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Manufacturer: Oceanic
Model: EOS FDX10 Yoke Regulator
Product Code: Oceanic-EOS-Regulator-Yoke
Comprised of precision-machined components and extensive research and design, the EOS regulator has achieved an incredible feat…lifelike breathing. Oceanic's gifted team of design engineers has included effortless breathing, inhalation effort adjustments, and comfortable second stage swivels and orthodontic mouthpieces into a regulator that you can hold in the palm of your hand. This is far more than just another regulator in the eyes of the Oceanic team, this is a dream come true. The choice is yours.For over 30 years, Oceanic's R&D group has taken advantage of new materials, development of rapid prototyping, advanced computer aided design systems, objective testing, and lots of open water dives in an effort to develop a regulator with the lowest measurable inhalation effort in order to provide air to a diver at the extremes of human capacity.When engineering brought the near complete EOS in for conformational testing the results were so astounding, the laboratory stopped testing and performed a complete calibration of all instruments, and in re-testing the EOS was found to have a near effortless inhalation resistive effort on test after test. Perfect.Comprised of precision-machined components and extensive research and design, the EOS regulator has achieved an incredible feat…lifelike breathing. Oceanic's gifted team of design engineers has included effortless breathing, inhalation effort adjustments, and comfortable second stage swivels and orthodontic mouthpieces into a regulator that you can hold in the palm of your hand. This is far more than just another regulator in the eyes of the Oceanic team, this is a dream come true.
DVT eliminates corrosion of critical internal components, bacteria, hose deterioration, and damaged gauges and computers.
A: Most first stage regulators are exposed to corrosive water intrusion either when removed from the cylinder valve between dives or in the rinse tank.
A: Most dust caps are not designed to keep water from entering your first stage. Regardless of how carefully you may maintain your regulator, water entry is a much more common problem than most divers realize.
A: When water enters your first stage, critical internal seals break down and precision-machined metal parts begin to corrode. This inevitably leads to significant performance degradation and expensive repairs. Moisture also spreads throughout your breathing system, causing bacteria build-up, hose deterioration, and damage to gauges and computers.
Though you should always use your dust cap to keep dust and other contaminants from entering your first stage, the extra protection of DVT means one less worry.
Open the tank valve and air is delivered through a downstream system without restriction.
When your dive is finished, before the regulator is even removed from the tank valve, the Dry Valve Technology system is already closed, sealing out moisture and any other contamination.
The filter is safely positioned behind the moisture barrier to eliminate filter flow restriction due to corrosion.
Pneumatically Balanced Valve.
The pneumatically balanced second stage reduces breathing resistance to near zero with a balanced valve seat designed to respond to the slightest inhalation.
A pneumatically balanced second stage actually has (or can have) the same initial crack opening effort as a mechanically balanced, but the spring force of a pneumatically balanced second stage is lighter so it's spring rate is also lower. Therefore the force required to open the valve farther as flow increases is less than that required for a mechanically balanced second stage with a higher rate spring. So the total effort to breathe the pneumatically balanced second stage is indeed less.
The spring force must be just enough to overcome the difference between downstream air pressure and upstream balance chamber pressure.
The downstream air travels through a hole in the poppet into the balance chamber and applies an "upstream" force just slightly less than the downstream force.
Diver Adjustable Inhalation Effort. Most downstream demand valve regulators are calibrated during manufacturing to a single, 'middle of the road' operation. Whether finning up current at 100+ feet or merely snorkeling out to the dive site, this factory adjustment may not be optimum for the wide variety of demands we place on our equipment. A simple twist of the adjustment knob enables complete control... Set the inhalation requirement to near zero when you need ultimate performance, or tune it for greater resistance as conditions or preferences change.
Patented Dynamic Adjustment. A common objection to adjustable second stages is that divers can't imagine themselves twisting and turning a knob as they descend and ascend through the depths. If inhalation resistance is set near zero at depth, your ascent would require you to manually increase resistance as ambient water pressure is reduced to prevent free-flow. Taking another stride beyond common second stage engineering, Oceanic designed a patented DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT feature into the heart of the EOS. This mechanically balanced valve maintains your preferred breathing resistance throughout the dive. Set it once and the EOS automatically adjusts to make breathing as easy at 100 feet as it is at 30 feet - with no additional manual adjustment.
Ergonomic A.V.S. (Adjustable Venturi System) Dive/Pre-Dive Switch. Designed to be unobtrusive, yet easily manipulated even with the thickest gloves, the A.V.S. deflector vane found in the EOS either diverts airflow from the valve to the mouthpiece, producing effortless venturi-assisted inhalation or creates enough resistance to prevent free flow on the surface.
Inline Swivel. Ever notice that nearly every picture you see of a diver, their regulator looks like it's not the least bit comfortable♠ The EOS features an ergonomically designed in-line swivel for ultimate comfort.
Computer Optimized Design. The EOS was designed using the latest 3-D computer modeling techniques. This allows us the ability to model and test performance while still in the early stages of development. The EOS's unique valve, deflector vane and housing design directs airflow from the valve directly to the mouthpiece, producing nearly effortless venturi-assisted inhalation.
Patented Orthodontic Mouthpiece with High-Density Bite Tabs. To further reduce jaw fatigue, the EOS features a patented Orthodontic Mouthpiece, designed to accommodate the natural overbite of the human jaw.
Nitrox Compatible. The EOS | FDX-10 is classified as being suitable for use with Nitrox breathing gas mixtures containing up to 40% oxygen by volume without the need for special preparation, cleaning or component parts.
FDX-10 Over-Balanced Diaphragm First Stage. The Forged from marine-grade brass, the FDX-10 features optimized air paths and angled hose ports for superior performance and comfort. A sealed Balanced Diaphragm design, Enviro Kit and patented DVT (Dry Valve Technology) isolate all internal components from the environment. 2 high pressure and 4 low pressure ports allow convenient and comfortable hose routing.
The FDX-10 high performance over-balanced first stage provides progressively greater intermediate pressure as depth and gas density increases. The center "pads" that the diaphragms act against are different sizes so the working area of the outer environmental diaphragm is larger than the working area of the inner diaphragm. As depth increases, more pressure is applied to the larger surface area of the outer diaphragm than would be applied to the internal diaphragm. The result is superior gas delivery under the most extreme conditions.
DVT (Dry Valve Technology) Ever wonder why they call it a "dust cap" and not a water cap♠ Most dust caps are not designed to keep water from entering your first stage. Regardless of how carefully you may maintain your regulator, water entry is a much more common problem than most divers realize.
DVT is a revolutionary regulator technology designed to automatically eliminate moisture and contaminants from entering your first stage, even if the dust cap is accidentally left off. DVT eliminates corrosion of critical internal components, bacteria, hose deterioration, and damaged gauges and computers.
WORK OF BREATHING Did you know that it costs energy to breathe♠ The amount of energy your regulator requires to move each liter of air is called work of breathing (WOB). Lower work of breathing equals lower effort required to breathe and increased comfort and safety during a dive.
How to Read Work of Breathing Charts The computer-generated breathing machine chart presented above represents a regulator's performance per standards established by the U.S. Navy's Experimental Diving Unit. Tests are conducted at 198 feet with approximately 3000-psi supply pressure, 25 breaths per minute of 2.5 liters each.
(1) Inhalation - The chart shows one complete breath cycle, starting with inhalation on the left and continuing along the bottom to the right, staying mostly below 0.0; thus the inhalation work of breathing is reported in negative numbers.
(2) Exhalation - The exhalation effort begins on the right and runs across the top to the left. These are all positive numbers since a diver (or the machine in this case) is blowing out (exhaling) rather than inhaling.
(3) WOB - The total area inside the loop formed by the two lines is what the computer analyzes to calculate the regulator's total work of breathing - the amount of energy the regulator requires to move each liter of air.
*Column Inches of Water
We guarantee that at any time during the first 30 days of purchase, your Oceanic product fails to meet your expectations, that product may be exchanged by a participating Authorized Oceanic Pro Dealer. No questions asked.


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Have you tried the new Windows Live Search? I have been using it as the default search on all my computers at work and home (10+ of them) and am very impressed by the improvements. While all the great new features are quite excellent, I am very pleased with the quality (relevance) of the search results themselves. The rollout was gradual, and most of you should be seeing the new search by now. If not, both the Live Search blogs have direct links to the various features.
On that note, here is some search related news for you from Andrea, your friendly neighborhood program manager for the Windows Live Translator Beta:
Windows Live Translator Beta is now directly integrated in the newest version of Live Search. What does this mean? When a search result (i.e. web page) has been found in a language which is different than the user's language, and the Live Translator can translate from the web page's into the user's language, the search result is accompanied by a new link: "Translate this page"
(User language = English; web page language of all 4 search results = Spanish; translation offered: from Spanish to English)
A click on this link opens the found web page in Bilingual Viewer mode, allowing the user to see the original web page and its translations with all enhancements described in our previous blog entry.
You may ask: how does Live Search know "my" language? Generally, your system settings provide this information. You can change your language settings either in your browser which will influence the behavior of all language(or "market)-sensitive web sites, or you can define a "Display Language" just for your Live Search experience. Live Search's "Options" menu allows you to select your preferred language in which the Live Search user interface will be displayed to you.
If you choose to select a display language there, it will henceforth be considered "your" language. Any web page found by Live Search that is in a different language from yours may be shown with a "Translate this page" link, provided that translations from the page language into your (selected) language are available. (Please see our introduction blog entry for a list of translation languages we currently offer).
That was Andrea, giving you the scoop on what to expect with the new search integration.
Many times, I find myself searching for deeper meanings for cryptic error codes that programs often throw up. Some other times I find myself searching for any information that might be gleaned about the latest Tablet PCs. These searches tend to turn up sites in other languages with potentially useful information. The new "translate this" integration into search is now a feature that I cannot live without.
Have fun searching and translating!
- Vikram

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MANHATTAN — East Side City Councilman Daniel Garodnick has raised more than $1 million for a run at citywide office, posing a potential challenge to replace embattled City Comptroller John Liu, who is eyeing a run for mayor.
Garodnick raised more than $280,000 over the past six months, according to campaign filings released Wednesday, bringing his campaign war chest to more than $1 million so far.
"That's a considerable amount of bucks," said Baruch College politics professor Doug Muzzio. "If Liu does run for mayor and opens up the comptroller seat or needs to resign… Garodnick is in a really good spot," he said.
While the councilman has not yet officially declared his candidacy for any position, sources close to him said he's eyeing a run for comptroller if Liu leaves the post, setting up a potential challenge with fellow Councilman Domenic Recchia Jr., who currently heads the Council's powerful Finance Committee.
Recchia brought in over $270,000 over the past six months, bringing his total raised to $483,000 for the 2013 race.
If Liu chooses to remain comptroller, some believe Garodnick would also be a strong candidate for Manhattan Borough President, a position that is also being eyed by Community Board 1 chairwoman Julie Menin, as well as Councilwoman Jessica Lappin. Current Borough President Scott Stringer is running for mayor.
Garodnick, who chairs the Council's Consumer Affairs committee and held a large campaign kick-off event earlier this month, said he was excited by the numbers, which place him among the city's fundraising elite.
"People have been extremely supportive, and I'm encouraged by that," Garodnick said of the filings, which were made public Wednesday.
"I think that my approach of trying to solve people's problems by rolling up your sleeves and getting things done is appealing. I've tried to bring that, along with progressive values, to the table," he added.
In addition to his focus on consumer protection issues, Garodnick said he will continue to push for long-term affordable housing and stability for tenants at Stuyvesent Town and Peter Cooper Village, where he was raised and currenty lives with his wife and young son.
In addition to his cash flow, Garodnick's records show he spent about $34,000 over the past six months, mainly on campaign consultants, voter databases, and a major event at the Mexican restaurant Mojave in Astoria, Queens.
While other candidates like Stringer have courted money from big-names celebs, including actress Scarlett Johansson and Lady Gaga's dad, Joe Germanotta, Garodnick said he's relying on longtime supporters, including his family.
"My mom is there," he joked. "That's the biggest name I think you're going to find." (Records show she donated $200 last week.)
And while he intends to continue fundraising, Garodnick said his energy will remain focused on his current Council gig.
"There's still two years to go, and I have a list of legislative goals that is extremely long," he said.
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1. Re: Fruit NinjaNed Murphy Apr 7, 2012 5:06 AM (in response to GadiGz)1 person found this helpful
I am not experiencing any kind of slow perfrmance that I am aware of. Maybe your machine needs to be more robust.
In any case, you should be cleaning up each melon after it has run its course. That way you are not building up excess memory usage.
2. Re: Fruit NinjaGadiGz Apr 7, 2012 5:49 AM (in response to Ned Murphy)
If you move the mouse fast the line that follows it start being straight lines rather than the exact path that the mouse does..
any thought on how to fix that issue?
3. Re: Fruit NinjaNed Murphy Apr 7, 2012 5:59 AM (in response to GadiGz)1 person found this helpful
As I already indicated, I am not experiencing what you describe... it might just be a machine problem
4. Re: Fruit NinjaGadiGz Apr 7, 2012 6:08 AM (in response to Ned Murphy)
so it figured out...
i thought flash would be easy on the processor but i guess its not
if i want to put this on a mobile phone, any ideas on how to improve the performance so it woud run on less "robust" machines?
thanks anyway
5. Re: Fruit Ninjamr.shumi Apr 7, 2012 12:07 PM (in response to GadiGz)
yeah i notieced that if u move the mouse very very fast or if u press space and keeep pressing it down
like press and dont remove ur hand and watch how the fps drops
but nice game
i have seen a tutorial that uses box2d for the cutting effect
6. Re: Fruit NinjaA.Liebscher Apr 8, 2012 7:00 PM (in response to GadiGz)
Like what mr.shumi said, if you hold down space, it will slow down. But, that is very simple to fix, good game though.
7. Re: Fruit Ninjacaco_chapira Sep 4, 2013 7:16 AM (in response to GadiGz)
Hi gadi! please share your slice trail FX with uss!!! pleeeaassseeeee !!


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Mitchell becomes third Saline mayor facing recall
"You call me the ringleader, so I hate to be the bearer of bad news" were the words of Alexander Alderman Andy Mullins as he rose to address mayor Paul Mitchell during the Alexander City Council meeting Tuesday night. Mullins approached Mitchell and handed him a copy of a petition for signatures to recall the mayor from office. Mitchell looked at the petition briefly before wading it into a ball and leaving it on his desk. The action was the final piece of business of the meeting. The council adjourned shortly thereafter. Mullins says he has had contact with Alexander residents who are ready to sign the petition. "It's what the city is wanting. I'm here for what the city wants as an elected official," he added. "We won't have any problems getting the signatures," said Mullins. He researched the initiative and says a total of 233 signatures from the Saline County portion of Alexander and a total of 20 signatures from the Pulaski County side of Alexander are needed to put the measure before the residents for a vote. Mullins stated he consulted with Bryant Alderman Adrian Henley regarding the steps necessary to initiate the recall process. Henley recently started an effort to recall Bryant Mayor Jill Dabbs from office. Henley had not returned messages to verify Mullins' claim of involvement at press time. At the conclusion of the meeting, six people signed the petition before leaving. Approximately 40 people were in attendance. Mullins said he has been considering the recall initiative for several weeks but has feared coming forward. He says he has received telephone calls and threats from those who support Mitchell. "I'm afraid he will have his cronies come around and shoot up my house," said Mullins. As of press time, Mitchell had not returned calls or messages regarding the recall initiative or other comments made by Mullins. If comments are received, they will be reported in the Saline Courier. Mitchell is the third current Saline County mayor facing a recall initiative. Dabbs in Bryant is facing a challenge led by Henley and Bauxite Mayor Johnny McMahan is the object of an effort initiated by Bauxite resident Debbi Purifoy. In other business, Mullins raised the issue of city employees using their city vehicles for personal use, despite a directive from Mitchell not to do so. Mullins produced photographs of the vehicle driven by Fire Chief Mark Ridgeway parked outside an establishment outside Alexander city limits. Ridgeway confirmed the location of the business in the photograph and said he had gone there to meet his wife. "I'm on call 24/7," said Ridgeway. "I listen to all the calls coming in and if it requires me to be there, I respond to the call." Mitchell responded to the issue by saying he had distributed the city policy against personal use of city vehicles to all department heads and expected it to be followed. He told the council he would have a meeting with Ridgeway to get additional details. Alderman Dorothy Smith urged Mitchell to have the conversation during the council meeting. Mitchell stated he would talk with Ridgeway as a department head in a meeting to be scheduled. He also said he would decide a course of action based upon the outcome of the meeting. Ridgeway told the council "it will not happen again" in regard to his personal use of the city vehicle. Mullins also questioned Police Chief Horace Waters about one of the city police vehicles being parked outside a business during off-duty hours. Waters explained that he had approved the action by one of his officers. The officer in question works off-duty at the establishment and Waters approved the action because "it's on his way home and no additional tax dollars are spent on fuel." Mullins and the council were satisfied by Waters' decision, but the matter came up during public comment. The sentiment expressed by two residents present was that this was an abuse of city finances and that "if it's not OK for one, it shouldn't be for another." Alderman Regina Watson addressed the council and the crowd gathered at the meeting regarding a program of community involvement she is spearheading to improve the city and its image. A separate story of this effort will be published in a later edition of The Saline Courier. The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.


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Republicans Press on Border Security; Perry to Send Troops
GOP Governor to Activate up to 1,000 National Guard Troops in South Texas
Republicans grappling with the surge of Central American migrants entering the country this year have lined up behind a common goal: ratcheting up security along the Southern border.
Both on and off Capitol Hill, Republicans have called for a more muscular approach to border security in response to the recent influx of migrants, returning to a top priority during the broader debate about rewriting immigration laws. On Monday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he would deploy as many as 1,000 state National Guard troops to try to...


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Clarian Labs, a Seattle-based tech startup that has been working on power source for the Department of Defense Humanoid Robot Program, has just pulled-out of stealth mode its rotary generator (read the patent here). A battery-sized hybrid generator solution, Clarian's invention basically creates an electric power source that can be rapidly refueled by swapping out a fuel source pack (a host of fuels can be used in this regard including bio-fuels and hydrogen).
These fuels then in-turn power the rotary-piston motor, exactly as you'd find in any sort of Wankel-powered vehicle, except for one small detail: there's no output shaft. Instead of mechanically driving the wheels of the vehicle, the unit uses rotational induction from the rotary-piston to create an electrical current, which would then power the electric motor of your choosing. In reality, the system isn't that different from what is found on modern diesel locomotives (modern trains use a diesel motor as a generator which in-turn powers electric motors), except obviously more compact.


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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Role of inorganic chemistry on nuclear energy examined
The journal Inorganic Chemistry published a special Forum issue on the role of inorganic chemistry in nuclear energy. John Gordon of LANL's Inorganic, Isotope and Actinide Chemistry group guest edited the issue. Gordon, a member of the journal's editorial advisory board, was invited to participate in this capacity due to the Laboratory's seminal role in the field of inorganic actinide chemistry. The Forum contained invited contributions from distinguished scientists, some from Los Alamos, who presented fundamental as well as application-driven research.
Significance of the research
The efficacy of nuclear power production rests on the ability to manage a nuclear fuel cycle safely, efficiently, and economically. "Fuel cycle" is the term used to describe how nuclear fuel progresses through the various stages involved in generating electricity. A particular type of fuel cycle comprises steps in the "front end," which represent the preparation of the fuel (e.g. mining and fuel enrichment); the "service period" when the fuel material is used in reactor operation for electricity production; and the "back-end" steps, which are aimed toward the safe handling and subsequent reprocessing or disposition of spent nuclear fuel materials. The articles in the issue discussed inorganic chemistry as it relates to different aspects of the fuel cycle. Inorganic chemistry can provide insight and improve technical issues surrounding nuclear power production and waste disposition.
Research achievements
Alkaline radioactive wastes exist in many countries. Knowledge of the nature of chemical species formed under these conditions is a prerequisite to remediation of these legacy wastes. Under the strongly alkaline conditions characteristic of waste tanks and sludge washing conditions, transuranic elements can dissolve, causing difficulty in separations and partitioning into both high- and low-level waste components. One paper presented the results of spectroscopic techniques that probed the nature of neptunium chemistry under the highly alkaline conditions that are relevant to alkaline radioactive waste forms.
The fission of actinides in reactors produces the lightest radioelement, technetium. An understanding of the chemistry of technetium and the ability to manipulate its chemistry could be exploited in the fuel cycle for waste forms and in separation technologies. A paper reported the synthesis of new technetium halides and demonstrated trends with structure, coordination number, and speciation that can be used in the nuclear fuel cycle. The authors provided examples of technetium−zirconium alloys as waste forms.
The research team
Los Alamos researchers include David L. Clark, Steven D. Conradson, Robert J. Donohoe, John C. Gordon, Pamela L. Gordon, Gordon D. Jarvinen, D. Webster Keogh, Phillip D. Palmer, Brian L. Scott, and C. Drew Tait. Scientists from Hunter College (City University of New York), University of Nevada–Las Vegas and Argonne National Laboratory collaborated on the work.
The DOE Office of Nuclear Energy and the Office of Science funded the research. This work supports the Laboratory's Energy Security and Global Security mission areas and the Materials for the Future science pillar.


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PACC Flag Football League returns with new name, but same focus
PUNXSUTAWNEY — On Monday morning, the Punxsutawney Chucks get back to practice for the 2013 season. Each Friday, fans of all ages make the trip to Jack F. LaMarca Stadium to cheer on their team. Some of the younger fans dream of the day they can put on the uniform and officially call themselves a "Chuck."
While there are tackle football youth league programs in the area, another league offers an alternative style of play, while still teaching the fundamentals of the game.
The former NFL Flag Football League is back this year, but instead of playing its games at the Walston Ball Field, they will change their name and location.
"We had the league last year and combined with Brookville to have a dual-league with them," one of the league-founders, Paul Hetrick, said. "This year, we just decided to make it more of a community event for our kids and keep it centered in Punxsutawney."
Hetrick, along with Brian Henretta, Chris Savage and Todd Heigley, reached out to Punxsutawney Area Community Center Director Rob McCoy, for his assistance.
Now known as the PACC Flag Football League, home games will be played at Harmon Field in Punxsutawney every Saturday afternoon, starting on Sept. 7.
When thinking about a flag football league, you may think that it's a non-contact sport. Hetrick, however, said he prefers to say it's a non-tackling league.
"There's blocking [at the line], and there's downfield blocking. It still gets physical," Hetrick said. "There's still the elements of football involved, just no tackling."
Last year, over 60 kids participated, and Hetrick is hoping for much of the same this year. His hopes are to draw enough interest to have two different divisions (age 7-9 and 10-12) with four to five teams playing each other.
"We'll just be a Punxsy league playing each other," Hetrick said. "As of now, it's going to be like Little League, where the teams play each other."
The eight-on-eight league will seem similar to Little League, as all of the kids will touch the ball and rotate in at different positions.
"We rotate players all the time. Every kid on the team touches the ball," Hetrick said. "It's more of a youth-based league in that regard. It's fun for them because they know they won't be stuck on the side, and they'll get to be a part of it."
Unlike older levels of football, the PACC Flag Football League is centered around fundamentals and making the kids feel comfortable.
"The big thing is fundamentals," Heigley said. "If the kid didn't want to do something, we didn't force them to do it. It's a matter of their own comfort level."
With all of the men being local residents, they're hoping that they are able to draw interest and shape football players of the future.
"Another goal is to teach some football skills, blocking techniques, terminology and trying to get more kids involved in being active in the community," Hetrick said. "We want to introduce them to football and get more interest in football in the area."
The flag version of youth football is a safer alternative than tackle football, but
Hetrick doesn't view the full-contact Pee-Wee league as a competitor. Instead, he looks at the PACC League as a stepping stone.
"Hopefully, we get kids out to play football with us who are a little intimidated by it [tackling], and once they play and get comfortable, they can move into pads," Hetrick said. "That's the ultimate goal with this. We want to see 50 kids standing on the sidelines playing Punxsy football in a few years. We want to get the numbers up and help the overall football program from bottom to top."
While the teams will play each other during the six-week regular season and the the short playoff day, Hetrick said having a local Super Bowl of sorts has been thrown around in discussion.
"It's been tossed around to have the champion of our league play the champion of Brookville's league," Hetrick said. "We work well enough with them that if it's something we can do and get it thrown together, I think it would be fun. It would be like a Super Bowl between the two towns. It's definitely on the radar."
Running an organized league like this takes a lot of work. In order to have things run smoothly, volunteers will be needed.
Hetrick, Heigley, Savage and Henretta all serve as coaches, but said with the more kids that sign up, the more help will be needed.
"We're the coaches, but we're still looking for more. If we get more players and kids out, then we'll need more help," Hetrick said. "We referee our own games and have some high school students come down to take care of that."
All kids between the ages of seven and 12 are encouraged to sign up for the PACC Flag Football League at the Punxsutawney Area Community Center or online at www.punxsutawneycommunitycenter.org until Aug. 14.
A league fee of $25 per child will go toward jerseys, footballs, flags and other supplies.


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What's better than adopting one cat? Adopting two! They will keep each other company, and two felines means double the love and affection for you.
Your kitty may not be as ferocious as the lions on TV nature shows, but these distant cousins share a common bond: "Cats are obligate carnivores, which means they must get nutrients from meat," explains Maria J. McGeorge, DVM, who runs a felines-only practice in Portland, Ore. "Cats cannot remain healthy on a vegetarian diet."
High-quality Protein SourcesAt least three types of meat provide optimal nutrition for your cat: chicken, fish and lamb. These three meats serve as high-quality protein sources when they are blended into well-balanced commercial cat foods, and they can satisfy your kitty on several counts.
Table Scraps Won't DoChicken, fish and lamb are great protein sources, but Dr. Dewhirst cautions that table scraps or meals you prepare specifically for your kitty don't match your cat's nutritional needs. "Feeding one of these [meats] exclusively is not a substitute for a well-balanced cat food," she notes. Most notably, commercial cat foods contain taurine, an essential amino acid that prevents blindness and heart failure in cats.
Kim Boatman is a journalist and frequent contributor to The Daily Cat, based in Northern California whose work has appeared in The Miami Herald, the Detroit Free Press and the San Jose Mercury News. She is a lifelong lover of animals and shares her home with three cats.
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ash says: Do alot of reading, feed more canned, do not leave out dry all day. Most cats can be overweight and too much dry IS the culprit. Cats can do fine on only canned food if you want. Look for meat ingredients not grain; some schools of thought say stay away from fish. The old stereotypes of cats eating fish and drinking milk are incorrect. No milk, they are lactose intolerant. No table scraps. Yes plenty of water, even a fountain if they don't drink enough. Even too much dry and they don't drink enough is a recipe for health issues. Canned of course has water in it.
maxkelly says: most people give cats a portion of wet food once or twice a day, and leave out a bowl of dry food all the time for munching in-between; your vet or pet store clerk can steer you right here and remember, habits are easily made and hard to break! Fresh spring water, NOT tap water, clean and available all the time is really important to me. Cats drink a lot of water; you'll be surprised, and God knows what chemicals are in city well/tap water! Good luck with your new buddy--may you enjoy many moons together.
Annmarie says: What should I be feeding my cat? Wet or dry or a combo of both? Can you please answer....I am a new cat owner....Thank You!
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Here we need only note that positive and negative emotions act as behavioral reinforcements. The pain caused by biting your tongue teaches you to chew carefully and avoid tissue damage. Bad tastes and bad smells reinforce the aversion to ingesting unhealthy foods. The pleasure caused by engaging in sex encourages procreation. The enjoyment of playing with our children, encourages parental investment and nurturing. Positive emotions encourage us to seek out states that increase our adaptive fitness. Negative emotions encourage us to avoid maladaptive states.
Recall that an expected stimulus is more accurately perceived when it is predictable. Accurate predictions help an organism to prepare to sidestep dangers and take advantage of opportunities. Since accurate predictions are of real benefit to an organism, it would be reasonable for psychological rewards and punishments to arise in response solely to the accuracy of the expectation. Following a snow storm, for example, I might predict that I will slip and fall on the sidewalk. In the event that I actually fall, the outcome will feel unpleasant, but the experience will be mixed with a certain satisfaction at having correctly anticipated the outcome. This fourth type of expection-related emotion might be dubbed the prediction response .
Psychological evidence in support of a
prediction response
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Confirmation of expected outcomes generally induces a positive emotional response even if the expected outcome is bad. It is as though brains know not to shoot the messenger: accurate expectations are to be valued (and rewarded) even when the news is not good. That is, a person might experience a positive prediction response and a negative outcome response at the same time.
In summary, we have distinguished four different types of expectation-related emotions. Each type serves a different biological function. The purpose of imaginative responses is to motivate an organism to behave in ways that may maximize future benefits. The purpose of the tension response is to tailor arousal and attention to match the level of uncertainty and importance of the outcome. The purpose of the outcome response is the often-noted goal of all emotions: to provide positive and negative reinforcements related to the biological value of different states. The purpose of the prediction response is to provide positive or negative reinforcements related to forming accurate expectations. All of these goals are biologically valuable.
Informally, we might characterize the "feeling" components to these responses by posing four questions:
As noted earlier, predicting a future event actually entails two predictions: the what and the when . The predictability of the what and when can be entirely independent. In musical rhythms, for example, listeners can form a strong expectation that some sound will happen at a particular moment, even though they have little inkling of what sound will occur. In other circumstances, the listener will have a good idea of what to expect, but will be left wondering when the sound will happen.
Ahhh, the subtle racism of lowered expectations. I'm sorry but education is designed, or should be, to create the most prepared students possible. Universities should not be diploma factories or tools for social engineering. Identity politics should have no no bearing on these matters. The truth is, not everyone should get a degree and it's also not inherently true that degrees should be handed out equally among all groups in proportion to their population or even enrollment. Sometimes it is best for the student to actually pursue other opportunities and not being able to pass Algebra 2 seems like a very good indication that this is the case and a relatively harmless way to weed out people who will likely fail before they go into too much debt. There is NO indication that these people who fail Algebra 2 would otherwise go on to graduate. Lowering standards so that everyone can pass is a good way to make diplomas even less valuable.
The dumbing down of America continues. This is why the rest of the world is excelling and we are falling behind. Math is hard, it's supposed to be push-ups for the brain. There is a huge difference between people who understand math and those who don't . Why stop at math, let's ban foreign languages and reading and any other challenges free liberal arts degrees for everyone. Read some of the biographies of … Read More
The dumbing down of America continues. This is why the rest of the world is excelling and we are falling behind. Math is hard, it's supposed to be push-ups for the brain. There is a huge difference between people who understand math and those who don't . Why stop at math, let's ban foreign languages and reading and any other challenges free liberal arts degrees for everyone. Read some of the biographies of our founding fathers and memorable leaders sometime. Today's average liberal arts college graduate couldn't hold a candle to the scholars of times past.
They couldn't perform to standard and were placed in remedial classes. if they don't want to go through that process, show up at college with some real skills instead of a worthless high school diploma that you received through social promotion,
If students can't pass a high school level course, why are they in college?
The picture at the top of the article is calculus……..
The same argument could be used for almost every college course. I have not been asked to write a thesis sentence since freshman English. I have not needed to know anything about world history, political science, geology, etc. Why not let everyone choose what they want to do for the rest of their life when they are 12 years old and then just teach them what they need for that profession? Because that is not … Read More
The same argument could be used for almost every college course. I have not been asked to write a thesis sentence since freshman English. I have not needed to know anything about world history, political science, geology, etc. Why not let everyone choose what they want to do for the rest of their life when they are 12 years old and then just teach them what they need for that profession? Because that is not the purpose of an education and very few people stay in the same field for their entire life. An education, especially a college education, provides a basis for learning throughout your entire life. The problem that the author poses at the end of the article should be solvable by an 8th grader. Why would you not expect a college student to solve it?
I would suggest that most degrees that don't need an understanding of "intermediate algebra" aren't worth the money required to obtain them. These students would be much better off becoming tradesmen (carpenters, plumbers, etc) although even they need to know basic mathematics. No wonder people expect to earn a living wage at a fast food restaurant. If they won't put in the effort to do something that may be hard for them (algebra) why should anyone hire them for a meaningful job. I wouldn't.
I see: The way to bridge the equity gap in math skills is to tell CSU students there is no gap, and that they don't need algebra in the real world, then push them headfirst into the gap. That will make things equal.
Algebra is not intended to be used outside the classroom unless you are a STEM major. Algebra is intended to change the student's thought process, in order to think in an abstract manner, which is antithetical to common sense.
Algebra is the foundation of basically everything after arithmetic.
Show me a statistics class that doesn't contain any algebra and I'll show you a statistics class that is nowhere near as "rigorous" as the author claims it to be.
The article is correct in that the polynomial solving techniques from intermediate algebra have no association with statistics. But that does not mean that every student is prepared for a college level statistics course. At our college, we teach pre-statistics that includes topics such as number sense, writing intervals in various forms and set operations to properly prepare students. Equation solving is restricted to determining a cut-off scores. Having said that, students also need to … Read More
As we mentioned on Monday, if you already have some clients, it can be beneficial to find the most common characteristics across the most profitable of these. You can start to create a picture of who your ideal customer is.
Customers are not all equal. It is important for every small business to identify its most profitable customers. But not for the reasons you may think. Figuring out how profitable your customers are, can help you grow every facet of your company. You want to discover who your most profitable customers are. These won't necessarily be the ones who spend most money either! Some of your customers who spend most money won't be profitable, as they may have negotiated heavy discounts or might require more customer support. The most profitable can sometimes be the customers who spread the word about your company and act a little like brand ambassadors. Salesforce have their MVP ( Most Valuable Player ) program, where they reward contributors within the Salesforce community for their expertise, leadership and most importantly for Salesforce, their advocacy.
So how can you get started? The following are a list of six of the most important ways to identify your most profitable customers, those that drive value, and don't detract at the same time.
You should get to know your ten best customers as soon as possible. Perform an analysis of your customer base, and find out who is providing you with the most profits. Once this discovery is made, it is important you don't become complacent. By continually focusing on the same ten customers you may miss the point where they lose profitability and a new ten emerge. Therefore, it is important to continuously reassess your customer base. That way you can have an up to date 'A list'of clients!
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It makes sense for small companies to chase after the big accounts, in order to get big contracts with long duration. However, a company should analyse their numbers and find out where their real revenue is coming from. If the most profitable sector is indeed these large clients, then these should continue to be the target. However, in many cases, a larger number of smaller clients drives business and produces continuous revenue. Once identified, you can align your strategy to focus on these smaller clients, to maximize revenue. Of course, it can still be important to go after the big fish.
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Interdisciplinary Studies
IDS 327W (EV) The American Story and the Legacy of Vietnam (1)
Language has become a problem in the modern world: its expanding role as a means of global communication has, at the same time, accented the barriers to human understanding posed by competing ideologies concealed within languages. As a result, power, rather than argument or persuasion, has become the normal means for achieving national and personal ends. This seminar addresses, through selected case studies, the relationship of language and power in the American tradition and their impact on politics and ethics. The Vietnam War is offered as a case study.
- General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Writing-centered; Examining Values
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American Capital Will Report Fourth Quarter 2012 Results And Hold A Shareholder Call On February 11
Feb 01, 2013, 10:00 EST
BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq : ACAS ) ("American Capital" or the "Company") announced today it will report fourth quarter 2012 earnings before the markets open on February 11, 2013. Members of the Company's senior management team will discuss the quarter on a conference call also held on February 11, 2013 at 11:00 am ET. Shareholders, prospective shareholders, analysts and other interested persons may access the call through a live webcast, free of charge, at www.AmericanCapital.com, or by dialing (888) 317-6016 (U.S. domestic) or (412) 317-6016 (international). All callers are asked to dial in 10-15 minutes prior to the call to register. Please advise the operator you are dialing in for the American Capital shareholder call. Callers who do not plan on asking a question and have access to the internet are asked to utilize the webcast.
A slide presentation will accompany the shareholder call and will be available at www.AmericanCapital.com. Select the Q4 2012 Earnings Presentation link to download and print the presentation in advance of the shareholder call.
An archived audio replay of the shareholder call combined with the slide presentation will be made available on the American Capital website after the call on February 11, 2013. In addition, there will be a phone recording available from 2:00 pm ET February 11, 2013 until 9:00 am ET February 26, 2013. If you are interested in hearing the recording of the presentation, please access it for free on the American Capital website or dial (877) 344-7529 (U.S. domestic) or (412) 317-0088 (international). The access code for both domestic and international callers is 10024416.
For further information, please contact Investor Relations at (301) 951-5917 or email@example.com.
American Capital is a publicly traded private equity firm and global asset manager. American Capital, both directly and through its asset management business, originates, underwrites and manages investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance, real estate and structured products. American Capital manages $18.6 billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers, with $118 billion of total assets under management (including levered assets). American Capital, through a wholly-owned portfolio company, manages publicly traded American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ : AGNC ) with approximately $10 billion market capitalization and American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. (NASDAQ : MTGE ) with approximately $850 million market capitalization. From its eight offices in the U.S. and Europe, American Capital and its affiliate, European Capital, will consider investment opportunities from $10 million to $750 million. For further information, please refer to www.AmericanCapital.com.
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Nearly every photography app I can possibly think of always comes back to one thing: social. No one shares just to share. It's all about seeing people like your photos, getting followers, and expanding your footprint on the Internet. I get the value in services like Instagram, where all of your photos are tracked and stuffed into discovery feeds, but I've always been intrigued by the things people do when they aren't being watched. Or when there's no repercussions for their actions. A new app called Rando lets me live out a small piece of this wonder.
Developed by the folks who brought you the game Whale Trail, Rando is an anonymous photo sharing app where you have to share photos, in order to get photos. You do have to make an account to use the service, but none of the pictures you receive have any information attached, save for where they were taken. You can't like or favorite the photos you receive (you can mark them inappropriate, though who would do that, really). You can't follow anyone. It's pure and simple. That's really all there is to it. I kept thinking, "There has to be more to it." I thought maybe I was missing something. But the more I explored, and the less I found, the more I began to like Rando.
Let me take you through the process of using Rando. Everything is circle shaped; the app icon, the upload indicator and the photos themselves, all circles. It looks really neat and kind of adds to the mystery. Anyway, continuing on, when you first sign in to Rando, you are greeted with a red circle. Press the circle to take a photograph. You can't use the gallery here, you can only use freshly taken photographs. After you take a photo, it's uploaded to Rando, and you wait to receive a photo. The main landing page of Rando is a feed of photos you've received in exchange for the photos you've sent out. You can tap these photos once to see where they were taken, or double tap to delete from your feed or mark inappropriate.
So far, I've received photos ranging from blurry brown nothings, to someone's retainer, to a stack of women's clothing. They've come from as close as Texas and California, and from as far as Russia. Every spare moment I have, I find myself uploading something to Rando. And every time, I wonder who will get it, and what they will think. Rando probably won't win any awards or much notoriety for being the hot new photo sharing app of the moment, but much like the photos you send in Rando itself, it doesn't need to.
Sifting through handfuls of photographs of new shoes, dinner plates, cats and babies, I used to wonder what people would share if they weren't trying to show off to friends and family, or hunting for likes and followers. With Rando, I feel like I finally know.


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One of the strongest greenhouse coverings, polycarbonate, is a rigid plastic that is almost as transparent as glass. It is available in corrugated single layer or flat twin-wall thicknesses, and is easily cut and installed. The air pockets between the two walls act as an insulator and light transmission is very good through this material. Whether you're building a greenhouse or replacing existing greenhouse covering, Growers Supply offers the ideal polycarbonate for your project. Our corrugated polycarbonate can also be used for carports, deck and patio coverings, privacy windows, room dividers, pool enclosures and more.


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"When you're in a state of perplexity, sadness, gloom, elation, you look for a poem to match what you are feeling," says Helen Vendler. She writes that "Poetry is analytic as well as expressive; it distinguishes, reconstructs, and redescribes what it discovers about the inner life. The poet accomplishes the analytic work of poetry chiefly by formal means."
It is Vendler's skills in unraveling the forms and explaining the heart of a poem that have made her one of the most influential voices in poetry criticism today. "She is like a receiving station picking up on each poem, unscrambling things out of word-waves, making sense of it and making sure of it. She can second-guess the sixth sense of the poem," says poet Seamus Heaney.
Vendler's influences include a Boston childhood immersed in poetry and hymns, an early interest in chemistry, and a wealth of wonderful teachers. Her own teaching career has spanned forty-four years and she is now the A. Kingsley Porter University Professor at Harvard University, where she received her Ph.D. in English and American literature in 1960. She previously taught at Cornell, Swarthmore, Haverford, Smith, and Boston University. She has held many fellowships, including three NEH fellowships and a Fulbright, and has frequently been a judge for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. She holds twenty-three honorary degrees from universities and colleges in the United States and abroad.
Vendler's views on contemporary poetry can be read regularly in the pages of The New Republic, The London Review of Books, The New Yorker, and other journals.
Her recent books include Coming of Age as a Poet: Milton, Keats, Eliot, Plath; Seamus Heaney; The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets; The Breaking of Style: Hopkins, Heaney, Graham; The Given and the Made: Lowell, Berryman, Dove, Graham, and Soul Says: On Recent Poetry. A forthcoming book, Poets Thinking: Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats, will be published later this year.
Vendler lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has one son and two grandchildren.


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Do I have to be a member of The IIA to take any of the certification exams or become certified?
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Game Thread: San Antonio Spurs @ Warriors 2007-03-26
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ritchie wrote:I'm going to the game tonight, and so far, I am 8-0 in games I've been to this season. Hope it continues.
just have your avatars in the flesh behind whichever basket the Spurs are shooting at
coltraning wrote:JayPat wrote:coltraning wrote:I do not believe that both Baron and JRich will have consecutive bad nights. Ws by 7. and it's a home game
Yeah, but Baron did play heavy minutes so he will be tired. The key here is not letting us get dominated on rebounds/frontcourt stuff.
another x factor to consider...Stephen Jackson was a Spur on their championship team and may have some extra motivation, so I am looking for a big game from him...unless he gets thrown out six minutes in
I agree, and plus two he might know their system well and that helps especially considering he's our first defender.
J-rich can you stop being such a little bitch? How can you even call yourself a warriors fan? How? I have never seen you post a single word of encouragement or happiness towards the warriors! This game isnt even over yet and you are already saying they will lose and not only that but you say the warriors will not make the playoffs once again! Do you know how painful it is to think that? ANOTHER ****ing YEAR WITHOUT THE PLAYOFFS?!? I am not ready to give up hope yet! If you have nothing good to say then dont ****ing post your bullshit here anymore.
It's only halftime, but I have to admit, it's fun to watch a team play so well together on both ends of the floor. It gives us something to strive for since we are seeing it first hand.
San Antonio is shooting well, but our Matador defense is killing us. We need to go back to the "Swarm" defense out top that got us some wins last week.
San Antonio is shooting well, but our Matador defense is killing us. We need to go back to the "Swarm" defense out top that got us some wins last week.
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Richardson again.....This guy is so inconsistant. Right now he's a streaky shooter at best
I'm a realist and you're the little bitch!!! Just look at the ****ing score right now! No heart and pride getting wooped at home again! Just like the W's rebounding last night. Isn't this the same game as last year!
Everybody knew how tough our schedule would be! So does anybody know what pick we'll be picking in July?
Everybody knew how tough our schedule would be! So does anybody know what pick we'll be picking in July?
I have a hard time believing Jrich has no points yet. This is just terrible. The Spurs are just swarming and the Warriors keep missing. But hey, what can you expect. You play red hot Kobe and his Lakers one night and then the next, you play the Spurs who blew out a team by 40. I know it's at home, but back-to-back games are not friendly to the Warriors. This one in particular by far the way this game is going.
Horrible effort! A but wooping and at home too! Have to forget this one and move on to the nexr game. JRich and Harrington didn't turn up and Pietrus and especially Barnes should have got more minutes. Ellis shot well, as did Biedrins and he should get the ball a little more. Finley had a freak game


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UC Hastings is expanding its Lawyers for America program, which has been called a model that revolutionizes legal education while providing trained counsel to underserved communities, nonprofits, and government organizations.
The college will partner with the Center for Biological Diversity, based in San Francisco. The Center works through science and law to protect endangered species and habitat. In one of its most well-known cases, the Center successfully sued the Bush Administration to force officials to list the polar bear as threatened due to climate change under the Endangered Species Act.
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Students have been very enthusiastic about Lawyers for America.
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If looks could kill, many of us would've been dead by now. Kareena Kapoor is curently one of the top actresses of the hindi film industry, and one of the most beautiful, which goes without saying!Bebo, as she is fondly known, made her Bollywood debut in the 2000 film, Refugee, opposite Abhishek Bachchan. Since then, she's gone on to star in several box-office hits like Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Chameli (for which she was critically acclaimed), Omkara, 3 Idiots, Bodyguard, and many more. She's especially known for her character Geet, the crazy bubbly character she played in Imtiaz Ali's Jab We Met. She will soon be seen in Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming film, Heroine, and in Talaash, opposite Aamir Khan. After 5 years of courtship, filled in with love and loyalty, Kareena Kapoor got hitched with the handsome Saif Ali Khan on 16th
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I haven't been using this function at all. Who knows why... maybe because i didn't know about it :)
But in my latest pet project i had to do something really quickly on a lot of items in a list.
After a bit of research into foreach and for loops, i saw the List<T>.ForEach method.
Did some testing and sure thing List<T>.ForEach proved to be faster than others.
I thought about posting the whole setup and how i've tested it, but then i saw that Dustin Russell Campbell
did exactly the same thing a bit more thoroughly, so why double it up, right?
Read it, like it, USE it!
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Hartsville, S.C. – Three second half goals, including the game winner by Marc Mergena with just 33 seconds remaining in the game, gave the Cobra men's soccer team a 3-2 victory over Belmont Abbey in Conference Carolinas soccer Saturday afternoon. The win improves the regionally ranked #5 Cobras to 9-2-2 overall, and 3-2-1 in conference play, while the Abbey falls to 5-6-1 overall, and 3-5 in the conference.
Belmont Abbey was the first to strike with a goal from Jack Reid in the 33rd minute. The Crusaders held the 1-0 lead into the half, but in the 55th minute Alan Cuevas (Houston, Texas) fed Mike Crook (Bradenton, Fla.) a pass into the middle of the penalty box that Crook put in the back of the net tying the match at one.
The Cobras took their first lead of the match with a goal form Eric Stiefield (Eustis, Fla.) in the 64th minute and it looked as if that is where the match would end, however the Crusaders kept on attacking and in the 81st minute of play the Abbey got a break with a major Coker error. The Crusaders crossed a ball into the Coker penalty box, only to have a Cobra defender deflect it into their own goal and tie the match at two, with just over eight minutes remaining.
Things got heated over the final minutes of play, as both teams picked up the intensity, but it was Coker that was able to get the upper hand. Stiefield chipped the Abbey keeper with less than a minute left and Mergena (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) followed the shot and was able to tap it over the goal line with just 33 seconds remaining, giving the Cobras the eventual 3-2 win.
It was a hard fought match with more than 21 fouls and six cards issued throughout the match.
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Don't squander the chance to build a better South Sudan
Aid agencies urge donors to get priorities for newest nation right from the start
A coalition of 38 aid agencies today (6 September 2011) called on donors not to squander the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people of South Sudan, the world's newest nation. The call came as new violence in Jonglei state increased emergency needs.
Donors are due to meet with Government of South Sudan officials over the next coming months to discuss development priorities. The country is one of the poorest in the world, with half the population living below the poverty line and, after decades of brutal war, is being built up almost from scratch.
In a joint report, the aid agencies, which include Oxfam, World Vision and the South Sudan Law Society, said it was vital that donors get their priorities for tackling poverty right from the start. The report outlines key priorities for donors working to improve lives in South Sudan.
Mary Kudla, Acting Country Director from Oxfam in South Sudan said:
"The war is over, and the struggle for independence achieved, but the struggle to ensure peace and safety for all and win the battle against extreme poverty in South Sudan is only just beginning. Today a 15-year-old girl is more likely to die in childbirth than finish school and people are still being displaced from their homes due to new violence. The excitement following the birth of a nation is hard to overstate, but the disillusionment following a failure to deliver change for the poorest would be equally severe. Donors need to get their policies on South Sudan right from the start."
Crucially the report calls on donors to continue to provide emergency aid to the volatile nation and improve their understanding of conflict dynamics. Already this year, some 2, 611 people have been killed in violent conflicts, with tribal clashes in Jonglei State in mid-August resulting in the deaths of at least 340 people and displacement of 26, 800. A further 275,000 people have already been displaced by violence this year which has hindered much needed agriculture and crop cultivation.
Dong Samuel Luak, Secretary-General from the South Sudan Law Society said:
"South Sudan has a complex mix of emergency, recovery and development needs. The country remains vulnerable to natural disasters such as floods and drought and is still susceptible to conflicts. As the recent clashes in Jonglei show, people still need emergency aid. Sustained humanitarian funding is required, along with increased support for basic services and security and justice provision.
The report also calls on donors to build up the capacity of the government of South Sudan, so it is able to provide more and better services for its people including effective security and rule of law across the country. Government structures are extremely weak and being built up from almost nothing, especially outside the main towns. The agencies say that it will take time for South Sudan to assume full responsibility for the delivery of services. NGOs are currently responsible for the majority of basic service delivery in South Sudan, such as health, education and water and sanitation, and it's vital that donors continue supporting these services as they support the government to build up its capacity to deliver these services itself.
The aid agencies also urged donors to support agriculture and income generating opportunities for the poorest communities. Currently only an estimated 4 per cent of arable land is cultivated, the production of livestock and fish is just a fraction of the potential and exports and trade between different regions of South Sudan are minimal.
Edwin Asante, Program Director from World Vision South Sudan said:
"In Western Equatoria mangoes lie rotting on the ground while traders import juice from neighboring Uganda. The local farmers' association wants to buy a juicing machine, but they don't have the money. Across the country, there is a complete absence of equipment and technology that would help South Sudanese farmers add value to their products. Wheat flour, maize flour, sugar and palm oil all available in abundance in their raw forms, are imported from neighboring countries. Donors could change this and tap into South Sudan's untapped potential."
The agencies also called on donors and the government to help build up social protection schemes to help the most vulnerable in South Sudan, such as cash transfers for those prone to food insecurity.
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Download the report: Getting it Right from the Start: Priorities for Action in the New Republic of South Sudan
Oxfam's humanitarian work in South Sudan
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Aid agencies that have signed up to the report are:
Action Against Hunger, ACTED, ADRA South Sudan, American Refugee Committee, Association for Aid and Relief, Japan, AVSI, CARE, Caritas Luxembourg and Switzerland, CHF International, Cordaid, DanChurchAid, Danish Refugee Council, GOAL Ireland, Handicap International, HealthNet TPO, Humane Development Council, International Aid Services, ICCO, International Medical Corps, International Rescue Committee, JEN, Malaria Consortium, Malteser International, Medair, Mennonite Central Committee, Mercy Corps, Merlin, Mission Aviation Fellowship International, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Pact, Plan South Sudan, Population Services International, Relief International, Saferworld, Save the Children, South Sudan Law Society, and World Vision.
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Rebecca Wynn, UK, tel +44 (0) 1865 472530, mob + 44 (0) 7769 887139