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Two weeks prior to the start of the Tour of California, BMC rider Scott Nydam's father, Ron Nydam was diagnosed with acute leukemia, made worse due to a previous low white cell count disorder. Before stage three started Wednesday morning, Nydam was leading two jersey categories as the event's most aggressive rider and king of the mountain thanks to his courageous back-to-back breakaways in stages two and three. Nydam is using his lengthy breakaways as a form of tribute to cancer patients for the strength and survival they must display on a daily basis. "My breakaway was a statement I was trying to make, [and] even though I didn't make it to the finish by myself, I was out there showing my Dad that I was fighting," said Nydam about his efforts during stage two during which he took over the leader's jersey in the king of the mountains and the most aggressive rider classifications.
KING EYES MORE GLORY
We believed we were the better team. "I wanted to be one of those captains that led a team up those steps to lift a trophy, but I don't want to stop there - I want to lead the club onto more success. I'm not happy leaving it at one trophy. "When you go far in competitions, you see yourself as in with a chance of winning finals and you want to win as many as you can. "The UEFA Cup is another chance to win something, but we'll be taking it one game at a time." .
His daydreams inspire a bright idea
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gerardo Ramos is an unlikely inventor. His lab, if you can call it that, is the transmission shop he runs in Sacramento, Calif., tucked behind a hamburger stand.
Most days, it's just him in the shop, and the cars that need fixing.
Ramos, 52, built his first car engine when he was 11, and transmissions have been part of his life the better part of 35 years.
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Still 'Free To Be ...'
The only girly-girl on the whole album, a squeaky-voiced creature known as Tender Sweet Young Thing meets a grisly end as she is torn limb from limb by a pack of hungry tigers. These were big ideas back in 1974, heady stuff for a girl of a certain bent — a quick, athletic "tomboy" with a yen for bucking the system. My parents, by no means liberal, supported this ideology. Parenting daughters made an unlikely feminist of my father, while my mother in many ways was already there. "Keep your options open," they always told me. "You can have it all." I glance into the back seat of the car at my own kids, transfixed as I once was by the songs and stories on the album. Odd that all these years later its message still feels innovative. Nell, raised to the best of my ability without gender stereotypes, still finds it silly that William wants a doll.
Basketball: China concerned over Yao Ming's injury, but still hopeful ...
The emotional response highlights the NBA star's role as the world's best known Chinese athlete and the most popular sports figure in China. China's Basketball Association called a news conference Wednesday afternoon to discuss Yao's condition, portraying the development almost as an issue of national security. "This is highly sensitive, so don't send any foreigners" to attend the news conference, the association's deputy director, Hu Jiashi, told The Associated Press, without explaining further. Spokesmen for the Chinese Olympic Committee said they had no immediate comment. .
Romney throws his support to McCain
Why has he not spoken out when the people involved are close to home? All this talk about McCain's integrity is totally overblown. He is a politician above all and , regrettably, like most Republicans (and Democrats), he posesses absolutely no vision for America or the world in the 21st Century. There is nothing new here…only a re-hash of what is obsolete and in fact dangerous. Worst of all, his nomination is a reflection of the current state of thought of a large percentage of Americans. .
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