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Bulgarian President makes official visit to IOC headquarters, Olympic Museum

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14/10/2014

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach welcomed Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Bulgarian Olympic Committee President Stefka Kostadinova to the IOC headquarters in Lausanne today.

During their meeting, President Plevneliev told President Bach how important sport is in promoting positive values and healthy lifestyles within Bulgaria.

“Sport for us is a national priority of strategic importance to my country,” he said. “It is a symbol of peace, integration and cooperation and a way of building values in young people.”

The official visit by the Bulgarian delegation included a tour of the newly renovated Olympic Museum, where together with President Bach they unveiled a statue donated by two-time Bulgarian Olympic wrestling champion and Honorary Member of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee Boyan Radev. The bronze sculpture of two wrestlers locked in combat is the work of one of Bulgaria’s most famous artists, Lyubomir Dalchev.

President Bach described the work as “a unique piece of art that symbolises the beauty of the most popular and successful sport in Bulgaria … Through this sculpture, the artist has perfectly captured both the creative and artistic strength of the sport of wrestling.”

The Bulgarian President was also impressed by the large number of children taking part in Olympic Week sporting activities at the Olympic Museum. “Sport definitely brings people together, and we are glad to be part of this,” he said. “As we can see with all these children running around today, sport can gather people from all over the world and unite them under one passion.”

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The IOC President meets Lausanne’s youngsters

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13/10/2014

For the 34th Olympic Week, which got off to a flying start yesterday with 3,000 sports try-outs organised, IOC President Thomas Bach went to meet the young participants.

He took part in a Q&A session with around 100 youngsters aged 8 to 15, who had come to learn about and practise over 30 sports disciplines. The children were highly enthused at the idea of putting questions to the President, and wanted to know which sports he practised, how he had chosen fencing and how he organised his time. 
Here is a brief sample from the playful and spontaneous chat.
Q: Why did you come to meet us today?
A: I still learn a great deal from my meetings with schools and universities. It is important for me to know what you think about the Olympic Games, and above all to understand what we have to do to get you interested in the Games and sport in general. You represent the future and your ideas are valuable to me.
Q: How did you feel when you were elected as President of the IOC?
A: When you win a medal, you are responsible for all the steps leading up to the victory. In an election, your fate depends on others. When you are elected, you have the feeling that everyone who voted for you places their trust in you. You feel the responsibility that that represents, and it’s a very special emotion.
Q: What were you thinking about right before your Olympic final in Montreal?
A: It’s as if you are in a tunnel – with total concentration. You don’t think about the others – anything that could distract you. It is not easy to enter this tunnel, but it is the key to success.

Q: How did you choose fencing?
R. Well in fact, I always wanted to play football. When my parents told me that they were going to sign me up to a fencing club, I was in tears. But they were clever enough to tell me that the training that I would have in fencing would help me play football better. That’s how I started…
Q: How long have you been doing this job?
A: It’s not a job – it’s a pleasure. I am a bit like an interpreter between the athletes and the world of sport. I want to offer the best conditions for competition, clean sport and fair play.

The IOC President then thanked the 200,000th visitor to the Museum since the start of the year – in the person of little Alina, aged 12.
A group photo and an autograph-signing session concluded this meeting full of anecdotes. The youngsters then headed off to the various workshops organised for them this week even more motivated.
For many years, Olympic Week has been one of the highlights of the autumn half-term holidays for youngsters in Vaud and French-speaking Switzerland. This year is enjoying record participation, with 2,300 youngsters signed up to date. During the Week, they can try out numerous sports disciplines free of charge, and sometimes even discover passions or vocations. In addition to introducing sport to young people, Olympic Week also has the aim of promoting the Olympic values, education and development through sport.

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IOC President Thomas Bach in Kazakhstan - visits National Olympic Committee and tours Winter Sports facilities

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12/10/2014

After Armenia and Georgia, the IOC President Thomas Bach completed a tour of the region with a visit to Almaty on a long planned trip to the city and on the invitation of the NOC of Kazakhstan.

The President met with the NOC President Temirkhan Dosmukhambetov as well as the Minister of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Arystanbek Muhamediuly. He also had a meeting with the Mayor of Almaty, Akhmetzhan Yessimov.
The President was able to discuss the country's sports plan and how sport has been integrated into the country's long term development plans.

He also toured the winter sports facilities in the region which has already hosted the Asian Winter Games in 2011 and a number of world championships and is planning to stage the Winter Universiade in 2017.

IOC President Thomas Bach and the Mayor of Almaty, Akhmetzhan Yessimov.
Many of the venues including the Medeo Alpine Ice Arena, Chymbulak Alpine ski resort, the ski jumping complex, and the biathlon and cross-country ski complex are part of Almaty’s bid to host the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
The IOC President also met Kazakh athletes and olympians and congratulated them on their recent successes in London 2012, Sochi 2014, Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games and in the recent Asian Games in Incheon.

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IOC President Bach meets Georgian President and Prime Minister during NOC 25th Anniversary celebrations in Tiblisi

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11/10/2014

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach held talks this weekend with the President of the Republic of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili, as the Georgian National Olympic Committee (NOC) celebrated its 25th anniversary in Tiblisi.

During the meeting, Margvelashvili underscored the importance of sport to the nation of Georgia and to peace-building.  "Sport has always been important to our country throughout its history," he said. "But after independence it became even more important. Sport can solve the problems that diplomats and politicians cannot. Through sport we can build peace and learn to cooperate," he added.

 
The IOC President also met with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.

President Bach attended the 25th Anniversary Celebration and Reception hosted by the Georgian National Olympic Committee (NOC). Guests included Georgian athletes and the Presidents and Secretary Generals of many of Europe's National Olympic Committees.

At the reception, President Bach told those in attendance: “The International Olympic Committee remains ready to offer a platform to all the National Olympic Committees in the region to foster relations between the young athletes so that they can meet each other and get to know each other better.”

Accompanying President Bach was IOC Member and President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) Patrick Hickey.



Earlier in the day, the IOC delegation visited the headquarters of the Georgian NOC and met with NOC President Leri Khabelov and leaders of European NOCs. The President also met a number of Georgian Olympians as well as athletes who had received Olympic Solidarity scholarships.

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General Transfer Result of West Bengal School Service Commission 2014

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The result of General Transfer conducted by the  West Bengal School Service Commission in 2014.
The score is showing on the on the middle Total Score column. 

 

Announcement of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences i...

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Caluyachand or Kaluasand - a Sthan for Practicing Old Belief

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Caluasand or Kaluasand in Bagansai village, Mouza - Nimai Nagar, Nayagram block, West Medinipur, West Bengal, PIN Code 721159, India is sthan or place in the jungle, Nayagram Range Forest Beat in West Medinipur district. Now this place is known as Caluasand Mandir (Kaluasand Temple). The practice of Shivism or Shaivaism  is continuing since hundreds of years. The power woman is believed to be as the source of finding or discovering the truth and lost things and materials including the inspiration and devotional spiritualism of human being. The sthan is an age old neglected untold history related place where bird, goat and animal  are sacrified.Earlier Caluasand  Sthan is maintained and monitored by  Brihas Sarai (Vivek Mahat), the then Manager of Nawbab Siraj-ud-dalla of Bengal Presidency (Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, etc.) of Nawbab Kachari in Nayagram Lalkuthi.

The pictures of Caluasand or Kaluasand : -

Picture One.

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Picture Three.

Picture Four.

Sacrificing halter. Picture Five.

Picture Six.