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At last! After the longest gestation period in modern rugby history, the All Blacks are about six days away from delivering a bundle of joy for expectant mid-wife Graham Henry. All the months of rest and reconditioning, Tri-Nations triumphs and selection shocks are over, Henry's battalion has arrived at the World Cup. Marseille - the All Blacks' training base for the next 12 days and venue for the Sunday (NZT) Pool C opener against the Italians - turned on a traditionally sunny welcome. Lock me up in the Saint-Jean cooler and throw away the clef, but it was 28-degC for those of you still suffering at the start of a southern hemisphere spring. The All Blacks haven't won the World Cup for 20 long years, so they arrived in the Provencal capital with some baggage.
Eastridge Teammates Honor Rivera
Friends in Irondequoit honored a local high school student killed in a crash this summer. Eastridge High School remembered Henry Rivera during the football team's first game of the season. His teammates raised a memorial flag to him before kickoff. The physical education department gave Henry's family his sports locker door. "They've honored my son in a very beautiful way," said Henry's father. "In a raising of a flag underneath the American flag. It means a lot. It means a lot. But that's how my son was, his love was as big as a country." In June, Eastridge honored Rivera by awarding his diploma to his parents. Rivera and his friend, Pedro Hernandez, were killed in May on Route 590 when a driver, Herman Bank, drove the wrong way on the expressway.
Resolve Healthy Schools Act
You only have to go to a beach, park or mall to confirm that one in four New York children are obese. It's frightening because of the long-term medical problems many kids can develop unnecessarily. When lawmakers meet again, they should work to resolve differences on the Healthy Schools Act, legislation that would not only improve the food and drinks children get in schools, but teach them more about how to eat better when they're not. Governor Eliot Spitzer admirably put forth a proposed statute creating a new, strict mind-set about food and drinks served in schools. State Assembly and Senate proposals for the Healthy Schools Act would make the changes regulatory, a better idea because it would be easier to update and revise as the science of healthy eating advances.
Dijon brings a little Paris into Ithaca
Courtnay: "I saw this guy drinking a cup of coffee in the back row and I thought he was really cute. The next thing I knew I was climbing over seven rows of seats to meet him. (I wasn't wearing a skirt that day.)" Mark: "I used to be good looking." .
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