Tell yourself that so far France has NEVER held any world championship basketball. It's crazy when you think about. It's downright pathetic ... So, welcome The Local Organizing Committee, consisting of the Midi-Pyrénées League Basketball and Basketball Stadium Rodez, which will host the July 16 to 25 of the World Cup 17 cétégorie and under. The matches will take place at the Amphitheatre of Rodez (1.883 seats) and the Palais des Sports de Toulouse (4.338 seats).
Well worth a detour by the (super) region-who rarely has the opportunity to talk about her orange ball-ray through an interview with Vincent Bonnefous, Rodez Basketball Stadium President and Co-Chair Organizing the 1st Female U17 World Championships.
It is in two parts.
> It is a paradox that the first world championship organized basketball in France or in the cities that are not bastions of the orange ball (even if Toulouse is already mounted on top several times and received a chicken of 'Euro'99). Already, What prompted you to nominate you? It's true, it is paradoxical to organize these World Championships in Toulouse and Rodez but we must not forget that the TMB is women's league and in our region Midi-Pyrenees, there is also the TGB which won the first round of the Championship final against France Bourges.
But you're right, we are not a bastion of the orange ball because we have to face strong competition from rugby since we are at the heart of the main recruitment area of the sport.
But if nothing is done, we will always be sentenced to not exist.
Two years ago when the FFBB sent to all clubs in France the call for applications for the organization of two World Championships U17 (boys and girls), I immediately submitted my idea Steering Committee ask our bid. As in our club, we have a long tradition of organizations of all kinds (international tournament committees, games gala, etc.). Members of my executive committee immediately and unanimously agreed to try this adventure.
Given the scale of the task at hand and the constraints of the specifications, we were forced to partner with the League of basketball Pyrenees which allowed us to have access to the facilities of the city of Toulouse. The new president of the League of the Pyrenees, Cathy Giscou, has now joined the project and since that time we have an organizational structure headed with two co-presidents.
We therefore, with the help of FFBB, started working our proposed organization which initially was intended to welcome the boys. FIBA finally asked us to welcome the girls because the folder of Hamburg for boys was unbeatable. We enthusiastically agreed to rewrite our file at the girls and FIBA has validated our application.
Since now a big year we entered the operational phase of the case and it is therefore about 30 people working in over their trades to make this organization successful and popular sports. This organization will be the flagship sporting event this summer in Midi-Pyrenees and we should at the beginning of September to qualify for benefits in terms of viewers and licensees. This is a great chance to promotionner sport that does not occupy, in our opinion, * the place it deserves in the media. Following tomorrow. Here!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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This weekend you will be all Call of Duty's double points. With just under two weeks to go for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, this is a great opportunity to do some little bit that one prestige to be gained in a Call of Duty game of your choice.
The double XP will be from Friday 28 October to Tuesday, November 1st.
The double XP will be from Friday 28 October to Tuesday, November 1st.
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Footprints leave Easter Again, 7000 young people gather to create living spaces in low income communities in the country and to grow as people Tags: huellassemana santaretiroredResources
Sources Patty Gimon
Agency for Social Action Network - As part of its efforts to the formation of values, the deepening of faith and the promotion of leadership, the Youth Movement Traces, founded in 1989 and consists of more than 7000 young people, plans to conduct two events to celebrate Holy Week through various sectors of Venezuela.First, it will be five Blue Footprints Mission Camps I, involving young people 16 to 18 years of first diversified in various rural areas of the country: San Joaquin - Carabobo, Sierrita Mara - Zulia, Temblador - Monagas, James - Trujillo, and The Void - Apure.
As Jonny said Paez, one of the organizers of the movement, "the idea is that young people accompanying the inhabitants of these communities on religious holidays of Easter and do the Stations of the Cross and bless homes, among other activities."
Second, adolescents held diversified second Spiritual Exercises for Tracks Blue II in San Xavier del Valle and Chama; The Junquito, Vargas state, and in Maturin, Monagas state. In this activity, the volunteers will have the opportunity to spend several days on retreat. It will take place in various way houses located in the above areas, there exercises managers will guide young people to pray, think, think and live the religious experience of renewal at Easter.
Carlos Campos, 18, says that each time you participate in any of these events feels that "help to grow mentally and spiritually" and that this year will be another who will attend the Camp Mission.
"We always go to the poorest neighborhoods in the country, we support, we note recreate and Catholicism. Last year we went to La Penita, Miranda state, and it really was a tremendous experience. Live them everyday, while we met entirely new things, "said Campos, who spent seven years working with the Youth Movement and is currently a student Traces of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning at the Instituto Carlos Fiol Marapa Marina.
Campos said he was invited to the movement when he was only eleven years, he accepted because he is Catholic and from childhood he liked helping others.
Meanwhile, Newver Urbaneja, also 18, has spent nearly seven years working with Traces and for him, these experiences do more than help communities also benefit the volunteers, because help adolescents cope , develop leadership, socialize and share with poor people. As for the retreats, the huellista ensures that these reflections has been known more for himself.
Urbaneja currently studying Castilian, and Latin literature at the Pedagogical Institute of Caracas, located in Paradise, and confesses that began in Footprints because he rides drew attention they do, but now the movement has been gaining much of his life, Venezuela likes to learn and loves to share with the people who work there. "I am among those who really want to go," he says.
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The main office of the Youth Movement Traces is located on Calle Andres Bello in Los Flores de Catia, next to Jesus Obrero Technical Institute, at house number 09-19PB. Caracas, Venezuela. For more information, please contact by phone (0212) 8631650 and (0212) 8609742, with office hours from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Sources Patty Gimon
Agency for Social Action Network - As part of its efforts to the formation of values, the deepening of faith and the promotion of leadership, the Youth Movement Traces, founded in 1989 and consists of more than 7000 young people, plans to conduct two events to celebrate Holy Week through various sectors of Venezuela.First, it will be five Blue Footprints Mission Camps I, involving young people 16 to 18 years of first diversified in various rural areas of the country: San Joaquin - Carabobo, Sierrita Mara - Zulia, Temblador - Monagas, James - Trujillo, and The Void - Apure.
As Jonny said Paez, one of the organizers of the movement, "the idea is that young people accompanying the inhabitants of these communities on religious holidays of Easter and do the Stations of the Cross and bless homes, among other activities."
Second, adolescents held diversified second Spiritual Exercises for Tracks Blue II in San Xavier del Valle and Chama; The Junquito, Vargas state, and in Maturin, Monagas state. In this activity, the volunteers will have the opportunity to spend several days on retreat. It will take place in various way houses located in the above areas, there exercises managers will guide young people to pray, think, think and live the religious experience of renewal at Easter.
Carlos Campos, 18, says that each time you participate in any of these events feels that "help to grow mentally and spiritually" and that this year will be another who will attend the Camp Mission.
"We always go to the poorest neighborhoods in the country, we support, we note recreate and Catholicism. Last year we went to La Penita, Miranda state, and it really was a tremendous experience. Live them everyday, while we met entirely new things, "said Campos, who spent seven years working with the Youth Movement and is currently a student Traces of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning at the Instituto Carlos Fiol Marapa Marina.
Campos said he was invited to the movement when he was only eleven years, he accepted because he is Catholic and from childhood he liked helping others.
Meanwhile, Newver Urbaneja, also 18, has spent nearly seven years working with Traces and for him, these experiences do more than help communities also benefit the volunteers, because help adolescents cope , develop leadership, socialize and share with poor people. As for the retreats, the huellista ensures that these reflections has been known more for himself.
Urbaneja currently studying Castilian, and Latin literature at the Pedagogical Institute of Caracas, located in Paradise, and confesses that began in Footprints because he rides drew attention they do, but now the movement has been gaining much of his life, Venezuela likes to learn and loves to share with the people who work there. "I am among those who really want to go," he says.
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The main office of the Youth Movement Traces is located on Calle Andres Bello in Los Flores de Catia, next to Jesus Obrero Technical Institute, at house number 09-19PB. Caracas, Venezuela. For more information, please contact by phone (0212) 8631650 and (0212) 8609742, with office hours from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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Yago de la Cierva, communications director for World Youth Day Madrid.
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Madrid, Spain (CNA): It was one of the most remarkable global manifestations of the Catholic faith in recent memory. But since pilgrims have started returning home from World Youth Day, some are talking about the disorganization they experienced and how the event could be improved.
“My sons went to World Youth Day in a group of 29,” wrote one mother from St. Joan of Arc parish in Denver, Colo.
“When they got to the Vigil on the Saturday night they were turned away, and flatly refused admittance despite their WYD credentials and being at the correct section. Basically they were told the section was full. No admittance. As you can imagine, the kids were very upset.”
Their story has been repeated in other personal anecdotes: the pilgrims were on time, at right venue, and had the correct passes but were refused entry. Organizers estimate that around 100,000 of the 1.5 million pilgrims were affected by such problems.
Although pilgrimages usually contain some form of penance, many pilgrims were not expecting the lack of portable toilets at the venue, the condition of those that were available, and the lack of transport to and from downtown Madrid. When it came to redeeming pre-paid food vouchers at the designated outlets, some pilgrims were told after waiting in line three to four hours that all the food was gone.
Yago de la Cierva, Director of Communications for WYD 2011 in Madrid, told CNA Aug. 31 that what happened at Cuatro Vientos “is that we are talking about young people, and in many countries, a wall is seen not as a barrier but an invitation to jump and go forward.” The communications director said that this attitude resulted in many young people simply abandoning their designated areas in search of a better vantage point.
Another issue was that many groups arrived with unregistered pilgrims and so used their limited passes on a repeated basis. “We are not talking about a few cases, but something done in an organized way,” he said.
The result was a greater number of people in the venue and too many of them in the wrong zones. Hence the authorities decided to close the entry gates due to prevent unsafe overcrowding.
“It really was a pity, but in any event, people’s safety comes first,” said de la Cierva.
It is estimated that around 75 percent of all pilgrims were unregistered. While 445,000 had registered beforehand, as many at 2 million young people descended on Madrid for the week’s events. Spanish telecommunications companies confirmed that there were over 1.5 million individual cell phone numbers at the Sunday morning closing Mass.
“At the same time, we have to put this in context: less than 5 percent remained outside for the vigil and everybody who wanted was able to come in for the Mass the next day. Each person left outside is important for us and we are sorry that it happened, but the proportion of people inside was quite high, I must say.”
So what lessons can be learned from Madrid for the next World Youth Day, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013?
The Rio organizational team, aware of the fact that they only have 23 months to prepare for their gathering, traveled to Madrid earlier this month to learn any lessons they could. The Madrid organizers will also draw up a final audit of their event to be presented to both the Rio team and the Vatican.
What might surprise some is that World Youth Day has no central organizing committee, an arrangement that de la Cierva thinks should change. In his view, World Youth Day “should work towards professionalization.”
“It’s really a pity that some of the experience accumulated in these three years will be lost, because in many aspects Rio will start almost from scratch. Unfortunately, that was what happened in the past with Cologne, Sydney and also Madrid.”
His solution is to have a core of experienced people who can advise local committees on best practices. This is what happens at Olympic Games. “Let’s not forget that, in terms of participation, a WYD could be three or four times bigger than the Olympics.”
Despite any disappointments with the organization of World Youth Day Madrid, the overwhelming majority of pilgrims did seem to have a very positive experience.
“Yes, overall it was a very good experience even though we didn’t see the Holy Father,” said Fr. Joseph Cao, who led the group from St. Joan of Arc.
“It was truly a pilgrimage and that always comes with suffering,” observed Fr. Cao whose group also got lost in Madrid at one point. “But we still got the spiritual benefits of pilgrimage, and I’m sure the kids will grow in the faith of the Catholic Church as a result.”
“We do know that we made mistakes,” concluded Yago de la Cierva, “but pilgrims and volunteers together gave an incredibly powerful testimony of how the person and the message of Jesus can be the secret for happiness for many young people.”
“My sons went to World Youth Day in a group of 29,” wrote one mother from St. Joan of Arc parish in Denver, Colo.
“When they got to the Vigil on the Saturday night they were turned away, and flatly refused admittance despite their WYD credentials and being at the correct section. Basically they were told the section was full. No admittance. As you can imagine, the kids were very upset.”
Their story has been repeated in other personal anecdotes: the pilgrims were on time, at right venue, and had the correct passes but were refused entry. Organizers estimate that around 100,000 of the 1.5 million pilgrims were affected by such problems.
Although pilgrimages usually contain some form of penance, many pilgrims were not expecting the lack of portable toilets at the venue, the condition of those that were available, and the lack of transport to and from downtown Madrid. When it came to redeeming pre-paid food vouchers at the designated outlets, some pilgrims were told after waiting in line three to four hours that all the food was gone.
Yago de la Cierva, Director of Communications for WYD 2011 in Madrid, told CNA Aug. 31 that what happened at Cuatro Vientos “is that we are talking about young people, and in many countries, a wall is seen not as a barrier but an invitation to jump and go forward.” The communications director said that this attitude resulted in many young people simply abandoning their designated areas in search of a better vantage point.
Another issue was that many groups arrived with unregistered pilgrims and so used their limited passes on a repeated basis. “We are not talking about a few cases, but something done in an organized way,” he said.
The result was a greater number of people in the venue and too many of them in the wrong zones. Hence the authorities decided to close the entry gates due to prevent unsafe overcrowding.
“It really was a pity, but in any event, people’s safety comes first,” said de la Cierva.
It is estimated that around 75 percent of all pilgrims were unregistered. While 445,000 had registered beforehand, as many at 2 million young people descended on Madrid for the week’s events. Spanish telecommunications companies confirmed that there were over 1.5 million individual cell phone numbers at the Sunday morning closing Mass.
“At the same time, we have to put this in context: less than 5 percent remained outside for the vigil and everybody who wanted was able to come in for the Mass the next day. Each person left outside is important for us and we are sorry that it happened, but the proportion of people inside was quite high, I must say.”
So what lessons can be learned from Madrid for the next World Youth Day, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013?
The Rio organizational team, aware of the fact that they only have 23 months to prepare for their gathering, traveled to Madrid earlier this month to learn any lessons they could. The Madrid organizers will also draw up a final audit of their event to be presented to both the Rio team and the Vatican.
What might surprise some is that World Youth Day has no central organizing committee, an arrangement that de la Cierva thinks should change. In his view, World Youth Day “should work towards professionalization.”
“It’s really a pity that some of the experience accumulated in these three years will be lost, because in many aspects Rio will start almost from scratch. Unfortunately, that was what happened in the past with Cologne, Sydney and also Madrid.”
His solution is to have a core of experienced people who can advise local committees on best practices. This is what happens at Olympic Games. “Let’s not forget that, in terms of participation, a WYD could be three or four times bigger than the Olympics.”
Despite any disappointments with the organization of World Youth Day Madrid, the overwhelming majority of pilgrims did seem to have a very positive experience.
“Yes, overall it was a very good experience even though we didn’t see the Holy Father,” said Fr. Joseph Cao, who led the group from St. Joan of Arc.
“It was truly a pilgrimage and that always comes with suffering,” observed Fr. Cao whose group also got lost in Madrid at one point. “But we still got the spiritual benefits of pilgrimage, and I’m sure the kids will grow in the faith of the Catholic Church as a result.”
“We do know that we made mistakes,” concluded Yago de la Cierva, “but pilgrims and volunteers together gave an incredibly powerful testimony of how the person and the message of Jesus can be the secret for happiness for many young people.”
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"In my view a very positive conclusion, it now is to find forms of cooperation for the future"Elizabeth Hammer, Kriso
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"As co-organizer, I am very happy: the cognitive space that has recently opened, is now being implemented and taken into possession"Andreas Novy, Federal Board of GBW
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"My first SAK and a new form of cooperation - a good successful experiment"Francis Forster, Attac Austria
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"I'm a real fan - and I have thrown my doubts about this collaboration on board: it could also work policy"Stefan John, Attac Austria
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"As a visitor to the 1st and the 10th SAC I can say, 'This cooperation is significantly more gold value of participating parliamentarians and women should mandatary"Herbert Sburny, Green SW
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"The focus was for me a feel-good factor at the SAC, which I have hitherto not experienced in this form"Christine Zsutty, GBW NE
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"At first I thought, for four long days, what a huge effort ... and now this great experience that everyone has a place, even the children are our content with the Greens in safe hands well."Mandy Schiborr, south wind
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"Dealing with each other is beneficial, but in public transports, the topics often wrong (keyword: Have you ever tried ... GRAS)."Walter Schiborr
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"A great part prepared, a continuous thread, good content and method - now the connection must be made between the results and knowledge of the political work: all is not abklärbar in 4 days."Sabine Gruber, Attac Austria
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"My impression of this SAK: high comfort factor, little conflict, and I'm not sure whether that's necessarily a good thing?"Stefan Ceipek, Green Vienna
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"The Greens are still a movement! The NGOs have not always shown love to the political side. A very successful partnership and a heartfelt thank you to the GBW. Even if it is not always easy, but it should take really more politicians . I also feel that it is very important that I'm there when I am there have ;-) "Joško Vlasich, Country Representative Green Burgenland
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"As co-organizer, I am very happy: the cognitive space that has recently opened, is now being implemented and taken into possession"Andreas Novy, Federal Board of GBW
>>>
"My first SAK and a new form of cooperation - a good successful experiment"Francis Forster, Attac Austria
>>>
"I'm a real fan - and I have thrown my doubts about this collaboration on board: it could also work policy"Stefan John, Attac Austria
>>>
"As a visitor to the 1st and the 10th SAC I can say, 'This cooperation is significantly more gold value of participating parliamentarians and women should mandatary"Herbert Sburny, Green SW
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"The focus was for me a feel-good factor at the SAC, which I have hitherto not experienced in this form"Christine Zsutty, GBW NE
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"At first I thought, for four long days, what a huge effort ... and now this great experience that everyone has a place, even the children are our content with the Greens in safe hands well."Mandy Schiborr, south wind
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"Dealing with each other is beneficial, but in public transports, the topics often wrong (keyword: Have you ever tried ... GRAS)."Walter Schiborr
>>>
"A great part prepared, a continuous thread, good content and method - now the connection must be made between the results and knowledge of the political work: all is not abklärbar in 4 days."Sabine Gruber, Attac Austria
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"My impression of this SAK: high comfort factor, little conflict, and I'm not sure whether that's necessarily a good thing?"Stefan Ceipek, Green Vienna
>>>
"The Greens are still a movement! The NGOs have not always shown love to the political side. A very successful partnership and a heartfelt thank you to the GBW. Even if it is not always easy, but it should take really more politicians . I also feel that it is very important that I'm there when I am there have ;-) "Joško Vlasich, Country Representative Green Burgenland
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