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After Thursday's interfaith memorial service for victims of the bombing at the Boston Marathon, Red Sox president Larry Lucchino walked out of an old church, his ears ringing with the echo of America the Beautiful , performed by a choir.
But another song was on his mind as he spoke with CNN. Lucchino mentioned Sweet Caroline , the unofficial Red Sox theme played by the New York Yankees and several other major-league baseball clubs on Tuesday in empathy with their Boston rivals.
"It was almost surreal," Luccino said. "I have tremendous fond feelings for my colleagues in baseball and particularly for the Yankees, reaching out as they did. It may not seem like much of a gesture. But to us folks ... it meant a great deal."
Three spectators died Monday afternoon and more than 100 were injured when two bombs exploded near the finish line of a world-class sports event that is loved as much as a joyous civic festival as for its elite participants.
The blasts came a few blocks from Fenway Park, where fans sing that old Neil Diamond hit every eighth inning. This moment of solidarity underscored the role of music in groups, the healing power of sports during crisis and the mixed bond between fans of Boston and New York, the Athens and Sparta of the East Coast since colonial times.
Fans in both towns nurse long-standing grudges in every sport and sometimes claim to hate each other. Kevin Youkilis, a first-year Yankee who played nine years for the Red Sox, called the playing of the song "a great tribute" after a tragic event and a chance to recalibrate perspective. "The players don't hate each other," he said. "The fans shouldn't either. Keep things civil. Take a step back and consider. In the scheme of life, sports are important, but only so important."
Perhaps players don't hate, but sometimes they get very angry. Such a scene took place in January when the New York Knicks played host to the Boston Celtics, two teams that will renew a historic rivalry when they begin a first-round NBA playoff series at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
In January, superstar Carmelo Anthony of New York tried to confront Boston's Kevin Garnett after the game near the Celtics' dressing room and outside Madison Square Garden by the Celtics' bus.
Later reports indicated that Garnett enraged Anthony by telling Anthony that Anthony's wife, La La, tasted like Honey Nut Cheerios. Them's fightin' words, for sure, but much in tune with what goes in the sports rivalries of the two cities.
In baseball, hostile moments between the Red Sox and the Yankees have involved Youkilis. Beginning in 2007, Yankees' pitcher Joba Chamberlain developed the habit of throwing hard pitches near the head of Youkilis, who once had to be restrained from charging the mound.
A more ludicrous scene came in the 2003 playoffs when Don Zimmer, the 72-year-old Yankees' coach and former Red Sox manager, charged from the dugout during a larger brawl and tried to slug Pedro Martinez, a 31-year-old Red Sox pitcher who threw the senior coach to the ground.
But even that incident lacked the visual absurdity of Dec. 23, 1979, when the Bruins climbed over the glass and into the stands at Madison Square Garden after a victory over the Rangers.
A Rangers' fan had bloodied a Bruin, Stan Jonathan, with a rolled-up program and stolen his stick. Among those entering the seats without a ticket was Mike Milbury, then a Boston defenceman, who pulled a shoe from the foot of the stick-wielding fan and beat him with it (the shoe, not the stick) before throwing the shoe onto the ice.
And New Yorkers recall with ire the machinations of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. In 1999, he quit as head coach of the Jets after just one day on the job to take over the Pats. The Jets protested and got a first-round draft choice as compensation and the Patriots got very, very good. The Jets? Not so much. But in the past five years, Belichick's Patriots have met New York's Giants twice in the Super Bowl and New York won both.
These sports rivalries were set aside the day after the marathon bombing when Yankees' communications director Jason Zillo suggested playing the song in their Bronx ball park.
The Red Sox, after all, had played New York, New York by Frank Sinatra after the 9-11 terrorist attacks in 2001. When Zillo's idea for Sweet Caroline was approved, he tweeted the message across the Internet. Other teams joined the chorus, a disparate demonstration of unity among rivals that rarely bond this way. This spread not only through baseball but other athletic venues and it wasn't just Sweet Caroline .
On Wednesday, before the first Bruins' home game after the bombing, hockey fans in TD Garden sang the U.S. national anthem at the direction of Rene Rancourt, the usual singer, who sang the first few lines then used his hands to conduct the impromptu choir.
"The song was carrying me, lifting me up in the room," Rancourt told a Boston radio station the following day. Video shows flag-waving fans wiping tears from their eyes and chanting "U.S.A! U.S.A!"
Canadian hockey fans know all about passionate anthem singing from Roger Doucet's era at the Montreal Forum to the booming renditions of police officer Lyndon Slewidge in Ottawa. But an anthem vibe is not always joyous.
In the 1991 NHL all-star game, with the United States at war with Iraq, the singing and cheering that rattled the rafters in old Chicago Stadium during The Star-Spangled Banner had an ominous undertone. Flags waved, sparklers sparkled, clenched fists pumped and one sign said "No Flag Burners Here."
Another popular notion about sports and community bonding is that victorious teams unite troubled cities. This myth is especially rich in Detroit, where it is often said that the World Series championship of 1968 repaired the wounds of the riot of 1967.
Kirk Gibson, now the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, was a sixth-grader in the Detroit area at the time. "It united the city, it helped," Gibson said. "It made us all happy and we felt all of us were pulling in the same direction."
But, Gibson added, "It didn't unite it forever." Gibson starred on the only Tigers' championship since then, in 1984. That celebration included a riot that featured a torched police car. While both titles lifted the spirits of the residents, neither had significant impact on the city's long-term decline or mentality.
Joel Fish, director of the Center for Sport Psychology in Philadelphia, said even in good times, sports unite "old and young, rich and poor, white and black, city and suburb." He said sports have taken on greater symbolic significance in recent decades and that the bombing of a sports event added gravitas.
He said the anthem before Wednesday night's hockey game was "an example of how some tragedy can be an avenue to bond together. This is an example of a real good support system, a very powerful feeling of sharing in that moment."
According to Heidi Ahonen, a professor of music therapy at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., such a rendition of such a song may mean more than meets the ear.
"Music can make us cry and laugh, weep or dance together," Ahonen said in an e-mail. "Music can bring us peace or stir us up for a conflict ... Music is so powerful during a grief process. Music has been such a huge part of any emotional events in cultures around the world since the beginning of human history."
Suzyn Waldman, a veteran colour analyst on Yankees' radio broadcasts who grew up in Boston as a Red Sox fan, said Canadians might logically compare the New York-Boston rivalry in baseball to hockey in cities such as Toronto and Montreal.
"In this rivalry," she said of baseball, "I don't think there's really a hatred. Maybe I'm a little naïve." While growing up in Boston, Waldman spent marathon days by the course, cheering siblings, friends and local legends. "I used to wait for Johnny Kelley the Elder," she said.
Waldman started the New York phase of her life as a singer in Broadway musicals. Ironically, her first role was in the chorus of No, No, Nanette , the revival of an old musical that plays a mythical role in Boston-New York lore.
A longstanding tale, now disputed, suggested that Harry Frazee, the Boston owner and Broadway producer, financed that show with funds obtained for the sale of Babe Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees before the 1920 season. In fact, the show came years later, but Waldman nevertheless enjoys its irony in her career arc.
She admits "belting" the words and tune when Sweet Caroline plays at Fenway Park while her network is doing commercials. When asked what she likes so much about it, Waldman replied: "It's like baseball. It's personal. It touches your heart."


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Mumpreneur Launches Online Toyshop
Surrey-based mum of two Sarah Pritchard has launched TopToyBox– an online toyshop selling educational toys and games for 2 to 6 year olds.
The early foundation years are key for children's personal, social and emotional development and the website features toys from the UKs leading manufacturers that promote literacy, numeracy and creativity.
As well as providing a resource for parents and grandparents – including a blog and Facebook community – TopToyBox showcases the award winners and best sellers that kids love to play with.
The compound word 'Mumpreneur' was recently added to the Collins English Dictionary, a recognition of the hard-working mums launching
businesses in tough economic times.
Sarah, a former children's librarian, said "As a busy mum myself, I saw the value in providing a service to other parents who want the best for their children. All the toys featured on toptoybox.co.uk have been hand-picked and assessed for their high educational quality."
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Exciting. Fulfilling. Fun.
Recreation activities for young adults with disabilities.
All of us like to bond with peers around our common interests, and this is especially true of young adults. It is essential to be conscious of a young adult's needs for direct support and to know when to back off. Too much support, particularly by an adult, can create barriers. The young person may not learn what is needed in the setting or activity. And others may not feel compelled get involved or learn how to help the young person grow.
Hobbies and recreational activities help young adults with disabilities develop their problem-solving skills, learn responsibility, and increase self esteem, all while having fun and making friends. PAI staff supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), autism spectrum disorder and traumatic brain injury in their pursuit of finding recreational activities for a well rounded, fulfilling life. PAI offers a wide array of recreational choices. So, whether young people in our programs decide to join a yoga group, try geocaching, or go bowling with friends, PAI provides an experience that is new, exciting and fun.
Maintaining daily living skills are important to a good quality of life, especially for people with disabilities. PAI helps clients develop, maintain and increase their daily living and self-help skills as they age. We offer sensory experiences to promote learning new skills and reinforce previously acquired skills.
Young adults, adults and seniors in PAI's day training and activity programs are involved in a wide range of activities, including gardening, cooking, yoga, exercise and fitness, health and wellness, men's and women's social groups, bowling and community outings, volunteerism and self-advocacy.


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Hochtief CEO Out as Battle Builds
Exit, on Top of Other Bad News, Is Likely to Ease Way for Hostile Spanish Suitor
FRANKFURT—Hochtief AG said Monday its chief executive will retire, as the German construction company cut its earnings target amid more bad news from its Australian unit. The developments are likely to smooth the way for Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA to build a majority stake in Hochtief.
"A takeover by ACS is becoming more and more likely," said analyst Marc Gabriel of Bankhaus Lampe. For months, Hochtief has tried to fend off an unsolicited, hostile bid for control by the Spanish builder. At the end...


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This is a list of Easter Eggs found in Mario Kart Ultimate.
115 ReferenceEdit
- Reference to: Call of Duty World at War (2008) & Call of Duty Black Ops (2010) Nazi Zombies
In Hazy Maze Cave, there is a flashing blue boulder. If one blows it up with a Bob-Omb one will see a small meteor with blue sparks. If one waits for 1:15, two Dry Bones will come and wander around for a few seconds, before disappearing underground.
Classics ReferenceEdit
- Reference to: Many Gameboy and Gamecube games
In Waluigi's Raceway, the store with the giant NES controller can be accessed by going around the back of it (using a mushroom at the jump to go over the barrier). When inside, many Nintendo games are on the floor. Though there are (in reality) only 20 different games, the textures repeat. The games are:
Robot ReferenceEdit
- Reference to: Chibi-Robo: Plug Into Adventure! (2006)
In Toad Town Sewers, there is a small broken TV. If looks at it, one can see Chibi-Robo inside, and it will wave at the racer.
Billboard ReferencesEdit
- Reference to: Metroid (1986)
- Reference to: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992)
On billboards advertising "BigBlox Arcade" Samus's sprite from the original Metroid can be seen under the R in "Arcade". Link's sprite can also be seen from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on the same billboard under the X (in "Blox").
- Reference to: The F-Zero series (1990-2004)
On a billboard, there is an advertisement for Mute City, which includes the Blue Falcon, Mr. EAD, and the F-Zeri GX logo.


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Tax Reporting and Strategy Director
About the Job
**PwC/LOS Overview** Are you interested in the opportunity to work for an industry-leading firm that services clients that include the Fortune 500, and will give you the experience and exposure you need to build your career and personal brand? If you are, then PwC US (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and its subsidiaries) may be the firm for you. We're a member of the PwC network of firms located in 157 countries with more than 184,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC US helps organizations and individuals create the value for which they are looking. Our professionals are at the heart of our business strategy and success by bringing personal and professional experiences; we understand that our business is impacted by a person's personal and professional lives. PwC US recruits top talent with traditional and nontraditional backgrounds, with a focus on diversity and inclusion, so that we continue to build PwC US as a great place to work. Our people are armed with the tools-including enriching professional experiences, everyday coaching, timely and productive feedback, and high-quality learning and development opportunities-to deliver each day. We are committed to building lasting relationships and delivering value to our clients. Learn more about us at www.pwc.com/us The PwC network is a global market leader in tax services. We assist businesses, individuals, and organizations with tax strategy, planning, and compliance, while also delivering a wide range of business advisory services. With over 32,000 tax professionals, this means that the PwC network can support our clients both locally and globally. We have experience working with an expansive and diverse client-base, which comprises all types of businesses-multinationals, local companies, privately-owned organizations, entrepreneurs, family businesses, trusts, partnerships, and private individuals. **Job Description** PWC's Industry Tax practice is organized around industries to share the latest research and points of view on emerging industry trends, develop industry-specific performance benchmarks, and share methodologies and approaches in complex areas such as compliance and tax risk management. Our multi-disciplinary teams bring a global industry scope and experience as well as thorough knowledge of US and local issues and regulations: • Automotive • Energy utilities & mining • Chemicals • Entertainment & media • Industrial products • Insurance • Pharmaceuticals • Retail & consumer • Technology • Telecommunications PricewaterhouseCoopers is nationally recognized for its in-depth tax technical knowledge and tax process improvement skill sets. The Tax Reporting and Strategy (TR&S) practice is dedicated to helping companies assess the complexities of delivering value and managing risk in their tax functions through the improvement of people, process, data and technology. Team members serve as business advisors to clients by leveraging a standard methodology to deliver sustainable tax performance improvement and tax accounting services. Our Tax Reporting and Strategy team features multi-disciplined staff including: accountants, attorneys, economists and technologists from a variety of backgrounds, including corporate tax professionals, tax professionals from law firms, technology professionals and tax advisors from the Firm's practice offices. Our diverse skillsets combined with our established methodologies provide a unique perspective as we assist clients in transforming their tax processes from analysis to implementation. How we help companies depends on their situation, and where they want to start, therefore we have several specialty areas including: - Tax Accounting Performance Improvement - Tax Strategy & Operations - Tax Data Management & Analytics - Tax Operations Management - Tax ERP Services Team members get exposure to a variety of areas including tax department operational performance improvement, SharePoint and document management, tax technology strategy, tax data management and analytics, tax accounting and vendor implementation, and strategy related to people and organizational structure. **Position/Program Requirements** Minimum Years of Experience: 8 Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's degree in Accounting Certification(s) Required: CPA, Enrolled Agent or Member of the Bar Knowledge Preferred: Extensive knowledge of the tax issues facing multinational US companies or publically traded entities, especially in the areas of tax compliance and consulting services tailored to organizations with domestic operations with the goal of tax minimization. Skills Preferred: Extensive technical skills in FAS 109 and FIN 48. Comprehensive technical skills working with tax tools and resources including tax provision preparation software such as Tax Stream, Vertex, Corptax, RIA, or other similar platforms. Thorough experience identifying and addressing client needs: developing and sustaining deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities; preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials; and defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection. Thorough experience as a team leader: leading teams to generate a vision, establish direction and motivate members, create an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views, coach staff, and encourage improvement and innovation. Extensive experience in one or more of the following: -Risk management analysis. -Controls remediation -Organization and/or structure re-design. -Technology review and/or implementation. - Utilizing third-party tax provision software including, but not limited to: OneSource Tax Provision?, Corptax Provision? and Longview Tax?. - Utilizing, Six Sigma and LEAN concepts, as well as implementing Sarbanes-Oxley 404 internal controls. - Utilizing ERP-based solutions, including technical development efforts required for successful ERP solutions designing, building, testing and deploying the technical component All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law.


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One of the most daunting challenges facing elderly Americans and their families is the choice of a nursing and long-term care facility. Certainly going to visit potential choices can be informative but it is far easier for sub-par facilities to mask problems on a temporary basis than to correct them long-term.
A by-product of these difficulties is Medicare's Five-Star Quality rating system. Based upon more than twelve million nursing home assessments, the rating system provides five stars for the most highly acclaimed facilities and one star for the lowest.
The system examines three different rating categories including health inspections, staffing, and ten quality measures regarding physical and clinical features. Any specific facility is assigned a rating in each of the three categories along with an overall cumulative rating.
The website provides a good deal of general information along with nine or ten detailed downloads which include such topics as "Five-Star Quality Rating System Questions and Answers" and a brief consumer fact sheet. There are also links to a nursing home checklist for the all important visit to the facility at www.medicare.gov/nursing/checklist/pdf and to Medicare's guide to choosing a nursing home. At www.medicare.gov/publications/pdf/02174.pdf.
A wealth of more detailed and in some cases incomprehensible information is also available at the website.
How useful is this information and are there state and local resources to supplement it? The answer is that it is a tool to be used in conjunction with your own eyes and ears and a dose of common sense. There are so many facilities that regular inspection is impossible. Wealthier states often have more resources to provide the public useful guidance. In Maryland the Office of Health Care Quality at www.dhmh.state.md.us/ohcq, provides a vast array of material including the so-called Maryland Nursing Home Guide comparing more than two-hundred facilities and discussions of various other kinds of care including adult day-care and Assisted living.
Maryland also has a department of aging located on the web at www.mdoa.state.md.us/ which is a clearing-house for information and which includes an ombudsman for state long-term care issues.
Individually there are also long-term ombudsmen throughout the state who can provide guidance and information see link to ncc.nhr.org.
Inevitably the nursing home operators are not so enthusiastic about rating systems which inevitably result in a large group of one and two star ratings. Some suggest that the populations they serve are more difficult or that their reimbursements effect their staffing and other operations. Nonetheless, as the public becomes aware of this new rating system it seems likely facilities will strive to improve the quality and consistency of their product in the struggle to survive.
Despite the array of resources the ever-increasing population of elderly people drives the national need for more nursing homes and consequently more unscrupulous operators. Should your loved one sustain a serious injury or death at such a facility, contact Clark and Steinhorn at (800)304-2002 or reach us on the web at Maryland-Law.com.


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Trainer Name | Chris Dovale Chris Dovale has been a Personal Trainer in the Bay Area, California for 6+ years. He has extensive training in Karate and Boxing. In his mid-teens, Chris was the skinny kid wanting to get bigger. He hit the gym focusing on a body-building style of weight lifting. While he got bigger and stronger, Chris realized total strength didn't necessarily come with size. He was bigger and stronger, but his overall fitness was weak. This realization led him to pursue a more "primal" style of fitness -- raw strength training and intense conditioning. Through this evolution and adaptation of fitness philosophies A3 Training was born.
- Boxing
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- Lean Muscle Gain
- Calisthenics (Body Weight Training)
Chris has been a Certified Personal Trainer since 2005. In 2010, he was awarded the 'Amazing, Amazing Award' from Equinox for his work with Christopher Burnharte, whom he helped lose 100 pounds.
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Ultra High Frequency
The UHF ISO Card provides both long-range identification and muti-card read/write capability. The UHF card is used in applications from access control, staff identification to customer loyalty programs.
UHF (Ultra High Frequency) Tags, Labels and Cards operate at a high frequency. These types of tags are considered no on board power source. The supply chain related mandates from retailers such as Wal-Mart, Sam' Club and Metro require that UHF Passive RFID tags be used. These tags must comply with the international recognized standard set by EPC global (UHF Gen 2). UHF frequencies typically offer better range (20-30 ft) and can transfer data faster than LF and HF tags, but they use more power and are less likely to pass through materials.
The EPC global UHF Generation 2 Standard allows the commercialized provision of mass adaption of UHF EPC technology for passive smart tags and labels. Main fields of applications will be especially the supply chain management and logistics for worldwide use with especial consideration of European and US regulations to ensure that operating distances of several meters can be realized.
UHF EPC Class1 Gen2 Card= ISO 18000-6C,
The World Tags are designed to operate globally within a narrowly defined performance band from 860 to 960 MHz, which enables each individual tag to be used successfully across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa and their unique RFID operating frequencies. Alien World Tags enable companies to manufacture products on one continent and ship them worldwide utilizing a single RFID tag type – with the tag exhibiting uniform behavior and delivering consistent performance globally.
UHF Alien Higgs3 Gen2 Card
Alien Higgs3 is a highly integrated single chip UHF RFID Tag IC. The chip conforms to the EPC global Class 1 Gen 2 specifications and provides state-of-the-art performance for a broad range of UHF RFID tagging applications. Higgs3 offers a flexible memory architecture that provides of the optimum allocation of EPC and User memory. The IC also features a factory programmed 64-bit serial number cannot be altered.
NXP UHF U CODE EPC Gen2 Card
The UCODE EPC G2 IC is a dedicated chip for passive. intelligent tags and labels supporting the EPC global Class 1 Generation 2 UHF RFID standard. It is especially suited for applications where operating distances of several meters and high anti-collision rates are required.
The UCODE EPC G2 IC is a product out of the NXP Semiconductors UCODE product family. The entire UCODE product family offers anti-collision and collision arbitration functionality. This allows a reader to simultaneously operate multiple labels / tags within its antenna field. A UCODE EPC G2 based label / tag requires no external power supply.
Its contactless interface generates the power supply via the antenna circuit by propagative energy transmission from the interrogator (read / write device). while the system clock is generated by an on-chip oscillator. Data transmitted from interrogator to label / tag is demodulated by the interface. and it also modulates the interrogators electromagnetic field for data transmission from label / tag to interrogator. A label / tag can be operated without the need for line of sight or battery. as long as it is connected to a dedicated antenna for the targeted frequency range. When the label / tag is within the interrogators operating range. the high-speed wireless interface allows data transmission in both directions.
UHF ISO card AD824 AL9562
Operate Frequency FCC (902-928 MHz) ETSI (865-868 MHz)
Reading Distance: 5-10m depending on reader power and antenna design
Dimension: 85.6 x 54 x 0.8mm CR80 85.6 x 54 x 0.8mm CR80
Material: PVC/ PET PVC/ PET
Housing: PVC/ PET lamination PVC/ PET lamination
Operating Temperature: -25
The UG2 is a new generation of UHF cards targeted for the e-Identity market bringing a long range communication distance together with stringent durability criteria. UG2 complies with ISO 18000-6 C (EPC) standard.
Standard Features
Supported RFID technology
• FCC (902-928 MHz)ISO/IEC 18000-6C EPC Class 1 Gen 2
• ETSI (865-868 MHz)ISO/IEC 18000-6C EPC Class 1 Gen 2
• ISO card AD824. AL9562
• Operate Frequency FCC (902-928 MHz) ETSI (865-868 MHz)
• Reading Distance: 5-10m depending on reader power and antenna design
• Dimension: 85.6 x 54 x 0.8mm CR80 85.6 x 54 x 0.8mm CR80
• Material: PVC/ PET PVC/ PET
• Contact-less transmission of data and supply energy (no battery needed)
• Long-range operating distance
Operating frequency within the released operating bands from 860 MHz to 960 MHz
• High data integrity: 16 bit CRC. framing
• High anti-collision and inventory speed
Memory features:
• 96 bit EPC numbers supported
• 64 bit tag identifier (TID)
• 32 bit kill password to permanently disable the tag
• 32 bit access password to allow a transition into the secured transmission state
• 224 bit user memory with free definable memory organization
• Inventoried flags and selected flag support the handling of persistence information
Security Features
• Lock mechanism (write protection) for individual passwords and individual memory banks allow for permanent lock (permalock) status of a password or memory bank.
Data rates:
• R -> T: 40 – 160 kbps.
• T -> R: 40 – 465 kbps (Divide ratio DR = or 95 – 640 kbps (DR = 64/3)
Uses a slotted random anti-collision algorithm where the UCODE EPC G2 IC loads a random (or pseudo-random) number into a slot counter. decrement this slot counter based on interrogator commands. and reply to the interrogator when their slot counter reaches zero. Supports the full mandatory command set as well as optional and Customer commands according to the standard
UHF UCODE EPC Gen 2 ISO 18000-6C cards
The UCODE EPC G2 IC is a dedicated chip for passive, intelligent tags and labels supporting the EPC global class 1 gen2 standard. It is especially suited for supply chain management and logistics applications where operating distances of several meters and high anti-collision rates are required.
• 512 bits of on-chip memory
• 96 bits EPC
UHF 915Mhz Alien H3 RFID card
Higgs-3 is a highly integrated single chip UHF RFID Tag IC. The chip conforms to the EPC global Class 1 Gen 2 specifications and provides state-of-the-art performance for a broad range of UHF RFID tagging applications.
• 96-EPC Bits, extensible to 480 Bits
• 512 User Bits
• 64 Bit Unique TID
UHF EPC Class 1 Gen 2 / ISO 18000-6C Card
• Long-range identification
• Muti-card read/write capability
• Complete card solution for UHF EPC Class1 Gen2
• Optional with offset/silk-screening printing and normal technics on card
• EPC Memory Size 96 Bits
• Access Control 32 Bits
• Kill Code 32 Bits
• Programming Cycles 10,000 Write Cycles
• Exceptional omni-directional range
• High-speed programming for seamless manufacturing integration
• Operates at global frequencies (860-960MHz)
• Available in high-yield, high-capacity rolls for high-volume converting processes
UHF ISO card INALY AD380I AL9562
• Interface fully compatible with UHF EPC G2 standard
• Long-range solutions
• Suitable for UHF RFID. allowing one IC to be used worldwide
• Fast data rate
• Forward link: 40 ? 160 kbits/s
• Return link: 40 ? 640 kbits/s
• 512 bit of on-chip memory
• 96 bit EPC
• 64 bit tag Identifier
• 224 bit programmable user memory
• 32 bit access password
• 32 bit kill password
• Runs on the same hardware infrastructure as the UCODE HSL and the UCODE EPC1.19
Typical Applications
VIP management
Staff Identification
Supply Chain Management
Asset Management
Container Identification
Pallet & Case Tracking
Long range access control
Key Benefits
Tags / labels and readers available from various suppliers
First UHF EPC product operating worldwide
Highly advanced anti-collision resulting in highest identification speed
Reliable and robust RFID technology suitable for dense reader and noisy environment
Secure UHF communication; readers do not transmit EPC data
Broadest industry back-up – EPC global and ISO 18000-6C
Reader portfolio covers all regional demands
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Pozole Soup Recipe
Pozole is traditionally made using hominy, a type of maize that's common in Latin America. We couldn't lay our hands on any so we made our own version using chickpeas instead, along with our chipotle chilli paste. Although they can't really be compared to hominy, they gave the dish a delicious bite. Feel free to try this with either, depending on what you can get hold of. Pozole is also often made with pork, but we went with beef, specifically oxtail to make what is essentially a really rich beef stew. So this is very loosely based on pozole but incredibly tasty nonetheless.
Check out our other delicious Mexican recipes & ideas.
How To Make
Brown oxtail in a hot panMake sure it gets brown all over
Fry carrots, celery, onion, garlic, Gran Luchito Smoked Chilli Paste, bay leaves, salt & pepper
Cook until softened
Add everything to a slow cookerAdd enough water to cover the meatCook on low for about three hours (or until meat is falling off bones)Use sieve to remove vegetables (discard bay leaves)Blend vegetables until smooth and return to liquid
Remove meat and pick from bones and return to stew (discard bones)Drain chickpeas and addServe with shredded cabbage, sliced radish, lime wedges and fresh coriander
Pozole Soup Recipe
- 700g Oxtail (feel free to use other cuts)
- 1 Onion
- 2 Celery sticks
- 3 Carrots
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 2 Bay leves
- 2tsp Gran Luchito Smoked Chilli Paste
- 1l Water (approx.)
- ¼ White cabbage
- 1 Lime
- 4 Radishes
- Salt & pepper
- Fresh coriander
- Heat a large pan over a high heat and add the vegetable oil until shimmering.
- Carefully add the oxtail, or whatever meat you're using.
- Cook briefly on each side and get as much of the surface a nice dark brown.
- Remove the meat and set aside.
- Clean pan and place over medium heat.
- Add a little olive oil, along with the roughly diced celery, onion and carrots. Also add the bay leaves, Gran Luchito Smoked Chilli Paste and a pinch of salt & pepper.
- Stir and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Add the vegetables and meat to the slow cooker (if you don't have a slow cooker, just use a large pan with a lid over a very low heat on the hob).
- Add water until the contents are submerged. Stir and set heat to low.
- Cook for about 3 hours, or until the meat is literally falling off the bone.
- Use a sieve to remove the vegetables and meat. Remove fat from the top of liquid with a spoon and discard.
- Pick meat from bones, breaking into small chunks and keep separate. Discard bones.
- Place vegetables in a blender (discard bay leaves) and blitz until smooth.
- Return blended vegetables and meat to liquid. Heat when ready to serve.
- Serve with shredded white cabbage, sliced radish, roughly chopped fresh coriander, wedges of lime to squeeze and a little salt & pepper.
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The former Boston Red Sox TV announcer replaces Mike Tirico, who left ESPN for NBC after a quarter century with the Worldwide Leader in Sports. McDonough's late father Will famously covered the NFL for the Boston Globe as well as for CBS and NBC on pregame shows. Sean McDonough built his career on baseball before branching out to golf, tennis, college football, and a variety of other sports.
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While promoting his latest film Gold on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday (January 24), the 47-year-old actor revealed that the reason he always go by Matthew and never just Matt is because of his mother, who was also his kindergarten teacher.
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Rolls-Royce has signed a £3.2 billion deal to supply British Airways with engines for up to 61 aircraft, in the first sale of its Trent 900 engine since one exploded in mid-air on a Qantas flight last year.
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Rolls chief executive Sir John Rose said: "We are pleased that British Airways continues to put its trust in our world class Trent engine technology and service provision."
The manufacturer recently signed two contracts to supply engines to Chinese air carriers. In November it won a 1.8 billion US dollar (£1.1 billion) order from Air China for engines to supply and service 20 engines for 10 Airbus A350s and 10 A330s, a fortnight after an order worth 1.2 billion US dollars (£750 million) from China Eastern Airlines.
British Airways is due to receive its first 787 Dreamliner in 2012 and its first A380 superjumbo the following year.
Shares in Rolls and BA were both up 2 per cent following the announcement.
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Soft Hackle Wet Fly
Also called a Hackle Fly, North Country Fly, Stewart Spider, or Yorkshire Spider, these flies were first mentioned in Dame Juliana Berners' 1496 Treatise of Fishing with an Angle
If you haven't heard of soft hackle wets, then you're not only missing some fun tying, but you're also missing lots of strikes
I like to fish dries on the top and nymphs on or near the bottom, so the 'emerging' fly, one that is transforming from a nymph into a dry, can be fished in the area between the two. This means emergers can be used to fish in the space between the top and the bottom. That covers about 99% of the area where fish feed.
I focus on the partridge wets, one of my favorite patterns, because it catches fish and it is easy to tie. Less is more with this type of emerger These flies are usually sparsely dressed. Experience proves that the thinly dressed fly is often the most effective.
The Hook
The soft-hackle wet fly is usually tied on wet fly hooks (any shape, model, and size you like) because it is usually most effective fished just under the surface. You may, however, tie it on lighter-wire dry-fly hooks to fish it in the surface film, perhaps as a drowned nymph that didn't quite make it. A general rule for determining which hook to use is this: If you want the fly to imitate a caddis, tie it on a regular or short-shank hook without a tail; if you want it to imitate a mayfly, tie it on a regular or long-shank hook and add a tail.
How to fish a Soft Hackle wet fly
Probably the most common way to fish a soft-hackle wet fly is to cast it across and slightly downstream, letting it sink and then swing in the current, rising with the tightening line much as a natural rises to the surface before hatching. It's on this rise that fish usually strike. Another method is to cast the fly upstream on a short cast and then let it dead-drift back to you just under the surface. On lakes and ponds a soft hackle fly cast in front of a cruising trout and then twitched slightly can be absolutely deadly.
Tying The Fly
|Daiichi 1150, 1550, Mustad 8100BR, Tiemco 3769, or any hook that you prefer, sizes 10-18
|6/0 Olive or size A flat nylon
|Olive thread or size A flat nylon
|Gold wire, optional
|Hare's Ear or gray squirrel blend
|Hungarian Partridge
|Hare's Ear or gray squirrel blend
Step 1
Wrap thread from just behind head to slightly around the bend of the hook and then back over the shank to a point approximately 1/4 shank length back from the eye. If ribbing is used, tie it in at the bend of the hook and then wind thread forward, trimming the excess at the point where you wind on your thorax.
Step 2
Dub onto thread a small amount of fur and wind over shank to form a thorax.
Step 3
Strip downy fibers from stem and tie in partridge feather (concave side down) on top of hook shank and trim excess. Length of hackle may vary from long to short (your choice) but I prefer the tips on most flies to extend slightly beyond the bend of the hook.
If you want a "fluffier," softer-hackled fly, strip the feather stem so that some of the downier barbs remain and are tied in with the first turn of the feather. Also, do not discard the aftershaft feather this is an exceptionally useful feather for tying smaller soft-hackle flies such as the Aftershaft Soft-Hackle Wet Fly
Step 4
Wind partridge feather around hook (one turn or at most, two–the fly is best dressed sparsely.) Trim excess and form neat thread head.
Step 5
This step may be omitted but it's how I prefer to tie many of my soft-hackle flies, with a small amount of dubbing tightly wrapped just in front of the hackle to form a small head. Makes the fly look "buggier," I think.


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Four drivers soared over the 200-mph average-speed mark at the newly repaved two-mile track Thursday morning in testing prior to Sunday's Quicken Loans 400 Sprint Cup race.
Mark Martin was the fastest of the fast, clocking in at 201.089 miles per hour.
Also over 200 were Kevin Harvick (200.999), Martin Truex Jr. (200.306) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (200.206).
Tony Stewart rounded out the fastest five at 199.856.
Spot speeds on the track were measured at close to 220 miles per hour.
A second test session is scheduled at the track from 1 to 4 p.m. today.
Ryan Newman's track qualifying record of 194.232 (set in 2005) will be in obvious jeopardy in Saturday time trials.
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A new, outpatient procedure at Springs Memorial Hospital may help prevent esophageal cancer.
The procedure, endoscopic radiofrequency ablation therapy using the HALO System, has been featured in the New England Journal of Medicine as an effective treatment of Barrett's Esophagus, a pre-cancerous condition that affects 1-2 million adults in the United States annually. The procedure takes about 30 minutes on average.
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We were caught in a snowstorm on the way out of Chicago.
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For a birthday surprise, Steve and I head up to Wisconsin, hitting Oshkosh, Wausau, and Milwaukee. We skied, ate, drove, and drank. (Not all at the same time.) It was a great escape! And finished it off with the Super Bowl. If only the 49'ers had won… happy birthday, love.


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ENGO Researcher-Writer and Editor for a Commission for Sustainable Development Policy Concept Paper
Closed Consultation
When: August-September 2010
The RCEN was invited by the Department of Foreign Affairs Canada to prepare a Policy Concept Paper in advance of the intergovernmental preparatory meeting for the 19th Commission for Sustainable Development cycle (CSD-19) in fall 2010.
Two ENGO delegates were selected to gather views and prepare a Policy Concept Paper from a Canadian environmental perspective, which includes:
- a brief history of the CSD process;
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Read: Canadian ENGO Policy Concept Paper on the CSD-19 Thematic Clusters and Green Economy Theme of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20)
Selected Delegates:
- Researcher-Writer: Emmanuel Prinet, One Earth Initiative, BC
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Background Information
The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) emerged from Agenda 21, the programme of action for sustainable development adopted in June 1992 by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the "Rio Earth Summit." Agenda 21 called for the creation of the CSD to ensure effective follow-up of UNCED, enhance international cooperation, and examine progress in the implementation of Agenda 21 at the local, national, regional and international levels. Initial CSD meetings focused on all aspect of Agenda 21. More recently, a decision was made to focus on thematic areas in a two year cycle. The first year of the cycle is considered a "review" year, focusing on information sharing and dialogue that sets the stage for the second, "policy" year. During the policy year, countries attempt to negotiate commitments that are not legally binding but aim to ensure the implementation of Agenda 21.
For additional details, visit the following websites:
Commission on Sustainable Development Website
Department of Foreign Affairs Sustainable Development Division
The RCEN selected one ENGO and one youth delegate to attend the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD18/19).
To view reports for CSD-18 which took place from May 3-14, 2010, click here.


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An ncurses based Network Monitoring Tool and sniffer.
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PingerThinger is a ping-based Network Monitoring Tool that tracks which IPs on your LAN / WAN are not responding. PingerThinger provides at-a-glance Network status and a window listing all down IPs. Small enough to fit on a floppy or USB flash drive, its compact executable size allows it to be used in disaster recovery. PingerThinger offers . Free download of PingerThinger 1.3, size 192.51 Kb.
DEKSI Network Manager is an advanced and powerful Network Monitoring Tool. It can continuously monitor the state of your servers, various Network services, databases and more over the Network seven days a a week, twenty-four hours a day.You can create categorized task lists on a "set and forget" basis. DEKSI Network Manager can ping . Free download of DEKSI Network Manager 4.9, size 4.18 Mb.
Servers Alive is an end-to-end Network Monitoring Tool running on Windows 2003/2008/XP/Vista/7. It works agentless and across operating systems. Its checks and alerts are on the cutting edge of technology. Extensive Network Monitoring High Network Monitoring performance without a high price. From a simple ping to more complex SNMP checks, web . Free download of Servers Alive 7.0 build 2505, size 14.61 Mb.
Tcpzoo is a frontend for ip filtering and Network Monitoring, based on Iptables.
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Monitors Network, serial, modem interfaces
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Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
1. Comparative study of heat-induced teratogenesis in the human and guinea pigHistological studies of human embryos with neural tube defects whose mothers experienced hyperthermic stress early in pregnancy revealed overgrowth, necrosis, vacuolization, rosette formation and cortical derangement in the brain of heated embryos. These histological abnormalities resembled the pathological findings observed in guinea pig fetuses heated in utero. It seems that hyperthermia induces developmental brain abnormalities by common mechanisms in the human and guinea pig. Guinea pigs are born with a rather mature brain and can be a good model of developmental brain disorders in the human.2. Induction of heat-shock proteins and thermotoleranceWhen cultured rat embryos are heated in vitro for 7.5 min at 43゚C, neural tube closure is inhibited. If cultured embryos were preheated by subteratogenic heating conditions (e.g., 42゚C for 10 min), the incidence of malformed embryos decreased, suggesting that rat embryos can acquire thermotolerance by subteratogenic heating.Several specific heat-shock proteins are induced in rat fetal tissues. When rat fetuses were heated in utero, HSP88, 73 and 71 were increased while HSP73 was decreased. The relationship between the induction of heat-shock proteins and thermotolerance is now under study.3. Vertebral transformation induced by prenatal heat stressPregnant mice were heated in utero on day 7, 8 or 9 of gestation and the skeletons of their fetuses were stained and examined. Anterior and posterior transformations of the axial skeleton were induced depending on the timing of heat stress and the degree of heat elevation. Prenatal heat stress may disturb the expression of homeotic genes and cause abnormal differentiation of the somite.The present studies showed that prenatal heat stress can interfere with the development of the brain and produce various developmental brain disorders.
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Twelve police officers were injured late Tuesday night as violent protests and looting broke out following a police shooting of an African-American man in the University City area. At least seven of the officers were hospitalized, reports the Charlotte Observer. At one point, rocks, bottles and traffic cones thrown from overpasses rained down on Interstate 85, a main highway through the city. A number of vehicles were damaged, and several big-rig trucks were looted. A Walmart also was looted. Some vehicles were stuck on I-85 for hours. The highway was open but littered with rocks and glass at dawn Wednesday.
The rioting began after Officer Brentley Vinson fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott, 43, in an apartment complex parking lot. Police said they had been searching for someone with an outstanding warrant when they saw Scott leave his car holding a gun. Officers approached Scott after he got back into the car. He emerged from the car again armed with a firearm "and posed an imminent deadly threat to the officers, who subsequently fired their weapon striking the subject," police said in a statement. Police said Officer Vinson also was African-American. Mayor Jennifer Roberts tweeted a plea for calm.


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Site Selection Magazine 'Governor's Cups'? Strickland Won Four
Ohio Gov. John Kasich spent over an hour last Tuesday delivering a largely self-congratulatory State of the State Address in Wilmington, in which he touted his economic development and job creation recovery talents since winning the job as state CEO from Gov. Strickland in 2010.
According to its publishing schedule, Site Selection Magazine reports annually, in early March, its list of Governor's Cup Competition winners, based on economic-development projects per capita as well as total projects. On Monday the magazine reported that Ohio finished second behind Texas in total projects and came in second to Kentucky on per capita basis.
Former Gov. Ted Strickland lost a narrow race to Gov. John Kasich by fewer people than it takes to fill Ohio State University's famed football stadium in Columbus. That defeat followed a four-year term that included three of the worst economic years since the Great Depression some 75-plus years earlier. The Great Recession that unfolded during Gov. Strickland's single term was deeper and broader than any previous recession. The nation has struggled to recovery from it, and Ohio, as experts instruct us, is still more than 100,000 jobs short of pre-Great Recession levels.
But now that Mr. Strickland is back in the game of politics, announcing recently that he'll take on Rob Portman, Ohio's junior U.S. Senator, national and state Republicans are huffing and puffing as they hope to blow his campaign down with retread stories of how hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost on his watch. GOP message makers pretend Strickland inherited a state brimming with good times and lots of jobs, when in fact Ohio had been slipping for many years before he became governor. The GOP narrative is that Ohio was an economic miracle, but Mr. Strickland's big government, tax-and-spend ways tanked an otherwise thriving state. In fact, as economic researcher George Zeller has pointed out numerous times here at Plunderbund, Ohio had still not recovered from the recession of 2000 before the big one hit in 2008. By the time Congressman Strickland won his lopsided 2-1 vote election against his Republican challenger, Ken Blackwell, who wanted to impose a flat tax that essentially did what Gov. Kasich's tax plan does now, siphon from the less well off and redistribute those funds as subsidies to the very wealthy, Ohio was already hurting.
While it's laudable that Gov. Kasich has repeated second place two years in a row, Gov. Strickland came out tops with Site Selection Magazine for three of his four years as governor.
In 2008, the year the Great Recession started, Ohio won its second consecutive Governor's Cup, proof, the magazine said, that manufacturing-intensive states can diversify their economies and retool their labor supplies enough to win its annual corporate-facilities race.
In 2009, in its cover article called "Eyes on the Prize," Ohio claimed its third Governor's Cup in a row, "thanks to the Strickland Administration's focus on taking the steps necessary to be competitive, even in a challenging economic environment." Strickland's success was based on investing in infrastructure and other key industry sectors as advanced energy. "This is good news in the midst of what too frequently is unhappy news," Gov. Strickland told Site Selection Magazine. "We are working in different ways to make Ohio among the most competitive states in the nation, with our tax structure being one of them. Our emphasis on high quality and affordable education at every level is another. We're doing the best we can in the midst of difficult circumstances."
Ohio demonstrated once again, the magazine said, "that winning the Governor's Cup even in challenging economic times requires keeping the end goal of job creation in mind while making tactical adjustments as necessary. "We cannot allow challenges of the moment to deter us from doing the things that will enable us to participate fully in the recovery that will come," Gov. Strickland said. "We have to maintain our commitment to those efforts that will be essential once the economic storm has passed."
Strickland out-performed the national average on job creation, during these challenging times, while Gov. Kasich has consistently under-performed the national average for more than 26 consecutive months, as Mr. Zeller has repeatedly point out. In his first two years, Gov. Strickland's administration funded more than 450 advanced energy projects with investments of about $175 million, including investments in wind, solar, biofuel, biomass and fuel cells. "Because of our advanced energy portfolio standards, I consider that to be the ticket of admission to the alternative energy competition," Ohio's Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher said. Gov. Kasich became the first governor to roll back advanced energy when he signed a bill freezing for two years the state's renewable energy portfolio.
Then in 2010, in it's article called "One More Time," Ohio won its fourth consecutive Governor's Cup, as devised by Site Selection Magazine. Given this economy, not doing as well in 2009 as in 2008 at attracting capital investment isn't necessarily bad, Arend wrote. In fact, it can be great, he said, if you still did better than everyone else. "Weighing in at 381 projects (it had 503 last time), Ohio squeaked past runners-up Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania in a repeat of last year's pecking order, with 374, 371 and 335 projects respectively," the magazine said.
Strickland said, "We have worked to cut red tape where we could appropriately do that. We had a robust effort to look at all of the state regulations that businesses must deal with and, where possible, eliminate them, and in many other cases modify them so they were less of a burden." Other contributing factors included Gov. Strickland's commitment to keeping utility costs low, which accounts for why Ohio's electricity rates for businesses at the time were about 10 percent less than the national average.
"We have reduced the size of government by 5,000 employees since I became governor three years ago, and we have continued even in this recession to invest in education and job creation. We have increased funding for elementary and secondary education by an average of 5.5 percent over the biennial budget we are currently living through," Gov. Strickland said, adding, "I believe we have done more than any other state in America to constrain the costs of college tuition at our public institutions."
Gov. Kasich mocks President Obama's stimulus bill, but has never said what he would have done without it had he been governor. The $1.57-billion stimulus bill signed into law in June 2008 contributed significantly to Ohio's business climate in 2009, Gov. Strickland said. "We did that well before the federal government decided to pass their stimulus bill, and that has given us some access to tools we have used to encourage investment in Ohio." Companies in the logistics and renewable energy sectors were among the beneficiaries of that program.
In its 2011 rankings, based on 2010 performance, Texas took the lead as Ohio came in second. Gov. Kasich reclaimed first place in 2012, only to lose it back to Texas a year later. So whether Site Selection Magazine's Governor's Cup ranking is important or not, it's clear that the GOP narrative of good things gone bad under Gov. Strickland deserves a couple pinnochios, especially now that Ohio under Gov. Kasich ranks 37th overall in job creation by Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business.
How does the number of state employees under Strickland compare to under Kasich now? We already know he is spending far more.
ObiWan Kenobi
This article comparing which Governor won or came in second place is meaningless. Here's why, the Ohio Economic Development Association, which is made up of local E.D. directors from around the state, places a huge emphasis on "competing" for this award from Site Selection Magazine. Not all states do so. For example, Michigan doesn't even count projects at the local level and is evidenced by their low ranking, yet they led the nation in manufacturing job creation in 2014. Basically, this is a piece pumping up Ted Strickland, who is 73 years old and wants to run for a US Senate seat that the term is 6 years…he'll be 78 when its time to run for re=election. He just needs to retire. Nobody in Ohio wants a political retread.
Your immaturity is showing, ObiWan. Your not a Jedi yet.
ObiWan Kenobi
@spitfiremk1 – uh, immaturity? Since I'm in the economic development field for over 25 years, of all people, I think I know. What is your background?
I'm sure Kasich thinks he has been in the "economic development field for over 25 years" as well, but I was referring to your immature attitude toward a senior statesman.


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UFC 91 tonight is an intriguing sporting event. The undercard isn't very inspiring but the main event is crazy - Brock Lesnar challenging Randy Couture for the heavyweight title. Lesnar is a former professional wrestling champion and collegiate wrestling champion. He has proven a talented fighter and he's a monster. Couture is an amazing athlete and has the heart of lion but he's giving up over 50 pounds and 15 years. It's going to be interesting. We'll have updates here. (image credit: fouledout.wordpress.com)
10:23: With an impressive jiu-jitsu display, Damian Maia forces Nate Quarry to tap via rear naked choke at 2:13 of the first round.
10:33: Gabriel Gonzaga looked very strong in defeating Josh Hendricks by TKO at 1:01 of the first round. Gonzaga landed some hard shots, Hendricks looked overmatched in his UFC debut. It's worth remembering that the smaller Couture stopped Gonzaga last year. Two short fights so far.
10:48: Presumably this fight was earlier in the night. Matt Brown endures a game Ryan Thomas and a couple of slams to gain a submission victory via arm bar at 0:57 of the second round. By the way, Ryan Thomas's nickname is "The Tank Engine", I enjoyed that.
11:05: Dustin Hazelett vs Tamdan McCrory is a match-up of mild-looking, tough guys. Hazelett's beard looks fake. McCrory lands some good shots and obviously hurt Hazelett with a leg kick. But the fight goes to the ground and Hazelett is a magician. Hazelett wins by arm bar at 3:59 of the first round in a skillful, highly enjoyable fight.
11:25: Back and forth fight between Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens and Rafael dos Anjos (shown from earlier) until Stephens lands a vicious uppercut early in the third round and wins by TKO.
11:38: Kenny Florian looks very impressive in dismantling Joe Stevenson, ending the fight via rear naked choke at 4:03 of the first round.
12:08: Lesnar is enormous. He almost completely obscures Couture from many of the camera angles. Couture succeeds in establishing a tactical fight. Lesnar just seems too big but Couture is making a fight of it. A close first round. In the second, Lesnar connects with a right to the temple and Couture is stunned. Lesnar overwhelms the champion with hammer fists, winning by TKO at 3:09 of the second round. Couture is a champion and battled a much bigger man. Lesnar is the real deal.