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Jinn, jann or djinn (singular: jinnī, djinni, or genie; Arabic: الجن al-jinn, singular الجني al-jinnī) are supernatural creatures in Islamic mythology as well as pre-Islamic Arabian mythology. They are mentioned frequently in the Quran (the 72nd sura is titled Sūrat al-Jinn) and other Islamic texts and inhabit an unseen world called Djinnestan, another universe beyond the known universe. The Quran says that the jinn are made of a smokeless and "scorching fire",[1] but are also physical in nature, being able to interact in a tactile manner with people and objects and likewise be acted upon. The jinn, humans, and angels make up the three known sapient creations of God. Like human beings, the jinn can be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent and hence have free will like humans and unlike angels.[2] The shaytan jinn are the analogue of demons in Christian tradition, but the jinn are not angels and the Quran draws a clear distinction between the two creations. The Quran states in surat Al-Kahf (The Cave), Ayah 50,[3] that Iblis (Azazel) is one of the jinn.
Etymology and definitions
Jinn is a noun of the collective number in the Persian language literally meaning "hidden from sight", and it derives from the Arabic root j-n-n (pronounced: jann/ junn جَنّ / جُنّ) meaning "to hide" or "be hidden". Other words derived from this root are majnūn 'mad' (literally, 'one whose intellect is hidden'), junūn 'madness', and janīn 'embryo, fetus' ('hidden inside the womb').[4]
The word genie in English is derived from Latin genius, meaning a sort of tutelary or guardian spirit thought to be assigned to each person at birth. English borrowed the French descendant of this word, génie; its earliest written attestation in English, in 1655, is a plural spelled "genyes". The French translators of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights used génie as a translation of jinnī because it was similar to the Arabic word in sound and in meaning. This use was also adopted in English and has since become dominant.[citation needed]
In Arabic, the word jinn is in the collective number, translated in English as plural (e.g., "several genies"); jinnī is in the singulative number, used to refer to one individual, which is translated by the singular in English (e.g., "one genie"). Therefore, the word jinn in English writing is treated as a plural.
In the pre-Islamic era
Inscriptions found in Northwestern Arabia seem to indicate the worship of jinn, or at least their tributary status, hundreds of years before Islam. For instance, an inscription from Beth Fasi'el near Palmyra pays tribute to the "jinnaye", the "good and rewarding gods".[5]
In Islam
In Islamic theology jinn are said to be creatures with free will, made from smokeless fire by Allah as humans were made of clay, among other things.[6] According to the Quran, jinn have free will, and Iblīs abused this freedom in front of Allah by refusing to bow to Adam when Allah ordered angels and jinn to do so. For disobeying Allah, Iblīs was expelled from Paradise and called "Shayṭān" (Satan). Jinn are frequently mentioned in the Quran: Surah 72 (named Sūrat al-Jinn) is named after the jinn, and has a passage about them. Another surah (Sūrat al-Nās) mentions jinn in the last verse.[7] The Qurʾan also mentions that Muhammad was sent as a prophet to both "humanity and the jinn", and that prophets and messengers were sent to both communities.[8][9]
They are usually invisible to humans, but humans do appear clearly to jinn, as they can possess them. Jinn have the power to travel large distances at extreme speeds and are thought to live in remote areas, mountains, seas, trees, and the air, in their own communities. Like humans, jinn will also be judged on the Day of Judgment and will be sent to Paradise or Hell according to their deeds.[10]
Classifications and characteristics
The social organization of the jinn community resembles that of humans; e.g., they have kings, courts of law, weddings, and mourning rituals.[11] One common belief in Muslim lore lists five distinct orders of demons — the Marid (the strongest type), the Ifrit, the Shaitan, the Jinn, and the Jann (the weakest type). A few traditions (hadith), divide jinn into three classes: those who have wings and fly in the air, those who resemble snakes and dogs, and those who travel about ceaselessly.[12] described them as creatures of different forms; some resembling vultures and snakes, others tall men in white garb.[13] They may even appear as dragons, onagers, or a number of other animals.[14] In addition to their animal forms, the jinn occasionally assume human form to mislead and destroy their human victims.[15] Certain hadiths have also claimed that the jinn may subsist on bones, which will grow flesh again as soon as they touch them, and that their animals may live on dung, which will revert to grain or grass for the use of the jinn flocks.[16]
Ibn Taymiyyah believed the jinn were generally "ignorant, untruthful, oppressive and treacherous",[17] thus representing the very strict interpretations adhered by the Salafi schools of thought. Ibn Taymiyyah believes that the jinn account for much of the "magic" perceived by humans, cooperating with magicians to lift items in the air unseen, delivering hidden truths to fortune tellers, and mimicking the voices of deceased humans during seances.[17]
In Sūrat al-Raḥmān, verse 33, God reminds jinn as well as mankind that they would possess the ability to pass beyond the furthest reaches of space only by His authority, followed by the question: "Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?" In Sūrat Al-Jinn, verses 8–10, Allah narrates concerning the jinn how they touched or "sought the limits" of the sky and found it full of stern guards and shooting stars, as a warning to man. It goes on further to say how the jinn used to take stations in the skies to listen to divine decrees passed down through the ranks of the angels (Sura al Jinn verse 9),[18] but those who attempt to listen now (during and after the revelation of the Qurʾan) shall find fiery sentinels awaiting them. The Quran forbids their association with God, and advises men not to worship jinns instead of Him, Quran Says " And they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought before (Him)", Quran Surah 37, Verse 158.
A related belief is that every person is assigned one's own special jinni, also called a qarīn, and if the qarin is evil it could whisper to people's souls and tell them to submit to evil desires.[19][20][21] The notion of a qarin is not universally accepted among all Muslims, but it is generally accepted that Shayṭān whispers in human minds, and he is assigned to each human being.
In a hadith recorded by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, the companion Abdullah, son of Masud reported: 'The Prophet Muhammad said: 'There is not one of you who does not have a jinnī appointed to be his constant companion (qarīn).' They said, 'And you too, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Me too, but Allah has helped me and he has submitted, so that he only helps me to do good.' [22]
In Muslim cultures
The stories of the jinn can be found in various Muslim cultures around the world. In Sindh the concept of the Jinni was introduced during the Abbasid Era and has become a common part of the local folklore which also includes stories of both male jinn called "jinn" and female jinn called "jiniri". Folk stories of female jinn include stories such as the Jejhal Jiniri.
Other acclaimed stories of the jinn can be found in the One Thousand and One Nights story of "The Fisherman and the Jinni";[23] more than three different types of jinn are described in the story of Ma'ruf the Cobbler;[24][25] a mighty jinni helps young Aladdin in the story of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp;[26] as Ḥasan Badr al-Dīn weeps over the grave of his father until sleep overcomes him, and he is awoken by a large group of sympathetic jinn in the Tale of 'Alī Nūr al-Dīn and his son Badr ad-Dīn Ḥasan.[27]
During the Rwandan genocide, both Hutus and Tutsi avoided searching in local Rwandan Muslim neighborhoods and widely believed myths that local Muslims and Mosques were protected by the power of Islamic magic and the efficacious jinn.[citation needed] In Cyangugu, arsonists ran away instead of destroying the mosque because they believed jinn were guarding the mosque and feared their wrath.[28]
Solomon and the Jinn
According to traditions, the jinn stood behind the learned humans in Solomon's court, who in turn, sat behind the prophets. The jinn remained in the service of Solomon, who had placed them in bondage, and had ordered them to perform a number of tasks.
"And before Solomon were marshalled his hosts,- of jinn and men and birds, and they were all kept in order and ranks." (Quran 27:17)
The Qurʾan relates that Solomon died while he was leaning on his staff. As he remained upright, propped on his staff, the jinn thought he was still alive and supervising them, so they continued to work. They realized the truth only when Allah sent a creature to crawl out of the ground and gnaw at Solomon's staff until his body collapsed. The Qurʾan then comments that if they had known the unseen, they would not have stayed in the humiliating torment of being enslaved.
"Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away at his staff: so when he fell down, the jinn saw plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating penalty (of their task)." (Qurʾan 34:14)
Ibn al-Nadim, in his Kitāb al-Fihrist, describes a book that lists seventy Jinn lead by Fuqtus, named "'Mrd, Kywan, Shimr'al, Firuz, Mhaqal, Zaynab, Syduk, Jndrb, Siyyar, Zanbur, al-Da'hs, Kawkab, Hamran, Dahir, Qarun, Shidad, Sa'sa'ah, Baktan, Harthamah, Takallum, Furuq, Hurmiz, Hamhamah, 'Ayzar, Mazahim, Murrah, Fatrah, al-Haym, Arhbh, Khyth', Khyfth, Rayah, Zuhal, Zawba'ah, Mhtukara, Hayshab, Tq'ytan, Wqas, Qdmnh, Mufarrish, Ayra'il, Nizar, Shftil, Dywyd, Ankara, Khatufah, Tnkyush, Misalqar, Qadim, Ashja', Nawdar, Tythamah, 'Usar, Thu'ban, Naman, Nmudrky, Tyabur, Sahitun, 'Udhafir, Mirdas, Shytub, Za'rush, Sakhr, al-'Aramram, Khashram, Shadhan, al-Harith, al-Hurth, 'Udhrah ('Adhirah)", and "Faqruf."[29][30] This list also includes several Jinn appointed over each day of the week, named (in order): Danhash, Shakhba, Marbaya, 'Abara, Mismar, Namudarki, and Bakhtash.[29][30] Bayard Dodge, who translated al-Fihrist into English, notes that most of these names appear in the Testament of Solomon.[29]
A collection of late fourteenth- or early fifteenth-century magico-medical manuscripts from Ocaña, Spain describes a different set of Jinn (termed "Tayaliq") again under Fuqtus (here named "Fayqayțūš"), blaming them for various ailments.[31][32] The jinn listed include M.h.m.s., Mūn.s, N.qīq, M.y.d, Y.d.b.h., 'a.q.l., al-Gūl,[33] Māŷ.z, Rū'ā, 'amdayāni, L.țūš, al-Dwlāt, Aluwf, D.n.h.š, N.zhūš (son of the king D.n.h.š'), al-Dābā (AKA al-Wāh.na), M.s.rf, Zwb.g.h., H.ŷā, 'w.ya,[34] 'abaqardāti Ālāsqām, al-Z.b.d.h., al-Qūt, al-Sy.syān, Qalnamāta, F'aŷayān, Ș'aya, al-Rwāh, al-Q.r.șa, Rūnīmah, al-Janāmin,[35] Hšhš, Lhyf, Samhal, Biqasmayni, Ŷ.n.d', Țlyābān, S.f.r., H.mūdī, N.f.s., Hūrtā, al-Rāhiy'a, al-D.rbān, al-Jațāf Majrūf, al-W.swās,[36] 'Umm Mildām, al-Zūa, al-N.bāh, al-Mūl', al-W.swās (the greater), al-J.nas al-Șgār, al-H.m.qā, H.s.n, al-Māsūr, Bulum, Šājiyā, B.rdūn, Bazid al M.ŷusīn, M.'rūz, M.līla al-Nāq.da,[37] Mrwyā, al-Fāliy, al-Wāțq, al-As'ārī al-Yahūdī, L.w.q., al-M.rīj, 'āmir abū al-Šayșfān (father of al-Ŷabālī), Alhlya Alzāhira, Q.d.sā, Ŝ.r.hī, M.g.š.g.s., and 'a.rā.[38]
In other cultures
In Guanche mythology from Tenerife in the Canary Islands, there existed the belief in beings that are similar to genies[improper synthesis?], such as the maxios or dioses paredros ('attendant gods', domestic and nature spirits) and tibicenas (evil genies), as well as the demon Guayota (aboriginal god of evil) that, like the Arabic Iblīs, is sometimes identified with a genie.[39]
In the Bible
The word or concept of jinn as such does not occur in the original Hebrew text of the Bible, but the Arabic word jinn is often used in several old Arabic translations. In Isaiah 6, the seraphim (lit. "burning/fiery ones") appear to Isaiah, with their six wings being used to cover, or hide, their body, face and feet.
In several verses in those Urdu translations, the words jinn (جن), jann (الجان al-jānn), majnoon (مجنون Majnūn), and Iblīs (إبلیس) are mentioned as translations of "familiar spirit" or אוב (Job) for jann and "the devil" or δαιμόνιον (daimónion) for Iblīs.
Several passages from the New Testament refer to Jesus casting out evil spirits (or demons) from those that were demon-possessed. According to Islamic tradition, these evil spirits are strikingly similar to the jinn creatures mentioned in the Qur'an and Hadith literature. Among the similarities of these creatures is their ability to take possession of human beings.
In Van Dyck's Arabic translation of the Bible, these words are mentioned in Leviticus 19:31, Lev 20:6, 1 Samuel 28:3, 1 Sa 28:9, 1 Sa 28:7, 1 Chronicles 10:13, Gospel of Matthew 4:1, Mat 12:22, Gospel of Luke 4:5, Luk 8:12, Gospel of John 8:44 and other verses[citation needed] as well. Also, in the apocryphal book Testament of Solomon, Solomon describes particular demons whom he enslaved to help build the temple, the questions he put to them about their deeds and how they could be thwarted, and their answers, which provide a kind of self-help manual against demonic activity.
In popular culture
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Zulqarnayn with the help of some jinn, building the Iron Wall to keep the barbarian Gog and Magog from civilized peoples (16th century Persian miniature).
- Illustration of Aladdin Flying Away with Two People from the Arabian Nights.jpg
- Jinn from Ali manuscript.jpg
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- John Tenniel - The sleeping genie and the lady.jpg
- Kitab al-Bulhan -- devil.jpg
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- Kitab al-Bulhan --- demons.jpg
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See also
- Arabian mythology
- Daevas
- Demonology
- Djinnestan
- Genius loci
- Genius (mythology)
- Ghoul (Evil jinn who dwell within graveyards)
- Grine
- Houri
- Ifrit (a class of infernal jinn)
- Marid (Giant or rebellious jinn)
- Nasnas
- Peri
- Qareen
- Rig-e Jenn
- Shedim
- Theriocephaly
- Winged genie
- Yazata
- Shayṭān (Troops of Shayṭān headed by Iblis)
- Qutrub
- Djinn (comic book)
- Shaytan
- Genie in popular culture
- Ghoul
- Grine
- Qareen
- Ghul
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- ^ Quran 55:14–15
- ^ Quran 116:4–4
- ^ Quran 51:56–56
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- ^ Tafsīr; Bakhsh az tafsīr-e kohan, p. 181; Loeffler, p. 46
- ^ Ṭūsī, p. 484; Fozūnī, p. 527
- ^ Fozūnī, p. 526
- ^ Fozūnī, pp. 525–526
- ^ Kolaynī, I, p. 396; Solṭān-Moḥammad, p. 62
- ^ Mīhandūst, p. 44
- ^ Abu'l-Fotūḥ, XVII, pp. 280–281
- ^ a b Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Furqān bayna awliyā' al-Raḥmān wa-awliyā' al-Shayṭān ("Essay on the Jinn"), translated by Abu Ameenah Bilal Phillips
- ^ http://quran.com/72
- ^ Quran 72:1–2
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- ^ Sahih Muslim, Book 39, Hadith No. 6759
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- ^ Navarro, Ruiz, p.150-159
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- ^ Navarro, Ruiz, p.170-179
- ^ Navarro, Ruiz, p.180-187
- ^ Guanche Religion
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- Abū Bakr Moṭahhar Jamālī Yazdī, Farrokh-nāma, ed. Ī. Afshār, Tehran, 1967.
- Abū Jaʿfar Moḥammad Kolaynī, Ketāb al-kāfī, ed. A. Ghaffārī, 8 vols., Tehran, 1988.
- Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, Beirut, 1968.
- L. Loeffler, Islam in Practice: Religious Beliefs in a Persian Village, New York, 1988.
- U. Marzolph, Typologie des persischen Volksmärchens, Beirut, 1984. Massé, Croyances.
- M. Mīhandūst, Padīdahā-ye wahmī-e dīrsāl dar janūb-e Khorāsān, Honar o mordom, 1976, pp. 44–51.
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Further reading
- Crapanzano, V. (1973) The Hamadsha: a study in Moroccan ethnopsychiatry. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press.
- Drijvers, H. J. W. (1976) The Religion of Palmyra. Leiden, Brill.
- El-Zein, Amira (2009) Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the Jinn. Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-3200-9.
- El-Zein, Amira (2006) "Jinn". In: J. F. Meri ed. Medieval Islamic civilization – an encyclopedia. New York and Abingdon, Routledge, pp. 420–421.
- Goodman, L.E. (1978) The case of the animals versus man before the king of the Jinn: A tenth–century ecological fable of the pure brethren of Basra. Library of Classical Arabic Literature, vol. 3. Boston, Twayne.
- Maarouf, M. (2007) Jinn eviction as a discourse of power: a multidisciplinary approach to Moroccan magical beliefs and practices. Leiden, Brill.
- Zbinden, E. (1953) Die Djinn des Islam und der altorientalische Geisterglaube. Bern, Haupt.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Genies.
|Look up genie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
|Wikisource has the text of the 1905 New International Encyclopedia article Jinn.


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In Utah, a wildfire encroaching on homes in the Tooele County town of Stockton had burned about 400 to 500 acres. Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Jason Curry said the fire burned part of a water tower but it's believed no homes have been destroyed.
In central Idaho, the lightning-caused Preacher Fire has scorched nearly 53 square miles in two days, burning quickly through grass and brush. But fire managers said Wednesday they had made good progress.
Evacuation orders have been called off for several rural homes in Northern California as firefighters took advantage of cool, moist conditions.
Some residents near the destructive fire in Shasta County have been advised they may need to evacuate again, and the blaze that has burned more than 10,000 acres — or nearly 17 square miles — still poses a threat to nearly 70 homes, state fire officials said in a statement Wednesday night.
The fire was 40 percent contained. Marijuana-growing activity led to the fire breaking out on Friday, authorities said.
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Dec. 1, 2004
The Yale men's swimming team concludes its fall schedule this weekend by hosting the 2004 Nutmeg Invitational. The meet brings 10 teams to the RJ Kiphuth Exhibition Pool for two days of competition in the NCAA/Ivy League Championship format. The sessions on Saturday, December 4th will start at 12 noon with the finals at 7 pm. On Sunday, December 5th the 1650 Freestyle event will be held at 9 am, with the balance of that day's events starting at 12 noon.
The meet draws teams from both in and outside the Nutmeg state to compete against the Bulldogs. Although no team score will be kept, area swimmers from Central Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State University, and Bridgeport University will be contesting the 40-event program along with the swimmers and divers of Yale.
As was the case two weekends ago when the Bulldogs traveled to Virginia for the Patriot Invitational, this home meet brings a group of schools representing a wide range of conferences including the University of Massachusetts (Atlantic 10), Syracuse University (Big East), Boston College (Atlantic Coast), Fairfield University (MAAC) and Williams College (NESCAC).


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The Bisons won the first game 5-4 and took the nightcap 13-7 in baseball's version of the "Battle of the Boulevard". The Bisons were replicas of the road blue uniform worn by the Bisons, the NAIA National Champion, in 1979.
In game two the Bisons set team season highs in hits with 19, RBI with 13 and doubles with six. They tied for the most runs in a game this season, having previously scored 13 against USC Upstate March 15.
"At some point I knew we were going to come together offensively and string some hits together," said Lipscomb coach Jeff Forehand. "Belmont is a good team. The first game could have gone either way for us. We were able to support our pitching with our offense in both games and I feel good about that."
The Bisons scored three runs in the first, five in the second and one in the third for a 9-0 lead. They scored one in the sixth, two in the seventh and one in eighth.
Belmont scored two runs in the sixth, one in the eighth and four in the ninth.
Junior right-hander Josh Smith, 5-4, pitched seven innings and gave up only two hits and two runs, both unearned. He struck out six and walked five. Josh Cotham pitched the final two innings for the Bisons. He scattered four hits and gave up five runs, four earned. He walked one and struck out two.
Both Branden Cadavid and Justin Sanders had four hits in game two. It was the third time this season that Sanders has collected four hits in a game. It was the second time for Cadavid to record four hits. The only other Bisons player with four hits in a game is Tyler Wilson.
Cadavid, Sanders and Tennyson Dodd each had two doubles in game one. Dodd had three hits in the game and extended his hitting streak to seven games, the highest active streak on the team.
Allen Bolden hit his seventh home run of the season for one of his two hits.
"When the ball doesn't bounce your way it is hard to get the barrel of the bat on the ball," said Forehand. "When it does bounce your way it's easier to get the barrel of the bat on the ball. That is what is happening for Allen."
In game one junior right-hander Rex Brothers evened his overall record at 5-5 and his conference record at 4-4. He went the distance for the Bisons, scattering seven hits and allowing four runs, all earned. He struck out 10 and walked two. It was the third complete game of the season for Brothers.
"Rex was as fresh at the end of the game as he was at the beginning," said Forehand. "When the game was tied his adrenalin was really going."
Brothers, pitching in front of a large contingent of fans from his hometown of Shelbyville, Tenn., had a bumpy start as he gave up a single to left by Derek Hamblin and a bunt single to Dylan Craig. Derek Wiley homered to left to give Belmont a 3-0 lead.
Brothers gave up one more run in the third. He shut down the Bruins the rest of the way.
Sanders was also the big hitter for the Bisons in game one with two home runs to give him a team-leading nine for the season. He is tied with Bolden for most home runs in a game. Bolden had two against Stetson March 20.
"We have been waiting for Justin to have a couple of games like this," said Forehand. "He started out the season strong, but he had been down a little bit lately."
With one out in the second Sanders pounded a solo homer over the fence in left center.
In the seventh Bolden led off with a single to third base and Ryan Wilkins walked. Sanders slammed a shot to left center to tie the game.
The Bisons scored what proved to be the game-winning run in the eighth. With two outs Wilkins singled through the left side. Sanders followed with a walk. Clay Lehning was called on to pinch hit. He delivered with a single through the right side.
The Bisons had eight hits in the game. Sanders was the only Bison to have more than one hit in the game. His two home runs were also the only extra base hits for the Bisons.
Sanders leads the Bisons in multiple-RBI games with 10. He was credited with four RBI in game two, the second time this season he has driven in that many runs.
The Bisons, 19-27, 13-10 in the conference; close out the series with Belmont, 25-23, 14-12 in the A-Sun; Sunday at 1. Senior right-hander Brandon McClurg, 4-3, 4.17 ERA, will start for Lipscomb.


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This is Worth Your Time: Support the Afghan Women's Cycling Team
Yes, you read that headline right. A women's national cycling team is beginning to take shape in Afghanistan.
We talk a lot about inviting more women to join the cycling party. About empowering women to pedal and explore and race and just go for it. In so many ways this project in Afghanistan symbolizes, in a very profound way, the most important thing that the women-on-bikes movement can achieve: the end of oppression, the facilitation of freedom, a positive contribution to the progression of human rights.
It is culturally offensive for a woman to ride a bike in Afghanistan. Forget "feeling left out of the men's peloton" or "getting shafted in the local bicycle shop". The women who ride in Afghanistan do it at the risk of their own personal safety. They do it as a statement – a very literal statement – of freedom. And now, they propose to do it as sport. On behalf of their country. On borrowed gear and scraped together bikes.
I recently became a member of a group called Combat Apathy. It is, in founder Shannon Galpin's words, "A battalion of passionate mothers, daughters, and sisters, that are willing to sacrifice time, money, and energy to be crusaders of gender equity and human rights."
Galpin was the first woman to mountain bike in Afghanistan (2009) and then traveled back to Afghanistan in 2010 to ride across the Panjshir Valley, which was documented by Outside Magazine. She was also recognized for her work by National Geographic in November 2012 as one as their 2013 Adventurers of the Year.
Now Galpin, along with filmmaker Sarah Menzies, is planning to return one more time to Kabul to make a documentary about the development and progress of Afghanistan's burgeoning women's cycling team. As of today they're nearly halfway to their initial $10,000 funding goal, which will allow them to kick this project off by covering travel costs, translator and fixer fees and initial filming costs.
For more information on the project please visit their Kickstarter page and consider making a donation to this important cause.
If ever there was a cause that embodies the Cyclofemme values of "pedaling for a positive social change" and "starting the revolution" (sign the pledge!), this is it. We must pedal our bikes, yes. And we must get others to pedal their bikes with us – but we must also stay vigilant and keep fighting for those who aren't allowed to pedal bikes at all.
PS: Galpin has been collecting gear that she will take to the team. If you would like to donate gear, learn more about what is needed or inquire about other ways to help, please contact her using the contact information here.
8 Responses to "This is Worth Your Time: Support the Afghan Women's Cycling Team"
[...] the Afhan Women's Cycling Team. It is culturally offensive for a woman to ride a bike in Afghanistan. Forget "feeling left out [...]
Religious and cultural boundaries aside, how can riding a bike be offensive to the point of illegality or intolerance by one's own kind.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We know about some of the problems in Afghanistan from the news yet, we don't necessarily appreciate how pervasive in to what we would consider innocous day to day activities Afghan culture is.
Once again [hopefully] the bicycle is a symbol of (r)evolution.
[...] place finish to come in seventh despite a snow-crusted helmet. The Afghan women's cycling team fights for their right to ride in public, let alone compete. A Malawi driver kills three members of the same family walking along a roadway; [...]
What a great story! There are many cultures where bike-riding by women is shunned upon. How wonderful to see Afghan girls and women poke their heads above the fray (again!!) to demonstrate the possible. Bold and Brave. Liberating!
thank you for posting about this!
I fear the Taliban will place IED's on their routes to discourage this. If they ride the same training routes, they would be well advised to change their routine daily. Great show of courage on these ladies part.
[...] cycling for women really is about freedom and human rights. If you only click one link, read this article about the Afghanistan women's cycling team, and if you can, please support the film being [...]
It's a great idea, love the idea of getting women and girls on bikes especially in oppressive cultures, but they will face real opposition, danger and risks that I do not think we in the west can even contemplate. It's great for us to want to help, but you have to consider contexts and the day to day safety of women. Take the case of the woman in Tunisia who was inspired by Femen and posted topless photos and is now in hiding, truly afraid for her life. Cycling is a way to get around, but, not allowing women on bikes is a way to keep them powerless. Is this project about transportation cycling or sporty cycling? Is there even sporty cycling for men in Afghanistan? What about all the land mines that daily injure many people? Millions have lost limbs, and I recently read an article written by a british photojournalist who had stepped on a land mine, lost both his legs, one arm and other extensive injuries. He recovered, got artificial limbs and went back to finish the story he was working on. Heart warming and all, but highlights the dangers.
My concern that well meaning projects like this totally disregard real risks. I'd feel much better about supporting a project that provides women a safe place to ride-be it a secret velodrome, or cross country/bmx park where they can train safely until things change.


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Balk (Friesland, Netherlands)
Balk, a village in the southwest of the Dutch province of Friesland, the seat of the civil community of Gaasterland (Gaasterlân-Sleat) and also of a Mennonite church, whose members lived in several neighboring villages. The history of this congregation falls into two periods with 1854 as the dividing line. There was probably a church here in the very early time. Leenaert Bouwens baptized 41 persons here; 32 between 1551 and 1554, 9 between 1557 and 1561. The membership probably never reached 100. Some serious events, now no longer known, caused the membership to decline: by 1720 it was still 70, but by 1763 it was only 10. Then it began a slow increase, maintaining itself at 30 or 35 in the last three years before 1854. It was the last congregation to join the Conference of Friesland (1855).
In 1625 the congregation took over a small church, which served until 1863. The congregation belonged to the Old Frisians, specifically, to the Pieter Jeltjes division, and was one of the last congregations to discard its old Mennonite traditions. It was later also known as an Old Flemish congregation. Until 1854 it had no trained minister, but a lay preacher chosen from its own membership. Anyone chosen for a church office had to accept it. The entire church life was correspondingly simple. The elder who preached stood before a plain lectern. The listeners sat on unpainted, backless benches. Silent prayer was adhered to, but feetwashing was abandoned as a general practice. But when a preacher from the outside was received in a home, feetwashing and the kiss of peace were observed. The ban was still observed—in 1806 for marrying a non-Mennonite woman—and with it avoidance. At baptism and communion the utensils used were of coarse crockery.
The same simplicity was found in the homes of the members; only the most essential furniture was there, but the bookcase never was missing, which leads to the conclusion that the members were inclined to independent judgment. Clothing was simple; gold and silver were not worn. Of all the traditions that of the clothing was longest preserved. In 1915 an old sister was still living, who had discarded the costume in 1872. (A picture and description of her clothing are found in Doopsgezinde Bijdragen 1902.) Tobacco and alcoholic beverages were not used nor offered to others.
To be received into the church, it was not necessary to attend special instruction, but one had to master the School der Deugd by Tieleman van Braght and the Onderwijzinge des Christelijken Geloofs by Boudewijns. The former was used for the younger persons, the latter for the older. Both these books were reprinted by the "fine Mennonites" in 1824 and 1825. Blaupot ten Cate reported that in 1839 the Onderwijzinge of Engel A. van Dooregeest was also used in religious instruction. They used the old Biestkens Bible and also a Luther translation. Until 1848 their hymnal was the Kleyn Hoorns Liedtboeck of 1644 (reprinted 1814). The members voted on the admission of new members.
Military service caused the congregation much difficulty. Several requests were made of the government for exemption, but were not granted. Members helped each other to pay for a substitute; if necessary the church treasury was drawn upon.
Until 1844 the congregation was completely independent. When the Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit was founded, this church asked to be excused from all inquiries and letters concerning the training of ministers, for they had in their own midst enough brethren to serve them with God's Word. For a time they maintained contact with Giethoorn, but longest and closest with Aalsmeer. The preachers of Aalsmeer usually came once a year; that Sunday was a festive day, and on it two sermons were preached. There are still a few letters left from the correspondence with Giethoorn and Aalsmeer, which, together with some old treasurer's accounts, make up all the writings handed down from that period. (This old church, its customs and usages, were discussed in several volumes of the Doopsgezinde Bijdragen, but especially in the issue of 1892. See also Blaupot t. C., Friesland, esp. supplement XVIII.)
The situation was radically changed in 1854. Part of the congregation immigrated to America (about eight miles (13 km) southwest of Goshen, Indiana) on account of military service. From 19 May 1853 to 26 April 1854, a total of 52 persons emigrated, including 19 members and 2 preachers, R. J. Smits and R. J. Symensma. The elderly Haitje Hantjes Visser was left as the only minister with 14 members. Because he was too old to serve alone, most of these members saw that a change would have to be made. Against the wishes of some, it was decided to call a trained minister. The call was accepted by D. S. Gorter of Warns and Stavoren. On 23 April 1854 the last lay preacher, H. H. Visser, preached his farewell sermon on Romans 4:25. Pastor Gorter preached his inaugural sermon on 7 May 1854 on 1 Corinthians 8:1, "Knowledge puffern up, but charity edifieth." He remained until his death, 27 August 1876.
Evidently some had been waiting for the new order of things, for no fewer than 31 persons from the outside applied for admission and on 31 March 1855, 17 persons were baptized, increasing the membership from 14 to 62. On 1 February 1863 the last sermon was preached in the old church and the present church building was dedicated. The congregation had the following ministers through 1953: S. Gorter, 1854-1876; J. J. Honig, 1877-1902; R. van der Veen, 1902-1912; H. C. Barthel, 1912-16; S. J. van der Meulen, 1916-1922; B. P. de Vries, 1923-1933; W. I. Fleischer, 1933-1942; C. F. Brüsewitz, 1943-1946; H. J. de Wilde after 1946. All members could vote, and women could hold church office. Services were held every Sunday. The congregation was a member of Ring Bolsward. The membership was 81 in 1898; 100 in 1927; 108 in 1950. In 1953 the congregation had a Sunday school for children (ages 6-12), a youth's organization and a women's organization. After 1920 Woudsend had joined the Balk congregation for preaching services.
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Friesland. Leeuwarden: W. Eekhoff, 1839.
Brüsewitz, Carl F. "De Doopsgezinden van Balk." Stemmen 5 (1956): No. 4, 81-95.
Brüsewitz, Carl F. "The Mennonites of Balk, Friesland." Mennonite Quarterly Review 30 (1956): 19-31.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1861): 130 f.; (1887): 86-112; (1892): 46-88; (1902): 26-29.
Gorter, D. S. Godsdienstige lectuur voor Doopsgezinden (1854): 263-298.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 114.
Yoder, Marie. "The Balk Dutch Settlement near Goshen, Indiana, 1853-1889." Mennonite Quarterly Review 30 (1956): 32-43.
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Address: Raadhuisstraat 26, 8561 BH Balk, Netherlands
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Barthel, H. C. "Balk (Friesland, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 20 Mar 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Balk_(Friesland,_Netherlands)&oldid=144771.
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Barthel, H. C. (1953). Balk (Friesland, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 March 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Balk_(Friesland,_Netherlands)&oldid=144771.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 215-216. All rights reserved.
©1996-2019 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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Around The House with Matt and Shari "Exterior Details" Today's show concentrates on exterior details with a discussion of shutters, window boxes, door knobs, and lighting. Then, Matt has a cool ladder platform project for those tricky high exterior projects. Last, they'll be painting and decorating clay pots to add color to a home exterior. D
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Within minutes, the gatherings began. In bars across the city, people crowded in for a drink, for company, and to watch the horror replay on the television screens.
For much of the afternoon, after the explosions rocked the city, the bar inside The Gallows in the South End was full, but silent. People came in, sat down, and stared at the television coverage of the explosions.
"No one said anything," said assistant manager Kathy Chang, "because no one knew what to say."
But as night fell, the mood in the city shifted, shock gave way to solace, and bars and restaurants filled up with people who just wanted to talk, to be around others, to reflect on the horror of this Marathon Monday.
"It's human nature to want to get together and talk," said Patty Ma, who had come to The Gallows with friends who had run the marathon.
"We should be celebrating their accomplishment, but instead we're just trying to process."
All over the city, watering holes became a refuge, a place where Bostonians and Marathon visitors could come together to make sense of an attack that bloodied the city on one of its proudest days.
"You just want to hear what people are talking about," said Sarah Stowell, 32, who met a high school friend for a drink at The Sevens in Beacon Hill, to get perspective on the tragedy apart from TV news.
Many of those were just emerging from locked-down offices and hotels downtown.
With cellphone coverage sparse, many could not phone friends to find out if they were safe. So social media became their lifeline to the outside world.
Kevin Long, 30, of Boston, finished running the Marathon about eight minutes before the explosion.
Afterward he posted on his Facebook page that he was OK, and Long said he promptly "got 130 'likes' on my Facebook status."
Long was at The Gallows with his friend Jonathan Lashley, who had been standing on Boylston Street, trying to catch a glimpse of Long, when he found himself caught between the two explosions. He ran to the Charles River, shaking and nauseous. Hours later, his ears were still ringing.
"In that split second between the first explosion and when I turned around, I was trying to make excuses,'' Lashley said.
"I thought, 'It's a transformer.' Then I heard the second explosion, and we just started running."
They had planned to meet up for a celebratory drink, but both men said that felt wrong with the explosion.
The entire day felt wrong.
When a stranger passed and congratulated Long for finishing — he was wearing a medal around his neck — they said it felt different, bigger than just finishing a marathon.
Down the bar, Tom Green was finishing a beer. A 28-year-old from Portland, Ore., he and his wife had finished their first Boston Marathon just before the explosions.
"I'm glad we were together when we finished," he said.
There was one bright spot, he said. Everywhere he went after the explosion, there were Bostonians offering to help. "People keep asking me if I need a shower or a place to stay," he said. A brief flash of humanity in a day of horror.Billy Baker can be reached at email@example.com. Chelsea Conaboy can be reached at


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EATON – Three people had to be rescued from the Mississinewa River after their boat hit a tree and capsized.
David Prybis who is from Eaton, his 15-year-old stepson and a 16-year-old friend were on the boat. They had to climb up a tree and hold on to its branches. They were stranded in the river near Indiana Avenue and State Road 3. Someone saw them while driving by and called 911.
"I'm sitting here watching them, but the canoe is stuck up against a tree. There (are) two guys trying to free it and there's another guy standing up on a log and the current is real bad," the caller said.
The river was higher than normal because it has been raining.
"They're trying to get it undone, but it (doesn't) look like it and then the other guy is standing up on the log," the caller said.
The accident happened Wednesday afternoon. Indiana Conservation Officers and members of the Muncie Fire Department rescued the group.
"Everybody's waiting for it to get warm and (people are) jumping on the chance to get out. You've got to be really, really care," said Muncie Fire Chief Eddie Bell.
Prybis had recently bought the boat. He used it twice, but had trouble on Wednesday because of the fast current. Prybis said he underestimated the strength of the river. The boat had safety equipment onboard. There were lifejackets, but no one had one on when the accident happened. DNR officials said charges are not expected.
"It's just a situation you really shouldn't be in the river at this time anyway. We just hope people would do something else for a little while till the river subsides a little," Bell said.


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Connecticut Supply Chain Management Graduate Schools
Supply Chain Management Schools may enable students to study cross-functional links, logistics and resource allocation. Supply chain management involves forecasting, production planning, flow and process management, inventory management, customer deliver, sales support and more. Students could therefore study how to manage these chains of events with an eye to meet the requirements of consumers at the lowest possible cost, with the most accuracy, customer service, and safety.
Supply Chain Management Schools & SCM Degrees
Supply Chain Management Schools may award degrees at the Masters and Doctoral levels, as well as certificates. Most SCM programs cover both the technical and managerial skills needed to help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of business operations. Curriculums often take a view of how to solve complex challenges and make decisions about costs and benefits of the different activities.
On campus supply chain management (SCM) graduate programs could include a dynamic set of courses and interactive case studies. Students might learn through lectures, breakout sessions, and simulation assignments where they could work on teams and have face-to-face applied instruction with faculty.
Admission Information
Admission information could depend on the school and type of program you apply to. Most SCM graduate programs require a minimum education of a Bachelor's degree. Applicants may need to write a personal essay, prepare a CV, gather letters of recommendation, and submit GRE or GMAT scores. Students who plan to study abroad may need to apply (separately) for a government visa.
Master in Supply Chain Management Programs
Universities with Master in Supply Chain Management programs might award a Master of Science (MS) or Master of Business Administration (MBA). A MS in SCM degree often has a technical focus, and could offer a broad
course of study that factors in current issues that supply chain professionals contend with. An MBA might cover functional business and management topics with added courses in an SCM or logistics concentration.
MS in Supply Chain Management
A Master of Science in SCM degree program covers how to effectively manage supply chains and operations at an organization. Some programs could require students to complete about 30 credits, which might take a full-time student about two years. Curriculums could be divided into three sections: (1) foundation courses, (2) core courses, (3) enrichment courses.
Foundational material could discuss business analytics and supply chain strategies. Business analytics topics might include descriptive statistics and computer applications. A course in strategy analyzes business models in the global supply chain through topics such as supply risk management, operations, and logistics.
Core courses could form the bulk of the MS degree plan. Students may be required to take five required courses that could cover the topics listed below.
- Operations analysis
- Logistics management
- Demand and revenue
- Global sourcing, procurement, negotiations
- Global supply chain financing
Enrichment courses typically speak to professional development—for instance, how to manage projects, and support a firm's operations through purchasing, logistics and customer/supplier relations. To earn their degree, students may need to complete a research project or internship.
MBA in Supply Chain Management
A Master of Business Administration in SCM could help students refine their overall grasp of managerial themes. Some programs entail about 36 to 48 credits, and could take about two years to complete. To earn their MBA, participants could be required to complete a management capstone. Curriculums tend to be divided into two sections: (1) core business topics, and (2) emphasis track.
Core MBA courses could vary between supply chain management schools. The topics that follow are some examples.
- Applied managerial accounting, economics, finance
- Strategic management
- Personnel
- Marketing
- Leadership and ethics
Emphasis tracks could include supply chain management or logistics for different environments (e.g. military, government or private sector).
PhD in Supply Chain Management Programs
A PhD in Supply Chain Management is a terminal research degree that focuses on research and instructional skills. PhD students in supply chain management often explore the foundations of economics, operations management, logistics, marketing, and information technology. Their goal is usually to produce a publishable research paper by the end of their studies.
Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management
A Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management could provide students with a stand-alone credential as well as potentially transferable credits to their university's Masters program. Usually, a certificate entails fewer courses and a singular theme. Therefore, students may need to complete about 12 credits to earn their certificate.
Curriculums could offer a broad introduction to the strategic framework, issues, and methods used to integrate supply and demand. Course topics might also discuss performance metrics, forecasting, inventory, ethics and strategy.
Accreditation for Graduate Supply Chain Management Schools
Supply chain management schools may be regionally accredited. Institutional accreditation could assure students that a university has met or exceeded quality standards for faculty, services and its finances. Some individual SCM graduate programs may also be professionally approved. This may be through an agency such as The Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs (ACBSP) or The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
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ST Media Group International, a Cincinnati-based publisher of information products for the design and signage and graphics industries, announced that Gail Flower has joined the staff of Screen Printing magazine as editor. She brings more than 20 years of experience editing high-tech publications in the electronics industry and other fields, most recently working as editor-in-chief of SMT and Advanced Packaging magazines for PennWell Corp. in Nashua, NH.
"We're very excited to welcome Gail to our team," said Steve Duccilli, signage and graphics group publisher for ST Media Group. "She has a fabulous track record of developing successful editorial strategies for high-tech business-to-business publications. Her expertise in the electronics industry will also be very beneficial to us as we look more closely at the growing industrial-printing sector. She's familiar with applications such as flex circuits, membrane switches, RFID, and solar-cell production—all areas where screen printing and other imaging processes are growing rapidly."
Gail will be responsible for developing and managing the editorial content for the Screen Printing family of information products:
• Screen Printing magazine, providing printing companies in the advertising graphics, industrial, and apparel decorating industries with management and technical advice since 1953
• Screenweb (www.screenweb.com), the most heavily trafficked informational website for printers in the specialty graphics industry since 1996
Other industry-leading titles that Gail has edited in her career include Infection Control Today, Modern Car Care, Stagecraft, the Journal of Healthcare Resource Management, and Infection Control and Sterilization Technology. She has been a frequent speaker at electronics events and has worked extensively with industry associations such as SMTA and ISHM. She is a graduate of The College of Wooster.
Located in Greater Cincinnati, ST Media Group International Inc. serves the visual communications industries with its trade publications, branded websites, a custom book division and industry events. Publications include Visual Merchandising and Store Design, Screen Printing, Signs of the Times, The Big Picture, Hospitality Style, Package Design Magazine, and Signs of the Times & Screen Printing en español.
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Sigh. She's done it again. (Showing up in public half naked, that is.) Miley Cyrus wore a cleavage-baring bra-like top, which she was literally spilling out of, for her performance in the "Christmas Creampies" concert in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
Paired with a skin tight pair of black pants and an S&M chain -- Miley basically resembled an erotic dancer, which I'm guessing was intentional since she was joined on stage by a topless stripper who worked the pole while she sang. (Yes, I said topless, as in, well -- topless.)
And while her goal in wearing this particular ensemble was probably to gauge a decent shock reaction from the crowd, it's obvious that Miley failed miserably.
Because there are only so many times you can turn up wearing something raunchy before people stop being surprised or even turned off by it.
Seriously, when you first saw Miley's get-up, what was your reaction? Let me guess -- you simply rolled your eyes and made a "gag me" type comment, right?
Sure, when Miley first started venturing down the half-naked path a while back, most of us were shocked and appalled, and wondered what in the heck a successful young girl was thinking by degrading herself in minuscule outfits.
But at this point, since she's a notorious repeat offender, it's kind of hard to do anything other than comment on the fact that she only makes herself look more and more ridiculous as her style gets skimpier and skimpier.
If Miley really wanted to throw people for a loop, she ought to go raid Taylor Swift's closet and come out on stage looking all demure and innocent, without the slightest hint of sex appeal. (Not that Taylor isn't attractive -- she just does things in a tasteful way.)
Can you even imagine the look on people's faces if Miley were to put some clothes on for a change? Fans wouldn't know whether to stand up and give her a round of thunderous applause or accuse her of being an impersonator.
Why do you think Miley feels the need to resort to wearing such revealing outfits?
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Romlee necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 162 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
Colorco is a family owned business since 1978. We are the original manufacturer and supplier of GLITTER STICKERS on a sheet that are primarily used by the floral industry and craft stores for floral design application on funeral arrangements, football homecoming, and special occasions.
We make the very elegant glitter LETTERING that you see on the ribbon attached to floral designs at funerals; such as "Beloved" "Sympathy" "In Loving Memory", etc...We also make glitter lettering for fun occasions and celebrations such as "Happy Birthday" "Congratulations" "It's a Boy/It's a Girl." We make glitter illustrations like Hearts, Stars, and much more... We make glitter lettering used by high schools for Homecoming mums (a Texas tradition) and cheerleader posters.
All of our glitter stickers simply peel off and press on and are very attractive and easy to use. They can really be applied to anything and, in addition to floral design, they are ideal for creative art and craft projects as well.
Again, we only make glitter stickers that come in a variety of colors.
We are based out of Dallas, TX and have five employees so we are very family/friendly oriented and have built a reputation based on excellent service. We know our client base and understand their business well.
We need to appeal to our long time wholesale and retail florist customer but are now eager to target the retail customer who would look for our product in a craft store like Michaels, Jo Ann, A.C. Moore, Hobby Lobby. Our stickers are used for somber occasions such as funerals but we have some that are used for fun and celebratory occasions and craft projects as well.
We want a logo to represent our business - COLORCO
We want a logo that looks "crafty" but also upscale and professional looking at the same time - not cheap, childlike but not "corporate" either.
NOTE: We do not make "labels."
Logo should look modern and progressive
The typface should be clear and bold
Some variety of colorco is expected due to the name itself but we don't want a "rainbow" look.
avoid anything that would suggest we might be a paint or tile company.
No stock images or clip art please
Not certain what files we require at the moment; however, we will be using the logo for website, catalog, brochure, packaging.
Any questions? Please, please let me know.....
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for all your ideas folks!!!!
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htown needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 56 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
I am in need a wateresk looking log for a company that is in the water cooler business.
The tag line that needs to go with the logo is:
"Go Bottle-LESS for LIFE"
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This is a new company and we need a nice professional lookin logo. Just like most companies right. Needs a good, cool font accompanied by some sort of graphic. but please do not constrain yourself to this. If you have other ideas, go for it. I will comment on ALL logos that are heading in teh right direction.
Professional with a bit of fun, slick and clean with a hint of the GO GREEN look
- goofy, childish, cartoonish.
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Saturday, 11 May 2013
Doctor Who - The Name of the Doctor: Bessie is back
Classic Doctor Who fans will know the name Bessie as the name of the Doctors trusty automobile, after recent clips from The Name of the Doctor trailers and several sources claiming the same thing, it is safe to say - Bessie is back!
In the trailer below you can see the Doctor's Car drive past Clara, in what appears to be her in the 1970's. To see the exact frame from the trailer - click here.
It appears that Clara has been super-imposed onto a scene from the 20th Anniversary episode, The Five Doctors, it with Clara being put in the background. Could this have been done on other clips too?
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Labels: Clara Oswald , Doctor Who , series 7 , Series 7B , spoilers , the name of the doctor
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She's "born to save the Doctor" for some reason and while we don't know why. It seems that an incarnation of her has always watched over him, trying to get his attention but he always "runs" before he notices her (hence him driving past). Also, this may be why she can't help but tell him to "remember". Subconsciously, she wants him to remember seeing her all throughout his life.
- 12 May 2013 at 01:22
Doing her best Sophie Aldred by the looks of at jacket!
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fun4kids necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 286 diseños de 104 diseñadores freelance.
We are a leading UK online retailer with our website being http://www.fun4kids.co.uk - we have our own brand of toys under the heading ROCKET and are looking for a new logo as we are developing the brand this year and bringing new products to market. You can visit our http://www.fun4kids.co.uk and search for rocket to see what we sell
Our main product line for the Rocket brand is electric scooters aimed at ages 8 +, however we also offer ride on and other push scooters from ages 3+
Our main competitors in this field our Razor Scooters and Micro Scooters, you can easily see their logos by searching these products on google or visit http://www.fun4kids.co.uk and the brand logos are on the left hand side
We are open minded and don't have any preconceived ideas about what the logo should look like. Our product range is aimed at ages 3 - 15 so it needs to be a suited to these ages and we hope with the right logo we can take the Rocket brand to the next level.
Good luck and thanks in advance for all your designs
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Heather N precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 88 designs enviados por 19 designers freelancers.
I need a logo designed that I can use for my professional website, letterhead and business cards. My business is professional services, coaching and consulting.
Heather J Nelson (HJN) – this is my name and what I am using to market myself and my businesses.
The purpose is for people to get to know more about me and my businesses and contact me to do business. I will have a website developed based on my brand http://www.heatherjnelson.com.
I offer coaching and have http://www.championassistants.com and http://www.holidayassistants.com. I'm an entrepreneur and coach.
I am going to design my website similar to that of http://www.franharris,com. I also like Ali Brown's logo found at http://www.alexandriabrown.com/.
- I need the raw high res files in vector format like that produced by Adobe Illustrator for design for 10 and above.
- Style – Modern, professional, creative, motivating, inspiring
- A possibility is using HjN – but I defer to your creative judgment.
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Nest Thermostat Installation – Smart, Remote Controlled, Programmable & Energy SavingAugust 22, 2013 – 11:06 am
Original Thermostat:
I'm happy to say that I believe we've arrived with a real, mass market programmable thermostat. I've been patiently waiting for technology to get to a point that I could easily control my home heating and cooling electronically.
Heating or cooling a home can account for over 50% of the home's total energy use – so an area ripe for cost savings.
The product I purchased and installed is the Nest programmable thermostat.
Programmable thermostats have been on the market for a while. If you're in to tinkering, soldering and hacking stuff together, there are ways to remotely control them, but I wouldn't consider most of those items as having mass market appeal.
What is the Nest?
The Nest is a programmable, learning thermostat available at a variety of retail stores, including nest.com, Apple, Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowes and others.
Be prepared for a little sticker shock, as the Nest is $250 versus several other programmable thermostats on the market for less than $100. Granted, most of the other programmable thermostats lack the cool features of the Nest, so it's not an apples to apples comparison. And there are probably other comparable thermostats, but the Nest has gotten the most attention lately. Sure, it has a few negative reviews here and there, but generally speaking, it has gotten very positive feedback.
Why did I upgrade and is it worth the $250 that it costs?
The short answer is that I upgraded to have a smart, programmable thermostat that would reduce my energy bill while still providing a comfortable temperature. With a family and inconsistent schedules, I wanted something that was flexible and easy to adjust on the fly.
Nest has some cool features, such as being able to be remotely controlled through the web or through the mobile app (securely, of course). The flexible scheduling and analytics are cool features as well.
It takes a few weeks for the thermostat to learn your habits, so it's tough to tell how much we'll actually save, if anything. Online, they say you could save up to 20%. Considering our electricity bill during the hot summer months can reach $600, I believe that it will pay for itself over time.
Setup, in the grand scheme, was pretty straight forward.
The product has a very Apple-esque design, from packaging, to the interface, mobile app and website.
Not surprising based on the fact that Tony Fadell, Nest founder and CEO, led the team that created the first 18 generations of the iPod and the first three generations of the iPhone. And Matt Rogers, founder and VP of Engineering, was responsible for iPod software development at Apple, from concept to production.
I'm impressed with the Nest leadership team – quite the set of credentials.
Nothing special here. You turn off the electricity, pop the old one off, unwire the existing one and wire in the new one. The installation process is very similar to installing any standard thermostat. I've replaced thermostats before, so I was familiar with the process. Even if you're new to it, it's only a few wires, so pretty straightforward.
Old Thermostat: Inside View
At first, I was concerned because the Nest was so much smaller than our previous thermostat. But fear not, the Nest comes with a trim panel.
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Once it's installed, it only takes a few minutes to get it up and running.
First, you select the language and then connect it to WiFi, just like any other wireless device. Find your network, enter in the password and you're connected.
Once connected, it checks for updates, then downloads and installs them.
Next it goes through a variety of configuration options, selecting the type of furnace you have, your location (by zipcode), type of home (single family, condo, etc).
Then, you're up and running and you can adjust the temperature as needed.
You can set up an online account, download the mobile app and connect it to the thermostat so that you can remotely control it and track the usage.
We've had the Nest installed for a few months, while the device learned our habits. Over time it further refines the heating and cooling schedule to optimize comfort and reduce energy consumption.
So far, I've been really impressed with it. Installation and setup were easy. And it's cool to sit on the couch and control the thermostat. And it appears to be saving energy based on our electricity usage.
I also think the Nest has appeal to small businesses. A friend of mine has her own business and has a very basic thermostat, similar to what we had. She said that when she came in to their store the other morning, it was still set at 70 degrees and had been cooling their store overnight, costing her extra money. Situations like this could be easily avoided with a programmable thermostat, especially one that recognizes inactivity and auto adjusts or one that could be remotely managed.