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Jerico Parx needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 89 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
Consulting start-up comprised of business and technology executives looking to create a logo.
smashlogic or smash logic
I'm interested in creating a logo and for a new company smashlogic or smash logic.
The organization's mission is to help companies "smash" through the old logic behind the way they operated up to this point, so that they can survive and grow in today's economic climate.
The logo should be simple, yet convey innovation, agility, experience, and leadership.
The actual graphics files should in Adobe Photoshop format (vector graphics)
- 3 to 4 color design
- Logo lends itself to black and white printing.
- Preference for a color palette that is elegant, yet energetic.
- No "star trek" like font types
- No extreme color contrasts
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CARRBORO, N.C., March 23CARRBORO, N.C., March 23 (Reuters) - No arugula could be found in the salad mix for sale this month at a new outdoor food market in North Carolina. Instead, tiny purple nettle flowers were scattered among the familiar pointed oval leaves of the chickweed plant.
Familiar, that is, because the plant grows wild in yards, fields and pavement cracks in the town of Carrboro, North Carolina, and across much of North America.
The unusual salad was one of the offerings at what organizers believe is the first U.S. market devoted to wild food and herbs, a kind of non-farmer's market that will be held monthly in the town near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A similar weekly market is scheduled to open next month in Asheville, making North Carolina the latest hot spot in the growing movement toward eating food foraged from forests and fields rather than cultivated on farms.
The trend has gained cachet among foodies, with dishes featuring everything from exotic mushrooms found deep in forests to humble dandelions that are the scourge of suburban lawns. Foraging tours have cropped up across the country and farm-to-table dinners are giving way to forage-to-table affairs.
Wild food expert "Wildman" Steve Brill, who leads tours in New York City's Central Park, created a foraging app with descriptions of local plants and recipes. The head chef at Copenhagen's Noma, named "the best restaurant in the world" three years running by Restaurant magazine, is known for foraging his ingredients.
"Europe has embraced foraging for a while, and I think it's really taking hold in this country now," said Josh Lev, co-founder of the Wild Food + Herb Market in Carrboro. "It fits in with this idea of getting back to basics."
Selling wild food raises questions about the value of paying for plants people could pick from their own yards. Lev said his market is aimed more at creating awareness of wild foods and herbs than making a profit from them.
"I'm trying to build a community of people who appreciate the plants that grow around them and what an important resource they are," said Lev, an herbalist, inventor and artist who recently moved to North Carolina from California. "We want to reconnect people to that kind of knowledge."
The outdoor market is set up like a farmer's market, with vendors signing up and selling their products.
Many vendors also hold classes and tours. The market's debut this month included a walk through the town commons to teach participants how to identify common edible plants.
The educational efforts help new foragers distinguish between edible plants and those that are less palatable or even poisonous. Picking mushrooms, in particular, requires expertise to avoid eating something harmful.
Judith and Phil Morse already had taken a wild food tour at the suggestion of a friend before they visited the market in Carrboro. They did not feel confident enough in their knowledge of what was edible to forage for dinner, but they were getting closer.
"You really do get tuned into the plant world," said Phil Morse, 69, who lives in a nearby rural county. "It's really given us a different perspective about food."
Alan Muskat, a longtime forager who is organizing the Asheville market, said eating wild foods was not only cheap and healthy but good for the environment.
"It really takes on the whole idea of agriculture, which is so foundational to the way we think about food," he said.
Cornell University ecologist Antonio DiTommaso said he was encouraged by the growing interest in eating wild plants and thinks the trend could affect which crops are grown. He no longer buys lettuce in the summer, he said, choosing instead to eat a mixture of plants from his yard in upstate New York.
He wondered how far the movement could go in supplanting traditional agriculture.
"It might have been okay 10,000 years ago," said DiTommaso, an assistant professor in the crop and soil sciences department. "If we get all of New York City running through our fields in upstate New York, I don't know that there would be much left."
Muskat, who studied philosophy and ecology at Princeton University, said he sold foraged mushrooms to high-end restaurants for more than 15 years, often selling more than 500 pounds of them a year at prices of $12 to $40 a pound.
Foragers have met sporadic resistance, usually due to concerns that rare plants and mushrooms will be over harvested.
Many public parks prohibit or at least restrict foraging. New York City parks adopted a non-foraging stance after noting an uptick in the number of people doing it there.
The national parks make exceptions for certain abundant foods, such as cactus pears in Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins National Monument and berries at Cape Cod National Seashore. But even in those cases, the food can be taken solely for personal use, not for sale.
On a recent walk, Muskat was careful to pick only small pieces of a ginger-like root, leaving plenty to keep growing. He insists foraging is good for the long-term health of natural areas.
"Foraging makes the woods more valuable," Muskat said. "And when something has value, you protect it." (Editing by Colleen Jenkins)

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Seafood Dynamite Recipe
Seafood Dynamite – baby shrimp, crab meat, bay scallops, clams in a creamy mayonnaise sauce, spiked with some masago.
2 oz shelled baby shrimp
2 oz bay scallop
2 oz crab meat
2 oz shelled clam meat
4 canned button mushrooms or fresh mushrooms, sliced into thin pieces
Shredded or grated cheese, optional
Dynamite Sauce:
6 tablespoons mayonnaise, Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise preferred
1/2 teaspoon lime juice
1/2 teaspoon Sriracha sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon masago
Using a teaspoon, mix all the ingredients in the Dynamite Sauce and set aside.
Pat dry the baby shrimp, bay scallop, crab meat, clam, and sliced button mushroom with paper towels. Add half of the Dynamite Sauce to the seafood, stir to coat well.
Transfer the seafood into an oven-safe dish or container (you can also use aluminum foil or a big clam shell). Top the seafood with the remaining Dynamite Sauce. Drizzle some shredded or grated cheese on top (optional).
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the Seafood Dynamite turns slightly brown. Dish out and serve hot.
I am not sure if this is an authentic Japanese recipe, but this is certainly one of my favorite eat-out dish when I dine at Japanese restaurants.
This dish is usually called Seafood Dynamite, or Baked Seafood in Dynamite Sauce, or something along that line.
In any case, it's basically baked assortment of seafood—usually baby shrimp, bay scallop, clam, etc.— in a creamy mayonnaise sauce, spiked with some masago (Capelin roe), and spiced with a wee bit of Sriracha.
Seafood Dynamite has all the ingredients that I love, with a flavor that I rather enjoy, especially when I am in the mood for something luscious, rich, and heavy. Because it calls for seafood, it's a pricy dish and the portion is usually small if you order at Japanese restaurants.
The good news is that it's so much cheaper making Seafood Dynamite at home, and you can have a bigger portion if you like. Plus, it's easy to make, as you can see from my Seafood Dynamite recipe below…
I prefer buying fresh seafood to make this dish, but you can totally use a frozen mixed seafood pack that is commonly found at supermarkets.
My favorite combination is bay scallop, baby shrimp, crab meat, and manila clam (shelled). Seafood Dynamite is really delicious and filling, and perfect as an appetizer or entree (bigger serving).
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So, naturally most of us will use multiple shades of grey to build with. I was wondering which grey is mostly used for your bricks and plates?
The vast majority of mine is the old school light grey as I mostly have classic sets.
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Don't let the door hit you…
So Ryan Whitney burned his bridges to the ground today. Not a lot was said, but it was clear he wasn't just upset at himself for not giving himself the opportunity to play (through good play). I thought all year that this was what he meant in a lot of his comments to the media about being upset about not playing.. turns out I was wrong. It turns out he is pissed at the Oilers.
Well, I was wrong about what Whitney said, but I don't think I was wrong about the player. He was once good, but his foot problems have made him an awful player for the Oilers. Could he be good somewhere else? Possibly. He could probably get away with playing lots of powerplay time, and playing even strength time with a guy who can save him from embarrassment when his flaws (namely agility and foot speed) are exposed. But here, he was a ticking time bomb waiting to happen. He showed flashes of brilliance towards the end, but sorry, it was too little too late. The Oilers have to purify themselves of these types of players. They need guys they can rely on nearly 100% (preferably exactly 100%) throughout the season. With Whitney, we had a solid d-man for about 10% of this short year… never mind what we'd get out of a full year. He's done here, and both sides should be happy about it. Did he need to throw the team under the bus in his exit interview? I don't think so. Here is what was said:
"I'm not going to name any names, but there were definitely some other guys who could have been scratched."
"I'm hoping to sign on a really good team. I've made enough money and I'm hoping to prove them(Oilers) wrong."
Really, the 2nd quote is fine, but the first quote is pretty piss poor, if you ask me. I'm not sure what gave him the misunderstanding that his play has been anything better than sub-average, on average for the last 2 years at least, but to take his (former) teammates down while on his way out, is just sour grapes. Yah, he didn't name names, but I don't think that helps any. We can speculate who he was talking about, however I'd rather not.
Anyways, the thing I like most about this is that it ensures he won't be back. I hate seeing more black marks on the organization (think Sheldon Souray's handling), but if he thinks that he was scratched unfairly, he's dead wrong. He was poor for most of the year.. it wasn't until a handful of games near the end that we saw him really do anything positive, and by then it was too little too late. He was a far cry from the good player we saw when we first picked him up, unfortunately.
I believe that Ryan Whitney will get picked up.. it will be for cheap… and he will play fairly well and be a good bargain for his new team. But this is a break-up that was quite overdo.


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Drawn to Yellowstone
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Peter Coyote narrates this collection of Yellowstone art from Native American pictographs to 19th-century landscape oils by Thomas Moran and photographs by William H. Jackson to modern acrylic paintings. Artists' renderings are compared to the same locations today. The collection includes early Thomas Edison films, Buffalo Bill and Crow Indian footage and aerial shots. Scholars and experts contribute their views. G
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Munib al-Masri says if he were smart, he would have retired and moved to Tuscany by now. Instead, the billionaire businessman is using his golden years to launch al-Muntada al-Filistin, the Palestine Forum, through which he hopes to bring his society's warring political faction to a point of national reconciliation.
On Thursday, Mr. Masri's used the nascent forum to create a platform aimed at putting secular Fatah and Islamic Hamas on the same state-building team. Among the main points, the initiative calls for new elections in six months to a year – for both the Palestinian legislative council and the office of the presidency – in what could amount to a move to replace President Mahmoud Abbas. Within two months, Muntada plans to bring together Palestinians at a big reconciliation conference. The initiative also calls for a complete reform and integration of the various Palestinian security forces, which are each allied to different political groups and militias.
"We do not have a magic wand, and the situation is extremely difficult, but the forum's initiative will have to succeed," Masri, a tall, slim and blue-eyed Nablus native, told skeptical reporters yesterday. In a separate interview, he explained why he hasn't retired to Italy, or to England, where his son and wife live.
"This is what I've wanted for a long time. We want to be the conscience of the people. We want to say to the government, to both sides, you are making a mistake," he explains. "We met many people in all the districts of the West Bank, and they are all in favor of this."
The move could not come at a better moment. On Thursday, violence flared again as the Israeli air force struck targets in the Gaza Strip, killing seven Palestinians, including the son of a hard-line Hamas leader. In recent days, Hamas militants have been pounding the Israel town of Sderot with dozens of missiles and rockets, killing an Israeli on Wednesday, and on Thursday, injuring the bodyguard of an Israeli cabinet minister. In the past two days, 17 Palestinians have been killed.
At the root of the initiative is a recent poll, taken by Bir Zeit University, which shows that more than 80 percent of Palestinians want to see Hamas and Fatah reconcile and move on together. Taking this as its mandate, the forum will do what is "difficult, but doable," Masri says. Relations between Fatah and Hamas, hostile for a few years, were severed when Hamas overran the Gaza Strip last June in a violent coup. Militants connected to Hamas, which swept to power in a landslide election just over two years ago, attacked all security forces and posts in Gaza connected to Fatah.
Of course, many Palestinians say they've heard it all before. At an event to launch the initiative, members of the press wanted to know why this would be any different from the Mecca Accord, in which Saudi Arabia brought Fatah and Hamas to an agree in February 2007, only to fall apart soon afterwards.
"We reflect the conscience of the people," said Samir Huleileh, one of the panel of seven prominent Palestinians who came to Thursday's press conference. Dr. Huleileh was formerly the chief of staff of Ahmed Qorei, known as Abu Ala, one of the architects of the historic Oslo Accords the Palestinians reached with Israel in 1993. "We reflect the 40 percent of our society which identifies neither as Hamas nor Fatah," says Huleileh. "And the Saudis have regional interests, while we have only the Palestinian interest in mind."
BUT what pushes the forum's role into the limelight are the strides Masri and his team say they're making toward getting the Fatah and Hamas to soften their positions on whether they would again sit around a table, put the internecine fighting behind them, and move on as a unified Palestinian movement. A week ago, Masri and other members of the forum met with Mr. Abbas, or Abu Mazen, as he is known. Over the weekend, they went to Damascus and met with Khaled Mashal, the "outside" leader of Hamas, and the man considered to be its chief decisionmaker.
"Khaled Mashal has welcomed this," says Hani al-Masri, a leading analyst and a columnist for the al-Ayyam newspaper, who was part of the forum's trip to Syria. Thursday's Palestinian papers, he noted, reprinted an interview Abbas gave with the Al-Hayyat newspaper in London, in which the Palestinian president indicated he was ready to go into national reconciliation talks with Hamas. In the past, Abbas said that Hamas should apologize and essentially "undo" its coup before the two could talk again.
"The fact that Abu Mazen in this interview expressed an interest in putting lesser demands on Hamas shows that we are on the right track," said Hani al-Masri, who is a distant relative of Munib al-Masri.
It's not just that Munib al-Masri's proposal shows he has friends in high places. Rather, he's one of those friends in high places that other Palestinians have turned to over the years. He was a close friend of PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, and he acknowledges he helped smuggle Arafat out of Jordan after he came into conflict with Jordan's King Hussein in a famous struggle known as Black September.
The family fortune was built on gold, grain production, and olive oil presses. But Masri himself became a geologist. In the post-Oslo era, he founded PADICO, the Palestine Development & Investment Ltd., which employs more people than the Palestian Authority.
Many are watching Masri's move with a mix of feelings: from awe and admiration to skepticism and scorn.
To some, he is a man who is investing his own time, influence, and money in trying to help rescue the dream of Palestinian independence. To others, he's a super successful businessman who is seeking to advance his own interests, and possibly launch a late-in-life political career.
The overlap of money and power, though natural bedfellows, gives many Palestinians pause. "Any reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah which will create a binding knot," says Muhaned Abd el-Hamid, a political analyst here, "[it] will provide an opportunity to have him [al-Masri] as prime minister."
Yet al-Masri insists this is not the launch of a "third way" political party, but more of a lobby for reconciliation and peace. "I have achieved all that I want, except a Palestinian state. And I am a man who likes to finish things."


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Chicago, Cincinnati, San Francisco Globally Recognized for Citywide Efforts to Address Climate Change
Cities vying to be named WWF's 2013 Earth Hour City Capital
- Date January 17, 2013
Media Contact
- Chris Conner 202-495-4786 firstname.lastname@example.com
- In This Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Chicago, Cincinnati and San Francisco have been selected as global finalists in World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour City Challenge, a year-long challenge rewarding cities that are preparing for increasingly extreme weather and promoting renewable energy. The cities were chosen by WWF and global management consultancy Accenture for actively taking steps to transition their communities toward a climate-friendly future.
The U.S. challenge recognizes leading cities for their efforts to curb carbon pollution and prepare their communities for the harmful consequences of climate change. One city will serve as the 2013 U.S. Earth Hour City Capital, and qualify for resources to advance local climate readiness efforts. Nearly 30 local governments from across the country are members of this year's inaugural group of Earth Hour City Challengers.
"We are highlighting the best and brightest ways cities are keeping their communities one step ahead of the climate-driven changes and extreme weather we are all experiencing," said WWF-US Director of International Climate Policy Keya Chatterjee. "These cities really have put in place some of the most forward-looking, locally-oriented measures in the U.S. and are truly global leaders in addressing climate change."
The 2013 U.S. Earth Hour City Capital will be announced in February and will then compete with cities from Canada, India, Italy, Norway, and Sweden for the title of Global Earth Hour Capital. For the designation as Earth Hour Capital, each of the 17 global finalists' climate programs are being evaluated by an international panel of experts in climate policy and sustainable development.
"The Earth Hour City Challenge clearly demonstrates that cities are on the front lines of responding to climate change," added Chatterjee. "These local governments have set ambitious development plans, improved local public transportation systems and committed to reducing carbon emissions to improve their citizens' quality of life while simultaneously reducing their impact on our planet."
About the Finalists:
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is setting a high bar for local governments with its ambitious climate action plan and work engaging citizens about citywide efforts to reduce emissions and prepare for climate change. The city's work to improve the resilience of its public transportation system to extreme heat and urban flooding, as well as its efforts to transition the city to renewable energy sources stand out among the nation's best climate-smart programs. Chicago holds the top spot among U.S. cities in the deployment of some key climate strategies including the installation of more than 5.5 million square feet of green roofs and the largest urban solar electricity generation plan (10 megawatts).
"The work we are doing builds economic strength and environmental health today and ensures Chicago's quality of life over the long term," said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. "From investments in energy efficiency and clean energy to public transportation and bike friendliness, we will continue to enhance Chicago's sustainability."
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is developing a power aggregation agreement that would make it the largest city in the U.S. to supply its energy entirely from renewable sources and committing to reducing carbon emissions two percent annually for 42 years. The city is also working with residents, businesses and community leaders throughout the city to adopt climate-smart policies; expanding current tree planting efforts, promoting metro ridership, educating students about sustainability and conducting energy audits for local non-profits.
"In Cincinnati, we have been aggressively pursuing a wide range of strategies to combat climate change and shift to renewable energy," said Cincinnati Mayor Mark L. Mallory. "Our electric aggregation deal allows all of our citizens to receive 100% renewable energy. Cincinnati has become a national leader in green energy and we are going to continue to lead by example."
San Francisco, California
San Francisco is institutionalizing climate action across the board, making it one of the first U.S. cities to require all city departments to produce climate action plans. Throughout the year, the city compiles and processes data on each department's progress to reduce the use of energy, vehicle fuel, water and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Their dedicated Climate Team coordinates with the departments to use this information to make informed decisions on how to further cut emissions and conserve resources. The City already supplies 100 percent of its municipal power from renewable sources, and is developing a community choice aggregation program, CleanPowerSF, which will provide participating businesses and residents with 100 percent renewable power starting in late 2013.
"San Francisco is thrilled to be chosen as a U.S. finalist for the Earth Hour City Challenge," said San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. "Our City's progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 14.5% below 1990 levels shows that it's possible to have a growing, dynamic economy and lower our carbon footprint at the same time. We are taking further steps to cut emissions from energy use, transportation and waste. San Francisco looks forward to participating in the Earth Hour City Challenge, and we congratulate our fellow finalists, Chicago and Cincinnati, for their environmental stewardship."
About World Wildlife Fund
WWF is the world's leading conservation organization, working in 100 countries for nearly half a century. With the support of almost 5 million members worldwide, WWF is dedicated to delivering science-based solutions to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth, halt the degradation of the environment and combat climate change. Visit www.worldwildlife.org to learn more.
Media Contact: Chris Conner, 202-495-4786


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My name is UKAI Ippei (鵜飼一平). I'm Japanese but currently studying in Scotland.
- - 2002 Jul.
- Tokai High School; Nagoya, Japan
- 2002 Sep. - 2003 Jun.
- Kwalikum Secondary School; BC, Canada
- Graduated with completion of grade 12
- 2004 Sep. -
- The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- BSc (Honours) in Computational Linguistics (expected to complete in 2008)
I sometimes take Panorama photos. [1]
I'm a Mac user, and before start stitching any photos, I had to port hugin to Mac. It took me long, but, hey, it's open source:) The Mac binary of hugin is still maintained by me, as well as the Japanese localisation for all platforms (though I use my computer in English).
My programming probably started with BASIC at school and AppleScript at home while I was in Junior High. I've written a simple 3D engine in QuickBASIC at my school, but didn't run fast enough... AppleScript went as far as AppleScript could go then. My father bought me a Java book around the same time and at least got the concept of OOP, but lost interest quickly mainly because the old MacOS did not have great support for Java. I had fun with a basic JavaScript programming as well [2].
Finally while I was in Canada, I've properly learnt computing for the first time, and passed the AP Computer Science AB, which was the last season they are using C++ for the course. At the same time, I was reading a lot about Objective-C on then new Mac OS X, and started to familiarise myself with Mac OS X and UNIX.
Currently I'm most comfortable with Java (esp. 1.5) for writing programs, but C++, Objective-C, bash, and JavaScript are more or less all intelligible.
I have written the WidgetTerm, the terminal emulator Dashboard Widget. [3]
The idea was there ever since Apple revealed OS X 10.4 for developers. I just implemented it one summer, and it's still downloaded average about 35/day.
The Mac port of hugin took me really long before I finally identified the crucial bug in wxMac 2.5.2 onwards (eventually I fixed it by myself...).
Once having found flipping back to 2.5.1 solves the problem, I have added many platform specific modification to make it acceptable for Mac platform. Those include the bundle packaging, automatic locale selection (Mac OS X has priority locale selection like those of web browsers; unlike the model used by hugin and many others where only one preference can be selected), and file opening AppleEvents (needed to let files opened from other application like Finder the file browser).
I have also submitted a lot of bug reports to wxWidgets, and have fixed some of them by myself. I think their problem is more in the attitudes of releasing stable version while Mac version is still annoyingly buggy. The wxMac development is not so fast that new features are added before the previous bugs are squashed and it never gets completed. I sincerely hope some one takes their SoC project, and improve wxMac quality assurance a bit [4]. Me? I would've loved to, but I've got strong tie with hugin and panotools:) Besides, I know no other application than hugin that uses wxWidgets in this extent (20 XRCs and many of them have custom controls with DC painting), and I'm quite sure most other applications are happy with wxMac as it is.
Google Summer of Code 2007
I'm applying for:
I consider the former more important to the users to be done, but I'm happy to work on either projects. I would love to help you with the other one, in fact. I just want to see the major improvement in the entire tool chain 'cause PanoTools is such a cool opensource technology :)
- Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/ippei_ukai/
- E-mail: ippei_ukai (at mac.com
- I'm on the "panotools-devel" and "hugin-ptx" mailing list
- IM/VoIP
- MSN, AIM: same e-mail address as above
- Skype: ippei_ukai
- Other: ask me! I use Adium and have accounts for MSN, AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo!, and Yahoo! Japan.


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It is true in the sense that the city is still shaped in fundamental ways by racial conflict. The 1970s busing conflicts are in the past in sense, but in another are still shaping force/scars (read the Soiling of Old Glory for a primer on it, great book). I teach at a college, teaching politics, including around race issues, and also work in the local community. There are a lot of good people seeking to work through all this, but it does not take much - be it a reading I'll give my students or a topic at a local meeting - to see the tensions and coded language emerge. I don't hear people say the n word publicly, but the coded language is evident, and so when a bunch of folks go nuts on twitter I was not the least bit surprised. I recall being at Bos-Mtl game this year and hearing fans yell "kill him" to Subban. I've been at a number of Bruins games and never heard that sort of language, even against players they hate. It is well known that black athletes have had serious questions about going to Boston. Things are better than they were but these tensions linger, and the city is still quite segregated, adding to the problems.okcanuck wrote:Boston Canucker is that true? Racism is that obvious in Boston?
I guiess I must be the most naive person on the planet, its just hard for me to believe that there is that many people with that kind of hatred toward people just because of the colour of their skin.
I did see a documentary recently, I believe on PBS, saying that racism in the northern states has overtaken the southern states. Wow, makes me glad I live in a tolerant society like we have in Canada. Plus we have a better hockey team than the Boston Bums.
I can attest to HW's point about the general hostility of Boston fans in all regards. As I said previously, I lived in NYC for 10 yrs (including being there in 94) and never the level of personal vitriol I hear here. Prior to Game 1 of the Finals last year I was walking with a friend to play tennis, and I was wearing a t shirt with the old school Canuck logo. A guy working on a rooftop with a nail gun screamed down, in a joking but still not too friendly tone, that he could hit me in the chest with a nail from up there. My friend was shocked, and all I said to him was, "that's Boston," you can't just be an opponent you have to be hated, demonized. If you want more evidence, just youtube clips of Bruins play by play goofball Jack Edwards...the most astonishing vitriolic homerism I have ever heard, and they Love him here, love him!


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In the wake of the controversial disqualification of last Saturday's final race's first-place finisher, horseplayers were clamoring for clarification of how a lone ticket-holder's dream was denied by an arguably arbitrary decision. Having reached true jackpot status, the wager should continue attracting a lot of money, but now fear of futility may have become a factor.
Weather impact, surface switches, equine equilibrium, rider reactivity, starting gate shenanigans, scratches, traffic problems, etc., are all handicapping-defying hazards the horseplayer must accept. The "three men in a room" dynamic, however, has to be the hardest to swallow.
The game as we know it cannot exist without the Stewards' authority to ensure that races are fairly run. If the actual order of finish were always permitted to stand, racing would soon degenerate into free-for-all, no-holds-barred contests resulting in equine bloodbaths that only the ancient Romans would bet on. Still the process is not perfect.
At the very least, any decision to disqualify should be unanimous, but such information is not currently forthcoming. Likewise, steward performance should receive no less scrutiny than the riders they regulate. Yet no such accountability is required and no review takes place.
John Pricci suggested that tracks provide live audio/video of the Stewards' deliberations. Fellow HRI blogger, Tom Jicha, disagreed; opining that the camera would likely change behavior as feared in jury deliberations. That might be true initially, but eventually they would get their acts together, and fans would be treated to enlightening, if not entertaining, experiences.
Each steward's vote and his justification should be recorded for periodic review and analysis as to appropriateness and consistency by a central authority. If such reform were implemented in this context, it would put pressure on racing to start holding others responsible for fair conduct of the game--trainers and veterinarians included.
What I've yet to see answered is "were they aware that the first place finisher would trigger the jackpot and, if so, did that information play any part in any individual's decision?" This is not intended to be an indictment of any individual, rather the system as a whole. Is too much information—such as the possibility of one jackpot winner--being released in advance?
There are many facets to transparency, or lack thereof. When viewing the Sam F. Davis a few weeks ago, I noticed that -- at least for that race -- Tampa Bay Downs did not show the loading of the runners from behind the gate for the one mile and one sixteenth event. What followed might have been interpreted by some as either a Big Brownout in Oldsmar or some kind of Life At Ten lackluster look-a-like.
Just when it seemed as if Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux's comeback was starting to gather momentum, the specter of Big Brown's Belmont re-emerged when Desormeaux's mount, Noble Cornerstone, finished next-to-last as the favorite.
As the horses were loading into the starting gate, track announcer Richard Grunder informed that Desormeaux was off his horse. Since he didn't say the horse unseated its rider, I was left to assume it was the rider's decision. Eventually Desormeaux re-mounted just prior to the start.
Daily Racing Form later reported that "Noble Cornerstone, the 9-5 favorite, was never a factor when finishing seventh after acting up badly just prior to the break. [Noble Cornerstone] absolutely freaked in the gate and lost his race right there," said his jockey, Kent Desormeaux."
Noble Cornerstone, racing without blinkers for the first time, "was off a bit slow, raced far back and showed little" according to the chart footnote.
Those who bet Noble Cornerstone didn't get a run for their money and no one knows why. Should the horse have been scratched? Are there uniform guidelines for determining a horse's fitness to race based on its behavior at the starting gate, or are only extreme examples such as Quality Road in the Breeders' Cup Classic allowed to protect the betting public? What is, and what should be, the role of the stewards in such matters?
The controversial disqualification at Gulfstream has resulted in either maligning individuals in authority at Gulfstream Park or serious questions about of horseracing integrity in general. If this heightened awareness of the game's flaws underscores the need for a central authority, so much the better.
One only needs to note how selective rebating and high takeout rates stacks the game against the average bettor. Maybe this unfortunate incident will give racing's leaders amplification to what extent players are taken for granted and what needs to be done to level the playing field for all.


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Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. plans to unveil the plan at Feb. 18 Memphis City Council committee sessions.
"It's a fully comprehensive plan," Wharton told several dozen Whitehaven citizens at the start of a town hall meeting Thursday, Feb. 6, at Middle Baptist Church.
"It covers much more than Southbrook Mall," he added. "We want to make sure that it's not just us going in there and fixing a building. We want to make sure that it fits in with the broader plans – the aerotropolis plan, the Whitehaven development plan."
Like other redevelopment projects in the city's hopper, beyond the plan unveiling is seeking federal and state government funding, but no general fund city financing for the project.
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During Mayor Willie Herenton's tenure, the city bought the site of a supermarket on a different corner of the intersection of Austin Peay Highway and Yale Road. The administration's original intent was to relocate the city's information technology functions there. Later, that plan changed to using the site for a new police traffic precinct.
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Last Tuesday's Girls Inter-Ac League basketball contest at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy was no masterpiece, but the host Lions took care of business and knocked off the visiting Owls of Agnes Irwin, 43-26.
Starting off the second round of six league games, the local hoopsters definitely want to avoid a loss to any team ranked below them, and the Irwin victory kept SCH comfortably in winning territory in the league, at 5-2. At the same time, they evened up their overall record at 10-10.
Irwin, which has now lost a home-away series to Notre Dame as well as Springside Chestnut Hill, went back to the Main Line at 2-6 in the league and 6-10 altogether.
Earlier in the month, the Lions won a more competitive game over at Agnes Irwin by 10 points, but neither team was at full strength for last week's rematch. The Owls' Faith DeVlieger, a regular starter, had a conflict and could not attend, and a pair of Lions were under the weather; starting junior forward Madi Sehn and reserve freshman guard Marissa Pownall.
Pownall's sister Gianna, a senior guard, popped in a three-pointer and a pair of field goals in the opening quarter, and buckets by junior Julia Schumacher, senior Maddi Hinchey and sophomore Caroline Henry helped the host finish the first quarter with a 12-8 lead. Irwin forward Sierra Corbett did all the scoring for her team during that opening frame, but after that SCH tightened up its defense in the paint and held Corbett to two points the rest of the way.
On this cold afternoon, the host school had the Vare Field House very well heated, and it wasn't hard to feel a little drowsy as the two teams plodded through a 6-3 second quarter that produced an 18-11 tally for the intermission. A trey from the right wing by Schumacher with five seconds left provided a third of the points for the entire period.
Both offenses perked up in the third quarter, although the home team tacked another seven points onto its lead. The Lions' first and last field goals were three-point projectiles by Pownall, who helped her squad start the fourth quarter with a 34-20 advantage.
Even without a field goal in the final stanza, SCH increased its lead, making nine of ten free throws. Freshman guard Essence Walden, who initially came off the bench in the first half, garnered all of her points from the foul line, shooting six-for-eight. Each team hacked its way to 11 fouls during the second half.
Pownall's 15 points led all scorers, and the Lions received seven from Schumacher and six apiece from Hinchey and Walden. Freshman Lindsay Hiner, a season-long starter at forward, finished with five points, and Henry had four. Corbett paced Agnes Irwin with 10 points, and Lauren Spinelli accumulated eight for the Owls.


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