Canada Remembers the Korean War

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Jun 20 (MARKET WIRE) —
The Honourable Senator Yonah Martin, on behalf of the Honourable
Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State
(Agriculture), participated in a ceremony of remembrance and wreath
laying today at the National War Memorial to commemorate the 57th
anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. His Excellency Chan-Ho Ha,
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Canada, was also in attendance to
show his appreciation for the Canadian contribution to the war.

“As with the two world wars that preceded Korea, Canadians
volunteered for military service far from home. Our contribution to the
multi-national force that was dispatched to aid South Korea was larger,
in proportion to our population, than most other UN countries,” said
Senator Martin. “Throughout Canada’s brief history, the courage and
valour shown by Canadian soldiers on far-off shores, such as Korea and
Afghanistan, are testament to our nation’s commitment to peace in the
world.”

From 1950 to 1953, more than 26,000 Canadians served in Korea, working
tirelessly-in often gruelling conditions-to restore peace and stability
to the area. The Korean War claimed 516 Canadians lives.

The Korean War Armistice, signed on July 27, 1953, marked the end of the
fighting. Following the armistice, an additional 7,000 Canadian troops
served in Korea until 1955, with some soldiers remaining until 1957. 2010
marks the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the conflict.

“They fought for truth, justice, peace and freedom,” said
Minister Blackburn. “It is our duty as Canadians to remember the
sacrifices made by these brave men and women to protect those values we
hold so dear.”

For more information about the Korean War, visit the Veterans Affairs
Canada Web site at www.vac-acc.gc.ca.

Contacts:
Veterans Affairs Canada
Jitka Licenik
Acting Media Relations Advisor
613-943-7878

Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs
Sophie Doucet
Director of Communications
613-992-3465
Cell.: 613-608-3252

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Rescuers suspend US mine search

Dangerous gases have forced rescue teams to temporarily suspend a search for survivors of a massive explosion at a West Virginia coal mine that killed at least 25 workers.

Officials say worrying levels of gases mean rescuers cannot enter the mine to search for four workers who have been missing since Monday’s blast.

Chris Adkins, the chief operating officer for mine owner Massey Energy, says surface crews have resumed drilling to help ventilation below.

Anxious families have clung to the hope that some of the miners survived the blast and made their way to one of the mine’s underground refuge chambers that are stocked with food, water and air, though officials said the odds are slim.

Those shelters offered the only escape from poisonous gases in the mine, authorities said.

The blast at the Montcoal, West Virginia operation, about 48 kilometres south of the state capital Charleston, is the deadliest US mine disaster since 1984.

Eighteen bodies remain in the mine.

US president Barack Obama has ordered mine safety officials to next week report on the cause of the explosion, the Upper Big Branch mine’s safety record, and what steps the government could take to prevent a similar disaster in future.

Questions have risen about Massey’s safety record and laws governing the mining industry.

Massey has defended its record, saying its accident rate hit an all-time low last year.

The Upper Big Branch mine has had three fatalities since 1998 and a worse-than-average injury rate in the past 10 years, according to federal records, which also show it has been cited for more than 100 safety violations already this year.

It was cited for two mine safety violations on Monday which mining authorities said were unrelated to the blast.

On Thursday morning, teams of rescuers began the gruelling eight-kilometre underground trip into the mine, but the gases forced them to turn back, governor Joe Manchin said at an earlier press conference.

The setback marks the second time rescuers were driven back by the build-up of dangerous methane and carbon monoxide. The build-up of combustible methane is often cited as a cause of mine explosions.

Even pain-associated words hurt

Washington, Mar 31 (ANI): It is not only the painful memories and associations that set our pain memory on the alert, pain-associated words too pinch in the brain, researchers have shown.

“Even verbal stimuli lead to reactions in certain areas of the brain”, claims Dr. Thomas Weiss from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. As soon as we hear words like “tormenting”, “gruelling” or “plaguing”, exactly those areas in the brain are being activated which process the corresponding pain.

In the new study, the scientist and his team from the Dept. of Biological and Clinical Psychology have examined how pain-associated words are processed in the brain.

The psychologists from Jena University were able to examine this phenomenon using functional magnetic resonance tomography (fMRT).

In their study they investigated how healthy subjects process words associated with experiencing pain. In order to prevent reactions based on a plain negative affect the subjects were also confronted with negatively connotated words like “terrifying”, “horrible” or “disgusting” besides the proper pain words.

“Subject performed two tasks”, explains Maria Richter, doctoral candidate in Weiss”s team.

“In a first task, subjects were supposed to imagine situations which correspond to the words”, the Jena psychologist says. In a second task, subjects were also reading the words but they were distracted by a brain-teaser.

“In both cases we could observe a clear activation of the pain matrix in the brain by pain-associated words”, Maria Richter states. Other negatively connotated words, however, do not activate those regions. Neither for neutrally nor for positively connotated words comparable activity patterns could be examined.

“These findings show that words alone are capable of activating our pain matrix”, underlines Prof. Weiss.

To save painful experiences is of biological advantage since it allows us to avoid painful situations in the future, which might be dangerous for our lives. “However, our results suggest as well that verbal stimuli have a more important meaning than we have thought so far.”

For the Jena psychologist the question remains open which role the verbal confrontation with pain plays for chronic pain patients. “They tend to speak a lot about their experiencing of pain to their physician or physiotherapist”, Maria Richter says.

It is possible that those conversations intensify the activity of the pain matrix in the brain and therefore intensify the pain experience. This is what the Jena psychologists want to clarify in another study. (ANI)

Abbott ‘still high’ after ironman exertions

An exhausted Tony Abbott is still “on a high” after taking almost 14 hours to complete a gruelling ironman triathlon yesterday.

Mr Abbott finished the 3.8-kilometre swim, 180km cycle and 42km marathon within 14 hours, crossing the finish line at Port Macquarie in New South Wales around 9:00pm AEDT.

Today he told 2GB radio that running across the finish line, albeit at the back of the 1,500-strong pack, made the pain worthwhile.

“I’m still on a bit of a high to be honest,” he said. “It’s a terrific thing to do.”

After suffering from a small panic attack in the swim leg, Mr Abbott then had to face a “howling” headwind once he jumped on his bike.

Thinking of holidays in Port Macquarie with his children kept him going, Mr Abbott said.

He has now been checked over by doctors who say he is doing well.

“They thought to finish the thing and basically be still upright and still compos mentis was pretty good,” he said.

Mr Abbott has copped some flak from the Government for spending too much time exercising instead of working.

But he says the most effective workers “have a life”.

“If you’re chained to the desk eventually you go very, very stale,” he said.

Gut bugs can help you lose weight

London, March 26 (ANI): For those attending gruelling gym sessions to lose weight, here’s a simple way to get rid of those extra pounds – let your gut bacteria do the hard work for you, says a new research.

Gut bacteria play a crucial role in digestion. In 2009, researchers found that replacing the bacteria in mouse intestines with human gut flora decreased the amount of fat absorbed by the gut, reports New Scientist.

Now, Yukio Kadooka of Snow Brand Milk Products, a dairy company in Saitama, Japan, and colleagues have found that increasing levels of one type of human gut microbe can help people shed excess weight.

In the study, the researchers gave 87 overweight volunteers 100 grams of fermented milk – which is used to make yoghurt – twice a day, while they continued with their normal diets.

The milk drunk by half of the group was enriched with Lactobacillus gasseri.

After 12 weeks, these volunteers had lost an average of 1 kilogram, while their counterparts showed no change in weight.

Scans revealed that they had lost 4.6 per cent of their ‘bad’, visceral fat, which surrounds internal organs and is implicated in metabolic syndrome, and 3.3 per cent of their subcutaneous fat.

Hip and waist circumference also went down by an average of 1.7 and 1.5 centimetres respectively.

The study has been published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (ANI)

Contador takes control of Paris-Nice

Spain’s Alberto Contador secured a Paris-Nice double whammy this morning (AEDT) by winning the race’s fourth stage in Mende, becoming the overall leader in the process.

The Astana rider attacked 1,700 metres from the line to finish 10 seconds ahead of compatriots Alejandro Valverde and Samuel Sanchez after the 173.5-kilometre ride from Maurs.

Another Spaniard, Joaquim Rodriguez, finished fourth, with Frenchman Thomas Voeckler 18 seconds off the pace in fifth.

Overnight leader Jens Voigt conceded 40 seconds to Contador after falling behind during the gruelling 3km climb to the finish line.

In the new overall classification, reigning Tour de France champion Contador is 24 seconds ahead of Valverde.

Contador’s victory was his fifth stage win in the Paris-Nice race and the second time he has won the stage ending in Mende.

His first major professional race victory came with the 2007 Paris-Nice, which laid the foundations for his first Tour de France triumph later that year.

Friday’s fifth stage is a 157km ride south from Pernes-les-Fontaines to Aix-en-Provence. The race finishes in Nice on Sunday.

Meet Asia’s biggest loser – David Gurnani

Kuala Lumpur, March 10 (ANI): David Gurnani, an Indonesian man, has won weight-loss reality show The Biggest Loser Asia (TBLA), organised in Malaysia.

Gurnani, 25, beat 15 other contestants who underwent a gruelling three-month exercise and fitness regime. He took home 100,000 dollars and a car, reports the New Straits Times Online.

Gurnani, whose starting weight was 157 kg, is a salesman who wants to “look compatible to his fiancee, have good health and a long life, and make his family proud”. He has been the contest”s weekly winner thrice.

TBLA is Asia”s first unscripted weight-loss contest and invites viewers in the region to root for their favourite “warriors” battling the bulge.

Over 2,000 people auditioned for the show, a spin-off of The Biggest Loser (TBL), which has had eight successful seasons.

The 14-episode contest hosted by Malaysian celebrity Sarimah Ibrahim saw participants surrendering their mobile phones and Internet access to undergo punishing weight-loss training at a boot camp in Alor Gajah, Malacca. (ANI)

Boy George turns to raw diet to shed ‘jail weight’

Washington, September 8 (ANI): Fallen pop star Boy George has reportedly turned to a strict diet of uncooked food to shed weight he gained as he served his sentence in jail.

The former Culture Club frontman, real name George O’Dowd, was also said to have resorted to a gruelling exercise routine to get back in shape.

“He’s on a raw food regime and doing an hour’s walking a day,” Contactmusic quoted friend of the star as saying.

“He’s also got some DJ shows lined up so hopefully things are back on track,” the friend added.

The ‘Karma Chameleon’ singer was jailed in January for falsely imprisoning a male escort in his flat and beating the 29-year-old after a drug-fuelled nude photo shoot in 2007.

The 48-year-old was granted early release in May for his good behaviour, but was let off with a curfew and an ankle monitoring tag that was recently removed. (ANI)

Michael Jackson was killed by the stress of his $400m debts says his friend Lou ‘The Incredible Hulk’ Ferrigno

INCREDIBLE Hulk star Lou Ferrigno yesterday claimed that  Michael Jackson was killed by the weight of his massive debts.

The actor and bodybuilder had been training his pal Jacko for his gruelling 50-date London tour.

And he said the only reason the singer was going back on stage was to clear his $400million debts.

Ferrigno, 50, revealed: “He was under tremendous stress, so much I think it killed him. He was $400million in debt. In the past, he had backed out of doing live shows but this time he was under the gun. The debts put a huge strain on him.”

The pair first met through a mutual pal in 1995 and Ferrigno recalled: “Our friend had a bunch of guests over. Michael was there and I was introduced to him.

“The friend had a gym and I walked over to it and Michael kept staring at me. He was acting really shy. Eventually we got talking. Michael needed to get ready for his HIStory world tour, so I told him to train with me.

“He came to my house in Santa Monica and that’s how I became a close friend. He was great, a nice guy, really sweet. He was self-conscious about people staring at him, people touching him, wanting a piece of him.

“But he let his guard down when he was with me. There was no show.”

The pair met several times over the following years and in April Jackson asked Ferrigno to help him prepare for his London comeback concerts.

The actor would visit his rented Bel Air mansion three times a week to put Jacko through his paces.

“He had undergone a five-hour medical in February and had passed with flying colours, but he wanted to be fitter,” said Ferrigno.

“So I would go to his house with an inflatable exercise ball and 3lb dumbbells. He did not like the dumbbells. He said he didn’t want big shoulders and big muscles like me.

“I laughed and said, ‘Michael, there’s no way you will get big shoulders from 3lb dumbbells.’”

Stick-thin Jackson was unlikely to get them through his measly eating habits either.

Ferrigno said: “He ate only one meal a day, always in the evening. He’d wake up and not have anything for the whole day, and when he did eat it was always vegetarian.”

The singer also had a bizarre dress code for their sessions.

“He wore whatever he put on first thing,” said Ferrigno. “So if he put pyjamas on he would wear pyjamas for the rest of the day. But it was always with a suit jacket, that was the Michael Jackson signature.

“Sometimes when we worked out he would take his jacket off and he looked lean and motivated.”

Ferrigno said the 50-year-old’s fitness was improving all the time.

“I was with him until the end of May and he was fine,” he said. “There was no sign of drug use and his flexibility was improving. That was important as he was a little tight in certain areas. He hadn’t danced for so long.”

Jacko always liked to work out while listening to music –  The Beatles and the Mamas & the Papas were particular favourites – and Ferrigno revealed the legendary dancer even taught him the Moonwalk during breaks. “We talked, had conversations about life and different things,” he said. “There was no security, no bodyguards, nobody around. He didn’t want anyone around when he worked out. We took regular breaks and he would show me his dance moves. They were awesome.

“He was doing part of his routine. He was still in great shape dance-wise. He was still as good as 15 years ago.

“Michael taught me the Moonwalk. I’m sworn to secrecy though, I can’t give the secrets away.”

Despite his financial problems, Jacko seemed in good spirits, according to his friend.

“He was very happy,” said Ferrigno. “He used to be lonely when I first saw him but he was very happy because he had his children.

“I made him laugh a lot and he was a real prankster. He was always playing jokes on me.

“He used to call me and pretend he was someone called Omar. He would pretend to be my stalker.

“He would talk on the phone in a disguised voice, real deep, saying things like, ‘I know where you live’ or, ‘I know what you’re doing’.

“I said, ‘Michael, I think this is you’ but he kept denying it.

“One time he came to an action-hero convention I was doing and he was dressed as some kind of monster.

“He had a full monster-style face mask on and nobody knew it was Michael. He came up to the table and was making weird noises. I just figured it was some guy who was into Star Trek, but afterwards I found out it was Michael Jackson.

“He wanted to disguise himself so that he could walk around and not be recognised. He was a child that never grew up.”

Ferrigno, who shot to fame as the rage-filled Incredible Hulk, claimed that he and Jacko had similar, angry childhoods.

“We had similar fathers,” he said. “When we were growing up, we had a lot of pain and anger. He did not have a chance to make friends and became very self-conscious.

“He eventually overcame that. His escape was music, mine was to become a body-building champion.

“That’s why we were so good together, he got to be a kid again.

“That’s also why he created Neverland. It was not just for children to visit, he wanted his own Disneyland.

“He wanted to have fun, but wanted to do it away from the cameras.”

Ferrigno said he last saw Jackson three weeks before his death.

“I saw him at the end of May when I was doing some shows on the East Coast,” he said. “We were meant to get together a few more times before he went to England but then I heard on the news that he had passed on.

“I felt terrible, I was shocked. I thought it was a joke. It felt like a tremendous loss. It almost felt to me like 9/11. It shook the whole world, Michael Jackson just dropping dead.”

Ferrigno will be at the Staples Center in LA tomorrow when the world remembers Jackson. “The memorial is going to be huge,” he said. “Maybe bigger than Princess Di’s.”

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Roger Federer secured a record-breaking 15th grand slam after he finally overcame Andy Roddick in a tense and gruelling five-set men’s singles final at Wimbledon today.

The Swiss player’s sixth Wimbledon title takes his overall tally of grand slam wins to 15, putting him ahead of Pete Sampras, who was present on Centre Court to watch Federer’s gruelling 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14 victory in what became the longest ever men’s singles final at the All England club.

Simon Cowell’s ex wants him to retire from one of his shows

London, July 1 (ANI): Simon Cowell’s ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour thinks that it’s time for the music mogul to retire from one of his hit shows and enjoy his golden years.

Seymour and the X Factor judge have remained close friends despite the music mogul’s gruelling schedule.

Seymour, who parted ways with the Cowell this year, thinks that her ex is working too hard and needs to slow down.

“I think all his work is tiring Simon out and he’s finding it hard,” the Daily Star quoted Seymour as saying.

“He’d hate me saying this but he’s not as young as he used to be. He’s got such a tough schedule and at some point one of the shows will have to give. We’ll just have to wait and see which one,” she added. (ANI)

Michael Jackson – Michael Jackson was secretly recording a new album: Deepak Chopra

Michael Jackson – Michael Jackson was secretly recording a new album: Deepak Chopra

London, June 28 (IANS) Michael Jackson had been quietly recording a new album that he hoped would move the world, says his longtime Indian-American friend Deepak Chopra.

The “Thriller” hitmaker passed away Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest at the age of 50. Hs friend of 20 years, doctor and writer Deepak Chopra, revealed that during a recent meeting, the star had shared with him the new material he had written, reports contactmusic.com.

“He was talking about this new song that he had done. He had shared that with me. I think I’m the only person who has the music right now… he was thinking really big,” said Chopra.

“He arranged a very elaborate way of getting these tapes to me, these CDs, with three bodyguards and a limousine with shaded windows. You would think he was transferring the secrets of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) to me. It took me a long time to open the package because it was covered in layer after layer after layer of plastic and cloth. He was very insecure about people knowing what he was up to in his music or his life because he had been hurt by the world,” he added.

Chopra further informed that Jackson was enthusiastic about his planned comeback concerts in London, but conceded that he feared the singer wasn’t fit enough for the gruelling residency.

“He was practising, he was fasting, yet he wasn’t physically in the position to do this,” said Chopra.

Gruelling Arctic mission to study impacts of global warming ends

London, May 14 (ANI): The Catlin Arctic Survey, a gruelling 10-week expedition to measure the thickness of sea-ice that will help study the impacts of global warming in the region, has ended.

According to a report by BBC News, two planes landed safely on May 13 on the floating Arctic ice to collect researchers Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley.

Their data will help study the impacts of global warming in the region.

It also reinforces a new forecast, by a leading UK scientist, who says that the Arctic sea-ice could vanish in summertime far sooner than predicted.

The Catlin survey ended slightly ahead of schedule to ensure a safe pick up.

Speaking on a live link from the Arctic landing strip, Hadow said that it had been a difficult but successful expedition.

“In our time here, we have captured around 16,000 observations and (taken) 1,500 measurements of the thickness of the ice and snow as well as its density,” he said.

He added that his team was now handing its valuable data, collected primarily through drilling following the failure of a mobile radar unit, over to the scientists.

“The data seems to suggest it was almost all first-year ice,” Hadow said. He revealed that over the length of the survey, the average thickness of the sea ice was 1.774m.

The Arctic ice could soon be a seasonal feature.

“Our science advisors had told us to expect thicker, older ice on at least part of the route, so it is something of a mystery where that older ice has gone. It’ll be interesting to see what scientists think about this,” Said Hadow.

The Catlin Arctic Survey has directly measured thickness of the ice

An ice service analyst, Dr Trudi Wohlleben, said that the ice was likely to retreat as much as it had in the past two years.

Typically, about 40 percent of the Arctic Ocean is covered with older, thicker ice, but that has been greatly reduced.

Referring to the direct measurements taken by the Catlin team, Dr Wohlleben said, “It is very nice to have ‘ground-truthing’ of what you’re interpreting from the satellite data.”

“So, when we look at the imagery, we’re expecting the first year ice to be between 1m and 2m thick and it’s nice to have those numbers confirmed,” Dr Wohlleben added. (ANI)

10yr-old girl breaks two fishing records

London, May 9 (ANI): A 10-year-old girl has broken two fishing records after she reeled in a monster catfish that weighed almost as much as she did.

Natalie Carter, who weighs five-stones, spent 45 gruelling minutes under the baking Thailand sun fighting a giant three-and-a-half stone Redtail catfish before getting it to the bank.

The fish, nearly as long as Natalie, gave her the world record in the Under-10 “small fry” category, and would have been an Under 16 record if she were eligible.

She topped off her day’s angling by catching a Giant Snakehead fish weighing 3.31kg, earning herself another Under-10 World Record.

“They are fierce fighters and although adults offered to help her when she was exhausted, she refused to hand her rod over,” the Sun quoted her proud dad David, 41, of Oxford, Oxon, as saying.

“If another angler had helped her fight the fish then the record would have been null and void.

“The temperature was 93F and her rod was bent double but she refused to give up and it took her 45 minutes to tire the fish and get it to the bank to be netted.

“There were anglers from Europe and America there who were clearly a bit jealous of her but I was very proud that she never gave up fighting it.

“Others might have thrown down the rod and given up but she battled on,” he stated.

Carter was using live bait on the Ratchaburi Lake, which is two hours drive from Bangkok.

“It was great fun and dad was very jealous. It took me 45 minutes but I was determined to do it. I want to keep breaking big fish records!” she said.

Jean-Francois Helias, a professional guide, helped Carter in breaking the records.

“Catching a fish like this is an outstanding achievement for such a young person,” he said.

“She had to fight for almost an hour under the torrid heat of the Thai sun during the dry season to reel in the catfish – it’s a tremendous angling exploit.

“You would not believe how well she can fish at such a young age. She burst into tears and could not stop crying – it was very emotional for us to witness the whole thing,” he added. (ANI)

Gazza wants to turn ‘Ironman’ to exorcise drink and drug demons

London, Feb 9 (ANI): Former England football legend Paul John Gascoigne, popularly referred to as ‘Gazza’, wants to take part in the gruelling Ironman Triathlon event, in a bid to conquer his drink, drug and depression problems.

Playing in the position of midfield, Paul’s career included spells at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Middlesbrough, Everton, Lazio and Rangers. He was also capped 57 times for England.

According to a report in the Daily Star, Gazza has spent the last month in intensive rehab therapy at Tony Adams’ Sporting Chance clinic, and his friends say that a change in regime has inspired him to focus on fitness instead of the high life.

One friend of the former midfielder said that Gazza reckons the gruelling Ironman Triathlon event is just the challenge he needs to become a “changed man”.

“Paul has been getting himself in great shape while he’s been in rehab. Nearly every day, he’s been in the gym and it’s got him thinking about taking on a challenge,” said the friend.

If Gazza goes ahead and enters the contest, which is organized by the World Triathlon Corporation every year, he will have to tackle a 2.4-mile swim, followed by a 112-mile bike ride and then a marathon.

“We’re not just talking about a 10k run or something. The Ironman would be the ultimate!” the friend said about the triathlon.

According to sports science experts, former England ace Gazza, 41, is likely to have a strong fitness “base” from his days on the pitch. Even if Paul hasn’t done that much exercise in recent years, his body will remember the demands he once placed on it,” one of the experts said. Because of that muscle memory, he stands a good chance of recovering his fitness very quickly,” he added.
Paul has been staying at Champneys Forest Mere health farm in Hampshire during his spell at the clinic. (ANI)

Patrick Swayze hid his cancer pain just to be on the set of ‘The Beast’

London, Jan 9 (ANI): American actor Patrick Swayze, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer, has been hiding the pain caused by the illness so that he could be on the set of his new TV show ‘The Beast’.

For Swayze, getting up and dressing took him three hours each morning, but he was so determined to make it to the set that he hid the excruciating pain he was experiencing from the cast and crew, and even his wife Lisa.

The actor, who worked Monday to Friday on location in Chicago, Illinois for five months, and who on weekends underwent gruelling chemotherapy in California, told broadcaster Barbara Walters about his ordeal.

“It was incredibly hard. I was never collapsing on set. No one saw me moan like a girly loser man,” the Daily Express quoted him as saying.

“If I had a six o” clock call, I would wake up at three in the morning to try and get the plumbing going.

“What the cancer does is shut off the exit from your stomach and shut off all the bile ducts in your liver. When you shut off the bile ducts they start dumping all the toxins into your body. That”s where the jaundice comes from. That”s when you start going downhill fast.

“It takes me hours to get things flowing in both directions. There would be many mornings I”d wake up curled up on a bathmat trying to stifle a scream so I wouldn”t wake Lisa,” he added. (ANI)