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Despite the fans growing restless during his match against Christian on Monday Night Raw this week, Sheamus is still being pushed by WWE for a spot at Wrestlemania 30. Management noticed the boos that the former world heavyweight champion received when he started his backstage interview, but they feel that he can work past that.
March 7, 2014
As expected, WWE has instructed their performers to remain silent if they are asked about the backstage incident that led to the release of Alberto Del Rio. When asked by the media, Sheamus explicitly stated that he knew nothing of the situation, even though most everyone in the company is aware of what happened. Management does not want to run the risk of starting a legal battle with Del Rio.
August 17, 2014
While there are still discussions on a title unification program, there are now people backstage in WWE that are pushing for Sheamus to drop the United States Heavyweight Championship to Alexander Rusev. Some feel that it would give he and Lana a bit more heel heat. Plus, they can stall his push a bit by having him defend the belt against lower level opponents.
July 31, 2014
There are still plans being discussed backstage in WWE to unify the United States Heavyweight Championship and the Intercontinental Championship in the near future. If management decides to go through with it, then Miz is the more likely candidate to hold the unified belt because he has a lot more momentum than Sheamus at this point in time.
July 28, 2014
Even though he is the current reigning United States Heavyweight Champion, Sheamus has not been given an actual feud to work with. While there are speculations going around that he is upset with WWE for not giving him an official program, those backstage are saying that he is fine with things for now. Management continues to utilize him on television each week, and he more often than not is given a spot on the pay per view events.
July 8, 2014
During a recent interview, Konnan revealed some dirt on the real life backstage fight between Sheamus and Hunico. Konnan stated that Sheamus had started the incident by being disrespectful towards the masked performer backstage. He also stated that Sheamus threw the first punch, but ended up losing to the current Sin Cara. Some are speculating that Konnan is just being biased towards Hunico, and the facts are a bit skewed.
June 24, 2014
For weeks now, people backstage in WWE have been toying around with the idea of doing a heel turn with Sheamus, in hopes that it rejuvenates the former world heavyweight champion and brings him closer to the main event scene again. The idea being tossed around by WWE now is to add him join Triple H and Randy Orton in Evolution when Batista takes his break to promote his new movie.
May 9, 2014
"Must be getting punchy. Do't remember being beaten up by Sin Cara backstage. It's just how Mexicans and we Irishmen huge it out, fella." - Sheamus addresses the rumors of backstage heat and a real life fight with Sin Cara backstage
May 8, 2014
Rumors are spreading quickly through the industry that Sheamus and Hunico were involved in a real life backstage fight during the Smackdown taping on Tuesday night. Reports are stating that Hunico, who has been working under a mask as Sin Cara, was the one that got the upper hand in the scuffle. No word yet on what started the situation.
May 7, 2014
Back in February, there were talks backstage of doing a heel turn with Sheamus, in order to bring some life back to his stale character. Those rumors are heating up again, as WWE really wants another top level heel challenger for Daniel Bryan. The belief is that Sheamus will be doing his heel turn after the company comes back from their tour of Europe next month.
May 3, 2014
During a recent interview, Sheamus revealed some interesting backstage stories about his traveling arrangements in the past. He noted that he traveled with Daniel Bryan and William Regal for a period of time. The former WWE champion revealed that he absolutely hated it because it was quite difficult to find food because the two of them had really strict diets.
April 30, 2014
In a sign of how far down the ladder that he has fallen, Sheamus was removed from the Hulu broadcast of Monday Night Raw this week. He worked a brief match against Titus ONeil, a performer whose own push was halted almost as soon as it began. While WWE still values Sheamus backstage, his demotion to the lower mid card is quite noteworthy.
April 29, 2014
Amid boos from the Wizard World Comic Con attendees, Sheamus defended John Cena by informing everyone that he is a hard worker who gets along with people backstage. He also admitted that a few former WWE stars have trashed Cena. Sheamus stated that those performers should blame themselves for their failures instead of blaming Cena.
March 15, 2014
Since the two of them have worked matches on Monday Night Raw and Smackdown over the last couple of weeks, WWE was concerned about putting Sheamus and Christian into a match at Wrestlemania 30, so there are now people backstage who are pushing for them to be added to the Andre the Giant memorial battle royal instead.
March 12, 2014
While making an appearance at the Wizard World Comic Con show in Sacramento over the weekend, Sheamus was asked by fans about the backstage heat situation involving CM Punk. Sheamus stated that he did not know what happened and that only Punk knows the full story. He also stated that he liked working with Punk and that there is a chance he will return some day.
March 9, 2014
Despite the fans growing restless during his match against Christian on Monday Night Raw this week, Sheamus is still being pushed by WWE for a spot at Wrestlemania 30. Management noticed the boos that the former world heavyweight champion received when he started his backstage interview, but they feel that he can work past that.
March 7, 2014
Rumors are floating around right now that there is a good amount of backstage heat from management towards Zack Ryder. Some are even pointing to the fact that he was squashed by Alexander Rusev recently as evidence that WWE is upset with him for comments that he has made on social media. The belief is that Ryder is on thin ice nowadays, as his name value has been reduced greatly by being utilized sparsely over the last couple of years.
September 2, 2014
When AAA makes their way into the United States, they're going to have at least one familiar face on board. Chavo Guerrero has reportedly agreed to join the company. His main role will be backstage, but there are talks that he could be utilized as an in ring performer during the beginning to help new fans grow accustomed to the product. AAA also hopes that Guerrero can help recruit talent for them.
September 2, 2014
Where there's smoke, there's usually fire. Rumors have persisted for quite some time now that there is still backstage heat towards Jim Ross in WWE. There is some new evidence to support that claim. Ross recently revealed that the company has not approved any of their performers to be a guest on his podcast show, where Steve Austin and Chris Jericho have had plenty of WWE personnel, including Triple H himself, doing interviews for them.
September 1, 2014
While there are some concerns backstage about going up against the NFL, the move to Thursday for Smackdown is being viewed as a good thing for WWE. Vince McMahon and company been wanting to make the switch for quite some time now, as Friday nights are really difficult to draw because a lot of their targeted demographics is out of the house.
August 30, 2014
In regards to the release of ODB from TNA, reports are surfacing that the two sides are leaving on good terms. She was not released because of backstage heat or anything. In fact, her contract had expired, and management opted not to renew her deal at this time. The belief is that the two sides could come to an agreement down the line, but nothing is expected to happen until TNA can secure a new television deal.
August 29, 2014
During a recent interview with Alternative Nation, Hornswoggle was asked about his backstage heat with the Rock. The WWE star revealed some details about an incident that took place when the Rock was revealed as the special guest host of Wrestlemania 27. Hornswoggle stated that the Rock confused him for a Make a Wish kid. Rock apparently tapped him on the shoulders and asked if he had a good time at the show.
August 29, 2014
Those that watched Monday Night Raw last week saw John Cena being booked dominantly against Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. It has now been revealed that Vince McMahon was the person behind all of that. Someone backstage had informed McMahon that a lot of WWE fans were mocking Cena for being dominated, so McMahon has decided to build Cena back up again.
August 28, 2014
There might be some backstage heat towards Zack Ryder. After working the live events this week for the company, he noted that he was flying back to New York. He also stated that he was not sick, which has led many fans to believe that this involves some sort of disciplinarian issues. WWE usually flies in performers for Monday Night Raw and Smackdown, even if they're not being utilized on television.
August 25, 2014
Rumors are floating around right now that Miz may have suffered a concussion. The Intercontinental Champion took a very stiff kick to the face from Dolph Ziggler in a match in Fresno. Afterwards, he appeared to be quite dazed and requested the assistance of a trainer to help get backstage. WWE has yet to issue an official statement, so we will have to wait until Monday Night Raw for further clues.
August 25, 2014
There is a little bit of a dilemma backstage in WWE right now when it comes to the Roman Reigns push. Management does not want to put the title on him just yet because they feel that it would be more effective to let him do it at Wrestlemania 31. However, he has gone pretty high up the card already, as Randy Orton is near the top of the ladder. Management will have to figure out what to do with him over the next several months.
August 22, 2014
There are rumors floating around right now that Kurt Angle has called Triple H about a possible return to WWE. Reports has surfaced that HHH is not interested in a reunion with the former world heavyweight champion. There is said to be some lingering backstage heat from HHH towards Angle, whose contract with TNA expires in exactly a month from today.
August 21, 2014
There is a split backstage in WWE when it comes to viewing Dean Ambrose as a main event performer. A lot of people in management do not view the former Shield member as someone of that caliber. He also has his supporters, and that group has probably increased in size after his superb performances with Seth Rollins at Summerslam 2014 and Monday Night Raw.
August 21, 2014
There were some talks backstage in WWE of bringing in Rey Mysterio to help do promotions for Summerslam 2014. He lives three hours away in San Diego and is especially popular in southern California. However, that never happened. The shows how bad the relationship is between the two sides, as Mysterio reportedly wants to be free of his contract with the company.
August 21, 2014
Hulk Hogan has a knack for drawing attention. That's why he has made millions of dollars in his career. The former world heavyweight champion has pulled TMZ in and brought extra attention to WWE this week by exaggerating his supposed real life feud with Brock Lesnar. Hogan is pretending to have backstage heat with Lesnar because the former UFC champion called him "grandpa".
August 21, 2014
Since he has worked himself into shape and became a legitimate main event performer, many are speculating that Bully Ray will be heading to WWE after his contract with TNA expires in a couple of days. However, reports are surfacing that WWE is hesitant to bring him back. Aside from his age, there are those backstage in the company that do not like Bully.
August 21, 2014
When Bray Wyatt was closing out his feud with John Cena, many wondered who WWE was going to pair him up with next. Fortunately for the company, Chris Jericho agreed to return and help keep Wyatt interesting. Their feud is about to end, so the question has popped up again. As of right now, it looks like WWE is leaning towards putting Wyatt together with Sheamus in a program.
August 22, 2014
Since neither man was involved in a feud, it looks like WWE is about to pair Antonio Cesaro and Sheamus in a feud for the United States Heavyweight Championship. The story between the two might have been initiated during WWE Main Event. Management has been known to drop stories abruptly, so if this does not make it to Monday Night Raw or Smackdown, then the feud is not going forward.
August 20, 2014
After taking a little bit of time off the road and in Europe, Sheamus is now back with WWE. While he was not utilized on Monday Night Raw, he did work a match at the taping for WWE Superstars. The former world heavyweight champion was also kept off of Smackdown as well. Sheamus is currently on the tour of Australia with the rest of the WWE crew and should be back on television soon.
August 7, 2014
There are some interesting rumors floating around right now that Sheamus could be cast to portray Darth Vader in the upcoming Star Wars movie. A publication in Ireland is even running with the story. It has been noted that Sheamus has portrayed the character before during promotional tours, which more than likely took place before he became a WWE star. Sheamus himself has mentioned the rumor on his Twitter account and even teased that it might be true.
July 30, 2014
Alexander Rusev is posing a considerable problem for the WWE creative department nowadays. The staff was instructed to push him up the ladder, but they are now running out of options. His program with Jack Swagger has either ended or will end soon. Rusev cannot be placed into a program with someone lower on the card, and it's too soon for him to work against John Cena. Sheamus has been named as a possible opponent to help Rusev kill time.
July 27, 2014
Those that watched Monday Night Raw this week may have noticed that Sheamus was not in attendance. The former WWE champion will also not be appearing on the next episode of Smackdown, either. That's because the Irish star has been taken off of the road due to a severe flu. The illness is probably quite bad since Sheamus has been known to work through injuries before.
July 24, 2014
At WWE Battleground 2014, Miz won the battle royal to become the new Intercontinental Champion. Sheamus is the reigning United States Heavyweight Champion. The two of them are feuding. That has led to rumors of a title unification match taking place at Summerslam 2014. The belief is that WWE really wants to stack up this pay per view to build momentum for the upcoming subscription rush for the WWE Network.
July 21, 2014
It looks like WWE has changed their minds and will not be doing a quick feud between Miz and Chris Jericho after all. The former world champions were penciled for a brief program together, and the seeds were even planted when both made their returns simultaneously on Monday Night Raw a couple of weeks ago. Miz is now being paired up with Sheamus, while Jericho was moved immediately into a feud with Bray Wyatt.
July 15, 2014
There could be one less championship in WWE after the next pay per view. Rumors are floating around heavily that Sheamus could be the one to win the battle royal to become the new Intercontinental Champion. He is already the reigning United States Heavyweight Champion. A title unification would enable WWE writers to have one less thing to worry about, especially since neither belt has been in the spotlight much lately.
July 9, 2014
Earlier in the year, WWE had plans on doing a heel turn for Sheamus, in order to bring a little more life back into his stale character. The company even attempted the move on television, but it was botched and the majority of fans did not realize that it had taken place. Rumors going around now is that WWE has completely scrapped the idea. Sheamus will continue to work as a baby face US champion until they can decide on something for him to do.
July 6, 2014
A lot of action took place in the main event of Money in the Bank 2014. Fans went crazy as they saw creative signature spots from Randy Orton, Sheamus, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Alberto Del Rio, Kane and Bray Wyatt. However, it was Cena, much to the dismay of online WWE fans, who climbed the ladder and captured the heavyweight championship.
June 29, 2014
Since his feud with John Cena cannot go on forever, fans have naturally wondered who WWE was going to have Bray Wyatt feuding against next. There hasn't been any clear indications on Monday Night Raw or Smackdown as to who he will transition into a program with, but rumors are floating around right now that it could be Sheamus. The two of them are scheduled to work against one another on an upcoming tour of Australia, so that could be what WWE has in mind.
June 20, 2014
Now that he is done filming his movie, the Miz is expected to be back on Monday Night Raw this week. The former WWE champion jumped back on the road over the weekend and worked a live event match against Sheamus. The belief is that he was warming up for the return tonight. Rumors have been floating around that Miz will also be doing a heel turn upon his return.
June 9, 2014
There have been sparse rumors over the last year that WWE was going to do a heel turn with the Miz, and it looks like that might be happening soon. While working a live event in Wisconsin over the weekend, Miz did a match against Sheamus. The former world heavyweight champion even cut a heel promo, which is viewed by many as practice before doing it on television.
June 8, 2014
Despite being in the airplane spin for quite a few rotations, Sheamus was able to capture the victory over Antonio Cesaro, who had Paul Heyman with him at ringside, at Payback 2014 by surprising his opponent with a small package. With the win, Sheamus retains the United States Heavyweight Championship and will more than likely be placed in another feud by WWE tomorrow.
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"Roman Candle" turns 20: Secrets of Elliott Smith's accidental masterpiece (slideshow)
Elliott and the friends with whom he recorded in middle school in Texas (photo courtesy of Dan Pickering)
Topics: Movies, dark knight shooting, Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Entertainment News
Movies are our escape. But they're also our catharsis. They're how we work through our fear and anger, how we make sense of the senseless. And in the wake of the most profoundly senseless acts, the challenge for the entertainment industry is to figure out at what point a once-innocuous scene becomes a painful reminder of a tragedy, or when an image, a reference or a word takes on unintended meaning. When terrible things happen, the question almost immediately arises: How soon is too soon?
That's the issue at hand for the upcoming film "Gangster Squad," a 1940s-era crime drama that features Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Emma Stone – and a scene of a squad of thugs opening fire in a crowded movie theater. The scene is featured prominently in the trailer that Warner Bros. released in May.
It's not the first movie moment of its kind. "Inglourious Basterds," after all, features a scene of horrendous movie theater carnage. And "Scream 2″ features a murder at the hands of a masked killer in the midst of a pumped-up movie crowd.
But those movies didn't come out in 2012. A week ago, had you come upon that trailer while comfortably munching popcorn before the summer blockbuster of your choice, you'd simply have made a mental note of whether this was the sort of big budget, explosives-riddled flick you'd want to spend your 12 bucks on. A week ago, there were 12 more people living in the Colorado suburbs than there are today, and the word "Aurora" didn't have such a haunting connotation.
Variety reports that "Gangster Squad," which opens in September, is currently being hastily reedited to remove the scene, though the studio is not yet officially commenting on how it's handling it. (The trailer is not currently on the film's official page.)
This isn't the first time this year that a public tragedy has reframed a motion picture. One of the more unusual events to come out of the senseless and brutal death of Trayvon Martin last winter has been the renaming of a Ben Stiller comedy. Originally titled "Neighborhood Watch," the comedy, which opens this Friday, was rechristened in light of shooter George Zimmerman's self-appointed role as a neighborhood watch volunteer. Overnight, the phrase became a loaded one. It doesn't matter that in this context, it was supposed to be about a lighthearted space-alien comedy. The phrase "neighborhood watch" just can't be funny right now.
Ben Stiller, by the way, may be the Hollywood star with the longest track record of tragedy intersecting his films. Back in 2001, a shot of the New York City skyline had to be abruptly changed in "Zoolander" – which came out just two and a half weeks after the destruction of the twin towers. "Zoolander" was just one of several films and television shows that had to undergo similar swift reimaginings after 9/11. Both the poster and original trailer for "Spider-Man" had to be altered, and changes were made to "Serendipity" and "Men in Black II."
There is always the hope that a time will come when a fictional scene doesn't trigger the pain of a real-life disaster. With time, maybe a scene of gangsters blowing through a movie screen won't hurt so much. Or maybe, from now on, that image is irreparably altered. Eleven years later, I still can't see a shot of the twin towers in a movie without breaking down. I've tried. I can't. It breaks my heart every time, like it was yesterday. It's an ache that never goes away. Similarly, the idea of somebody tearing through the fantasy of moviegoing and turning it into an opportunity for destruction is no longer a clever cinematic conceit. It's something somebody really did. It's changed the experience. It's changed many of us as moviegoers. And in at least one case, it looks like it's changed a movie itself.
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i reread after you reached the semifinals? of the 2013 contest. i still like it! and i even remembered it....sort of. :) bri
i last left a comment almost a year ago! congratulations. (Report) Reply
Greg Davidson
Mynah Birds and Passing Memories
- Thoughts of a dementia patient
Faces and memories,
Lost in time and space,
Like birds, flit by then flee.
Dark wings I see,
Bright eyes and smiles.
Upon my window sill they stay.
Perhaps tomorrow I'll remember yesterday.
Tied in time and space,
Locked room, bound to a chair.
Denied my explorations.
Disconnected decorations
The photographs,
Nameless portraits in a strange array.
Perhaps tomorrow I'll remember yesterday.
The meal bringer comes.
Food and basined water,
And sheets to make a bed.
The birds have fled.
She spoons the food
From plates upon a tray.
Perhaps tomorrow I'll remember yesterday.
The flower bringer comes.
Bright eyes and squawking.
Strange words are read.
A tear is shed.
Her hands cover my hands.
Now all the birds have flown away.
Perhaps tomorrow I'll remember yesterday.
The night bringer comes
To free me from my ties.
She leads me to a bed.
Strange words are said.
She strokes my brow.
I gently on my pillow lay.
Perhaps tomorrow I'll remember yesterday.
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Comments about this poem (Mynah Birds and Passing Memories by Greg Davidson )
Bri Edwards (10/27/2013 3:31:00 PM)
i reread after you reached the semifinals? of the 2013 contest. i still like it! and i even remembered it....sort of. :) bri
Stevie Taite (12/3/2012 1:37:00 PM)
This has touched me Greg! How you manage to bring us into the mind of this lost sole! I am losing my dad to this!
(little tear shed)
Stevie (Report) Reply
Bri Edwards (11/26/2012 5:59:00 PM)
i love it greg. goes into my Mypoemlist, and although i don't plan to read more of yours today i will put you on my Mypoetlist as well. i'm pretty sure if i get back to you, i will be happy i did. oh hell.........one more before i go. (Report) Reply
Dawn Ferrett (11/23/2012 6:49:00 AM)
A very poignant poem. Particularly so, as I have a beloved aunt who is suffering from dementia. Beautifully written. Love it. Dawn xx (Report) Reply
Ruby Honeytip (11/2/2012 10:11:00 PM)
This is just beautiful! Not to angst ridden...bittersweet truth is fostered in these words. Inspired and inspiring writing. (Report) Reply
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2.53/5 rDev -10.9%
Light golden in color, very little of interest, head is fairly sticky as it turns out. Clear body with a white cap. Nose is DMS-y, with light cereal grains and a faint sweetness. Again, nothing to write home about. The flavor comes through with a chunk of pils style malt, a metallic note, lots of sweetness from a corn note, and some steamed vegetable.
Very clean, slightly dry finish, very "macro". Drinkable but not recommended.
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A very clean lager, slightly astringent up front with no adjunct or grain notes indicating cut-corners. Hopping was adequate but a bit thin. Finish was slightly dry. A bit over-processed in nature. A worthy accompanyment to a meal of spicy food or a thirst quencher, but not much to merit contemplation.
09-01-2010 16:31:10 | More by Brent
2.75/5 rDev -3.2%
07-21-2013 22:51:45 | More by LJC3
2.6/5 rDev -8.5%
An average lager beer that projects flavors of corn and sulfur above maltiness and cleanliness.
Rio Bravo pours a bright, light golden color and with great clarity. An airy white head forms about an inch before reducing to a patch work sheet across the beer. Light lacing left behind.
Aromas of cream corn, cooked vegitables and cereal grain lead the way with a sweeter and grainy background.
Flavors of pilsner malt, corn, and cooked vegitables are also previlant in taste but with a better malt balance. The sweet grain/raw grain flavor seems to intensify the corn/vegitable flavor with the low balance from hop flavor or bitterness. Match stick-like sulfur flavors grow as the beer reaches its finish and aftertaste.
Medium bodied, much like a Bohemian lager- creamy to start but instead of leading to a crisp and cleanly dry finish, the beer's sulfur seems to scrub the throat in an unnecessarily harsh way.
The corn flavor and sweetish flavor/feel keeps the beer from enjoyment and would even be intense for a Cream Ale. Not a particularly good beer.
10-06-2010 02:39:21 | More by BEERchitect
2.31/5 rDev -18.7%
A standard pour of Rio's Pilsener* yields a moderately pale straw body and an inch or so of snow-white foam. The head falls slower than expected, but fails to leave any mementos; a small island of fizzy bubbles floats atop the brew, that's it. Carbonation is aggressive. Large bubbles race in throngs towards the top. I predict a stringent mouthfeel.
The nose offers nothing special. Corny sweetness. When I "squint" with my tastebuds, I pick up some grassy and peppery aromas.
The taste is better than what one gets from macro-brewed Mexican lagers (e.g., Corona, which this beer seems to imitate), but that isn't saying much. Sweet corn up front and and some bitterness on the tail end, which makes the beer crisper than others brewed south of the border. The mouthfeel is too thin for a standard macro lager, and the foam is stringent. Blah.
I have been impressed by Rio Bravo's other offerings. Their light beer is nice, and their dark lager is delicious. Their Pilsener isn't good. I won't be revisiting this one.
If you're in the mood for a crisp, sweet Mexican lager and find yourself at Trader Joe's, pick up a bottle of Rio Bravo Light. It's better.
* I am assuming for the sake of this review that Rio Bravo Lager and Rio Bravo "Mexico's Famous Pilsener" are the same Trader-Joe's-sold beer.
10-12-2013 19:39:45 | More by GMB
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I get many questions about training which is great. Training is interesting. To be inspired to get tips to be motivated to try something new. Me for example love reading other runners favourite trainings, or reading about running/skiing in general. For you who have followed me a while know that I have not had a plan with my training. It just happend that I started to race 2 years ago. Until then I just moved in mountains becasue I loved it. And of course I did it faster or slower and sometimes eneterd a ski race or a uphill running race or sometime I longer race aswell.
During my first summer of racing (2012) I didn´t change anything, I moved around in the mountains when i had time and did the races I felt for. It was everything between a vk and an ultra. But at that time I always felt a little scared before running a long distance race. Last summer I didn´t change my training to much either. I had the time to do longer days in mountains, so that was mainly my training. Because I had the possibility to do what I loved the most! To move around and see new mountains. Maybe you wonder why I say "moving in mountains" and not running. It´s becasue it is such an easy running and also scrambling I do most of the time. For sure the heart works in uphills but it´s not gassing all the time… I know that some people think it´s strange that I call it moving. But that´s just what I call it. Most of my training is moving actually.
My summer 2013: It was a great summer. I did what i loved, so to say, every distance! I managed the ultras very well. I felt always very comfortable during those races and for sure after a ultra you are a little tired. I was recovering pretty fast so I could do the shorter races that I wanted to. Even though I felt not as comfortable during those races. So what have I learned? To be honest I need to do shorter and faster training. It will not be only moving in mountians. Becasue my weekest side from last summer is that I was afraid of beeing tired. I mean that kind of tiredness that occour in shorter races. That is a little of my training philosophy. I want to improve the sides I´m not very good at. Even though that is the hardest. My training right now is that I try to focus on 3 session/ week (focus to improve my VO2 max) and rest of the time moving around in mountains. And at least one of the times I try to "move" faster..
great philosopy for a famous trail runner like you
but that's the way i love too, moving and discovery it's the fundamental of enjoy life
and in your case, it seems anyway to produce a lot of important races results too.
your greatest fear about ultra must be injury, that become very frequent in such a long distance
take care!
Great to read about your training. It will be exciting to see you and Kilian running this summer!
Sinceres paraules!! Sortim i disfrutant, ja ho deia el mestre…
How do you improve your VO2 Max, can you tell me some specific training session or especific excersice that works well? Thanks from Dominican Republic!
Thanks for sharing your way of training!
Love this way to train, easy as put on your pair of shoes and go out seeking new paths and trails. Time does not count while you're out there, in my opinion it's all about how good you feel being there.
You're a great inspirational person! All the best for this season!
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An investigation into the use of mergers as a solution for the Asian banking sector crisis
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60 people living on Peguis First Nation have been forced to leave their homes because of flood waters, another 40 are on stand-by.
In a release, the Province said roughly 50 homes have been damaged by flood waters or are not accessible because of flooding.
The Manitoba Association of Native Firefighters is helping coordinate evacuations.
People who have been forced out of their homes made their way to Winnipeg and are staying in hotels while the federal government and community members manage the situation on the reserve.
Officials say the water appears to have crested.
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Northern Alaska forecast discussion
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228 am akdt Monday Sep 1 2014
synoptic scale models continue to be in good agreement through the
end of the week before departing on track and strength of the
upper level low over north of Mainland Alaska. Current winter
depth 500 dam low at 500 hpa is located 250 M northwest of Barrow
will wobble on a cyclonic looping trajectory to be about about 50
nm north of Barrow Wednesday morning. The upper level low then
moves rapidly to the east to be 150 nm north of Demarcation Point
Wednesday evening as a 516 dam low.
A series of short waves rotating around the upper level low will
sweep across northern Alaska through the week. Focus continues to
be on the first and strongest short wave which is now plowing its
way into the western Alaska. A 996 mb which is currently developing
over Norton Sound will move eastward to be located near pabt
Monday night and parc Tuesday morning. A cold front sweeps through
the interior and stalls east west along the Alaska Range. Strong
upper level dynamics combined with upslope enhanced upslope will
generate heavy precipitation over much of the interior. Both the European model (ecmwf)
and the GFS continue to indicate storm total precipitation values of 1
inch or more from the Nulato Hills east to the Kuskokwim Mountains
in western Alaska and 1 to 2 inch storm total quantitative precipitation forecast values in the
western Alaska Range. Some locations in the western Alaska Range
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Strong 850 mb winds in the 45 knots to 60kt range are expected with
to develop over the central interior as the short wave approaches.
Wind advisories are hoisted for zones 221...222 and 220 as wind
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Coastal hazard potential days 3 and 4...
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Sound though Monday night with wave heights of around 8 feet well
off shore but considerably lower near shore. On shore winds are
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Surge models indicate 1.5 foot surge along the northwest coast
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off shore Tuesday. Fetch is reasonable in both cases however wind
duration and magnitude will limit high surf.
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Wednesday morning.
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Wind Advisory for akz220-akz221-akz222.
Small Craft Advisory for pkz200-pkz210-pkz240-pkz245.
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In 2008 a nation became unhinged by trivialities like "hope and change," and it slumbers still; On Syria and Iraq, Barack Obama shows no inclination to revisit his flatly incorrect judgments, because "gods don't make mistakes"; Which is ironic, given that his Regime has caused or exacerbated the current problems in the Middle East.
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Obama and Lenin are of the same philosophy. They both are Marxists. Their goal is to advance Marxism within their own borders and internationally. Within their own borders their overall priority is to centralize all means of production. This means that the government controls, whether by ownership or by regulation, all elements of production. Commerce is not to be controlled by the dictates of the marketplace, but the decisions in the business world are to be dictated through centralized planning. Marx taught both Lenin and Obama that when the capitalist is left to make his own decisions, he will always decide based on greed and 'not for the common good'.
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Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted for conducting a lawful act. When they can't beat Republicans at the polls, the Democrats try to indict them in criminal court. But they scream bloody murder when the Republicans attempt to draw attention to the treasonous Executive over reach by Obama.
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Potty-Training: The armpit of summer.
Everywhere I go, I hear mother's saying, "The summer has just flown by." For some reason, this has not been my experience. Our summer has crawled by on little turtle feet. It has been nice, though. Just sittin' around eating peaches mostly.
And, unfortunately, potty training. Potty-training never gets easier. It is terrible terrible terrible every time. The method I use is particularly harrowing, as it requires never putting a diaper or pull-up on, once you've begun. (Except during sleep times). This was not so bad with the first few children, because we were at a stage of life where we could stay home for three or four days. But with number four, that is just not possible. I could use pull-ups, but the method has worked every time, and in less than a week, and it is hard to deviate from the plan.
So, we more or less go back and forth between sitting and staring at Annie's bottom waiting for action, and careening around town in our big van hollering, "Hold on! Hold on! We're almost to the potty!"
It's like driving around with a lady in labor. By the time we arrive we are all exhausted. And sweaty.
While sitting very still, waiting for potty action, we've all had time to reflect on Annie's appearance. Charlie commented, "Annie's head is very large."
Me: "Yes, it is."
Charlie: "Would it take a mouse a long time to walk across it?"
Me: "Probably."
Charlie: "Dad's head is much bigger. Imagine how long it would take a mouse to walk aaaall the way around Dad's head!"
I can't. I can't even imagine. Deep.
Annie has by far been the quickest of my children to catch on. But she has also been the most unpleasant to train. For three days, every time I cheerfully announced, "Time to sit on the potty," I was met with a blood curdling scream, "Noooo!" I would have considered the possibility that Annie just wasn't ready, except that, unlike her predecessors, she got the hang of it on day one with nary an accident. But for three days she continued to scream bloody murder every time; then sit down, quickly take care of business, and turn to me with a nervous laugh, saying, "Now let's put my diaper back on."
Historically we have potty trained in the yard. But I have discovered a new and preferable venue. The playroom at Children's hospital, where we spent two days last week on Annie's ears and Miss P's speech therapy.
I had forgotten Annie had an appointment at the ear doctor on day two of potty training (follow up from tubes). I was initially concerned, but once we got there I realized that if Annie did have an accident, within minutes a crew would be on the scene to clean it up. We spent all of Monday and Tuesday afternoon in the playroom, where the other kids were entertained and I could focus on the task at hand. Not only did I appreciate the thought of a cleanup crew (we didn't end up needing one), but it is not half bad to potty train with a flock of helpful adults clucking sympathetically. It's preferable to chickens…who do cluck sympathetically…but do not clean up accidents.
By the end of day three, I took to my bed, crying that I could not potty-train one more day, due to all the screaming, and crazy driving, and lack of getting anything else done. But it is always darkest before the dawn. On day four I nervously suggested Annie come sit on the potty, and was greeted with a cheerful, "Okay." And just like that, potty training was done. I'm glad we did it. I'm glad it's over. I'm glad to return to purse carrying after a week of potty carrying.
Below: Annie giving it a little try at the park on Thursday.
Family Vacation
For the last six years, our family has travelled almost exclusively to visit with friends and relations. Until last weekend, we have avoided the proverbial family vacation, because, let's be honest, would you want to vacation with these clowns?
That's not to say we haven't had a vacation. Dan and I got away without the aforementioned clowns for a whole week in February. And just last week, I flew down to South Carolina to lay by the pool with cousins Kate and Suzanne, for four whole days, ALL BY MYSELF. Several friends (the kind who take their children with them) asked if I was nervous leaving the little peppers behind. To tell the truth, I was very nervous….nervous that I would be stopped! I felt like a drug smuggler going through security. I tried so hard to look nonchalant, like I do this all the time, lest TSA stop me and send me back home.
All that to say: last weekend, our first real family vacation, was a major milestone. I am pinching myself, because, who would have thought, we had fun!
We would not have attempted the vacation, but we have friends who have connections at a resort two hours north and they offered us a room for the weekend.
While at the resort, we took the kids on their first boat ride. We all swam. The kids played in the sand. I sat in the sun. And Dan and Charlie hit the competitive sports.
Ping pong was always Charlie's first choice. He doesn't make a lot of contact with the ping pong ball, but he would stand there swinging for as long as Dan would keep hitting balls at him. There was a lot of muttering of "Don!" and "Oh Don it!" on Charlie's end.
(We aren't sure why he says, "Don". Is he confused about "Darn"? We have no idea where he picked it up, but "Don" has been his go-to word for a couple of months now.)
Dan and Charlie also enjoyed throwing darts in the resort's pizza parlor. Charlie's darts usually did not make contact with the dartboard ("Don it!"), but he loved darts. He did throw one glorious bulls-eye. Elizabeth suggested we call the news.
In addition to ping-pong and darts, there were several close croquet matches. Playing croquet with Miss P was a real exercise in patience for Charlie.
Perhaps the only thing more maddening than playing croquet with Miss P is playing croquet with Annie.
Dan's own exercise in patience came when he made the mistake of helping Elizabeth to the top of a blow-up water slide. As soon as she was squarely seated at the top, she panicked and, screaming at the top of her lungs, would not let go of the handles. It was a strange predicament because, although she was not at all high, she could only be reached from the climbing wall side of the slide, which made it impossible to lift her down without letting go of the hand holds and falling off backwards.
Dan, hanging on the climbing wall, made the slide tilt towards him, making it impossible for him to climb onto the top with her without knocking her off. He held on like an awkward spider man for about twenty minutes, to the amusement of everyone on the beach, until he finally pried her fingers loose and tumbled down with her. She made her way back to the beach wailing like a siren.
Although she was soon quite happy building sand castles, she would pause periodically for the next few hours, to raise a finger and remind me that, contrary to all appearances, she still had not "recovered from her shock".
After her shock, Elizabeth wanted nothing to do with the water toys, so Dan stayed with her and Annie, while Charlie, Miss P, and I enjoyed a wild ride around the lake on the "banana taxi". The banana taxi is a long yellow tube that you sit on like a horse, with a bunch of people you don't know, and try not to get thrown off. The boat driver instructed us to give a thumbs up if we wanted to go faster. I was terrified, but Miss P kept punching her little fist in the air with a "thumbs up", while Charlie held on for dear life hollering, "Oh Don! Oh Don!". She's a wild one, that little P.
As thrilling as all this activity was, if you ask the kids, they will probably tell you the high-light of the trip was waking up and watching T.V. in a hotel bed. It was their first time to experience this joy. A rite of passage for every traveller.
I think it was a bold move, taking these four to a resort like that. But they did not let us down.
Or at least, these three did not let us down.
We did have some trouble with our Baby Dear.
It was like she had a sixth sense, always managing to do something weird (like loudly announcing her "poo-poos", taking her clothes off at the wrong time, or running at top speed into glass) just as our gracious host, in official capacity, was coming into view. But I can't be too hard on her. She skipped her nap both Saturday and Sunday and stayed up extra late with "her kids" (as she calls them) for the bonfire. I remarked to Dan that she was holding up so well considering she has never, in all her two years of life, skipped a nap.
Dan informed me that, in fact, she has skipped her nap many times.
"I was, shall we say, a little more hands off while you were away," he explained.
Does this bother me? Not one bit. Any man that will let me take off for days at a time, and report that things are "great" every time I call, can do anything he Don well pleases.
We concluded our momentous family vacation with an extended session at the raspberry patch. Where the kids, who love berries, enjoyed all the raspberries they could possibly eat.
Betsy happened to call while we were picking. When I told her what the kids were doing, she predicted, "You'll be seeing those raspberries again."
And, in fact, we did see those raspberries again, sooner than we had hoped, at a gas station on the way home. Annie was undisturbed by the emergency stop. She got all settled in with her coloring book for the return trip, but was snoring, marker in hand about five minutes into the drive.
All told, the trip was a big success, one we hope to repeat annually. We are now happily back at home, where we will spend the next several days resting and recovering. Vacationing really takes it out of you!
The End.
Elizabeth Lately
Elizabeth has been happy as a clam these first few weeks at Hope Academy. I, on the other hand, have been so nervous. It's like dropping a shrinky-dink off at school. Upon waking in the morning, she appears to be of normal size, but as soon as she hops out of the van and walks into that huge building she begins to shrink, shrink, shrink before my very eyes.
To my relief, she is undisturbed by the shrinky phenomenon. At the end of the first day when I asked her how her day was and she punched her shrunken fist into the air and shouted, "GREAT!" Only the next morning, when we were drinking coffee together, she casually mentioned that she had gotten lost that first day.
"My group was supposed to walk to Mr. Watkins's class, and the group began to run. I knew we weren't supposed to run, so I kept walking, but then they turned the corner and I couldn't find the group. So I just stood still and cried until another teacher found me and returned me to Mr. Watkins, " She explained calmly.
"Well, I am proud of you for being brave and having a great day, even though you got lost," I replied.
To which she sat straight up, pointing her finger to the ceiling, and called out in a surprising Brittish accent, "I will find Mr. Watkins's class if I have to walk to the end of the world!"
I think the British accent and the bravery are probably both little gifts from C.S. Lewis. Dan is three books into Narnia, having deviated from the bedtime reading of Laura Ingalls Wilder due to his inability to stay awake through his own reading.
Kathy Harty (cousin on my neighbor Patty's side), knowing of my recent failed Middlemarch attempt (my second), brought me an encouraging article by David Brooks in which he confesses it took him three attempts to finish Middlemarch. At the end of the article he says: "Books give you vocabularies and frameworks to help you understand and decide…" Not to mention a British accent!
Narnia….first grade…both grand adventures featuring a little girl going bravely into the unknown.
Below: Elizabeth's self-portrait, drawn as a gift for Miss P. When I saw it I felt very glad that I commissioned our four foot by four foot family portrait, when Elizabeth was in, shall we say, a more primitive state of art. I just don't know if I could cook supper with six sets of googly eyes staring sideways at me.
The Chute of Life
Well, the specter of death continues to hang over our animal endeavors. This year we have lost: three hens, two rabbits, a bird, and, most recently, three more hens. Some to natural causes. Most to foul play. Two were on their way out from the beginning (the baby rabbit we found in the shed and the broken little bird delivered by the Sears men with our new dishwasher). I am beginning to wonder. Is our home a place that animals come to die? I would like to think it is the circle of life, but it feels more like a one-way chute.
But I am fighting back! Last Sunday I came outside just in time to see our neighbor's dog, Staniel, running through the yard with one of the Ellas in his mouth! She was squawking so pitifully. I chased him down and, screaming at Staniel, scared him into dropping the poor chicken. She lay motionless, but breathing, in the grass. A brief examination revealed a deep hole in her back and distinct lack of tail.
Thinking all was probably lost, I recalled Cousin Kate telling me that most wounds are super-glued together in the emergency room and you can use super-glue at home in a medical pinch. So I squirted her off with Dan's contact solution, and began to superglue, topping it off with big globs of Neosporin for good measure.
Would ya'll believe SHE LIVED! Life is circling back.
She was only available to Staniel in the first place, because, during our trip to Birmingham our next door neighbors, who were caring for our chickens decided they would be happier "free ranging" in the neighborhood rather than living within the confines of a coop. When we got home, our chickens seemed so happy frolicking around the various yards, that I was reluctant to re-coop them. But after a racoon attack killed three of them, and Staniel nearly killed Ella, in the interest of our investment they have returned to coop life. I feel so sad for them, but Dan assures me they would be much sadder being dead than living in our luxurious three story coop.
Below, Elizabeth, burying her little bird, Shiny, and placing petunias on his grave. Shiny lived just one hour in her care. But what a glorious hour it was!
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Charlie Lately
It has been a big month for Charlie. He lost another tooth and (true to form) swallowed it. His new teeth are growing in, as pictured in his self portrait below, drawn while looking at his teeth in the mirror:
He also started school at Hope Academy. Hope has a four week, half day, summer session. We thought this would be a nice introduction for the twins before diving into first grade, so off they went. Charlie has made many new friends. He knows none of their names. He refers to them by the shape of their eyebrows. As in: "You know the guy with the angry eyebrows."
Or "The one with the eyebrows that go up like this: / \ . "
Or " I know they are brothers because both their eyebrows do this: ~ ~.
Besides the twins, I think there is one other Caucasian child in the class. The rest are African American, Bi-Racial, and Latino. In a group this beautifully diverse, I would think other features, like skin color, hair color, language spoken, or even racial identity would stand out in his mind. But nope. It's all in the eyebrows.
Charlie says his favorite thing to do at school is work on his handwriting. Last week, he brought home this writing assignment. I would like to save it, but I will probably lose it, so here it is, (where I can't lose it):
Translationg: I am good at:
Teleeing tiim (Telling Time)
riting (writing)
frend (friend)
monoplee (monopoly)
nis (nice)
Charlie is good at so many things! And, yes, he is so nice.
Danger Where We Least Expected It!
Sunday we attended Dan's family reunion. The reunion was held in the large party room of a senior living center and was hosted by Uncle Ross and Aunt Karen. The little boys played baseball on the Wii and Aunt Diane facilitated a craft time for the little girls. Into this dangerous situation we naively walked. Elizabeth and Miss P and Annie were delighted to decorate their own flower pots with markers. Decorating flower pots may at first glance seem like a harmless activity for young girls, but have you ever noticed that little finger sized hole in the bottom of the flower pot? While flower pot makers may claim that little hole allows for drainage of the soil, it in fact poses a great risk to little fingers everywhere.
We were driving happily home from the reunion when we heard a wail beginning in the back seat:
"My finger is stuck in a flower pot!" Elizabeth sobbed.
One second later:
"My finger is also stuck in a flower pot!" Miss P joined in the wailing.
We zoomed home to apply lotions and oils in an attempt to remove the offending pots.
We managed to remove Miss P's pot in the privacy of our own home, but Elizabeth's finger had begun swelling and turning purple and no amount of pulling and twisting gained us even an inch.
Dan and Charlie stood around scratching their heads and strategizing about the best tools to shatter the pot without shattering the finger (Dan was thinking drill. Charlie was thinking hammer), while I ran her two doors down to consult neighbor Sarah, a nurse practitioner at Children's Hospital, for a second opinion.
Neighbors Cam and Sarah live in a duplex. They enjoy the comfort of two living rooms and the convenience of an upper and lower kitchen. If I need to borrow a cup of sugar, and neighbor Sarah doesn't have it in her lower kitchen, she runs upstairs to check her upper kitchen.
Unfortunately neighbor Sarah has a permanently broken doorbell. Fortunately she also has a permanently broken lock. Since I never know if she is living up or down, I usually just barge right in and run around in her house until I find her. I am usually accompanied by a crying child who announces our presence.
On Sunday, Elizabeth and I barged in and to my relief I heard Sarah in her upper kitchen, who heard Elizabeth crying in the lower living room, yell, "Uh oh!" and come running down the stairs to our aid.
She took one look at the finger and said, "Change of color means straight to the E.R. Best not to break the pot at home. "
So away we flew to the E.R.
As we ran through the waiting room, we were received in triage by my neighbor Michael: backyard chicken farmer by day, E.R. nurse by night.
I met Michael when Tonja and I were scoping out other peoples chicken coops. He was a wealth of information on chickens and other things, and even though we had just met, gifted Tonja with a beautiful baby sweater he knit himself with organic cotton, replete with buttons he carved from nuts he harvested down by the Mississippi River. Very South Minneapolis. (See what you have to look forward to Melissa.)
It was a brief but joyful reunion for Michael and me, as we bypassed all paper work and raced at top speed down the hall with Michael calling for help to save the finger.
The finger was saved. It was saved by a couple of men in scrubs standing around scratching their heads and discussing at length the best tools to use to break the pot without breaking the finger. There was also a lot of rummaging around in the tool drawer. At the end of the day folks are just folks making their best guess. Except some folks go to medical school and then get paid a little more for their best guess.
I think we could have managed it at home.
Each time the hospital staff commented on how rare it is to have a patient present with a flower pot on her finger, I thought to myself how close we came to bringing them two patients with identical flower pots on their fingers. How narrowly we escaped that unfortunate reality.
Just a minute more of swelling would have done it. What a spectacle we would have been. Even more than we already are.
Below: 1. Attempting removal at home with Charlie's help.
2. Tools men use for flower pot removal.
3. Elizabeth relaxing post-removal.


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COLUMN: 'Get out of bed, get dressed and face the day'
If you have lived in Coquitlam or driven down Riverside Drive in Port Coquitlam, you probably saw my dad over the years. His name was Vern Jago.
Maybe he was chopping wood when you noticed him or mowing the lawn on a hot summer day.
Perhaps you saw him out there in the cold, digging out after a snowfall, and couldn't believe the guy in the wheelchair was shovelling snow down our driveway and to the end of the block.
My father was a paraplegic and he was the most determined and hardworking man I have known.
What you couldn't have known was that he was in severe pain every day of the last 38 years since, as a seasoned logger and pile driver, he had a terrible industrial accident while pile driving in August 1975.
There were many changes in our family over the next year as we had to adjust, too. But dealing with those changes made us all strong. So many of his family and friends encouraged Dad to keep up his spirits and they kept him motivated.
And then, another life changing moment — a year after the first — in the summer of 1976. He was watching his friends unloading and chopping wood. One friend gave him an ax and the rest is history. He just kept on going.
He never complained and this awful fate never held him back. Dad's motto was: "Get out of bed, get dressed and face the day." It was as simple as that and it worked. You can be certain there was no such thing as a sick day in our house.
Dad was special, but he didn't think so. Mike McCardell, the TV storyteller, asked Dad twice to be the subject of one of his profiles but he turned him down both times, saying he was just like any other man.
But we knew better.
Dad was strong and independent. He gave you pause to consider all of the possibilities. He was tough — "Jago tough," we call it — and his pride about who he was shone through. He taught us a solid work ethic and to always be proud of our job and to do it well.
Many people said he was amazing, and I would agree. He appreciated all the people who would stop and offer help. He got a kick out of hearing about women going home and getting their lazy husbands and teenagers off the couch and outside to work.
Dad roared with laughter when he heard about a young paraplegic being told that if my dad could do it, he could, too. He inspired our family and people in his community to do make the best out of circumstances and to take our best shot.
Dad was particularly touched when two little girls wrote him a sweet note and gave him new work gloves.
I am sure there are a lot of people wondering where he is. Vern Jago passed away Jan. 19. He was 77 years old.
I will miss seeing him every day as I drive by the family home. So will many others. With his big wave, the man in the wheelchair always put a smile on my face and a special beat in my heart. I am so proud to say, "That's my dad."
Amanda Straith is a Port Coquitlam resident.