Devils' Barch blasts owners in long Twitter rant

Frustrated by the ongoing lockout, New Jersey Devils forward Krys Barch voiced his displeasure with NHL owners in a series of tweets Saturday night.

I sit here from Gand Bend, Ontario putting a pen to my heart and writing on paper what bleeds out. My name is Krys Barch. I have played.....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

..... approx 5 1/2 years in the NHL and have worked for every second of it. I Haven't been a 1st round pick, bonus baby........

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

....... or a son of a hall of famer. I have made it through sweating, bleeding, cut Achilles, broken hands, concussions......

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

........ broken orbital bones, 8 teeth knocked out, etc, etc, etc. I sit in front of a fire, 8 OV deep and starting a bottle of Porte.......

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

...... that will assist in the translations of my emotions to words! No different than a truck driver, farmer or line worker..........

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

........ I have a shot and a beer. Not to deal with the days ahead but to ease the nerves from what my body has endured the days before....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

I sit here with both my boys sleeping and my wife due with our 3rd. My thoughts racing on what I can conquer tomorrow to get our family.....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

..... ahead. Some times wondering if I should have existed when a word and a gunsolidified and solved all problems. I feel the Wild West..

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

.... would more simplified than the world we live in now whet an employer who makes billions of dollars and a league with record revenues...

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

.... can tell me that I can't do the things that my heart tells my me to do! All what my heart tells me to do far surpasses what my ....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

..... body has endured. As I write this I dive deeper and deeper into my bottle of Porte giving wider views to the depths of my heart.....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

.... As my pen warms from the fire, Neil Young and a fall Canadian night, I wonder how this work stoppage effects the owners?

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

I wonder if the owners of Boston, New York,Washington, etc, etc,have endured any of the injuries that I or any other player in the .....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

.... NHL have endured. Still they probably sit their smoking the same brand of cigar, sipping the same cognac, and going on vacation .....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

..... To one of five houses they own.... While we sit here knowing they want to take 20% of our paychecks. One half to 3/4 of my peers

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

.... Will have to work for the next 50 years of their lives. Congratulations to the lucky select few that I have played with who have made..

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

... Salaries that they can choose to do whatever they want when they are done.But I have played most who do not!

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

If the NHL wants to teams in the south or struggling markets than the players along with the financially well to do teams need to start....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

.... Working together. Or they need to start to move teams to the North where they will make money. The system allows the owners to......

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

....... continually take money from the players contract after contract where eventually over 40 some years the owners will have 80%.....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

..... Of revenue. The only way to stop the work stoppages long into the future is fix the root cause of the problems. The lockout.......

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

..... Is a procedure to take from the players to pay for the NHL mistakes. Let not allow the NHL to make any mor mistakes....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

... Let the league and the players to come together to fix the mistakes that have been made and make sure non are made in the future....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

...... Lets get a deal where the owners, players, and fans benefit from. We're we can be sitting around in beautiful Canadian fall's......

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

....... around a fire playing and watching the game we love. Here's to the truth and our next conversation. As always speaking from my.....

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

...... Heart! Goodnight! Like me or hate me I speak what comes from my heart!

? Krys Barch (@krysbarch) September 30, 2012

Source: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl-lockout/2012/09/30/krys_barch_twitter_rant_nhl_lockout/?utm_source=Home%20Lineup%20RSS-Images&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Devils'%20Barch%20blasts%20owners%20in%20long%20Twitter%20rant

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Bots Drive 16% of U.S. Web Traffic [INFOGRAPHIC]

Along with trolls and Rickrolls, bots are the scourge of the Internet.

Automated clicks on ads and other web content drive down value, diminish investments and hurt integrity. And the bot problem only seems to be getting worse as technology advances. This summer, for example, a Long Island startup gained widespread attention after claiming that 80% of the clicks it paid for in Facebook ads came from bots and not humans.

[More from Mashable: Which Are the Most Social Colleges? [INFOGRAPHIC]]

But just how bad is the bot epidemic -- and how can bots be beat?

The online advertising company Solve Media recently ran some analytics on the issue, and came up with a number of interesting results, which are presented in the following infographic.

[More from Mashable: Our iPhones Are Depleting the Earth?s Resources [INFOGRAPHIC]]

Among Solve's more interesting findings is that, while the United States may have the most bots in terms of sheer numbers, it actually has a lower rate of non-consumer traffic than some other countries. Some 16 percent of U.S. traffic is bot-based, according to Solve, but in Singapore that number is an astonishing 56 percent. In Taiwan, it's 54 percent, and 43 percent in the Philippines.

That can mean a potential major loss of money for advertisers. Online display advertising will reach $15.3 billion this year, according to some estimates, so all that bot traffic means an overall potential spending waste by advertisers that reaches into the hundreds of millions of dollars at a minimum.

So what can you, online advertiser, do to defeat the bots? Looking for cost-per-engagement advertising opportunities, partnering with publishers who actively fight bot traffic and implementing tracking technology are three good ways to get started. For more, check out the full infographic below.

What are the best anti-bot measures you know of? Let us know in the comments.

This story originally published on Mashable here.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bots-drive-16-u-traffic-infographic-232837395.html

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CVR Wynnewood, Oklahoma refinery boiler blast kills worker

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One worker was killed in a boiler explosion on Friday at CVR Energy Inc.'s 70,000 barrel per day (bpd) Wynnewood, Oklahoma, refinery, a company spokeswoman said in a statement.

Another refinery employee was taken to an Oklahoma City hospital, according to Garvin County Sheriff Larry Rhodes.

There was no fire following the blast, which occurred at about 6:20 p.m. local time (1120 GMT) because the refinery was shut down for a 40-day overhaul, Rhodes said.

"There was no threat to Wynnewood or the surrounding communities," Rhodes said.

Neither the company nor Rhodes gave details about the injuries employees sustained in the blast.

Boilers are required at a refinery to generate steam for electrical power production, and for use in the crude oil refining process.

"All other employees are accounted for at this time," said CVR spokeswoman Angie Dasbach. "Company officials are assessing the situation and will provide updates as information becomes available."

CVR acquired the Wynnewood refinery when it purchased Gary-Williams Energy Corp for $525 million in December.

Wynnewood is located 67 miles south of the state capital of Oklahoma City.

(Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)

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10 percent of all online traffic is bots, says study

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Devin Coldewey

A new study by advertising company Solve Media indicates that one out of 10 hits on any given website is a bot or automated script. No matter how you look at it, that's a lot of robo-clicks.

"Bots" aren't actual robots sitting at a computer, of course. They're a kind of?specialized software that can do anything from clicking an ad thousands of times to commenting or registering for an account. They're everywhere; Facebook recently revealed that it has over 83 million fake users, many of which are certainly bots. There are also friendly bots, like the ones Google uses to index sites, but they generally try to stay out sight and not cause trouble.

Solve Media works in the CAPTCHA world ? those "type what you see" tests that purport to check that you're human ? so it has had many occasions to study bots'?behavior. Its 10 percent number is based on looking at more than?100 million unique visitors a month across its ad network for over a year, applying hundreds of what they call "attack vectors" to identify bots.

Solve Media's CEO told AdWeek that as the same bots get encountered again and again, the company gets get "more and more reputation data and a valuable understanding of who they are and what they are." In other words, they don't just count the bots, they get to know them.

Most bots are based in the U.S., they said, but U.S.?websites aren't actually the highest in bot activity, with around?16 percent off traffic attributable to them. In Singapore and Taiwan, Solve Media found bot rates of more than?50 percent. And it's rising: the company?says "aberrant traffic" rose 400 percent during the 18-month study.

That's bad news for advertisers who have spent their money on display ads. If half the visitors to a site are fake, that's half their money wasted! Solve Media, naturally enough, recommends its own platform for controlling such fraudulent activity, but if even a top-shelf website like Facebook has trouble doing it, the problem may be getting out of control.

Devin Coldewey is a?contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is?coldewey.cc.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/10-percent-all-online-traffic-bots-says-study-6176354

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Surviving Breast Cancer ? Share Your Story

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From all the years I?ve done Pink Ribbon Week ? our annual breast cancer awareness effort ? ?I?ve learned two things about the disease: (1.) It does not discriminate. Breast cancer takes from everyone, and (2.) Everyone has a story to tell.

I would like to invite you to share yours. Reach out and share your story of how breast cancer changed your life, for better, for worse, and what you have done to help, heal, or survive.

It?s my hope that your experience and the struggles that you went or are going through?can help at least one other person. Email your story to me at mike@ksii.com and if possible, please attach a few photos.

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The accessories and fashion designer teams up with Bravado Designs to create a chic nursing tank for new moms.

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The Videos You Shouldn't (and Probably Couldn't) Try at Home

We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:

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Your other un-replicable video of the day comes to us from Afghanistan where an unnamed soldier's helmet cam caught this heart-stopping footage of machine gun fire from Taliban footage. That said, we'll let the cameraman explain the situation:?

I got a hit a total of 4 times. My helmet cam died and i made it down the mountain on my own. I was also hit in the side of my helmet and my eye pro was shot off of my face ... I was point heading down the face of the hill with the LT. when we got hit. the rest of the squad was pinned down by machine gun fire. I didn't start the video until a few mins into the firefight for obvious reasons. I came out into the open to draw fire so my squad could get to safety.

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China gov't expert questions Brit's cause of death

BEIJING (AP) ? A prominent Chinese government forensic scientist has questioned the cause of death of a murdered British businessman, casting doubt on the official version of a scandal that reached into the upper levels of the Communist Party.

In a post to her blog that has since been removed, Wang Xuemei, a forensic expert with the top prosecutors' agency, said the official accounts lack sufficient evidence that Neil Heywood died from cyanide poisoning, which she describes as leaving the body obviously discolored.

Heywood's murder in November is a central element of the scandal which led to senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai's ouster from the leadership. Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, was given a suspended death sentence last month after confessing to murdering Heywood over a business dispute by pouring cyanide into his mouth.

Wang confirmed in a phone interview Thursday that she is the author of the blog entry posted late Wednesday detailing her suspicions. She said she has had no access to the evidence but points out discrepancies in details that have been made public.

Wang said acute cyanide poisoning usually causes a quick death with noticeable symptoms such as convulsions, coma and a sudden halt in breathing that Gu or Gu's accessory should have described in their account of the crime, but did not.

Despite the absence of such testimony, "our court went as far as to accept the conclusion of cyanide poisoning as the cause of death. About this, I feel very pained, very uneasy, very frightened!" Wang wrote.

Prosecutors who handled Gu's case either declined comment or could not be reached. Wang's posting marks the first time a senior law enforcement figure has questioned the government's public version of the messy scandal.

In the official account, Gu's murder of Heywood in a hotel in the city of Chongqing was initially covered up by Bo's longtime aide, police chief Wang Lijun. After becoming estranged from Gu, and later Bo, Wang fled to the U.S. Consulate in nearby Chengdu, fearing for his life. Wang was sentenced to 15 years in jail on Monday for his thwarted defection bid and for helping to cover up the murder.

Beyond that pre-packaged version, the scandal exposed divisive infighting in the party and distracted leaders from preparing for a once-a-decade political transition.

Wang, the forensic expert, wrote that the local forensic specialists who handled Heywood's body before it was cremated would have immediately observed the discoloration of the corpse or that blood samples were abnormally bright red in color, yet none in such a position have been held accountable for apparently assisting in the cover-up.

Wang said she did not doubt that Gu intended to murder Heywood and tried to carry it out. However, she said the poison was likely not enough to kill Heywood and that someone else's involvement in finishing off Heywood could not be ruled out.

___

Associated Press researcher Flora Ji contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-govt-expert-questions-brits-cause-death-012352264.html

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Google Play services arrives for Android 2.2 and above, the eager can download directly

Google recently announced to developers the availability of a new "Services" platform, to allow better integration of its core products in 3rd party apps. The update comes in the form of an APK that will automatically find its way to handsets with Android 2.2 and above. But, for the impatient amongst you, it's available for download directly from the Play store now. This first release centers around better integration for Google+ (for account sign-in / Plus buttons etc) and providing OAuth 2.0 functionality, but it's expected that deeper functionality with the Google universe will take root soon. Most handily, as Mountain View decided to deliver this in the form of an app / APK, there's no pesky waiting around for networks to get it to you. Read up on the benefits via the more coverage links, or head to the source to make sure you're on-board.

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Study shows the MDHearingAid to be an effective low cost solution to hearing loss

Public release date: 27-Sep-2012
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Contact: Gary Grasso
doctorspr@yahoo.com
626-698-2213
Doctor's P.R.

Washington, D.C. - A study presented at the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. shows that the MD Hearing Aid line offers a reasonable low-cost solution to those who are not using hearing aids or other amplification devices because of cost concerns.

In the study, researchers at the Michigan Ear Institute sought to evaluate a novel, inexpensive (under $200.) over- the-counter hearing aid regarding to its acoustic properties and also to test the hearing aid on patients with varying levels of hearing loss to evaluate their perceived benefit by using validated questionnaires.

Hearing loss affects approximately 34 million people in the United States, but hearing aid usage rates have historically remained at just 24%. One major reason for this low rate of use is that hearing aids are typically very expensive, with the average cost of a single hearing aid approximately $1,900. Medicare and most insurance companies do not cover this cost. Many medical studies have linked untreated hearing loss in the elderly with a higher risk of social isolation, depression, anxiety, and symptoms consistent with Alzheimer's dementia.

The MDHearingAid was evaluated using a Fonix 6500c Hearing Aid Analyzer, measured according to accepted standards. The measurements included saturated sound pressure level curve, high-frequency average full-on gain, frequency response, total harmonic distortion, equivalent input noise level, and input-output curve. Then the device was tested on a group of participants with mild to moderately-severe hearing loss who were unwilling or unable to purchase a custom hearing aid due to cost considerations. The participants were asked to wear the device for a minimum of 30 days and complete these self-reported surveys: "International Outcome Inventory - Hearing Aids" and "Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Living".

Researcher Seilesh Babu, M.D. found that the MDHearingAid met the acoustic targets. All participants demonstrated user satisfaction scores that were within the standard range for patients with mild to moderately-severe hearing loss. The study found that the low-cost MDHearingAid is electroacoustically adequate and a reasonable low-cost solution to meet the needs of those value- and cost-conscious patients who were not using amplification via a custom hearing device.

Dr. Babu stated that further development and investigation of these instruments is warranted, to provide a potential opportunity for greater numbers of persons with hearing loss to have access to hearing aids and reap the medical, social, and emotional benefits from improved communicative abilities.

Dr. Seilesh Babu is a board-certified Otolaryngologist and a Nationally Recognized expert in ear surgery, hearing loss, dizziness, and other inner ear disorders in children and adults. Dr Babu has numerous articles and book chapters written in these areas. SOURCE: Presented at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting, Sept 9, 2012

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MDHearingAid website: www.mdhearingaid.com

About The American Academy of Otolarygology - Head & Neck Foundation Annual Meeting:

Now in its 116th year, the Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO is "the world's largest gathering of otolaryngologists." Held each fall, the Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO provides an opportunity for thousands of Academy members, non-member physicians, allied health professionals, administrators, and exhibiting companies to convene. It draws more than 6,000 medical experts and professionals from around the world and features instruction courses, mini seminars, scientific oral presentations, honorary guest lectures, and numerous scientific posters.

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Public release date: 27-Sep-2012
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Contact: Gary Grasso
doctorspr@yahoo.com
626-698-2213
Doctor's P.R.

Washington, D.C. - A study presented at the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. shows that the MD Hearing Aid line offers a reasonable low-cost solution to those who are not using hearing aids or other amplification devices because of cost concerns.

In the study, researchers at the Michigan Ear Institute sought to evaluate a novel, inexpensive (under $200.) over- the-counter hearing aid regarding to its acoustic properties and also to test the hearing aid on patients with varying levels of hearing loss to evaluate their perceived benefit by using validated questionnaires.

Hearing loss affects approximately 34 million people in the United States, but hearing aid usage rates have historically remained at just 24%. One major reason for this low rate of use is that hearing aids are typically very expensive, with the average cost of a single hearing aid approximately $1,900. Medicare and most insurance companies do not cover this cost. Many medical studies have linked untreated hearing loss in the elderly with a higher risk of social isolation, depression, anxiety, and symptoms consistent with Alzheimer's dementia.

The MDHearingAid was evaluated using a Fonix 6500c Hearing Aid Analyzer, measured according to accepted standards. The measurements included saturated sound pressure level curve, high-frequency average full-on gain, frequency response, total harmonic distortion, equivalent input noise level, and input-output curve. Then the device was tested on a group of participants with mild to moderately-severe hearing loss who were unwilling or unable to purchase a custom hearing aid due to cost considerations. The participants were asked to wear the device for a minimum of 30 days and complete these self-reported surveys: "International Outcome Inventory - Hearing Aids" and "Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Living".

Researcher Seilesh Babu, M.D. found that the MDHearingAid met the acoustic targets. All participants demonstrated user satisfaction scores that were within the standard range for patients with mild to moderately-severe hearing loss. The study found that the low-cost MDHearingAid is electroacoustically adequate and a reasonable low-cost solution to meet the needs of those value- and cost-conscious patients who were not using amplification via a custom hearing device.

Dr. Babu stated that further development and investigation of these instruments is warranted, to provide a potential opportunity for greater numbers of persons with hearing loss to have access to hearing aids and reap the medical, social, and emotional benefits from improved communicative abilities.

Dr. Seilesh Babu is a board-certified Otolaryngologist and a Nationally Recognized expert in ear surgery, hearing loss, dizziness, and other inner ear disorders in children and adults. Dr Babu has numerous articles and book chapters written in these areas. SOURCE: Presented at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting, Sept 9, 2012

###

MDHearingAid website: www.mdhearingaid.com

About The American Academy of Otolarygology - Head & Neck Foundation Annual Meeting:

Now in its 116th year, the Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO is "the world's largest gathering of otolaryngologists." Held each fall, the Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO provides an opportunity for thousands of Academy members, non-member physicians, allied health professionals, administrators, and exhibiting companies to convene. It draws more than 6,000 medical experts and professionals from around the world and features instruction courses, mini seminars, scientific oral presentations, honorary guest lectures, and numerous scientific posters.

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The HSUS and PetSmart Charities? Announce Pets for Life ...

September?25,?2012

$452,500 given to Ten Local Groups to Help Pets in Under-Served Communities

PetSmart Charities?

The Humane Society of the United States and PetSmart Charities? announced that ten local animal care organizations from around the country have been selected to receive the groups? Pets for Life Mentorship program grant, totaling $452,500 for the groups to provide direct, hands-on community outreach training tailored to help pets and pet owners in under-served neighborhoods.

?Just as there are food deserts in under-served communities, there are animal care deserts where pet owners don?t have access to veterinary care, pet supplies, and other services,? said Amanda Arrington, director for The HSUS? Pets for Life program. ?The Humane Society of the United States is pleased to partner with these local organizations and with PetSmart Charities to fill these gaps, and bring critical pet care services to under-served people and pets.?

?We?re proud to work with The Humane Society of the United States and these ten very deserving animal welfare organizations to help make a difference in their communities,? said Susana Della Maddalena, executive director, PetSmart Charities, Inc. ?The Pets for Life Mentorship program is a perfect example of our dedication to end pet homelessness by building awareness, engaging communities, and creating and funding lifesaving programs for pets.?

The trainings will be based on The Humane Society of the United States? Pets for Life outreach program and Community Outreach Toolkit, an interactive resource designed to guide animal care service providers and other social welfare advocates to develop and implement strategies to effectively deliver critical information and resources to under-served neighborhoods. The toolkit, which was funded by PetSmart Charities, focuses on outreach to areas where affordable and accessible general pet wellness care, including vaccinations, spay/neuter, dog training, as well as many other services, has not been made readily available.

The toolkit is free and available for any organization to use. It can be downloaded by visiting humanesociety.org/pfl-toolkit.

The following animal care organizations received the grant from The HSUS and PetSmart Charities:

Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County, Wash.???
Stray Rescue of St. Louis, Mo.???
All About Animals Rescue ? Warren, Mich.???
Friends of Animal Care and Control ? Phoenix, Ariz.???
Providence Animal Rescue League, R.I.???
Jefferson Parish SPCA, La.???
Humane Society of Charlotte, N.C.???
Animal Welfare Association ? Camden, N.J.???
Wisconsin Humane Society ? Milwaukee, Wisc.???
Animal Rescue League of Iowa, Inc. - Des Moines, Iowa???

The grant includes $25,000 for spay/neuter services, $10,000 for community outreach events, $5,000 for microchips and a training visit from The HSUS staff to plan an initial community outreach event. Additionally, Stray Rescue of St. Louis, Friends of Animal Care and Control, Providence Animal Rescue League, Jefferson Parish SPCA, and the Wisconsin Humane Society will receive $10,000 to cover pet care supplies (such as crates and flea/tick medication), and $1,500 for travel to an HSUS Pets for Life city for training. HSUS Pets for Life programs are currently in place in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

Through its Pets for Life program, The HSUS extends the reach of animal welfare services, resources and information to people and pets in underserved communities. For more information on the program, click here. To support the program, consider donating your used vehicle to The HSUS, which directs all proceeds from those donations to The HSUS? Pets for Life program. For more information click here ? or call 877-836-6674.

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Media Contacts:
HSUS: Raul Arce-Contreras, 301.721.6440, rcontreras@humanesociety.org
PetSmart Charities: Steve Pawlowski, 623-516-3920, spawlowski@petsmartcharities.org

Source: http://www.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2012/09/pets_for_life_mentorhip_grant_092512.html

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PHILADELPHIA, PA?(Marketwire ? Sep 25, 2012) ? Total Rehab and Fitness (TRF) will be hosting an open house on September 27, 2012 from 12-2 p.m. to showcase their multiple disciplinary models of care for patients with multiple sclerosis. Two current patients will be at the open house to share their success stories.

The Greater Delaware Chapter of the National MS Society has been able to provide funding for TRF to continue providing life-changing treatment. TRF provides their patients with tailored programs with services including physical therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral therapy and speech therapy.

Congressman Jon Runyan will be there to show his support for members of the National MS Society, as well as his chief of staff, Stacy Palmer-Barton. TRF staff members who will be in attendance include founder and Director of Therapy Services John Marmarou, Director of Behavioral Services John Armando and Medical Director Marshall Lauer. Chapter President Tami Caesar, Vice President of Advocacy Karen Mariner and Client Services Manager Melissa Bruno will also be at Friday?s open house. The open house will take place at TRF?s headquarters located at 1111 Marlkress Rd., Cherry Hill, NJ 08003.

There are more than 14,000 members of the Greater Delaware Valley community that are living with MS, and TRF is the first facility to provide diverse and individualized care for these members of the community. More testimonials about TRF can be found on their website: totalrehabandfitness.com/testimonials.php.

About Total Rehab and Fitness
Total Rehab and Fitness was founded by John Marmarou, DPT, in 2009, to provide medically-based exercise programs and rehabilitation services to improve the quality of life for patients with chronic disease. The goal of Total Rehab and Fitness is to reduce patient hospitalizations; to help patients with disabilities and impairments through a multidisciplinary team approach to care; and to increase longevity, improve function, and lower health care costs for patients with chronic illness. For more information, please visit totalrehabandfitness.com or call (856) 424-5552.

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn?t. We do this through our home office and 50-state network of chapters by funding more MS research, providing more services to people with MS, offering more professional education and furthering more advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world. Join the movement at nationalMSsociety.org or by calling 1-800-FIGHT-MS.

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Goodyear gets a bit too edgy with Lohan letter

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Traffic-challenged Lindsay Lohan

By Ben Popken, NBC News contributor

In a wry gesture, Goodyear last week sent letters offering free driving lessons to traffic-challenged celebrities Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes. But is such snarky newsjacking a smart move for this iconic brand?

Bynes skipped her suspended license hearing this week and has a court appearance slated for Thursday for two hit and run incidents. Meanwhile, Lohan said she's planning on suing a cook for slander for claiming last week she clipped him with her Porsche SUV and claiming that she was ?slurring? and ?smelled like alcohol.?

The nearly identical letters Goodyear sent the two actresses say they're ?sorry to hear? about the latest ?driving mishap,? and that they ?understand? that ?driving can be a real challenge, particularly trying to navigate all of the stop-and-go-traffic in LA and New York City.?

Echoing sentiments felt no doubt by many Americans, Goodyear continued, saying, ?we are concerned for you...We're concerned for your safety.?

The letter offered to fly the actresses out to the company's headquarters in Akron, Ohio for private lessons with their professional drivers, ?no paparazzi allowed.? These trainers could show the ?do's and don'ts of driving safely.? After a few spins around the test track, ?you'll even be able to show Herbie the Lovebug a thing or two,? quipped the letter to Lohan.

It's all pretty light as far as celebrity digs go, but it feels a little weird coming from Goodyear. This is the tire brand of trust and value. It's been around since 1898. It represents solid Midwestern values, and is a stalwart of American manufacturing.

Until now, one of its most recognizable marketing campaigns has been the Goodyear blimp: a giant rubber-coated dirigible that idles over large mainstream sporting events. It's slow. It's massive. It's authorized. Its main goal is to get?Goodyear's big yellow logo beamed out over broadcast television.

It's pretty much the opposite of the Lohan and Bynes zings. They were geared to appeal to celebrity news sites and blogs and those who read them. They were created and executed quickly in response to a piece of?celebrity news. The playful tone and the use of a source document primed them for social media viral uplift.

Twitter? Perezhilton? TMZ? Not exactly what you associate with a venerable American tire brand.

Opportunistic PR
?It's opportunistic PR,? Chris Curran, Goodyear's Vice President of Communications Public Relations, told NBC News. His signature appears at the bottom of both letters. Curran said that a piece of public relations material has to do one of three things: educate, entertain or inform. ?This does all three,? he said. ?It educates who Goodyear is, informs that there's an offer, and it also entertains.?

He disagreed that the move was out of the norm for the tire company, noting that several years ago they convinced Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton to style his hair so that it looked like Goodyear's new TripleTred tire.

?Something that is fun and quirky gets across in a better way,? said Curran. ?Obviously, we do normal PR and communications initiatives to promote our products, but sometimes it's 'fun' to do something a little outside the box that gets people talking.? A lot of people inside the company have said that the letters ?were kind of cool,? too, he noted.

Goodyear isn't the first big brand to try to ride the buzz off a piece of news. Last year, Abercrombie & Fitch offered members of the Jersey Shore cast cash to not wear their clothes. Two years ago, when Obama made an offhand remark about holding a ?Slurpee Summit? with Republicans, 7-11 made an official offer to the White House to supply them with red, white, and blue colored Slurpees.

Tim Nudd, editor of Advertising Age's blog Adfreak, is not a fan of the Goodyear initiative. ?It's definitely a cheap publicity grab, and if you're a generally well respected brand -- which Goodyear is -- engaging these kinds of marketing gimmicks will only cheapen your brand accordingly,? he wrote by email. For Goodyear, your ?absolute No. 1 brand attribute is trust. Why align yourself in any way with people who are reckless?? he said. ?It's transparent celebrity-baiting.?

Raw security camera footage from outside a New York hotel shows a vehicle, driven by Lindsay Lohan, drive through the scene, and a man who alleges she hit him, chase after the car.

But what do the people think? Judging by the comments about the campaign on Twitter and blogs, they mostly think, ?LOL,? ?Hilarious? and ?Brilliant.? So, success?

If there's one guy who can sort it out, it's Alex Bogusky, formerly one of the main creative engines behind advertising agency Crispin Porter and Bogusky. Among others, they're the ones responsible for all those unnerving ?Wake up with the King!? Burger King ads. He should know a good counterintuitive campaign from a bad one.

And guess what??He likes it.

?I love this kind of thing. It's a good way to inject tires (which are boring) into the public conversation,? Bogusky wrote by email. ?And it seems to me that Goodyear knows a bit about driving and is doing us all a favor in trying to teach this woman how to drive.?

His enthusiasm wasn't unabashed, however, pointing out two little bits of logical misfires, ?1. Can you really teach someone how to drive while impaired? I don't think so,? and, ?2. What does it say about Goodyear's expertise when she crashes AFTER their lessons? Which she invariably will.?

Luckily, there's probably little chance of either of the two actresses taking time out from their busy schedules to take Goodyear up on their offer. Goodyear says it hasn't gotten a response from either Lohan or Bynes.

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$10M suit lawsuit against J.Lo dismissed

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By Brandi Fowler, E! Online

Jennifer Lopez can rest easy now that a $10 million lawsuit filed against her has been dismissed.

The lawsuit came about two years ago when Lopez's attorneys sent cease-and-desist letters to her former hubby Ojani Noa, his business partner Ed Meyer and producer Claudia Vazquez while they were working on a film for Telemundo called "I Owe JLo."

The film was set to tell details about Lopez's failed marriage to Noa, but when the "Dance Again" singer allegedly interfered with the flick's production, causing it to be "unmarketable," according to Vazquez, the producer sued her for $10 million for tortious interference.

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While Vazquez claimed the film would be a "comedic parody of Noa's life crafted almost entirely from the material that is already in the public domain," Lopez said the movie would reveal information that could be damaging to her career.

Prior to Vazquez's lawsuit, Lopez sued Noa and Meyer for $10 million for breach of contract, violation of publicity rights, invasion of privacy, and more, after Vazquez entered into a production agreement with Meyer to produce a film about Noa's life, which would've included details about his marriage to Lopez.?

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As a result of that suit, the actress was able to obtain an injunction to stop production on a film called, "How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The JLO and Ojani Noa Story," which Noa and Meyer were working on.?

Although Vazquez was named in the cease-and-desist letters Lopez sent to stop that film, she was not included in the aforementioned lawsuit against Noa and Meyer.?

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Vazquez was working on a different project -- "I Owe JLo" -- at the time, and turned around and filed suit against Lopez when the film came to a standstill in light of Lopez's threats.?

Lopez tried to shut down Vazquez's lawsuit at the time with an anti-SLAPP motion, but while a judge agreed Vazquez's claims arose from constitutionally protected free speech, a trial court said Vazquez still had chance of winning the case.?

Why??Because, according to the court, Vazquez may have been able to approve that the injunction did not involve her and Lopez's actions did cause the movie to not get made.?

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Lopez still appealed that ruling, however, and Monday she won.

The appellate court determined Vazquez could not base her case on Lopez's cease-and-desist letter because it is a "privileged legal communication that can't be used in court."?

We guess that (finally) settles that.?

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Source: http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2012/09/25/14090097-judge-dismisses-10m-suit-lawsuit-against-jennifer-lopez?lite

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Boost Your Sales and Communication Skills through Mobile Marketing

When you set up an online shop, your main goal would be to boost your sales and earn more money.? As most business owners, you employ several marketing techniques including email marketing and the social media.? And then you hear about this short message service (SMS) marketing which is also called mobile marketing.? Maybe you?re thinking why and how this marketing medium can boost your company?s sales when you just have to send online SMS to your existing and prospective clients.

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It is a fact that 8 out of 10 individuals in the world own a mobile device, and they use it mainly for texting messages.? This has popularized the SMS as a form of communication, with text messages created, sent and received by millions of people every day.? Many business owners have started tapping into this type of product marketing, the mobile marketing. By merely sending an online SMS to your list of customers and acquaintances, you are enhancing your communication skills.? Communication is very important in any business.? It makes all the difference between your client being happy with the way you are sending them information and being unsatisfied with your lack of skills in communication. Apart from this, you can also possibly gain an increase in your sales by upto 10% or more.

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Mobile marketing is perfect for your business, whether it is local or international.? You can promote your products and services, increase customer loyalty, or provide incentives. You can send online SMS to your subscribers who have opted-in, with coupon codes directly inserted into your message, like:? ?present this coupon at check out?. Your customers will then be prompted to come to the store and redeem the coupon code that is in their cell phones.

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With mobile marketing, you can send mass alert to people on your list.? Because almost all cell phone users carry their mobile devices with them at all times, sending online SMS to their phones is a better way of alerting your subscribers. ?You can send them any important and urgent information like their order ready for pick up and? change in time of appointment.? Today, sending SMS online is not used by business owners.? This technology is also very helpful to other industries, like in the medical field, where you will never again miss an appointment with them.? School districts just send SMS to parents in cases of cancellation of classes during a calamity, or when there is a change in schedule of classes.

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Because your subscribers have agreed to receive your marketing messages, you are pretty sure that they are interested in your business and like your products.? There is a good chance that when you send them promotional messages, they will be led to make a purchase.? This will result in an increased sales and more income for you.? SMS marketing can also be used for ad-hoc purposes such as when you want to sell your overstock items, or when sales is slow ? you drive traffic to your shop. You can also use it when you need to announce a new product, a new store opening, a one-day special, or some special events.

Online SMS is a very good and reasonable gimmick of mobile marketing these days.

Source: http://www.pressreleasesworld.com/boost-your-sales-and-communication-skills-through-mobile-marketing/

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GameBoost 1.9.24.2012 | Data Recovery, Freeware and Shareware ...

Boost your computer and internet speed the easy way, make games run faster

GameBoost is a program that allows you to modify your computer's settings to increase gaming and internet speed performance.

No modifications to your hardware are made and all adjustments and settings are done in an easy to use interface that a child could use.

No more frame rate glitches or slow downs can be achieved by using GameBoost with your favorite games. GameBoost has been tried and tested and proven to work.

Are you tired of playing your favorite game only to find your computer isn't fast enough any longer? Or are you sick of games crashing because of not enough available resources?

GameBoost not only fixes these errors from occurring it also enhances your computers gaming performance. Speed up your Windows environment and internet connection with this tool, while fixing errors that are in the way of your gaming.

Here are some key features of "GameBoost":

? Makes direct changes to system registry and system files to enhance memory, screen drawing, animations, refresh rates, cpu threading speeds, internet speed.
? Automatically adjusts settings and changes made based on computer and internet specifications, complete fault tolerance system implemented.
? Proven technology which can double the frames per second rate in games such as id Software's DOOM 3 and similar shooters.
? Deep system analyzer and diagnostic features which attempt to find and repair any potential problems with the computer affecting its performance.
? Advanced software based over-clocking features to enhance memory, cpu priorities and internet connection.
? Easy and intuitive user interface which performs all setting changes immediately
Requirements:

? Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or higher
? Intel Pentium 90 MHz or higher
? 8 Mb RAM
? 5 Mb hard disk space
? Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution
? Keyboard and a mouse or some other compatible pointing device
? Fully compatible with 32-BIT and 64-BIT computers
Limitations:

? 28 days trial
? Fastest game setting blocked

What's New?in This Release: ?

? Recompiled with updated version of Delphi and fixed error with the installer which was using a compression setting too high for computers with less than 2 gb of ram installed.

Publisher	:	PGWARE
Logo	:	No
License	:	Trial / USD 24.99
Date	:	September 24th, 2012
File Size	:	1.7 MB
Download	:	[GameBoost 1.9.24.2012]

Source: http://harddatasoftrecovery.blogspot.com/2012/09/gameboost-19242012.html

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iPhone 5 sales surpass 5 million in first weekend ... - Know Your Cell

Apple on Monday announced that it has sold more than 5 million units of the iPhone 5 over the weekend. The number is extremely impressive and sets a new record for opening-weekend sales for the technology giant.

?Demand for iPhone 5 has been incredible and we are working hard to get an iPhone 5 into the hands of every customer who wants one as quickly as possible,? said Tim Cook, Apple?s CEO. ?While we have sold out of our initial supply, stores continue to receive iPhone 5 shipments regularly and customers can continue to order online and receive an estimated delivery date. We appreciate everyone?s patience and are working hard to build enough iPhone 5s for everyone.?

As a brief refresher, Apple's all-new smartphone sports a dual-core A6 processor and 1GB of RAM. The handset is powered by iOS 6 and features an all-new, better iSight shooter. Overall, the iPhone 5 is a worthy update to its predecessor, the iPhone 4S.

The 5 million sold is great news for Apple, though hardly a surprise as sales of the iPhone 4S hit 4 million in its first weekend of availability last year. So far, demand for iPhone 5 has exceeded the initial supply and while the majority of pre-orders have been shipped to customers, many are scheduled to be shipped in October.

The 5 million sold also confirms, to me at least, that Apple is still the leader in the smartphone space. Sure, Samsung and Android might have more market share, but no company can garner the type excitement Apple can. Few companies can generate the massive amount of profit that Apple can either.

Apple also announced? Monday that it will begin selling the iPhone 5 in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, and several other countries starting next week, so expect demand for Apple's premier smartphone to snowball.

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Source: http://www.knowyourcell.com/news/1603261/iphone_5_sales_surpass_5_million_in_first_weekend_of_availability.html

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Sinai raids may force Israel-?

JERUSALEM (AP) ? Israeli officials said Sunday they would resist any Egyptian attempts to reopen the military arrangements under the countries' historic peace deal, despite the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

But following a series of attacks staged by militants in the Sinai, including a raid that killed an Israeli soldier last week, Israel may have no choice but to allow Egypt to beef up its forces in the largely demilitarized border area.

Friday's shooting is likely to fuel new Egyptian calls to reopen the peace treaty. In recent years, as shadowy militant groups have grown more active in the Sinai, Egyptian security officials have said they need to be allowed more firepower to bring the area under control. Ansar Jerusalem, a group inspired by al-Qaida that is hostile to both Israel and Egypt, claimed responsibility for the latest attack.

For now, Israel is standing tough. Israel's hard-line foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, said Sunday that Israel would not agree to reevaluate the terms of the peace deal.

"There is no chance that Israel will agree to any kind of change," he told Israel Radio. "The Egyptians shouldn't try to delude themselves or delude others, and they should not rely on this demand."

Lieberman said troop strength was not the issue and suggested the Egyptian military was just not prepared to tackle the challenge.

"The problem in Sinai is not the size of the forces, it is their readiness to fight, to put pressure and to carry out the job as is needed," he said.

The 1979 peace accord, the first between Israel and an Arab country, has been a foundation for regional stability for three decades.

For Egypt, it brought the return of the Sinai, captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war, and access to American aid and weapons. For Israel, it allowed the military to divert precious resources to volatile fronts with Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinians.

This arrangement, however, has been jolted by the growing unrest in the Sinai since an uprising toppled longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak last year. Friday's attack was the third deadly border raid since Mubarak's ouster.

Israeli jitters have been heightened by Egypt's election this year of a president from the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Morsi. The Islamist group, cool to Israel, has said that Egypt will continue to abide by the accord. At the same time, it has repeatedly called for changes in the treaty's limits on troops in Sinai, seen as humiliating.

Behind the tough Israeli rhetoric, there are already signs of change. Under the agreement, Egypt is limited to light police functions in a roughly 20-mile (30-kilometer) strip of the Sinai next to Israel's border. In many cases, these forces have been outgunned by militants equipped with heavy weapons, rockets and mortars.

On several occasions, Israel has allowed the Egyptians to bring in extra troops, most recently after militants killed 16 Egyptian soldiers in an Aug. 5 clash.

Israel welcomed a subsequent crackdown by Egypt, which deployed armored personnel carriers and attack helicopters to root out militants in the Sinai this summer. But it balked once Egypt sent in tanks, some of which were removed after Israel complained.

While the tanks were not aimed at Israel and it does not consider them a strategic threat, Israeli officials said they were concerned about the precedent and that the move should have been coordinated. Israeli defense officials consider the peace agreement a matter of principle, and believe that bending its provisions could cheapen its significance.

"It is very important to protect the peace agreement, in particular the military appendix," Amos Gilad, a senior Defense Ministry official who is Israel's point man with Egypt, told Army Radio. "This deal is bilateral and agreements on changes are reciprocal. You can't open an agreement and alter it unilaterally."

In comments published in the online Dostor newspaper, one of Egypt's independent dailies, a Morsi adviser, Mohammed Seif el-Dawla, was quoted as saying he will soon give the president a proposal on amending the treaty between Egypt and Israel.

El-Dawla provided no details of the proposal, which he said would be drawn up by a panel of consultants. Amending the treaty, he said, was "a popular demand and a strategic and security need."

Hossam Sweilam, a former Egyptian general and military analyst, said such proposals are politically motivated and meant to play to nationalist sentiments. He noted that Egypt has already worked with Israel to boost troop levels in Sinai.

Egypt "got what (it) wanted and there was no objection from Israel," he said. Egypt now has more than 2,200 soldiers in the demilitarized area, along with military helicopters and mechanized brigades.

He estimated there are about 1,600 militants in the Sinai, intent on establishing an Islamic emirate there. They maintain close ties with Palestinian militants in the neighboring Gaza Strip, he said.

Eli Shaked, a former Israeli ambassador to Egypt, predicted that because of the shared interests, the two countries will work out a mutually acceptable arrangement.

"We share the same interest, cleaning the Sinai, the whole peninsula, from those elements," he said.

This might even mean formal changes to the peace accord, he said, albeit only if both sides agree.

"I cannot reject the possibility that there will be changes, with the consent of both sides, with both sides discussing it and agreeing upon the necessary amendments," he said. "I believe this will be the case."

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Sarah El-Deeb contributed reporting from Cairo.

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Google Mapping May Have Spotted Shooter

Google's effort to revamp its mapping system took an eerie turn when one of its camera trucks captured what looked like suspicious behavior in Detroit.

In September 2009, Google's camera snapped photos of a man with a gun standing on the porch of the house that is said to be where a 17-month-old was found dead last summer.

The photo shows a shirtless man pointing a gun at the street. There are four other people behind him, all gazing toward the camera.

All parties on the porch look young, perhaps in their teens. The series of photos shows how they all turn to look at the Google truck as it passes by.

A meteorologist from Maryland, Jacob Wykoff, who stumbled upon the photo on Reddit, told ABC News that he found it frightening.

"Anytime you see a gun pointed at a cameraman it gets kinda scary," he said. "Detroit kind of has a reputation nowadays for doing that kind of stuff. It wasn't that out of the ordinary."

Habitual or not, the death of the 17-month-old child still strikes a chord in the Detroit population. Police say it hasn't been determined exactly how she died, and no one has been charged in her death.

People have been speaking up on the DetroitYes forum, saying this is the house where Zyia Turner, the the young child, last June.

One person commenting had compared each house with that in the Google image and found that the photo and the alleged crime scene matched.

"Noticed some similarities. Same cream-colored brick, same tapered shape to the brick columns, same green Astroturf glued to the porch, same wrought-iron security door, same gutter security camera and the same neighbor's fence."

Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy told CBS Detroit, though, that this photo was not enough to seal the case, and that many questions still remained.

"Was it this person's home? Because you do have a right to bear arms in your home," Worthy told CBS Detroit. "Certainly, it looks like he's on a porch that's attached to a home, so that would not be a legal issue."

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UCI chief questions USADA delay on Armstrong file

UCI president Pat McQuaid listens to questions during a press conference at the World Championship Cycling in Valkenburg, southern Netherlands, Saturday Sept. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

UCI president Pat McQuaid listens to questions during a press conference at the World Championship Cycling in Valkenburg, southern Netherlands, Saturday Sept. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

UCI communications director Enrico Carpani, rear, gestures as UCI president Pat McQuaid, left, listens to a question during a press conference at the World Championship Cycling in Valkenburg, southern Netherlands, Saturday Sept. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

UCI president Pat McQuaid answers questions during a press conference at the World Championship Cycling in Valkenburg, southern Netherlands, Saturday Sept. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

UCI president Pat McQuaid answers questions during a press conference at the World Championship Cycling in Valkenburg, southern Netherlands, Saturday Sept. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

VALKENBURG, Netherlands (AP) ? The chief of world cycling's governing body is questioning why American anti-doping authorities have not sent him the file of evidence that prompted them to erase Lance Armstrong's seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life.

International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid on Saturday said the United States Anti-Doping Agency had not given the UCI a date to expect the details, and he sounded impatient to receive them.

"UCI assumes that USADA have the file, the full file, as they've already made a decision based on it and therefore it's difficult to understand why it hasn't arrived yet," McQuaid said from the Road Cycling World Championships in the southern Netherlands.

Armstrong has long denied doping but chose last month not to fight drug charges by USADA, which wiped out 14 years of his results. USADA believes Armstrong used banned substances as far back as 1996, including EPO, steroids and blood transfusions.

McQuaid conceded that the allegations of doping against Armstrong, a cancer survivor-turned champion who has long been the sport's biggest name, had damaged the image of cycling. But he defended his organization, saying it was at the forefront of moves to stamp out the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport.

"It's obvious any anti-doping case, whether it's a big case or a small case, is not good for cycling," McQuaid said. "The UCI has nothing to be apologetic about. UCI has always been the international federation that does the most in the fight against doping."

In a lengthy news conference, McQuaid also confirmed that the UCI is hoping to have at least one more men's and women's track cycling event added to the program at the 2016 Rio Olympics after the success of the velodrome racing at the London Games.

He also said the Spanish city of Ponferrada has been given 30 days to come up with a guarantee it can finance the 2014 Road World Championships or risk losing the event.

Associated Press

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