bout the Winter Youth Olympic Games The Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are a 10-day multi-sport, cultural and educational event for young people and driven by young people. The YOG will add a new dimension to the Olympic ideal, complementing what is already being achieved through the Olympic Games and the numerous IOC projects to bring the Olympic values alive. The YOG will bring together talented athletes to participate in high-level competitions and lead them on their way to becoming true Olympians. This event will allow the Olympic Movement to extend its reach and stimulate worldwide spo...

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owls Australia and World Bowls 2012 organising committee invites players, officials and spectators to Australia for theWORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS in 2012. Adelaide, South Australia is a 'Brilliant Blend' of activity with the Lockleys Bowling Club playing host for the 2012 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS. TheWORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 will be supported by a number of other local clubs within a short distance of Lockleys. This prestigious event - WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS - sees the best the world has to offer as they converge on beautiful Adelaide to compete in the 12th World Champions...

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ALGARY, AB/ EDMONTON, AB - Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), announced on Thursday that the Province of Alberta will host the IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 2012, in Calgary and Edmonton. The IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 will take place from late December 2011 to early January 2012 in Alberta at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary and Rexall Place in Edmonton. "This is an exciting day for hockey fans in Alberta and throughout Canada," said Hockey Canada president and CEO Bob Nicholson. "The bid group from Alberta put forward a great plan, and t...

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oland and Ukraine have been chosen to co-host UEFA EURO 2012 after a vote by UEFA on Wednesday. They won the battle to host the quadrennial tournament involving Europe's top nations ahead of one bid from Italy and another joint-effort from Hungary and Croatia. It will be the first time that either Poland or Ukraine have hosted a major football championship - UEFA EURO 2012. The decision, announced by new UEFA president Michel Platini, was a shock as Italy had been the favourites. The Poland and Ukraine bid received eight votes to Italy's four. Croatia and Hungary received none. It is th...

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rganised around the theme Psychology Serving Humanity, the XXX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PSYCHOLOGY 2012 is committed to showcasing new frontiers of psychological science and practice as the means to improving, developing and enriching society. The INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PSYCHOLOGY 2012 theme emphasises that the discipline of psychology is always accountable to the global and diverse community of which it forms an integral part and serves in multiple ways. Psychology thus translates its science and practice into the knowledge, skills and tools that are able to underpin the human condition. ...

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he ISBEE World Congress is a free-standing Congress. It provides on the global level what the meetings of the SBE (USA), ALENE (Latin America), EBEN (Europe), BEN-Africa and other business ethics networks provide on the national and regional level, lasting from three to five days. It is affectionately known as the “The Olympics of Business Ethics” as it seeks to attract the best minds in the field of the Ethics of Business and Economics from all continents. The congress consists of a mix of people from business, academia, and government and other non-for-profit organizations. It may include re...

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The SGP 2012 Award was launched in 2004 to recognise outstanding individuals, organisations and companies that have contributed significantly to Singapore's efforts towards achieving environmental sustainability, and are role models for environmental protection. The SGP 2012 is Singapore's blueprint for environmental sustainability. Six SGP awards were given out last year. The Singapore Green Plan 2012 (or SGP 2012 in short) is Singapore's blueprint towards environmental sustainability for the next decade. It is highly focused and action oriented in approach. SGP 2012 is pre-dated by the 19...

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The Masonic Samaritan Fund provides medical assistance to needy Freemasons and their dependants. The Province of Warwickshire is proud to support this fund. Let us together attain and even exceed our goal for the 2012 Festival.” A Message from RW Bro Michael J Price CBE, Provincial Grand Master I am delighted that the Province of Warwickshire has been chosen to host this Festival for the Masonic Samaritan Fund of which I am privileged to be a Trustee. The Festival runs for seven years ending in 2012. The MSF is still a young charity. Established in 1990 it seeks to provide medical ass...

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he purpose of this website is to help create a groundswell of support for a United Nations sponsored Fifth Women’s World Conference (5WWC) that in size and influence would be a major step toward a change in planetary consciousness through the active involvement of women at every level of society. The first four conferences were sponsored by the United Nations. The last was held in Beijing in 1995 and produced the Beijing Platform for Action, which if fully implemented on a global scale would make the world a safe place for women and children. This will be possible only when violence of all kin...

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ucharistic Congresses are gatherings of clergy and laymen for adoring and evangelising the Holy Eucharist. The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist is one of the principal dogmas of the Catholic Faith and is therefore of paramount importance as the most precious treasure that Christ has left to His Church as the centre of Catholic worship and as the source of Christian piety. The main advantages of these congresses have been in the concentration of the thoughts of the faithful upon the mystery of the altar, and in making known to them the means by which devotion towards the Holy Euch...

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