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Two new high-heat, high-pressure mobile boat decontamination units will travel the province this summer in an attempt to reduce the chances of invasive aquatic species entering Manitoba.
The two units will be based mostly at the Emerson border crossing and the Ontario-Manitoba boundary, but will also be seen at fishing tournaments and other summer events, the province said today.
Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh said the new first-in-Canada technology is aimed at protecting the the province's lakes, rivers and other waterways.
"Manitoba has the longest-running invasive species protection program in the country," Mackintosh said. "We know prevention is our best defence and these new units will help support the province's biodiversity, and commercial and recreational fishing opportunities."
More than 90 per cent of boats that enter Manitoba from other states and provinces are exposed to invasive species that are not found in Manitoba, he said.
While species such as the zebra mussel are not always visible to the naked eye, they can survive for 15 days outside of water, and if they invade, their voracious feeding can have devastating effects on ecosystems by leaving less food for larval and juvenile fish, he said.
Other species including quagga mussels, spiny waterfleas, rusty crayfish, and curly leaf pond weed also threaten aquatic habitats, fisheries and recreation on rivers and lakes.
Funding for the two units cost $50,000 and comes from fishing licence surcharge revenues directed to the province's Fisheries Enhancement Fund, which is administered by representatives from fishing organizations.
"In addition to helping remove the threat of these species to our waterways, these decontamination units also serve to educate Manitobans, and the people who visit here, that we must not take Manitoba's fisheries for granted," said David Carrick of Fish Futures.
Manitobans are reminded to take a few simple precautions every time they move watercraft, trailers and/or water-based gear between bodies of water. This includes:
- cleaning and removing all plants, animals and mud;
- draining all water from motors, live wells, bilge, ballast tanks and bait buckets;
- drying all gear completely; and
- disposing of unwanted bait and worms in the trash.
These steps can prevent the introduction or reduce the further spread of aquatic invasive species. For more information on aquatic invasive species in Manitoba or to report a sighting, visit www.manitoba.ca/StopAIS or phone 1-877-867-2470 (toll-free).


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Wildcats Return to Thunderbird Invitational
Wildcats Return to Thunderbird Invitational
Friday-Sunday, April 13-15, 2007
Friday: 7:30 a.m.(PT) - Tee Times
Saturday: 7:30 a.m. (PT) - Tee Times Sunday: 7:30 a.m.(PT) - Tee Times
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MANHATTAN, Kan. - The Kansas State men's golf team will return to the site of its most successful tournament a year ago as the Wildcats head to Tempe, Ariz., to take part in the ASU Thunderbird Invitational, Friday through Sunday, April 13-15, at the Karsten Course. Last year, K-State recorded its second-highest finish of the season and then-senior Ben Kern took home Kansas State's first outright individual title since the fall of 2003. The 2007 version, which is the Wildcats' final regular-season tune up, will be a three-round, three-day affair with tee times from hole Nos. 1 and 10 beginning 7:30 a.m. (PT) on Friday. Saturday and Sunday will also be 7:30 a.m. tee times. Live Results for the Thunderbird Invitational will be available at www.golfstat.com. Results from the tournament will also be posted on www.k-statesports.com at the conclusion of play each day.
The par 71, 7,017-yard Karsten Course is the home to both the Arizona State men's and women's team golf teams. Located on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz., the Karsten Course opened its doors in September 1989. For more information on the Karsten Course, please visit www.asukarsten.com.
Kansas State is 1-7-0 against the field this year, picking up its lone victory over Fresno State at the Wolf Pack Classic in October... Kansas State will see four of Golfweek's top-25 teams this weekend... No. 5 UNLV and No. 6 USC lead the field, followed by No. 15 Texas A&M and No. 24 Arizona State... Ten of the 15 teams have recorded either first- or second-place finishes this year... Five of the top six teams from the event in 2006 return, including first-place team Arizona, UNLV (2nd), Kansas State and San Diego State (T3rd), and Arizona State (6th).
Ben Kern pieced together two-consecutive rounds of 6-under par 65 to capture K-State's first outright individual title since 2003 during the 2006 ASU Thunderbird Invitational. Kern's efforts propelled the Wildcats to a tie for third, as the team carded a three-round total of 17-under par 835. Kern fired an astonishing three-round total of 14-under par 199 on the par 71, 7,017-yard Karsten Course.
Kern was the first Wildcat to win a tournament outright since Matt Van Cleave won the Purina Classic in October of 2003. Kern carded three-consecutive sub-70 rounds on the weekend en route to setting the school's lowest all-time 54-hole score record. Van Cleave previously held the record with a three-round total of 202 at the Purina Classic.
The accolades didn't end there for Kern as he set the ASU Thunderbird Invitational record for low score, becoming the first player in the 34-year history of the tournament to shoot under 200. He also found himself in good company with other past individual champions of the ASU Thunderbird Invitational. Other notable medalists of the tournament include Champions Tour participate Scott Simpson (1975), as well as PGA Tour greats Corey Pavin (1979) and Phil Mickelson (1991 and 1992).
This year will mark the third-straight season that Kansas State has participated in the Thunderbird Invitational. K-State's first time in the event came with marginal success as the team finished 13th of 15 teams following a 45-over par 897 performance. However, then-senior Matt Van Cleave tied for third at even-par 213. K-State came back strong in 2006 behind the efforts of then-senior Ben Kern as the Wildcats tied for third at 17-under par 835, the second-lowest 54-hole team score in school history. Kern won the event, carding a 54-hole score of 14-under par 199.
The Wildcats have faced tough competition up to this point in the season and will continue to tee it up against highly-ranked opponents. K-State has faced or will face nine of the top 25 teams in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Ratings, including five top-10 teams, during the 2006-07 campaign. The Wildcats will not be tested more than this week as four top-25 teams are in the field in Tempe.
After finishing 18th at the Rio Pinar Intercollegiate to start 54-hole play this spring, Kansas State caught fire during March, especially in its last two events of the month. K-State finished seventh at the Fresno State Golf Classic with a score of 17-over par 881 and tied for third at the Ron Moore Invitational with a season-low 14-under par 850. During those two events, the Wildcats recorded four of their top five team rounds, increased their winning percentage from .309 to .419, and bettered its Golfweek ranking from 160 to 139.
Individually, Kyle Yonke has led K-State's charge as he has averaged 71.17 strokes per round over the last two events, followed by Mitchell Gregson (72.67), Joe Kinney (73.00) and Robert Streb (73.17). K-State collected seven of its top 10 individual rounds during those two events, all top-five individual 54-holes scores, recorded four top-20 finishes, and saw five players record their career-low 54-hole scores.
According to the latest district rankings by Golfweek released March 19, the Wildcats are on the outside looking in when it comes to making the NCAA Regionals. According to the publication's website, which has K-State ranked 14th, seven teams from the Central District are allocated spots in regionals. However, Kansas State is arguably one of the hottest teams in the district over the past several weeks. The Wildcats are averaging a 54-hole score of 878.67 over its past three events. Only No. 2 Tulsa (859.67), No. 5 Wichita State (869.33) and No. 6 Nebraska (875.00) have better scores. Other teams that are currently ranked in the top seven in the district are No. 1 Oklahoma State (878.83), No. 3 Kansas (886.33), No. 4 Colorado (889.67) and No. 7 Iowa State (901.67).
Kansas State has relied heavily on the play of junior Kyle Yonke, sophomore Robert Streb and freshmen Mitchell Gregson and Joe Ida. Yonke has appeared in 29 career tournaments to date, including 16-straight and all 11 this season, a streak that will continue this weekend at the Thunderbird Invitational. Since coming to K-State, Streb has seen action in 23 of 24 team events and also competed as an individual in the 2006 NCAA Championship. Both Gregson and Ida have competed in all 11 events this season. Sophomore Joe Kinney appears to be a major part of the spring lineup as he was a year ago as a freshman. Last year, Kinney saw action in seven-straight events and is in the lineup for the seventh-consecutive time this spring.
K-State's ASU Thunderbird Invitational Lineup
Robert Streb So.-1L Edmond, Okla. 28 75.11
Joe Ida Fr.-HS Ft. Scott, Kan. 31 75.94
Mitchell Gregson Fr.-HS Waterloo, Ill. 31 75.65
Kyle Yonke Jr.-2L Lubbock, Texas 31 74.87
Joe Kinney So.-1L Antioch, Ill. 19 77.37


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Awareness Technologies appoints Security IP for the UK distribution of its data loss prevention products including stolen asset tracking
Security IP has been appointed by Awareness Technologies to handle the UK launch of InterGuard, an innovative suite of data loss prevention (DLP) countermeasures. While traditional security solutions protect companies from external threats such as viruses and hacking attempts via firewalls, DLP deals with threats that originate from inside the organisation. These threats can be caused by intentional malicious behaviour, or simply careless administration and weak management procedures.
InterGuard features a Single Agent desktop software architecture, which is deployed to all computers and laptops within the host organisation. As well as improving performance, this approach has freed InterGuard from the limitations of conventional network-based security solutions. Full functionality can be delivered throughout the organisation - even to travelling employees and subsidiaries that never connect to the network.
The InterGuard suite comprises three main products: Sonar monitors and controls all employer computer activity; Datalock protects confidential data, IP and trade secrets; and Laptop-Cop can track stolen assets and remotely retrieve important files.
Datalock screens all email, email attachments, removable media (such as USB and flash memory drives) in a "content aware" fashion, looking for types of data rather than proscribed documents. This has a significant advantage over traditional document "fingerprinting" methods, which depend on the compilation and availability of a list of an organisation's highly sensitive documents.
Because of the enormity of keeping such a listing up to date, this is something that most prudent organisations would prefer not to do as it can drain valuable human resources. Datalock instead looks inside of the data being accessed for specific types of data - consistent with data that is considered sensitive, such as account numbers and ID details. And because Datalock is a desktop agent, it scans the data immediately without having to make a call to a centralised server, and is thus much quicker than other data loss prevention tools, which rely on the network and a large bank of servers to handle the queries coming from all over the organisation.
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All employee communications can be recorded - email, webmail and Instant Messaging - keystroke activity can be analysed and all data can be formatted into report form, making it easy to find and evaluate critical security lapses. The reports can also be used to study email behaviour by creating league tables highlighting sources of internal email traffic, and areas where productivity may be at risk. In conjunction with Datalock, it can also prevent the accidental miss direction of an email containing sensitive information to an address outside of the intended distribution.
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Our American forefathers had enough wisdom between their powdered wigs to address such nation-building notions as the separation of church and state. In that, the government would have no ability to infringe on the liberties of our religious beliefs. But the brilliance of Jefferson and Washington and Madison has escaped America's sports fans ever since.
For us, after all, it's been an impossible love-hate relationship with separating the church and state of our sporting pillars.
The church is easily defined in this analogy as the team or individuals to whom we endear and near-worship. The role of state is played by the human interests who govern the paths of our rooting interests. For as much as you love the Yankee or Cowboy way, can you stomach the reigns of George Steinbrenner and Jerry Jones?
The passion and almost religious embrace to which we hold our sporting past times cannot be disputed. Whether you give your heart and spirit to the Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, Dale Earnhardt Jr. or the Los Angeles Lakers, it's the same everywhere. The same goes for die-hard horse racing fans of Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta today, or Secretariat and Easy Goer of yesterday. There is a bond that goes with our sporting favorites that supersedes rationality and importance. We all know we should spend more time watching CSPAN than ESPN, but we don't.
Depending on how you're wound, separating the church and state of sport can turn out different ways. For me, I find it incredibly difficult to not acknowledge both equally. For every wonderful sense of "team" or "success" I get through my sporting escapes, I find myself personally wanting them to be accountable on all fronts. I don't want my team winning with steroid-enriched players, social miscreants or tyrannical owners who think their personal interests are bigger than the league or game of which they are part.
For others, it's less philosophical and strictly about what's only on the surface. Just catch the damned ball, right? Somewhere soon, a fan is going to cheer wildly, excited to see Michael Vick jog back onto an NFL field wearing his or her favorite team jersey. After all, he could be the missing puzzle piece that gets the favored franchise to a coveted Super Bowl. Closer to home in horse racing, just one year ago, many fans clamored for a Triple Crown winner of any kind, even one who delivered truckloads of shady characters on his Big Brown shoulders.
I get it. I really do. We're all different people, and different things make each of us tick. If we were all the same, what fun, or how intellectually even, would life be?
So if you prefer to take your sports escapes at face value and not care about the "church and state," that's fine. It's just not how I'm wound, and I'm guessing there are others like me. Certainly I recognize others look at it far, far differently, and don't think one approach is right or wrong. And, I was not always this way.
Reshaping opinions
Once upon a time, I loved the "Just win, baby!" philosophy of Al Davis and the Oakland Raiders. Today, I cannot stand Davis or the Raiders, for that matter. Maybe it is middle-age setting in, who knows?
As a cub reporter almost 20 years ago (perhaps there's more to that middle-aged line than I thought when I typed it), I got a big lesson in my personal church and state of sports. I sat down with a wonderful older gentleman who was taking on the role of public address announcer at the University of Oklahoma. James Jennings explained in our Q&A about how he had recently been relieved of his duties with the Dallas Cowboys as part of Jerry Jones' broad-brush approach to rid the franchise of its history. Legendary coach Tom Landry had been fired, asked to hang his fedora elsewhere, and Jones wanted a complete overhaul of the past, including the tones heard throughout Texas Stadium. My new-found feelings for Jones forever changed how I looked at the team. It proved to be the last time in my life that I got warm and fuzzies for the Cowboys, and this from a one-time kid who revered the blue star, Roger Staubach and Randy White.
Without a doubt, the modern-day racing church that is Rachel Alexandra has many followers, of which I am one. The hair stood up on my arms as I leaned along the outer rail at Churchill Downs and watched her gallop past me 20 lengths in front of the Kentucky Oaks. It was the easiest victory I had ever witnessed in person, or on television. It must have felt like Secretariat's 1973 Belmont Stakes to his observers. Since then, Rachel Alexandra has done absolutely nothing to discredit her greatness, and she IS great. The Preakness, Mother Goose and Haskell not only solidified her greatness, they stacked many levels of bricks and mortar to it.
Some have questioned my respect for Rachel Alexandra because of the once-held opinion that Zenyatta was the superior racehorse. As I wrote a few months ago, a lot can change between now and the fall, and that neither superstar horse's ceiling would be known in the interim. Would one tail off, both, or would both continue to wow us all and actually improve? The performances of the Mother Goose and Haskell strengthen my convictions in Rachel Alexandra, even with Zenyatta continuing to marvel me with every start. I'm not so fast today to say that Zenyatta would be the superior racehorse as I was a few months ago. In fact, I'm not willing to make that statement at all. Advantage this moment goes to Rachel Alexandra.
But, again, it's a long way to the fall or a potential matchup, if ever at all. Fillies and mares are fickle; ask any trainer. One day they wake up from their straw beds and just decide they don't want to do this anymore. Great fillies and mares have gone from 60 to zero in the blink of an eye, if you get my drift.
Frustrating state of mind
Rachel Alexandra has me in her church, make no mistake. But the "state" of her affairs just continues to baffle me. Every time part-owner Jess Jackson trumpets a decision, I scratch my head. First, let's not forget part-owner Harold McCormick, whose money spent very nicely, thank you, when helping Jackson purchase Rachel Alexandra; yet he gets no attention and sends out no press releases.
Jackson reiterated before the Haskell that he was worried about Rachel Alexandra getting a soft-tissue injury on the all-weather surface at Santa Anita, and, thus, continues to offer no change in his plans to bypass the Breeders' Cup.
Soft-tissue injury? Really?
Are we expected to buy that story after Jackson opted to run Rachel Alexandra on a quagmire of a racetrack at Monmouth on Sunday, one that eight races prior to the Haskell precipitated a horrendous spill that took the life of a fellow racehorse and put jockeys in peril? This, the same Monmouth track that just two years ago on a sloppy mess of a Breeders' Cup Day hosted Jackson's co-owned Curlin winning the Classic mere seconds after one of the world's most popular horses, "Gorgeous" George Washington, broke down nearing the wire and had to be euthanized. The thrill of victory for Jackson and his crew's post-race celebration was mired by horrified racing fans watching the game's most awful side.
So we're to believe soft-tissue injuries like pulled gluteals and bowed tendons are too risky, but watching sloppy dirt tracks take the lives of quality, stakes-class animals are somehow safer? How short-term is Jackson's memory? Two years ... eight races ... or just long enough to make him the center of a public and political firestorm?
Rachel Alexandra is the best horse in America right now, and it does not bother me to say so; but until they start paying off races in carrots and oats instead of money, I find it hard to root for the guy who benefits most from her success. For me, it's too hard to separate the church and state here, even if I agree that she's the most incredible filly to come down the pike in years.
That's probably my problem more than Jackson's. I get it. I really do. But I'm not alone. Just look at how Jerry Jones has polarized the Dallas Cowboys. It's love or hate. No matter how many Super Bowls they win, he has made haters out of many. If Jackson wants Rachel Alexandra to be the most loved and revered racehorse of modern times, he needs to step back, take out the grandstanding garbage, and let the filly do the talking. The way I see it, she hasn't misspoken yet.
You don't need a powdered wig to figure that one out.
Jeremy Plonk has been an ESPN.com contributor since 2000 and is the managing partner of the handicapping website Horseplayerpro.com. You can E-mail Jeremy about this topic or anything racing-related at email@example.com.


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Suresh Iyer, who had stepped down as CEO of Raj Television Network in July 2009, has joined Tamil news and general entertainment channel Polimer TV, promoted by Polimer Media, as a consultant. He took charge from December1, 2009.
In a related development, V Murali Raaman, CEO of Polimer TV has quit the organisation. Sources from Polimer Media have confirmed the development.
Iyer is helping Polimer TV in both programming and marketing front. On his new role, Iyer told exchange4media, "Down South, most of the channels do not have a good marketing set-up and I am helping the channel to build a good marketing team, besides extending my expertise on programming."
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BMW X4 Targets New Customers with Coupe Styling: Exec
BMW is currently working on adding an X4 model to its crossover/SUV lineup, stating that the X4 will bring new customers to the brand when it launches next year.
Similar to how the X6 is a coupe-styled alternative to the X5 SUV, the X4 will take on the role of a coupe-styled alternative to the current, smaller X3 model. The X4 will essentially be a sportier version of the X3, with a lower roofline and hopes of targeting a new demographic for the German automaker.
BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer confirmed that the X4 will launch next year and will be built at the automaker's plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. BMW is currently boosting the annual capacity of the plant from 300,000 to 350,000 a year.
Last year, global sales of the X3 increased 27 percent to 149,853 making it BMW's best-selling SUV. The X5 was third with 108,544 units sold, while the X1 was in the middle with 147,776 sold.
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I'm doing another pasta with the assistance of MABACON475 titled 328 Aledda. No promises, but we had to stop writing because we were going to give ourselves nightmares.
Look forward to that! I expect it to be multiple parts, so it'll work in chapter format.
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I had green hair as a meer yute.......had a bad cold and no hankie....lol
Just to keep things in perspective, I pulled this from my drafts...Hey Tax Math idiot, choke on this!
I did some quick figerrin and assuming the numbers below:
Fed Budget = $3.7T
Fed tax revenue = $2.4T
Fed Debt = $16T
Buffet Rule revenue increase $4.7B
This would equal the following, if the average family were in the same boat as the federal gov't.
Annual Income = $60K
Annual Spending = $90K
Current Credit Card debt = $400K
This family decides to take control and they get an extra job to add to their income (buffet tax) so they go and earn $117, yes one hundred and seventeen dollars for the entire year.
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Dr. Jan Adams, through his spokesman Kevin Williams, confirmed for The Associated Press that he operated on Donda West, but would not say when and where the surgery was done, citing doctor-patient confidentiality.
"I first want to express my deepest condolences to the West family at a very difficult time," Adams said Tuesday in a statement read by Williams. "Out of respect for the West family and in the absence of other verifiable information, any comment from me without first discussing that information with the family would be unprofessional."
Adams, 53, told celebrity Web site TMZ.com that West's death was not caused by the surgery, but could have been caused by a heart attack, a pulmonary embolism or vomiting.
West, 58, died Saturday night at Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina del Rey after she stopped breathing.
West had cosmetic surgery Friday in Los Angeles and went home. Initial indications were that West died from surgical complications, but an official cause of death won't be made for at least another 1 1/2 months pending further tests, Chief Coroner Investigator Craig Harvey said Tuesday after an autopsy was conducted.
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Adams, who is being investigated by the state medical board, has been the target of malpractice lawsuits and has paid out nearly $500,000 in civil settlements.
Bonita Hovey went to filed a malpractice lawsuit against Adams after he performed cosmetic surgery on her. She said Adams, who she saw speak at a symposium held by Black Women's Physicians in Los Angeles, never warned her about complications that might arise because of her diabetes.
"Within the second day of my surgery, I knew something was wrong," she told The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm. "I had the surgery on a Monday and I saw him on Wednesday. And by that evening, I knew visually that something was wrong by 2 in the morning when my suction tubes were no longer working and my wound was opening."
She said she tried to call Adams that morning, and the two days following, but said no one returned her calls. She didn't see Adams again until the next Tuesday.
Other patients who sought treatment from Adams said they learned of him through TV, where he appeared as an expert guest on "Oprah," "The Other Half," CNN, "Entertainment Tonight," E!, ABC, NBC and "Extra." Adams, who had his own show on Discovery Health, also appeared in a TV advertisement for Chanel's Allure perfume, according to his Web site.
Adams also sells a line of skin care products, including a product that lightens skin, and has written two books on plastic surgery, including the 2000 title "Everything Women of Color Should Know About Plastic Surgery."
In 2001, two malpractice lawsuits against Adams ended in payouts of
$217,337 and $250,000, state medical records show. Further details were not disclosed.
Hovey's attorney Greg Thyberg is alleging that Adams committed fraud by claiming to be a board certified plastic surgeon. Hovey is also suing Adams for breach of contract.
"One of the issues is informed consent," Thyberg said. "Bonita is diabetic, and he should have warned her that she had a higher risk, being a diabetic, going into this type of surgery. Also, there was a problem with the follow-up care afterward. Basically, once they got Bonita's money, they really weren't all that interested in giving her the treatment when she started having complications."