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Olympians: More Than a Medal
Kelly Clark, a member of the US Olympic Women’s Snowboarding team, knows a lot about pressure. The gold medalist from the 2002 Olympic Winter games, a bad landing kept her out of the medals in 2006. This year she’s in Vancouver looking to add another medal to her collection. Being an Olympian comes with a lot of pressure. “If you know...
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Cindy Klassen sounds like a champion. Asked how she stay focused, she replied “When I’m going through the hard times I always believe that I can do it.” As a member of the Canadian Olympic Women’s Speed Skating Team Cindy won gold at the 2006 games in Turin. She won five medals in total over the course of the games, tying the record for...
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With the Olympics coming to town, one cannot help but be aware of the concern over the homeless population. It has been a topic front and center since we first learned that Vancouver would be holding the 2010 games. In 2006, CTV was already reporting that the homeless population in the city may have tripled, producing numbers of up to 3000 people...
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Olympic bobsledder Curt Tomazevicz has no trouble navigating tricky corners. As a member of the US Men’s Bobsled team, he’s had a lot of experience. In the following interview Curt talks about how life is like bobsled and the importance of taking it one curve at a time. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTDZeQ63NKo&hl=en_US&fs=1&] On...
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It’s hard to believe that the Olympics start today. I live in Vancouver. These are our games. We’ve been hearing about the Olympics, pretty much non-stop, for seven years. In and around Vancouver the games are everywhere you look. They are in the signs that tell me the new highway is complete, and in commercials on my TV asking me “Do you...
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I am not a football fan, but it’s hard to ignore the Super Bowl especially this year with its David and Goliath, ripped from a Hollywood screenplay match-up. As I’m sure you’ve heard, the New Orleans Saints will make their Superbowl debut this year up against the epic Indianapolis Colts. Super Bowl XLIV (44 if your roman numerals are...
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How are your relationships with your family, your friends? As a culture we do not have strong relationships the way that we used to. In the past there were very strong communities. Generations stayed in the same area and spoke into each others’ lives. It takes years to build the type of friendship where you can speak the truth and have it...
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