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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
IBM: Giving Open a Smarter Strategic Advantage
IBM just announced SmartCloud Orchestrator -- a massive open source initiative designed to help companies better balance public and private cloud resources and even switch vendors. This is in sharp contrast to the lock-in strategy that IBM used to found the technology segment -- largely because IBM learned the hard way that lock-in, while tactically sound, is strategically stupid.
Gabel resigns from committees after abuse claims
FILE - In this May 31, 2000 file photo, Olympic medalist Andy Gabel demonstrates how to purchase 2002 Winter Game tickets via the Internet during a news conference in Salt Lake City. Looking on is Salt Lake Organizing Committee president Mitt Romney, left, and Olympic medalists Hilary Lindh and Denise Parker, right. U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday, March 1, 2013, into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of sexual abuse in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
FILE - In this May 31, 2000 file photo, Olympic medalist Andy Gabel demonstrates how to purchase 2002 Winter Game tickets via the Internet during a news conference in Salt Lake City. Looking on is Salt Lake Organizing Committee president Mitt Romney, left, and Olympic medalists Hilary Lindh and Denise Parker, right. U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday, March 1, 2013, into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of sexual abuse in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 1998, file photo, Andy Gabel, foreground, skates to first place during the men's 1,000-meter short track speedskating Olympic trials in Lake Placid, N.Y. U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday, March 1, 2013, into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of sexual abuse in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Nancie Battaglia, File)
Speedskater Bridie Farrell competes in the 1000-meter race at the Long Track American Cup Final North American Championship Friday, March 1, 2013, in Kearns, Utah. U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of sexual abuse in the 1990s. Farrell told public radio station WUWM in Milwaukee that she had sexual contact with Gabel repeatedly over several months in 1997 and 1998 while both were training in New York and Michigan. When the alleged abuse began, she was 15 and Gabel was 33.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Speedskater Bridie Farrell competes in the 1000-meter during the Long Track American Cup Final North American Championship, Friday, March 1, 2013, in Kearns, Utah. U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of sexual abuse in the 1990s. Farrell told public radio station WUWM in Milwaukee that she had sexual contact with Gabel repeatedly over several months in 1997 and 1998 while both were training in New York and Michigan. When the alleged abuse began, she was 15 and Gabel was 33. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Olympic medalist Andy Gabel stepped down from leadership roles with the International Skating Union and the National Speedskating Hall of Fame after being accused of a sexual relationship with an underage skater in the 1990s.
ISU President Ottavio Cinquanta said Monday that Gabel quit as chairman of the short track technical committee, which governs the frenzied sport best known in the United States for the achievements of Apolo Anton Ohno, the most decorated Winter Olympian in the country's history.
"(Gabel) has communicated that he resigned," Cinquanta told The Associated Press. "I cannot say anything else. It would be inappropriate if I would make some further comment as he is no longer with us."
U.S. Speedskating spokeswoman Tamara Castellano confirmed Monday that Gabel also resigned from the Hall of Fame committee, which oversees the selection process for inductees.
Gabel is a member of the Milwaukee-based hall, but it wasn't immediately clear if there was a provision to remove someone who has received the honor.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Speedskating board held its regular monthly meeting by conference call Monday and was expected to discuss the allegations.
Castellano said the board was unlikely to make any statement on Gabel before Tuesday.
The 48-year-old Gabel issued a statement to media outlets in Chicago and Milwaukee saying he "displayed poor judgment in a brief and inappropriate relationship with a female teammate."
He has not responded to several requests for comment from the AP.
Gabel competed in four Olympics as a short track skater, including 1988 when it was a demonstration sport. He was part of a silver medal-winning relay team at the 1994 Lillehammer Games and, after his skating career ended, served a term as president of U.S. Speedskating.
Speedskater Bridie Farrell told WUWM, a Milwaukee public radio station, that she was 15 and Gabel 33 when their relationship began in 1997. She said it continued over several months and she knew it was wrong, but she was "star-struck" by the attention Gabel gave her.
The case is the latest in a series of sexual abuse scandals involving Olympic sports in the U.S.
Most notably, swimming has been rocked by allegations of numerous coaches having sexual relationships with underage athletes, prompting that governing body to go public with the list of individuals receiving lifetime bans. A former national team director is among those on the list.
U.S. Speedskating has endured a difficult season that began with a dozen national team members accusing short track head coach Jae Su Chun of physical, emotional and verbal abuse. Also, he was accused of ordering skater Simon Cho to sabotage the skates of a Canadian rival.
Chun has denied all allegations. Investigators commissioned by U.S. Speedskating said they didn't find evidence that Chun engaged in patterns of abuse, or that he ordered the skate tempering. Still, Chun and his assistant resigned and accepted suspensions through the Sochi Olympics next year.
Cho still faces disciplinary proceedings.
The American team also is dealing with the likely loss of its two biggest stars from the Vancouver Games. Ohno has not competed since 2010 nor given any indication he'll attempt a comeback. Katherine Reutter announced her retirement last month at age 24, citing the toll of dealing with numerous injuries.
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AP Sports Writer Stephen Wilson in London contributed to this report.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Getting Affordable Options In Limousine Hire Is Easy
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Source: http://www.espenblog.com/getting-affordable-options-in-limousine-hire-is-easy/
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White House Supports Cell Phone Unlocking, Big Victory For Tech Activism
Today was a big day for grassroots consumer activism: The White House officially came out in support of cell phone unlocking. After over 100,000 netizens demanded a response from the Obama Administration related to a new law banning consumers from “unlocking” their cell phones in order to move between carriers, the White House declared its?unequivocal?support for consumer choice. “The White House agrees with the 114,000+ of you who believe that consumers should be able to unlock their cell phones without risking criminal or other penalties,” wrote White House Senior Advisor R. David Edelman on the White House Blog. “In fact, we believe the same principle should also apply to tablets, which are increasingly similar to smart phones. And if you have paid for your mobile device, and aren’t bound by a service agreement or other obligation, you should be able to use it on another network. It’s common sense, crucial for protecting consumer choice, and important for ensuring we continue to have the vibrant, competitive wireless market that delivers innovative products and solid service to meet consumers’ needs.” Specifically, the administration supports “narrow legislative fixes” to allow consumers to move between carriers without legal?penalties. It also gave a nod to the role of the Federal Communications Commission, which announced at a TechCrunch CrunchGov event last week, that it would investigate?whether it has any executive authority to overturn the law. Until earlier this year, consumers were able to ?unlock? their smartphones, which allowed them to switch carriers (AT&T, Verizon, etc). For six years, the Library of Congress exempted cell phone unlocks from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which bans ?circumvention? of copy protection schemes. The long-held decision was reversed during the last round of triennial reviews. The Library of Congress is not backing down, however, in what appears to be the beginning of a fight within the federal government. “The rulemaking is a technical, legal proceeding and involves a lengthy public process,” read an official response from the Library Of Congress, which implied that there were no immediate plans to reverse its decision [PDF]. The White House response is especially notable, since it is surely driven by an official petitioning process, WeThePeople. In the past, the official petitioning site had been slammed by critics for not actually taking the demands of the petitioners seriously. Indeed, it had to officially respond to these angry critics on the blog and explain their rule-makingSource: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rvs7_ePbF8M/
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Thousands of caterpillars seized at UK airport
In this undated photo released on Friday March 1, 2013 by the UK Border Agency, an official shows the seizure of dried caterpillars at Gatwick airport, England. British customs agents made a creepy discovery when an airline passenger was found with 94 kilograms (207 pounds) of caterpillars in his luggage. The man claimed the insects were intended as food for personal consumption. The U.K. Border Force said Friday that inspectors at London's Gatwick Airport found the dried caterpillars shrink-wrapped in cellophane and packed into hessian bags carried by a passenger travelling from Burkina Faso via Istanbul. (AP Photo/UK Border Agency)
In this undated photo released on Friday March 1, 2013 by the UK Border Agency, an official shows the seizure of dried caterpillars at Gatwick airport, England. British customs agents made a creepy discovery when an airline passenger was found with 94 kilograms (207 pounds) of caterpillars in his luggage. The man claimed the insects were intended as food for personal consumption. The U.K. Border Force said Friday that inspectors at London's Gatwick Airport found the dried caterpillars shrink-wrapped in cellophane and packed into hessian bags carried by a passenger travelling from Burkina Faso via Istanbul. (AP Photo/UK Border Agency)
LONDON (AP) ? British customs agents made a creepy discovery when an airline passenger was found with 94 kilograms (207 pounds) of caterpillars in his luggage.
The man claimed they were intended as food for personal consumption.
The U.K. Border Force said Friday that inspectors at London's Gatwick Airport found the dried caterpillars shrink-wrapped in cellophane and packed into hessian bags carried by a passenger travelling from Burkina Faso via Istanbul.
The caterpillars were seized by authorities after the Feb. 23 find because they breached restrictions on importing animal products. The 22-year-old passenger was let off with a warning.
Border Force spokeswoman Ingrid Smith said "the vigilance of our officers has stopped these dried insects from entering the U.K., and possibly posing a risk to our food chain."
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