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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Australia: gold nugget found 5.5 pounds

A gold nugget of 5 pounds and 'was discovered near Ballarat, in the Australian state of Victoria, which was the scene of an epic after 1850 gold rush. An anonymous finder amateur has found the gold nugget in the shape of Y to 60 cm in depth 'with a metal detector. According to the most 'famous gold trader in the area, it is the discovery of more' important in at least 20 years. The market value of the nugget is about 240 000 euro. (ANSA).

Djokovic attacks: 'Armstrong is a disgrace'


Reactions leading personalities in the sports world to the first part of the televised interview in which Lance Armstrong admitted on Thursday night to doping throughout his career :

International Olympic Committee (IOC): "There is no place for doping in sport and the IOC unreservedly condemns the actions of Lance Armstrong and all those seeking to enjoy an unfair advantage over rivals through the substance. No doubt that today is a sad day for the sport, but if these revelations serve to put an end to these practices, we will have achieved something positive. The IOC strongly hopes that all parties involved draw relevant lessons case and continue to take all necessary measures to continue to ensure fair conditions of competition for all athletes. "

John Fahey (President of the World Anti-Doping Agency ): "For me, there is nothing new. Everything he has done what had already revealed the USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) irrefutably few months ago. This man has taken the substances to improve their performance. has denied it until today, but there was little doubt. This confession should have been produced before a competent court, where he had been forced to name names, involve leaders, the environment that supplied products, when, where and what brokers were involved. "

Pat McQuaid (President of the International Cycling Union ): "It is an important step forward on the long road to repair the damage it has caused to cycling and restore confidence in the sport. Lance Armstrong confirmed that there was no collusion or conspiracy between UCI and Lance Armstrong. camouflaged No positive controls and confirmed that the donations were made ​​to the UCI to combat doping. Lance Armstrong also said, rightly, that cycling is a sport very different from what it was ten years ago . was upsetting to hear describing a litany of offenses, how was doped during his career, how he led a team that is doping, the use of intimidation, systematic lies everyone or prescriptions with false dates to justify the result of control ".

Hein Verbruggen (former president of the International Cycling Union): "After years of mistrust, I'm happy (to note) that this conspiracy theory was not, after all, only a theory never proved. Everyone accused or suspected are undoubtedly disappointed (by the statements of Armstrong). never hid anything and under my direction, the UCI always fought against doping.'s a good thing that Lance Armstrong has finally admitted doping.'s no surprise that it has fact ".

Travis Tygart (president of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency ): "It is a small step in the right direction. finally admitted that his career was cemented on a powerful blend of doping and cheating. If you are sincere in your desire to rectify past mistakes, testify under oath about the full extent of his doping activities. "

Livestrong Foundation (founded by Armstrong fighting cancer): "We are disappointed by reports that Lance Armstrong cheated people during and after his cycling career, including ourselves. Earlier this week, apologized to Lance our staff and we accept his apology. expect to devote all our energy to our mission of helping people, not only to fight and survive cancer, but also to succeed in life after cancer. Lance is no longer in the Foundation , but he is our founder and always be grateful for having created and helped create a foundation that has served millions of people battling cancer. "

Andy Schleck (cyclist and 2010 Tour winner): "Everything is a little late. Lance was someone well, but of course I'm disappointed now that I know how he managed his victories in the Tour de France. "

Novak Djokovic (number one tennis): "Lance Armstrong is a disgrace to the sport.would be foolish on their part to deny the evidence, as there were thousands of tests.'s a shame for the sport to have an athlete like him. has deceived sport. has deceived many people around the world with her ​​career, with its history. You should remove all titles. has deserved to suffer. Like many people, I lost confidence in the world of cycling. before I followed him . All these great champions, Marco Pantani, Lance Armstrong .... now there have been so many scandals. "

Maria Sharapova (number two women's tennis): "It's a really sad story, sad for the sport itself.'m happy that our sport is clean, and we constantly monitor. better the more we are controlled either with tests urine or blood, as we are all here to make the sport as clean as possible. "

Australian Open l Djokovic and Almagro, the third round, Verdasco, KO


The world number one Serb Novak Djokovic overcame safely on Czech Radek Stepanek , seeded thirty-first (6-4, 6-3, 7-5) to reach the quarter-finals of the Australia Open , firstGrand Slam of the season. Seventh straight win for Djokovic against Stepanek and reached the fourth stage of the competition for the seventh consecutive year. The Balkan tennis player, who has won 18 of his last 19 played commitments, will face the winner of the second round match between American Sam Querrey and SwissStanislas Wawrinka .


GRANOLLERS-LOPEZ, FORWARD
The Spanish pair formed by Marcel Granollersand Marc Lopez won a spot in the next round with a victory over the Italians Paolo Lorenzi and Potito Starace. Granollers and Lopez bowed to the Italians 7-5, 6-4 in just over an hour mark.ALMAGRO, A THIRD ROUND The SpanishNicolas Almagro , tenth favorite, won the PoleJerzy Janowicz , twenty-fourth (7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-1) and surpassed the third round, first Grand Slam of the year. The Spanish player held her own against the resistance of his opponent in the first two sets. Almagro remained strong, especially with the serve, and pushed through the first two sets in the tiebreaker.Janowicz, however, blamed the defeat of the initial sets and fell apart in the third, which upheld the victory of Almagro. Nicolas Almagro will face in the second round to Serb Janko Tipsarevic , eighth seed, who needed five sets to overthrow the Frenchman Julien Benneteau, thirty-second.Tipsarevic beat Frenchman 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.

VERDASCO, KO IN FIVE SETS 

Fernando Verdasco succumbed after five sets and nearly four hours of match against South Africa's Kevin Anderson , firmer in the final stretch of the match that sent him to the knockout stages. Anderson claimed his first victory against the Spanish , with whom he had fallen in the two previous occasions they had faced, 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. The South African tennis player, which boasts a service solvent, the kick did not, however, a decisive weapon, although it took more than a rush and kept him in the match. Verdasco took the lead until the fourth set. He won the first and third and threw the rest in the room, settled in the tiebreak and Anderson returned to the fight. In the last race, Verdasco remained standing during the first four sets (2-2) . Then he collapsed and could not prevent his rival won four straight games to close out the match and reach the fourth round.

The Milan admits having started negotiations for Kaka


The Milan has acknowledged that it has begun negotiations for the Brazilian midfielder Ricardo Izecson Leite dos Santos, Kaka, return to playand in the coming months in the Italian team, which came out in 2009 to join Real Madrid. The CEO of Milan, Adriano Galliani, said Friday that the Brazilian will return in the winter if the three parties involved , the two clubs and get Kaka himself "be good" and break, first, a major knots of the case, the salary. "Kaka will be good if we get three, we, the Real Madrid and the player," said Milan's chief executive told reporters on arrival this Friday at the headquarters of the Italian Football League in the Lombard capital, in remarks that reflected the Italian media. "We have a wall of a salary is not commensurate to the situation in Italy and, therefore, will have to find imaginative solutions. If not, you will not make it, "he added. Galliani denied that the club has opened other fronts that affect puean around Kaka, as a possible signing of Manchester City's Italian striker Mario Balotelli , and said that "there is only one ongoing negotiation and is one of Ricky, on the other part is very difficult. " The 'love' that profess mutual hobby 'Rossoneri' and the Brazilian player "never finished". "It's justthe law of numbers forced us come a time to sell Kaka and now we see if we can get it back, "said the manager milanisa. According to the Italian sports daily said 'La Gazzetta dello Sport, Galliani himself yesterday held a telephone conversation with President of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, to propose that Kaka return to Milan with a two-year assignment, the time of contract left to the player at the Spanish club.
FLORENTINO not rule it out
The newspaper says that, for now, Perez has not ruled out this possibility, only requested time to think, and explains that Kaka is willing to lower his salary to 7.5 million euros (up from 10 million today), but insists that Milan can not take more than 5 million. The player himself was on Wednesday in Milan (northern Italy), where he dined with his compatriot Robinho, as well as other former colleagues in the team 'Rossoneri', which he left in 2009 to join Real Madrid for 67 million euros. "I've already said I'm willing to find a solution with the Real , to do well for me and them. them talk clubs, I'm not here for this.'ve come to see some friends, "he told the outlet Restaurant the player told reporters waiting at the door. "I am always very grateful to Milan, but I have a contract with Real Madrid. If they let me out on loan? Do not know. If they agree ... It's not a pleasant situation, either for me or for Real Madrid, "he added. The Milan club owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and tried to regain the Brazilian midfielder last summer, coming to hold a meeting with the board of the New York Real Madrid in a friendly advantage that both teams played in the American city.

People search engine Google became Facebook


Graph Search the new internal search Facebook which is based on the information they share everyday users the largest social network in the world,  was created by former employees of Google. Mark Zuckerberg said, on the day of its release, although the system is supported by Bing, the Microsoft search engine-,  would have loved to work with Google. However, an investigative report determined that the head of the social network did not need an agreement with the giant internet because since more than two years working on this product has two former employees of that company , Lars Rasmussen and Tom Stocky Eilstrup. According to the Spanish newspaper ABC, Rasmussen is a Danish bred in Australia that started Google in 2004 and, according to his Facebook profile, was a member of Google technology equipment . He was co-author of Google Maps, a position he remained until 2007, and in 2008 undertook the project not as successful Google Wave, a kind of social network to share documents that failed. In his biography says about this project: "At least I tried." In 2010 he left the search and joined Facebook in the position of director of engineering. Stocky he served as product manager at Google from 2005 to 2011, according to their Facebook account. Among some of the products that has been in charge are Google Reader, the application engine, and custom searches. He left Google in July 2011 and entered into Facebook with the same charge. Before being with the form Graph Search took care of the  News Feed  that appear in a user's timeline. Both were presented by Mark Zuckerberg in launching Graph Search and they took care to explain the operation of the product. They had started testing among employees of Facebook during 2012 and until January 2013 was made ​​public. However Graph Search is still in its infancy and the beta version can only be used by some users in the United States to request the service.

Lance Armstrong l "My cocktail was EPO, transfusions and testosterone"


Former U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong admitted that the last time he was doped in 2005, but did not in 2009 or 2010, which was when he returned to competition to run again the Tour de France. "Everything that was said about me in the report submitted by the USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) is correct, unless I dope the years 2009 and 2010, and that was what infuriated me, "Armstrong said during the interview that journalist underwent Oprah Winfrey . "That's what angered me and admit that." Before this statement,  Armstrong admitted to doping throughout his career as a professional and have taken all kinds of banned substances and blood transfusions have been done for better performance that won seven Tours. The interview, the first part of which aired Thursday night on the Oprah Winfrey Network, was held Monday in Austin (Texas, USA). The second part will air on Friday night. Under the format in which you can make and answer all questions as freely, without any hesitation Armstrong admitted having used performance-enhancing drugs, which led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and be  suspended from lifetime sport. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) also sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night to ask him to return his bronze medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Some highlights of the interview Thursday night were:

Oprah: Did you ever take banned substances to improve their cycling performance?

Armstrong: Yes

- Was one of those banned substances EPO?

-Yes.

- Have you ever had a blood transfusion or blood used to improve your cycling performance?

-Yes.

- Have you ever used any banned substance such as testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormone?

-Yes.

-During the seven of his victories in the Tour de France, have you ever took was banned substances or blood transfusions?

-Yes.

- In your opinion, was humanly possible to win the Tour de France without doping seven times in a row?

-No, in my opinion.

-For the past 13 years has continued to deny blatantly and defiantly not doping and now, in this moment, just admit the opposite. So why now supports it?

-That's the better question. It is the most logical question ... I do not know, I think that I have a great answer. I'll start my answer by saying that this has come too late. It is also too late, probably, for most people, and that's my fault. I saw this as a big lie that I have repeated many times, and as you said, it was as if he had accepted the not and would not get out of that situation.

'Well, you were challenging ... You called others liars.

-I understand. And although I have lived through this process, especially in the last two years, one year, six months, two, three months, I know the truth. The truth had nothing to do with it and what I said already, now everything has been discovered. This story was so perfect for so long. And I mean how I try to see the situation and look. Supero disease, won the Tour de France seven times. I have a happy marriage, children. I mean, it's just perfect mythic history, and it was not true.

- And that was not true?

And that was wrong on so many levels.

- Was it difficult to live up to that image that has been created?

'Impossible. Certainly, I am an imperfect character, as you know, and I could not do that.But what we see now and what's the other reality shows now.
Armstrong also was categorical when he said that was not possible, at the time, to win the Tour without doping, but did not want to talk about the other fellow cyclists.

"I'm here to admit my mistakes and apologize. The five that were doped in those Tour de France were the real heroes , "said Armstrong. "Our system was professional and smart , safe, with caution, but our doping program was not the greatest. that culture did not invent, but did nothing to stop it. "

Speaking of the substances with which doping, Armstrong gave a clear and specific explanation of how he did it.

"My cocktail was EPO, transfusions and testosterone," he said of the substances used in the Tour de France. "I saw it very simple, I saw these methods to improve my performance and go faster. "

"The test system was not so complicated and few out of competition tests. During the race we were clean , "he said. 2005 was the last year that Armstrong resorted to doping, said. "If you ask me if someone forced him to team doparle or dismiss him, I can say no.had no instructions or orders that they had to. I was not the manager of the team ".

-You were the captain, the force said Oprah.

-Yes, I accept that, and I was the example.


ALGERIA | Terror in the gas plant Western Seven still at the mercy of terrorists who threaten to immolate


Safe Passage in Amenas where almost everything is data no official confirmation about the most massive kidnapping. Seven Western hostages are still in the hands of the kidnappers, according to AFP. "The continuing military operation to liberate" the authorities have stated laconically the Algerian official news agency APS. This means that Islamic terrorists have barricaded themselves in their remaining prisoners in a highly flammable area of the refinery andthreaten to immolate , flying passing facilities until last Wednesday that supplied 18% of the gas produced in the countryAll solutions are dangerous at this point of a kidnapping that has caused dozens of deaths, witnesses say they witnessed on Thursday the rescue attempt Algerian security forces, with the help of tanks and helicopters , which degenerated into the bombing of several vehicles SUV in which the jihadists sought to flee with their prey. "It was horrible, a real bloodbath. Dont know how many may have died, but many," declared one of the lucky ones released to Alain Berceaux special envoy to television gala BFMTV Amenas. The very French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius , last night confirmed the death of one of his countrymen, Yann Desjeux , during the attempt to free the hostages, and was pleased that while three other citizens present in the refinery Hexagon had saved his life . Instead, theFrench-born terrorist fallen , said nothing. Twelve dead center employees and 18 raptors "neutralized" , was last night the provisional report on the slaughter which established APS quoted Algerian security sources. Although the Algiers government is very reluctant to provide more details as to continue the siege of the criminals and the negotiations develop, Reuters on Thursday dared to venture that among the hostages are killedeight Algerians, two Japanese, two Britons and a Frenchman . The agency indicated Mauritanian ANI, meanwhile, that among the terrorists would be put out of the head of the command, Lamine Boucheneb (Taher alias), a prominent leader of the armed group Salafist 'Sons of the Sahara by the Islamic Justice', and would also members Algerians, Egyptians, Nigerians, Malians, Mauritanians and even a Canadian and a FrenchmanBut all are not officially confirmed details about the kidnapping and probably most massive, deadliest-ever recorded in the recent history of the Maghreb. When one considers that the plant normally work Amenas 2,000 people , it is an idea of the slaughter that could have caused these 'warriors of Allah' allegedly directed remotely by the sinister leader Mokhtar Belmojtar, a known terrorist and smuggler with a reputation for ruthless and fanatical dissident Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) which on Thursday ordered the seizure of the gas plant . Fortunately, hundreds of workers managed to hide and escape at different times of closure and others were released yesterday by Algerian special forces that prevented the escape of the kidnappers with their victims toward a remote part of desiĆ©rtico Sahel. In total, one hundred foreign and 573 Algerians would have escaped the worst But there are fears for the fate of those who are still in the hands of the fans, because they are considered ready to die fighting, which martyrs 'Holy War'. "The priority now is the safety of the hostages," a spokesman has said the State Department of the United States , many of whose citizens remain retained even Amenas. It is said that a U.S. aircraft would have reached the vicinity to cater wounded and transporting them to hospitals in Europe. There is also speculation that Washington could have sent specialists in hostage taking, whenever and offered two days ago the government of Algiers.

Negotiation

The only certainty, according to ANI, is that the terrorists have proposed releasing their captives in exchange for the release of two Islamists currently serving sentences in U.S. prisons: the Pakistani Aafia Siddiqui and the Egyptian Omar Abdel-Rahman . But the White House and announced that "does not negotiate with terrorists". So they have little chance of getting some revenue the assailants, who in recent days had demanded on the Algerian government to allow them to leave the country with their most valuable hostages (Westerners), or to release hundreds of Islamist prisoners in their prisons, or even to persuade the French Republic to end its military intervention in Mali. The 'operation Serval' battle with France for a week to terrorist coalition that has gripped the entire north of its former colony had been placed as an excuse, at first, for making the central gas company. Thanks to the testimony of one of the captured criminals, which has been "harshly interrogated by the Algerian military" , we now know that the coup was planned two months ago , that the armed group coming from Libya and the initial idea was not to dig at the refinery, but to capture large group of foreigners and take them to the desert of Mali or Niger to demand a high ransom . Meanwhile, a spokesman for terrorists ANI has warned that this was only the first assault, but there will be more. "We knew for some time that the Algerian regime France would support its ally in the fight against Azawad (northern Mali, in the hands of the Islamists)," he said.