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Q&A with Head Coach Ricci Luyties
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A gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea and one of the most decorated collegiate and beach volleyball players of all time, Ricci Luyties became just the fourth UC San Diego Women's Volleyball Coach in school history when he replaced Tom Black last spring. The Pacific Palisades native, UCLA graduate and most recently, head coach at Southern Mississippi is currently putting his first Triton team through its pre-season paces. With less than two weeks until his squad plays its season opener, Luyties took time to share his thoughts about his new position, his new team and the game of volleyball.
Q: You were hired at UC San Diego after a six-year head coaching stint at Southern Mississippi. What was appealing about the UCSD position that motivated you to move from a Division I to a Division II program?
LUYTIES: UCSD has strong support for its volleyball teams, a great team already developed by the previous staff, and everything that I need to run a successful program... plus it was Hattiesburg or San Diego...
Q: How smooth has the transition been for you? What differences have you found between Southern Mississippi and UC San Diego?
LUYTIES: The transition has been easy because the players have been receptive to everything I've done. Losing a coach that they have had success with can be difficult, but they have been open-minded. Comparing USM and UCSD is like comparing apples and oranges. They're both great but for totally different reasons.
Q: What has been your initial evaluation of the roster you have inherited at UCSD?
LUYTIES: With two All-American players graduated we have some big shoes to fill. I think the players who have been on the bench are ready for their chance. Now they have to prove themselves. The team is talented and works hard. I think Coach Black did a great job recruiting and instilling the work ethic that is needed to win.
Q: What differences, if any, can fans expect to see in the playing styles of your 2010 team and the teams fielded by Tom Black?
LUYTIES: I didn't get a chance to see the team play last year but I know that I want them to be respected as a hard-working team that will never give up. We will run a fast tempo offense and if I can have my way, we will block a lot of balls!
Q: You've played volleyball and had success at many different levels. Who were the coaches that you most enjoyed playing for and who have been some of the coaches who have influenced you the most? Which would you want to have on the bench with a championship on the line?
LUYTIES: I've have been lucky enough to play for some of the best coaches in volleyball. Al Scates, Marv Dunphy and Doug Beal have probably had the most influence on my volleyball career. As far as coaching goes, I've tried to take something from all of them and add as much John Wooden in there as I can. If I had to pick one with the championship on the line, it would have to be Scates. Maybe a little of the new wizard of Westwood's magic could rub off on me.
Q: What do you consider the highlight of your playing career? What was the toughest time for you as a player?
LUYTIES: Probably the highlight and toughest time both came on the national team. Sitting on the bench more than I ever had was hard to take but starting the first three matches of the Olympics was fantastic.
Q: What is the biggest difference between Ricci Luyties the player and Ricci Luyties the coach?
LUYTIES: I still enjoy all the same things about volleyball as a coach that I did as a player; the competition, playing together as a team and the camaraderie with teammates. Now I have to control my emotions more on the bench.
Q: How does your own playing experience help you as a coach? What is your favorite aspect of coaching?
LUYTIES: I regularly use my playing experiences and refer to past teammate's strengths and weaknesses to help current players. There's nothing better in coaching than seeing a player improve and gain confidence.
Q: You were a star in both the indoor and beach game. Which did you prefer and how do you think they affect each other?
LUYTIES: I really enjoy both. I love the speed of the indoor game and the challenges of more players working together as a unit. On the other hand, there's nothing like the atmosphere of beach volleyball. You get to compete at the beach and jump in the ocean afterwards. It's also much easier on the body to jump two hundred times a day in the sand.
Q: When you're recruiting, what are the key characteristics you'll be looking for in a future UCSD volleyball player?
LUYTIES: You always want size and athleticism but I have found that recruiting character goes a long way. I also seem to be drawn to players that are versatile. That may come from my beach influence.
Q: What do you think will be the strengths of this year's Triton team?
LUYTIES: I think the players are hungry after their late season loss last season and anxious for another chance to prove themselves. We have a team with good ball control, court sense and we have many good leaders.
Q: You've played alongside and against some of the greatest volleyball players of all time? Who do you consider the best and who do you think was the most underrated?
LUYTIES: Of course Karch (Kiraly) was the best I played with both indoors and on the beach, but the most underrated player may have been Mike Dodd. For all his success and victories, he was rarely given the credit in his victories. He never cared about that and always made his teammates better.
Q: You and your wife, Lorrie, have two daughters. Is volleyball the sport of choice in your family?
LUYTIES: I actually met my wife at a beach volleyball tournament. She had legs that caught my eye. Once I tasted her homemade chocolate chip cookies, I was hooked. My two daughters keep me young and laughing all the time. The oldest, Chloe (12) thinks she will be a future winner of "So You Think You Can Dance". We now enjoy family beach volleyball games. Lia, my eight-year-old, and I win every game.
Q: Outside of volleyball and coaching, what are some of your interests?
LUYTIES: My daughters, Chloe and Lia, are my main interest right now. I try to spend every spare chance I get to be with them. Outside of that I like to surf, ride my bike and draw sometimes.
Q: In three years, what do you hope you'll have accomplished as head coach of the UCSD women's volleyball team?
LUYTIES: I want to keep this team at an elite level year after year. We are striving to win a conference championship and will be doing our best get to that level. I hope in three years I'm satisfied with myself knowing that I've done the best job possible with the Triton volleyball program.
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No other Senate race rivals the non-candidate spending on Colorado. The second most expensive contest -- the open seat in Pennsylvania -- has seen $17.5 spent. The rest of the top five include: Washington State ($13.6 million), Illinois ($12.4 million) and Missouri ($11.7 million).
The Nevada Senate race between Harry Reid (D) and Sharron Angle (R) has seen $11 million spent since the June primary although it's a near-certainty that when candidate spending is factored in, the Silver State contest will be the most expensive in the country. (Smart insiders estimate total spending in Nevada to well crest $50 million.)
Still, the amount of spending in Colorado is eye-popping and reinforces the race's centrality to both parties' calculus heading into Nov. 2. All of the spending appears to have little overall effect as the race is a genuine toss up; the Real Clear Politics polling average shows Buck ahead by a single point but strategists on both sides believe it is a tie at the moment.
2. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is swooping into Alaska tomorrow to give a boost to attorney Joe Miller (R) in the three-way Senate race.
Palin and her husband, Todd, will campaign for Miller at Dena'ina Park in Anchorage Thursday night, according to an announcement on the Conservatives4Palin.com website.
National GOP luminaries including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) will address the rally via video, according to the announcement.
Palin endorsed Miller in June, back when he was still a (very) longshot against Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the GOP primary. He won that race narrowly, a victory attributed in no small part to Palin's advocacy.
Murkowski is pursuing a write-in bid against Miller and Sitka Mayor Scott McAdams (D). (As we've written before, the Palin-Murkowski feud has a long and tortured history.)
Republican insiders now believe Murkowski has a real chance to become the first senator to win a write-in bid for Senate since Strom Thurmond as Miller has struggled badly since becoming the nominee.
Will Palin's visit help or hurt Miller? It's hard to tell -- the former governor is just as polarizing in Alaska as she is elsewhere, and it could help Murkowski make the argument (as she has been) that national Republicans are trying to sway the election.
What we do know is Palin's appearance for Miller will draw lots -- and lots -- of media attention.
Meanwhile, employment records released Tuesday night brought new controversy to Miller's campaign. The documents revealed that when Miller was working as a part-time government attorney in 2008, he used three colleagues' computers without their knowledge to participate in a political poll hosted on his own website. The poll was aimed at ousting state Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich.
The documents show that Miller tried to cover up his use of the computers by clearing their Web cache, and then lied about it.
Murkowski's camp slammed Miller for the controversy. "The bottom line is Joe cheated, he lied, tried to cover it up, lied again, then finally got caught and had to admit it, just as he lied to Alaskans when he initially denied any problems with his employment at the Borough, claiming his record was 'exceptional' and 'second to none,'" Murkowski said in a statement.
Miller, meanwhile, sought to downplay the issue. "I appear to be the only candidate in this Senate race whose entire life history matters to the media," he said. "No one has requested school, medical or work records for Senator Lisa Murkowski or Scott McAdams. Regardless, I am willing to let these records go public so that the people can see that the computer polling matter and my decision to leave the Borough's employment a year-and-a-half later were unrelated."
3. Two new polls show ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R) improving his standing against state Attorney General Jack Conway (D) in the Kentucky Senate race even as a controversy over the physical attack of a protester at Monday night's debate continues to roil both campaigns.
A Fox News poll shows Paul taking 50 percent to Conway's 43 percent among likely voters. A survey by Democratic pollster Public Policy Polling, meanwhile, shows Paul with an even wider lead: the Republican takes 53 percent to Conway's 40 percent, with 7 percent undecided.
The polls indicate that Conway's attempt to focus voters' attention on the "Aqua Buddha" controversy -- a college-age indiscretion by Paul -- appears to have backfired.
Meanwhile, both campaigns are sparring over an incident Monday night outside of a debate in which a MoveOn.org activist was knocked to the ground and stomped on by Paul supporters outside of a debate.
"The Paul campaign has disassociated itself with the individual who took part in this incident, and once again urges all activists -- on both sides -- to remember that their political passions should never manifest themselves in physical altercations of any kind," said Jesse Benton, Paul's campaign manager.
Conway's camp called on Paul to apologize to the victim, saying that "a boot stomp to the head of a woman is never appropriate."
4. Two new polls from Quinnipiac University show the governor's races in Connecticut and Ohio remain competitive, even as their open Senate races appear to be over.
The polls, which were released Tuesday, showed Gov. Ted Strickland (D) trailing former Rep. John Kasich (R) 49 percent to 43 percent, even as former Rep. Rob Portman (R) leads the open seat Senate race by 17 points.
Strickland's improved favorable ratings appear to be helping him. A month ago he was viewed favorably by 36 percent of voters and unfavorably by 52 percent. Those numbers are now 43 percent and 45 percent, respectively.
In Connecticut, former Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley (R) has worked his way to within five points of former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy (D), even as former WWE CEO Linda McMahon appears to have lost steam in the Senate race. Foley trails 48 percent to 43 percent, while McMahon is 12 points behind state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D).
The disparate polling is proof positive that candidates -- and the campaigns they run -- matter. Take Ohio. Portman has run a picture perfect campaign while Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher's (D) effort has been lackluster at best.
The Ohio governor's race is a major prize for both parties. President Obama and Vice President Biden will campaign in the state this weekend in a final push for Fisher.
5. Haley Barbour, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, has given $440,000 to aspiring 2010 candidate and party
committees via his Haley's PAC, another clear signal that the Mississippi governor is seriously considering running for president in 2012.
Barbour has contributed to all 37 GOP gubernatorial candidates -- directly or through the state party -- and has also made a slew of donations to GOP Senate and House candidates.
In the first half of October, Barbour's PAC contributed to Senate candidates in more than 20 states, including Ken Buck in Colorado, Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire, Mike Lee in Utah, Joe Miller in Alaska, Rep. John Boozman in Arkansas, Rep. Mark Kirk in Illinois, Linda McMahon in Connecticut, Marco Rubio in Florida, Rep. Jerry Moran in Kansas, former Rep. Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania and even long-shot Joe DioGuardi in New York.
Rubio, Rossi and Angle got the most, at $5,000 apiece. In total, Barbour has given money to the GOP candidate in 31 of 37 Senate races this year, along with almost two dozen House contests.
Barbour is in the midst of a five day, 13 state tour of governors races from around the country -- a trip seen by some as a precursor to a presidential bid.
With Aaron Blake and Felicia Sonmez
Aaron Blake
| October 27, 2010; 6:00 AM ET
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Seattle Seahawks defensive back Richard Sherman has earned a reputation as one of the league's friskiest trash talkers.
He backed up his words this season with a league-leading eight picks and the top opposing passer rating of any cornerback in the NFL, per Pro Football Focus. Still, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White insists Sherman's gift for gab is overstated.
"The funny part is he talks through hand signals and gestures," White told NFL Media's Dave Dameshek on Tuesday. "Not really too much in the game, unless he makes a play. Other than that, he doesn't really say a lot. The Seahawks -- not to say anything bad about them -- they're front-runners. ... When they're winning and everything's going good, they jump around. They yell and scream. But when they're not winning, then there's not too much of that going on."
In case you've forgotten, White and Sherman have a history of bad blood dating back to last offseason, when the cornerback called the wideout an "easy matchup" and a "product" of Atlanta's system.
White fired back in June, telling NFL Network that Sherman "talks too much," saying: "He would actually be the first guy that I would want to face."
Roddy will have to wait. His Falcons crash-landed this season while Sherman and the Seahawks will host Sunday's NFC Championship Game at CenturyLink Field. Having won 16 of their last 17 at home, Seattle remains a strong bet to play front-runner again -- unless the San Francisco 49ers are in the mood to play spoiler.
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Back in 2010, we first reported that Microsoft was planning to bring the ability of "three screens and a cloud" to modern devices. That involved a demonstration of playing a game on the a Windows Phone 7 Series device, pausing it and then picking it up on the Xbox 360.
Users salivated over such a feature, yet here we are in 2012 and it still does not exist between the Xbox 360, Windows Phone nor the PC. However... Sonic the Hedgehog: Episode II, due later this Spring, is evidently going to be the first title to support such a feature.
The Official Xbox Magazine site (oxmonline.com) ran a story this evening featuring a "hands on" demo of the new Sonic game destined for Xbox 360, Playstation, iOS and Windows Phone (called erroneously "Windows Mobile 7", grrr...). At about the 4:20 mark, we can hear Ken Balough, Digital Grand Manager on Sonic Episode II, talk about this unprecedented new feature:
"...and one of the cool things about it is that the Windows Mobile 7 (sic) and the Xbox are going to be able to work in tandem in ways that are completely new. So when you pick up the Windows Mobile 7 and you'll be able to play Sonic Episode II, save it, stop, boot up your Xbox 360 and pick up right where you left off. And that's a really cool thing Microsoft has going between the devices and I'm a huge fan of it..."
Call us crazy, but that sounds exactly like the feature first demonstrated two years ago that the world has been waiting for on their phones, perhaps the coup d'état between gaming and mobile that Microsoft desperately needs.
Could this Spring be the begriming of a whole new Xbox-Windows Phone interaction? We anxiously await. Check both videos after the break...
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American Sniper (Hardcover)
The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
William Morrow, 9780062082350, 400pp.
Publication Date: January 1, 2012
He is the deadliest American sniper ever, called the devil by the enemies he hunted and the legend by his Navy SEAL brothers . . .
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyles kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan ("the devil") and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle's masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.
A native Texan who learned to shoot on childhood hunting trips with his father, Kyle was a champion saddle-bronc rider prior to joining the Navy. After 9/11, he was thrust onto the front lines of the War on Terror, and soon found his calling as a world-class sniper who performed best under fire. He recorded a personal-record 2,100-yard kill shot outside Baghdad; in Fallujah, Kyle braved heavy fire to rescue a group of Marines trapped on a street; in Ramadi, he stared down insurgents with his pistol in close combat. Kyle talks honestly about the pain of war of twice being shot and experiencing the tragic deaths of two close friends.
American Sniper also honors Kyles fellow warriors, who raised hell on and off the battlefield. And in moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyles wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their marriage and children, as well as on Chris.
Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell.
Praise For American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History…
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"In the community of elite warriors, one man has risen above our ranks and distinguished himself as unique. Chris Kyle is that man. A master sniper, Chris has done and seen things that will be talked about for generations to come."
-MARCUS LUTTRELL, former USN SEAL, recipient of the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism under fire, #1 bestselling author of Lone Survivor
"The raw and unforgettable narrative of the making of our country's record-holding sniper, Chris Kyle's memoir is a powerful book, both in terms of combat action and human drama. Chief Kyle is a true American warrior down to the bone, the Carlos Hathcock of a new generation."
-CHARLES W. SASSER, Green Beret (US Army Ret.) and author of One Shot, One Kill
"American Sniper is the inside story of what it's like to be in war. A brave warrior and patriot, Chris Kyle writes frankly about the missions, personal challenges, and hard choices that are part of daily life of an elite SEAL Sniper. It's a classic!"
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong says he is "ready to speak candidly" as he prepares to discuss doping allegations against him in his upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Armstrong was out for a morning run Sunday when he spoke briefly with The Associated Press. The man who once ruled cycling was wearing a red jersey with black shorts, sunglasses and a white hat pulled down low over his eyes.
He would not divulge what he will tell Winfrey in Monday's interview that is scheduled to air Thursday. He said from the side of the road: "I'm calm, I'm at ease and ready to speak candidly. I hope we'll talk for a couple of hours."
International TV crews are arriving in the hilly neighborhood in West Austin.
A person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports that Armstrong plans to admit to doping throughout his career but probably will not get into great detail about specific cases and events. The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about it.
It will be his first public response to a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report accusing him of using banned drugs to win the Tour de France.
In the past, Armstrong has strongly denied doping.
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HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) Rayshawn Goins scored 16 points and James Madison pulled away in the second half for a 62-41 victory over Hofstra in a Colonial Athletic Association game Thursday night.
The Dukes (13-10, 7-3) shot 52.4 percent (11 of 21) in the second half for their fourth win in a row. They remain second behind Northeastern in the conference.
Ahead 30-29, James Madison used a 16-2 run to lead 46-31 with 9:44 remaining.
Hofstra (5-16, 2-6), held to 30 percent shooting (6 of 20) after trailing 30-24 at halftime, lost its fifth straight game and dropped to 0-10 in road contests this season.
Andre Nation and Charles Cooke scored 13 points each for the Dukes. Devin Moore's two assists gave him 421 for his career, passing Joe Pfahler (1972-76) for second on the school's all-time list. A.J. Davis' eight points gave him 1,001 career points.
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A temporary suspension remains in place for exports to China of Fonterra base powder for infant formula and Fonterra whey powder.
New Zealand's Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. said two of its products are still banned by China eight months after a botulism scare that turned out to be a false alarm.
A temporary suspension remains in place for exports to China of Fonterra base powder for infant formula and Fonterra whey powder, spokesman Mike Burgess said in an e-mailed response to questions by Bloomberg News. The products account for less than 3 percent of New Zealand's total dairy exports to China, he said.
The ban was imposed in August last year, after Fonterra announced a precautionary recall of products due to concerns that a whey protein used in baby formula may have been contaminated by a botulism-causing bacteria. Subsequent tests showed there was no food safety risk.
New Zealand conducted inquiries into the incident and Prime Minister John Key visited China last month to give assurances about the safety of New Zealand dairy exports, the country's biggest foreign-exchange earner accounting for about a third of total overseas sales. China is the nation's biggest trading partner.
Burgess said no other Fonterra products remain affected by the scare and that Fonterra is "confident the restrictions will be lifted."
In January, France's Danone canceled its supply contract with Fonterra and said it's seeking compensation for last year's product recall. The world's biggest yogurt maker estimates the recall caused it a loss of 300 million euros ($415 million) of free cashflow.
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I was deeply privileged and honored to be with the governor of Maharashtra, K. Sankaranaryanan, in his official residence to launch the National Immunization Day on 19 February.
This is not the first time I have been in such a forum, but this time it was special. Every year, I used to come back from such an event hoping to say, "We Rotarians have conquered polio." And this year, for India, I was able to.
The effort by The Rotary Foundation and Rotarians to bring all the groups together and overcome the skepticism of those that said it couldn't be done has been truly remarkable.
The year that has just gone by without a single incident of polio is a landmark in India's decades-long fight against polio.
In early 1985, people elsewhere thought that it was impossible for India to eradicate polio, which at that time was widespread in all the states. The irony is that we have not only stopped the transmission of this virus now, but are also in a position to export the expertise to the other three endemic countries; Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria.
Now it's time to ensure that the polio virus does not come back. An innovative blend of technology and experience is available to us through our partners and we must not slacken our efforts in advocacy for routine immunizations.
The next five years will determine how successful we are in implementing our plans so that we get certification by the World Health Organization that India is a polio-free country. There seems to be no reason we cannot achieve our goal, with the leadership of visionaries like RI President Kalyan Banerjee and Past RI President Rajendra K. Saboo and the combined productivity of countless individual Rotarians.
- Learn more about Rotary's polio eradication efforts
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(Reuters) - Robert Griffin III tossed four touchdowns for the second straight game to lead the surging Washington Redskins to a 38-31 road win over the fading Dallas Cowboys on Thursday.
Griffin put on a Thanksgiving Day clinic, completing 20-of-28 passes for 311 yards with touchdowns to Aldrick Robinson, Santana Moss, Pierre Garcon and Niles Paul, matching the four scores he threw in Sunday's win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Tony Romo had his biggest day as a Dallas quarterback, tossing for a career-high 441 yards and three touchdowns, but also had two costly interceptions that helped put the Cowboys in a hole they could not escape.
"It's disappointing," Romo told reporters. "They got after us pretty good and we had to work our way back the whole game and obviously fell short.
"We have to find ways to do things better. We need to play better.
"It's just not going to be a fun few days now. I'm exhausting my brain thinking of things to do to help us get off to better starts and move the ball better."
Washington's victory pulled them level with the Cowboys at 5-6 for the season but more importantly left them just one game back of the NFC East-leading New York Giants, who play the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
Dallas accounted for all the scoring in the opening quarter on a Dan Bailey 30-yard field goal before the Redskins exploded for 28 points in the second, including three touchdown passes from Griffin.
The Redskins rookie quarterback, who played his college football in Texas, made himself right at home in Dallas, hooking up with a wide-open Robinson on a 68-yard bomb.
On the Cowboys' next possession, Dez Bryant fumbled and seven plays later, the Redskins were back in the end zone, Alfred Morris driving over from the one to put Washington up 14-3.
Griffin continued to shred the Dallas secondary, connecting with Garcon on a 59-yard touchdown before completing a spectacular quarter by converting a Romo interception into a six-yard strike to Moss for a 28-3 lead.
After being booed off the field, the Cowboys came out of the break determined to get back into the contest, Bailey landing a 33-yard field goal before Romo hooked up with Bryant on a career-long 85-yard touchdown pass to trim the deficit to 28-13.
In the fourth quarter, Griffin took the steam out of the Dallas rally when he found a wide-open Paul with a 29-yard touchdown pass.
The Cowboys, however, refused to wave the white flag, Romo finding Felix Jones for a touchdown, then diving across for a two-point conversion to make the score 35-21.
After a near-perfect afternoon, Griffin made his first miscue by throwing an interception and Romo quickly made the Redskins pay by finding a diving Bryant in the end zone to make it a one-score game at 35-28 with eight minutes remaining.
Redskins' Kai Forbath booted a 48-yard field goal to restore Washington's 10-point advantage while Bailey answered with a 51-yarder to pull Dallas back within a touchdown with 18 seconds on the clock.
The Cowboys, however, would get no closer as Washington recovered the on-side kick attempt and ran out the clock for the win.
"Their quarterback is obviously a really good player and they use him really well," Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett said.
"It was challenging for us to slow those guys down and we didn't do enough on offence to keep up with them in the first half.
"Our team responded well in the second half to get us back in the ball game but it wasn't enough to beat that team."
(Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto; Editing by John O'Brien)


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A brand spankin' new trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been released today and we have it here for your viewing pleasure.
The trailer really isn't all that much different from the first official trailer released back in December. It is structured the same way and shows us a lot of the same footage. The main difference is the increased focus on the support characters/other mutants from the Weapon X project.
While much of the video is pretty disorganized, the second half is loaded with action and we get to see snippets of many new action scenes with Deadpool, Gambit, Agent Zero and Cyclops among others.
Check it out and see what you think:
Did I just see Deadpool firing an optic blast near the end there? Do we even know definitively if that is Deadpool? Something's not adding up and my confusion arises from this character called Weapon XI who is in the movie but not from the comics.
This mysterious character is apparently involved in the final battle with Wolverine but we don't know anything about him other than he's played by actor and martial artist Scott Adkins and that his power(s) have yet to be revealed.
We do know from the comics that Wolverine is known as Weapon X, X representing the Roman numeral of the number 10 not relating to the "X" in "X-Men" – He is the tenth iteration of these experiments of the program, the first to be successfully grafted with an Adamantium skeleton. We can therefore assume, Weapon XI is the next experiment after Wolverine – perhaps created to battle him/bring him back?
Here's an image I cut out from a screen grab for the film - I did my best to clear up the blur.
Could it be that what we thought was a topless Deadpool all along fighting Wolverine in the trailer with those strange markings/scars on him was this Weapon XI character and that we've not yet seen the actual Deadpool yet? Check out our discussion on what may or not be Deadpool here.
There is quite a bit of online speculation from fans and it can be divided into two camps: one side believes that Weapon XI is Deadpool after some experimentation and the other side holds out hope that they are in fact, separate characters (listed as such on IMDB). Since we get a closer look in this trailer towards the end, we can see those those markings on this character don't really look like scars, more like a drawn on design.
What are your thoughts?
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is directed by Gavin Hood and opens May 1, 2009.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Observing Student Connections
|Introduction | Hexominos | Sorting Hexominos | Student Work | Problem Reflection #1 | Hexominos Into Cubes | Problem Reflection #2 | Classroom Practice | Observe a Classroom | Your Journal
While sorting hexominos, a group of fifth-graders noticed that three of their hexominos could be folded to make a cube and the others could not. Their teacher followed up with a task for all the student groups to consider:
Here's how the class responded:
Teacher: Let's start with the last question: What connections did you find between our work with hexominos and things outside of math class?
Liana: Gift boxes and packaging boxes are sometimes cut out at a factory and shipped to stores in a flat stack to save space. The box designer needs to make sure that the design will work and that it isn't a really strange shape for shipping.
Teacher: What does Liana mean by "strange shape"? Who has an idea?
Whitney: Well, if it was like our Z-shaped hexomino, they might be harder to cut out and to keep neatly on a shelf before you fold them.
Teacher: What other connections did you think of or find out about through your interviews?
A.J.: My grandpa said that these problems are important in the sheet-metal shop where he works. Sometimes they cut out really big pieces of metal and fold and weld them for air-conditioning in big buildings. If they make a mistake, it can cost lots of money and waste time.
Carlos: My sister said that it's kind of like some geometry problems that she has solved.
Whitney: My neighbor said that this is really important when she cuts out lots of pieces for quilts. She doesn't fold them to make boxes, but she has to be very careful about the angles and measurements and how they fit together. She fits lots of pieces together to make a design and doesn't want any empty spaces.
Teacher: What about the question, "Why do so many of our hexominos not fold up to make a cube?"
Liana: That's hard to explain! But most of the hexominos have faces that overlap when you try to make a box, so they don't make a six-sided cube.
Teacher: Who can tell us more about that idea?
Whitney: Well, Carlos and I noticed that the upper- and lower-case T-shaped hexominos work easily because they have four squares in a row to make a ring to start. Then, the two side flaps can be folded.
Teacher: What makes a hexomino not fold into a cube?
A.J.: Well, if you have overlapping, it won't work. So you have to check for that. You can't have the two side flaps on the same side, for example.
Teacher: How might we check for overlapping? Is there a rule?
Liana: It's not so hard to see that some of them, like the rectangle shape, will overlap, because not enough squares stick out to make six different faces for a cube. It seems really hard to make a rule.
Teacher: Instead of trying to make a rule, why don't you do more investigating? You might see what is alike about the three that do make a cube. And, since the T-shapes always work, why don't you start by checking to see how some pieces that don't work are different from a T-shape? A.J. already made a conjecture that you can't have the two side flaps on the same side. You could also work on making sure that we've found all the possibilities.
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Florida Georgia Line Win Vocal Duo of the Year at 2014 ACM Awards
In a win that surprised almost no one, Florida George Line picked up the first award of the 2014 ACM Awards for Vocal Duo of the Year.
When Taylor Swift walked on stage to present the award, she hinted at one act who had been blowing up the stage at Mandalay Bay all night. That was just a foreshadowing of what was to come.
As Swift excitedly announced their name, the crowd erupted as the dynamic duo bounded on stage. "Thank you for believing in us," exclaimed Tyler Hubbard. "Country music is alive and well baby," added Brian Kelley.
Along with their Vocal Duo win, Florida Georgia Line has the chance for three other awards at the 2014 ACM Awards including Album of the Year, Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year. Stay tuned to see if they will snag any more!


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God created Israel separate from the nations with the duty to be a light to the other nations. Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit led Israel and were present with Israel, but did not indwell national Israel. Thus, Israel failed. Not only did they not become a light to the other nations, but fell into an apostate state whose abominations and wickedness actually EXCEEDED the evils of the other nations. Thus, only a righteous remnant preserved by God remained.
By contrast, when God created the church, it was not as a set apart nation to be a light to the other nations. Instead, God created the church as a people called out from ALL nations, Israel included, to be a light to the world. Where Israel was God's national project with global implications, the church is God's global project with eternal ramifications. And unlike national Israel, the church did not and will not fail. Unlike national Israel, the church was bought and created with God's own divine Blood, that being sinless Jesus Christ shed on the cross. And unlike national Israel, the church is Jesus Christ's Body with Jesus Christ Himself as the Head, and the Holy Spirit is not only present with the church, but indwells the church.
So where the failure of Israel was a failure of man – the human leaders and followers of national Israel – the church cannot and will not fail because God Himself indwells it. The old covenant was temporal, conditional and limited to one people (Israel) in one time (prior to that of Jesus Christ) and one place (the land of Canaan). The new covenant is unconditional (cannot be broken), eternal (will last forever) and universal (given to those coming from all nations, tribes and tongues).
Thus, contra covenant theology, Israel was not the church of the Old Testament. Instead, national Israel was a type, seed or foreshadowing of what was to be fulfilled by the church, New Testament spiritual Israel that both includes those natural descendants of Israel who are elect and thus believe, but it also transcends them. Calling Israel the church of the Old Testament distorts the purpose and method of its creation, and it also rejects the fact that the presence of God (the Holy Spirit) was in the tabernacle/temple behind the veil and not indwelling Israel in a corporate sense as it does the church in a corporate sense. At best, the Holy Spirit may have indwelled individual Old Testament saints such as the prophets and King David, and even in that sense the Old Testament saints were not limited to national Israel (consider Jethro/Reuel, Melchizedek, Seth, Abel, Noah, Job, the Queen of Sheba, Nebuchadnezzar etc.)
And also against dispensationalism, the church age is not a parenthetical period between two Israel ages (the Old Testament and the Jewish millennium), with memorial animal sacrifices in a third temple to Jesus Christ to occur in the second Jewish age, and Israel again taking her place as a light to the nations during the millennium. Instead, the purpose of Israel's lesser light (and in creation, the lesser light rules THE NIGHT, which according to the parables of Jesus Christ is the time of sorrow because the bridegroom is not present) was to point to Jesus Christ, who is the true light to the nations, including Israel, and is the greater light which rules THE DAY. So, what of the Old Testament prophecies of the nations' bringing gifts to Zion and serving Zion that were to be fulfilled in the millennium, the alleged "unfulfilled promises to Israel that have to be fulfilled in the millennium"? Read "servant songs" of Isaiah. Jesus Christ is the Son of Israel, who took upon Himself the role that Israel rejected, succeeded where Israel failed, obeyed and fulfilled the law of Moses that Israel broke (and dispensationalists claim that Israel should have never accepted to begin with when the truth is that Israel had no free will in the matter to accept or reject; they had no choice for they were chosen unconditionally by God and could not resist or reject His will) and thereby became Israel or Zion within Himself.
Jesus Christ is able to fulfill the prophecies given to both national Israel because He IS both national and spiritual Israel. Jesus Christ is national Israel because He was born a Jew to Mary and Joseph as a natural son of David of the tribe of Judah, and spiritual Israel because one is part of spiritual Israel only through faith in Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is the object, author and finisher of that same faith. So, the "Zion songs" that speak of a restored Israel receiving the worship and gifts of the nations and ruling the nations are actually fulfilled in Jesus Christ who – as Israel's personification, representative and fulfillment – rules the nations with a rod of iron and receives the worship and praise of all who have faith in, abide in and obediently serve Him in heaven and on earth while ruling the nations with a rod of iron.
Suggesting that national Israel will rule and receive gifts in the place of the only One who is worthy of such rule and praise is to take the position that Jesus Christ was never incarnated, crucified and resurrected. Incidentally, the amillennial beliefs held by many covenant theologians and is being adopted by dominionists, which holds that the church is to subdue and rule the earth just as Israel was to do with Canaan (and in the case of the dominionists, as Adam was subdue and rule the earth), possesses a similar error, giving to man and his institutions the rule – and praise – that belongs only to Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ will not rule the earth through the church, but instead will rule the earth including the church. And there will be no memorial sacrifices to Jesus Christ, for why do things in memory (as is done to those who are dead and sleep) to that who is alive and present forevermore? Instead of memorial animal sacrifices in a temple, Jesus Christ will receive active worship and praise in spirit and in truth from the hearts of those who believe, those whom the Holy Spirit indwells!
Therefore, knowing the difference between the church and Israel is vital to understanding the past, future and the present for the Christian. By contrast, failing to know these differences leaves one vulnerable to error and deception. So, do not be destroyed for the lack of knowledge! Instead, study to show yourselves approved!


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I had a good Veterans Day & ate free all day, LOL.
I'm not too sure what's all included in RASP. When my son went through it was still RIP. I know RASP is more than just selection now along with some actual training as opposed to strictly testing as it was in RIP.
Here in SE WI we can have milder winters than a little north & west of here. Lale Michigan taKes all summer to warm & all winter to cool so our temps can be a few degrees warmer. We can get "lake effect" snow, though. When the wind blows from the east we can really get dumped on, usually a wet, heavy snow. When my in-laws were still alive they lived on a small lake not far from here, less than a half hour's drive. There could be a significant difference in snow fall. Those are the days when I loved winter. We could skate, ice fish, snowmobile, snow shoe & cross country ski (that's how I stayed fit when I was an advisor to a Reserve Division & PT wasn't quite the same as in an Airborne unit, LOL). Even with Lake Michigan close by our temps can easily get down to below zero F.
I just got alerted that I have to restart the computer due to a completed upgrade so I'll say good afternoon for now & get back on later or tomorrow for sure.


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Tidbits: Jackson's in Richmond serves homestyle favorites
When Sean Jackson of Richmond found out that the space where Opal's Restaurant had been was for sale, he knew it would be an ideal spot for his own restaurant. After working for Outback Steakhouse for 13 years, he has opened Jackson's Restaurant at 203 South Third Street in Richmond.
He says he wanted to serve a homestyle menu, and the restaurant has a food bar of favorites that changes daily. Offerings include country-fried steak, meatloaf, pork chops, catfish, fried chicken, chicken and dumplings, salmon patties, green beans, mashed potatoes, mixed greens, broccoli casserole, and macaroni and cheese. The cost for meat and three sides is $5.99.
The country breakfast special, served all day, includes eggs, pancakes, meat, potatoes, biscuit, gravy and apples for $7.99. Burgers, sandwiches and salads also are on the menu. Desserts include chocolate, butterscotch and coconut cream pies, and homemade cakes.
Jackson's is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Call (859) 623-2090.
■ Brontë Express, a coffee kiosk, is now is open at Joseph-Beth Booksellers at The Mall at Lexington Green. It offers freshly baked pastries, grab-and-go food and drink, and coffee and espresso drinks. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Call (859) 271-5330 or go to Josephbeth.com.
■ Chinese restaurants are noted for their fast, hot food, but what's even quicker is one with a drive-through lane. Panda Express, 2433 Nicholasville Road, at Dennis Drive, offers indoor dining as well as drive-through with a full menu. It's the first standalone restaurant in Lexington for the Rosemead, Calif., chain, which has about 1,500 locations nationwide. Specialities include kung pao chicken, string bean chicken breast, Beijing beef, Shanghai Angus steak, honey walnut shrimp and eggplant tofu. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily. Call (859) 389-6761 or go to Pandaexpress.com.
New menus and offerings
■ Greentree Tearoom, 521 West Short Street, is serving a hearty menu for November. Included are lobster bisque, sweet potato scone, chicken croquettes with basil mashed potatoes, citrus spice panna cotta, and brown sugar cupcakes with caramel frosting. Luncheon tea is served at noon Wednesday through Saturday. Call (859) 455-9660 or go to Greentreetearoom.com.
■ Stone crabs from Florida have arrived at Lexington Seafood Co., 867 East High Street. "I have a great contact in Florida, and the stone crabs so far have been the best in a couple of years," owner Mike Yessin said. Call (859) 266-8888 or go to Lexseafood.com.
■ Ted's Montana Grill, 2304 Sir Barton Way, has a new seasonal dessert: apple berry crisp. It features Granny Smith apples and a blend of strawberries, red raspberries, blackberries and blueberries baked in a caramel sauce, topped with a crispy oatmeal pecan crust, and served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Call (859) 263-5228 or go to Tedsmontanagrill.com.
Special events
■ Moveable Feast Lexington is having its annual Cause for Pie fund-raiser through Nov. 12. If you buy an apple, blueberry, cherry or pumpkin pie for the holidays ($20 frozen, $25 freshly baked), the proceeds will be used to deliver nutritious, home-cooked meals to critically ill people in Lexington. Pies may be picked up at the Moveable Feast office, 474 Silver Maple Way, on Nov. 20 and 21. Call (859) 252-2867.
■ Blue Grass Community Foundation and Smiley Pete Publishing are presenting the GoodGiving Guide Challenge, an online giving campaign to benefit 68 local non-profit groups. In conjunction with the program, West Sixth Brewing has created a special beer. Pay it Forward Porter will be offered during November at the brewery, 501 West Sixth Street. Call (859) 951-6006 or go to Goodgivingguide.net.
■ Winners of the first International Chef Showcase are Jeremy Ashby, co-owner and executive chef of Azur Restaurant and Patio in Lexington, and his international chef partner for the competition, Petr Elias, executive chef of Hotel Villa in the Czech Republic.
Eight chefs representing Ireland, Italy, Argentina, Spain, France, Peru, Brazil and the Czech Republic were paired with eight chefs from the Bluegrass for the challenge at eight local restaurants.
■ Georgia's Kitchen, 900 North Broadway, which opened in February, has expanded its dining room to add 40 seats. Stop by for a look on Friday and be entertained by The Swells starting at 7 p.m. Call (859) 252-6837 or go to Georgiaskitchencafe.com.
Farmers market report
■ Lexington Farmers Market will be open three days a week through November: 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at South Broadway and Maxwell Street; and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays at Fifth Third Bank Pavilion in Cheapside Park. Seasonal items include broccoli, cauliflower, rhubarb, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, radishes, winter squash, pie pumpkins, kale, honey, cheese, tomato sauces, beef, chicken, lamb and turkeys. Go to Lexingtonfarmersmarket.com.


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That's the same cam-lock mount that they use on the Tour Bag I tested last year. Works brilliantly, you just have to tighten up the strap until the catch snaps into place.
The SKS bottle cage adapter is perfect if you have a fixie without bottle cages. I think this one will prove a permanent feature on my 1950s Holdsworth which has just had successful bottom bracket surgery and a respray.
There's nothing particularly exotic about its lightweight ABS plastic construction other than to say it's up to SKS's usual standards and shouldn't weather badly. Pressing the orange SKS emblem while rotating the cage allows it to be angled precisely, depending on the adapters' position and rider preference. Fitting is a no-brainer - simply wrap the elasticated webbing around your chosen tubing-whether this be frame, seatpost or stem.
Ours flopped open with disturbing ease on the first few attempts but nipping the webbed strapping in by a matter of millimetres made all the difference. Once you have the correct alignment, whip it off and attach your chosen bottle cage.
Having experimented with various frame and component diameters, it appears to fit most between 25.4 and 31.8mm without vibrating loose, thanks in part to the rubberised shim, although I'll confess to borderline-obsessive checking during our first few outings. I tried a few different bottles and all held up pretty well.
Inexpensive solution to carrying additional bottles on bikes without resorting to frame alteration.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: SKS Bottle Cage Adaptor
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
"The SKS bottle holder adapter can be attached to the seat post, the stem or about anywhere with this adjustable, well-proven SKS quick-release mount system. The angle adjustment ensures that the bottle is always optimally aligned". No quibble here.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
ABS plastic, nylon tensioning belt.
78g by my scales.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
The cage adaptor is a remarkably effective and inexpensive means of carrying an additional cage. However,the pressure-fit design requires careful tensioning to remain secure.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Lightweight, simple and above all, sturdy.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Yes.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes.
About the tester
Age: 38 Height: 1m 81 Weight: 70 kilos
I usually ride: Rough Stuff Tourer Based around 4130 Univega mtb Frameset My best bike is: 1955 Holdsworth Road Path and several others including cross & traditional road
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: cyclo cross, commuting, touring, fixed/singlespeed, mtb,
Shaun Audane is a freelance writer/product tester with over twenty-eight years riding experience, the last twelve (120,000 miles) spent putting bikes and kit through their paces for a variety of publications. Previous generations of his family worked at manufacturing's sharp end, thus Shaun can weld, has a sound understanding of frame building practice and a preference for steel or titanium framesets.
Citing Richard Ballantine and an Au pair as his earliest cycling influences, he is presently writing a cycling book with particular focus upon women, families and disabled audiences (Having been a registered care manager and coached children at Herne Hill Velodrome in earlier careers)


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Alzheimer's fight is personal for CBS' Jim Nantz
After his father died of Alzheimer's's in 2008, Jim Nantz III was so torn that he knew he had to get involved in trying to help find a cure for the disease that has killed millions.
So in 2011, Nantz and The Methodist Hospital in Houston launched the Nantz National Alzheimer Center, which was named after his father, Jim Nantz Jr.
"It's a research center that also has clinical care as a part of it and they do an exceptional job on that," Nantz said. "I obviously refer people from all over the country to come down to Houston and meet with our team of doctors there, but the mission statement is an easy one."
Nantz will be working his 29th Final Four this weekend — the 24th as a play-by-play announcer — at AT&T Stadium. But while he's busy with his basketball duties, Nantz believes it's his duty to do what he can to assist in fighting Alzheimer's so others won't have to experience what he and his family experienced.
"Really, outside of my family goals, that is one of the biggest reasons I'm on the planet, I feel, is to have this platform that I have been blessed to have with CBS and be able to help steer people toward, not only awareness, but also to help raise money and to get on the path to finding a cure to Alzheimer's," Nantz said. "Whether it's through vascular disease or whether it's through concussion-related traumatic brain injury that creates dementia, we do all facets of it and privately lead the way in research, not only nationally but around the world."
Nantz recalls working his first Final Four at Reunion Arena in Dallas in 1986 during a time when he was a 26-year old studio host for CBS. His dad drove from Houston, but only for the Friday basketball practices and to proudly watch his son go through rehearsals.
Later that night, the NCAA committee threw a welcoming barbecue for the folks at CBS at the legendary Southfork Ranch in North Dallas. When a CBS director asked Nantz where his father was, he told him he had driven back to Houston because he didn't have a ticket to the Final Four games.
"You did ask for a ticket, didn't you?," Nantz said the director asked him. "And I said, 'Well, I didn't know I could ask for a ticket.'
"He said, 'Look, you're going to be at this network for a long time. You're hosting the Final Four. All you had to do was ask somebody. It was your father. They would have gotten him in.'"
Some 28 years later, Nantz said: "My father has been gone now for six years. I don't have any regrets in my career, but that's the one I would love to be able to have back again.
"I would love to have had my dad at that Final Four in Dallas. I didn't know — I was so young — that I was allowed to ask for a ticket at CBS.''
Nantz, of course, corrected his faux pas the following year as his father attended the Final Four in New Orleans in 1987.
"And he was there for many others after that,'' Nantz said. "The last one would have been in '98 in San Antonio.
"He ended up surviving another 10 years after the '98 Final Four, but by the '98 Final Four my dad was in the third year into a diagnosis of Alzheimer's and it was a real question mark whether or not it would be a good idea to bring him to a setting that's loud and with that many people around. I had my mother, my sister and my brother in law, Don, at the game and my dad was insulated from anything that would have been awkward or inappropriate — I was just trying to protect my father's dignity."
In 2008, Nantz wrote a book titled: Always By My Side — A Father's Grace and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other. In it, among other things, Nantz tells how people he's met over the years remind him of the virtues his father taught him.
"There was such a strong reaction and outpouring from people about the book that could relate to the book,'' Nantz said. "I thought the book galvanized the community a little bit, people who are members of the Alzheimer's community and the care-giving community.''
Alzheimer's, and what it did to his family, indeed changed Nantz and his outlook on life. For him, it's truly personal.
"I want to see a difference in our lifetime,'' Nantz said, referring to Alzheimer's. "I want to be able to get our hands around this insidious disease and find a way to ultimately one day find a treatment and, of course, even better, one day find a cure."


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"The Book of Mormon" knocked down the door of the 65th annual Tony Awards at New York's Beacon Theatre on Sunday night, snagging a worshipful total of nine Tonys, including best musical. In the winner's circle: composers Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, directors Casey Nicholaw and Parker and an emotional newcomer-no-more named Nikki M. James, now a best supporting actress winner.
There were no unexpected miracles. In the slightly more contested category of best play, the sentimental English favorite "War Horse" still ran past the post, winning five Tonys, including a best direction Tony for Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris' bravura piece of emotional staging. Most other awards also went as expected, including a best revival of a musical Tony for "Anything Goes" -- along with a Tony for its star Sutton Foster -- and best revival of a play for the searing production of Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart."
Parker thanked his loyal "South Park" fans, many of whom have been flocking to "Mormon," Broadway's hottest and funniest show. "Without you guys," he said, accurately in many ways, "we wouldn't be here." Foster, meanwhile, thanked all of her teachers. And her dresser.
Mark Rylance, winner for best actor in a play for his fine turn in "Jerusalem," delivered a typically strange and appealing speech about walking through walls. Norbert Leo Butz, winner for best actor in a musical, was one of the few bright spots for "Catch Me If You Can."
Two fine Hollywood actresses added to their mantles. Frances McDormand won best actress honors Tony for her powerfully rooted work as a working-class Bostonian in the play "Good People." Ellen Barkin, who won best supporting actress in a play for her blistering Broadway debut in "The Normal Heart," paid emotional tribute to playwright and AIDS activist Kramer, saying he had taught her that "one person can make a difference in the world." Her co-star John Benjamin Hickey, a Tony winner in the best supporting actor category for his moving work, said of Kramer, "those of us still standing, Larry, can never repay you."
During the broadcast, hosted in familiar and surprise-free fashion by a smooth and relaxed Neil Patrick Harris, most Americans got their first look at Daniel Radcliffe in musical-comedy mode: The chirpy, apparently fearless star of the Harry Potter movies acquitted himself well in the song-and-dance number "The Brotherhood of Man," as he does onstage in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." Radcliffe wasn't on tenterhooks; he wasn't even nominated.
Presumably, a number of Mormon viewers got their first actual look at the Tony-winning show that has been making headlines. Whatever they thought, the number "I Believe" was shrewdly chosen for a TV show intended to promote Broadway's current and future wares as much as celebrate achievements -- the song captured the combination of withering satire and genuine respect for faith that has made the show a hit.
Actress Brooke Shields, seated in the audience, was less shrewdly chosen, blowing a musical segment in Harris' mostly witty opening number, a spoof declaring that a "broadened" Broadway is no longer "just for gays," one that contained a couple of words that parents across America were probably less than delighted to be explaining to their theater-loving children. No in-home explanation was necessary for actor Bobby Cannavale's unheard contribution to the ditty -- the CBS censor took care of that. Mr. Bleep got another workout during "The Book of Mormon" segment, but it would have been wrong to play it any other way. The night's liveliest number was the disco classic "It's Raining Men" from "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel knew that the Lookingglass Theatre was going to be the winner of the regional theater Tony, as previously announced. In a statement put out Sunday night he congratulated Lookingglass for "its success in delivering quality, original theater for all to enjoy."
Kathleen Marshall said she planned to change the name of her twins to "Antoinette and Perry," in honor of her Tony victory as best choreographer of "Anything Goes." Meanwhile, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," now the first Broadway opening of the 2011-12 season, took it on the chin all night. Bono and The Edge poked fun at their missing the awards show's deadlines. "In rock 'n' roll," The Edge wryly observed, "deadlines are just the lies your manager tells you to get you back on the bus."
But the Tonys aren't rock 'n' roll. They're all Broadway. "I sent Bono a congratulatory cable," said Harris, firing off a series of gags aimed at the accident-plagued superhero spectacle. "It snapped."
The night's winners: Musicals
Best musical: "The Book of Mormon"
Revival: "Anything Goes"
Actor: Norbert Leo Butz, "Catch Me If You Can"
Actress: Sutton Foster, "Anything Goes"
Supporting actor: John Larroquette, "How to Succeed In Business"
Supporting actress: Nikki M. James, "The Book of Mormon"
Direction: Casey Nicholaw, Trey Parker, "The Book of Mormon"
Score: "The Book of Mormon"
Book: "The Book of Mormon"
Choreography: "Anything Goes"
Best play: "War Horse"
Revival: "The Normal Heart"
Actor: Mark Rylance, "Jerusalem"
Actress: Frances McDormand, "Good People"
Supporting actor: John Benjamin Hickey, "The Normal Heart"
Supporting actress: Ellen Barkin, "The Normal Heart"
Direction: Marianne Elliott, Tom Morris, "War Horse"


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This course will provide doctoral students the opportunity to work with their TAMU and TAMIU research committee co-chairs in developing and exploring research topics that will lead to their dissertation development through the use of quantitative and qualitative field research methods. The students will work with their professor and their co-chairs to begin to identify the scope of their research study and appropriate plan for completion. This course is taken for credit or non-credit. This course is only applicable to the TAMU Collaborative Ph.D. Program.Prerequisite: Approval by TAMIU doctoral program advisor.
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