Ugly injury during fight mars Leafs win over Senators

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/leafs-beat/ugly-injury-during-fight-mars-leafs-win-over-senators/article9412598/

The Leafs held onto their early lead to win 5-4 against the Senators at home on Wednesday  The third win in a row, which left the ACC in a good mood. This win makes the leafs the third in their division and fifth in the conference.

However in the first period the nearly 20,000 fans were left speechless as they were shown the dark side of the NHL. Toronto's Frazer Mclaren and Ottawa's Dave Dziurzynski were seen talking before the puck dropped. According to Mclaren, Dziurzynski originally declined the fight but as soon as the puck dropped so did the gloves. The fight should have been a even matchup with both weighing 200 plus and only 2 inches separating them. However if you watched the fight you can see that it was not. The fight lasted 6 seconds from the point where the first punch was thrown until Dziurzynski was on the ice, unconscious.

In my opinion while this is most defiantly the dark side of Hockey, if you look past the violence and the injury there is an air of sportsmanship in the fighting which you have to respect. Fights are, usually, not mean't to simply injure the other player but to either motivate the team or to defend a teammate. Fights are rarely unmatched, a 6,3 player will not fight a 5,11 player unless it was instigated by the smaller guy. So this is not just a gladiator brawl on the ice, but the end result looks the same.

New UBC Center to study gambling Addicition

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/new-ubc-centre-to-study-gambling-addiction/article9189644/



The University of British Columbia has recently started to research gambling addiction. This involves studying how the brain is affected by gambling and how heavy gamblers make risk-based assessments  With the help of a 2-million dollar investment B.C. Lottery.Corp. the center expects to open in September. Gambling generates $1 Billion in revenue which helps provide funding for little league and hospital wards. But there is still a long standing debate over the negative impact it can have on the community.A study in 2008 estimated B.C. has 159,000 problem gamblers, including about 31,000 whose issues are severe.

In my opinion I think that the decision to create this building is a great investment due to the impact it have on society. Gambling problems affect not only those with the addiction but those close to the victim. The research done at this institution will benefit not only, B.C but could be as far as the entire world and that is definitely worth the money.

Q10 decides Blackberry's fate

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/rob-insight/until-q10-launches-rim-will-be-a-kite-in-a-storm/article10300443/

Blackberry had been on a downward spiral for what seemed like an eterenity until they released their new touchscreen device the Z10. The Z10 was a hailmary play in attempt to regain market share in one of the most competitive markets in the world. However nearly all of analysts reports on Blackberry either give a reason to love it again or to ignore the dying company's desperate attempt. These claims, however, are being based on vapor with no solid evidence backing them up. Potential shareholders should wait until the end of the second quarter to see if Blackberry's hailmary payed off. This is because first quarter's numbers didn't include the US release of the Z10 and the second quarter will contain the numbers from the Q10 launch which will hopefully pull in those dedicated to keyboard equipped devices.

I can't form an opinion on Blackberry's comeback until the Q10 is released. I can however tel that my hopes are low for the Z10 as it doesn't bring anything new to the game. It is simply on the same level as other high-end smartphones sold my Samsung or Apple, and to succeed they need to be on a higher level.