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Adios Final, Governor's Cup Races Offer a Combined $700,000 in Purses

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Agriculture Secretary Russell C. Redding said today that this weekend will bring an opportunity for Pennsylvanians to enjoy live harness and horse racing, as two of the state's marquee racing events will take place on Saturday, July 31.

The 45th running of the $500,000 Delvin Miller Adios Final harness race takes place at The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington, Pa., and wraps up the annual Adios Week celebration. A field of nine standardbred race horses will compete for the half-million-dollar prize.

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Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Dauphin County, will host the 38th Governor's Cup, worth $200,000. The 12-horse race is the capstone event of the Governor's Cup Thoroughbred Racing Festival, which takes place today and Saturday.

"The Adios and Governor's Cup races are two of Pennsylvania's marquee annual events and highlight the proud traditions of harness and horse racing in the state," said Redding, who will attend the Governor's Cup race. "This weekend will showcase the thrills that live harness and thoroughbred racing can provide. They are also a lot of fun to attend and help draw in a new generation of live racing fans and industry stakeholders."

Since the passage of the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act in 2004, purses in Pennsylvania have grown significantly, which attracts better harness and thoroughbred race horses and more accomplished horsemen.

ed hardy hoodies Purses in Pennsylvania for harness racing in 2009 were $108 million and each of the three harness tracks rank among the top seven in North America for purse payments. In 2009, thoroughbred racing purses in Pennsylvania topped $116 million, an increase of $64 million since 2006.

Air Jordan Retro In addition to purse values raising the profile of racing in Pennsylvania, the state has launched a multi-faceted marketing campaign at and through social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The innovative outreach effort encourages new fans to experience the distinctive entertainment that racetracks have to offer.

For more information, visit , click on "Bureaus, Commissions and Councils" and select "Pennsylvania Racing Commission."

Media contact: Justin Fleming, 717-787-5085

SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

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PERAK MB MULLS SUITABLE ACTION

from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SITIAWAN, April 3 (Bernama) -- Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir will look into the necessary action to be taken against Suara Keadilan publication after it published an apology over its article entitled "Zambry Disyaki Pengganas-Gagal Masuk ke Amerika Syarikat".

The article stated, among others, that Dr Zambry was hauled up at the San Francisco Airport in the United States (US) when his name was found among those Paris Hilton Watches listed in the terrorist data base.

The apology was made by the Suara Keadilan editorial board on its March 30- April 6, 2010 issue.

"I was made to understand that they have taken an effort to straighten things up (apology) when they realised that the report about me published in the newspaper on Dec 29, last year was indeed not true.

"As such, I will Thomas sabo charms inform my lawyers on the next course of action to be taken," he told reporters after opening the "Juara Rakyat Bersama Agensi Kerajaan" programme organised by Lumut Umno here today.

Zambry also described the report as an irresponsible lie because he was never arrested in the US.

On Feb 25, the Menteri Besar filed a RM100 million defamation suit against Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and three others over the article.

The three others named as defendants were PKR deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali, who is also Suara Keadilan Rotary Fake chief editor, the publisher of the newspaper Pelita Koridor Sdn Bhd and the printer Percetakan NPK Sdn Bhd.

In the statement of claim, Zambry said he was not denied entry into the US and did in fact enter the country and was duly accorded recognition of his status as the Perak MB.

He said his visit to the US was widely reported in the media and the defendants had intentionally published the defamatory words.

Copyright 2010 Bernama

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GUESS, Billabong, Cutter

Executives from GUESS, Billabong and Cutter & Buck are among the speakers who will be discussing technology strategies and success at Apparel Magazine's upcoming Apparel Tech West on March 23 in Los Angeles.

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The third annual event, designed for apparel brands, manufacturers and retailers, is hosted at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), 919 South Grand Avenue, and will run from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The conference includes eight educational sessions focused on technology case studies and a keynote on "2010's Hot Button Issues," presented by Ilse Metchek, president of the California Fashion Association. The latter will cover such issues as finance, design piracy, CPSIA and more.

Also featured are technology exhibits from leading solution providers including Apparel Business Systems, Centric Software, Dassault, Gerber Technology, Lawson, Lectra, NGC (New Generation Computing), NovaQuest, PTC, [TC]2 and Xterprise.

Additionally, Apparel Magazine will honor its five Sustainability All-Stars at the event.

To register, visit apparelmag.com.

In addition to the keynote, the agenda includes the following sessions:

Utilizing Collaborative PLM and Sourcing Solutions in a Global Environment: Billabong Group, Presented by Mark Burstein, NGC (New Generation Computing) & Billabong Group PLM: The Technology Backbone for Better Margins, Reducing Cycle Time and Enabling Innovation, Presented by JP Provencher, PTC & Jeff Goldman, Agron Inc. Dressed for Success: GUESS Designers Give the Straight Talk on PLM, Presented by Brea Haley, Associate Designer, GUESS & Susan Olivier, Director, Retail, Footwear and Apparel Market Development, ENOVIA, Dassault Systemes Rise to the Top with a PLM Integration, Presented by Simon Poulton, Vice President of Sales - Strategic Fashion and PLM, Lectra. 24/7 Global Operations: Supply Chain & PLM - A Customer Case Study, Presented by Lenny Weiss, Gerber Technology and Bobbie Jo Foster, Cutter & Buck taylormade golf MRP as Your Primary Engine: How High 5 Sportswear Drove Home Success, Presented by Stillman Saunders, High 5 Sportswear & Bob McKee, Lawson Understanding the Key Factors Involved in Achieving Rapid Benefits from PLM: A Case Study, Presented by Centric Software Lean Retail: Cutting the Fat with RFID, Presented by Xterprise

The event concludes with a Networking Reception at The FIDM Museum & Galleries, featuring: "Hollywood 2010: The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design."

About Apparel Apparel magazine offers technology and business insight from concept to consumer, providing competitive, actionable information to executives representing the world's most successful apparel brands, retailers and manufacturers. Its targeted content addresses Retail Intelligence, Supply Chain, Sourcing & Logistics, Concept-to-Spec and Fiber-to-Fabric. An Edgell Communications publication, Apparel also produces the Apparel Executive Forum, Apparel Tech Conference New York, Apparel's Sourcing Summit at MAGIC, numerous web events, e-Newsletters, apparelmag.com, a variety of leading-edge industry research reports and more.

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