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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.
Outdoors calendar
Meandering Mondays, social pace, 25 to 40 miles or more, all include food or snack stop; 425-743-7593.
Everett Station rides, 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, corner of Smith Avenue and 33rd Street, Everett; 18 to 28 miles, moderate to brisk pace, headlight and taillight required; 206-795-1363.
Birds and biking, 9:30 a.m. Feb. 9, start at Conway School, look for snow geese, trumpeter swans and more; food stop in Mount Vernon; 30 to 35 miles; 425-743-7593.
Soup ride, 9:30 a.m. Feb. 9, start at Allen Creek Elementary, 6505 60th Drive NE, Marysville; 30 to 40 miles, rain or snow cancels; soup lunch afterward; 360-653-2384.
Snohomish to Sultan and back, 10 a.m. Feb. 9, start at Centennial Trail head at Maple in Snohomish; 45 miles; 425-349-5065.
Alan Bergeron Loop, 10 a.m.
Manley recommends extending Afghan mission
Why hasn't these development and diplomacy been more of the Afghan Mission as it was mandated in the beginning?
No wonder they been tiger teaming information. We been lied to
No we must of get out now, I find this reason it just a carrot and we do not trust this government any more in most any manners. Posted 22/01/08 at 9:32 AM EST | Link to Comment .
War in DRC Did Not End Today: 45,000 Die Per Month
This fifth and latest survey, covering the period from January 2006 to April 2007, aims to evaluate the current humanitarian situation in DR Congo by providing an update on mortality. Investigators used a three-stage cluster sampling technique to survey 14,000 households in 35 health zones across all 11 provinces, resulting in wider geographic coverage than any of the previous IRC surveys. The mortality rate (CMR) of 2.2 deaths per 1,000 per month is 57 percent higher than the average rate for sub-Saharan Africa. As OpEd News has consistently reported, 450,000 people have been displaced in the last six months of 2007. Georgianne Nienaber is an investigative environmental writer. She lives in rural northern Minnesota. Her articles have appeared in Rwanda's New Times, India's TerraGreen, COA News, ZNET, OpEdNews, The Journal of the International Primate Protection League, Africa Front, The United Nations Publication, A Civil Society Observer, and Zimbabwe's The Daily Mirror.
Along Highway, Cubans Mull a New Castro
Like the traffic, life moves slowly along this Cuban highway. But on Sunday, word that the country had its first new president in nearly 50 years traveled fast, and encountered a range of opinions. For some residents in the towns and cities along the Carretera Central — the "Central Highway" — Raul Castro's elevation offers hope for change after decades of rule by his brother Fidel. But others favored calm and stability over any startling new approaches. The pothole-ridden highway runs east from Havana all the way to Cuba's second city, Santiago, on the extreme opposite end of the island, a journey of roughly 500 miles. Modern vehicles often have to slow down and wait for the chance to pass 1950s coupes, men on horseback, bicycles and rickshaws.
Sailing stars buoyant for Beijing
Morrison is one of the coolest of the cool. He's a European and former world champion, and a hot tip to win Olympic gold for Britain in Beijing this summer. The 29-year-old and his crew Ben Rhodes, 26, were pipped to a second world title in Melbourne this month, but they are more focused on becoming Olympic champions in August. The 49er they sail is a powerful 16ft dinghy which can skitter at up to 20 knots across the water with the boys standing on wings and suspended from trapeze wires, perched on the edge of control. "It's the coolest of the Olympic classes," Morrison told BBC Sport. "It's pretty exhilarating when you're on the trapeze, you're right out over the side and you're skimming along just hung on this little rope only a foot above the water. "It's a spectacular boat that lends itself to falling over quite easily if you don't get it quite right.
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