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The Heartland of America Band from Offutt Air Force Base is bringing some special holiday music to Glenwood next month.
Through the joint sponsorship of The Opinion-Tribune newspaper and the Glenwood Community School District, the Air Force band will present its "New Traditions" holiday concert at the Glenwood Community High School Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m.
Free tickets for the public concert will be available on a first-come basis beginning Friday, Nov. 15, at The Opinion-Tribune office, Glenwood State Bank and First National Bank. Ticket distribution will be limited to four per request. Seating for the concert will be general admission and ticket holders will be required to be seated 10 minutes prior to the start of the performance.
From 1987 to 2012, the Heartland of America Band performed a series of holiday concerts in Omaha, most recently at the Holland Performing Arts Center. However, cuts to the Pentagon's music budget mandated in federal budget sequestration legislation prohibits branches of the military from spending money on community outreach events, like musical concerts.
As a replacement to the holiday concerts in downtown Omaha, the band is performing a series of holiday concerts this year at high school auditoriums in the metropolitan area. The Glenwood concert will be the band's lone performance in Iowa. Performances are also planned in the Nebraska communities of Bellevue, Gretna and Papillion.
Davies Amphitheater manager Gordon Woodrow, who also schedules and coordinates events in the high school performing arts center, said he believes Glenwood's proximity to Offutt Air Force Base and the band's long-standing relationship with the amphitheater were among the factors that played in Glenwood's favor for landing one of the concerts.
"I think it's a feather in our cap that they would select Glenwood as the only place in Iowa to perform their holiday concert," Woodrow said. "Of course, they really like our new facility at the high school."
Opinion-Tribune editor Joe Foreman said the newspaper is pleased to be a partner in bringing the concert to Glenwood.
"The Heartland of America Band is well-known throughout the region and Glenwood is a community that has a great appreciation for the men and women serving our country in the military," Foreman said. "The date of the concert ties in well with Glenwood's Home For The Holidays celebration."
Doug Roe, Heartland of America Band's director of operations, said military bands in the United States have a long history and continue to serve as a public relations tool for all branches of the service. Roe said the band is disappointed to be ending its 26-year run of holiday concerts in Omaha, but is looking forward to performing in the new venues during the holiday season.
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Rosi Golan performs at The Recording Academy headquarters on Aug. 3
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Coming Up Rosi
Israeli-born songstress Rosi Golan dropped by The Recording Academy headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif., on Aug. 3 for a three-song acoustic set and an installment of The Academy's new 5 Questions With… series.
Golan answered questions regarding her biggest career moments thus far, the importance of social media, artists she is currently listening to, mentors and musical influences, and the songwriting process.
In describing her songwriting process, Golan said, "It's different every time I write a song. I think sometimes I get an idea walking down the street…. Sometimes the lyric comes first, sometimes the melody. But I always find at the end of the day, no matter what, the songs usually reflect something that is going on in my life."
Showcasing her gentle melodies and alluring voice, Golan's debut album, The Drifter & The Gypsy, was released in 2008. The album yielded impressive placement across various media with songs appearing in television programs such as "Brothers & Sisters," "Ghost Whisperer," "One Tree Hill," and "Private Practice," and the film Dear John. Additionally, her song "Shine" was used for an international Pantene ad campaign while "Follow The Arrow" was used in conjunction with JCPenney's 2009 holiday ad campaign.
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Michael Avon Oeming is a creator who really knows how to write about depression.
That much is evident from some of his recent work, but particularly so with his Victories series of comics. Having already published a limited series featuring his superhero team full of dysfunctional depressives, Oeming and Dark Horse figure they have more story to tell with these characters, so they're moving forward with The Victories as an ongoing. Frankly, there is a lot much more material to be mined plotwise with these characters. The limited series focuses on one character, Faustus, and how his dark past affects him today. With issue #1 of the new ongoing series, Oeming and colorist Nick Filardi can emotionally vivisect these characters and present their findings to the reader. What seems to be the case early on is that all of these characters are in some way damaged, and barely making it through the day. Faustus was nearly destroyed by his demons in the limited series, and it doesn't seem like the rest of the Victories are doing much better.
With The Victories #1, the focus shifts primarily to Victories member DD Mau, a young, loud-mouthed ass-kicker with super-metabolism enabling her to run, jump, and fight far beyond normal human ability. It also plays havoc on her body, and her body image. The big superhero vs. supervillain battle that serves as the centerpiece of the issue really ends up acting as a way into DD Mau's psyche. She narrates the events of the issue, and we end up spending some time in her mind, as well as gain an understanding of her physicality and emotional baggage. Oeming succeeds in developing his world by populating it with three-dimensional characters. DD Mau is meticulously constructed, but not so much that she doesn't feel like a living, breathing person. She may be kind of a type, but one that's idiosyncratic and alive enough to truly stand on her own. Her psyche is easy to understand and relate to, and it leads to a successful comic.
Oeming teams up with regular colorist Nick Filardi to render the book in their familiar but effective style. Oeming's expressive, abstracted style is in full force here, but there's something fascinating going on with his art right now. As he's becoming more and more prolific, his page designs and composition are growing in wondrous new ways. Each panel is so artfully detailed, and his cityscapes continue to be such a pleasure to behold. His designs are fantastic, and Oeming has been incorporating a lot more dynamic kineticism and daringly composed angles than he ever has before. While he has always been a solid comic book artist, but the fact is, as a visual storytelling Oeming has never been better than he is right now. His vision of storytelling has gotten so much more expansive that his page designs open up a clearly-envisioned world to the reader. Filardi, for his part, fits Oeming's art like a glove. The tonality he brings to each moment of each scene underscores the comic's writer/artist appropriately. A particular strength is his ability to balance Oeming's heavy shadows with the blazing light given off by the various fires and energies given off by the clashing superpowered characters. The color art is vibrant without ever undermining the dark tone set out by the story.
Narratively, The Victories #1 continues the emotional path Oeming has been on for the past year or so. His one-off story Wild Rover was deeply personal, and in The Victories, he continues to live in a darkly intimate emotional space. What's remarkable about the way he writes about depression is how palpable and certain it is. There is a humanity to the characters and situations in the comic, in that it captures the crushing bleakness that can debilitate a sufferer. Depression can latch on with a stranglehold that feels like it would be nearly impossible to escape, and all of that is implicit in the way Oeming structures his story. What's great is that while this ostensibly a "grim 'n' gritty" comics, to use and overutilized term, the darkness in The Victories is completely earned, as well as relatable and truly insightful.
In addition to depression, The Victories #1 also fixates on another theme; that of transformation. The arc is entitles "Transhuman," and it's appropriate for this particular superhero story. There's a lot in the world of The Victories that spins out from the idea of becoming. The transformation from one state of being to another gets a lot of pagespace in this issue. The character Strike, a former superhero who becomes a drug-addicted mess, self-actualizes to what he believes is a new, higher, state of consciousness, and gives a lengthy, transcendent speech about how "had become less than human, and yet more than human at the same time." It's a speech that's on point, and obviously sets much of the plot going forward of the story, but it's also a neat twist on the concept of transformation as it relates to superhero stories. In The Victories, a person transforms, whether it be due to trauma, or due to an outside force or another person acting upon them. This is a staple of superhero comics, of course, but here, there's the promise of greater exploration of the theme, in a more daring and original fashion. It's really quite exciting.
Indeed, The Victories #1 brings a lot to the fore in both plot, story, theme, and structure. Though it could be filed in the "dark superheroes in the real world" subgenre of comics, its greatest assets are its depth and maturity, since there's a lot here for a reader to process and live with on an emotional level, as well as its individualism. Oeming's thoughts are gathered in an indelibly fully-formed way that this may turn out to be his magnum opus. Certainly, The Victories is the portrait of an artist at his most daring, and his most ambitious.


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Brodhead, Ford, Kiphuth and Meyer Awards Announced
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Five seniors and one team were honored by the Yale Athletics Department with awards at the annual senior student-athlete reception Saturday afternoon at the Lanman Center in Payne Whitney Gymnasium. The women's fencing team earned the Brodhead Award for highest team grade point average. Alfonso Costa (Pittsburgh, Pa.) of the men's basketball and men's lacrosse teams and Annie Killian (Nashville, Tenn.) of the women's swimming & diving team were the recipients of the Ford Student-Athlete Community Outreach Award. Lidia Gocheva (Sofia, Bulgaria) of the women's fencing team and Alex Gornitzky (Toms River, N.J.) of the men's swimming and diving team were the recipients of the Kiphuth Student-Athlete Distinction Award. Killian and Shane Bannon (Southbury, Conn.) of the football team were the recipients of the Meyer Humanitarian Award.
The Brodhead Award is named in honor of Richard H. Brodhead '68, Ph.D. '72, who served as Dean of Yale College from 1993 through 2004 and was on the faculty of the department of English for more than 30 years. It, along with the Kiphuth Award, was presented by Penny Laurans, the master of Jonathan Edwards College, Associate Dean of Yale College, Special Assistant to the President and a lecturer in English. The women's fencing team won with a 3.75 grade-point average. In addition to the Kiphuth Award winner Gocheva, the team also had an Academic All-Ivy League selection in senior Tasha Garcia (Staten Island, N.Y.), an art major. Garcia was also one of six Bulldogs who fenced at NCAA Regionals, and she was one of two who went on to compete at the NCAA Championship. Yale finished 12th at the championship.
The Ford Award, given annually to the male and female student-athletes who have demonstrated their commitment to strengthening the relationship between Yale athletics and the New Haven community, is named in honor of Thomas W. Ford '42, who endowed the Yale Department of Athletics Community Outreach Program in the fall of 1996. It was presented by Sam Burrell, coordinator of Yale Athletics' Thomas W. Ford '42 Community Outreach Program.
Costa was chair of the Yale Athletics Department's Thomas W. Ford '42 Community Outreach Committee and organized the annual Youth Days in which local children have the chance to learn from Yale student-athletes. He also founded "Eli's Friends", a program at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital that organizes Yale student-athletes to volunteer in the Pediatric Primary Care Clinic as part of the "Reach Out and Read Program." The Bulldogs engage the out care patients with books and reading activities, as well as participate in arts and crafts. The volunteers read aloud, listen to children read, and elicit the children's interest.
Costa also works with youngsters as a mentor in Big Brothers/Big Sisters and is a member of "Bulldog Buddies", a tutoring program at Troup School, a K-8 school in New Haven. Additionally, he organized the Yale Athletics' holiday gift-giving drive for underprivileged families and a drive that delivered 1,000 turkeys to the homeless this past Thanksgiving.
Costa, a graduate of Shady Side Academy, is an economics major and member of Pierson College.
Killian, the captain of the women's swimming and diving team, earned a pair of awards for her humanitarian work and community service. A member of the Thomas W. Ford '42 Community Outreach Committee, she also served as a Presidential Public Service Fellow with the National Youth Sports Program camp in New Haven during the summer of 2009. The NYSP at Yale, founded in 1996, enrolls 100s of local youths in a program run by dozens of staff members, including Yale student-athletes, local high school students, New Haven schoolteachers and coaches, and Yale staff. The program utilizes Yale facilities for activities and meals.
Killian also founded and directed Yale Swim New Haven, a program that teaches local children how to swim and is enhanced through a partnership with Dixwell Learning Center and New Haven Reads.
Killian has earned a Henry Fellowship and will continue her education at Oxford in the fall. A graduate of Harpeth Hall School, she is an English major in Pierson College at Yale.
The Kiphuth Award that Gocheva and Gornitzky won is given to the male and female student-athletes who rank highest in scholarship and have earned two varsity awards. It is named in honor of DeLaney Kiphuth '41, M.A. '47, who served as Director of Athletics from 1954 through 1976.
Gocheva, a Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations major and member of Pierson College, qualified for the NCAA Regional in foil competition and finished 27th. She was captain of the women's fencing team in 2008-09. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and attended American College of Sofia prior to Yale.
Gornitzky, a biology major in Davenport College, earned the Yale men's swimming and diving team's William Leeming Jelliffe Award, awarded to that senior who has shown the greatest progress and development in swimming ability and outstanding leadership during his college years. Gornitzky swam the 100-yard backstroke and was also a major component of Yale relay squads all season. He attended Toms River High School North prior to Yale.
This is the third year for the Meyer Award, which is named in honor of Molly Meyer, a nurse practitioner at Yale University Health Services who has been addressing the health needs of student-athletes at Yale since 1975. Meyer was on hand to present the awards Saturday. The award is given each year to a varsity athlete in the senior class "whose character exemplifies selfless devotion along with compassion and concern for their team and the community at Yale and beyond."
Killian is the first person to win both the Ford and Meyer Awards.
Bannon, a fullback who was recently selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League draft, has been active in a cause that has helped save peoples' lives. For three straight years he has worked extensively on the annual Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale. The football team is one of the teams that lead these drives, which have added 2,500 potential donors to the Be The Match Registry for patients with life-threatening illnesses in need of genetic matches for transplants. Bannon is a member of Calhoun College, the same college that Yale women's ice hockey player Mandi Schwartz was in prior to passing away this past April after battling leukemia for more than two years. Yale has led the nation in registrants each year, and to date six genetic matches for patients in need of transplants have been identified through the Bulldogs' efforts.
Bannon has also been a mentor for elementary school children at Shepherd Glen School in Hamden since 2009 and has volunteered with Special Olympics. He has participated in Youth Days and the athletics department's annual holiday gift giving drive for underprivileged children all four years he has been at Yale.
Bannon is a graduate of Pomperaug High.
Saturday's ceremony also included a welcome from Tom Beckett, Yale's Director of Athletics, who praised the members of the senior class for their contributions as student-athletes and as members of the community. That included reciting all of the Class of 2011's many athletic accomplishments, including the seven Ivy League titles won this season.
There were also reflections from two members of the graduating class: Stevi Petrelli (Harrison, N.Y.) of the women's tennis team and Marty Evans (Charlotte, N.C.) of the men's track & field team. Yale Sr. Associate Director of Athletics Amy Backus also recognized those seniors that had participated in Yale's Kiphuth Leadership Academy, a program that is designed to foster leadership skills in Yale's student-athletes.
A crowd of several hundred was on hand for the event, including senior student-athletes and their families along with coaches and athletic department administrators.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (email@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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While the Blackhawks are finalizing their roster for this season, they made a move that will affect the franchise for years to come.
The Hawks and Brent Seabrook agreed to an eight-year, $55 million contract that will pay the veteran defenseman $6.875 million annually, the team announced Saturday.
"You can't just go pick up a Brent Seabrook," general manager Stan Bowman said during the Hawks' 3-1 victory over the Blues at the United Center. "If you don't have someone like that … you're looking for the exact same player."
The contract locks in Seabrook, who is in the final year of his current deal, through the 2023-24 season, when he will turn 39....


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European Elections 2014: Are you voting?
League of Young Voters
The European Youth Forum launched the League of Young Voters in partnership with VoteWatch Europeand the International Debate Education Association with the main goal of increasing youth participation in the European Parliament elections by also increasing the level of youth-related information available about the elections and encouraging political parties and candidates to directly target young people in their campaigns.
The League will establish an online platform, which will contain:
1) All the information needed in order to vote and to make an informed choice
2) A tool which asks young people which issues concern them most (these issues will be taken up by political parties and integrated in their election campaign; this is regulated by an agreement);
3) A comparative table on the expressed youth issues as they appear in political party manifestos;
4) A live debate channel, that can host debates between candidates for the Commission presidency and young people;
5) A Votematch tool in order to gage one's political affiliation;
6) Educational games and tools.
Y Vote 2014
Launched by AEGEE-Europe the Y Vote 2014 initiative aims at raising awareness among young people towards the European elections. The Y Vote 2014 project wishes to empower young people to make an informed choice with actions both on European and local level. Among the activities there will be the creation of a voting guide, with information ranging from how the EU works to the political groups, as well as their programmes and vision of Europe. AEGEE is also planning bus tours in several EU member states and youth conventions to develop a set of recommendations for MEPs in the form of a Youth Agenda, addressing such topics as education, mobility, youth unemployment, the impact of the crisis and EU Neighbourhood Policy.
The situation now
A Flash Eurobarometers survey asked young people aged 15-30 whether they planned to vote in the European Parliament Elections in 2014. Almost two thirds (64%) of young Europeans said yes, while around one third (35%) said they are not likely to vote.
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Logos are the face of your business.
Not only do they make your company beer koozies look sharp, but they also attract the right customers by letting people instantaneously understand who you are and what you stand for. In other words, they're really important to building your business' brand reputation.
When you're ready to create a logo for your business, you've got several options:
- With a logo maker, you can use a free website to churn out a logo in just minutes. (Note that if you actually want to use that logo, you will have to pay for it.)
- Working one-on-one with a freelance designer will allow you to collaborate with a single artist on the creation of your logo.
- In a design contest, designers from all over the world pitch you multiple ideas for a logo. You give feedback and in the end select your perfect logo from the finalists.
- Hiring a design agency gives you additional resources like full design teams, market research and experts who specialize in other aspects of branding.
How do you know which is right for you? Each option has its advantages and drawbacks.
Logo maker
Freelance designer
Design contest
Design agency
Free to use and $10-$50 to purchase
Wide range from several hundred to thousands of dollars
Packages from $150-$1300
Typically $10,000+
Time commitment
Ten minutes to an hour for basic design
Weeks to months depending on the freelancer
One to two weeks
Usually several months depending on the agency
Basic and generic logos built with a selection of stock icons and fonts
Varies depending on the skills of the freelancer and your feedback
Expect a range. Premium packages result in more options & experienced designers.
High quality designs from a full-service team of creative strategists
Who should use it
Extremely budget- & time-conscious businesses that are OK with a basic design
Businesses that have a good designer referral and an understanding of the design process
Businesses that are interested in seeing many design options
Well-resourced businesses that want a complete, top-to-bottom branding package
But it's one thing for me to tell you what the plusses and minuses are, to really help you make up your mind, I decided to show you how the different methods of creating a logo compare.
I love food, so I picked the yummiest line of business I could think of—a trendy, fast-casual restaurant targeted to millennials—and took a look at logos created by each of these four design options.
Let's compare.
Logo makers: what are they and why might you want to use one to create your logo
A logo maker is a free-to-use web application that allows you to create a logo by selecting from libraries of fonts, shapes, icons and colors. Although they're free to play with, you must purchase your final logo in order to use it. Purchase prices range from $10-$50, with most in the $40 range. After purchasing the final logo and a usage license, you can freely stick it on your website, packaging, signage, promotional materials and more.
A quick Google search gave me these four options: GraphicSprings, Tailor Brands, SquareSpace and DesignMantic. Each of these operates a bit differently, but they all guide you through these four basic steps:
To test out these logo makers, I invented my own fast casual restaurant concept. Confession: I've always had the not-so-secret dream of opening a Midwest county fair themed confectionary that serves anything and everything deep-fried and on a stick. I call it "Sam's Barn." And someday it will change the culinary world.
I determined the brand personality of Sam's Barn would be playful, but classic. That meant I'd use red and dark gray in my logo design. Here's what I came up with:
My logo builder results
Of the four logo makers, GraphicSprings offered the most flexibility. Their application even offers some basic design tools, like layering, shadows and glow effects. If you have any sort of design background, this might be a good place to start. To make my logo, I was able to combine an icon and a few shapes into a neat little badge—something I couldn't do with any of the other logo makers.
DesignMantic gave me good color options, but their artwork and templates looked very dated (think Microsoft Word clipart from 1997). There may be some great images in there, but it will take awhile to dig through them.
SquareSpace was the fastest of the bunch. Name, icon, typeface, color, done. But speed came at the expense of customization. Their icons and font choices were very limited and virtually no elements of the logo could be further tweaked. It fits in with the simplicity of the SquareSpace brand, but this might not be for everyone.
Tailor Brands was the pleasant surprise. Their application was ultra-easy and fun. Everything was presented in plain English—no designer-y jargon necessary. The fact that I got to play a "This or That" game to decide on my font was fantastic; I made an important design choice without even realizing it. This logo ended up being my favorite of the group. It was clean, simple and something I could easily stamp on anything from signage to napkins to funnel cake wrappers. The icon is a bit basic, but also fits in with the simplicity of current design trends. Plus, the font has a little bit of wear that gives it a little character.
All in all, was the process easy? Absolutely. I never felt lost in any of the applications. Was it inexpensive? Yep. Everything was free-to-use and I only paid for what I needed. Was it fast? Yessir. Everything took literally minutes. Did I get good results? Kind of. I found some logos I liked, but they're very generic. There was nothing about them that stands out. So, are the logos usable? Yes. Do they say anything about how quirky and awesome my company will be? Not so much.
Logo creators are great because…
- They're inexpensive. Basic logo packages start at $10.
- They're really fast. If you're not too picky and don't tweak your design, you'll be done in minutes.
- They cut out the middleman. You do the work yourself.
- Your results will be generic. You only have a small library of templates, images, fonts and colors to choose from. Plus, there will likely be many other logos that look very similar to yours.
- You can't customize. Unless you know how to use external graphic editing programs, what you see is what you get.
- You're at the mercy of your own skill set. Along with the limitations of the web application, how your logo looks is determined by your personal knowledge of color, typography and design.
>>Logo maker your top choice? Check our our list of the best logo makers.
Freelance designers: when and why you might want to work with one
A freelancer is an independent designer who works on a project-by-project basis. Because freelancers are self-employed, they are free to set their own rates and schedule. For logo design, rates typically range from several hundred to many thousands of dollars, and can be charged on either an hourly or per-project basis. In terms of skill level and talent, freelancers can vary tremendously. If you're looking to hire a freelancer, you'll do so by vetting their portfolio of past work, analyzing their style and trusting that they'll be able to give you a similar quality and style of work for your project.
Freelancers can come from anywhere. Many people like to find freelancers through word-of-mouth referrals and personal connections. These are often your best option because the designer will have been vetted by a friend or colleague, and you'll be able to ask honest questions about skill, quality, schedule and cost.
If you don't have connections, I also found freelancers by searching for "freelance logo designers restaurants" on Google Images and by reading Yelp reviews in my area.
As you'll see, these options varied in both quality and style. If you peruse the designers' profiles, you'll notice that some give pricing details, but others don't. You'll often need to contact the designer and negotiate a rate. Unless you've worked with a designer before or have friends or advisers to help you, it can be a challenge to know if you're getting a good deal.
Freelancers are great because…
- They're collaborative. You get to work one-on-one with a designer who can take your ideas, brand personality and style, and transform it into a logo.
- They're usually experienced. Freelancers have likely built up a portfolio of work from a variety of clients, and understand how to translate your ideas into graphics.
- They're flexible. Freelancers can often customize a project to make sure it fits your needs.
- Their quality varies—a lot. Freelancers range from newbies to experts.
- The vetting process can be time-consuming and stressful, especially if you don't have a background in design.
- It's easy to accidentally go over-budget. Per-project freelancers will typically set a rate that includes a certain number of design revisions. If you don't get exactly what you want in within those parameters, you can expect to pay more. Hourly freelancers can typically give you an estimate, but at the end of the day you can't be 100% sure how long something will take.
Design contests: what are they and when are they your best logo creation option
Launching a logo design contest allows you to crowdsource multiple design ideas from an international community of designers. Designers compete by submitting logos based on your creative brief (a description of your business, your brand and your design requirements). You get lots of unique ideas created specifically for your business and get to choose one (or more) as a favorite to purchase. Throughout the contest, you're able to interact with designers and give feedback on different versions.
There are several companies that host design contests (like designhill and designContest), but we're going to admit to being a little bit biased and using our own platform for examples.
On 99designs, contests are priced from $299-$1299 and usually take 1-2 weeks to complete. Premium packages will attract more designers and offer more support, and the highest price point (Platinum) guarantees that you'll work exclusively with experienced designers that have been vetted by the 99designs team.
Design contests tackle fast-casual
To find some fast-casual examples, I searched the 99designs discover section for restaurant logos. I wanted to compare a couple of different price points. First, Badfin's takes fast casual to the beach, offering burgers and brews to tourists. For their logo, they ran a $499 Silver Contest.
They got 58 options from 12 different designers. Some of the earlier entries were a little bit simplistic, or off the mark, but by giving a lot of feedback, Badfin's was able to find a solid group of finalists. Some of the images were more playful, others more badass, but each one had a unique, quirky vibe—not the fish you'd find in a logo maker's image library. Each entry also has a hand-selected font that adds to the character of the overall logo.
Now, let's look at a Platinum Contest, which costs $1299 and ensures you'll work only with vetted, experienced designers. Straying not too far from the fast-casual restaurant world, a gourmet café named Le Corbeau Coffee ("The Raven" in French) wanted a logo with an Edger Allen Poe motif.
Le Corbeau got 69 entries from 11 designers. At first glance, the numbers aren't that much different than what Badfin's got, but if you dig in, you'll notice there is more variety in the imagery and more nuance in the designs. Each logo created captures the same vintage feel, but each also has its own unique style, layout, typeface and overall treatment. Plus, of those 69 options, almost all are viable; no generic logos in the bunch.
Design contests are great because…
- You get multiple options to choose from.
- The design options you get are created specifically for your business. Designers find you, not the other way around. You're not looking at a profile and guessing/hoping the designer's style will work for you.
- They offer professional quality at affordable prices. With prices on different sites running from $150-$1300, design contests are accessible to both small businesses and larger companies.
- They're pretty fast. If you make getting a logo your priority and provide timely feedback to designers, you can get a professional logo in a week.
- They do require your time. You'll need to put together an informative brief and give regular feedback in order to get the perfect design, otherwise you might end with something off-the-mark.
- You will get entries that vary in quality. Most design contests are open to both beginner and experienced designers. Good communication and a higher price point can help you attract more experienced designers to your contest.
- You will see work in draft form. Most designers will enter a rough concept to gauge your interest before spending their time and energy perfecting it.
Design agencies: when they're the best option
An agency is a company that specializes in design (and usually bigger picture branding). Their professionally-trained teams work with clients of all kinds to build their brands. Again, rates and schedules are set by the agency itself, but logo designs typically start above $10,000 and have a creative development process that could take months. However, this logo creation process will also likely include time spent on market research and competitive analysis to make sure your brand fits in (or stands out) with current marketing and design trends in your industry.
The size and scope of design agencies varies widely. Many are multi-national firms with experts all over the world that can bring a range of skills and cultural insight to the brand-development process. Others are local and prefer to work with businesses in their immediate community. Some agencies have a singular focus—either on a particular industry or a specific design style. If you're looking into a design agency, explore all of your options and consider what's important to you before you make a decision.
A branding agency creates a logo
What do you get when you work with an agency? Here's an example from Landor—one of the world's most prolific design and branding firms. If you've watched any of the Olympic Games since 1996 or seen the Old Spice brand as it's been reimagined over the last few years, you know some of their game-changing work.
For the restaurant world, they recently developed the brand of Holler & Dash, a traditional Southern restaurant aimed at millennials in urban areas. Far beyond just a logo, Landor developed the entire look and sound of the brand—from the restaurant's name to the apron design to the store environment to the menu descriptions.
This is the power of agencies: to see design and branding from all angles. Agencies can dig into every single nitty-gritty detail of design to create a comprehensive package of brand guidelines that will make your business stand out with its own style, voice and personality. Need an expert in vintage Southern signage? Or a writer that can add the perfect number of "y'alls" to a hipster-focused menu? That's where an agency comes in.
Agencies are great because…
- They are the experts. You'll be getting the best of the best.
- They offer more than just design; logo makers and design contests are fun, but it can be stressful (especially if you have more than one good option) knowing if you're picking the logo that best communicates your brand values. Agencies are able to guide you through the process (and back up their opinions with data).
- They are very expensive. Typically in the tens-of-thousands of dollars range.
- They take their time. The creative process isn't usually fast (unless you're willing to pay even more).
How should you create your logo?
Fair question. No easy answer. And that's OK. Every business has a different set of needs and that's exactly why these different options exist. It boils down to determining what's important for you at this stage of your business.
Are time and/or money insurmountable issues right now? Consider a generic logo from a logo maker.
Did you find a trusted freelancer that can match your style and work within your budget? Work with them.
Looking for a variety of options and a balance between affordability and design expertise? Launch a logo design contest.
Seeking a comprehensive, world-class branding package? Get with an agency.
Whichever method you choose, come prepared with a clear idea of who your brand is and how you want to present it to the world. Remember: your logo is your brand's first impression. Make it a good one.


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You must uncover the plot and find out more about the people in the story and thus unlocking new conversational triggers.
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Wide Swath Research necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 45 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
Wide Swath Research, LLC
Wide Swath Research, LLC is a consultant business focused on electrical engineering and systems design. While our focus is currently on electronics design, we may venture outside this area in the future, so it would probably be best if the logo doesn't feature anything EE specific. We are based in Southern California and work in a diverse range of fields from medical devices to radar systems.
Our target audience is companies that require electronics design assistance. Mostly this will be small to medium sized companies that just can't afford or don't have enough work to staff full-time EEs.
I would like a creative logo that will stand out, nothing generic. However, the logo needs to be professional, nothing too cartoonish but nothing too dry either. I'd like something that can be incorporated into a business card easily. The use of color is nice too, but probably only a few (to keep printing costs down). Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the design.
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This is not a requirement (in fact I'd prefer if not everyone do this just in case I don't like it), but potential bonus points go to the person that can incorporate the notion of "wide swath" into the logo. Wide swath is a radar term that basically means cover a large area. I can't really think of a creative way to incorporate this idea, that's why I'm hiring you. I've attached a couple images to demonstrate the idea, I don't really like these pictures either, but I like the idea of creatively illustrating "broad coverage" (do not incorporate these images themselves though, I do not own the rights to these images, I just pulled them off the web).
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The winning designer must include the photoshop file at the conclusion of the contest. If another tool is used, and I don't have access to that tool, then the winning designer must at least include a wide range of sizes of the logo so that I can use it on t-shirts, business cards, website, banners, etc.
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Western Australia, state of western Australia occupying that part of the continent most isolated from the major cultural centres of the east. The state is bounded to the north by the Timor Sea, to the northwest and west by the Indian Ocean, and to the south by the portion of the Indian Ocean commonly called the Southern Ocean (or Antarctic Ocean) in Australia. To the east lie the deserts of the Northern Territory and South Australia. The capital is Perth.
Western Australia occupies roughly one-third of the total area of the continent. It extends about 1,490 miles (2,400 km) from the monsoonal, tropical north to the windswept coastal heaths of the far south. Most of the state is subarid, and the combination of low rainfall and high temperatures restricts most of the population and agricultural activities to the so-called comfortable zone southwest of an imaginary line stretching from north of Geraldton on the state's western coast to Esperance on its southern coast. The overwhelming majority of the population lives in the greater Perth area, which is one of the largest metropolitan regions in Australia. Among the most isolated of the world's administrative centres, Perth is closer in distance and time zone to Jakarta and Singapore than to Sydney. Area 976,790 square miles (2,529,875 square km). Population (2016) 2,474,410.
In its northern and western regions, the landscape of Western Australia consists primarily of broad plateaus articulated by several mountain ranges; to the east lie immense deserts. The Kimberley region in the far north is a multisectioned plateau. The coastline is rugged and dangerous, with strong currents and a tidal range that may reach 39 feet (12 metres), while the rolling inland areas are sparsely wooded and scattered with bristly grasses. The limestone King Leopold Ranges rise from the southern part of the region. The Fitzroy and Ord rivers delineate the southern and eastern border of the Kimberley.
To the south of the Kimberley region stand the 26-to-30-foot (8-to-9-metre) linear sand dunes of the Great Sandy Desert. Although the main period of dune formation ended about 10,000 years ago, the dune crests are still active (shifting). The Great Sandy Desert stretches southward into the state's central interior, where it merges imperceptibly with the Gibson Desert, which in turn gives way to the Great Victoria Desert, again to the south.
To the southwest of the Great Sandy Desert is the Pilbara region, a rugged, arid landscape of ancient folded and uplifted rocks. At the so-called North Pole are some of the world's oldest fossil stromatolites (constructed of algae and limestone), dating to about 3.5 billion years ago. The region includes the spectacular red gorges of the Hamersley Range in Karijini National Park. Mount Meharry, Western Australia's highest point at 4,111 feet (1,253 metres) above sea level, is located nearby, about 175 miles (280 km) from the central coast. On the coast proper, limestone ranges and gorges make up the arid Cape Range on the peninsula to the west of Exmouth Gulf.
Farther south and constituting most of the southwestern segment of Western Australia is the Yilgarn block, a stable granite-gneiss shield area, or craton, similar in many respects to the Canadian Shield. Unlike the Canadian Shield, however, the Western Australian craton has been subjected to weathering processes for some 250 million years. The gently undulating, weathered plateau of the Yilgarn block lies between 1,000 and 2,000 feet (300 and 600 metres) above sea level. It is bounded to the east by the flat, waterless, treeless, marine limestone of the Nullarbor Plain, which terminates at the Southern Ocean in an unbroken line of spectacular coastal cliffs. To the west, the scarp of the Darling Range runs north-south for some 200 miles (320 km), separating the Yilgarn block from the coastal plain of the Perth Basin. In the extreme south, the block rises to an elevation of 3,596 feet (1,096 metres) in the Stirling Range and then drops abruptly into the ocean, resulting in a rugged granite coastline with clean, white sandy bays. Archipelagoes of granite islands occur offshore.
The Fitzroy and the Ord are the two principal rivers of Western Australia. Both drain the state's northernmost sector, the Kimberley plateau. While the Fitzroy is Western Australia's largest river, the Ord has been dammed near Kununurra to form Australia's largest freshwater lake, Lake Argyle.
The De Grey, Fortescue, and Ashburton rivers drain the area surrounding the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region. Usually dry, these rivers become raging torrents during the cyclone season. To the east of the Pilbara flows the Rudall River, which drains inland to the saline (and usually dry) Lake Dora. Indeed, inland drainage is characteristic of most of Western Australia, and the great majority of the lakes shown on any map of the state are saline playas (dried-up lake beds), not bodies of fresh water (except after major rainfall events). The dry, rough country lying to the south of the Pilbara is drained by the Gascoyne River.
The state's only permanently flowing streams are found in the southwestern segment of the Yilgarn block. However, the largest rivers of the region, including the Swan, Blackwood, and Frankland, have their headwaters in the Wheatbelt—an extensive area cleared for agriculture—and are consequently saline.
The Kimberley plateau consists mostly of red and yellow soils, including deep sands, and loamy and sandy earths; cracking clays and stony soils are evident in some areas. Deep sands and loamy earths, both mostly red, are also common in the Pilbara region. Similarly, soils in the eastern deserts are red, but they are generally sandy. In the central southern region and the Nullarbor plain, calcareous loams and stony soils predominate.
Western Australia's primary agricultural region lies in the wetter southwestern part of the Yilgarn plateau. The region has deeply weathered (up to about 165 feet [50 metres]), kaolinized, gravelly and sandy soils, from which most nutrients have long been leached. Stretches of rocky and loamy soils are found toward the plateau's interior. Much of the indigenous vegetation of the Yilgarn area has been cleared for agricultural purposes, rendering virtually all the streams and rivers saline and unfit for human consumption. A portion of the previously productive soils can no longer support crops, owing to excessive concentrations of soluble salts, mostly sodium chloride, which have accumulated in the soils since clearing.
The northern and southern parts of Western Australia have entirely contrasting climates; the north is tropical, with summer rainfall, while the south has a Mediterranean climate. The major determinant of the weather is the movement of an anticyclone that produces winds in an east-west direction across the continent for about half the year. In winter this system moves to the north and is responsible for clear skies, sunny days, and easterly winds in the tropics. To the south of the anticyclonic system, westerly winds and a procession of cold fronts associated with the "roaring forties" (windy zone between latitudes 40° and 50° S) bring cool, cloudy weather and rain and westerly gales along the southern coast. The anticyclonic belt has moved so far south by the summer that its axis is off the southern coast. Easterly winds prevail over most of the state, but in the far north a depression develops, bringing westerly monsoon (wet-dry) wind patterns to the coastal districts northeast of Onslow and to parts of the Kimberley.
Several tropical cyclones (known elsewhere as hurricanes or typhoons) develop offshore during the northern wet season, which lasts from about December to March. They frequently move inland between Broome and Onslow, although occasionally they have traveled south of Perth before curving inland. Tropical cyclones can be highly destructive, but they are also beneficial, bringing widespread rain to otherwise parched inland areas.
The highest annual precipitation occurs in the extreme north, on the Mitchell Plateau in the Kimberley, and in the extreme southwest, between Pemberton and Walpole in the karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) country. In both locations mean annual rainfall is more than 55 inches (1,400 mm). Precipitation decreases south and north from both locations and with increasing distance inland from the coast. The driest areas receive less than 8 inches (200 mm) annually, and possibly less than 6 inches (150 mm).
The hottest months are November in the Kimberley, December a little farther south, and January/February in the rest of the state. July is the coldest month. Wyndham is the most consistently hot place, with a mean maximum monthly temperature of about 96 °F (35.6 °C) throughout the year. Marble Bar has the highest seasonal mean maximum monthly temperatures in Australia, registering near 100 °F (38 °C) from November through March. In the southwest, sea breezes (known in Perth as the "Fremantle Doctor") blow most afternoons during the hot months and bring relief from the high temperatures near the populated coast.
In winter, temperatures may fall below freezing over most of the inland part of the state south of the Tropic of Capricorn; on occasion, the temperature has dropped to the low 20s F (about −6 °C) in the southwestern part of the state. Frosts may be widespread over the southern part of the state and occasionally extend into the tropical zone but are not generally troublesome. They are most frequent in July and August. Snow is rare, and only in southern areas, especially in the Stirling Range, does it occasionally lie on the ground for a few hours.
Plant and animal life
Western Australia supports a wealth of flora and fauna, especially in the southwestern region—which is considered a particularly fertile "hot spot" of biodiversity. More than 10,000 species of vascular plants have been documented in the state, and some one-third of these, including many carnivorous varieties, are endemic to the area.
The Kimberley region is sparsely wooded, primarily with eucalypts, but also with the distinctive, moisture-storing boab (which has close affinities to the Indian and African baobabs). Spinifex grass is ubiquitous, as is generally the case throughout the portion of the state that lies north of the Tropic of Capricorn. The deserts of the state's central and eastern regions are partly vegetated by spinifex and various eucalypts; some mulga trees grow in the swales between the dunes. In the Pilbara area mulga and acacia shrublands are interspersed with eucalypt woodlands and spinifex grasslands. In the southeast the Nullarbor Plain is textured with bluebush and saltbush shrubs, acacias, eucalypts, and mallee scrubland.
The state's only true forests are found in the Yilgarn block. These consist of eucalypts, and there is an extremely rich understory. The dominant trees are jarrah (E. marginata), marri (E. calophylla), and the spectacular, tall (up to 275 feet [85 metres]) karri. These forests are protected in vast state reserves and in surface-water catchments.
Western Australia is host to some 150 species of mammals and several hundred species of birds and reptiles. Common marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, possums, and bandicoots. Some three dozen species each of bats and small rodents also inhabit the state's diverse landscape. Dugongs, dolphins, and whales are found in coastal waters. Many of the offshore islands have seal and penguin populations. Waterbirds, including ducks, plovers, terns, egrets, herons, and others, are abundant in the wetlands of the southwest. Eagles and other raptors are prominent inland, as are cuckoos, nearly two dozen types of parrots, and a spectrum of smaller birds such as finches, wrens, honeyeaters, and flycatchers. Skinks and snakes, each represented by well in excess of 100 species, are the most plentiful of Western Australia's reptiles. Dozens of species of geckoes, other lizards, and amphibians have also been recorded. Freshwater and marine turtles live in coastal and inland waters.
Clearing (mostly for agriculture), the introduction of predators such as foxes and feral cats, and competition for food and degradation of habitat by domestic sheep, goats and cattle, camels, donkeys, horses, pigs, and feral rabbits have had severe effects on the state's fauna and flora. Hundreds of species of plants are rare or threatened, and many have become extinct. More than half of the medium-sized mammals have disappeared from the Wheatbelt since European settlement, and many of their populations have also disappeared or declined drastically from the arid pastoral lands and from the central, sandy deserts. The Department of Environment and Conservation, established in 2006, has been charged with implementing government policies to aid in preserving the state's biodiversity.
Ethnic groups
When the first permanent European settlers arrived at Perth in 1829, they encountered an Aboriginal population that had occupied the lands of Western Australia for tens of thousands of years. As European settlements spread across the colony, however, the Aboriginal communities were decimated by shooting, poisoning, starvation, and disease. Although their numbers recovered over the next two centuries, Aboriginal peoples (and Torres Strait Islanders) have continued to constitute less than 5 percent of the state's population. The largest—and growing—single concentration of Aboriginal peoples is in the Greater Perth area.
The great majority of the remainder of Western Australia's population is of English descent. There are also significant communities of Scottish, Irish, and Italian ancestry, as well as a sizeable combined community of German and Dutch heritage. A small but notable Chinese population lives primarily in or near Perth.
English is the only language spoken in the vast majority of households in Western Australia. The next largest language communities, each constituting a tiny portion of the population, are Chinese and Italian. Australian Aboriginal languages are spoken by an even smaller fraction of the population.
Christianity is the dominant religion in Western Australia, with Christians constituting about three-fifths of the population. Numbers of Roman Catholics and Anglicans are roughly equivalent and together constitute about three-fourths of the Christian community. Buddhists and Muslims are the next largest religious groups, but each accounts for only a tiny portion of the population. A sizable minority of Western Australians do not identify with a particular religion; mirroring a national trend, this proportion has been growing.
Settlement patterns
Nearly two-thirds of Western Australia's population is concentrated in and around the single city of Perth on the southwestern coast. Located on the Swan Coastal Plain, Perth and its port city-suburb, Fremantle, are situated around the estuary of the Swan and Canning rivers and are surrounded by intensive gardening and horticultural areas. The next largest cities include Mandurah, Bunbury, Geraldton, and Kalgoorlie-Boulder, all of which are a mere fraction of the size of Perth.
The Wheatbelt, a mixed grains-and-sheep area, is located east of the forested Darling Range, landward of the Perth metropolitan region. The Wheatbelt is characterized by massive farms, spanning thousands of acres, each with its owner-occupied homestead complex. Larger towns in the region include Mullewa, Northam, Merredin, Narrogin, and Katanning. The region is served by the ports of Geraldton, Bunbury, and Albany, in addition to the major port of Fremantle and the adjacent Cockburn Sound. Manjimup is a significant timber town in the far southwest, while the coastal towns of Busselton, Margaret River, and Augusta serve a growing tourist market.
Beyond the Wheatbelt is a sparsely populated pastoral country, with its huge leasehold properties, or stations. With the exception of Kununurra, which largely revolves around irrigated agriculture and tourism, all significant inland settlements outside the state's southwestern region—including Newman, Tom Price, Leonora, and Kalgoorlie—are associated with mining. The coastal towns of Port Hedland and Karratha provide port and service facilities for the mining industry. Other larger coastal towns include Carnarvon, noted for its irrigated fruit and vegetables, and the former U.S. Navy communications station of Exmouth. Broome, on the northwestern coast, is a prime tourist destination, and, along with Derby in King Sound, is also a centre for beef export.
Demographic trends
The population of Western Australia, which accounts for roughly one-tenth of the country's inhabitants, has consistently grown at a rate that is well above the national average. The Aboriginal community is generally youthful, with roughly half of its population—compared to about one-third of all other residents—under age 25.
Since natural increase (the excess of births over deaths) has barely been sufficient to replace the population, growth has been achieved largely through immigration. In the early 21st century some one-fourth of West Australia's residents were foreign-born. Of these, more than one-third had been born in the United Kingdom (specifically, in England and Scotland), about one-tenth in New Zealand, and smaller but nonetheless significant proportions in Italy, South Africa, and Malaysia. Immigration from Britain and Europe has been declining slowly since the late 20th century, while that from eastern Asian countries and South Africa has been on a rise.
Western Australia's economy is largely based on unprocessed primary products—mainly from mining but also from agriculture (including pastoralism) and horticulture and, to a lesser extent, forestry and fishing. The value of agricultural production and exports increased in total but decreased proportionately in the latter half of the 20th century, while the value of mineral (including petroleum and natural gas) extraction and export increased. However, despite Western Australia's size and wealth in resources, the state economy generates a relatively small portion of Australia's overall gross domestic product (GDP).
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
Limited by the lack of fresh water and by infertile soils, agriculture constitutes only a tiny fraction of Western Australia's economy and employs a relatively small portion of the state's labour force. The main form of agriculture is extensive grain and sheep farming in the southwestern region. The major products are wheat, barley, and other grains; meat and animals (especially sheep and cattle); wool; and, increasingly, crops such as lupines and oilseeds. Irrigation supports dairying on the coastal plain south of Perth, vegetables and tropical-fruit growing at Carnarvon, and crop experimentation at Kununurra. Fine wool from Merino sheep is the main product from the extensive pastoral areas, and beef is the primary output from the far north. Wine is produced in the Swan River valley adjacent to Perth, as well as in newer grape-growing areas in the Margaret River and Mount Barker districts of the southwestern region. The southwest also produces beef, apples, and citrus fruits.
Logging of the indigenous hardwood forests in the southwest was one of the fledgling colony's first economic activities in the 19th century; it has remained a significant activity. Although felling trees in uncut old-growth forests was banned in 2001, jarrah and karri forests that are interspersed with secondary growth have continued to be logged. The government has implemented tree-farming programs to promote sustainable forestry; pine, eucalyptus, and sandalwood from plantations have been making an increasing contribution to the state's economy.
Fishing, especially whaling (abandoned in the 1970s), also was an early mainstay of the Western Australian economy. Rock lobsters (the most important commercial marine resource), prawns (shrimp), and scallops are caught primarily off the west coast, and abalones, Australian salmon, and herring are caught off the southwest and south coasts. Tropical finfish such as snapper and cod are major products of the northern waters. Aquaculture is undertaken in all coastal regions, with an emphasis on shellfish—especially oysters (for pearls and food) and mussels—and crayfish.
Resources and power
Mining accounts for about one-fourth of the Western Australian GDP, although it employs a relatively small portion of the workforce. Iron ore, mined mainly in the Pilbara region, is the state's major mineral export commodity. Nickel, alumina, and gold are also produced in substantial quantities. Coal is mined near Collie and is used to generate the bulk of Western Australia's electric power. Tin and mineral sands are quarried and processed nearby. Extensive low-grade bauxite deposits are mined in the Darling Range near Perth and are processed by several alumina refineries in the region. Higher-grade deposits on the Mitchell Plateau in the Kimberley have yet to be developed. The Kimberley has one of the world's largest diamond mines, at Argyle.
Major reserves of petroleum and natural gas are extracted offshore from the continental shelf (off the Port Hedland–Karratha coast), the coastal region north of Perth basin, and the Timor Sea (in part a joint venture with East Timor [Timor-Leste]). Most of the crude oil from those operations is exported; the remainder is refined in Kwinana for local consumption. Similarly, natural gas is exported in liquefied form and is also piped to the southwest for domestic and industrial use, including power generation. Although uranium deposits are found in commercial quantities in several locations, uranium mining was officially banned by the state government in 2002.
Water resources are an ever-present concern in Western Australia. Some three-fourths of the state's surface freshwater resources occur in the Kimberley; a small hydroelectric power station on the Ord River at Lake Argyle supplies energy to several proximate towns, as well as to the diamond mine at Argyle. Groundwaters in the terrestrial and marine sediments of the coastal plain of the Perth Basin provide about half of Perth's water supply. The ephemeral Gascoyne River supplies the extensive underground aquifers at Carnarvon when it is flowing. In the Yilgarn plateau, saline remnants of ancient drainage systems are the source of brackish and saline groundwaters that are used extensively for stock watering.
Manufacturing constitutes a modest but still significant component of the Western Australian economy. Petroleum, coal, chemicals, and related products are Western Australia's principal manufactures, followed by machinery, equipment, and metal products. Industries of somewhat lesser importance include wood and paper production, printing and publishing, food, beverage, and tobacco production, and meat processing. Kwinana, located in the Perth metropolitan region along the shores of Cockburn Sound, is a prominent industrial centre. The area has several heavy industries, including oil, alumina, and nickel refineries, a fertilizer works, a major grain exporting facility, a growing shipbuilding and repair industry, and a naval base on Garden Island, on the opposite side of Cockburn Sound.
Services, labour, and taxation
The service sector is by far the largest component of Western Australia's economy, employing more than two-thirds of the labour force and providing well in excess of half the state's income. Within the sector, retail trade, property and business services, and health and community services are dominant.
Women form only a slightly smaller portion of the workforce than do men. However, women's income continues to be significantly less than that of men in most areas. The state has long had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, but unemployment within the indigenous population (although decreasing) has remained relatively high.
Tourism—both international and domestic—has been expanding vigorously in Western Australia. The largest numbers of foreign visitors come from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Many also arrive from Asia, especially from Singapore, Japan, and Malaysia; tourism from New Zealand and the United States also has been increasing. Domestic tourists hail largely from Victoria and New South Wales. Perth and the southwestern region are the most popular destinations for the majority of tourists, although the north also serves a significant domestic market.
Western Australia's per capita taxation revenue is among the highest in the country. The portion of state income generated from taxes, on the contrary, is among the lowest. Unlike other Australian states, Western Australia derives a major percentage of its tax revenue from mining. Payroll taxes and taxes on the conveyance (transfer) of real estate are also important.
Transportation and telecommunications
The most important mode of transport throughout the state is by road. Except for Perth's electrified suburban rail system and the purpose-built iron-ore railway lines in the Pilbara, rail transport has generally declined. Many branch lines in the Wheatbelt have closed, contributing to the depopulation of most country towns.
The southwest is most extensively connected to eastern Australia by road, rail, air, and sea, and the state has its own local shipping service. The transcontinental rail link is an important tourist attraction. Intrastate, interstate, and international air transport is increasingly important for both people and goods. The state's major international airport at Perth offers regular flights to Asia and southern Africa; a second international facility at Port Headland offers more limited service. Numerous regional airports are spread across the state.
Western Australia's telecommunications infrastructure is expanding rapidly. Although standard telephone (landline) services are generally utilized in larger coastal cities and several inland towns, wireless phone service is much more widespread. Wireless networks cover most of the southwestern region, as well as scattered locations in the state's interior. Data (Internet) service is also concentrated in the southwest, but government initiatives have been implemented to extend access to more- remote regions.
Learn More in these related Britannica articles:
Australia: Western AustraliaWestern Australia ceased to receive convicts in 1868; it gained a partly elected legislature in 1870 and responsible government in 1890. The premier throughout the 1890s was Sir John Forrest, who was as adept at politics as he had been at exploration. Until…
education: Australia…based on common Christianity, but Western Australia's Elementary Education Bill of 1871 returned to dual support for both government and voluntary schools.…
flag of Western Australia…was the local badge of Western Australia.…
Lake Argyle…the Kimberley plateau region, northeastern Western Australia.…
Australia, the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia's capital is Canberra, located in the southeast between the larger and more important economic and cultural centres of Sydney and Melbourne.…
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California Department of Transportation
Date: January 8, 2013
District: 3
Contact: Deanna Shoopman
Phone: (530) 741-4572
MARYSVILLE - Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $64 million to 43 projects that will reduce traffic congestion and repair highways, local streets, and bridges.
"We are putting transportation dollars to work supporting jobs and making improvements that will benefit Californians now and for decades to come," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
The allocations include $42 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006. In total, approximately $14.7 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been distributed statewide.
The remaining allocations ($22 million) came from assorted transportation accounts funded by state and federal dollars.
Among the projects that received funding today were:
- $1 million was allocated for a local Proposition 1B project to construct an overpass, on and off ramps, signalized intersection, bicycle and pedestrian facilities interchange at Silva Valley Parkway / US 50 Interchange in El Dorado County.
- $1.19 million was allocated to the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP) to rehabilitate three bridges in and near Sacramento, at the North Avenue Overcrossing and at the Separation Bridge: By patching deck spalls, sealing hinge cracks, replacing joint seals and applying polyester concrete overlays on desks to extend the useful life of the bridges.
- $700,000 was awarded to the City of Roseville and Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) for Louis / Orlando Transfer Point Improvements. Right of way acquisition of additional property adjacent to the existing bus transfer station
Please see the attached file for information about all projects that received allocations today.
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Did you know that statically speaking, demand for bacon goes up this time of year? Yeap, did the "F" and "t" tests myself. The reason? Tomatoe season. If you don't put in a few plants in your backyard, consider it next year. For me, it is a family thing. My dad had a small patch in the backyard. Now, I have a large patch in my backyard, and damn are these tomatoes good. I just had a BLT with a tomatoe variety called "Momitaro". Damn was it good. And the eggplants have been incredible... Grow your own!!!
For those who don't have access to backyard tomatoes, go see your local farmers market and get some, or talk to your friend who has a shitpile. There here for the next 3 - 4 weeks and then -- all gone.


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About "Sanguineous Shock"
The birth-death I wrote about in this poem happened in 1987.
The original post is found in my 20 Years of Birth Stories blog, entitled "Maternal Death." The follow-up post can be read here. In the poem, I have the baby die, but in reality, the baby lived, but was very damaged by the oxygen deprivation. Last I knew (in 1987), the baby was still extremely compromised.
I wrote those posts in 2004.
Why am I pulling these out now?


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Posted by: Maggie
Fudge is one of those desserts that has always scared me. All that candy thermometer/soft ball nonsense, plus the very high probability that one misstep will result in a ruined dessert and wasted ingredients, has caused me to never attempt fudge making before.
When I saw this super easy recipe on How Sweet It Is I knew my fear of fudge would soon be but a distant memory. Not only does this recipe not require a candy thermometer, it is cooked in the microwave and comes together in 3 minutes flat.
I'm bringing this into work later today - I hope my coworkers like it as much as I do! (For those of who noticed the time this was posted, yeah, yeah, I get to work insanely late. I'm sooo not a morning person and am insanely lucky to have a flexible schedule.)
If you're planning on doing any kind of Christmas dessert platter this year, this would be a great addition to it - I always associate fudge with Christmas for some reason.
Here's what you'll need:
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened, condensed milk
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 T water
Combine all ingredients in a microwave safe bowl, and nuke for 30 seconds on full power. Stir, and microwave for 30 more seconds. Mixture will probably be smooth at this point, but if it's not continue microwaving in 30 second increments until it is. Pour mixture into a foil lined 8-inch square baking dish, and refrigerate until solid. Mine took about 60 minutes to be hard enough to cut.
12/20/12 [UPDATE]: I now make this in an 8x4 loaf pan to get thicker fudge. You may need to refrigerate it a bit longer. The photo shows fudge made in an 8x8 pan.
Makes 16 pieces


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