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The Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.

From sportslogos.net.

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Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA's Developmental League.

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Tulsa 66ers of the NBA's Developmental League.

The Whale

This post is not about Dale 'The Whale', a villain in the recently concluded 'Monk' TV series.

No, this post is about the Hartford Whalers who concluded their run in the NHL back in 1997. It seems all their merchandise still sells well (and why not, it's SHARP!), but now there is interest in reviving the franchise according to this story.

I don't know how that would get done, but I assume it would mean moving a team. I don't sense an appetite for more expansion in hockey. In fact, the NHL probably over-expanded to the south and west 10-20 years ago and now some of those teams might be ripe to migrate to more ice hockey friendly climes, such as Hartford, Connecticut, for example.

In any event, it's a good excuse to run the Whalers logo again.

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Here's a logo from Down Under. Melbourne plays in the Australian Rules football league.

I saw this logo at Brand New, one of my favorite sites. The designers there seem to think this is too busy and are generally critical.

I'm no expert, but I know what I like and I like this. I am especially fond of the interlocking M, F, and C in the red field at the top.

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This new image that graces the top of the blog is from a mill and is one of several pictures I took one day not too far from my house.

Can one say something "graces the top" when one is responsible for the thing's existence and its placement? Sounds a little braggy. It's getting late and I don't want to change the sentence, so it'll have to do.

As I said I took several pictures that day as the sun was retiring for the evening. This is one of my favorites -

For a while it was my photo on Facebook. Or was it my avatar? Am I supposed to say avatar? Somebody help me out here.

Here's the whole shootin' match -

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The Pacific 10 Conference has unveiled a new logo, or actually, a series of logos. The main one is shown at the right.

The Pac 10 has a new commissioner and one of his priorities is to push the brand and try to move the needle a bit regarding the general public's view of the league. Sixty percent of the TVs in the country are in the Central or Eastern Time Zones. The games out west generally start 2 or 3 hours later than here and the football is just not viewed with the same regard as in the SEC, the Big 10 or the Big 12, with the probable exception of USC.

One of the steps in changing the image is, well, new images. Hence the blue and white shield shown.

There are a number of things I like about this: the colors for one. I like the mountain in the center and the suggestion of the wave right below, portraying the variety and scope found in the conference's footprint. And I like the overall shield concept.

What I don't care for is the conflicting fonts. At least they appear to conflict to me. The PAC is just about stylized as far as it can be without looking bad all by itself. What is clear is that the 10 will become a 12 when Colorado and Utah join the league in the near future.

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The Charlotte Checkers play in the American Hockey League and are affiliated with the NHL's Carolina Panthers.

Typically the Checkers colors are red and black, like the parent organization. This version is called 'Go Green' and I can only guess it has some environmental application.

Whatever it is for, it looks great!

And that is the point.

Image from Chris Creamer's sportslogos.net.

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You will want to follow the link and see vintage national parks posters from the 30's. Love the colors, the composition and the fonts.

There are eight or so posters shown at the National Geographic website, but a Google search yielded the images of many more, and sites where you could buy some. It would be nifty to find some items like these in a local shop or flea market. They would look nice in office here at the house.

Enjoy.

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An update to the template for Central Standard makes posting photos at the top much more pleasant and appealing, I think.

Currently I'm featuring a picture of the offices of John Marshall Clemens who was Justice of the Peace in Hannibal, Mo. some years back. I snapped this picture during our vacation last fall and used Windows Photo Gallery to do some editing, made it black and white, etc.

Of interest, Clemens was born the 11th day of August, just as I was. We are separated in age only by the number of hours required to total 160 years.

Also of interest is that he was the father of a son Samuel, better known as Mark Twain. But you probably guessed that.

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Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri -

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Outdoor major league baseball has returned to the Twin Cities for 2010 with the opening of Target Field. The Minnesota Twins had been playing indoors at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome since the early 1980's, a facility they shared with the NFL's Vikings and the University of Minnesota that was not ideal for baseball.

UPDATE: Twin Cities resident and Powerline contributor John Hinderaker was present for Opening Day at Target field and posted some great photos and story.

UPDATE 2: James Lileks posted family photos of a trip to the old Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis. Included is a post card he has showing the stadium in the foreground and the tall buildings of downtown Minneapolis looking hazy in the distance. That stadium was knocked down later to make way for shopping. You have probably heard of what they built there.

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The Vancouver Giants are part of the Western Hockey League.

HT Cris Creamer.

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Looking up 'Moderne' on the internet the other day yielded this image which I like. Moderne, I learned, is a style that appeared at the end of the Art Deco period.

According to the all knowing, all powerful Wizard of Oz (read: Wikipedia), "its architectural style emphasised curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements." Mentioned in the article was the Long Beach Airport and clicking on that link brought up the article with the logo.

The logo was cool.

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I have lately published cool images I find in the column on the right and that had, until now, served me fairly well. Lately, though, I'm having trouble managing them on this new computer we have. I have no idea why. So, I decided to run Cool Images as new posts. I hope you don't mind.

And now, Today's Cool Image: