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Anti-Doping Authorities in Sport: Eyes Wide Shut

Roy Harper
Sott.net
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 10:59 UTC
williams sisters
'Are they onto us yet?'

'Just stay cool. They're blaming the Russians for us.'
In the modern world of elite sport, the victories of athletes and the large-scale use of doping are inextricably linked. Although the 20th century was marked by the struggle for the spirit of fair play, in the 21st century doping scandals are discussed more often than the outstanding records of prominent athletes. The use of prohibited substances and the fight against doping has become the main problem in the world of sports.

Daily training, physical stress, constant injuries, strict diet and special regimes inevitably lead to permanent diseases. For example, biathletes, skiers and swimmers often have problems with the respiratory system. Figure-skaters, gymnasts and cyclists have their own weak spot: the spine. Runners, football and tennis players suffer from knee and elbow injuries.

The career of a professional athlete is not long. By the age of thirty many of them have to stop competing for medical reasons. It is also worth mentioning that athletes receive numerous injuries during the training process and at competitions. After that a long recovery period is required in order to prepare the body again for new achievements. Thus, today, elite sport is difficult to imagine without strong drugs that help athletes to cope with their diseases and injuries. Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) have appeared under this pretext.
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US sanction against Russian engineering firm Power Machines is against WTO rules, company claims


RT
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:26 UTC
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© Power_Machines / Twitter
The inclusion of the Russian power engineering firm Power Machines in the extended list of the US sanctions against Russia is illegal and contradicts the regulations of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the company says.

The US Treasury Department has extended the list of Russian individuals and companies subject to sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. The list includes those allegedly involved in delivering Siemens turbines to Crimea. The peninsula in the Black Sea has been under international sanctions after breaking away from Ukraine and joining Russia in 2014.

Among the companies accused of working in Crimea is Power Machines, which has been cooperating with Siemens on the production of turbines, as well as the Technopromexport engineering company (part of the Rostec State Corporation), which is building two power plants in Crimea.
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Cardboard Box

More Alaskans are turning to the state for health care and food, prompting concerns over costs and sustainability of programs

Nathaniel Herz
Anchorage Daily News
Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:00 UTC
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© Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch NewsVolunteers bag potatoes at the Food Bank of Alaska’s Mobile Food Pantry last year. More than 100 households received perishable food at the biweekly event.
Tens of thousands of people have turned to the government for health care and food amid Alaska's recession, prompting questions from state lawmakers about the sustainability of those safety-net programs.

Gov. Bill Walker's administration projects 240,000 people to be enrolled in the Medicaid health-care program next year, up from 163,000 in 2015. And 101,000 Alaskans were receiving food stamps in September, up from 72,000 a year earlier, according to preliminary federal data.

The federal government covers most of the cost of Alaska's food stamp program.

But Medicaid - supported by both the state and federal governments - is one of the biggest line-items in Alaska's budget, at about $700 million. And some conservative lawmakers say they're worried about the growth in enrollment.

In total, the program covers nearly one-third of the state's population.

"It's going to eat us alive if we don't manage it," said Soldotna Republican Sen. Peter Micciche, who oversees the state health department's budget for the Senate.
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Oscar

And the award for having the most virtue signalling hypocrites in one building goes to...the Grammys!

Piers Morgan
MailOnline
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:40 UTC
Piers Morgan Grammy Awards
There was no doubting the highlight of last night's Grammys.

It came when Kesha gave an emotional performance of her single "Praying", about the alleged sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her former producer 'Dr Luke' Gottwald.

She was introduced by Janelle Monae who delivered a powerful speech to the star-studded audience.

'We say time's up for pay inequality, discrimination or harassment of any kind,' Monae declared, 'and the abuse of power.'

Then Kesha appeared on stage with a host of other female stars including Cindy Lauper and Camila Cabello.
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Flashlight

Lab calls into question integrity of WADA doping kits that can be manually opened


RT
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:18 UTC
doping kits
© Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched an investigation into a "potential integrity issue" relating to its drug-testing bottles after a German lab complained that they could be manually opened if frozen.

The WADA-accredited laboratory in Cologne, Germany informed the agency on January 19 that the latest 'BEREG-KIT Geneva' drug-testing bottles, which were introduced last September, "may potentially be susceptible to manual opening 'upon freezing' of a sample.'"

Swiss technology company Berlinger Special AG, a manufacturer of the BEREG-KIT Geneva security bottles, was asked by WADA to clarify the issue and conduct additional tests to ensure the integrity of the kits, the agency confirmed on Sunday.

"On January 27, Berlinger advised WADA that, acting on the protocol received from the Cologne laboratory, they carried out tests on the BEREG-KIT Geneva and were unable to replicate the issue when the security bottles were handled per the product's instructions for use," WADA said in a statement published on its website.
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Finsbury Park mosque attacker tells court he picked target only after a plot to assassinate Jeremy Corbyn failed


RT
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:14 UTC
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© Joel Goodman / www.globallookpress.com
Darren Osborne, the suspected Finsbury Park mosque attacker, picked his target only after a failed plot to attack Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a court has heard.

Osborne and two accomplices, named in court as 'Terry' and 'Dave,' wanted to attack Corbyn at the Al Quds Day march, Osborne told Woolwich Crown Court. The Labour leader did not attend the demonstration leading Osborn to change his plans.

When asked if he wanted to kill Corbyn, Osborne replied: "Oh, yeah. It would be one less terrorist on our streets," according to the Independent.

Osborne added: "If Sadiq Khan had been there it would have been even better, it would have been like winning the lottery."
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Better Earth

Muslims have lived peacefully in Russia for centuries so what is the West doing wrong?

Nick
Russia Feed
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:57 UTC
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Vladimir Putin said that Russia will "definitely support" Islamic education via "major state universities" in a meeting with top Muslim clergy in Kazan, RT reports.

I can already hear some voices gasping, but rest assured, this is still Putin, the traditional Russian Orthodox man, who in some publications is portrayed as a communist, and likewise in others as a Czarist, in some as an anti-immigration nationalist, while in others as a friend to Chechnya. We have already covered how a variety of ideologies each like to claim Putin as being of their school of thought, when in reality Putin is far more moderate than people realize.

Putin tries not to divide people into sectarian or ethnic lines, but rather to unite the entire country for the greater good of the whole. Before we explain what this support of Muslim education means in the context of Russian culture, let us first listen to Putin's words in full before immediately taking our favorite soundbites and appropriating him to justify our cause.

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Eye 1

Sex-streaming giant Pornhub will collect private data on all its UK users under new law


RT
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:09 UTC
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© Global Look Press
A sex-streaming giant has announced that it will collect data on anyone accessing its porn stash - but will not record their sexual preferences.

MindGeek - the biggest internet pornography company in the world - will collect information, including users' addresses and ages, under new age-verification laws.

The new Digital Economy Act means that anyone accessing porn must prove they are old enough - over 18 in the UK. Firms are currently scrambling to figure out how they will verify ages and could demand the collection of card data or ID documents.

MindGeek, the firm behind adult websites PornHub, YouPorn and RedTube, is not being ordered to store the additional information but bosses plan to do so. The company, which also owns pornography production studios including Brazzers, will use a verification system called AgeID by which a user can create a login and use a third-party mechanism to prove they're over 18. MindGeek will then charge other pornography sites to use its solution.
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Austrian energy firm exec: Russia brings security of gas supply to Europe


RT
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:06 UTC
natural gas
© Reuters
The European Union needs a reliable source of natural gas, and Russian state company Gazprom's Nord Stream 2 pipeline project is what Europe needs, according to an executive of Austria's oil and gas company, OMV.

"Security of gas supply is crucial, and Gazprom brings it," said OMV's member of the executive board Manfred Leitner speaking before the European Gas Conference in Vienna on Tuesday.

"It means gas to heat houses, schools, hospitals and for European energy. The gas comes safely and at an affordable price," Leitner said.

Leitner urged to stop being skeptical about Russia, given that the European gas production has been declining.
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No Entry

Iraqi migrants don't want to be forcibly repatriated to Iraq, and Baghdad doesn't want them either

Mustafa Saadoun
Al-Monitor
Sun, 28 Jan 2018 16:18 UTC
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© REUTERS/Philippe WojazerIraqi migrants Ibrahim, his wife, Ashty, their children, Mandy (L) and Muhammad (R), pose outside their caravan in the "New Jungle" makeshift camp as unseasonably cool temperatures arrive in Calais, northern France, Oct. 15, 2015.
Iraqi Ivan Sahda Moshi has been hiding at a friend's house in Gothenburg, Sweden, since Dec. 1, 2017, as a decree has been issued by Sweden to forcibly return him to Iraq. "I hope that my case is looked over again this year," Moshi told Al-Monitor. Moshi, who fled Iraq in 2007 seeking asylum in Sweden, belongs to a Christian family, all of whom have fled Iraq to different countries. He fears going back, as militias threatened to kill him due to his work with US forces, not to mention that Christians are a threatened minority in Iraq.

On Jan. 10, Abdul Bari Zebari, the head of parliament's Foreign Relations Committee, indicated that the European Union is intending to forcibly return Iraqi immigrants whose asylum requests have been rejected back to Iraq. He called upon the Iraqi government to not accept any negotiations with the European Union concerning forcibly returning Iraqi immigrants, as he suggests that returning them should be voluntary, not compulsory.

In a similar case to Moshi's, Hassan Amer, whose asylum request has been rejected by Austrian authorities, had to submit an appeal against his rejection before Vienna courts to obtain a new hearing session where he will talk about the circumstances on which he submitted his request for asylum.
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