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This will make you feel old: somehow we have already reached the 10th anniversary of the famous "Miracle Match" between Munster and Gloucester at Thomond Park. Those of us lucky enough to have been present can still hear the disbelieving cries as the visitors were shredded 33-6.
And now, as so often, life has come full circle. The heroes of 2003 are a decade balder and greyer but, once more, Irish teams are back wrestling the odds in Europe. Both Munster and the defending champions Leinster could be elbowed sideways into the Amlin Challenge Cup this weekend if they cannot conjure four-try wins against Racing Métro and Exeter Chiefs respectively. Even then, other results must go in their favour. It is 15 years since the Heineken Cup quarter-final draw contained neither of the two Irish provincial grandees.
Considering Leinster's recent title-winning excellence, this has a distinctly alien feel to it. To make matters worse, there are still fears that the Irish fly-half Jonathan Sexton will leave or Racing Métro at the end of this season despite the denials of the French club's owner, Jacky Lorenzetti. Brian O'Driscoll has just been deposed as national captain and is entering the final furlong of his thoroughbred career. His old midfield colleague Gordon D'Arcy is 33, Leo Cullen turned 35 last week and the All Black lock, Brad Thorn, so valuable last season, has gone. A changing of the garda is already under way.
If the outstanding coach Joe Schmidt returns home to New Zealand next year, as many also anticipate, Leinster could find themselves pretty much where Munster are now. As with Leinster and O'Driscoll, the absence through injury of their talisman Paul O'Connell has shone a harsh light on the next generation. Some look promising enough but replacing Anthony Foley, David Wallace, Alan Quinlan, John Hayes, Denis Leamy and Jerry Flannery was never likely to be a routine assignment.
"If you look at the players Munster have lost over the past three to four years, a huge amount of experience has gone," says Tom Hayes, brother of John and the influential captain of Exeter. "For a lot of people who have only been supporting Munster for the last 10 years, it would be a big shock to see them not get out of the group. But these things happen. They've got a new coach trying to implement a new style of play. These things take time."
In the view of Hayes and most others we are talking an Irish hiatus rather than a Cliffs of Moher-scale fall.
Ulster have been having a fine season and Leicester's Geordan Murphy, a long-time colleague of all the leading Irish players, reckons there is life in the old dogs yet. "I just think it's a blip. If O'Driscoll and O'Connell had been playing more often, it might be a different story even though they are older. Some of those great players still have a lot to add. I'm excited about the next couple of years for Irish rugby … if you take out O'Driscoll, D'Arcy and O'Connell, you've got a team who are mostly in their mid-20s and could be around for six or seven years more. It's not all doom and gloom, especially if we go out to try to play with a high intensity. I was really enthused by the way we played against Argentina in November. If we do that again I'm quietly hopeful for the Six Nations."
Hayes also stresses that Leinster, in particular, tend to be stronger from January onwards, with all their preparations geared towards peaking at the season's business end. "It's been fairly noticeable in the analysis we've done that the intensity of their rugby has lifted over the last few weeks," Hayes says. "A lot of their players are looking towards a big Six Nations and this is the time of the year when they really start to crank things up. When we played them in the opening round they were a little bit undercooked. It's probably going to be a different story this weekend."
Maybe, maybe not. There are plenty in Ireland concerned about the tighthead prop situation below Leinster's Mike Ross, with the hastily imported Irish Kiwi Michael Bent yet to show he is an irresistible force.
Sexton is an eye-catching talent but the Racing Métro offer is substantial enough to distract anyone. "If the numbers are right, it can't not happen," predicted one experienced Irish insider this week.
There is also the age-old problem faced by all champions with a title to defend. "They say it's hard to get to the top but it's harder staying there," Hayes says. "When you're up there everyone wants to knock you off."
Leicester have been through a similar period of everyone chasing their tail and Murphy confirms the experience can be sapping. "It's incredibly difficult. If you're in any way below par you're going to be under pressure. Leinster were obviously a bit shell-shocked at home to Clermont and losing that game means they're up against it."
Pin Murphy into a corner and he predicts a four-try Leinster victory at Sandy Park on Saturday. "It's a tough place to go but they'll fancy their chances. They'll throw everything at it and I'd expect them to get a bonus point." He is less confident about a Ronan O'Gara-less Munster at home to Racing on Sunday. "I think Munster have a tougher task. People in Ireland are already reminiscing about the Miracle Match but Racing are no mugs. It'll be a big ask."
Hayes, as a son of Co Limerick, will be even more intrigued to see what happens. In 2003 he opted to stay at home and watch the Gloucester game on television but "I went out and joined the celebrations afterwards all right."
This time he will demand Exeter complicate life for their visitors from Dublin, miracles or no miracles. "You can't say Leinster are done and dusted as a side when they've won the Heineken Cup for the last two years. They're still in with a chance of getting out of the pool … you can't say they're finished. We're certainly not looking at it that way."
A fascinating weekend lies in store, weather permitting.


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Ricky Perry Would Amend The Constitution To Reiterate Right Of Prayer
Rick Perry, desperate to get some attention from Republican voters who are primarily motivated by their religious beliefs, has proposed an amendment to the Constitution to protect the rights of religious Americans. The amendment would protect the right of public students to pray. "I would support a constitutional amendment that would allow our children to pray in school any time that they would like."
Public school students already have the right to pray whenever they want to, to whatever deity they want to, however they want to. That's already provided for by the First Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for freedom of religion.
No one has banned students from praying in public schools.
Public school students do not, however, have a right to force other students to pray. They also do not have a right to get the official endorsement for their prayers from the local governments that run their schools. What Rick Perry calls a "ban on prayer" is not actually a ban on prayer. It's merely a lack of government-organized and sanctioned prayer.
Rick Perry seems to think that school children need local governments to teach them how to pray. A more reasonable approach is what's already taking place: Public schools allow students to decide to pray on their own if they want to. If students don't want to pray to any divine beings, then they don't have to opt out of some centralized government prayer bureaucracy. They simply don't make the the individual decision to pray.
Adults get to choose whether they belong to a prayer-centered religion. Why should students be directed into a prayer religion by the government?

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Jennifer - posted on 09/10/2009 ( 7 moms have responded )
My son Logan who is 4 1/2 now has been having night terrors for the past year. They are very typical for boys and typical in the 1st 4 hours of sleep, which is what we are experiencing.
Does ANYONE have a good remedy for this? Besides telling me he'll grow out of it?
I'm pregnant w/ another boy and due early Dec. I really want to try and break him of this horrible routine of nightly episodes.
Someone please help! I will try anything!


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Generous shoppers shared their groceries when Burnley Rotary Club asked for their help.
They amassed 21 overflowing trolleys during a collection in the foyer at Asda in Colne, and were particularly impressed by three young lads who collected money from their friends and filled one of the trolleys.
The non-perishable collection, worth an estimated £4000, was given out through the Women's Refuge and the Salvation Army in the Nelson area.
Said Rotary member Gerald Holden: "Our thanks go to the Colne Asda store for allowing the collection and more importantly to the public for their outstanding generosity, and in particular the young lads."


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Truth About Aruban Tourism
1. Reviewed the most popular Caribbean tourism destinations there are, choosing those with the most comparable events, activities, and attractions as that 'safe, happy island' we all despise so much.
2. Using www.travelocity.com, www.expedia.com, www.orbitz.com, and www.priceline.com, I averaged the three least expensive round-trip airfares for one adult to each destination. I also averaged the three least-expensive three-star hotels at each destination, again using single-occupancy as a benchmark to obtain a per person price. I chose multiple-stop flights and specified no departure or arrival times to better obtain the least expensive results.
Note that I did not compare cruise prices; given the Congressional hearings and widespread concern about cruise line safety and accountability, I just do not feel comfortable advocating this industry in any way.
3. I multiplied the lodging / hotel figures by 7 to get a weekly, per adult rate and then added the round-trip airfare cost for each destination, and compared these.
4. Finally, I compiled the rates into a table for ease of comparison:
$834 (48% less than Aruba)
$1283 (20% less than Aruba)
$1311 (19% less than Aruba)
Cayman Islands
$1341 (17% less than Aruba)
Puerto Rico (Joe Mammana's favorite and part of the U.S.A.)
$1356 (17% less than Aruba)
$1381 (15% less than Aruba)
$1381 (15% less than Aruba)
$1380 (15% less than Aruba)
St. Kitts & Nevis
$1438 (11% less than Aruba)
$1454 (10% less than Aruba)
U.S. Virgin Islands
$1588 (2% less than Aruba, mostly due to high airfares)
British Virgin Islands
$1610 (about equal to Aruba)
What a surprise- Aruba is more expensive than all but one of the destinations I examined! But wait, it gets better. Aruba has all those wonderful attractions like casinos and hoppin' night clubs (a girl for every guy and a Rohypnol for every drink), horseback riding along the beach, private island retreats, sailing, fishing, and many other wonders including legal prostitution that other islands don't? Wrong...well, except for the prostitution; Aruba has a monopoly on that. Take a look:
Aruba has: fine dining and restaurants
So does: Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Aruba has: horseback riding and equestrian events
So does: Anguilla, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Kitss & Nevis
Aruba has: museums and historic sites
So does: Anguilla, Barbados, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Nevis, U.S. Virgin Islands
Aruba has: music, concerts, and festivals
So does: the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Aruba has: night clubs (date rape drugs and sleazy 'wingmen' not included)
So does: the Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
Aruba has: ecotours
So does: the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis (who pride themselves in ecotours), U.S. Virgin Islands
Aruba has: hiking and cycling
So does: the Bahamas, Dominica, Jamaica
Aruba has: sports venues and facilities
So does: the Bahamas, Barbados, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Nevis
Aruba has: golfing
So does: the Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Aruba has: casinos and gambling (a good father and son activity if you're Dutch)
So does: the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis
Aruba has: sport fishing, watersports, sailing, guided tours, art and local crafts, and scuba diving
So does: every other Caribbean island in this study!
What doesn't Aruba have (a competent and honest police force goes without saying)? I couldn't find any educational attractions, health spas, theatre, caving and rock climbing, botanical gardens, or zoos and wildlife parks in Aruba. But Anguilla, Bermuda, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands do.
Once again, my friend at www.caribbean.com come through for me. Thanks!


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The new drug, known as M-CPP or meta-chlorophenylpiperazine, stimulates the nervous system and produces the same hallucinatory effects as ecstasy, but can be more toxic, the interior ministry said. Potential side effects include psychosis, outbreaks of violence and poisoning. A police statement described it as "a new psychotropic substance, unknown to date and a producer of serious effects."
Each M-CPP tablet sells for between €6 (£4.20) and €12. The entire batch of 31,000 could have fetched about €300,000. It is the largest supply recovered so far in Europe where the drug has been circulating at least since late last year, according to the newspaper El País. Police have seized smaller lots in Finland, Norway, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. It is believed to have originated in eastern Europe.
M-CPP has been used in clinical trials on recovering alcoholics, in whom it produced a state similar to drunkenness, El País said. It is also cited in psychiatric research related to the neurotransmitter serotonin, a mood regulator.


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Topic: Postcards (08/29/05)
TITLE: I Will Never Leave You
By Kelli Young
We piled into the car and headed over to my Aunt Christine's who had planned a big meal for the family. The last thing I wanted to do was be with people. I wanted to go bury myself in my sorrow, but for now I couldn't do that. As I glanced around the room, people were talking and some even laughing. Life was going on as if nothing had happened. To me life should have stopped! At one point I felt it so strong it took everything in me to not scream it out loud.
Finally it was time for everyone to leave. Mom and Dad drove my sister Lacy and I home. We entered the house and it seemed so quiet. I ran upstairs to my room and collapsed on my bed. The tears started to come and then I cried uncontrollably afraid I would never stop. I slowed a bit and was quietly sobbing when again I heard a voice say, "I will never leave you or forsake you." "Where have I heard that before?" It was starting to bug me and then I remembered Julie. Julie was a Christian girl I knew in school. She was always trying to talk to me about Jesus. I was usually nice to her, but really never paid attention to what she said. One summer she attended a Christian camp and for some reason she had sent me a postcard. That's it! That's where I have heard this before. I knew it must be in my closet somewhere. I slipped out of bed and opened the closet door. I looked around for that special box I kept my important things in. I gently pulled it off the shelf and began to go through it. I had stored cards, letters, school papers, and postcards in this box. "It has to be here, I don't think I threw it away." "Yes, I finally found it." It was a pretty postcard. It had a beautiful picture of mountains on it and as I turned it over I read these words.
Dear Ellie,
I was thinking about you and wanted you to know that Jesus loves you and He will never leave you or forsake you.
Your Friend,
I could hardly believe it. I sat in my closet reading it and somehow I knew that Jesus was real and right here with me. I was not alone and I sat amazed at the thought that God knew 15 years ago I would need this word. How awesome that He would love me so much to plan ahead like this. Then I remembered how excited Ethan had been lately. He too had just become a Christian and was driving me crazy just like Julie once had, but now I understood. This God they talked about was real and I too wanted Him in my life. Right there in the quiet of my closet I gave Him my life and immediately a peace and a presence filled my heart. I crawled back in bed holding the postcard close to my heart and fell fast asleep.
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We are just days away from the 2014 South West Regionals! Here is a little heads up for the support crew making the trip to the beautiful land of Utah. While the competition will be held indoors we will be setting up a base camp outdoors where the athletes will recover and prepare for their next events and this location is open for all of you and your gear as well. We are offering to pack chairs and basic gear while their is room available in the vehicle driving up Wednesday. If you would like to get in on this, contact the front desk and get your stuff in the third bay.
As for attire, wear your red shirts on Friday, black shirts on Saturday and any Fury shirt on Sunday so that you match the Team. Plan on bringing workout clothes for a lunchtime WOD as well as packing your jump rope. Finally, be ready to have the time of your life and cheering your hearts out for these competitors as they give it their all this weekend! Sunday night we will be hosting an after party at the Team house!


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Unsaturated flow and transport through a fault embedded in fractured welded tuff
Water Resources Research
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AbstractTo evaluate the importance of matrix diffusion as a mechanism for retarding radionuclide transport in the vicinity of a fault located in unsaturated fractured rock, we carried out an in situ field experiment in the Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This experiment involved the release of ???82,000 L of water over a period of 17 months directly into a near-vertical fault under both constant positive head (at ???0.04 m) and decreasing fluxes. A mix of conservative tracers (pentafluorobenzoic acid (PFBA) and bromide (applied in the form of lithium bromide)) was released along the fault over a period of 9 days, 7 months after the start of water release along the fault. As water was released into the fault, seepage rates were monitored in a large cavity excavated below the test bed. After the release of tracers, seepage water was continuously collected from three locations and analyzed for the injected tracers. Observations of bromide concentrations in seepage water during the early stages of the experiment and bromide and PFBA concentrations in the seepage water indicate the significant effects of matrix diffusion on transport through a fault embedded in fractured, welded rock.
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CHICAGO - You already heard from Matt Williams after the Nationals' 3-0 win over the Cubs.
Now, let's hear from the players.
Here are postgame reactions from the clubhouse:
On if he's starting to feel more like himself each start after a month on the DL: "Yeah absolutely. From the last start to this start, it's just building confidence and velocity. Today it was good to see some high numbers in velocity today. It shows it's just building strength. Obviously coming from the DL and trying to come back, it's just going to be a process. It's not going to happen overnight. But it's good to see that little by little, using the fastball and the changeup at the same time, it's good to know that when you need them, they'll be there."
On stopping the three-game losing streak: "It's good to do that. Again, the Cubs are a tough lineup. When they get going, when they get hot, they'll get runners on and move them over, play the small game. I was saying that earlier to some of the guys on their team. They're pesky. They'll definitely make you earn your win. They kept it close the whole game. It was one of those games we needed to win. A tough turnaround, but we ended up pulling out a win."
On his approach on his eighth-inning triple: "Just trying to put the barrel on the ball. Don't change my approach whatsoever, no matter what the situation is."
On Denard Span's tremendous defensive fourth inning: "I actually thought the first one was gone, to tell you the truth. We just kept going back and he slowly stopped and turned around. I don't know what he did out there but he caught it."
On if Gonzalez looks more like the guy the Nats are used to seeing these last couple starts: "Definitely, you could tell he was more fluid and more relaxed out there. He's back to his comfortable self. It's exciting to watch."
On Gonzalez getting quick outs today: "It's awesome. It keeps us on our toes. It's not a long inning. We get kinda restless out there. Our feet become more static and we're not ready for plays and balls at us jump on us."
On the catch on Justin Ruggiano's fourth-inning fly ball to the track: "I didn't anticipate twisting like that. I knew the ball was hit hard and my first reaction was to open up and get back. I think the win might have blew the ball the other way, that's why I had to take my eye off the ball and spin around and find the ball and find the wall. Once I knew where the wall, I looked up and just made a play."
On how he always seems to avoid hard contact with the wall on those types of plays: "Comes from playing football. Coming across the middle, catching the ball and then protecting yourself. I always try to know where the wall is, especially here with that brick wall. I saw Junior Lake the other day have a bad collision with the wall so it's about trying help my pitcher but protecting myself."
On his throw to double off Anthony Rizzo to end the fourth: "I had my eye on the ball but kinda in my peripheral I could kinda see he had kinda got out there a little too far. Had an outfield coach in Minnesota that we used to work on that. We'd always catch a fly ball and get rid of it on the run as quick as possible and work on the transfer like that. That's what I did. That's all I did really."
On the win: "We definitely needed that today. The last two days haven't been able to get anything going offensively. And just felt good to come out here this first game and get a W and set the tone and relax a little bit. We still gotta take care of business."
On the long road trip and doubleheader: "There's no question we're tired but we really don't have time to think about being tired. We gotta strap it back on and get ready to go. Thank God we've got a day off tomorrow. We'll be alright. We're professionals. We'll make it."
The Nats have one more game to play tonight before returning home. Nate McLouth will get the start in center as Span gets a night off. Ian Desmond will start at shortstop, while Danny Espinosa will sit for the second consecutive game as Kevin Frandsen will start once again at second base.
For the Nationals:
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2B Kevin Frandsen
RF Jayson Werth
1B Adam LaRoche
LF Ryan Zimmerman
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Six inbound and 18 outbound flights have been canceled at Albany International Airport Friday as the airport rebounds from a heavy snowstorm. Airport spokesman Doug Myers reported at 6:50 a.m. that the airport was open and operating.
Travelers are advised to check with their airline on their flight's status.
Amtrak was operating a modified schedule, with two of its earliest departures Friday canceled. But it was planning to operate much of the rest of its schedule, according to its train status website.
CDTA was reporting delays, and still was avoiding Peoples, Sage and Stow avenues in Troy, with buses re-routed.


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National Park Service preservationists, escorted by the equivalent of the agency's SWAT team, spent the past two weeks rolling through checkpoints and wading into moldy and still-wet museums to preserve rapidly disintegrating artifacts that record some of the Gulf Coast's colorful history.
They returned this week to the Washington area and will begin sifting through condition reports on thousands of artifacts recovered after Hurricane Katrina. They saved flintlock muskets and Civil War pistols from rust. They rescued a Confederate colonel's diary and heirloom plant samples from mold. They helped save precious family photographs from the ever-growing trash piles in New Orleans neighborhoods.
It wasn't an easy mission, to work frantically amid human suffering to save things, rather than people, said Pam West, director of the Park Service's Museum Resource Center.
"There were times when we talked to people who lost everything, and we'd tell them we were sorry that we couldn't help them," West said. "But they would tell us: 'Oh, yes, you're doing something. You're saving our culture. You're saving our heritage.' "
The team of 10 curators -- preservationists and historians who are trained in outdoor survival skills and run drills by soaking items in swimming pools and then salvaging them -- split up between Mississippi and Louisiana, where they were escorted by the Park Service security force.
At the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Mississippi, the historians saved ceramics, glass and a 5,000-specimen historical plant exhibit that had been floating for days in rancid water, West said.
In New Orleans, team members were relieved to find priceless items such as Louis Armstrong's original music scores unharmed. But at the Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery, the site of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, the entire collection was assaulted by invasive, relentless rust and mold, she said.
"They were working with flashlights, and everything was dark and smelly and gross," West said. "It was just a couple of days underwater, and everything was rusty: flintlock muskets, pistols, swords and scabbards. The military uniforms were all reproductions, so we left those behind."
The weaponry was taken through checkpoints, packed and shipped to the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, where the Park Service's only gun conservator works.
At the cemetery, things looked much worse. The team had to bring in an archaeologist because the giant historic cypress and oak trees at the battlefield toppled in Katrina's winds, shooting the trees' ancient, sprawling root systems skyward. Embedded in the roots were pieces of historic coffins and old human remains, West said.
The archaeologist extracted, identified and prepared the pieces for burial, she said.
The team set up a triage room in Natchez, Miss., where they brought everything from farm implements to documents to historic photographs salvaged from the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park on Decatur Street in the French Quarter.
"Nothing was 100 percent lost. We were very lucky," West said.
The group also worked with the tiny museums that are the homes of old New Orleans families. Members took calls from grandmothers who didn't know how to preserve the antique collections that filled their Garden District homes and families who didn't know what to do with waterlogged books or family photos floating in their frames. If residents had Internet access, Park Service preservationists directed them to their Web site, which has salvage tips: www.ncptt.nps.gov.
Their best advice? "Do not throw stuff out. Just because it's wet and dirty doesn't mean it's lost," West said.


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Changing Of The GuardJanuary 13, 2009
Dre Kirkpatrick CB: Considering Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida State, Florida
Dre is an outstanding prospect. 6'2" corners with great speed don't grow on trees, so there is no wonder why everyone is after this young man. Being from the state of Alabama, Nick Saban will do everything in his power to keep Dre in state. I see it being a two-horse race between Alabama and Auburn, and the leader right now is Alabama. Look for Dre to sign with the Crimson Tide on Signing Day.
Manti Te'o OLB: Considering BYU, UCLA, USC, Stanford, Notre Dame
Manti is a physical specimen with elite speed and a knack for making plays. Playing in Hawaii might have some people wondering about competition, but at the Under Armour All-American Game, he left no question he is the top rated linebacker in 2009. He has a list of schools he's looking at but I feel at the end of the day he will choose UCLA.
Rueben Randle WR: Considering Alabama, Florida State, LSU, Miami, Georgia
Rueben is a playmaker with all the tools. He has great hands, excellent route running, great size, and elite speed. Rueben is rated the best wide receiver in the nation and there is little argument about that. He looking at several schools but the school with the inside track is LSU. Being from Louisiana, Les Miles knows how much he needs to keep Rueben in state—but look out for Florida State. I believe it's going to be LSU in the end, though.
Jelani Jenkins OLB: Considering Boston College, Florida, Illinois, Penn State
Jelani is a hard-nosed football player with good speed. He attacks the line of scrimmage and seeks out ball-carriers. Jelani also can drop back in coverage and play the pass well. Jelani has a bunch of college offers, but with Signing Day about six weeks away, it will come down to Florida and Penn State. My prediction is he will wind up at Penn State.
Devon Kennard DE: Considering Texas, USC, Arizona State, California
Devon has been hurt for most of this season with an ACL tear, but that didn't limit his college offers for all over the country. His junior season was outstanding with 111 tackles and 24.5 sacks. He is relentless in both run and pass situations. The race for his signature is between two schools: USC and Texas. For now I have Texas as the leader in the clubhouse, but we probably won't know until Signing Day.
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We mix each fragrance, we make small batches for the ultimate freshness and we mold every single bomb by hand. Our dedicated staff is committed to giving you the best product, the most luxurious experience, the ultimate in customer service and most of all - at a price that allows you to afford to treat yourself more than once a month.
Ingredients: Bicarbonate of Soda, Citric Acid, Olive Oil, Fragrance, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate (gentle foaming agent), Shea Butter. May contain FD&C Red 40, 33 22, Blue 1, Green 3 and 5, Orange 4, Yellow 5 and 6,(only food grade colorants) and Essential Oils (see description for specific oils that comprise the scent. May contain traces of sugar for decoration. Sulfate and paraban free. No animal products used. Only plant extracts and synthetic forms of the same. We NEVER test on animals or purchase from any vendor that does. We care deeply for overall well-being, and ours. This means that we care as much as how the materials arrive to us to make your products as to your experience with them and what happens to the water that goes down your bath drain after your wonderful bath. We want our planet to love the products too! Visit at www.sociallyresponsible.org.
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For the first time in a long time, a man has come into Janelle's life and she wants to spend more than one night with him. But it's hard to get close to someone when you've got a jealous ex lurking in the shadows and a history that's taught you not to let your guard down. When she takes a chance on a second date with Greg, she gets more drama than she bargained for. After a shocking night, the morning offers new hope, but there's one more thing that could ruin it all...
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We lay face to face until I grew too self-conscious and rolled over so we could spoon. After a couple of minutes, the inevitable happened and I felt him getting hard against my ass.
I lay still, waiting to see what he would do. Maybe he hadn't been thinking of me at all. Maybe he'd just wanted to get some before I went home. If that was the case, his fingers would soon slip underneath my t-shirt. I wouldn't mind. Not really.
But he held me like a perfect gentleman, doing nothing more than stroking my arms. It must say something about my personality, but knowing he didn't automatically expect me to do anything about his great big hard-on brought on a wet heat between my legs. I shouldn't have had such a low opinion of him. I guess I spend too much of my life preparing for disappointment.
I sat up in the bed and pulled off my t-shirt. There was nothing underneath.
Then he surprised me again. Instead of diving on me, he simply propped himself up on one elbow and said "You don't have to, Janelle."
He pulled me up short. There was plenty of physical evidence that he wanted me. I was offering myself up to him on a plate and he was holding back? "I want to." I leaned down to kiss him, moving his hand to my side as I parted his lips with my tongue. For a moment, he kissed me back, but then he pulled away.
"I don't want to take advantage of you. You were really upset last night."
I stroked his cheek. "Thank you for looking after me."
He turned his head to kiss my palm.
"But I'm not upset any more." Our eyes met and a burst of heat leapt between us.
The more I got to know him, the more I liked him. Leaning forward, I brought my lips within his reach. He took up the invitation, kissing me back down on to the mattress. Sliding my hands along his back, I guided him over to my side of the bed.
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The uncle of Hollywood star Matt Damon became the oldest person to swim the English Channel today, a record previously held by an Australian.
American George Brunstad, 70, arrived on a beach at Sangatte after 15 hours and 59 minutes in the water.
The former airline pilot waved his hands in the air as he walked ashore about 1.12am. He set off from Dover, Kent, yesterday morning for the gruelling 21-mile swim.
His successful crossing means Mr Brunstad, from Ridgefield in Connecticut, takes the record from Bertram Batts from Australia. Mr Batts was 67 when he swam the Channel in 1987.
Speaking from a boat en route back to Dover after his successful swim, Mr Brunstad said: "I feel a little bit tired but I am on a high, feeling very elated. It is wonderful. I had so much support from so many people.
"When my fingers touched the bottom I just said, 'Praise the Lord'. I was really happy and relieved because I had so many people who were counting on me."
Mr Brunstad was reunited with his wife Judy on the guide boat which accompanied him on the cross-Channel adventure.
Mr Brunstad, a world-class, long-distance swimmer, was hoping to raise money for his charity, Centre for Hope, set up following a trip with his wife to the village of Hinche in Haiti.
He was so touched by the local population that he established the charity, supported by his church in the US town of Wilton.
Mr Brunstad, who retired in 1994, was recently the only American to win an age group title at the Fina Swimming World Championship in Italy, and has several other long-distance titles to his name.


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The University of Delaware College of Engineering traces its beginnings to 1837, when a class in "surveying and leveling" was first taught at Newark College. Civil engineering became part of the science curriculum in 1850, but degree programs were not established until 1889 for Civil Engineering, 1891 for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and 1914 for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. In the early 1920s, the University of Delaware was known primarily for its engineering school, with more than half of the institution's entire student body enrolled in one of the four engineering disciplines. Long recognized for its emphasis on teaching, the College of Engineering endeavored to establish strong research and graduate programs as well. World War II brought the first significant funding for research, setting a new pattern for the institution. By 1960, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering's graduate education and research initiatives had earned the department national prominence. In the early 1970s, the Mechanical Engineering department became one of the first in the country to teach composite materials, leading to the creation of the internationally recognized Center for Composite Materials. The interdisciplinary research center created a unique model for industry cooperation and led the College to establish eight more research centers over the next 30 years. Materials Science, founded in 1960 as a program, was established as the College's fifth department in 1998. Today, the College of Engineering continues a proud tradition of excellence in research, teaching and service that has brought prestigious national accolades to both faculty and students.
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Provides access to information on a drive.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Provides access to information on the specified drive.
Indicates the amount of available free space on a drive, in bytes.
Gets the name of the file system, such as NTFS or FAT32.
Gets the drive type, such as CD-ROM, removable, network, or fixed.
Gets a value that indicates whether a drive is ready.
Gets the name of a drive, such as C:\.
Gets the root directory of a drive.
Gets the total amount of free space available on a drive, in bytes.
Gets the total size of storage space on a drive, in bytes.
Gets or sets the volume label of a drive.
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.)
Retrieves the drive names of all logical drives on a computer.
Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
Returns a drive name as a string.(Overrides Object.ToString().)
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Populates a SerializationInfo object with the data needed to serialize the target object.
This class models a drive and provides methods and properties to query for drive information. Use DriveInfo to determine what drives are available, and what type of drives they are. You can also query to determine the capacity and available free space on the drive.
The following code example demonstrates the use of the DriveInfo class to display information about all of the drives on the current system.
using System; using System.IO; class Test { public static void Main() { DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives(); foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives) { Console.WriteLine("Drive {0}", d.Name); Console.WriteLine(" Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType); if (d.IsReady == true) { Console.WriteLine(" Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel); Console.WriteLine(" File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat); Console.WriteLine( " Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes", d.AvailableFreeSpace); Console.WriteLine( " Total available space: {0, 15} bytes", d.TotalFreeSpace); Console.WriteLine( " Total size of drive: {0, 15} bytes ", d.TotalSize); } } } } /* This code produces output similar to the following: Drive A:\ Drive type: Removable Drive C:\ Drive type: Fixed Volume label: File system: FAT32 Available space to current user: 4770430976 bytes Total available space: 4770430976 bytes Total size of drive: 10731683840 bytes Drive D:\ Drive type: Fixed Volume label: File system: NTFS Available space to current user: 15114977280 bytes Total available space: 15114977280 bytes Total size of drive: 25958948864 bytes Drive E:\ Drive type: CDRom The actual output of this code will vary based on machine and the permissions granted to the user executing it. */
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As MMAjunkie.com previously reported, UFC interim champ Renan Barao is injured and out of next month's UFC 161 event. With little time to find a suitable replacement, the night's co-feature between Rashad Evans and Dan Henderson has been promoted to headlining status.
UFC officials on Tuesday made the change. Evans vs. Henderson remains a three-round bout.
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Evans, who had won four straight fights after losing his title to Lyoto Machida in 2009, looks to end a two-fight losing streak after dropping back-to-back decisions to current light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
The 33-year-old had flirted with the idea of a potential move down to middleweight in recent months but instead will face Henderson, who dropped a close split decision to Lyoto Machida this past month at UFC 157. The loss, which snapped a four-fight win streak and came after a 15-month injury layoff, likely cost the 42-year-old a title shot.
Barao looked to defend his interim title for a second time as champion Dominick Cruz recovers from a knee injury. Barao, who's won 30 straight fights (and five straight in the UFC), defended his interim belt for the first in February with a submission win over Michael McDonald.
His original opponent, Eddie Wineland, a former WEC champion, recently fought his way back into title contention with back-to-back wins over veterans Scott Jorgensen and Brad Pickett. Wineland's next move has yet to be announced.
With the loss of the Barao vs. Wineland contest, the UFC 161 main card has room for one more fight. It's currently unknown if UFC officials will secure a new opponent for Wineland or promote another contest from the evening's preliminary card.