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Over on the right wing, the conservatives are all a-Twitter because someone dug up a YouTube video from last February in which White House environmental staffer Van Jones calls Republicans "assholes." And then yesterday, Glenn Beck breathlessly revealed that back in 2004, Jones signed a petition calling for further inquiry into 9/11.
Let's not let ourselves get distracted by this, people. First off: the conservatives lost their right to get upset about public profanity the day Dick Cheney threw the F-bomb at Pat Leahy on the floor of the Senate. Even George W. Bush got caught on tape calling a New York Times reporter "a major league asshole." Thanks to their own legendary potty-mouths, there's not a shred of moral high ground left for the GOP to stand on here. Jones' apology is a hell of a lot more than Leahy got from Cheney — so it should be more than enough here.
Same deal with the video. Any party that's got its top leaders running around selling the idea of non-existent health care "death panels" and telling us that Obama is the next Jim Jones (that's the new meme next week, by the way — look for it) long ago since forfeited its right to call anybody out on conspiracy theories. Their credibility on the subject is even flimisier than their forgery of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate. So, y'no, STFU.
The real story here, as Karl Frisch of Media Matters lays out quite elegantly, is that Glenn Beck is about to lose his TV show:
The story goes something like this: Van Jones helped found ColorOfChange.org which, "exists to strengthen Black America's political voice," particularly online. Fox News' Glenn Beck said President Obama has "a deep-seated hatred for white people" before going on to say that "this guy is, I believe, a racist."
ColorOfChange.org kicks off a campaign calling on advertisers to drop their sponsorship of Beck's show. To date, at least 57 companies have ceased advertising on Beck's Fox News program. Beck refuses to apologize and goes after Jones calling him, among other things, one of the President's "radical advisors" who is "fighting a revolution."
In vintage Beck, the Fox News conspiracy-theorist-in-chief bizarrely asked: "Will progressive pigs fly right out of Van Jones' butt and pedal bicycles to" replace coal power? Heck, even CNN's Howard Kurtz noted that Beck had "trashed" Jones while "neglect[ing] to mention" that Jones had co-founded the group which is currently leading the boycott of his Fox News show.
For those of us who carry around spotting scopes and field guides to study the right wing, it's fascinating to watch Beck head into the final turn of what appears to be his death spiral. He may be going down — but it's clear that he's decided it won't be a total loss if he can at least take Jones — perhaps the most inspirational black leader in America after the President, and the most effective environmental leader, period — right down with him. They lesson the right wing wants us to take away from this is for every one of theirs we take out, we'll lose one of our own. It's gang-war eye-for-an-eye logic — and it's more evidence that what the conservatives are playing now isn't anything remotely like politics, but increasingly looks like full-out war.
Where is this violent, irrational fury coming from? Why can't the right wing simply accede gracefully to the idea that their time is over (for now, and maybe for good if they keep this up long enough to alienate the younger generations — they're well on their way), and drop back and become the loyal opposition, as political parties here and around the world have always done? It's hard for liberals to fathom this. We tend to see accountability moments and power shifts as times of lessons learned, career chapters closed, and justice restored. It's painful, but the world goes on. But right-wingers experience accountability and power loss very, very differently — in a way that creates profound derangement and terror whenever they're faced with even the mere threat of it.
Let me explain.
It's not news to anyone that the conservative movement has an authoritarian streak a mile wide and twice as deep. The desperate drive to quiet one's existential fears by acquiring ultimate control and unaccountable power — rules for thee, but not for me — is at the heart of conservative political theory, economics, and culture. And when their control cracks and their power ebbs away, it creates a panicked sense of loss that's bubbling up now in a whole range of strange and wondrous right-wing freakouts, from the teabaggers to the moonbat conspiracy theorists to Glenn Beck's bizarre deconstructions of UN statuary. (Apparently, not even one of the devout Christians at FOX recalled that the whole "swords into plowshares" idea — the motif of a UN sculpture which Beck darkly called out the other night as a "Communist" image straight out of the USSR — actually comes straight out of the Bible. And it appears there not just once, but three times — in Isaiah, Amos, and Micah. Sunday School FAIL.)
The core problem is that authoritarian logic defines "liberty" in the context of a natural, God-given hierarchy. Freedom is — by definition — a direct function of social status. The higher your status, the more liberty you have to force lesser beings to do your will — including the power to punish them for crossing you, and freedom from the fear that they can or will get back at you in return. (Whenever you hear conservatives talking about "freedom" and "liberty," remember this definition — it's the codebreaker that allows you to hear the subtext of what they're really saying to each other.) This kind of "freedom" is, in the end, the only kind of liberty that really matters. Since any loss of status automatically dooms them to live under someone else's thumb, authoritarians will resist giving up power or control (which they see as their "rights") by any means necessary. Live free or die.
This explains a lot. First of all, it makes it easy to see why conservatism is constitutionally incapable of letting go of status markers like race, religion, wealth, and gender. These factors are the strongest determinants of where people sit in the hierarchy, and therefore how much freedom they're entitled to and who else they get to push around. In the conservative view (no matter how much they try to sidestep it or pretty it up), the Constitution was written to preserve the "liberties" of straight white Christian men of means. They, in turn, exercise their freedom by constraining the liberty of everyone else (even if they have to resort to bullying and violence to keep the underlings in their places. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do). Messing with that order, as progressives have always sought to do, is tantamount to killing America as they understand it. We want justice. They see it as treason.
This view of freedom also explains why conservatives overreact so bizarrely to any perceived loss of control. To the authoritarian right, having Democrats in charge is directly synonymous with losing the only "liberty" that matters. Any restriction on their accustomed power feels like punishment — and they react particularly badly to it, because in their view punishment, by its very definition, is only for the Little People. Allowing someone else to hold you to account is the ultimate proof that you've lost your most precious asset — control — and are now someone else's bitch. Naturally, this is about the most traumatic thing that can happen to an authoritarian leader. They've lost the status that defines their freedom, along with the power that keeps their deepest fears at bay.
And just to make things even crazier, there's that unquestioned assumption that showing mercy is a sign of weakness. Authoritarians are quite willing to dehumanize and abuse outsiders when they're in control. So when they're knocked out of power, they just assume their enemies will do exactly the same, if not worse. (They'll also deride us as weaklings when we fail to meet that expectation — there's no winning this one.) This bone-deep terror that we're going to do to them, at minimum, what they'd do to us adds extra urgency to their panic. This deep fear is what's being pegged by all those weird accusations about granny killing and death panels — accusations that say a whole lot more about their own intentions and fantasies than they do about us.
Finally, there's the apocalypticism — the final pit into which Beck is now descending. Color of Change (perhaps unwittingly, perhaps not) dove right into this whole noxious slime pit when it dared to hold Glenn Beck accountable. (And to make it worse, they're doing it by leveraging the very same free market that FOX so deeply reveres. Oh, the irony.) To Jamie Rucker — the real organizer of CoC's appeal to the better angels of Beck's advertisers — and the rest of us on the left, holding Beck accountable for his words is a matter of simple justice. To Beck, though, we're violating his sacred deal with God and upending the entire order of his universe. The Lord gave him his TV show. Only the Devil himself can take it away. And right now, that devil looks a whole lot like Van Jones. It's the End of The World As He Knows It — which, if you've got an ego the size of Beck's, means it must be the end of the world for everybody else, too.
You can hear it in almost every broadcast now: Beck sees himself as the lone warrior in a great cosmic battle, single-handedly holding the line between God's divine order and the evil hordes (led by Jones, Rucker, and Color of Change) out to sweep it all away. It feels like annihilation. It feels like a fight to the death. And if he, as God's own handpicked spokesperson, is going down, then he has a sacred obligation to take down the Devil's own with him.
In the process, he's also setting an example for how the righteous who come after him will fight on after he's gone. The right-wing freak show will be with us for as long as the Democrats are in power. We'll make better sense of it if we bear in mind that behind every new act is the same swirling haze of incendiary, mind-altering paranoia and projection — a phantasm of phlogiston and fear that's the energy source keeping the whole circus lit and running. It may be completely unreal (or surreal); but underneath it all, there's a deranged logic at work that we need to understand if we're going to effectively defend our own.
But we know this for sure: If Beck succeeds in damaging Jones and Color of Change — a decision that's largely in the hands President Obama — you can count on this being the start of a fast and furious conservative witch hunt aimed at picking off every other progressive leader. What they'll learn is that this kind of minor smear is all it takes to turn liberals against each other — and we'll effectively be in the position of letting the craziest people on the right wing decide for us who our leaders will be.
The lunatics are already running the GOP's asylum. We'll be even crazier than they are — and lose any chance we have of returning the country to sanity — if we let them tell us how to run ours as well. There's no need for any angst or debate: Let's just get Glenn Beck off the air, and let Van Jones get back to work saving the planet.


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Slimey Crud Run is only two weeks away? Where did summer go? Are you gonna be there?
Dang it's on our anniversary!
I guess I won't be going either.
19 BMWMOA Nationals under my belt, and I have no idea what I am doing.
WOW! This party is gonna be lotsa fun now knowing that none of you are gonna be there!
Not this year...I'll be riding on the *east side* of Lake Michigan..lower southwest Michigan area that weekend..
Yeah if you've never done the "Crud Run" then do it. But after a while it's the same ol same ol.... once every few years is enough for me.
I'll be there! Fair weather only though. This thing never rains out, does it? Kidding! Except the "fair weather only" comment, I'm NOT kidding about that!
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I might hafta go!
If I do I'll be riding the "Other" Bike.
I plan on attending barring H1N1.
"What is beautiful is simple, and what is simple always works"....Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47.
Current bike: 2015 Yamaha TW 200, modified for road/street use with tire, sprocket upgrades. "Center yourself in the vertizontal. Ride a motorcycle...namaste' "
Good Call!
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I think that the 'people's choice award' went to this 1966 Honda CB450 'white' bomber. I think that it got more attention then any other single bike.
It was a great day. I was surprised to see so (too) many Harleys, and Gold Wings and such. My theory is that the weather prompted more riders to take their more 'comfortable' mount. Still, it was a great day. I was 'comfortable' on my R100RS. It is all in how you dress for it.
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I'm sure you've heard the saying "the best money can buy." Well, today we're going to take a peek at the best logos that money can buy—straight from the world's top 10 highest-valued companies.
Now, common sense would tell you that the more money you spend, the better logo you're going to get. And while there are certainly plenty of iconic logos from the big shots of the world, you might be surprised that "the best money can buy" isn't always all that impressive. Or all that hard to duplicate as an entrepreneur with a tight budget, some creativity and an awesome designer. Interestingly, while some of these are the most recognizable logos in the world, some you've probably never seen before.
Without further adieu, I present to you the logos of the ten richest companies in the world (as calculated by market capitalization, which Google tells me means: value of shares multiplied by number of shares sold, then rounded to the nearest billion. Yes, that's billion with a "b." ):
10. General Electric
General Electric launched in 1892, and since its 19th-century launch, the logo really hasn't changed that much.
And why would it? The curly script and prongs circling the "GE" initials are simple, sleek and effective, which is what you want out of General Electric's products. And while the design is purely ornamental (a product of the Art Nouveau style), it does kind of look like a washing machine in the spin cycle, which is one of the company's most popular product lines.
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9. JPMorgan Chase
One of the largest financial institutions in the world, JPMorgan and Chase is the world's most valuable bank with over 2.35 trillion dollars in assets. It's also the sixth largest public company in the WORLD. So, needless to say, this is a company with authority.
And they've done a great job of conveying that with their logos. The simple, bold print and minimal use of graphics definitely reads strong, authoritative and "if you're late on a payment we'll hit you with a late fee so fast it'll make your head spin". Which, as a bank, is pretty much what they're going for.
8. Johnson & Johnson
You know the old saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it?" Well, it might as well had been written for Johnson & Johnson, one of the world leaders in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and consumer packaged goods.
The logo was based on the signature of James Wood Johnson, one of the original founders of the company. And while they're definitely not winning any points for creativity or originality (who doesn't change their logo for 100 years?!), the fact that they've kept their logo consistent has created HUGE brand recognition within their market.
7. Facebook
Unless you've been living under a rock since 2005, Facebook doesn't need an introduction. While the company, which was launched out of Mark Zuckerberg's dorm room, was originally called "The Facebook", the company quickly dropped "the" from the company name and went on to create the most successful social network of all time.
The Facebook logo works because it's instantly recognizable. Even when the company redesigned the logo in 2015, they kept the key elements the same and just made minor stylistic changes to make sure they kept their brand intact.
6. ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil is the biggest of the Big Oil companies in the world—not to mention one of the world's most profitable companies. Exxon and Mobil used to be two separate companies, but joined forces (perhaps in an attempt at world domination?) in 1998.
For a company this powerful, their logo is kind of…. Meh. While the type is nice enough, the simplistic design doesn't portray the kind of authority you'd expect from a company this major. To be honest, the logos that each company had before the merger were more unique and interesting than what they came up with together.
Moral of the story: less isn't always more.
5. Amazon
I think I speak for just about everyone on the planet when I say "THANK YOU AMAZON!". With Amazon Prime, I can have virtually anything under the sun delivered to my house in 48 hours or less. For FREE (ish). Jackpot.
And Amazon has done an amazing job of reflecting that in their logo. See that arrow that travels from the A to the Z? That's a bit of subliminal trickery and suggests that just like the arrow moves from the A to the Z, Amazon will move their products from their warehouses straight to your door. It also looks like a happy face, which symbolizes their focus on customer happiness and satisfaction.
Genius, no?
4. Berkshire Hathaway
You might not have heard of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., which is billionaire Warren Buffett's conglomerate holding company, but that's ok. Because you've DEFINITELY heard of their subsidiaries: GEICO, Fruit of the Loom, Dairy Queen, Brooks Running, Kraft Heinz… the list goes on.
And while Berkshire Hathaway Inc's logo is incredibly simple, it actually works for them. As a conglomerate holding company, they don't want the focus to be on them. They want it on their subsidiary companies. So their nondescript, simple logo design makes sense, while their subsidiaries are more "look at me, look at me" with their design-forward logos.
Their typeface also works in their favor; pairing the heavy weight with some more serious serifs makes them feel sturdy and steadfast, which is exactly what one would look for in a world-leading holding company. Well played, Berkshire Hathaway. Well played.
3. Microsoft
Past logos:
While Microsoft has had some missteps in recent years (I'm looking at you, Zune and Windows 10), the redesign of its long-time logo in 2012 was NOT one of them.
While the logo the company used from 1987 to 2012 was fine (I especially liked the mark in the "O" that made it look kind of like Pac-Man), it left a lot to be desired on the design side.
The new logo, with its use of color, feels a lot less harsh. And the use of cubed window to represent each of Microsoft's major product offerings (blue for Windows, red for Office, green for Xbox and yellow for… well, yellow actually doesn't stand for anything, but since a window can't have three panes, we'll let it slide) was genius.
It's also worth noting that out of all the companies on this list, Microsoft seems to be the one with the biggest logo identity crisis. Seriously. Every time they design a new logo, it looks like it's for a completely new company.
Not so smart on the brand identity front, Microsoft.
2. Alphabet
If you haven't heard of Alphabet, don't worry. The company is fairly new to the game, having just launched in 2015. But all you need to know is that Alphabet was formed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and is the parent company of Google, not to mention over 200 other companies in the technology space.
So, yea… in the words of Ron Burgundy, they're kind of a big deal.
But their logo? Not so much.
For a company that's leading the charge on the technology front, their logo doesn't feel so powerful. And as a parent company, Alphabet failed where Berkshire Hathaway succeeded. While Berkshire Hathaway stayed away from trying to emulate or recreate any of their subsidiaries' logos, Alphabet clearly tried to recreate the Google magic (without directly ripping off their own Google logo). And unfortunately for them, the results kind of fell flat.
1. Apple
The top richest company in the world should come as no surprise. Apple Inc., which gave us the MacBook, the iPad, the iPhone, the iPod and quite a few other pieces of technology that people literally camp outside of stores to get their hands on, is arguably the most recognizable brand in the world.
And so is their logo. While the original logo that the company launched with in the mid-70's was a little… strange (it had Issac Newton sitting next to a tree. Seriously.), they switched to their iconic apple imagery in 1976.
And while the company has made minor changes in terms of color and finish, the logo has remained intact for the last 30 plus years. What works about the Apple, Inc. logo is that when you see it, you immediately think Apple products. There's no confusion about what you're getting or what they're dishing out. And that, my friends, is just one of the many reasons why Apple is the richest company on the globe.
What can you learn from these logos?
So what can you, as an entrepreneur (who I'm sure is successful, but probably isn't creeping up to make an appearance on this list anytime soon) learn from these logos?
Think about what your logo says about your brand
You want your logo to reflect who you are as a brand. So, just like the JPMorgan Chase logo screams authority, you want your logo to scream whatever it is you stand for as a brand.
Don't be afraid to make an impact
While you don't want to design a logo that's too over the top, don't be afraid to make a statement. You don't want to end up like ExxonMobil: a great and powerful company with a logo that falls flat.
Find what works for you—and stick with it
Many of the companies on this list—including Apple, Johnson & Johnson, and General Electric —have had the same logo concept with only minor variations since pretty much the beginning (and in the case of J&J, that's more than 100 years). And even when they've made some more significant changes, they've been in line with the same theme.
While it never hurts to reinvent yourself, try to find what works for you from the get-go – and then stick with it. People get attached to your logo and come to associate it with your brand, and if you can keep that logo consistent, you'll increase your brand recognition as time goes on.
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Java and .NET interoperability tool provider JNBridge has released news from its lab to demonstrate how to build .NET-based LINQ providers for Java-based HBase.
NOTE: HBase is a distributed, scalable, big data storage and retrieval system developed as part of the Apache Hadoop project. As a Java framework, HBase must use Java APIs, resulting in single-platform solutions. Cross-platform solutions, particularly those that provide front-end data query through languages like LINQ, the Microsoft .NET Language Integrated Query framework, are currently not supported.
Using JNBridgePro functionality (JNBridge's flagship interoperability software product) the lab provides a new way to create queries in .NET-based clients and to enable developers to simplify those queries using LINQ.
JNBridge Labs is a series of newly developed interoperability kits designed to help developers address new ways of connecting disparate technologies both on the ground and in the cloud.
JNBridge's previous lab (Creating .NET-based Mappers and Reducers for Hadoop), focused on using Hadoop with .NET-based back-ends. This new lab expands the possibilities by enabling .NET-based front-ends to access HBase.
"With this lab, once the LINQ provider is written, developers can write LINQ queries without needing to know anything about HBase and Hadoop," said Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge. "This lab fills an enormous gap in the market. Heterogeneous teams won't have to cross-train to access Hadoop."
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There is a RED/WHITE/BLUE Sale going on at PixelDolls - Affordable Fashion. Search the vendors for any outfits that might belong in that category and make a purchase. I understand that there is a sensational catsuit available if you should find it. Check out the picture for the dollarbie that is offered there.
Then head over to Dinzeo Designs and this is for the guys since Dinzeo Designs is a store for men.
Swing on around and hit Charade and find a fantasy outfit called Alena.
Run across the street and visit Prism Haute Couture where the current dollarbie is a cute outfit called Honey Bee by Journey. Remember to check back here regularly as Journey McLaglen always puts on dollarbies on a weekly basis.
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Cross the street and you will find Dilligaf and there are several outfits available there as well as an outfit for the guys. (Outfit for the guys not featured in the photos.)
Cross the street again to Formally Yours and pick up this lovely gown for a evening out with a significant other.
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LAKE MARY, FL - 07/10/2018 — Victor L. Roberts, MD, MBA, FACP, FACE, CPE, an Endocrinologist with the Endocrine Associates of Florida, P.A. in Lake Mary, Florida, was named Top Endocrinologist of the Year for 2018 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) for his outstanding leadership, dedication and commitment to the health field.
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With having more than 35 years of professional experience in Endocrinology, Dr. Roberts has certainly proven himself as an extraordinary professional, and expert in the field.Dr. Roberts is a dynamic, results-driven leader who has demonstrated success not only within his private practice with the Endocrine Associates of Lake Mary, Florida, but also as an educator, a researcher and as an academic volunteer.Aside from his very busy practice, Dr. Roberts also serves as a Professor of Internal Medicine within the University of Central Florida-College of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Florida, Clinical Professor of Clinical Sciences at Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee.
Dr. Roberts's expertise is in diabetes, metabolic and thyroid disorders, metabolic bone disease, pituitary disease, and lipid disorders.Endocrine Associates of Florida, P.A., is a private clinical practice serving Central Florida as well as several Latin American Countries.The practice specializes in consultative endocrinology, diabetes, adult growth hormone deficiency, pituitary disorders, hyperlipidemia and metabolic bone disease. In addition, the Clinic offers leading edge technology for intensive diabetes management, which includes insulin pumps, on site-education classes, and personal continuous glucose monitoring. The thyroid department sees patients who suffer from thyroid cancer, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and patients with thyroid nodules.
Throughout his career, Dr. Roberts has received many awards, accolades and has been recognized worldwide for his outstanding leadership and commitment to the profession.For 2018 he was selected as Top Endocrinologist of the Year by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP), he is being considered to be featured in TIP (Top Industry Professional Magazine), and is also being considered for IAOTP's Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been selected and featured in Castle Connelly Top Doctors (Top 5% physicians nationwide), Best Doctors in America, Listed in numerous Marquis Who's Who in Medicine, Who's Who in America. He was a recipient in 2017 of the Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and Humanitarian Award.He has held numerous leadership positions and served on many committees including AACE Committees, Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Diplomate American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physician; National Board of Physicians and Surgeons; Diplomate, Certified Physician Executive American College of Physician Executives Member, Vanguard Group; Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Endocrinology, American Institute of Healthcare Quality, American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Physicians.Dr. Roberts is also Certified Physician Executive by the American Association of Physician Leadership, Certified Diabetes Educator by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators, Certified Health Care Quality Manager by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Physicians, Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Endocrine Coder. He is a past member of the National Board American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, past member at large, Board of Trustees American College of Endocrinology, Presidential Advisor and National Board Member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Past Chairman of the Optimal Diabetes Care Task Force of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Past President of the American Diabetes Association South Coastal Region, and Past Member of the National Board American Diabetes Association.
Aside from his successful career, Dr. Roberts is a sought after speaker, lecturer and published author.He is Editor of First Messenger of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Diabetes Research and Therapy and is on the Editorial Board of Internal Medicine News.
Dr. Roberts received his Medical Degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara and he speaks multiple languages. His internal medicine residency was at the Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y. and fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the University of Miami in Florida. Stephanie Cirami, President of IAOTP stated, "Choosing Dr. Roberts for this honor was an easy decision for our panel to make.Dr. Roberts's numerous awards, accolades' and accomplishments are extremely impressive.He has tremendous foresight, extensive knowledge, is brilliant at what he does and was exactly what we were looking for.We are truly honored to have him as our Top Endocrinologist of the Year and we are looking forward to meeting him at the gala."
Looking back, Dr. Roberts attributes his success to his education, mentors he had along the way and his passion for helping his patients and their families.He says his work is very gratifying and hopes that others will consider a career in Endocrinology.When not working, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his family.For the future, he hopes to continue making a difference in people's lives any way that he can.
For more information on Dr. Roberts please visit www.victorlrobertsmd.com
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Fulham manager Martin Jol praised new signing Pavel Pogrebnyak after his debut goal helped the west Londoners defeat Stoke 2-1.
But there was an entirely different reaction to the Russia international from Stoke boss Tony Pulis, who claimed the striker might have been sent off for a foul on Wilson Palacios.
Despite training with his new team-mates for the first time only two days ago, the 28-year-old fired home 16 minutes into his debut, with Thomas Sorensen's own goal helping Fulham to a 2-1 victory, and Jol said: "We had somebody over with him during the process of getting his work permit. He worked well and was fit."
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Green infrastructure, which utilizes the natural systems of trees, plants and soil to clean and store stormwater, can provide a cost-effective alternative to installing and repairing grey infrastructure techniques like traditional pipes and sewers.
"Integrated green infrastructure strategies combine leading-edge, living technology with local design, craft, and skill to restore our neighborhoods and cities, to be healthier, more beautiful and ultimately more economically and ecologically sustainable over time," said Yocca.
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Despite the heat, football camps are loads of fun
When the oppressive heat of summer hits, the last thing you want to do is be out in the weather exerting yourself.
But with football camps, I see it from another perspective. After being deprived of the sport for six months, I will take any football I can get.
I feel for the players out on the field, I really do. I couldn't imagine putting on all the gear they have to wear as they run in full-speed contact drills.
I've even had a moment or two where the heat was seeming like it was getting to be a bit much for me —and I was just wearing slacks and a nice short-sleeved shirt. Any time I start feeling a little too overheated, I'll glance over to one of the football players and I get a glimpse of what being overheated truly is.
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The fact that it was a dark and stormy night the evening I ventured onto a sketchy stretch of Toronto's Queen Street East to find the secret locale in which was being staged Eldritch Theatre's newest production, Doc Wuthergloom's Haunted Medicine Show, only added to the sense of anticipation and apprehension I felt as I approached the venue, gave the secret knock, and whispered the password to gain entrance.
Concocted by local dark-minded theatrical scallywag Erick Woolfe (Madhouse Variations, Sideshow of the Damned), this one-man show (save for the pre- and post-show hawking of Doc Wuthergloom's Home Exorcism Almanac by the Doc's lovely and persistent assistant) finds Woolfe himself in top form and top hat in the role of Doctor Pretorius Wuthergloom. A skeleton-faced carnie-cum-trickster with a deep knowledge of the arcane, Wuthergloom uses puppets and simple props to tell spooky stories of madness, lost love, and revenge from beyond the grave. Woolfe – or Wuthergloom – is also an accomplished magician, and his card tricks and sleights of hand are all in aid of selling us his almanac (only a measly five dollars)… all for our own protection, of course, against the malevolent forces being called upon this evening.
The fact that Wolfe can make us shiver as well as shake with laughter is a testament to not only the strength of his writing, which calls upon the spirit of H.P. Lovecraft and his ideas of old gods and revenge from beyond the grave, but also to the power of lighting, sound and suggestion. Doc Wuthergloom's Haunted Medicine Show is a fine-tuned little theatrical engine best seen in a small venue like this where Wuthergloom himself can reach out and pluck you from the audience – if you are female that is.
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Get A Grip: How Franklin Gloves Helped Miguel Cabrera Win The Triple Crown
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October 24, 2012: When Miguel Cabrera this season claimed the first Triple Crown since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 and Marco Scutaro was named MVP of the 2012 NLCS, they both had a lot of support: Teammates, family, friends, fans and their batting gloves.
Cabrera and Scutaro are connected to 30 years of Major League Baseball history via their Franklin batting gloves, which traces its status as the official batting glove of MLB back to meetings in the early 1980s between Franklin Sports executives and then Philadelphia Phillies all-star third baseman Mike Schmidt.
The trend for MLB players to wear batting gloves has its roots in the 1950s, when some players wore golf gloves during spring training, most notably Ted Williams and Bobby ("Shot Heard Round the World") Thompson. Ken Harrelson is generally acknowledged as the first MLB player to wear golf gloves during a regular season game when he donned them for plate appearances in the 1960s.
In 1983, Franklin Sports met with Schmidt and together they designed not only what would become the standard of batting gloves still in use today, but a branding strategy that including putting the Franklin name on the back of the glove, which enabled the logo to clearly be seen on TV when a player was at-bat. That year, Schmidt was in the All-Star Game and he brought along several pairs of his batting gloves so that he could hand them out to other players. The All-Star Game roster that year included Ozzie Smith, Andre Dawson, Dale Murphy, Rod Carew, Jim Rice, Dave Winfield and Jim Rice.
Franklin became the official batting glove of MLB in the late 1980s and still holds that designation. Although a number of other companies now make batting gloves, including Nike, Under Armour, adidas, Rawlings and Louisville Slugger, Franklin has more than 150 MLB players on its roster, such as Cabrera, Scutaro, Josh Hamilton, Jose Bautista and Joey Votto.
In addition to MLB, Franklin has licensing deals that include the NFL, NHL, MLS, Disney, Marvel and Nickelodeon. Throughout its history, the company has had strong alliances with such athletes as Joe Namath, Herschel Walker, Terry Bradshaw, Dan Marino, Doug Flutie, Don Mattingly, Cal Ripkien Jr., Tony Gwynn, Mark McGwire, Joe Carter, Kirby Puckett and Barry Bonds.
In December, Franklin will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its batting gloves with the launch of a national multi-media campaign. It will feature many of its baseball batting glove endorsers, former player and current Fox and MLB Network analyst Harold Reynolds as lead spokesman and a promotion through which consumers can attend hitting clinics that will be held in every MLB stadium. The effort will run through the 2013 season.
As Cabrera and Scutaro face off in the World Series for the Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants, respectively, NYSportsJournalism spoke with Larry Franklin, who has been president of Franklin Sports since 1986, and his son, Adam, who is the company's director of e-commerce, about sports marketing, the pros and cons of athletes as endorsers and whether or not Cabrera's Triple Crown achievement has received its just rewards.
NYSportsJournalism.com: How important has the alliance with Cabrera been for Franklin, and vice versa?
Larry Franklin: It's been a great relationship. This was our second season with Cabrera. He didn't like the batting gloves he was wearing, so he had his agent work out a deal with us prior to the 2011 season. We make a special glove for him. In two seasons with Franklin his statistics have been terrific (.337 BA, 74 HRs, 244 RBI). John Ballas, Franklin's head of player relations and Cabrera's day-to-day contact, was key to the deal.
NYSJ: Will we see marketing with Cabrera focusing on the Triple Crown?
Adam Franklin: He is one of our marquee players, so he has been featured in a lot of our traditional and social media marketing. We had a Triple Crown watch on Facebook and Twitter. And we have been doing a lot of outreach through our outlets. We also put up for auction Franklin batting gloves that he autographed, with proceeds going to the Miguel Cabrera Foundation and the Boys & Girls Club of America. (The auction runs through 2 PM EDT on Oct. 25; details here). We also are providing the opportunity for someone to create their own limited-edition batting glove.
NYSJ: Cabrera has had some well-publicized personal problems, including spending time in rehab regarding alcohol. Has this kept fans and marketers from embracing his accomplishment?
AF: When he won the Triple Crown he got tweets from all over: Justin Verlander, John Cena, Mike Trout, Barry Sanders, LeBron James, Ozzie Guillen, He received attention on ESPN, his Triple Crown has been getting attention on national TV during the Tigers post-season and he had stories written about him nationwide. So his achievement has been recognized. If you are referring to marketing opportunities, some companies may not have embraced him because he has had his off-field mishaps. But we are proud to work with him and to support his charity in any way that we can.
LF: Perhaps because it hasn't happened in so long, it's one of those under-the-radar achievements. Also, the Tigers sort of snuck up on the division and didn't really take over until the last two weeks of the season, so there wasn't as much national exposure as there could have been. Detroit is a big market, but it's not on the level where say a Derek Jeter with the New York Yankees or David Ortiz with the Boston Red Sox, Albert Pujols or Mike Trout with the Los Angeles Angeles would have received exposure if it became evident that they could win the Triple Crown. It's a phenomenal achievement and he certainly was short-changed. More should be made of it, and I think it probably will get more publicity if the Tigers win and also if he is named the AL MVP.
AF: Trout had a great year, especially for a rookie, but how can you not give the MVP to someone who not only won the Triple Crown but lead his team to the [World Series]?
"The day he clinched the Triple Crown, there was a photo of Miguel pumping his fist wearing his Franklin gloves [showing] the logo. That was a Wow! moment for us."
NYSJ: Did Franklin Sports have a Wow! moment this past season as far as seeing your product and logo on national TV during a key highlight?
AF: I'd say we had one of those moments almost every night on ESPN's SportsCenter, especially when they began to focus on Cabrera. The day after he won the Triple Crown, we relaunched a campaign, 'We Held the Bat,' which we used to run on TV and in print. We used that platform to congratulate him. It said, in effect, Miguel won the Triple Crown but we held the bat.
LF: The day that he clinched the Triple Crown, there was a shot of Miguel pumping his fist, which I saw on ESPN and I know ran elsewhere across the country, and he was wearing his Franklin gloves, with the logo very prominent. That was a pretty good Wow! moment for us.
NYSJ: What marketing elements can we expect to see for the 30th anniversary of the Franklin batting glove?
LF: We are planning to promote it starting in December and going into next year with a national campaign. We plan to have all of our [batting glove] athletes involved. We would like to have Mike Schmidt be part of it. Harold Reynolds will be the spokesman. We will have some of our athletes conduct hitting clinics in each of the MLB ballparks and we will roll out a national contest later this year to get fans involved.
NYSJ: Have you changed the way in which you work with athletes in marketing?
LF: We've worked with a lot of athletes over the years. It has changed, and the main reason is the amount of money athletes are making contractually. The problem is the overwhelming demands on players' time and the fact that there are so many more easy ways for players to make money off the field. So many more different endorsement deals and opportunities, such as getting paid for autographs, that never used to exist. So we have backed away from having our marketing focus on specific athletes and moved more toward marketing around the leagues. We have licensing deals with the NFL, MLB, MLS, a hundred colleges, we are the official street hockey partner of the NHL, and we have found that to be a more effective away of marketing.
NYSJ: Do athlete endorsements impact consumers?
LF: In the old days, the superstar athletes we had could be sold in all 50 states. Now, because of cable and the proliferation of TV channels, sports fans are much more focused on their local markets. They are focused more on their local heroes. In the NFL, just with quarterbacks, for example, Tom Brady is a national figure, but he isn't going to sell as well outside of Boston. There's Peyton Manning in Denver. There's Andrew Luck in Indianapolis. People are more focused and more tied to their local teams. The dynamic has changed. There are some superstars who transcend that, but very few. Certainly not nearly as many as there used to be. And the guys who do transcend that are so expensive to deal with because of the contracts and money they can command. So the way we compete is to focus on the fact that we have the best products.
NYSJ: Speaking of great quarterbacks, how did Franklin Sports' alliance with Joe Namath impact the world of sports marketing?
LF: Back in the 1960s, we were the first company, as far as we can tell, to sign an athlete for a multi-product endorsement. Before that, for example, Wilson would have a Jack Kramer tennis racket, or there were Sam Snead golf clubs or a Ted Williams baseball glove. We signed Joe Namath to endorse a complete line of 20 different products, from kids' uniforms to footballs to shoulder pads, kicking tees, mouth pieces, anything that was applicable to football. And we were able to sell that nationally because at that time Namath transcended his sport.
NYSJ: Why did Franklin make that decision?
LF: Our theory was that we were a small and growing company but that Franklin was not a household name. Joe Namath was. Most of our products, believe it or not, are purchased by women, for their kids or husband. So we figured at that time that women were very likely to know who Joe Namath was. That was a successful strategy and one that we embraced for about 20 years.
NYSJ: How important has social media become to sports marketing?
AF: Franklin Sports connects with fans and athletes through YouTube, Twitter, Facebook. A lot of our athletes are very active on Twitter. We work with them and encourage them to chat with fans. For us, it has been great to have that direct interaction between athletes and fans. For our 30th anniversary campaign launching in December we plan to have all of our athletes promote it on Twitter as part of a larger national campaign.
NYSJ: You talked about Schmidt and Namath and the impact they have had on Franklin. Anyone else who especially stands out for you?
LF: We've had what I would call a staple of superstars — Namath, Marino, Bo Jackson, David Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, hundreds of athletes in many different sports. The only athlete with whom we still maintain an on-going relationship from that original group is Herschel Walker. He is one of the most incredible people you would want to meet. And it's not just about what he has done on the football field. He has had an incredible life. He is a class guy. He runs a successful business. Because he represents us I get to travel with him, and it's like being with a rock star when you see the reception he gets. Everyone wants to talk to him.
NYSJ: How will you build on the 30th anniversary campaign and alliances with such players as Cabrera?
LF: We were started in 1946 by my father Irving (who passed away last year at the age of 93) and his brother Sydney in Brockton, Mass. Brockton is known as 'The City of Champions" because it has been home to boxers Rocky Marciano and 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler. So we really feel that championship energy. You will see us continue to grow and be innovative.
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Anatolia College Green Chemistry Activities Presentation Elias Kalambokis | added on Oct 22, 2011 | Greece The green efforts of Anatolia College High School , with the emphasis put on Green Chemistry, will be presented by the " Go Green" club advisor Dr.Elias Kalambokis and a small group of the 140 total students-club members. More than ten green projects will be demonstrated.
Popularisation of Chemistry through writing Books in Regional Language which is included in 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution Prem Mohan Mishra | added on Oct 19, 2011 | India I have written the 1st text book of Chemistry in Maithili Language for popularising Chemistry among the Maithili knowing people as IYC 2011 celebrations in the uniquest of ways.
An Evening of Lectures and Demonstration for the General Public Ying Zheng | added on Oct 17, 2011 | Canada Hosted by Greg Patenaude and Rene Boere
Sala temática Ano Internacional da Química Paulo Marques | added on Oct 15, 2011 | Brazil Hall thematic of international year of chemistry, with exhibition of posters and videos about chemistry, its importance in today's society. A presentation of Marie Curie biography.
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PPI-Net National Conference Marcia Castle | added on Oct 14, 2011 | United Kingdom The first national conference on protein-protein interactions organised by PPI-Net will be held on Monday, December 12 2011. I will bring together the whole UK community engaged in research of PPIs and formulate plans to solve problems in research.
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Here you can see the default login screen for Ubuntu 8.10. You simply add username and password and you have access to the Desktop. Simple, however, as you will see there are many options that can go with this login process.
If you will go to System/Administration and select Login Window you will find that you have a lot of options available for login. You will need to supply the administrator password to gain access to the Login Window Preferences. You can see that it has 6 tabs for options.
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When you are hiring a letting agency, there are a couple of things that are most important to be considered. First is the amount of money that you're willing to expend on the renovations once the renter moves from your rental, and is it worth spending the additional management fees? Second is that will you be experiencing lower or higher turnover on the tenants once you have hired some management agency for doing all your work.
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Some funds should also have to be set aside for any necessary repairs to the property. If the management agency is hired for handling your everyday operations pertaining to managing the rental, they will not normally hesitate in replacing something, no matter if they can get it fixed for some minor amount. Letting agencies are often less concerned on saving money at leaky pipes hiring some handyman for fixing it, and they are likely to get some contractor for completely getting it replaced so that the tenants don't keep complaining about that.
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On Thursday, June 19, we commemorated the freedom of slaves in Texas on Juneteenth. This day has become even more important for me since I learned that at least 15 of my 16 great-great-grand-parents were in bondage right here in southeast Texas in 1865. Nearly all of my ancestors, then, learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865, when General Gordon Granger of the US Army arrived in Galveston and officially informed Texans that the Civil War, and thus slavery, was over.
June, then, is an excellent time to reflect on how the sky helped guide many slaves from bondage to freedom. Slaves who wanted to escape needed to work their way north to the Ohio River to link up with a network of safe houses known as the "Underground Railroad." After a stringent Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850, slaves needed to make it all the way to Canada to attain their freedom. Slaves here in Texas would run south to Mexico. Fugitive slaves ran at night to give themselves the longest possible head start on slave catchers, who operated in daytime. Fortunately for them, the Earth's axis points almost right at Polaris, the North Star, making it extremely easy to find one's direction at night. Runaway slaves had only to 'Follow the Drinking Gourd'–the Big Dipper– to the North Star, and they could be on their way.
No, Polaris is not exactly at the Celestial Pole (the point in the sky directly above the North Pole), but it is off by less than 3/4 of a degree. By way of comparison, your pinky held at arm's length blocks about one degree. This is too small an 'error' for us to notice with our bare eyes. Thus, as Earth spins and most stars rise and set, we see the North Star in the same spot all night long, every night of the year, marking north more accurately than a compass does.
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Contrary to widespread opinion, the North Star is not the brightest. However, it does far outshine all stars in its general area. It is part of the generally dim constellation Ursa Minor (which Americans call the Little Dipper), and therefore easily stands out. Polaris was thus easy to find and always there to guide slaves north to the Ohio River, and then on to Canada. Without Polaris, there would be no way to clearly mark north at night.
This is a stroke of pure luck for us–nothing requires a star visible to the naked eye near the Celestial Pole. The South Pole, for example, points roughly at a star 100 times too dim to be seen with the unaided eye. What's more, the Earth wobbles as is spins. (Any spinning object must wobble unless it is completely in isolation with no forces acting on it.)
With the Moon acting as a counterweight, the Earth's wobble is an orderly precession; the Celestial Pole describes an apparent circle on the sky once every 26,000 years. Polaris' position as North Star, then, is temporary. Many millennia from now, our distant descendants will need some other way of marking north, as Polaris will be much father from the Pole.
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Ancient Phoenicians sailing the Mediterranean used entire Ursa Minor constellation as a guide, as Polaris alone was not close enough to the Pole to be useful. Builders of the Egyptian pyramids used another star altogether. For most of Earth's history, there has been no bright star at either Celestial Pole.
What good fortune, then, that is these last millennia we've had a star to help bring sailors to shore and bondsmen to liberty. What about those who didn't want to go north? Facing north puts east on your right, west on your left, and south at your back. Marking one direction, then, helps us identify them all. Texan slaves running to Mexico would have found the North Star just as useful as did slaves running to Canada. Estimates vary as to how many slaves were able to escape along the Underground Railroad, but they generally range from thousands to tens of thousands. Frederick Douglass named his anti-slavery newspaper The North Star after the star that brought so many ex-slaves to freedom.
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Tonight the Big Dipper, the slaves' Drinking Gourd, is high above the North Star at dusk and therefore easy to see. Stand with the point of sunset on your left to face north. Then look for seven stars of roughly equal brightness about 2/3 of the way up.
At dusk in June, the Dipper is oriented with the handle pointing more or less up. The three stars in the handle are highest, with the four bowl stars to their lower left. The two bowl stars farthest from the handle point directly at the North Star, Polaris. These are the stars that guided thousands to freedom.
From our southerly latitude here in Houston, the Big Dipper is hard to see on late fall and early winter evenings, but is up the rest of the year. You can see the North Star, on the other hand, every night of the year in the same position. Each time you find north with the stars, I invite you to reflect on how finding Polaris helped so many to change their lives.


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