Great signage: CASABO

I love signs and when I spotted this sign, I had to figure out what
"Casabo" stood for.

Do you know what "Casabo" means!

Post a comment or email your answer to worcesterismajor@gmail.com.

Work: Mini Job Fair

Workforce Central Career Center is having a mini job fair on Friday, March 19, 2010 from 11 AM to 2 PM; located at 44 Front Street, 6th Floor.

A few of the jobs listed are:

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)- Plant Protection Technician
• Kiessling Transit- Part-time Van Driver, Full-time Class A Driver
• Becker College- Maintenance, Housekeeping, Food Service & Educational Opportunities

Becker College: New Leadership

Becker College has selected themselves a new leader and his name is Robert E. Johnson, Ph.D., who's making the move from Sinclair Community College located in Dayton, OH to Worcester.

This is a MAJOR move by Becker College and one that helps Becker College further their ascent as a college "on the move" and "doing big things" in the world of higher education.

Dr. Johnson starts his new job on July 1, 2010.

Google Fiber: We NEED It!

If there were a better time to petition for higher high-speed Internet service in Worcester, there's no time better than now as Google is scouting cities and towns to test their Google Fiber.

What is Google Fiber?

Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and faster for everyone. We plan to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across the country. Our networks will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today, over 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We'll offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people.

From now until March 26th, we're asking interested municipalities to provide us with information about their communities through a Request for information (RFI), which we'll use to determine where to build our network.

So, go ahead and tag the map and help us get the the Gig, literally.

Shout out to Brendan Melican for the Google Fiber for Communities Worcester map & page.

Expensive Memorabilia: Eddie Plank card

I met Drew, from Texas, in the same memorabilia store that I met Pete
Rose in.

Drew is a good dude who just so happened to have inheritted an Eddie
Plank baseball card from his grandfather. The card, by all accounts,
appears to be legit and the guys at the memorabilia store said, "due
to the wax stain that is on the back of the card, where it was
attached to the pack of smokes, the card looks legit and just needs to
be authenticated and appraised." One of the guys went on to say,"if
the card is legit, he can get between $60,000 and $150,000."

Let's just say that all of the store's employees were in awe of the
card and asked to have a picture taken holding the card.

While I don't have a picture of me holding the card, I do have a few
good ones of Drew holding the card and when you hear that the card was
sold or auctioned, you could say you read about it and saw a picture
of the owner on the Worcester Is MAJOR! blog.

Charlie Hustle= Pete Rose

I have been able to meet a few present or past professional athletes
that either leave me scratching my heading wondering how they
succeeded, or confirming why they excelled in there chosen sport.

Pete Rose is one of those athletes that worked hard at playing the
game of baseball, loved it, and did well at it, but it was his "greed"
and competitive nature that prompted him to bet on baseball games that
he either played in or managed the team.

Suffice it to say that Pete Rose was a good athlete and his attitude
and down-right arrogance led to his downfall. But if you watch any old
footage of Pete playing the game of baseball, you'll see a hard-
charging player that left it all on the diamond. He was, and will
always be, "Charlie Hustle".