last month, saying the city went too far in specifically authorizing marijuana sales, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Long Beach charged an application fee of almost $15,000 and held a lottery for a limited number of permits, according to the lawsuit.

The city also set further requirements for its collectives.

“The question presented by this case is whether the ( Long Beach ) ordinance, which permits and regulates medical marijuana collectives rather than merely decriminalizing specific acts, is pre-empted by federal law,” the court said in its ruling.

“In this case of first impression, we conclude that, to the extent it permits collectives, it is.”

Redding approved regulations for dispensaries in 2009. Under those rules, police grant annual operating permits to collectives, and the police chief may inspect a collective’s books, records, accounts and any other material that would allow authorities to determine whether a cannabis club is distributing medical marijuana to qualified patients.

Redding charges dispensaries a $1,560 application fee and an annual permit fee of $1,474.

“( The lawsuit ) invalidated Long Beach’s ordinance, which is very similar to ours, so we have to talk about that and decide what we want to do,” City Attorney Rick Duvernay said Thursday.

The council discussed the lawsuit in closed session Tuesday but took no reportable action.

Hansen said he hasn’t yet written the letters but will do so soon.

The discussion will likely happen at the council’s next meeting, scheduled for Nov. 15, Assistant City Manager Barry Tippin said.

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BY LOWELL L. KALAPA – A couple of years ago when the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands announced that it was issuing 3,000 new leases in the Kapolei area as a result of a land swap, it had all the potential of becoming a ghetto that once built would be out of sight and out of mind.

That concern gave rise to what eventually will become a community resource center, providing homesteaders in the Kapolei development with access to a myriad of support services that could range from job training to health care to financial literacy.

While it is not appropriate to make a generalization, more than likely most homesteaders are in need of such services as they obviously were not able to acquire a home of their own and thus applied for homestead residences.

And this is the point that public housing officials seem to overlook when it comes to the homeless and public housing.  They see their job as merely providing a roof over the heads of the poor who live in public housing and getting the homeless off the beaches and sidewalks by herding them into encampments or shelters.

While that may be a first step, to provide shelter, officials must look beyond that to the reason why these folks need subsidized shelter.

Obviously, the poor and the homeless do not have the resources to acquire shelter on their own for a variety of reasons.  It may be that they don’t have an education or they don’t have job skills, or they lack the financial literacy to manage and utilize what little resources they have.

Unless they are able to acquire these skill sets, they will always be dependent on government for their shelter.  Unfortunately, unless there is a shift in this paradigm, there will never be a sufficient supply of public housing or homeless shelters to house all of those in need.

Years ago the federal government learned this lesson when they stopped building public housing and instead leveraged what limited resources were allocated to provide subsidized housing by providing incentives and financial instruments that made it attractive for private investors to undertake the task.

Today, the federal government appears also to be withdrawing from substantial grants to build public housing favoring instead providing grants that will allow greater access to support services by the residents of public housing projects by linking housing improvements with appropriate services – schools, public assets, transportation and access to jobs.  This is the goal of the new HUD program called Choice Neighborhoods.

This seems to be based on the strategy that the only way more public housing will become available is to create vacancies in existing public housing by helping those who are currently in public housing to move out.  In order to do so, those who are in public housing must be given the skills they need to be self-sufficient.  While in the short-term that may mean additional cost to government, over the long term if these families become productive members of the community they will, in turn, contribute to the tax base.

Public housing officials in Hawaii can’t see past the dilapidated facilities that all have come to associate with the term “public housing.”  They argue that they don’t have the resources to fix the current inventory of public housing let alone provide the support services that are crucial to the exit strategy for residents.

And why should this be of concern to us as taxpayers?  As long as the issue of homelessness and the waiting list for public housing continues to grow, the more resources the state will need to address this problem.  And this problem has been with us for more than 50 years when the first major public housing project was built.  Public housing policymakers still don’t understand what it will take to turn this situation around.

While the Public Housing Authority is undertaking renovation of some of the public housing facilities, no provisions are being made to create an exit strategy for the families in public housing.  These project renovations amount to nothing more that a paint and patch, band-aid treatment and instead of trying to solve the problem of the shortage of public housing, they will perpetuate the problem.  The real losers in this game are the taxpayers who will have to continue to finance a failed strategy and the families in public housing who will have no hope of being able to move out of public housing.

Even the federal government, through the department of housing and urban development, has recognized the importance of providing supportive services that residents of public housing can access.  It is too bad that public housing officials in Hawaii still don’t get it!

Lowell Kalapa is the president of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii.


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Some policies are so bad that they overshadow the good features of legislation. If Congress insists on including special treatment for airlines and or other industries in the Pension Protection Act (H.R. 4), President George W. Bush should veto it. A veto would reduce the chance that companies could transfer the costs of their pension obligations to the taxpayer.

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News:: Alanis and White Rappers, (Wannabe) Brothers In Arms?

Issue me a late pass on this one if you'd like, but I only just thought of it. I enjoy Alanis' humps-based parody as much as the next man, it's well done and as everyone and their hipster mom has already said, she does a good job of skewering not only Fergie and the Black Eyed Peas, but also herself. But seeing it again the other day, it occurred to me that she chose her target very carefully. As this article from XXL describes quite well, there's an un-written rule in hip hop - white MC's do not attack black MC's. Well it seems that might hold true in the pop music world as well: over-dramatic female singers from Canada who once dated Dave Coulier do not make humorous videos parodying black artists.

I think, as part of the un-official deal that allows white dudes to partake in the rap game, if white MC's want to beef with someone, they are required to beef with other white MC's. If you want to be down with the brothers, you do not publicly diss the brothers. This tradition goes back to 3rd Bass beefing with Vanila Ice or the Beasties, and leads up to Eminem battling pretty much every white dude up to, and including, Greg Brady.

There are exceptions, as 3rd Bass' attacks on Hammer prove, but as the aforementioned article claims, those attacks led to a 60K bounty being placed on the scalps of Serch & Pete, so really you have to wonder if it was worth it. I do know that this post is now worth it, as mentioning the fact that Hammer wanted 3rd Bass dead because he thought they were making for of his mother is not something you get to do every day.

So why exactly did Alanis choose "My Humps"? Why not Destiny's Child's Bootylicious? Surely it's lyrics are as ridiculous as the humps song? The word "Oh" comprises 80% of the lyrics in Ciara's cleverly titled Oh, and the video she made for it features her humping a car. Christina Milian's Dip It Low is an instructional track for the ladies detailing the proper way to dip your ass low. The video features Ms. Milian rolling around in a vat of black paint semi-nude.

So why couldn't Alanis choose any of these songs? It could be coincidence, and perhaps it's simply the fact the BEP song was newer and more popular than the examples I've given. But something tells me this video was very carefully planned, and like many a white rapper before her, Alanis didn't want to deal with the fallout that would occur if she offended a black artist, or worse, was accused of being racist in some way. So she went with Fergie, a mighty-white chick singing hooks for a (sort-of) rap group who appears to have had more work done than my old Cutlass Ciera (The Golden Ghost RIP), and who once pissed herself on stage.

So what am I saying here? Surprisingly little considering I've written so much. Am I saying she shouldn't have singled out Fergie and BEP? Certainly not, that humps song is terrible, Fergie is terrible, and so I have no problem with that. I guess I'm simply saying that perhaps since Alanis singled out a white artist from a genre of music dominated by black artists, it wasn't the bravest choice she could've made. Perhaps we'll hold off on giving her that Nobel prize for parody just yet.

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Classification makes a significant contribution to advancing knowledge in both science and engineering. It is a way of investigating the relationships between the objects to be classified and identifies gaps in knowledge. Classification in engineering also has a practical application; it supports object selection. They can help mature software engineering knowledge, as classifications constitute an organized structure of knowledge items. Till date, there have been few attempts at classifying in software engineering. In this research, we examine how useful classifications in software engineering are for advancing knowledge by trying to classify testing techniques. The paper presents a preliminary classification of a set of unit testing techniques. To obtain this classification, we enacted a generic process for developing useful software engineering classifications. The proposed classification has been proven useful for maturing knowledge about testing techniques, and therefore, SE, as it helps to: 1) provide a systematic description of the techniques, 2) understand testing techniques by studying the relationships among techniques (measured in terms of differences and similarities), 3) identify potentially useful techniques that do not yet exist by analyzing gaps in the classification, and 4) support practitioners in testing technique selection by matching technique characteristics to project characteristics.


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Hypnotherapy Nelson

Nelson Hypnotherapy & Counselling Services

Hypnotherapy Nelson Lancashire (BB9): A state of cognizance that may develop naturally, be self-inflicted or can be brought on by somebody proficient in hypnotism, trance or hypnosis is a half-conscious state that is someplace between alertness and sleeping. This sort of transformed mental state can often be when you find a solution to an annoying problem or get a creative idea that might change your life. Pretty much everybody in Nelson will have come up against this at some point.

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Essentially, when in a hypnotic state, people will likely have a heightened response to suggestions, are more able to recall distant memories, are able to be more innovative and creative, could be more receptive to the concept of self-healing, often have an increased tolerance of pain and have an enhanced imagination, in comparison to those who aren't hypnotized.

Hypnotherapy Nelson Lancashire (BB9)

The hypnotherapy process is when a client is by choice induced into a subconscious state in order to treat an ongoing health condition or change a bad habit. This may involve anything from managing people troubled with sleep problems or extreme anxiety conditions to helping somebody to stop binge eating, give up gambling or get over the fear of leaving the house.

Though the commonly held opinion is that hypnotherapy is a relatively modern concept, the fact is that shamen, witch doctors, Hindu fakirs, healers, and others, have been using various forms of hypnotherapy and hypnosis for many hundreds of years. Even the ancient Egyptians applied a form of hynotherapy in "sleep" or "dream" temples, while the Chinese have used quite similar techniques for over 5,000 years.

Hypnotherapists Nelson (01282)

In more recent times 2 Scottish surgeons, James Braid (1795-1860) and James Esdaile (1808-1859) identified the worth of utilizing hypnosis on sufferers prior to undergoing surgery. In the 20th century, Milton H. Erickson, an American psychiatrist and psychologist specialised in family therapy and medical hypnosis and often employed hypnotherapy in his treatment of patients. In 1973, Dr. John Kappas was the first to coin the term "hypnotherapist", he also also authored the renowned "Professional Hypnotism Manual", and founded the Hypnosis Motivation Institute, and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (1957).

To become a hypnotherapist in Nelson there is no requirement to get any kind of specified training in hypnosis. The disadvantage of this is that would be "hypnotherapists" who aren't medical experts and who have hardly any training can offer hypnotherapy procedures in Nelson and nearby. To steer clear of such problems it is advisable to choose a local hypnotherapist by visiting the website of the Professional Standards Authority.

Hypnotherapist Enquiries Nelson Lancashire

Hypnotherapy treatments are available in Nelson and also in nearby places like: Roughlee, Fence, Brierfield, Winewall, Barrowford, Trawden, Burnley, Wheatley Lane, Foulridge, Little Marsden, Padiham, Colne, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Barley, Reedley, Worsthorne, Briercliffe, Blacko, and in these postcodes BB9 0QL, BB12 9NX, BB9 0BL, BB8 8LF, BB9 0JF, BB9 0AP, BB9 0EH, BB9 0AT, BB9 0JD, BB9 0JX.

A Hypnotherapist Can Treat These Phobias and Fears

  • Fear of Closed Spaces
  • Environmental Phobias
  • Spiders
  • The Fear of Flying
  • Eating out in Public
  • The Fear of Dogs/Cats
  • Fear of Rats
  • Public Speaking
  • Fear of Going Outside
  • Social Related Phobias
  • Blushing Anxieties
  • Heights
  • Sexual Phobias
  • Bodily Phobias

Hypnotherapy for Anxiety Nelson

Hypnotherapy for Anxiety Nelson

Research has revealed that hypnotherapy by qualified specialists can assist in alleviating stress, anxiety, fear and panic attacks. Hypnotherapy for anxiety will allow you and your certified Nelson hypnotherapist to work together to discover the cause of the issue and present you with methods to overcome the symptoms.

It is worth mentioning that those struggling with anxiety are in no way alone; one out of every seven people in Nelson and throughout the United Kingdom suffer from a degree of anxiety that requires medical intervention. Having the capacity to identify the triggers of anxiety is a critical step and hypnotherapy can help you with this process. Hypnotherapy can help sufferers overcome the strong feelings of anxiety through a combination of relaxing the body, using deep breathing techniques and calming the mind. (Tags: Hypnotherapy for Anxiety Nelson, Anxiety Hypnotherapy Nelson, Hypnotherapy Social Anxiety Nelson).

Hypnobirthing Nelson

Hypnobirthing applies self-hypnosis and relaxation techniques to allow an expectant mother in Nelson to perform a drug free, natural birth. The methods applied to hypnobirthing can help both mother and newborn during childbirth, with a tried and tested lowering of fear, anxiety and pain.

A registered hypnobirthing practitioner can teach the techniques to an expectant mother so as to mentally prepare them for the process of childbirth when it arrives. As specialists they're trained to guide expectant mothers through the visualisation and breathing procedures that can alleviate feelings of anxiety and tension from early labour through to childbirth. More significantly they will be on hand to support and assist the mother and birth companion with advice on what to expect during labour, along with solutions to allow the mother's body to work with her during childbirth.

An even better experience for some moms-to-be may be to take part in hypnobirthing classes in Nelson, although these aren't widely available, so you might have to check around.

The Hypnobirthing Institute's Executive Board administers and supplies regulation for all hypnobirthing instructors in Nelson, who are required to satisfy their professional standards of working practice. (Tags: Hypnobirthing Techniques Nelson, Hypnobirthing Classes Nelson, Hypnobirthing Nelson, Hypnobirthing Practitioners Nelson).

Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss Nelson

Those of you who have tried diets previously and have succeeded in shedding some weight only to swiftly re-gained it will likely agree that it is all in the mind. Our mind will create legitimate reasons why we can stuff ourselves today and leave dieting for another day. Losing those pounds and keeping them off for good is not so simple - but that's where hypnotherapy may help. Hypnotherapy for weight loss makes you tougher mentally and enhances self-restraint, helping you shun the temptation of eating anytime you see something delicious.

Smoking Hypnotherapy Nelson

Even though most of us put it off till another day, we all know exactly why we need to give up smoking. If you have found yourself on this web page then I'm guessing you are desperate to stop smoking immediately. The fact is that breaking loose of that awful habit and modifying your patterns of behaviour is not going to be easy, despite the fact that you truly do want to stop smoking more than anything in the world. Hypnotherapy can employ the awesome potential of your mind and supply you with the energy and willingness to ultimately beat this habit.

Hypnotherapy Related Services Nelson

Your nearby Nelson hypnotherapist should be able to help with: gambling hypnotherapy, hypnotherapy services, relaxation hypnotherapy, phobia hypnotherapy, post traumatic stress disorder, stammering, phobias and fears (ie the fear of of flying), pain control, cognitive hypnotherapy, MS (multiple sclerosis), fertility hypnotherapy, anger management, panic disorder, blushing issues in Nelson, natal hypnotherapy, hypnotherapy for stress, hypnotherapy to stop smoking in Nelson, high blood pressure, stress management, suggestion hypnotherapy, self-esteem hypnotherapy in Nelson and other hypnosis related remedies.

Recent Lancashire Hypnotherapy Enquiries

Lancashire Hypnotherapy Enquiries

Latest Lancashire hypnotherapist customer projects: Miss Bailey Nesbitt in Read needs somebody who can help her get over her claustrophobia. Mr and Mrs Hooton are looking for a hypnosis specialist in Kelbrook who can treat their son's anxiety issues. Mr Henry Simpson in Billington wants someone who can help him get over a fear of flying. Mr Nana Franks from Billington wants to find somebody to cure his fear of heights. In Ulnes Walton, Lancashire Mr Cade Pike needs a hypnotherapist who can cure his sleeping disorders. Mr Sahil Mccarthy from Freckleton wants somebody to increase his self-esteem. Miss Myra Paton in Euxton needs to hire someone who can help her to lose weight. In Newton with Scales, Lancashire, Mackenzie and Saara Gibson are trying to find someone who'll cure their daughter's eating disorder.

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Also find: Winewall hynotherapists, Barley hynotherapists, Colne hynotherapists, Burnley hynotherapists, Newchurch-in-Pendle hynotherapists, Trawden hynotherapists, Foulridge hynotherapists, Fence hynotherapists, Worsthorne hynotherapists, Padiham hynotherapists, Brierfield hynotherapists, Briercliffe hynotherapists, Wheatley Lane hynotherapists, Little Marsden hynotherapists, Blacko hynotherapists, Reedley hynotherapists, Barrowford hynotherapists, Roughlee hypnotherapist services and more.

When you're hunting for a hypnotherapist in Nelson, Lancashire, you might additionally need to find an addiction therapist in Nelson, a homeopath in Nelson, reflexology in Nelson, an anxiety hypnotherapist in Nelson, a shiatsu therapist in Nelson, a phobia hypnotherapist in Nelson, a cognitive behavioural therapist in Nelson, a weight-loss hypnotherapist in Nelson, an acupuncturist in Nelson, indian head massage in Nelson, an osteopath in Nelson, a depression hypnotherapist in Nelson, dynamic interpersonal therapy in Nelson.

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Hypnotherapy Books

Hypnotherapy Books

Bibliography: Casebook of Clinical Hypnosis by Judith W. Rhue and Irving Kirsch, Hartland's Medical and Dental Hypnosis, Trance-Formations: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Structure of Hypnosis (John Grinder and Richard Bandler), The Professional Hypnotism Manual (Milton H. Erickson), More Scripts & Strategies in Hypnotherapy by Lynda Hudson, The Art of Hypnotic Regression Therapy: A Clinical Guide (Bruce N. Eimer and C. Roy Hunter), Hypnotherapy: A Practical Handbook.

Around Nelson

Folks living in these Nelson areas recently booked hypnotherapy sessions: Bridge Street, Corlass Street, Sun Street, Bowness Avenue, Bankhouse Mews, Back Gisburn Road, Swinden Hall Road, Church Way, Stoneyhurst Height, Clifton Road, Calder View, Bradshaw Street, Coppice Close, Back Peter Street, Carleton Street, Stang Top Road, Bankfold, Beaufort Street, The Ridgeway, Ashtree Walk, Ashfield Close, Alder Bank, Cooper Street, Bispham Road, Thursby Place, The Victory Centre, Athol Street, Alexander Street, Boothman Place, as well as folks with the following postcodes: BB9 0QL, BB12 9NX, BB9 0BL, BB8 8LF, BB9 0JF, BB9 0AP, BB9 0EH, BB9 0AT, BB9 0JD, BB9 0JX.

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Intercultural communication

Professional contacts with persons from another culture can be problematic for a variety of reasons, such as linguistic problems, complications due to an interpreter’s behavior, fear of being misunderstood, assumed differences in values and beliefs. One’s own ignorance of local customs and uncertainty about own intercultural competence and conversational fluency appear to play a crucial role. To improve intercultural communication ICCN has developed the following training modules.

At present the modules are tailor made for:

  • the board of directors of a parent company and its foreign subsidiaries
  • the military deployed in peacekeeping operations
  • police officers working multicultural settings
  • immigration officers
  • judges and lawyers in court
  • aidworkers (doctors, nurses, therapists)


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International Conference for Plant Mitochondrial Biology

Welcome to the International Conference on Plant Mitochondrial Biology 2011.

The meeting will be held at the Hessen Hotelpark Hohenroda from May 14th to 19th.
This site is located in the centre of Germany very close to the border between the former states of West Germany and East Germany. The remote and quiet location in the low mountain ranges of the federal state of Hessen provides an ideal environment for a scientific meeting and also offers nice opportunities for sightseeing and excursions.

We are very excited to see you soon in Germany

Stefan Binder and Hans-Peter Braun

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Antonioni in the Golden City

Nicole Campisano (March 14, 2018)
Paying homage to an Italian great, Cinema Italia San Francisco, in collaboration with Luce Cinecittà, the Italian Cultural Institute of SF, the Consulate General of Italy, The Leonardo da Vinci Society, and the Jan & Maria Manetti Shrem Museum, will be presenting Michelangelo Antonioni’s films at the Castro Theatre April, 28.

The Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni (1912-2007) once said, “the cinema is not, in essence, moral. It is emotional.” Antonioni is one of the most renowned filmmakers in Italian cinematic history, and has been awarded countless accolades: the Palme d’Or, the Golden Lion, the Golden Bear, and the Golden Leopard, in addition to the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon which he won eight times.  Antonioni’s honors go on and on, but his greatest accomplishment was creating powerful and poignant films that resonate with all generations.

Iconic Italian Cinema

To celebrate the greatness of Antonioni and his works, Cinema Italia San Francisco is hosting a screening of five of his films on April 28, 2018 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.  Starting at 10:30 AM, L’avventura, L’eclisse, Red Desert, Blow-up, and The Passenger will be played throughout the day until 10:00 PM.

This film series is a follow up to this past winter’s Michelangelo Antonioni retrospective that was held throughout December and into January to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death.  This retrospective took place in New York City and was co-curated by Luce Cinecittà and The Museum of Modern Art.

“My Antonioni” and More

In addition to the presentation of films, there will be a few special events at San Francisco’s Italian Cultural Institute on April 26.  The “My Antonioni” collection will be on display showcasing the director’s personal writings which were compiled by Carlo di Carlo, and will be presented by the film scholar Noa Steimatsky.

Afterwards, there will be a screening of La Cupola, a documentary about Antonioni’s fascination with architecture, directed by Volker Satter, and a discussion by the architect Dante Bini called, “Antonioni and My Profession as an Architect,” about the villa that he built for Antonioni at Costa Paradiso in Sardinia.

Michelangelo Antonioni was born in Ferrara in 1912, and died July 30, 2007.  Antonioni had many creative passions and was much more than a film director; he was also a screenwriter, editor, and short story writer.  Before he got into filmmaking, he earned a degree in economics from the University of Bologna, and began writing for the Il Corriere Padano as a film journalist.

Cinema Italia San Francisco

Cinema Italia San Francisco organized this film series.  Founded in 2013, Cinema Italia SF brings Italian Cinema to the Golden City.  Other programs organized by CISF include, Pasolini (2013), Bertolucci (2014), De Sica (2015), Magnani (2016), and Dino Risi and Lina Wertmüller (2017).

"We’ve become part of something that goes beyond the reaches of the Italian and Italian American communities. Actually, the biggest boost comes from the general American public," said Amelia Antonucci, the Program Director of the festival who is proud to have accomplished her mission to share the best of Italian Classic Cinema.

The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, along with the Consulate General of Italy, The Leonardo da Vinci Society, and Luce Cinecittà collaborated with Cinema Italia SF to bring this event to fruition.  Established in 2010, Luce Cinecittà was the result of Cinecittà Holding and Istituto Luce merging together. Luce Cinecittà is the public service branch of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism with the aim of promoting classic and contemporary Italian cinema worldwide, through traveling programs in major International institutions.

The Program for April 28

L' AVVENTURA, 1960, 140 min. 10:30 AM

L'ECLISSE, 1962, 125 min. 1:30 PM

RED DESERT, 1964, 115 min. 4:00 PM

BLOW-UP, 1966, 110 min. 6:30 PM

Party, 8:30 PM-10:00 PM

THE PASSENGER, 1974, 124 min. 10:00 PM

To learn more about Cinema Italia San Francisco, read our interview with Program Director Amelia Antonucci here >>>

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Series: Moonworlds Saga 04
Number of Pages: 336
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Swords, sorcery, and time travel are a strange and dangerous mix
Wayfarer Inspector Danolarian saw his world's future and did not approve. The inspector knew about time travel because he had once met his future self. What he did not know was that he would be abducted into the future, and wind up on the run with a constable who had shape-shifted into a cat. Danolarian would also find himself marooned in the ancient past, where he would have to recover his time engine from five thousand naked, psychopathic horsemen.

A faulty repair plunges him another three million years back in time, to a world of strange, beautiful people living idyllic lives in splendid castles. But things are not always as they seem. After being attacked, he learns from his unlikely rescuer that time travel is not entirely real. A furious Danolarian returns to his own time, planning revenge against the time engine's true builders.

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Quitting is good

My newly found ability to stop playing games that I find zero enjoyment in has come in handy. I play most every racing game that comes out but I do prefer them to be on the arcade side of the arcade/sim divide. Forza Horizon 2 is more my speed than Forza 6 which is much more my thing than, say, Gran Turismo. Sacrificing some realism for fun is just fine. Most rally games are much closer to a arcade game than a sim and I am guessing that is due to how insanely difficult it is to control monstrous cars on uneven roads with no clearance on either side.

Just be perfect and do it fast, that's all.

Sebastian Loeb Rally Evo is a serious racing game. It has all the mechanical bells and whistles of other sim racers that I never touch because I have neither the knowledge nor the patience to do so. They appear to be optional but my best times being well under those of the lead car (even on easy) say otherwise.

It tries to be serious about how the car controls as well, and does a good enough job that I start to panic when I get going too fast and the road gets uneven. There is a rewind function but it is a little more limited than in other games. After any crash you can rewind a few seconds to try and not die by hitting the breaks earlier. That one rewind is all you get for that corner as the rewind option is then locked out for several seconds. Instead of one try at a tough corner you get two which is honestly not enough.

Everything that should go into a rally game, varied courses, lots of cars, customization that I will never touch, is all included, but the game was no fun. I need to be in the right frame of mind to grapple with a sim racer and Sebastian Loeb Rally Evo arrived at the wrong time to garner that kind of attention.

So I turned it off, uninstalled it and sent it away. It was cathartic.

Instead I played Killer Instinct and found that everyone's ranks had been reset. I had just gotten high enough in gold to make most of my fight two out of three and now I am back in silver after re-qualifying, struggling to make it out. I suppose it makes sense, new season and new crop of players on the PC version, but I was still annoyed.

Nights of Azure... Where do I begin. Action RPG with a dash of Persona, specifically the velvet room and demon summons, and layers upon layers of complexity. I was looking forward to spending a second day with it but I am not sure if I actually like it yet. For one thing, the character models of the protagonist and her love interest are cringe worthy, especially in the upper deck and how they don't obey gravity. Here:

Ugh. UGH.

I am not what anyone would describe as a prude (incognito browsing is a wonderful thing) but oversized front court plus childlike face equals me being totally skeeved out.

  1. "I can't BELIEVE you spent mom's inheritance on imp-"

    "Why do you have to nit-pick everything I do?!"

  2. I was pretty surprised to see such blatant objectification from Gust. Their games have always been much more for the female gaze than any other I could name outside of Otome titles (the Atelier series features female heroes, lots of female friends and a few cute boys to become good friends with.) Azure is their first crack at an action-RPG, and it's actually gotten some pretty solid reviews.

    I'll be pretty curious to hear your impressions this weekend!


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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

A short recap

I don't know if I am up to giving a blow by agonizing blow recap of my Combo Breaker performance. The only game  I wasn't thoroughly embarrassed in was Ultra Street Fighter 4 and I still went 0-2. At least I forced my second match to play his main after stomping his simple minded boxer. At one point in time that was a counter pick but in the game dying moments the only real counter picks are matches that the other person is not familiar with.

Which he did, lucky for him, when he pulled out Rolento. Still took it to the last hit of the last round of the last match. Playing Ultra made me happy, something that I cannot say for SFV ever and rarely happens in KI. It brought me great joy to whiff an lp roll into a throw and have my opponent slump into his chair out of frustration and embarrassment. That little bit of nonsense on top of crossover hop throws have existed since 2009.

Shenanigans never go out of style.

I was out classed in KI, though I would like to make excuses that I had uphill battles against a Glacius and a Sadira with Thunder. Thunder needs to get close and it's tough to do that against characters with long range attacks or double jumps. But that is just an excuse - the truth of it is that I am still playing the game the same way I did in Season 1 and everyone (but me) has learned to break auto doubles on reaction. Without any manuals in my arsenal when I did manage to get close I just got my ass broken and tossed across the screen.

And SFV? We aren't going to talk about that one at all. I lost those matches before I even sat down.

But I made it to loser's semis in the mystery game tournament which is further than I had ever gotten in anything before. I was one errant missile launcher shot from going further. That's just how it is when playing really old, really bad games: it is equal parts luck, quick learning and having played enough other games to have a basic understanding of just about anything.

So I am indeed too old for most of that shit. And being too old for most of that shit was actually a boon in the mystery tournament. I mean, who else can you think of that remembers Bad Mister Frosty's moves from Clayfighter?

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