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On the morning of Christmas 1601 the San Jago set sail from Goa bound for Lisbon. The cargo included the first consignment of South East Asian porcelain destined for the European market. On 14 March 1602, off the coast of St. Helena, the San Jago unexpectedly encountered three Dutch ships and a fierce battle followed. After three days of fighting the Portuguese surrendered and the Dutch took possession of the San Jago. Upon arrival in Holland a huge auction of the booty of the San Jago was conducted and the profit was phenomenal since Europeans at that point did not know how to make porcelain. The importance of this auction was unprecedented and it provided enormous economic stimulus in the entire region and also provided diplomatic gifts that were used to cement the Dutch war of indepence against Spain. Among the recipients of such costly gifts were King Henry IV of France and Queen Elizabeth I of England. This historic event formed the basis for a three-part TV-series called Porcelain filmed in Vietnam and broadcasted on Vietnamese television in March 2010. Authentic objects from the San Jago that are in the collection of a historical museum in Holland (the Zeeuws Museum) were used in the filming of the series. Furthermore the rest of the props created for the series were later officially added to the collection of the Zeeuws Museum, thereby recreating the past for future viewers. Every time Porcelain PIrates are exhibited objects from the collection of Zeeuws Museum are chosen by the curators of the venue to be displayed alongside the TV-series.
The TV-series was produced by Propeller Group, VN.
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Porcelain Pirates / Exhibition at Zeeuws Museum. This exhibition presents the results of a yearlong period of research undertaken by SUPERFLEX at the invitation of the Zeeuws Museum. The presentation takes the form of an installation and a three-part television series. Their research focussed on local identity in Zeeland and the role of the Zeeuws Museum within the local community in relation to the museum's collection. Since its reopening in 2007 the Zeeuws Museum has been exploring the significance of local identity within an international context and in relation to the collection. The museum is also exploring innovative ways of shaping the collection and making it accessible to the public. SUPERFLEX is an artists' collective from Copenhagen, comprising Bjørnstjerne Reuter Christiansen (1969), Jakob Fenger (1968) and Rasmus Nielsen (1969). Their work is characterised by strong social commitment, political awareness, irony and a healthy dollop of humour. Much of their art is a razor- sharp commentary on contemporary society and explores the boundaries of the art world, questioning the opportunities it affords them. They also explore and transgress the boundaries of copyright in relation to accessibility, authenticity and appropriation. The appropriation of a historical event within another context fits within this approach.
SUPERFLEX explored the history and identity of Zeeland and were intrigued by Middelburg's illustrious historical relationship with the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In particular their attention was caught by the public auction in 1602 of the booty captured from the Portuguese ship, the San Jago. The haul of Chinese eggshell porcelain, silk, jewels and other luxurious objects was sold on the quayside in Middelburg for an unbelievable sum. This ushered in Middelburg's and the VOC's wealthiest period and one of the most illustrious periods in the history of the Netherlands. On the morning of Christmas 1601 the San Jago set sail from Goa bound for Lisbon. It was laden with spices, silk, cotton, amber, ivory, lacquered objects. The cargo also included the first consignment of Chinese porcelain destined for the European market. On 14 March 1602, off the coast of St. Helena, the San Jago unexpectedly encountered three VOC ships from Zeeland, including the Zelandia and the Langebarcke. The ships from Zeeland sought contact with the Portuguese ship. Thinking that they were dealing with enemy ships, the crew panicked and the Portuguese captain fired a shot. The Zeelanders returned fire and a fierce battle followed. After three days of fighting the Portuguese surrendered and the Zeelanders took possession of the San Jago. Many of the Portuguese crew lost their lives; some were killed in the conflict, others drowned attempting to swim to one of the Dutch boats. Some were unable to swim and there was not enough room in the lifeboats to save them all. Those with a gold chain or a string of pearls around their necks stood a greater chance of being rescued. The badly damaged Portuguese ship was patched up and taken back to Middelburg. Upon arrival in Middelburg it was not clear to whom the booty belonged: the owners of the private merchant vessels, the States of Zeeland or the Republic of the Netherlands. Eventually the ship owners retained the cargo, although they handed over a fifth to the States of Zeeland. Despite the fact that a sizeable sum was paid to Prince Maurice of Nassau and that many objects were given away as gifts, the profit was phenomenal: approximately 19 million euros in today's money. The importance of this auction was unprecedented. It provided enormous economic stimulus in the entire region and the rest of the country and also provided diplomatic gifts that were used to cement the States of Zeeland's alliances in the war against Spain. Among the recipients of such costly gifts were King Henry IV of France and Queen Elizabeth I of England. This historic event formed the basis for a three-part television series filmed in Vietnam and broadcast on Vietnamese television.
In the seventeenth century Vietnam had close links with China and was, with intervals, part of the Chinese Empire. An important role in the series is given to a Chinese porcelain vase that may have come from the San Jago booty and is now in the collection of the Zeeuws Museum. In addition to the vase, other authentic objects from the collection were shipped to Vietnam to feature in the television series. The other objects in the series were produced locally, for example at a porcelain factory in Ho Chi Min City. In the Zeeuws Museum the television series is shown together with a large number of props, combined with authentic objects from the museum's collection. The entire installation, the television series and the props will remain in the collection after the exhibition as a SUPERFLEX art work. In this way the props are raised to the level of authentic museum objects and achieve an almost sacred value. Through a rite of passage, the status of the objects changes the minute they pass through the museum's doors. For this exhibition SUPERFLEX has transplanted a historical event of local and national importance to the present day and has placed it in another (inter)national context. In these days of Somali piracy, the discussion around the download website The Pirate Bay and authenticity versus reproducibility, the exhibition touches upon many current issues. Another important theme is the current need that many people have for a national or even local identity. For these people authenticity is of great importance and is frequently sought in historical events. Think, for example, of the statement made by the Netherlands' current prime minister, J.P. Balkenende, about the need for a 'VOC mentality' among today's youth. This should give pause for thought given that the methods employed by the Dutch East India Company are wrapped up in a romantic heroism but also raise very critical questions. Furthermore, to what extent is a national identity relevant in our diverse and global culture? The exhibition deals with issues such as the relationship between history and the modern world, authenticity, and identity in relation to a local museum collection.
Text by Christie Arends - Curator at Zeeuws Museum
Production credit for the film:
Executive producers Zeeuws Museum, The Netherlands
Produced by The Propeller Group
Directed by 1. Thien Do 2. Trần Thị Bích Ngọc 3. Tuấn Andrew Nguyen
Written by 1. Thien Do 2. Đinh Hòang Ngọc Khanh & Trần Thị Bích Ngọc 3. Đinh Hoàng Ngọc Khanh
Story developed by SUPERFLEX, Thien Do Trần Thị Bích Ngọc Tuan Andrew Nguyen Đinh Hoàng Ngọc Khanh Phạm Hồng Anh Lê Phương Thanh
Director of Photography Hà Thúc Phú Nam
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Manager:Nguyễn Thụy Bảo Ngọc 1st A.D. Nguyễn Quân 2nd A.D. Nguyễn Tấn Vũ
Associate Producer:Matt Lucero
Cast: Lãng Khuê Nguyễn Kim Tuyến Trung Nguyễn Đức Nhã Mai Vũ Phạm Diễm My Tùng [thợ gốm] Nguyễn Quốc Huy Nam Long Nguyễn Hậu Trí Minh Trương Thế Vinh
Porcelain Pirates at Trans-Pacific Transmissions: Video Art Across the Pacific
Porcelain Pirates at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.


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Fixing Cut and Paste
I don't need this on Windows but when working through an X-server it makes cut and paste work.
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I have mentioned ido-mode before in my directory aliases post that everybody has probably seen by now.
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Hey..long time ham…im back with some new design..go check it some time and see if you like it..cheers !!!
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Did you know that Vibram has snuck out two new colorways of the men's SeeYa and Speed FiveFingers? If you didn't, read up!
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Screenwriter and director Sofia Coppola and her new hubby Thomas Mars, frontman of the French band Phoenix, recently shelled out $9.85 million for a super narrow Greenwich Village townhouse, reports The Wall Street Journal. The couple, who were married last August, paid $1 million above the asking price for this much sought after abode.
Coppola's new Manhattan digs measures only 17 feet at the facade, but expands to 35 feet as it approaches the picturesque garden towards the back of the lot. The garden itself totals a grand 2,000 feet, and according to the public listing, it's one of the largest south gardens in Greenwich Village, which is perhaps the pivotal reason that this popular property only remained on the market for a very short 10 days before it went into contract. In fact, according to The Wall Street Journal, the real-estate broker who listed the house (it was also owned by her late parents) said selling the pad was "the fastest deal I have ever done."
While the couple didn't waste any time snatching up the property, moving into the home may not be as speedy of a process. As it's configured now, the Village townhouse, which was built in 1854, is split into three separate apartments and it could take another $4 million to convert the historic residence into a single-family home. So for now, Coppola and Mars can merely revel in their new purchase (and their new life as newlyweds sans the inevitable blueprints, contractors, and construction machinery).


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Private Vice, Public Virtue
Today POLITICO Arena asks:
Would the House plan to vote next week on a proposal to end the system of financing presidential candidates and national conventions with federal funds wisely put to rest a public financing scheme that never worked well, or would it eliminate a bulwark against political corruption by forcing candidates to rely entirely on private money?
My response:
The decades long effort by the Left to finance presidential candidates and national conventions with federal funds -- part of the Left's more ambitious effort to finance all political campaigns with public funds -- never worked as proponents hoped it would, with taxpayer participation through check-offs declining from 28.7 percent in 1980 to 7.3 percent in 2009 -- and for good reason.
The corruption-prevention rationale was always bogus. And the idea that public financing would itself be corruption free didn't pass the straight-face test. The American people may be dumb (quiet), but they're not stupid! They'll make their political contributions directly -- thank you -- not through the government -- if the law allows them that right, which at present is highly regulated. Let's hope that this move by the new House is only the first step toward removing government completely from the campaign financing business.


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MUSTANG HOOFPRINTS: SMSU sports has break after this weekend's tilts
Hello Mustang Fans!
Tuesday was the last day of the fall semester for taking finals at Southwest Minnesota State University.
This weekend, SMSU will be hosting athletic events today and Saturday to close the sports portion of the fall semester.
The Mustangs men's basketball hosts Wisconsin-La Crosse at 7 p.m. today before it plays Sioux Falls in the second game of a men's and women's basketball doubleheader at 4 p.m. Saturday. The SMSU women's basketball team faces Sioux Falls at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The athletic staff will get a much needed break during the holidays following a very busy fall.
Bigler on ESPN E:60
Southwest Minnesota State men's basketball head coach Brad Bigler is going to be featured in a story on upcoming episode of ESPN's E:60.
E:60 will report the agonizing story of Bigler and his family having to deal with the tragic deaths of Brad's mother, Diane Bigler-Hagenow, in summer 2011 and his son, Drake, in summer 2012.
E:60 is ESPN's award-winning prime-time newsmagazine that features profiles, investigations and cutting-edge stories on emerging and established sports.
The first airing will be at 2 p.m. Dec. 24 on ESPNU and will air again later that night on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. On Dec. 25, the story will air at 7 a.m. on ESPN2 and at 4 a.m. and 2 p.m. on ESPNEWS. The show will also air on ESPNU on Dec. 27 (4 p.m.), Dec. 29 (10 p.m.) and Dec. 31 (5:30 a.m. and 10 p.m.). The show will be on ESPNEWS on Dec. 29 (10 p.m.), Jan. 1 (12 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.), Jan. 2 (7 a.m.) and Jan. 3 (11 p.m.).
Gold Rush Raffle
The Gold Rush Raffle Committee had its second meeting in preparation for the 11th annual Gold Rush Raffle, hosted by the Mustang Booster Club, which will be held Feb. 14 in the Conference Center Ballroom.
The committee has been brainstorming with the goal of making some subtle enhancements to increase the social and fundraising opportunities of this year's event. Last year, the Gold Rush Raffle raised a little more that $53,000.
This year, the committee has set a goal of raising more than $75,000 at the event.
All proceeds from the Gold Rush Raffle go to aid the Mustang Booster Club's effort to support SMSU Athletic Scholarships. Last year, the club contributed $100,000 to athletic scholarships.
One change the committee has made is this year's Gold Rush Raffle ticket prices, which will increase to $75. The $50 ticket price has been in place for 10 years, and the committee felt it was time to increase the price of the raffle tickets based on inflationary increases of expenses and the value Mustang supporters find in the event and raffle.
Tickets will be available for purchase as of Jan. 1, 2014.
Check the SMSU Athletics website, SMSUmustangs.com, for all the latest information on Mustang athletics and Gold Rush Raffle Tickets information.
This Week in SMSU Athletics
Men's Basketball
The SMSU men's basketball team (5-5 overall, 3-2 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) split last weekend's league road trip by beating Upper Iowa on Friday and losing to Winona State on Saturday.
The Mustangs will play a non-conference game at 7 p.m. today, welcoming Wisconsin-La Crosse (7-1) to the R/A Facility.
At 4 p.m. Saturday, SMSU will host Sioux Falls (5-4, 2-3 NSIC) in the final league contest before winter break.
At halftime of the men's basketball game Saturday, Santa and Mrs. Claus will make an appearance at the R/A Facility. This is a great opportunity for your family to come out and support the Mustangs and have your children talk to Santa Claus and have a picture taken with him. Santa will also have treats to hand out for children of all ages.
Women's Basketball
The SMSU women's basketball team (2-7, NSIC 0-5) is coming off a pair of road losses at Upper Iowa and at Winona State last weekend.
The Mustangs welcome Sioux Falls (5-4, 1-4 NSIC) to the R/A Facility at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Both the SMSU men's and women's basketball teams will be back in action Jan. 3-4, hosting Northern State and Minnesota State-Moorhead in a pair of NSIC contests.
I would like to wish our SMSU men's and women's basketball teams the best of luck this weekend!
The Mustang wrestling team (3-2 in dual meets) beat St. John's 22-13 in a non-conference dual last Friday in Collegeville.
On Saturday, several SMSU wrestlers competed in the Holiday Inn/Husky Open hosted by St. Cloud State University. Three Mustangs placed in the tournament. Justin Reinsma and Andrew Rodas had fourth-place finishes, while Micah Larson placed sixth.
SMSU's next competition will be a home NSIC dual versus Minot State at 4 p.m. Jan. 11 at P.E. Gym.
Wheelchair Basketball
The SMSU wheelchair basketball team went 3-1 last weekend in Lincoln, Neb.
The Mustangs suffered their only loss of the Lincoln Tournament in Game 1, losing 50-34 to the Madonna Magic. Then, SMSU won three straight games against Sioux Falls 53-47, the Timberwolves 52-38 and Iowa 45-24.
Southwest Minnesota State is idle until Jan. 17-18 when it travels to Urbana-Champaign, Ill., to compete in the University of Illinois Tournament.
I would also like to wish everyone safe travels during the holiday season and have a Merry Christmas!
Go Mustangs!
Trivia Contest
Congratulations to Larry Hildebrandt, who provided the correct answer to last week's Mustang Hoofprints Trivia Question: What SMSU Women's Basketball player was an All American two different years during her career?
Lillie Brown earned All-American status as a Mustang women's basketball player in 1994-95 and 1995-96.
Trivia Question
Learfield Sports sponsors the Director's Cup Award each year in NCAA?Divisions I, II, and III in support of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. The Director's Cup is a program that honors institutions for maintaining a broad-based program and achieve success in both women's and men's sports. Following the fall sports season, where does SMSU rank out of the 311 members competing at the NCAA Division II level?
The first person to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com with the correct answer to this question will receive an SMSU T-shirt.


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Imagine this:
Instead of waiting in her tower, Rapunzel slices off her long, golden hair with a carving knife, and then uses it to climb down to freedom.
Just as she's about to take the poison apple, Snow White sees the familiar wicked glow in the old lady's eyes, and slashes the evil queen's throat with a pair of sewing scissors.
Cinderella refuses everything but the glass slippers from her fairy godmother, crushes her stepmother's windpipe under her heel, and the Prince falls madly in love with the mysterious girl who dons rags and blood-stained slippers.
Imagine this:
Persephone goes adventuring with weapons hidden under her dress.
Persephone climbs into the gaping chasm.
Or, Persephone uses her hands to carve a hole down to hell.
In none of these versions is Persephone's body violated unless she asks Hades to hold her down with his horse-whips.
Not once does she hold out on eating the pomegranate, instead biting into it eagerly and relishing the juice running down her chin, staining it red.
In some of the stories, Hades never appears and Persephone rules the underworld with a crown of her own making.
In all of them, it is widely known that the name Persephone means Bringer of Destruction.
Imagine this:
Red Riding Hood marches from her grandmother's house with a bloody wolf pelt.
Medusa rights the wrongs that have been done to her.
Eurydice breaks every muscle in her arms climbing out of the land of the dead.
Imagine this:
Girls are allowed to think dark thoughts, and be dark things.
Imagine this:
Instead of the dragon, it's the princess with claws and fiery breath
who smashes her way from the confines of her castle
and swallows men whole.
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Stephen Harper chose latest Senate fight. The question is, why? (with video)
There is just one rational explanation for the seemingly bizarre chain of events that has overtaken Ottawa this week, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government once again engulfed in the Senate spending scandal, because of a battle with three former Conservative senators they could very easily have avoided.
Here it is: Harper wants a war. He chose this tussle understanding he'd take casualties, anticipating he'd be wounded, but calculating it wouldn't be fatal.
This is what stands out about the prime minister's performance in the House this week: He's back, if not to his old form, then something close to it. It took Harper all of 10 seconds to send Sen. Mike Duffy, who'd seized centre ice earlier in the week with an explosive tale of skullduggery in the Prime Minister's Office, back to the penalty box. "Mr. Duffy now says he is a victim because I told him he should repay his expenses," the prime minister said Wednesday. "You're darn right I told him he should repay his expenses." Ka-boom!
Thursday was a variation on the theme, even in the face of a fierce assault from Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair.
Duffy, of course, does not cut a sympathetic figure. Nor do senators Patrick Brazeau or Pamela Wallin. But that's just the point. Let's consider how the PMO is using these three former loyalists, and what that tells us about the regime.
First, we can now assume the drive to have them suspended without pay came to the Senate Conservative leadership directly from the man who appointed them all. Harper was asked about this pointedly by Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair in the Commons, and pointedly did not deny it. Indeed the prime minister has asserted he strongly supports the motions for suspension. In the Commons, he's made it a point of pride.
Logically the prime minister has to know, by now, most or all of what Duffy knows about the transaction at the heart of this mess, that is the $90,000 payment to him from former PMO chief of staff Nigel Wright. Harper therefore cannot have been surprised by much of what was said this week by Duffy, or his lawyer Donald Bayne, or for that matter the other two senators on the hot seat. Indeed, he had to have anticipated most of it.
Bayne asserts the evidence made public thus far is "the tip of the iceberg," and has hinted Duffy holds emails that suggest Harper knew about the Wright-Duffy payment before May 15 – which would be very problematic for the prime minister, as he has repeatedly denied such knowledge. In the House Wednesday, Harper went out of his way to reassert his long-held position. He did so forcefully and without equivocation of any kind. Thursday he repeated the assertion.
This suggests there is no smoking gun, at least not one tying Harper directly to the Wright-Duffy payment, and that he knows it. The most damaging elements – the alleged pressure tactics by Sen. Marjory LeBreton and current PMO chief of staff Ray Novak, the brutality of the manner in which these former insiders were made outsiders, the sheer ugliness of it all – may well be out there now. So in a sense it's like taking a writedown, for a corporation: Push the three senators to the brink, let them tell their tales of betrayal, let the accursed media gallery have its delicious meal. It's a bad few days. But who wins?
Beyond the bubble, a shooting war between Harper and three disgraced senators might be understood to help no one so much as Harper. Opposition statements or media coverage sympathetic to the senators' plight – focusing, for example, on the arbitrariness of the move to cut them off, or the hypocrisy of shunning them for actions their own leadership apparently endorsed at the time – just further proves the "media elites" have it in for the Tories. It's a classic wedge; possibly even a fundraising tool. Harper can now plant his flag on Main Street and blast the fat cats – people he himself appointed, but never mind that. It'll play well at Tim's.
Here's why this unfolding scenario should be worrying, not just to Canadians, but to Conservative Canadians. It reinforces, not only that the prime minister doesn't much care whether he's trusted or liked, so long as he's respected and feared; and is happy to trample on due process, if it suits him; but also that, truly, no colleague is safe who threatens his position. It's not a new theme, because of prior incidents, including the purging of onetime cabinet minister Helena Guergis. But the trend line is steepening. Those closest to the Duffy mess, who are still standing – including LeBreton, Sen. David Tkachuk, and Sen. Carolyn Stewart-Olsen – might be well advised to watch their backs.
In the face of all this, the sheer dreck of it, Canadians are urged to remain placid, because we will soon have free trade with Europe, and the deficit is on track to being eliminated by 2015. Really? This is Canada, now? The gambit, if that is what it is, may succeed. Shame on us if it does.
Related articles
- Mike Duffy is no 'victim,' Stephen Harper says as he attacks senator over expenses (canada.com)
- 'You will never break my spirit,' Wallin says in her Senate defence (globalnews.ca)


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Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer, Joe Nathan converted his team-record 22nd straight save opportunity and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 Saturday.
Nathan broke the Rangers mark he shared with Francisco Cordero, who was successful on 21 chances in a row in 2004. Nathan was the sixth pitcher for Texas.
Roy Oswalt started for Texas in place of Ryan Dempster, who missed his regular turn because of personal issues. Oswalt allowed one run and two hits in 4 2-3 innings, striking out five and walking two in his first start since July 30.
Michael Kirkman (1-2) got two outs for the win.
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Our Gazebo is back!
Our gazebo is back up at our outdoor sitting area close to the East Wing indoor section of BEST WESTERN Coral Hills. It is a perfect place to relax and enjoy friends and the St. George sun.
After a good moment relaxing there are several things to do and see nearby to the BWCH. We are in the St. George downtown, historic district and are within 3 blocks of 15 great restaurants, there are several museums, historic sites and shopping. when next you come to St. George check out this great area of town.
The restaurants, in no particular order, are: 1 George's Corner, 2 Pasta Factory, 3 Pizza Factory, 4 Benja's, 5 Painted Pony, 6 Bear Paw, 7 Piccolo Mundo, 8 Cappaletti's, 9 Twenty-Five Main, 10 One Hot Grill, 11 Nelsons Frozen Custard, 12 Café Rio, 13 Iceberg 14 Red Ginger 15 Ocean Buffet
Museums include the St. George Art Museum, The St. George Children's Museum, and the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers museum
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Young stars fix eyes on place at Nanjing 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 3, 2013 – With less than six months until beach volleyball makes its debut at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, teams around the world are eyeing places at the tournament as continental qualification tournaments reach their conclusions.
Guatemala's Natalia Giron and Estefanie Bethancourt and Erik Flores and Mark Alvarez were the most recent teams to book a place for their country in Nanjing with victory in the NORCECA qualifiers in front of their home fans at the start of February.
To be eligible for the Youth Olympic Games, athletes must be born between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 1999.
Nanjing 2014 is the second edition of the Summer Games and will be held from August 16 to 28, 2014 in Nanjing, China. The programme will feature 28 sports, including beach volleyball for the first time. Volleyball was present in Singapore in 2010, when Cuba won the boys' volleyball gold medal over Argentina, while Belgium defeated the United States to clinch the gold medal in the girls' competition.
The AVC qualifying tournament will take place at Khanom Beach, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand on April 4 to 6, with each national federation allowed to send one team per gender.
The tournament will start with a round-robin pool
phase followed by a single elimination format from which the top six national
federations per gender will qualify.
The African Qualification Tournament will be held in Ghana and will run from April 10 to 14. It will take place with the first CAVB Continental Referee Delegate Course which will take on April 8 and 9.
Hosts Ghana will be joined in the tournament by Egypt, Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Namibia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Zimbabwe.
After the 2013 Zonal Phase a total of 21 National Federations have qualified for the final qualifying tournament with six places per gender up for grabs.
The CEV Youth Continental Cup Final will take place in coastal resort of Antalya in Turkey from May 15 to 17.
In the main draw there will be 18 teams per gender and they will begin with six pools of four teams before advancing to a single elimination phase from which the winners will emerge.
Brazil's boys and girls currently lead South American qualifying following two tournaments, sitting top of the qualifying pools with 400 points apiece.
There are four more tournaments to come before qualifying is completed: Bolivia from April 4 to 6, Venezuela from April 25 to 27, Peru from May 2 to 4, and Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 16 to 19, 2014. At the end of the four tournaments, the top-six teams qualify for the Youth Olympic Games.
The final NORCECA Beach Volleyball Qualifiers towards the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China will take place in Carolina, Puerto Rico on April 12-13.
Twelve pairs will compete for the last two places of a total of six teams per gender that will qualify for Nanjing.
The girls' teams with places in Nanjing are St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States and Guatemala while the boys' teams are St Vincent, Jamaica, Canada and Guatemala.
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Fire investigators in Boston, Massachusetts, have determined the most probable cause of a 9-alarm blaze to be the careless disposal of smoking material in a rear interior stairwell.
The fire tore through a dead-end street in Boston's Allston neighborhood on Sept. 3, devouring back porches, injuring seven people and sending two firefighters to the hospital.
The Boston Fire Department battled the flames and is concerned the building at 12-16 Harvard Terrace may collapse. Crews have established safety zones and have been ordered off of the roof and out of the building.
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Five firefighters were hurt working to extinguish the blaze. Two of them were transported to local hospitals by Boston EMS, one for smoke inhalation and one with a shoulder injury.
Two bystanders were also hurt. They were treated and transported to local hospitals with minor injuries by Boston EMS.
The call came in at 5:45 p.m. for a blaze at 16 Harvard Terrace, a three-story, brick apartment building, but fire officials said the flames likely started on the first floor of 12 Harvard Terrace.
Fifty-four people have been displaced as a result of the fire, officials said. According to the Red Cross, a reception center for those displaced will be set up at the Jackson Mann School in Allston.
Boston Fire is asking drivers and pedestrians stay away from Brighton Avenue to Linden Street, Harvard Avenue, and Cambridge Street. They say to expect a grid lock on Cambridge Street, and from Lincoln to Union Square.
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There's no guaranteed way to delay your period, but it may be possible if you take the combined contraceptive pill.
If you take a combined contraceptive pill, you can delay your period by taking two packets back-to-back. How you do this will depend on which pill you take.
Examples are:
Taking your contraceptive pills in the ways described above won't affect how they work as contraceptives.
If you're not sure which pill you're on or which pills in the packet to miss out, speak to your pharmacist, community contraception clinic or GP.
Avoid taking more than two packs without a break, unless your GP says you can – there's a risk you could experience side effects, such as:
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Kaneria isn't good enough with the ball to justify his place in the ODI outfit considering his crud fielding and batting.
Plus Pakistan have various spinning allrounders in the shorter form who they can use.
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."
Ian Botham, Freddie Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen, Brian Laudrup, Gazza and Daniela Hantuchova....a fan of you all FOREVER!!!
Can't wait to see Australia field a crap leg-spinner like Hollland or Hohns again.....
Congratulations to Daniela Hantuchova on her 3rd career title....
Bob Woolmer 1948-2007..farewell to the best coach England never had...
Arise Sir Beefy....
Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb...
Considering Inzamam is quite possibly my second favorite player in the world, I'll go with him.
at FRAZ and Fus.
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Kaneria needs to stop whinging every time he doesn't get into the ODI squad, it just reflects poorly on his personality.
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R.I..P ........ Fardin Qayuumi
The question, FRAZ, is is Danish decent enough?
Oh, certainly, he's a better bet than Sami anyday. But so are Shoaib, Asif, Shabbir, Gul, Shahid Naz, and hell, even Rana and Rao.
I've seen Danish in Tests, yeah, and he sometimes looks the most accurate bowler in The World. But IMO he loses patience too easily, and patience is perhaps the single most important quality in a one-day bowler.
Thing is, though, the Rehmans and Arshads are deservedly ahead of him at present.
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Phoenix Outreach, ... or "That's the way to do it..."
Phoenix Outreach, ... or "That's the way to do it..."
Jun 5 2008, 07:36 PM
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I have a sneaking suspicion that more than a few of the various Phoenix teams lurk here... and are probably reading these very pages right now when they really, really should be DOING SOME WORK!!! ... so I just wanted to point out what a superb job they've done and are still doing as far as Outreach is concerned. The quality of the animations and graphics, so soon into the mission, is simply outstanding, and the speed with which the raw images are posted is obviously great for all us armchair image manipulators, but it's also great for the public too, because we can point them towards the Phoenix websites and tell them, truthfully, that all they want to know about the mission is there for them to read, put in simple and understandable terms. There are also postcards and posters to download.
A special - and IMHO - long overdue congratulations has to go to Veronica McGregor, who we have often seen during NASA TV coverage of Phoenix press briefings. For those who don't know, Veronica is behind the Phoenix Twitter page, which now has over 18,000 (18,000!!!!) followers. When I say "behind", I mean, of course, that she is in contact with the probe itself, and takes the time to send it questions and write up its responses in "Twitter-ese"; the New York Times erroneously reported that Veronica actually writes the Twitter entries, and not Phoenix itself. Now there's "inaccuracy in reporting astronomy" for you...
Having said that, I am less than convinced that "Steve The Cat" was a good idea. The idea is fun, and the site itself is too, but... well... a cat? Stuck on Mars? ( For those who don't know, Phoenix has a stowaway, in the form of a cat called Steve. Steve is living inside Phoenix as it explores the martian arctic, and has even sent back a message for his followers and supporters here on Earth.) I mentioned this idea once during a pre-landing Outreach talk. Once. Never again. I could see small children getting visibly upset at the idea of a poor liddle puddy cat stranded on Mars... I have just seen that Steve actually has a way of getting back to Earth, so maybe there's been a bit of a re-think about the first cat-o-naut on Mars somewhere! And if Phoenix does find evidence of life on Mars, I'm not sure how they're going to be sure it's native martian life when this was allowed to happen...
Seriously tho, the Outreach support for this mission is great. I gave my first post-landing Phoenix public Outreach talk last Saturday morning here in Kendal, at the town's museum, and thanks to the Phoenix Outreach team I was able to hand out free Phoenix stickers to the 20 or so people who came along to see the first Phoenix images and hear all about the mission. I was also able to give them a long list of website addresses to keep an eye on after the talk.
Great work guys, keep it up!
Sep 14 2008, 04:49 PM
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What made me upset is they disabled my Phoenix Facebook profile on sol 100. I finally heard back from them today and they offered to transfer everything to a page (so everyone is no longer friends with Phoenix... only fans... ) I suppose it's a better response than "Haha you fail, you'll never be able to do outreach!" and they'll save me a lot of work by transferring everything. But still, there's something neat about saying you're friends with a spacecraft...
Sep 15 2008, 09:51 AM
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What made me upset is they disabled my Phoenix Facebook profile on sol 100.
I'm not a Facebook user and I don't know what happened. Did you have an unofficial Phoenix profile that was disabled by Facebook?
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Sep 16 2008, 12:01 AM
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