Thursday, October 1, 2009

VOLLEYBALL: Headline News for Oct. 1, 2009

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USA VOLLEYBALL HEADLINE NEWS

Oct. 1, 2009

B.J. Hoeptner Evans
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: (719) 228-6800
E-Mail: bj.evans@usav.org

USAV’S Fingers Crossed for Chicago

Anticipation is building within the U.S. Olympic community and around the world as the clock counts down to Friday morning and the International Olympic Committee's vote on which city should host the 2016 Summer Games.

The IOC is meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, where representatives from the four final candidate cities - Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo - continue to lobby the 105 members who will vote by secret ballot (only 97 IOC members vote in the first round as representatives from candidate cities are not eligible to vote. As cities are eliminated, their members can vote. IOC president Jacques Rogge does not vote).

USA Volleyball, along with the other U.S. sport national governing bodies and the U.S. Olympic Committee, have put their support squarely behind Chicago's bid for the Games.

"Chicago's plan for the 2016 Olympic Games is one of the best I have ever seen and I know others intimately involved with the process have told me the same thing," said USA Volleyball CEO Doug Beal. "I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to have the Summer Games in the United States to raise the visibility of our sport as well as other Olympic sports.

"Chicago has been a great partner for USA Volleyball in putting on international events and we look forward to continuing that relationship."

Complete release is posted at http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/17251.

Volleyball Players Support Chicago 2016 Bid

Three top U.S. volleyball players will be with the delegation that travels to Copenhagen, Denmark to lobby the International Olympic Committee members to award the 2016 Games to Chicago.

The IOC will choose from among Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo in a vote held on Oct. 2. Each city will give one final presentation prior to the vote.

Two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.), men’s indoor gold and bronze medalist Bob Ctvrtlik (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Paralympian Paul Moran (Chicago), a member of the 2004 U.S. Men’s Sitting Volleyball Team will travel with the delegation that will also include U.S. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey.

Complete release is posted at http://usavolleyball.org/news/article/16308.

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Editor's Pick: Nvidia Puts On Graphic Power Display With Fermi

Nvidia Puts On Graphic Power Display With Fermi

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	Nvidia, a company often associated with the graphics processors that go into high-end gaming computers, has revealed a few details on Fermi, its latest GPU architecture. Fermi is designed for general purpose parallel computing that can scale up to supercomputing levels. [See Full Story]

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In tonight's programme

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NEWSNIGHT - Thursday 1 September 2230 BST - BBC Two
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Presented by Emily Maitlis
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By Emily Maitlis:

WOMEN PAEDOPHILES
"The reality is women abuse, women abuse without men telling them to abuse, and I think we have to acknowledge it for the sake of the children who are being abused". So says Kidscape director Michelle Elliot.

Tonight we broach a subject that rarely comes under discussion - but has been thrust into the light by the convictions of female child abusers at a nursery in Plymouth.

We know that paedophiles don't always wear long overcoats and lurk in parks. We have been slow to recognise however, the women that choose sexual violence to satisfy their own needs. So this evening we will be asking how common place paedophilia is amongst women - even mothers - and whether it is motivated by the same thing that drives men to paedophilia.

AFGHANISTAN
I have just been talking to the Nato Secretary General Fogh Rasmussen, to ask him if he believes there will be, and should be, a change of strategy on Afghanistan. President Obama has been sitting on a report for the last two months calling for 40,000 more troops on the ground - what is holding up his decision?

Well one thing presumably, is the dire state of democracy in Afghanistan - elections that have been widely recognised as riddled with fraud.

So is the appetite for fighting there slipping away? Could we not achieve the same desired results - security here at home - with targeted counter-terrorism and unmanned drones?

Tonight we have special intelligence on new moves afoot in Pakistan.

IRELAND'S EU VOTE
Last time, the joke goes; the Irish got the answer wrong. They voted No to the Lisbon treaty. So they have been asked to go to the polls again.

The quip may not tell the whole story, but it embodies the spirit of one of the most extraordinary political campaigns in recent history.

There have been dirty tricks a plenty - on both sides - huge bribes of cash - on both sides - and characters that are larger than life - including a close friend of the hedge fund brigade and the colourful owner of Ryanair.

Liz McKean is in Dublin as the Irish prepare to vote once again - this time in the middle of a recession that threatens to choke off the very life blood of the country.

Plenty more this evening including Michael Crick and his chopped up cow.

It's enough to make you beg for Brit Art once again.

Emily

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E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- October 1, 2009

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A Global Web Site Localization Primer
Think, Then Measure: BI in the SMB
New Deveraux Romance Debuts as 'Vook'
EC Prevails in Mobile Roaming Fee Fracas
ViaSat to Pocket Wild Blue for $568M
Judge Absolves Microsoft in $388M Patent Saga

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A Global Web Site Localization Primer
When an Indian company tried to sell its Swastika brand of clothing in
the West, it was not quite prepared for the backlash. In Hindu culture
the swastika is a highly revered religious symbol of peace and well
being. The trouble is, no one had done the necessary homework to find
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http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/68259.html

Think, Then Measure: BI in the SMB
Suppliers and consumers have tightened their belts under current
economic conditions, sending businesses scrambling for cost-cutting
methods. Small and medium businesses have turned to business
intelligence tools in response to these pressures.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/68257.html

New Deveraux Romance Debuts as 'Vook'
The latest novel from best-selling romance author Jude Deveraux isn't
exactly a book. "Promises" is a reading-and-viewing experience, a
digital text in which videos not only complement the narrative but add
to it. "Promises" is one of four online video books being published
Thursday by Simon & Schuster in collaboration with Vook, a startup that
integrates text, video and social networking.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/68264.html

EC Prevails in Mobile Roaming Fee Fracas
The EU was entitled to cap roaming rates in 2007 as network operators
pocketed huge profits but resisted less drastic ways to cut the sky-high
costs of using mobile phones in Europe, the EU advocate general said
Thursday. The opinion by Advocate General Miguel Poiares Maduro now goes
to the European Court of Justice, which often follows that advice.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/68262.html

ViaSat to Pocket Wild Blue for $568M
ViaSat is acquiring Wild Blue Communications, a provider of high-speed
Internet access via satellite, for US$568 million in cash and stock, the
companies said Thursday. Privately held Wild Blue, in which Liberty
Media holds a 37 percent stake, will become an operating subsidiary of
ViaSat, which makes satellite communications equipment for defense and
consumer markets.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/68260.html

Judge Absolves Microsoft in $388M Patent Saga
For six years, Uniloc and Microsoft have duked it out in the courts over
charges that Microsoft infringed on Uniloc's patent. A jury said it did
and awarded Uniloc what was purported to be the fifth largest patent
verdict in history. However, in a 66-page decision, Rhode Island's
District Judge William Smith overturned the $388 million verdict.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/68254.html

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