Posted: 19 Mar 2010 03:35 AM PDT

VietNamNet Bridge – The Australian rules football club, Vietnam Swans, welcomed two football-greats from Australia to teach a fun coaching clinic for Vietnamese and expat kids on Sunday.

"I hope I will always be welcomed here"

Nathan Buckley from Collingwood football club and Gary O'Donnell from Essendon arrived in HCM City on Saturday after long flights from Melbourne and virtually went straight to the RMIT fields to coach about 70 kids aged between 5 and 18.

O'Donnell said the trip so far had been a "whirlwind", as the they were trying to cram as much into their three days in Viet Nam as possible.

Kids and club members alike were thrilled to have the two Aussie football heroes at the fields and everyone agreed the event was a huge success.

About half of the kids were young trainees from an NGO for disadvantaged youth called KOTO. The non-profit is training the young people in hospitality and said it is their first group of trainees. The rest of the participants were young Aussie kids from international schools.

The kids were taken through football drills that taught them how to leap up to catch the ball and were even able to jump onto O'Donnell's back to make a mark (catch the ball on the full).

They were also taught how to kick the oblong shaped ball and do hand passes, before Buckley and O'Donnell coached them in actual games.

The expat youngsters, the kids from KOTO and the other Vietnamese kids took to the full-contact sport with gusto – running, kicking and tackling like champions.

One of the Vietnam Swans players said of the KOTO kids during the game, "They're not holding anything back."

Nguyen Thuan, the father of one of the Vietnamese kids, Kiet, who attended the clinic said, "The experience put my son in touch with a new world.

"Kiet loved every inch of it and wants to come back," Thuan said, adding that Kiet didn't want to wash his shirt because Buckley had signed it.

KOTO said the kids had been "over the moon" ever since they were invited to the event.

"Giving our trainees the opportunity to have life experiences and become well-rounded young adults is a major part of what we do at KOTO and opportunities like this are wonderful for us," KOTO Saigon Deputy General Manager, Lam Viet Hung said.

"Not only are the trainees out and about being physically active, but they're also learning about a new culture and meeting new people," Hung said

"Making sure the trainees feel good about themselves is also a major part of what we do, and people like Nathan, Gary and the Vietnam Swans taking the time to help them is something the trainees appreciate immensely."

As the sun set, Buckley and O'Donnell signed jerseys, posed for photos with fans, old and new, and listened to words of appreciation from the Vietnam Swans President Phil Johns and KOTO.

Johns thanked the two football stars from rival clubs in Melbourne for contributing to his club's young history.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News

W.Va. Agencies Block Computer Access to NCAA Games (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 06:29 AM PDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Many state agencies in West Virginia have blocked employees from watching NCCA basketball tournament games on their work computers.

Office of Technology security chief Jim Richards recommended the move in an e-mail sent last week to the agencies' technology officials. Richards said the state's network slowed down during last year's tournament as workers watched streaming games on their computers.

Department of Administration spokeswoman Diane Holley-Brown says all departments in the executive branch took advantage of the Office of Technology's offer to block access to the games.

The blockage will prevent nearly 20,000 state employees from watching the games on their work computers.

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Kids get an up-close look at science today (The Scranton Times-Tribune)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 01:12 AM PDT

Kids get up-close look at science

SCRANTON - There's nothing weird about this science.

Elementary school kids in South Side today will be launching rockets, racing tin cans and learning what intestines feel like as part of a program meant to spark their interest in science.

The students at St. Stanislaus elementary school will be treated to games and experiments that demonstrate various science concepts, including the ever-popular chemistry-set-friendly explosion or two.

Science majors from the University of Scranton conduct the program, which educators hope stokes entries in the school's upcoming science fair.

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Campus Carnival for Kids at Malone Thursday (The Massillon Independent)

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 05:56 AM PDT

The Malone University School of Education's Council for Exceptional Children will present a Campus Carnival for Kids from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Osborne Hall on the Canton campus.

Children ages 12 and younger with special needs will discover fun, games, sports activities, food, and prizes. Parents and caregivers are strongly encouraged to accompany their children throughout the carnival as guests.

The carnival will feature clowns, a Vaudeville theatre stage, jugglers, free food, face painting, sports team challenges, balloon artists, special prizes, music, and lots of free carnival games.

This event, designed for special needs children and their families, is free, but reservations are required.

Contact Jeff Beine, Ph.D., assistant professor of education, at 330-471-8621 or jbeine@malone.edu.

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