Day: December 20, 2006

IPHC trail rides benefit St. Jude’s with record amount

P.O. Box 961023 • Fort Worth, Texas 76161-0023 PRESS RELEASE For more information, contact: Lacy Whitton, Public Relations & Marketing Assistant (817) 834-2742, extension 328, or e-mail lwhitton@apha.com FORT WORTH, Texas—The Indiana Paint Horse Club (IPHC) has done it again. Members exceeded their fund-raising goal for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital when they raised $15,000 for the worthwhile cause—more than double the amount raised in 2005. The club hosted two trail rides this year, at the Salamonie Reservoir, Lost Bridge West Horseman’s Campground, located in Andrews, Ind. This is the second year IPHC has hosted a St.

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Rabies cases drop, but pet vaccination vigilance still a must

FOR MORE INFORMATION David Kirkpatrick Phone: 847-285-6782 e-mail: dkirkpatrick@avma.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2006 SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The number of reported rabies cases dropped in 2005, according to a report appearing in the Dec. 15 Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA). Veterinarians and public health officials, however, are once again reminding pet owners that the only way to avoid rabies in domestic animals is to vaccinate against the virus. Vaccinating dogs and cats is the most effective method of controlling the disease, which attacks the nervous system and is almost always fatal once symptoms

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AVMA avian influenza FAQ updated

AVMA avian influenza FAQ updated For more info click on above link The AVMA has released an extensive, updated version of frequently asked questions about avian influenza, available at www.avma.org/public_health/influenza/avian_faq.asp. The document was last updated in April. The questions are broken into five categories: General Information about Avian Influenza, FAQ about AI and People, FAQ about AI and Companion Animals, FAQ of Special Interest to Veterinarians, and FAQ of Special Interest to Our Physician Colleagues. Additional information and resources are provided via links to a number of Web sites.

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Dog dies of avian influenza

Dog dies of avian influenza For more info click on above link Dog dies of avian influenza Printer-friendly version Fatal avian influenza in a dog is the subject of a dispatch from Thailand appearing in the November issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. In October 2004, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Kasetsart University received the body of a dog for necropsy. The owner said the dog had eaten duck carcasses from an area with reports of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 infections in ducks. The dog developed high fever, panting, and lethargy about five days

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Microsoft speeds up phishing shield for IE 7 | CNET News.com

Microsoft speeds up phishing shield for IE 7 | CNET News.com For more info click on above link Microsoft has quietly released an update for Internet Explorer that fixes a problem with the browser’s phishing shield. The feature that protects against fraudulent Web sites, new in IE 7, in some cases could bog down computers running Windows, according to an article on Microsoft’s support site published Tuesday. This could happen when a Web page contains many frames or when a user browses many frames in a short time, the company said.

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Big Blue’s RFID fix for drugs may stall | CNET News.com

Big Blue’s RFID fix for drugs may stall | CNET News.com For more info click on above link IBM is betting on new software to make sense of the reams of data collected by radio frequency identification devices. But some legal maneuvering could dampen enthusiasm for the technology. On Friday, Big Blue introduced its WebSphere RFID Information Center software, which is designed to let interested parties–manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and government customs agencies–work with and share the data from the tracking tags.

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Homeland Security chief defends Real ID plan | CNET News.com

Homeland Security chief defends Real ID plan | CNET News.com For more info click on above link WASHINGTON–U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Thursday defended forthcoming national ID cards as vital for security and consistent with privacy rights. Chertoff said one of his agency’s top goals next year is to forge ahead with recommendations for the controversial documents established by a federal law called the Real ID Act in May 2005. By 2008, Americans may be required to present such federally approved cards–which must be electronically readable–to travel on an airplane, open a bank

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Behind the ‘MySpace fugitive’ capture | CNET News.com

Behind the ‘MySpace fugitive’ capture | CNET News.com For more info click on above link Darren Bates’ capture last week as he was updating his MySpace page at the Philadelphia main library has been widely reported. But exactly how were U.S. Marshals able to capture the man wanted in Georgia and Massachusetts? Bates, 35, was arrested Thursday morning at the main branch of the Philadelphia public library. He had been on the run since escaping from the Hancock County Jail in Georgia in June while being held on charges of auto theft. Bates is also a suspect

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Va. proposal would track sex offenders by e-mail, IM | CNET News.com

Va. proposal would track sex offenders by e-mail, IM | CNET News.com For more info click on above link Virginia’s attorney general wants to make his state the first to require convicted sex offenders to submit their e-mail addresses and instant-messaging aliases to law enforcement authorities–and he has MySpace.com’s enthusiastic approval. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, said he plans to push a proposal when state legislators return early next year that would create a database containing all the electronic identifiers of registered sex offenders.

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Claim forms stemming from ChoicePoint debacle go out | CNET News.com

Claim forms stemming from ChoicePoint debacle go out | CNET News.com For more info click on above link The Federal Trade Commission has begun mailing claim forms to more than 1,400 consumers involved in the ChoicePoint identity theft debacle. The claim forms stem from a $15 million FTC settlement with ChoicePoint over allegations the data broker’s security and record-handling procedures violated consumers’ privacy rights and federal laws.

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Judge stops Brit from selling Hotmail lists | CNET News.com

Judge stops Brit from selling Hotmail lists | CNET News.com For more info click on above link Microsoft has stopped a U.K. man from selling lists of e-mail addresses that were then being used by spammers. The technology giant took to court Paul Martin McDonald, who through his company Bizads sold e-mail addresses that were then used as spam lists. Microsoft sought and was granted a summary judgment against McDonald, arguing that his actions had caused Microsoft to suffer loss and damage to the goodwill it enjoyed as owner of the Web-based e-mail service Hotmail.

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Opera adds security layer | CNET News.com

Opera adds security layer | CNET News.com For more info click on above link In a move to extend the security features of its Opera 8 browser, the free Opera 9.1 update includes technology from digital certificate provider GeoTrust and phishing information clearinghouse PhishTank.

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