Day: January 17, 2007

RFID coming to scooters, diapers | CNET News.com

RFID coming to scooters, diapers | CNET News.com For more info click on above link Italian scooters and baby diapers could have a common link soon: embedded RFID tags tracking their whereabouts. IBM plans to announce Wednesday that it has won two new customers for its radio frequency identification tracking software–an Italian subsidiary of Honda Motor and packaging maker Pliant. Honda Italia Industriale, which sold 12.7 million scooters last year, plans to use RFID chips and IBM software to track motorcycle parts and tools circulating within its manufacturing plant in Atessa, Italy. Pliant, based in Schaumburg, Ill.,

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2006 Racing Champions to be Named Tonight

Amarillo, Texas, January 17, 2007 – The 2006 AQHA Champion Racing American Quarter Horses and Horsemen will be announced this evening at 8 p.m. CST at the Embassy Suites in Oklahoma City.  This precedes the Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale that will take place Thursday through Saturday. The announcements can be seen live on TVG. The Champions also will be recognized during the AQHA Annual Convention March 2-6 in Houston, Texas. To see a complete list of the 2006 AQHA Racing Champion contenders, visit http://racing.aqha.com/racing/champions/index.aspx.

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New AjPHA Presidential Service Project supports cancer research One Stride at a Time

FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Want to help battle cancer and get great gear? The more than 7,000–member American Junior Paint Horse Association (AjPHA) recently launched an on-line store, located at cafepress.com/ajpha , as part of its 2007 Presidential Service Project, “One Stride at a Time”. The project is an annual good-will endeavor that encourages all APHA Youth members to give back to their communities and is chosen by each incoming AjPHA president. One Stride at a Time, created by AjPHA President Laura Akerlund of Grafton, Wis., to raise money for cancer research, expands the scope of the project in

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