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Malawi 50 years later: the importance of the 2014 electionsMay 19, 2014
This year marks the 50th independence anniversary in Malawi and tomorrow the first-ever tripartite elections in the country will take place, an event that offers a unique opportunity to consolidate democracy in the country.
Over 7.4 million people are registered to vote, a 16 percent increase from the elections in 2009, and according to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), the majority are women.
Miriam Kwanjo is one of those registered voters. She sells firewood at 'Area 25' market: "I am 56 years old and this will be the first time I am going to vote. In the past, no one ever clearly explained to me why I needed to vote. I felt that standing on the queue the whole day was just a waste of my time. This year, I have had a chance of listening to the candidates as well as getting information through the radio and I know it is my right to vote."
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is implementing a project called Malawi Electoral Cycle Support (MECS), designed to support and strengthen the capacities of the Malawi Electoral Commission to plan, conduct and supervise credible, free and fair elections. MECS is also mandated to ensure broad inclusiveness and informed participation among electoral stakeholders, including voters, candidates and the media.
Ensure a strong female electoral participation
In order to promote a 50 percent female representation in decision making positions in the country, Malawi embarked on a 50:50 campaign, led by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare.
Almost 700 women who are participating in the elections as either Members of Parliament or councilors have benefited from the trainings and the IEC materials, provided to support their campaigns.
The MECS project is also contributing to promote other institutional development and electoral reforms in line with the MEC's 2012-2017 Strategic Plan. One such reform is the creation of a basket fund through which development partners have provided financial resources to support the electoral process and impending elections in Malawi.
Approximately 18 million US Dollars are budgeted under the basket fund, with contributions from the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DfID), the European Union, Ireland, Norway, Japan through the Government of Malawi and UNDP. This constituted about 40 percent of the entire elections budget.


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We now know when Zombie Studios' anticipated horror game, Daylight, will start terrorizing gamers everywhere.
Polygon reports that Daylight is set to drop in April for PC and PlayStation 4. This survival horror game puts you in a first-person perspective where your only tool is your cell phone. In other words, there are no actual weapons for you to use in Daylight.
Your cellphone acts as your single source of light while you explore an abandoned hospital. With no memory as to how you were brought there, you must navigate the dank areas of the hospital in order to find your way out. Unfortunately, the hospital is haunted and you must unravel its mysterious, deadly past in order to find out why you were brought there and to find a way out.
In a gameplay walkthrough with Zombie Studios director, Jarred Gerritzen, IGN was told of Daylight's expected launch. Zombie Studios also said that they were also planning on having support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. We will continue to provide more details about Daylight's release (and hopefully its Oculus Rift version), once more information becomes available.


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The bill only recognizes four specific groups as qualifying for upgraded status:
(I) was born in the Northern Mariana Islands between January 1, 1974, and January 9, 1978;Any immigration bill related to the long-term nonresident workers in the CNMI should address ALL of the long-term foreigner workers, not just selected groups. I agree with the upgrading of status for the CNMI permanent residents and those born in the CNMI January 1, 1974, and January 9, 1978, but object to the restrictions and selectiveness in the category of long-term foreign workers. Omitting certain categories of equally qualifying workers because of their marital status or reproductive status is discriminatory and perhaps unconstitutional. Is the delegate saying that people who are married or people who have U.S. citizen children are in some way more qualified to work and live permanently in the CNMI than foreigners who have lived and worked there the same length of time or longer and are single, or have foreign children or no children? I find that disturbing and unjust.
(II) was, on May 8, 2008, a permanent resident as that term is defined in section 4303 of Title 3 of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Code in effect on May 8, 2008;
(III) is the spouse or child, as defined in section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)), of an alien described in subclauses (I) or (II); or
(IV) was, on May 8, 2008, an immediate relative, as that term is defined in section 4303 of Title 3 of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Code in effect on May 8, 2008, of a United States citizen, not withstanding the age of the United States citizen, and continues to be such an immediate relative on the date of the application described under subparagraph (A).
The legislation allows those selected-only nonresidents who resided in the CNMI as of November 28, 2009 to qualify for the improved status. If the legislation passes it would mean that even an alien who was in the CNMI even for a limited time would receive improved status and a person who has legally lived and worked in the CNMI for 30 years, but has no U.S. citizen spouse or children will be overlooked. That is plain wrong.
Another concern I have is the CNMI-only provision. I interpret the CNRA as attempting to align the CNMI with U.S. immigration laws. I believe it is unwise to provide special classification for certain territories and states and view this as a step backwards that conflicts with the intent of the law.
The proposed legislation would allow selected-only long-term workers to remain in the CNMI under a CNMI-residency status, but would prohibit travel to the United States. It is as if the long-term workers will be bound to the islands to benefit the CNMI, in that the needed workforce will be ensured, but the workers will remain under a restricted status that would not apply in another place on U.S. soil. The law recognizes that this status would cease if and when the alien's status is adjusted to permanent U.S. residency (green card) under the U.S. immigration laws.
I am certain that some will also note that some classes of nonresidents listed in this bill (those married to an IR and those with U.S. citizen children) would eventually qualify to become permanent residents. Those married to IRs qualify to get green cards by completing the application process if they meet the income and other requirements. Because the CNMI has low minimum wage the fees should be waived.
I will submit a statement to the committee regarding my concerns and making recommendations for revisions.


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CHICAGO (AP) – The candidates for Illinois governor sharpened their attacks on each other Thursday, with Gov. Pat Quinn saying Bruce Rauner's plan to tax some services will help wealthy people like Rauner but hurt hardworking families. The Republican businessman called Quinn's efforts to address improper political hiring "a charade."
Quinn and Rauner separately addressed a Metropolitan Planning Council forum in Chicago, one of roughly a half-dozen joint appearances scheduled before the Nov. 4 election.
While the Labor Day weekend typically marks the start of election season, the bitterly contested race already is well underway.
Quinn paints the multimillionaire Rauner as out-of-touch with the middle class and says he got rich – and bought nine "mansions" – by putting profit ahead of people. Rauner has tried to chip away at Quinn's portrayal of himself as a reformer, saying the Chicago Democrat has continued the cronyism and corrupt practices of his predecessor, now-imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Rauner hit on that theme again Thursday, saying dozens of people who were improperly hired by the Illinois Department of Transportation because of their political connections are still working for the state.
"This already looks like another broken promise from Pat Quinn," Rauner said. "You've got to wonder if this is just another charade."
Last week, an Office of the Executive Inspector General review concluded more than 250 IDOT "staff assistants" got jobs in the past decade based on clout, when the positions should have been publicly available to any candidate and filled based on qualifications. Quinn's administration announced last week it was laying off 58 people who still held those jobs.
But they didn't get rid of others who have moved into other positions still on the state payroll.
Those include two former employees of ex-U.S. Rep. Philip Hare, a Democrat who served the 17th Congressional District for two terms until he was defeated by Bobby Schilling in the 2010 general election. The workers were hired by IDOT as staff assistants in 2010. Rather than follow typical state hiring procedures, IDOT gave them jobs using an exemption that is supposed to be used only when the job involves policymaking or confidential information. Their jobs involved planting trees and implementing training classes, the review found.
Quinn said his administration "acted promptly" to address problems at the department, including putting in a new transportation secretary who is conducting a full analysis of all positions. He wouldn't answer a question about why some of the improper hires still have state jobs.
Quinn, meanwhile, leapt on comments in which Rauner reiterated his support for rolling back Illinois' temporary income tax increase and imposing a tax on some services, such as mini-storage and janitorial service. Rauner, of Winnetka, says lowering the income tax rate – from 5 percent to 3 percent – will make Illinois more competitive and spur economic growth.
"We shouldn't tax investment and income, we should tax consumption," Rauner said. "That's the pro-growth approach to it."
Quinn, who says he wants to make the tax increase permanent to avoid huge cuts to education and other areas, called that "the wrong way to go" because it will disproportionately affect people living paycheck-to-paycheck, while wealthy people take advantage of tax "loopholes."
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Malala Yousafzai, the teenage girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban extremist for the outrageous crime of wanting to go to school (while female!), has just two more surgeries to go—one to install a cochlear implant and the other to patch her vulnerable damaged skull with a titanium plate.
Islamist extremists from Tehrik-e-Taliban intended to kill her for taking a stand for the right of girls to get an education. The terrorists have said they will target her again.
The 15-year-old's brain swelled dangerously days after the shooting, so doctors in Pakistan extracted a section of her skull about the size of a hand. Otherwise, the pressure in her cranium would have caused severe brain damage, likely killing her.
..."She's very lively. She's got a great sense of humor," he said. She is aware of her high profile in the world and what that could mean for her safety.
"She remains incredibly cheerful, incredibly determined and incredibly determined to speak for her cause," Rosser said.
If there is any justice in the universe, Yousafzai's bionic titanium skull will give her foe-vanquishing laser eyes. Or, at least, protect her brain for all the years of school she has ahead of her. Best of luck, Malala.
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The Food Industry Fights Back
On obesity, food safety, 'questionable' ingredients, the industry can do a better job of tactfully defending itself; the key is transparency.
From obesity to cancer to Taliban terrorism, the food and beverage industry seems to get blamed for all of this world's ills. OK, maybe not the Taliban, but for just about everything else, the modern diet and processed foods are fingered as the culprits.
"Why do you have to make food taste so good that we overeat?" was the theme of a 60 Minutes episode on November 27, 2011. The accusation was not hurled solely at Givaudan, which CBS ominously called "the largest flavoring company in the world," but the Switzerland-based company became the food industry's sole defender in the TV newsmagazine's "The Flavorists: Tweaking tastes and creating cravings." The show's Morley Safer attempted to expose this "multibillion dollar industry … cloaked in secrecy" – that's a direct quote from the transcript.
For added drama, the show included a brief visit with former FDA Commissioner David Kessler, who suggested "flavors are so stimulating, they hijack our brain." He explained how food manufacturers manipulate sugar, fat and salt to create products that "stimulate our appetites, setting in motion a cycle of desire and consumption that ends with a nation of overeaters," as he says in his book.
Michael Specter, New Yorker staff writer, must be shaking his head. As keynote speaker at the 2011 IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo, he observed, "I've covered wars and natural disasters, but I've never covered anything as controversial as food."
"In 30 years in this business, I've never seen such anxiety [among food industry people]," agreed Linda Eatherton, director of global food & nutrition at public relations agency Ketchum, who joined Specter and two other speakers on a panel discussing consumer mistrust of food science and what the industry can do to change that image.
If you're looking for the magic bullet, it's not here. Although if there is a common recommendation or two, they are better communication and transparency. Drop your guard a little. Not everything is "proprietary information." Participate in any and all dialogs, and if possible, own them.
At that IFT keynote, Specter lamented that "society has become increasingly risk-averse" and that anti-science attitudes abound. Acknowledging that he was addressing a crowd of food scientists, Specter exhorted his audience to do a better job of communicating. "You can't just say, 'look at the data.' The food industry needs to do a better job of communication -- using tools that include the Internet and social media. Go out and educate. Fight on the Internet. People want to believe that things are simple. They're not. You need to remember that progress is why we are here."
This is a big issue, worthy of a multi-day conference, not just a seven-page magazine story. But we'll try to scratch the surface and hopefully start a dialog by discussing three of the most often heard complaints against the food industry:
- Obesity (read the problems and solutions on page 2 of this article)
- "Questionable" ingredients (sodium, high-fructose corn syrup) (read the problems and solutions on page 3 of this article)
- Food safety (read the problems and solutions on page 4 of this article)
…and, more importantly, how some food processors and others in the industry are answering those charges.
"There's always an issue with the food industry; if it's not one thing, it's another," laments Cathy Kapica, senior vice president and director of health and wellness at Ketchum (www.ketchum.com). She uses a long and scientific background in the food industry (senior scientist at Quaker Oats, global director of nutrition for McDonald's, adjunct professor of nutrition at Tufts University) in her current role "counseling food & beverage companies" for the public relations agency.
She recommends three points:
- Transparency
- Authenticity
- Interactive communication
"Transparency would serve the food industry well," says Jim Martinez, a Chicago-based "crisis consultant" for the food industry (www.rightstorygroup.com). "People who decline to answer questions tend to be doubted. It makes people suspicious."
While the biggest part of the solution is communication, Kapica says it has to be 21st century-style, not that of the previous century.
"The world has changed, and most food companies have not," she says. "They used to have a top-down relationship with consumers – they would tell consumers what they [the food companies] wanted to be known about a product. The Internet, social media and citizen journalism changed all that. Now it's a flat and holistic relationship."
Companies can "market" all they want to shoppers, but consumers also learn about products from other sources and other consumers and do so in nontraditional places. So if the food industry's stance is frank, consistent and readily available, people will listen, and hopefully believe. "This is the new way of doing business," Kapica says.
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Cocktail Anyone? When to Start HIV Meds ... or Not
January 19, 2013
As many of you know, I have been HIV positive since May 2007. These last six years have been insane to say the least. They have been a period of introspection, challenges, education and growth.
One of the most common questions I am asked is about my HIV medication cocktail. Many of my friends, associates and acquaintances are HIV positive or have full-blown AIDS* and ask me about my experience.
I am often asked by newly diagnosed people one or more of the following questions ...
"Are you on meds?"
And then they get to the crux of the matter ...
"Should I start my meds?"
The answers to these questions and many more vary from person to person. They depend on that person's psychology, physiology, health and the advice of their HIV specialist, as well as the conscious decision by the individual about whether to begin or wait.
The answers are not to be taken lightly, and neither should the decisions, as both are life-changing events. Once you start your meds, it is not advisable to stop. EVER.
I started mine on August 11, 2008 at 11 p.m. I chose that date and time for several very good reasons (for me):
Different cocktails have different side effects and requirements. Some require you to eat at a certain time, others to take the medication a certain way or at a certain time of day or night. Most doctors recommend taking your meds within a time frame of +/- 90 minutes on either side of your regular time to medicate. This is because the virus mutates constantly. If you go off of your regular schedule, the virus can mutate and become resistant to the medication and render it ineffective, sometimes in as little as two days. Then you would have to switch cocktails, perhaps to something less comfortable for your body.
Some side effects from the medicine can be, but are not limited to: nausea, diarrhea, nightmares, dizzy spells and more. Many times, these side effects are temporary and begin to subside after a few weeks. However, for many they are permanent -- sometimes severe enough to require a change in cocktails.
As you can discern, going on the cocktail is not a decision that should be taken lightly. However, waiting until your immune system breaks down so that you can rebuild it may not be in your best interest either. IN ALL CASES, I WOULD CONSULT MY SPECIALIST BEFORE BEGINNING OR QUITTING MEDICATION.
The general consensus among HIV specialists in the U.S. is that the sooner you start HIV meds, the better. I am of this opinion. It is easier to maintain a healthy immune system than it is to rebuild one. Although rebuilding one's compromised immune system has become easier, it is by no means guaranteed. Nor will it be as strong as it once was. We have come a very long way in HIV/AIDS treatment in the U.S., but we have begun to forget that THERE IS STILL NO CURE!
Though people in America no longer die of AIDS in the numbers that we once saw in the 1980s, we are having an increasing number of "HIVers" aging prematurely. Many are coming down with infirmities usually reserved for the realm of the elderly. This is now cause for renewed emphasis on long-term effects of HIV and medications on the human body. We have come so far that, fortunately, the focus of the treatment has shifted from just saving our lives, to improving the quality of our lives -- often with great success. However, not everything is as good as it may seem.
In San Francisco, where I currently live, public health officials believe that people diagnosed with HIV should begin taking meds immediately. Waiting for signs that the immune system has started to suffer may be too late for some related diseases like cancer and dementia to be treated.
Thank you for allowing me a few minutes of your time to read my words. May they help you decide for yourself what is in your best interest. Remember that regardless of what you choose to do, ALWAYS consult your physician. No one knows how to treat you better than your own physician.
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Jennifer Lopez is gearing up for her biggest tour ever with more then 60 dates planned in four continents later this year. A source tells Celebuzz the trek will begin in June in South America, followed by legs in Asia, Europe and North America.
At least 60 concerts have been confirmed, and more could still be added before an expected press conference to confirm the tour next week. The insider says, "J. Lo and her team have blocked out more than a month of their schedules, beginning May 4, to start intense rehearsals, each day at a sound stage in the Los Angeles area."
Lopez's boyfriend, dancer Casper Smart, will choreograph the stage show. The source adds, "This will be a huge tour, complete with a lavish set, full band and team of dancers."
Surprisingly, this would be J. Lo's first world tour. In 2007, she and then-hubby Marc Anthony played a series of shows together, but that tour never left the U.S. and ended after six weeks when Lopez became pregnant.
Finding time to tour has been a challenge for Lopez, who has to work around her schedule as a judge on 'American Idol.' With her increased profile thanks to 'Idol' and the success of last year's 'Love?' and her new Pitbull-assisted single 'Dance Again,' the time is right for the dance floor diva to bring her music to her fans around the world.


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Author Notes: I was a kid in grade school the first time I saw fish in a can, and no it wasn't tuna, it was sardines. I had a seventh grade science teacher, Mr. Agulara, who would make sardine sandwiches. To me they were mysterious and from another land. He would pop open an oval shaped can of sardines bathed in tomato. Then he would thinly slice an onion and put it all onto a crusty loaf of French bread and would slather it with mustard. Finally, he would smash it like you would a Cubano and you could hear the bread crackle as he applied the pressure with the palms of his hands. I have been a fan of fish in a can ever since. I would like to eat this dish someday on the Bay of Biscay coast of France, languidly eating lunch and drinking a nice bottle of crisp white wine and smelling the ocean breeze. - thirschfeld
Food52 Review: The interplay of the sardines, radishes, avocados and cress worked very nicely together. This was especially apparent with the fleshy texture of the sardines and the smooth buttery-ness of the avocado to which the radish gave a sharp contrast. The radishes didn't have a starring role in this dish (seemingly coming in second to the sardines), but overall an excellent recipe and one we will definitely use in the future. – Adamnsvetcooking —The Editors
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- Carefully remove the sardines with a fork from the can. The idea is to keep them whole. Place then into a shallow flat container and squeeze the juice half a lemon over them. Sprinkle them with half the parsley and 1 teaspoon of chives. Season them with a pinch of pepper and salt. Let them sit for 15 minutes.
- While they are sitting attractively place the avocado into bowls. Now place 4 to 6 sardines into each bowl and then scatter the radishes over the top. Tuck in small bunches of cress. Garnish with remaining chives and parsley. Dress with a squeeze of lemon juice and some more olive oil. Season with salt and fresh ground pepper and serve.
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John Holladay, Zacharias' elder brother, is believed to have been born in Orange County, Virginia, in 1755. His parents were Joseph and Winifred Holladay.
John was one of the very early settlers in Kentucky. He was present at the siege of Harrodsburg led by the Shawnee chief Blackfish in March of 1777. In 1780 he was issued a certificate of settlement by the Kentucky Land Commission based on "settling in the Country in the year 1777 and residing there ever since". Virginia land records show that he received a 400-acre settlement grant and a 1000-acre preemption. The 400-acre grant was surveyed in 1783, the year his brother Zacharias came to Kentucky, and his patent (grant) issued in 1785 was signed by Gov. Patrick Henry.
One of John Holladay's associates at this time was John Muldraugh, for whom the well-known geological formation "Muldraugh Hill" is named. In 1787 John Holladay sold his 400-acre grant to John Muldraugh for 500 pounds. The following year he bought 200 acres from John Muldraugh, also for 500 pounds. The deed says this land was located on the south side of Rolling Fork at the mouth of Town Lick Creek. John's new property was located in Nelson County.
A muster roll for the Nelson County militia taken in the summer of 1789 shows that Captain William Wilson's company included John "Holaday", Zachariah Holladay, and John "Mulder". Similar muster rolls for 1790 and 1791 show John "Holaday" and John Muldraugh; by 1791 John Muldraugh had become captain of the company.
In 1792 Kentucky was granted statehood, and the area where John Holladay lived was split off from Nelson County to become Washington County. John Holladay appears with various spellings in Washington County tax lists from 1792 to 1797, but not later. In 1793 the first grand jury in Washington County was empanelled, and its members included John "Holaday" and John "Muldrough".
Washington County records show that on 30 March 1794 John "Holloway" married Margaret (or Margery) Gustavis. Permission for Margaret to marry was given by her Guardian, James McWaters. John "Holloday" and his wife Margaret sold the balance of their property on the Rolling Fork to Samuel McElroy on 19 October 1797, and the deed shows that Margaret surrendered her dowry rights. Five days later on 24 October, John filed a survey for a 300-acre grant in Hardin County on Green River. He is recorded in the Washington County tax roll as paying tax on this land in 1796, and he received a grant for this land in 1799.
John and Margaret's first child, Margaret, was born in 1795/6, and their son Zachariah was born in 1798. At about this same time, 1797-1798, John and Margaret appear to have moved to Christian County, Kentucky. New lands had opened up in this part of southwestern Kentucky, and the county had been formed in 1797. John Holladay appears in the Christian County tax roll in 1798 only. Also appearing in that county's tax rolls during the period is James McWaters, presumably the same person who was Margaret Gustavis Holladay's guardian in 1794. By 1799 there are several McWaters listed in the tax rolls. John and Margaret's daughter Winiford was born in Kentucky in 1800, presumably in Christian County.
Sometime in 1800 John and Margaret moved their family to the Natchez area in Adams County, Mississippi Territory. John Holladay disappears (presumably he died) in Adams County, Mississippi, in about 1800. The story of Margaret and her children will be told in a subsequent post.
A Few Words about Surname Spelling
As shown above, John Holladay's name is spelled in several different ways in the early records. Beginning genealogists soon learn this is true of all surnames – often the same person's name will be spelled two or three different ways in the same document. This is certainly true in the case of the Holladay/Holliday surname. The surname of John Holladay, subject of these notes, is most often spelled either Holladay or Holliday in the records. Other variations include Holaday, Holiday, Holloday, and others. This John's brother Zacharias, my ancestor, preferred the Holladay spelling, and almost all of his descendants have retained that spelling to the present day. The surname of our subject John Holladay seems to be spelled Holliday more consistently in the few records this author has found covering the last part of his life. The name of John's son Zachariah, who later married Delilah Anderson, is also spelled Holliday fairly consistently in the early records, and today his descendants are known by that surname.


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Last June, after leaving the encampment in the center of Madrid, people in the 15M movement would say, "We moved from Sol square, but we know the way back." The day of action on May 12 this year exceeded the expectations of many people who thought the 15M movement was dead, who didn't recognize that it had only moved to neighborhood assemblies. The one-year anniversary of the movement brought hundreds of thousands people to the streets again in nearly 80 Spanish cities. There were 50,000 in Madrid, 44,000 in Barcelona, 11,000 in Vigo (a northern city with a population of less than 300,000) and many more.
As people from around the country converged on Madrid, various neighborhood assemblies gathered in squares to prepare banners for the demonstration and to share tips for avoiding police repression. At 7 p.m., there were five columns of demonstrators marching toward Sol square, where they planned to arrive at 9 o'clock. But by 8 p.m., the first column had already arrived, filling almost half of the square. Other groups of marchers arrived within minutes, but many people could not enter and had to stay in nearby streets. Sol square was completely full before the meeting time. There, thousands sang "Happy Birthday" to the 15M movement and released balloons.
As Sol square transformed into a party celebrating a year of protest and organizing, the question remained of whether the party could last all night. Some weeks before, the government had announced that it would not allow an encampment in Sol at all, but, last Thursday, it granted the movement a right to stay in the square during "office hours." When the government's 10 p.m. curfew came, there were more than 15,000 people in the square, surrounded by about 2,000 police officers.
At 10 p.m., too, the first tent was erected. "Now we have more reason than last year," said a man named Emilio, the first camper in Sol of the night. "I'm not afraid to be the first one. If the police arrest me, they will have to go through many more people." A half hour later, above where a dozen police vans were parked, a huge white panel was deployed, on which were projected videos created by the movement.
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Love this, especially, "On a good day, I can't get some dead people to shut-up." So true!ReplyDelete
Caroline Dahling!ReplyDelete
We've been in the "Shades" outfit together long enough I though I knew a little about you. Well damn if I didn't! I did not know that you had cajones? I talk about mine all the time and how I derive courage from them. It never occurred to me to incorporate them into my family history writing. That's why you are a better man than me! LOL
What a great description of what we do! Not only do the dead not shut up, but they talk over one another so that it's easy to get distracted back and forth between family lines.ReplyDelete
Greta and Keri, I'm glad you liked it. I really enjoyed writing it. And those dead people? Once they get talking, sometimes, they never shut up. LOL.ReplyDelete
Sheri, you better believe I have cajones. Well, the metaphorical ones anyways. I inherited them. Probably from Big Paw Paw. *snort*ReplyDelete
Ya, you inherited a little from him. Maybe a lot. You shoulda won. I'm sitting on the edge of my chair waiting for the next installment.ReplyDelete
Wondering who paid off the judges??? I loved this!! :)ReplyDelete
Jenna, *blush* Thanks! I think they wanted something more literary. If I were to do it again, I think writing it from Big Paw Paw's point of view would have been more literary. *snort* and funny!ReplyDelete
You hear dead people?? Me too! ;-)ReplyDelete
As always, I love reading your family stories. I agree with Jenna, who paid off the judges?


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Giovanni Trapattoni insists he is going nowhere amid speculation that his reign as Republic of Ireland manager could be over by weekend.
The Italian's pre-match press conference ahead of the World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands in Torshavn was dominated by the debate over his future with one report back at home claiming he will be relieved of his duties by the end of the week whatever happens at the Torsvollur Stadium on Tuesday evening.
But with the likes of Harry Redknapp and Mick McCarthy already being linked with an impending vacancy, Trapattoni was stubbornly refusing to consider that his job might be in jeopardy. Asked if he expected the game to be his last as Ireland manager, he replied: "Absolutely not."
He added: "I ask you why? We have started the qualifying campaign and we have lost one game to Germany. There is no reason."
Asked further if he still believed he had the support of the Football Association of Ireland. he said: "When they are sure, they have to decide, not me. I have crossed the Alps barefoot and I have overcome many difficult situations in my career.
"Every manager has moments when he loses. After the Euros, we have lost only one game to Germany, the second team in the world. It's no problem."
Trapattoni revealed he had had no contact with FAI chief executive since the debacle at the Aviva Stadium on Friday night which proved the final straw for many, and there was no comment from the association over the claims that the end-game is already underway.
However, asked if he expected to see out his contract, he admitted that decision may not be his to make. He said: "I don't know. Game to game, we can show the results we have achieved, but it's not me who will decide. Until now, we lost one game. Why change immediately after Germany?
"I can ask you all, why change immediately your opinion? We lost one game against Germany, and we were missing six players from the Euros.
"Why I have to discuss it, I don't know. My job is to overcome the criticism. Every 90 minutes is 90 minutes. I accept the criticism. We played badly and they (Germany) were very, very superior."


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It's not a matter of if U.S. cotton producers will be required to implement nutrient management plans on their farms — it's a matter of when, and for some states it could come as early as 2007. The good news is that the change could make them more profitable cotton producers, according to Michael Kenty, Helena Chemical Co., in Memphis.
Kenty will moderate a symposium on nutrient management plans and cotton fertility during the 2005 Cotton Beltwide Conferences, on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 5, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sheraton Ballroom A, in New Orleans.
The purpose of the symposium, according to Kenty, "is to bring awareness to the cotton producer of what is going on behind the scenes."
Participants will discuss the role the Clean Water Act has on nutrient management and cotton production, as well as the impact of the global fertilizer market on cotton fertility.
State organizations in many states have already begun the process of establishing nitrogen and phosphorus levels that will be acceptable by Clean Water Act standards in various bodies of water, notes Kenty.
The next step is for each state department of environmental quality to present a package to its state legislature for enacting the new standards into law. Many states in the Mid-South are either at that step or close to it, according to Kenty.
Although there is data indicating that municipality discharge is partly responsible for levels being above the standards, agriculture is regarded as the primary non-point-source of pollutants.
The bottom line is that cotton producers "will be called upon to write and develop nutrient management plans," said Kenty. Plans will require soil tests, geo-referenced maps, detailed records and for producers to follow USDA and NRCS guidelines.
"Either you look at it as another mandate by the government that makes it more difficult for you to earn your living, or you look at it as a tool that can help you fine-tune fertility inputs, ultimately creating best management practices leading to higher production, and hopefully, more profit," he said.
Nutrient management plans are essentially a documentation of how the producer uses nutrients on his farm — "what goes in, what is used by the crop and what's left," Kenty said.
"Producers who have started down that path are making more money. They're not necessarily spending less on their fertility, they're placing it better."
Two of those producers, Alabama cotton producer Shep Morris and California cotton producer Cannon Michael, will discuss their current production programs relative to the Clean Water Act during a panel discussion during the symposium.
Other presentations will discuss options for managing nutrients while maintaining high yields. The symposium will conclude with an audience question and answer session.
The Clean Water Act was put in place by Congress in 1972 and modified several times since. The act establishes the basic structure for regulating discharge of pollutants into U.S. waters. EPA is empowered to implement pollution control and set water quality standards.
There are two key points for agriculture: establishing total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) and developing management programs that describe methods to reduce non-point-source pollution nutrients from agriculture.
Nutrient management plans "are going to become mandatory, the question is when," Kenty said. "Three years ago, EPA was saying 2005. That's not going to happen. EPA's latest timelines is for written nutrient management plans to begin in 2007, with the bulk coming 2008-2010."
The Beltwide Cotton Conferences will take place Jan. 4-7 at the New Orleans Marriott and Sheraton New Orleans hotels. The National Cotton Council is the conferences' primary coordinator.
For further information, contact the NCC's Debbie Richter, P.O. 820285, Memphis, Tenn. 38182, or 901-274-9030 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The theme of the 2005 Beltwide Production Conference is "Innovation and Application, the Competitive Edge."
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Endorse the REPEAL Act! Together We Can End HIV Criminalization
May 2, 2013
This year, Congresswoman Barbara Lee will reintroduce the REPEAL Act with bipartisan support. If passed, this act will be a key step towards ending unfair and unjust HIV criminalization laws in the United States by:
To find out more about the REPEAL Act, please see this fact sheet.
Show your support for the REPEAL Act! List your organization as an endorser by filling out this form by COB May 7, 2013. Endorsements will continue to be open after the introduction of the bill.
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Last Congress, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) introduced the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act, or REPEAL Act. The 2011 Repeal Act expressed the sense of Congress that federal and state laws, policies, and regulations regarding people living with HIV/AIDS should:
It received the support of 41 Members of Congress and nearly 80 organizations.
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Should English-Speaking Americans Watch The Latin Grammys?
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When I heard that Jennifer Lopez will pay homage to the iconic Celia Cruz at the upcoming American Music Awards, it got me thinking: because of JLo's Latin tribute at this all-American event, many more Latinos are bound to tune in to the awards show, so then should American audiences turn around and tune into this year's Latin Grammys? Read More


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When we sat down, we had the notion of doing a companion list to our "Nigger" Top 10 – a Worst 10, a place to put Michael Richards and Mark Fuhrman and the like. We never got around to that. But I had it in mind when I played the Patti Smith tune "Rock 'n' Roll Nigger" (1978) for the fellas. (Click here to hear it on my Vox music stash.)
UPDATE (03/13/07): Monday night was a big night for the "N-word." Patti Smith performed the song after she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And I'm told Chris Rock kicked some advanced niggerology on "Inside the Actors Studio." Damn... time for me to change the name of this blog or what?
THOMAS STANLEY: Did [Patti Smith] say Jackson Pollock is a nigger?
DAVID MILLS: Yeah. Now, I don't like that use of the word. To just say, "I want to be a social outsider so I identify myself as a nigger" –
STANLEY: You can't make yourself a nigger.
LORENZO HEARD: I thought she was commenting on how punk was looked down on as this inferior music form. I could be wrong. That's the way I always took it, so I was never offended by it.
LARRY ALEXANDER: (to David) You said you don't like the word being used that way. Again, is there another word in the English language that rises to that level of scrutiny? The word is completely unique. It's a live grenade. And if you understand that context, you'll never have a problem.
MILLS: Does that mean you're not bothered by any use of the word?
ALEXANDER: I think it's a waste of time, just for me personally. I've come to the point of thinking it's a waste of time to be bothered, because it's so unique, if you don't understand that it's a loaded grenade, someone's always gonna be offended.
It just doesn't fit with the rest of language. It can do things no other word can do. So it has to be understood uniquely.
MILLS: Is it worth scrutinizing Patti Smith's use of it in this song?
ALEXANDER: To a point. Only to a point. Because when you make it a term of endearment, and then you broadcast it and it gets commodified, when it comes back and bites you in the ass, you're a fool if you go, "I didn't know you were gonna bite me!"
MILLS: Here's another thing about ramifications. She makes this song, she becomes an icon. That gives a license to the next generation. Marilyn Manson covered it. Did he cover it just because it's an excuse to yell "nigger nigger nigger" because he's a shock artist?
HEARD: But check this out. When this song came out, there wasn't a big uproar about this.
MILLS: Dave Marsh slammed her for it in Rolling Stone when he reviewed the album.
HEARD: I remember that. But that's as far as it went.
STANLEY: I'll tell you a musical one that may not rise into our Top 10, but it always meant something to me. Public Enemy's "Anti-Nigger Machine" – I like that. I think it had a certain edge to it. Especially for that message to hit this generation.
HEARD: The wild thing about it is, [with] that generation, it had no impact.
STANLEY: They didn't get it.
HEARD: No. They didn't get it at all.
ALEXANDER: That's sort of my point about the word. I mean, you can get bent out of shape based on what you know because you experienced something else. But every generation [doesn't] have actual cultural education on the word. You know, Jews and Japanese have cultural education.
This word – you let it take its own shape, you ain't gonna like what it turns into.
HEARD: We don't have the cultural education because too many of our people want to forget that it ever happened. It's like the slavery thing –
ALEXANDER: Jewish and Japanese kids have cultural education on Saturdays. We ain't going to school on Saturday.
HEARD: When I was in the fifth grade, my history teacher and my math teacher got together and combined our two classes to teach us black history. Now, we had to swear that once we left the class, we couldn't tell anybody what they were teaching us.
And because we had this forbidden knowledge, man, we thought we knew something. We'd be in the street, "Frederick Douglass was a black abolitionist!" You know, just out of nowhere. And the other kid was, "What?" "That's right, you don't know. Read a book some time!" This is me being the smart-ass kid I was.
ALEXANDER: This one probably can't get Honorable Mention, but this is worth mentioning in the conversation. The black history documentary that Bill Cosby did? When he had the leather jacket on –
HEARD: I saw it.
ALEXANDER: – and he said, "See, white folks wasn't worried about niggers back then." Bill Cosby saying that line. I was like, "Ohhh shit!" This was 1968.
Then he takes you to a school for black kids run by black educators in Philadelphia. This was pre-first-grade. It stuck with me.
HEARD: I think [Dick Gregory's autobiography "Nigger"] is significant because it is a book. But isn't there another book on the word? Didn't someone else do a book about the word?
MILLS: Yeah, a few years ago. Randall Kennedy at Harvard. ["Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word."] That book gave David E. Kelley an excuse to use the word in "Boston Public." And that's another thing I hate is when they say: "A very special episode of 'Boston Public.' We're going to talk about the N-word."
HEARD: I think the "Boston Public" episode is significant, because it was about the word.
MILLS: But it was such a shallow understanding of the nuance of –
ALEXANDER: That is the point. How overblown this "very-special-episode" shit is goes hand-in-hand with the phrase "the N-word," with "Let's forget about it, let's not talk about it." It is that superficial understanding of the word that's the problem.
HEARD: It might've been shallow and superficial, but [Kelley] did it.
MILLS: So what?
HEARD: It took nerve to do it. I mean, come on, Dave –
MILLS: No no no. What was the downside? He knows he's gonna get every critic in the country writing about it, and he knows he'll be saluted for his candor or whatever. What price was there to pay?
HEARD: My point is, this is something no one was doing. I got to at least give him props for that.
MILLS: No. It was only because Randall Kennedy had written the book. The discussion on the show was literally about that book. Michael Rapaport assigned it in class.
HEARD: But see, being a TV show, you actually reach more people than that book did. I know a lot of people who saw that episode [and] wanted to talk about it afterwards.
ALEXANDER: Let me mention one negative, just to see what comments there are. I personally thought that, among the Michael Richardses and the Mark Fuhrmans, I was ready to put Damon Wayans at No. 1 [among the worst].
STANLEY: Really?
ALEXANDER: Number fucking one. I don't mind him turning that into a children's clothing line, as long as you don't complain every time some white kid runs up on TV, "This is my nigga over here."
MILLS: What did Damon Wayons do?
ALEXANDER: He wanted to have a children's clothing line, and he wanted to call it Nigga.
STANLEY: No he didn't!
ALEXANDER: You heard about this, right? Here's the article right here. (reads) "Patent offense: Wayans's hip-hop line. Officials reject actor's bid to trademark racial slur."
STANLEY: (laughs) That's slick, though. Guy tried to trademark the word.
ALEXANDER: I'm not asking black folks to come up with one concept. But goddamn, we keep asking to have it both ways, and complain when we get it both ways.
STANLEY: Right.
ALEXANDER: If you ask to have it both ways, then take it both ways and shut the fuck up. Or – you don't have to have it both ways.
HEARD: I actually thought it was funny myself.
ALEXANDER: Which is fine. 'Cause you ain't complaining when white boys run around calling each other niggers.
By the way, there's one documented case, supposedly, of Eminem having used the word, and he had to do this profuse apology. He doesn't use that word at all. Which I think is a significant non-use, given his place in the culture.
STANLEY: If we need a token white boy, I'd go with Lenny Bruce over John Lennon. But the problem with the Lenny Bruce thing is that it's fundamentally a flawed premise. Speaking the word doesn't make the power of the word go away. It just moves it around or something.
MILLS: Let's plug in another word. How would he have sounded saying, "How many cunts are in the audience tonight? Oh, there's a cunt… We need to use the word 'cunt' more to weaken its impact." It's idiotic.
ALEXANDER: The Lenny Bruce [routine] turned out to be a flawed premise, but it's not completely insignificant for the time, in terms of what people thought could happen.
STANLEY: If we're going by good intentions, I think that maybe Lennon's whole thing was a little better-formed than Bruce's thing.
HEARD: Lenny Bruce caused a dialogue with that routine. I remember this.
STANLEY: You ain't that old, Lorenzo. Shit.
HEARD: I'm 48.
STANLEY: But he remembers everything since when he was 3. That's the difference. (laughs)
HEARD: Yes I do. I've never smoked weed, I've never had a serious head injury. So I remember it all. I remember the dialogue about this, which is how I got into Lenny Bruce.
Frankly, I thought he had insight much earlier than most folks, even a lot of black folks. But that's 'cause I understood where he was coming from.
ALEXANDER: I like Lenny more than Lennon because, even though it didn't hold water, it kind of shaped the idea of a solution to this whole fear-of-words thing. It also ultimately pointed out how unique this word is.
STANLEY: And also, his whole career is defined by problematic words. So, yeah, there's a lot to Bruce.
HEARD: It was a beautiful failure.


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Vietnamese site Tinhte might just have gotten their hands on an official white iPhone 4 from Apple... running a previously unseen version of iOS! While it could also just be a clever set of Jailbreak tweaks, the video shows a new version of the multitasking fast app switching that replaces the dock icons in iOS 4 with miniature tiles of the actual apps, sort of like Exposé for iPhone.
Whether this is something destined for an interim iOS 4.4, our first hint at iOS 5, or some Jailbreak wizardry only Apple knows for sure. But it is interesting that it shows up on the anniversary of the Gizmodo iPhone 4 leak, isn't it?
UPDATE: Per comments, yes there are some old icons but also some Apple internal test icons. Weird. Second video from the same source that shows off, among other things, 64GB, a new rendering for Folders, and Facebook built into settings.
UPDATE 2: This might just be a prototype iPhone 4 running an early test version of iOS 4 which included Folder and Fast App Switching UI Apple later decided against implementing (going with what we see now in the release version of iOS 4.)
Check out the video after the break and let us know, real, fake, or really fake? And if real, what do you think?


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Renovation Inspiration: Concrete Floors to Swoon Over
We have seen beautiful concrete floors everywhere, from bars to restaurants to clubs to warehouses, and over the last decade they have become increasingly popular in modern home interiors as well.
I have always wanted a sexy industrial concrete floor, and I am having one put in (or overlaid to fix the original one that was painted a puke peachy color) as I write. Am I getting exactly what I have been looking for? No, not with my budget. But I am trying to get as close as possible. Here are some of the images I used as reference to get across what I'm after.
1. Kababie Arquitectos
2. Elemental Design
3. David Vandervort
4. Houzz
5. Balance Associates Architects
(Images: as linked above)
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Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-8 James 1: 17-18, 21b -22, 27 Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Little Jerry Siegel was born in 1914, into a large, poor family, living in gritty Jewish neighborhood of Cleveland. He would remain a runt, the object of his classmates' taunts. As he recalled decades later, "I got a taste of how it feels to be victimized." Recess for him was an unrelenting retreat from bullies. Girls ignored him. When it came time for the class to exchange them, Jerry had to worry whether he'd receive even one Valentine card.
"I hadn't asked for the face or physique I was born with. I had not sculpted my nose or fashioned my chin, or decided how broad my shoulders would be, or how tall I would become. I looked searchingly into the mirror for a clue. The mirror refused to commit itself" (4).
Sometimes kids like Jerry excel at studies, but he garnered Ds, Fs, and summer school. Instead, his refuge was fantasy, dime-novels and matinees, Westerns with stars like Tom Mix, or Douglas Fairbanks, playing Zorro, Robin Hood, and the Thief of Bagdad. But, as Larry Tye writes,
watching was not enough. Convinced he could replicate Mix's and Fairbank's derring-do, Jerry darted in and out of traffic on the narrow roads of his Glenville neighborhood. "Those furious humans driving the cars, who yammered and glared insanely at me," he said, "were mere mortals. But I...I was a leaping, twirling, gleeful phenomenon!" Back at home, with his hip healed after one of those glaring drivers sideswiped him, he climbed onto the roof of the garage, holding an umbrella. "I opened the umbrella and leapt. Look out world, here I come!...I did this over and over again. Unexpectedly, the umbrella suddenly turned inside-out as I descended. I banged a knee, when I hit the ground. Just as I had abandoned berserkly dodging in and out between moving automobiles, I gave up jumping off the top of my garage" (5).
A story like Jerry Siegel's has too many versions to track. Indeed, no one would know his were it not for the saga that emerged from his fervid world of fantasy. You see, along with Joe Shuster, another Cleveland Jew, Jerry was the creator of Superman.
As someone who can name, and explicate the properties of, the five forms of Kryptonite — don't start with me if you can only produce green and red — you're dealing with a true fan of the Man of Steel. But with gospel eyes, consider again the figure Jerry created.
A Man of Steel is, as the moniker suggests, impervious. He can't be wounded by this world. (Kryptonite is from his home planet.) Indeed, the figure of Superman essentially stands above our world. He doesn't really come from Smallville; Ma and Pa Kent aren't his first parents. The small history he has among us is fabricated. As originally envisioned, Superman can't fall in love, can't enter into deeply interpersonal relations of any kind. How apt, that his name was coined by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who argued that, with God dead, the human person would have to rise to the challenge of being his own Übermensch, or, to use the English, his own "Superman."
Superman perfectly expresses the Enlightenment's aspirations for the human person. He's self-contained and sovereign. He stands apart from the rest of the world, bending it to his will, hopefully for the good. (Incidentally, for all her new found celebrity as a Tea Party princess, Ayn Rand is essentially a capitalist Nietzsche, plagiarized into English.)
So, when the modern person hears Jesus say,
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile. From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within and they defile (Mk 7: 18-23)
we can't help but think that he's endorsing an Ayn Rand, Nietzschian Superman, the one who stands over and against the world, unsullied by its weaknesses.
But consider another German word for the human person. This one from the philosopher Martin Heidegger. Dasein. Literally, it means "being there." Heidegger's point was that we don't enter this world fully formed, as though our true nature were forged on another planet. Instead, we are, from the first moment thrown into an enveloping world. Even as a toddler learns to prattle, it assumes the prejudices, the strengths and the weaknesses, of the world that surrounds it.
The great thinkers of the Enlightenment believed that human reason was universal, transcendent. It didn't have to bother with history or strangers. Of course the great thinkers of the Enlightenment were white, European, and male; they presumed that the world existed in their image. They never understood that they too were Dasein, thrown into limited, particular worlds.
Today many people speak of being spiritual but not religious. They intend to seek meaning on their own terms. They don't realize that they are the impoverished offsprings of the Enlightenment, of a cold, isolationist vision of what it means to be human.
Of the "statutes and decrees" he gives them, Moses tells the Israelites,
Observe them carefully, for thus will you give evidence of your wisdom and intelligence to the nations, who will hear of all these statutes and say, 'This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent people.' For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the Lord, our God, is to us whenever we call upon him? Or what great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law which I am setting before you today? (Dt 4: 6-8).
It's an ancient, pre-Enlightenment approach to human life, to human spirituality. One hears the same in James, "Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls" (1:21). It's the belief that one must bind one's self to something larger than the self. That's the meaning of Latin root for the word "religion." (religio = to choose and/or to bind). It may not be the first attribute that comes to mind, but admitting to being religious is, above all, recognizing that we need others, even to find ourselves.
As Larry Tye notes in his Superman: The High Flying History of America's Most Enduring Superhero (2012), Superman has changed with the times. In recent years, he's come to question his own identity; he's fallen in love and been hurt. In short, the Übermensch has become Dasein, someone who has to ask, "What's it all about? Can someone help me?"
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Using a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) seems simple, but most patients do not use it the right way. When you use your MDI the wrong way, less medicine gets to your lungs. (Note: Dry powder inhalers require different instructions.)
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millerteam necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 246 diseños de 66 diseñadores freelance.
We need a logo that shows strength and stability, yet it needs to be clean, simple, professional, and easily identifiable. This could lead to a lot more work as we need signs, business cards, website, letterhead, etc...
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We need a logo that shows strength and stability, yet it is clean, simple, professional, and easily identifiable for a commercial real estate company specializing in commercial leasing, commercial sales, land sales, land development, and farm and ranch sales.
Our logo will appear on websites, real estate signs, building signs, business cards, letterhead, and numerous other marketing materials.
The logo must work on all backgrounds including black, white, and bright yellow.
Here's a site that has a unique logo, their symbol is all over town and everyone instantly recognizes it, with that being said we only like the red logo in the top left corner here because it is unique, the rest of it we don't care for much:
We also like the logo and name here:
Here's a third example of something we like:
These examples are only examples and we're open to different options. These examples are all in our geographic home base area, so don't copy them, we want to be different and make sure we stand out in a crowd.
- Usability for smaller and larger sizes
- Professional and will stand out in a crowd
- Easily recognizable
- Complex logo
- Lots of colors, 1 or 2 colors is ok
- Too cluttered
- No designs with houses or roofs - this is for commercial real estate
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