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the 888 could show soon.possibly in virgnia,georgia or tennessee.....

playing these in lotto 5 tonight....

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TORONTO (April 16) - Canada confirmed a case of mad cow disease on Sunday at a farm in British Columbia - the country's fifth case since May 2003, when the United States closed its border to Canadian beef.

   

Mad cow disease is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.


Canada Confirms New Case


   

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Thursday it had a suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.

In humans, meat products contaminated with BSE has been linked to more than 150 deaths, mostly in Britain, from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare and fatal nerve disease.

The 6-year-old cow was identified on a Fraser Valley farm through the national BSE surveillance program. It is the fifth case in Canada since May 2003, when the U.S. border was closed to Canadian beef after the sick cows were detected in Canada.

In a written statement, the inspection agency said the case would have no bearing on the safety of Canadian beef, because no part of the animal entered the human food or animal feed systems.

Inspectors have tested roughly 100,000 animals since Canada's first case was detected in Alberta and have said they expect to find isolated cases of the disease.

It is second animal born after a 1997 ban on cattle feed to test positive for mad cow.

A cow from an Alberta farm tested positive for the disease in January.

The cow's age raises questions about the effectiveness of the ban, because the disease is believed to spread only when cattle eat feed containing certain tissues from infected cattle. Cattle protein was commonly added to cattle feed to speed growth until Canada - and the United States - banned the practice in 1997.

It could indicate a lack of compliance with the ban by Canadian feed plants or farmers.

"I don't think it overly raises concerns,'' said George Luterbach, a veterinary official with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. "Our investigation has not found that there has been any substantive lack of compliance.''

   
   
Trade in cows younger than 30 months, as well as meat, resumed last July with the United States. The younger animals are believed to be at lower risk for the disease.

Canada has invited the United States to participate in the epidemiological investigation of the latest case, and the U.S. Agriculture Department planned to send an animal health expert to Canada on Monday.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said he did not anticipate a change in status in trade between the countries.

"It is important to note that Canada's monitoring system identified this animal as one that should be removed from the food and feed supply chain, ensuring food safety continues to be protected,'' Johanns said in a statement.

The Canadian Cattlemen's Association, which represents some 90,000 beef producers, estimated they lost more than $5.7 billion during the two-year ban.

the 4558 has a good chance in georgia or florida today......

i think the 488 has a good chance in kentucky or tennessee today....

the 5678 has never hit boxed in tennessee.play this its sure to hit soon.........

if your playing your own numbers try to stick with them.don't give up playing them because when you do thats when they'll hit.have patience and you will be rewarded in the long run......

i've noticed quads are not hitting much this year.i think the next quad will hit in either michigan or connecticut.

i'm going to try the 5947 in tennessee cash 4 today.....

i think 584 would be a good choice for georgia and tennessee today.

so far the year of 2006 has been very good to me.i was patient and todd finally held good on his promise for a better online gaming site.i have had plenty of fun at betslips.i joined on february 8,2006 and in the short span i have been there i have hit twice for 2,250 each time on a pair of quarter pick 4 bets.who knows what the future will bring but hopefully it brings that 9,000 dollar straight hit!!

my new online goal is to hit a pick 4 straight for 9,000 bucks.i have hit a pair of quarter bets for 2,250 each time here in the past month but my new goal is to hit for 9,000!!

Iran's President Says Israel Will Be Annihilated


TEHRAN, Iran (April 15) - The president of Iran again lashed out at Israel on Friday and said it was "heading toward annihilation," just days after Tehran raised fears about its nuclear activities by saying it successfully enriched uranium for the first time.

   


   

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "permanent threat" to the Middle East that will "soon" be liberated. He also appeared to again question whether the Holocaust really happened.

"Like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation," Ahmadinejad said at the opening of a conference in support of the Palestinians. "The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm."

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his address to the conference, accused the United States of plotting to bring the Mideast region under Israeli control.

Ahmadinejad provoked a world outcry in October when he said Israel should be "wiped off the map."

On Friday, he repeated his previous line on the Holocaust, saying: "If such a disaster is true, why should the people of this region pay the price? Why does the Palestinian nation have to be suppressed and have its land occupied?"

The land of Palestine, he said, referring to the British mandated territory that includes all of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, "will be freed soon."

He did not say how this would be achieved, but insisted to the audience of at least 900 people: "Believe that Palestine will be freed soon."

"The existence of this (Israeli) regime is a permanent threat" to the Middle East, he added. "Its existence has harmed the dignity of Islamic nations."

The three-day conference on Palestine is being attended by officials of Hamas, the ruling party in the Palestinian territories.

Khamenei accused the Bush administration of plotting against his and other Mideast countries.

"The chain of plots by the American government against Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon - aimed at governing the Middle East through the control of the Zionist regime - will not succeed," he said.

He also indicated that Iran will support the cash-strapped, Hamas-led government in the Palestinian territories, but he did not mention financial aid.

"The great Islamic nation cannot ... be indifferent and remain silent on the injustice done to you," Khamenei said, referring to Muslim states. "The Islamic nation is required to assit you in any way it can."

     
   
Iran has previously said it will give money to the Palestinian Authority to make up for the withdrawal of donations by Western nations who object to Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel and renounce violence. But no figure has been published.

On Tuesday, Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had successfully enriched uranium using a battery of 164 centrifuges, a significant step toward the large-scale production of enriched uranium required for either fueling nuclear reactors or making nuclear weapons.

The United States, France and Israel accuse Iran of using a civilian nuclear program to secretly build a weapon. Iran denies this, saying its program is confined to generating electricity.

The U.N. Security Council has given Iran until April 28 to cease enrichment. But Iran has rejected the demand.

The chief of Israeli military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, was quoted Wednesday as saying Iran could develop a nuclear bomb "within three years, by the end of the decade."

think i'll play my birthdate today.i do this every so often.never know when it could hit all states.....

look for 686 in virginia or tennessee pick 3 midday or evening......