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The inaugural Youth
Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in Singapore August 14-26, 2010. The Internatioal Olympic Committee (IOC)
wants athletes - 14 to 18 years old - to compete in the same sports as athletes at the current "Professional"
Olympic Games. The 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be made up of over 3,600 athletes and 800 officials from 205 countries
along with over 800 media representatives and an expected 500,000 spectators. The 2010 Summer YOG will be followed by
2012 Winter YOG, Summer 2014, Winter 2016 and so on, in alternate years to the Professional Olympic Games. Wait a minute, not so fast.
The IOC and Olympic broadcasters seek to sell the youth demographic to sponsors and advertisers. The creation of the Youth
Olympic Games simply gives the IOC and broadcasters a youth product to sell. Is anyone concerned about the young
lives affected by production of this Olympic "show"?
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Friday, January 30, 2009
The International Olympic Committee is Irresponsibly Increasing CO2 Emissions with the 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Humanity is working to reduce carbon emissions to protect our planet. Meanwhile, with
minimal input from humanity, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working to create a new systemic global
sporting event commencing in 2010 with the Singapore Summer Youth Olympic Games, to be followed in 2012 with the Innsbruck
Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Who wins?   Our planet?
Jacques Rogge
President of the IOC?
Monday, January 26, 2009
Obama begins teardown of Bush climate policy - AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama began to shred
Bush
administration climate policies, signing measures to encourage production of fuel-efficient cars and vowing to lead
the fight against global warming. In another sign of change, Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton picked a veteran of the Kyoto Protocol talks
as her envoy for climate change, as world leaders target a historic global warming pact this year. "The
days of Washington dragging its heels are over," Obama said. "I've made it clear that we will act,
but so too must the world."
link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090127/ts_afp/uspoliticsobamaclimateenvironment_20090127030803
Friday, January 23, 2009
Most Successful Yet" 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival Wraps Up
 The Australian Youth Olympic Festival, held every four years in Sydney, gives athletes from across the world (13 to 19
years old) a chance to compete in Olympic-style events. It is reported that for the January 2009 festival,
more than 2,000 competitors from 23 countries took part.
The official website reports that the 2009 Australian
Youth Festival was a great success. Go to http://www.olympics.com.au for over 200 articles, 60 videos, 50 audio files and complete results.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Bulgaria to apply to host the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games
 Sofia (to) apply (to host) the winter Olympic games for Youths. This was discussed during a meeting between Sofia Mayor Boyko
Borisov and the President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Roche (sic). Sofia would apply to host the 2016 games.
Jacques Roche (sic) expressed very nice impressions with his visit to Sofia. He said that he is happy with the
development of the infrastructure in Sofia.
Mayor Borisov said he had convinced (Jacques Rogge) that he would
do everything that is need(ed) for the city’s application for hosting the winter youth Olympic games. Borisov further
added that he had taken the engagement to forward a law similar to that in Athens in reference to hosting the Olympic Games.
From Focus News website: http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n167834
Friday, January 16, 2009
The National Football League Focuses on Local Youth Fitness Without the Need to Fly 10,000 People Around the World for the
Youth Olympic Games
TAMPA (Bay News 9) -- The Super Bowl means bringing more than world-class athletes, national attention
and celebrities to Tampa. For some Bay area children, it also means more access to education. In 2001, the last time
the Super Bowl came to Tampa, the National Football League donated money to help build two youth education centers in the
Tampa area. Now that the Big Game is coming back, the NFL is donating once again. The league has given $1 million for
the expansion of two youth education centers in the Tampa area, which means more room and more programs to serve more children.
Center coordinator Joe Troupe said they have plans to use the donations to expand the existing building. "It's
going to be a big building," he said. "The kids can come in for fitness activities and more programs here, and it
won't be as crowded as it was."
link: http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/1/10/423971.html
Monday, January 12, 2009
Youth Athletes Between 13-19 Years of Age to Compete at January 2009 Youth Olympic Festival
 In total, 1,550 youth athletes from 31 countries will compete across 17 sports in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival
("AYOF") to be held January 14-18, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
The AYOF's mission
is to discover future Olympic Champions, provide them with an environment reminiscent of an Olympic Games and promote the
Olympic ideals of fair play, honesty and pride.
The Australian Youth Olympic Festival offers a unique opportunity for
aspiring Olympians to compete in an environment similar to the Olympic Games. They will experience and be exposed to:
• A large scale international multi-sport event
• Drug education and drug testing by ASADA
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Olympic Village style accommodation and dining
• Opening Ceremony and protocols including lighting the Festival
Flame, flying the Olympic Flag, the Parade of Nations and stating the Olympic Oath
• Accreditation
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Welcome arrival packs
• Medal Ceremonies
From the Australian Youth Olympic
Festival ("AYOF") website: www.olympics.com.au
Friday, January 9, 2009
Youth Olympic Festival to Kick Off in 4 Days in Australia
"See tomorrow's Olympians today!" is the theme for the January 14-18, 2009 Youth Olympic Festival to be
held in Sydney, Australia. link: http://www.olympics.com.au/
Monday, January 5, 2009
Golf, baseball, karate, roller sports, rugby, softball and squash all seek to be added to the sports program of the 2014 Youth
Olympic Games
These sports seek to be added as the newest Olympic sport beginning with the 2014
Summer Youth Olympic Games. The IOC's determination of which of the seven sports will be added to the current roster
of 26 Olympic sports will take place during a meeting of the IOC to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark in
early October 2009.
Friday, January 2, 2009
The International Olympic Committee's new Youth Olympic Games add up to a systemic increase in greenhouse gas emissions
Using established metrics that a roundtrip flight (over 7 hours long each way) for a
single person results in 2.1 pounds of CO2-equivalent emissions per passenger-mile, given analysis of the number
and geographic distribution of athletes, officials and spectators expected to participate in the Summer Youth Olympic Games,
just the airline travel (for the Summer Youth Olympic Games every 4 years) will result in an increase in CO2-equivalent
emissions of millions of tonnes.
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