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iTrend necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 65 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
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We are looking for a logo for an online trading course called Trading Mavericks, which focuses on learning how to trade ETFs from the comfort of your home, from anywhere in the world.
The consumer for this product tends to be male and ranges in the 30-60 range.
Traders tend to be more risk takers than traditional investors -- so we would like something that is both professional yet also a bit fun/edgy.
Keywords for the design are Wealth, Freedom, Rebel, Class, Fun, Excitement, Lifestyle, Success. Generally, the logo obviously doesn't need to convey all of that, but it needs to at least not conflict with any of those desired feelings/impressions.
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I can't stop thinking about real estate, Internet. Specifically: should we stay in Brooklyn, or should we beat a shameful retreat to the suburbs? I need you to tell me.
We bought our two-bedroom apartment a few years back for a quarter and some old gum wrappers, and it is now worth billions. While this is lovely, it also means that if we hope to buy a larger space in our neighborhood—well, we can't; it's not even worth talking about. Our space is not quite large enough for us, and will definitely Not Work if we have another child (NO I'M NOT PREGNANT). With the crazy inflation of real estate prices in NYC, we will only be able to afford a lean-to on the banks of the Gowanus, and Henry and his imaginary sibling will develop extra limbs from all the fumes coming off of the fetid waters. So that's probably not the best option.
So it comes down to this: either we stay in our place, which in addition to being on the small side is dark and loud (we're on the first floor on a main avenue—in the summer people walk up to our window and ask for money. We're like an ATM! An ATM for crazies!), or we move to an As Yet Unnamed Suburb. We've found a couple of areas that seem to suit our needs: we could probably afford a smallish house in one of these towns, which are close to the city and artsy/liberal. However (need I add this?) they're Not Brooklyn. We would not have the library, the museum, the park, and the Botanic Garden all within a few blocks of our home. We would have to own a car (gasp!). On the other hand, we would have a backyard. And a decent school district. And amenities within walking distance. On the other hand I will be dead inside (probably). My youth gone, I will spend the days watching soaps and drinking Chardonnay; when Husband arrives from the city I will greet him at the door with pies made of Play-Doh and cigarette butts. Isn't this what you suburban types do? Yes?
In a nutshell, I am driving myself bonkers. One moment I think I can never leave Brooklyn how could I even think such a thing and then in the next moment I'm dreamily picturing mornings with Henry and Scott in a sunny breakfast nook instead of our dank living room/dining room/kitchen that is periodically infested with vermin. I would give up a lot to never have to worry again about stepping on a waterbug on my way to the bathroom. And don't try to tell me about the cicadas or grasshoppers or whatnot you have in the suburbs--they are not the same thing.
Basically what it comes down to is there are many pros to moving, and one big con: we wouldn't live here anymore. We feel superior to you non-Brooklyn people. Now you know.
Opinions. Yours. Let me have them.
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Executives of the best-performing companies featured in the 25th anniversary edition of the Globe 100 rarely bump into each other in the course of business.
But those firms have something important in common -- they all produced record or near-record 2012 financial results that propelled them to the top of the Boston Globe's annual ranking of public companies in Massachusetts.
The entire Globe 100 list will be published Sunday at BostonGlobe.com/Globe100, and in a Boston Sunday Globe special magazine supplement.
Globe 100 will also feature a special 25th anniversary Hall of Fame list ranking the best-performing Massachusetts companies over the past quarter century.
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. of Springfield secured the No. 1 spot on the 2013 Globe 100 list by achieving revenue growth of more than 40 percent last year, significantly improving profit margins, and delivering an average return on equity of more than 55 percent.
Smith & Wesson sales continued to surge after intense public debate on gun ownership and White House efforts to introduce new gun control legislation. In March, the company said that, despite increasing production, it was unable to meet market demand for its firearm products.
Second on the 2013 Globe 100 was Framingham retailer TJX Cos. Global Partners of Waltham, an energy services company, was third, followed by American Tower Corp. of Boston, an owner and operator of more than 54,000 communications towers around the world. Parexel International Corp. of Waltham, a global biopharmaceutical services company, took fifth place.
The Globe 100 magazine also analyzed the performances of nearly 500 companies that have appeared on at least one of the 25 annual listings.
TJX topped the Hall of Fame ranking with the highest aggregate performance over the last quarter century. The retailer was one of just four companies to appear on every Globe 100 and topped the annual rankings twice.
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The Globe 100 magazine and online package will also honor a dozen top Massachusetts innovators for their work in a wide range or organizations. The Globe 100 Innovators of 2013 include data scientist Michael Schmidt; Anant Agarwal, president of the online education collaboration edX; Gui Cavalcanti, founder of the Artisan's Asylum in Somerville; Care.com founder Sheila Lirio Marcelo; nanomedicine researcher Omid Farokhzad, fertility expert Jonathan Tilly; social entrepreneurs Molly Baldwin of Roca and Marquis Cabrera of Foster Skills; Rethink Robotics founder Rodney Brooks; Lars Albright, founder of the online app business SessionM; and Tom Delbanco and Jan Walker, creators of OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.


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t8 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 42 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
A distinct and memorable logo for "t8 photography". I want a simple yet elegant logo for use on websites, stationary, watermarks, etc.
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My business does commercial and wedding photography. I'm looking for a simple but distinctive logo. I use all lowercase letters for "t8 photography". I like script like fonts, but most that I've seen have nice curves for the p's, h's, g's, y's, etc, but quite a boring t's (maybe need to go for capitals?) I want the t8 to be at least as interesting/important as the "photography" part.
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Tour de France in Yorkshire - July 5 & 6, 2014
Tour de France app is nominated for digital award
8:26am Wednesday 24th September 2014
A CYCLING app for riders willing to tackle Yorkshire's famous Tour de France routes has been nominated for a prestigious award.
Historic scenes as 100,000 watch Tour de France in York
8:50am Monday 7th July 2014
YORK was turned into a festival of colour and excitement yesterday as the world's greatest annual sporting event came to the city.
11 great Tour de France costumes
12:21pm Monday 7th July 2014
IT wasn't all about yellow jerseys and lycra for the thousands of spectators who lined the streets of Yorkshire to cheer on the world-class cyclists for the Grand Depart.
Tour de France in York: A once in a lifetime experience
9:14am Monday 7th July 2014
STEPHEN LEWIS joined spectators in Duncombe Place.
A Tourmaker's view of the race
9:01am Monday 7th July 2014
Press reporter Megi Rychlikova reports on being a Tourmaker.
Where to see the Tour - after Yorkshire
8:58am Monday 7th July 2014
Today is the start of the Tour-after-Yorkshire with the riders racing from Cambridge to the Mall in London.
TdF Day 2 - 194 PICS - Live updates - 11 videos
7:05am Sunday 6th July 2014
How York's fabulous and historic Tour de France day unfolded.......
A steady build up - and then a cacophany of epic proportions
6:18pm Sunday 6th July 2014
STEPHEN LEWIS reports on a day with the crowds
Vincenzo Nibali wins stage two of the Tour de France in Yorkshire
4:55pm Sunday 6th July 2014
A LATE attack by Italy's Vincenzo Nibali earned him victory on stage two of the Tour de France from York to Sheffield.
Le Tour in Yorkshire exceeds all expectations
5:08pm Sunday 6th July 2014
Press cycling columnist Christopher Gargett, a York-based cycling blogger and Sky Ride leader, gives his verdict on the opening two stages of the Tour de France
Review: Grand Departy Concert, Huntington Stadium, York
4:47pm Sunday 6th July 2014
DESPITE the rain, the wellies and the anoraks it wasn't quite Glastonbury.
Cavendish ruled out of Tour
10:19am Sunday 6th July 2014
MARK Cavendish is out of the Tour de France with a shoulder injury sustained in a crash on Saturday's opening stage to Harrogate.
Cavendish crashes in dramatic finish to stage one of Tour de France
4:58pm Saturday 5th July 2014
MARK Cavendish's bid for the yellow jersey ended in a heap as the Manxman tumbled to the tarmac in a dramatic conclusion to the opening stage of the 101st Tour de France in Harrogate.
Fury over Grand Départy concert
11:41am Saturday 5th July 2014
FURIOUS concert-goers have hit out after getting wet on the grass at York's Grand Departy - while covered stands nearby remained empty.
Bonjour Le Tour - Allez, allez, allez!
10:51am Saturday 5th July 2014
THE stage is set, the bunting is up, and the final potholes have been filled. Now, let the drama begin.
Crowds attend Grand Departy
10:48am Saturday 5th July 2014
CROWDS gathered at Huntington Stadium for York's Grand Departy celebration.
Tour de France legacy will live on with new cycle race
10:30am Saturday 5th July 2014
NORTH Yorkshire looks set to feature on the route of a new three-day cycle race as part of the Tour de France legacy.
TdF Day 1 - YOUR PICS - 169 photos - live updates - Incredible scenes across Yorkshire
9:41am Saturday 5th July 2014
Follow here for live updates from the Tour de France in Yorkshire
Tour de France: Cavendish putting success before sentimentality as he makes Harrogate return
7:02am Saturday 5th July 2014
THERE is nothing particularly new about Mark Cavendish spending some of the summer in Harrogate.
York Minster dressed to impress for the Tour de France
4:07pm Friday 4th July 2014
A GIGANTIC yellow jersey has been installed on the roof of York Minster to celebrate the Tour de France coming to the city.
Grand Depart gets underway
9:31am Friday 4th July 2014
The Grand Depart of the Tour De France has officially begun, with a spectacular multilingual evening of dance, music and sport with Yorkshire pride on show.
9 ways to avoid the Tour de France
3:14pm Friday 4th July 2014
What to do this weekend if you DON'T want to watch the Tour de France
Froome revels in Tour support
6:12pm Friday 4th July 2014
Chris Froome will do his utmost to help British sports fans overcome a disappointing summer by winning a second successive Tour de France title this month.
Bonjour et bienvenu dans le Yorkshire!
Bonjour et bienvenu dans le Yorkshire!
Leading sprinter out of Tour after crash
3:35pm Friday 4th July 2014
ORICA-GREENEDGE sprinter Michael Matthews will miss the Tour de France following a crash in training earlier this week, his team have confirmed.
Contador confident he can take the fight to Froome
3:30pm Friday 4th July 2014
ALBERTO Contador knows that Chris Froome is still the man to beat in the Tour de France but believes he is in better shape to do it in 2014.
Tour spectators invited to use free hubs
10:39am Friday 4th July 2014
SPECTATORS wanting to watch the Tour de France in York on Sunday have been advised on the best places to go.
Police prepared for Tour influx
8:21am Thursday 3rd July 2014
ALMOST a thousand police officers will be working as the Grand Depart passes through West and North Yorkshire this weekend.
York Hospital braced for Tour de France
7:53am Thursday 3rd July 2014
York Hospital is braced for the Tour de France amid fears it could be swamped with emergency admissions during the event.
Mark Cavendish in the spotlight
12:20pm Wednesday 2nd July 2014
NOT even last year's Tour de France winner Chris Froome will receive the scrutiny Mark Cavendish will face when the famous race arrives in Yorkshire this weekend but, as STEVE CARROLL learns, the super sprinter is determined to grasp a once-in-a-career opportunity.
The best places to watch the Tour de France
11:02am Wednesday 2nd July 2014
The best places to see the Tour de France depends on why you want to watch the Tour.
Ambulance strike still expected this weekend
11:02am Wednesday 2nd July 2014
DISCUSSIONS over a planned strike during the Grand Depart by Yorkshire Ambulance workers are ongoing, the service has said.
£10 parking charge at 'free' Tour spectator hub
11:00am Wednesday 2nd July 2014
MOTORISTS planning to park at York's Designer Outlet on Sunday to watch the Tour de France or use the Park & Ride service will face a £10 parking fee.
Car park in Ripon to be provided for Tour de France
10:04am Wednesday 2nd July 2014
NEWBY Hall and Gardens will provide a car park for the Ripon section of the Tour de France on Saturday.
Rail firm comes under fire over lack of early morning service
11:21am Wednesday 2nd July 2014
A YORK train company has been accused of letting people down by failing to provide an early morning service into York when the Tour de France takes place on Sunday.
Ticket sales for Grand Départy now 'brisk' after only 1,000 sold by weekend
1:25pm Tuesday 1st July 2014
ORGANISERS of York's Grand Départy Concert say ticket sales have been brisk in recent days, after only 1,000 out of 5,000 had been sold by last weekend.
Yellow fever breaks out as Tour de France draws near
3:25pm Tuesday 1st July 2014
WITH only three days to go, York is gearing up for a big Grand Départ welcome. The 2014 Tour de France officially begins in Leeds on Saturday. But Day 2 sets off from the Knavesmire on Sunday. And the city is bringing out the bunting for the occasion.
Tour de France: Who to watch out for this weekend
7:00am Tuesday 1st July 2014
With less than a week to go before the start of the Tour de France, excitement is building ahead of Yorkshire's Grand Depart. With thousands of spectators expected to line the route through the Dales, Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson picks out some of the riders to look out for
VIDEO: See a rider's-eye view of the Tour
3:41pm Monday 30th June 2014
Student Sinead Burke knows exactly what the greatest cyclists in the world will face in the middle of the Yorkshire Dales this weekend.
Drivers warned over Tour de France road closures
9:50am Monday 30th June 2014
RESIDENTS and businesses are being asked to plan ahead as a large swathe of York city centre will be closed to traffic for up to ten hours when the Tour de France comes to the city at the weekend.
Emergency services reveal plans for Tour weekend
10:14am Monday 30th June 2014
PLANS for the biggest event York has seen in more than 30 years will see emergency services draw on all available resources this week.
Choir to sing for the Tour in Harrogate
10:07am Monday 30th June 2014
A NORTH Yorkshire choir will perform for the second time for the Tour de France on Saturday at the Royal Hall, Harrogate.
Big rise in Tour de France related calls to the police
10:02am Monday 30th June 2014
HUNDREDS of extra unnecessary calls have been made to the North Yorkshire Police control room.
£6m spent on repairing Tour de France routes
9:43am Monday 30th June 2014
COUNCILS in Yorkshire have spent almost £6 million pounds preparing the roads for next week's Tour de France.
Aeroplane lands on top of York Theatre Royal
10:50am Saturday 28th June 2014
An aircraft landed on top of the Theatre Royal in the centre of York early this morning.
Pop stars to perform Tour de France song at official opening ceremony
10:13am Saturday 28th June 2014
A PAIR of pop performers will launch the Tour de France this week with a show at the official opening ceremony.
Tour de France film screening at York's city Screen
10:26am Saturday 28th June 2014
IN THE run up to the Tour de France Grand Depart in Yorkshire, York's City Screen will host an evening with the makers of a feature film which tries to capture the essence of the road race.
Buskers' delight as Tour de France 'ban' is lifted
9:39am Saturday 28th June 2014
Buskers are claiming victory in their battle with council bosses over the right to perform in the streets of York during the Tour de France Weekend.
Giant yellow jersey unveiled on roof of York Designer Outlet
10:22am Saturday 28th June 2014
A SHOPPING centre in York has created its own tribute to the upcoming Grand Depart, by unveiling a giant yellow jersey – on its roof.
Early days of cycling on show at British Library
9:41am Saturday 28th June 2014
The history of cycling and the Tour de France has gone on show near York.
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Book launched about village's Tour de France day in the spotlight
11:32am Friday 26th September 2014
A SMALL North Yorkshire village has re-lived the day it became a global star when the Tour de France pedalled through.
Marie Curie thank Tour de France visitors
11:15am Tuesday 8th July 2014
VOLUNTEERS from Marie Curie Cancer Care thanked visitors to York Racecourse for their generosity following a cycle-themed fund-raising drive this weekend.
Emergency bosses praise staff for Tour de France work
11:14am Tuesday 8th July 2014
EMERGENCY service chiefs have praised their staff and partner agencies for the work they did to make the Grand Depart such a success.
York musicians welcome Tour to city
10:44am Saturday 5th July 2014
York musicians will welcome the Tour de France to Paris with a performance at the Eiffel Tower on July 27, the day the race reaches the French capital.
Yorkshire medic rides with Tour medical team
10:42am Saturday 5th July 2014
A YORKSHIRE medic has told of his excitement at riding with the official Tour de France medical team during the Grand Depart.
Tour de France souvenirs sell fast
10:40am Saturday 5th July 2014
TOURISM bosses selling Grand Depart souvenirs say they have been inundated with demand.
Yellow t-shirt for Heart of York bike ride
10:36am Saturday 5th July 2014
IN KEEPING with the Tour de France, the t-shirt for this year's Heart of York bike ride has been unveiled as a bright yellow number.
Handy phrases for Grand Depart weekend
10:33am Saturday 5th July 2014
A YORKSHIRE supermarket has released a list of handy French translations for the Grand Dèèpart weekend.
York artists finish colourful masterpiece for Grand Depart
10:27am Saturday 5th July 2014
A GIANT community art work which will be on show for fans and TV cameras at the racecourse at the start of the Grand Depart in York was displayed for the first time last night.
Young cycling enthusiasts ready to take on Tour de France
10:17am Saturday 5th July 2014
A TEAM of young cyclists have been selected to ride in the Grand Depart tomorrow.
Aviva employees cycle 200 kms on exercise bikes for charity
10:19am Saturday 5th July 2014
A HUNDRED Aviva employees yesterday used exercise bikes at the firm's office in Wellington Row, York, to cycle 200 kms, the distance of Sunday's Stage Two.
Ewe-nique sheep-cams to capture Tour de France on camera
10:53am Friday 4th July 2014
A 'EWE-NIQUE' view of the Tour de France will be provided by sheep on a North Yorkshire farm after they were fitted with cameras.
Tour de France round-up
10:47am Friday 4th July 2014
AN ART exhibit has been installed at York's City Screen. The Peloton is a 15-metre exhibit which includes 200 hand-cut painted paper cyclists, with other Tour-related items.
Park&Ride to open earlier for Tour
10:44am Friday 4th July 2014
BUS firm First will run extra Park&Ride services from 6am on Sunday, with Askham Bar, Grimston Bar and Rawcliffe Bar open from 4am.
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7:51am Thursday 3rd July 2014
YELLOW jerseys and rail bikes will be out in force at the National Railway Museum as part of the attraction's Tour de France celebrations.
It's a gardening tour de force at Dunnington school
8:08am Thursday 3rd July 2014
CHILDREN at Dunnington Primary School have got into the spirit of the imminent arrival of the world's biggest annual sports event by creating a Tour De France-themed welcome for visitors.
Harrogate businessman riding for charity
8:02am Thursday 3rd July 2014
A HARROGATE businessman is getting ready to ride the Tour de France route ahead of the pro teams, to raise money for Marie Curie.
Head in his own grand departure
11:19am Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Tadcaster Grammar School marked the Tour weekend with flags and bicycles on the lawn in front of Toulston.
Hotel staff to take on pedal power challenge
11:18am Wednesday 2nd July 2014
TOUR De France fever has reached York's Cedar Court Hotel.
Tour fever spreading across Yorkshire
11:40am Wednesday 2nd July 2014
TOUR de France fever is spreading across Yorkshire, with even communities miles from the race route getting into the spirit of the event.
Tour-themed window display catching the eye of shoppers
11:03am Wednesday 2nd July 2014
A CREATIVE Tour de France themed window display has been catching the eyes of shoppers and passers by in York city centre.
It's the Grand De-Pie... Butcher makes edible bike
11:32am Tuesday 1st July 2014
A BUTCHER in North Yorkshire has joined in the Tour de France celebrations - by making a bike from meat, pies and pastries.
Dunnington pupils win chance to meet stars of Grand Departy concert
9:44am Saturday 28th June 2014
A CLASS of children from Dunnington CE School have won the chance to go back stage and meet singing stars as part of York's Grand Départy Concert.
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Tour de France route maps for Yorkshire stages:
Stage 1 - Leeds to Harrogate>>
Stage 2 - York to Sheffield>>
Stage Two timetable - Sunday July 6
Publicity caravan leaves Knavesmire - 9am
Start of riders presentation, Knavesmire - 10am
RAF fly past, at Knavesmire - 10.50am
Stage starts at York Racecourse – 11am
York City Centre – 11.15am
Knaresborough town centre – 11.52am
Blubberhouses – 12.32pm
Keighley Victoria Park – 1.05pm
Haworth Town Centre – 1.16pm
Hebden Bridge – 1.40pm
Cragg Vale – 1.48pm
Huddersfield Town Centre – 2.27pm
Holmfirth – 2.48pm
Holme Moss – 3pm
Finishes in Sheffield, near Don Valley Stadium – 4.29pm
Note: All times approximate, based on organisers' estimates of the peloton's average speed.
Cycling column
Curtain falls on Tour of ups and downs
10:56am Saturday 26th July 2014
BY the time you read this, the Tour de France organisers will be putting up the bunting on the Champs Elysees as the 2014 edition of the great race comes to its always thrilling finale in Paris.
Tour war of attrition back on French soil
12:14pm Saturday 19th July 2014
IN week one, the Tour de France lost its big favourite when Chris Froome crashed out, despite attempts to carry on with broken bones.
Thrills, Spills and Tour de France Heartbreak for Froome
12:00pm Saturday 12th July 2014
AN estimated five million people took to the paths, fields and hills of Yorkshire, Cambridge and London to view the Tour de France pass through England.


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A McDonald's employee in Redwood City, California was charged with attempted murder after she was arrested on suspicion of trying to flush her newborn baby down a toilet at the fast-food restaurant, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Sarah Lockner, 25, who was jailed on $11 million bail, was also charged with one count of assault on a child becoming comatose or paralyzed and an enhancement stemming from the victim being under 5 years old.
San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said the baby was delivered on Labor Day in the bathroom of a McDonald's at 185 Chestnut St.
"It's a real sad story. It's a real sad story," Wagstaffe said. "She said she didn't know she was pregnant."
Lockner gave birth while working the 5 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. shift at the restaurant, according to prosecutors. She went to the restroom several times due to stomach pain before a co-worker checked on her and reportedly saw blood on the floor in a restroom stall.
The suspect told the co-worker she just had a heavy period, but prosecutors said another colleague looked into the stall and saw a newborn baby face down in the toilet bowl with Lockner's hand on the child's back. Then, the co-worker heard the sound of the toilet flushing.
Lockner asked the witness not to call police, prosecutors said.
But police were called to the restaurant and upon arrival the newborn baby boy had no pulse and was not breathing. He was rushed to a hospital and put into a medically induced coma, officials said.
The infant survived but prosecutors said his "neurological prognosis is unknown."
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(a) When the appellant is unable to pay the costs of appeal or give security therefor, he shall be entitled to prosecute an appeal by filing with the clerk his affidavit stating that he is unable to pay the costs of appeal or any part thereof, or to give security therefor.
(b) The clerk shall forthwith give notice of tl1e filing of such affidavit to the opposing party or his attorney.
(c) Any interested officer of the court or party to the suit, may contest the affidavit within ten days after the giving of such notice whereupon the court trying the case (if in session) or (if not in session) the judge of the court or county judge of the county in which the case is pending shall set the contest for hearing, and the clerk shall give the respective parties notice of such setting.
(d) Upon such hearing the burden of proof shall rest upon the appellant to sustain the allegations of his affidavit.
(e) Where no contest is filed in the allotted time the allegations of the affidavit shall be taken as true.
(f) Where the appellant is able to pay or give security for a part of the costs of appeal he shall be required to make such payment or give such security (one or both) to the extent of his ability.
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Change: Subdivision (b) is new. Burden of proof is placed upon appellant. Provision for requiring payment or securing of part of costs where appellant can not payor secure all of such costs is new.
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(No. 121) Question: 1. Under Rule 355 providing that the clerk shall give notice to the opposing party or his attorney of the filing by the appellant of an affidavit of inability to pay the costs of appeal, and also providing that the clerk shall give notice of the setting of a contest for hearing, what character of notice is required?
2. When a contest is filed under Rule 355 can the court set and hear the contest immediately, or is it necessary to wait ten full days from the filing of the contest or from the date of notice?
Answer: 1. In regard to the first question it is the opinion of the Subcommittee that the word "notice" as used in Rule 355 does not imply citation or service by the sheriff or constable: See former Opinion No. 57 of this Subcommittee (5 Tex. B.J. 332), in regard to notice under Article 4639a. Any means by which the party or his attorney is given actual knowledge of the filing of the affidavit or of the date for the setting constitutes a sufficient compliance with the requirements of Rule 355 as to notice. In our opinion notice by word of mouth or by telephone or by a letter from the clerk or by delivery of a copy of the affidavit or the judge's order setting the case would suffice. In regard to the notice of the filing of the affidavit we recommend that some form of notice be given in writing, such as a letter from the clerk, in order to eliminate the possibility of a question being raised as to whether notice was actually given. However, we do not feel that it is necessary that the notice be in writing in order to constitute legal notice under the rule.
2. In regard to the second question it is the opinion of the Subcommittee that the hearing upon a contest may be had after reasonable notice of the setting, without waiting for a ten-day period to elapse. The rule provides that a court officer or a party to the suit may contest the affidavit within ten days after the giving of such notice "whereupon the court … shall set the contest for hearing." The ten-day period applies to the time allowed for filing a contest, but after a contest is filed the court can hear same at any time upon reasonable notice.
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In fewer than two decades, Teach for America has gone from a struggling start-up to a powerful force for education reform in the United States. Launched in 1989 by college senior Wendy Kopp on a shoestring budget in a borrowed office, the organization now attracts many of the country's best and brightest college graduates, who spend two years teaching in America's neediest public schools in exchange for a modest salary. In the last decade alone, Teach for America has more than quintupled in size, growing its budget from $10 million to $70 million and its number of teachers from 500 to 4,400. And it aims to double in size again in the next few years.1
But rapid growth is only part of New York-based Teach for America's story. Although its success can be measured by such tangibles as the number of teachers it places or the amount of money it raises, perhaps the organization's most significant accomplishment is the movement for education reform it has created. Although some education leaders are critical of the nonprofit's teacher-training program, and how long these teachers stay in the classroom, using such measures misses the larger, intangible impact the organization has had. Teach for America has challenged how many Americans think about teacher credentialing, shaken up the education establishment, and, most important, created a committed vanguard of education reformers.
Teach for America has been so effective that it is now the recruiter of choice on many Ivy League campuses, often outcompeting elite firms like McKinsey & Company.2 Graduates who went through the program in the 1990s are now launching charter schools, running for political office, managing foundations, and working as school principals across the country. In these capacities, they can effect change at the systemic level – not just child by child or classroom by classroom, but at the school, district, and state levels.
How has Teach for America accomplished so much in such a relatively short period of time? And how have other similarly successful nonprofits had such significant social impact? Our answers to this second question are the subject of this article and the focus of our forthcoming book, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits (Jossey-Bass, October 2007).
We grounded our findings in several years of research on 12 of the most successful nonprofits in recent U.S. history, including the well-known (Habitat for Humanity), the less wellknown (Self-Help), and the surprising (the Exploratorium). One nonprofit, Environmental Defense, has helped reduce acid rain in the northeastern United States and created new solutions to global warming. Another, City Year, has helped thousands of young people serve their country and changed how we think about volunteerism. Collectively, these high-impact nonprofits have pressed corporations to adopt sustainable business practices and mobilized citizens to act on such issues as hunger, education reform, and the environment.
What we discovered after closely examining these 12 high-impact nonprofits came as a bit of a surprise. We had assumed that there was something inherent in these organizations that helped them have great impact – and that their success was directly tied to their growth or management approach. Instead, we learned that becoming a high-impact nonprofit is not just about building a great organization and then expanding it to reach more people. Rather, high-impact nonprofits work with and through organizations and individuals outside themselves to create more impact than they ever could have achieved alone. They build social movements and fields; they transform business, government, other nonprofits, and individuals; and they change the world around them.
Myths of Nonprofit Management
We first examined the 12 organizations through the lens of traditional nonprofit management, studying their leadership, governance, strategies, programs, fundraising, and marketing. (See p. 40 for details on how we selected and studied these nonprofits.) We thought we would find that their success was due to timetested management habits like brilliant marketing, well-tuned operations, or rigorously developed strategic plans.
But instead what we found flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Achieving high impact is not just about building a great organization and then scaling it up site by site, or dollar by dollar. As we got further into our research, we saw that many commonly held beliefs about what makes nonprofits successful were falling by the wayside. In fact, the vast majority of nonprofit literature focuses on issues that, although important, don't determine whether an organization has impact, such as:
Myth #1: Perfect Management. Some of the organizations we studied are not exemplary models of generally accepted management principles. Although adequate management is necessary, it is not sufficient for creating significant social impact.
Myth #2: Brand-Name Awareness. A handful of groups we studied are household names, but a few hardly focus on marketing at all. For some, traditional mass marketing is a critical part of their impact strategy; for others, it's unimportant.
Myth #3: A Breakthrough New Idea. Although some groups come up with radical innovations, others take old ideas and tweak them until they achieve success.
Myth #4: Textbook Mission Statements. All of these nonprofits look to compelling missions, visions, and shared values. But only a few of these groups spend time fine-tuning their mission statement on paper; most of them are too busy living it.
Myth #5: High Ratings on Conventional Metrics.When we looked at traditional measures of nonprofit efficiency, many of these groups didn't score well, because they don't adhere to misleading metrics such as overhead ratios.
Myth #6: Large Budgets.We discovered that size doesn't correlate with impact. Some of these nonprofits have made a big impact with large budgets; others have achieved similar impact with much smaller budgets. As we dismissed the conventional wisdom about what makes high-impact nonprofits successful, we realized we had discovered a new way of understanding this sector – and what enables the best nonprofits to create lasting social change.3
Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits
The secret to their success lies in how high-impact nonprofits mobilize every sector of society – government, business, nonprofits, and the public – to be a force for good. In other words, greatness has more to do with how nonprofits work outside the boundaries of their organizations than with how they manage their own internal operations. The high-impact nonprofits we studied are satisfied with building a "good enough" organization and then focusing their energy externally to catalyze largescale change.
To paraphrase Archimedes, "Give me a lever long enough and I alone can move the world." These groups use the power of leverage to create change. In physics, leverage is defined as the mechanical advantage gained from using a lever. In business, it means using a proportionately small initial investment to gain a high return. The concept of leverage captures exactly what high-impact nonprofits do. Like a man lifting a boulder three times his weight with a lever and fulcrum, these nonprofits are able to achieve greater social change than their mere size or structure would suggest.
After a long process of studying these 12 nonprofits, we began to see patterns in the ways they work. In the end, six patterns crystallized into the form presented here – the six practices that high-impact nonprofits use to achieve extraordinary impact:
1. Serve and Advocate: High-impact organizations may start out providing great programs, but they eventually realize that they cannot achieve large-scale social change through service delivery alone. So they add policy advocacy to acquire government resources and to change legislation. Other nonprofits start out by doing advocacy and later add grassroots programs to supercharge their strategy.
Ultimately, all high-impact organizations bridge the divide between service and advocacy. They become good at both. And the more they serve and advocate, the more they achieve impact. A nonprofit's grassroots work helps inform its policy advocacy, making legislation more relevant. And advocacy at the national level can help a nonprofit replicate its model, gain credibility, and acquire funding for expansion.4
The nonprofit Self-Help, based in Durham, N.C., presents an excellent example of how combining advocacy with service can result in greater impact. Self-Help began by giving home loans to clients – often poor, minority single mothers – who did not qualify for traditional mortgages. Although its services helped thousands of low-income families purchase a house, Self-Help's work was soon undermined by predatory lenders, which took advantage of vulnerable borrowers by adding excessive fees or charging exorbitant mortgage rates, virtually ensuring that the borrower would default.
Eventually, Self-Help organized a statewide coalition in North Carolina and lobbied to pass the first anti-predatory lending law in the country. Later, the organization established the subsidiary Center for Responsible Lending to help local nonprofits pass similar legislation in 22 additional states. Through its direct services, Self-Help has given more than $4.5 billion in home loans to low-income families in the United States. But through its advocacy efforts, it has created far more value for the country's most vulnerable populations by protecting them from predatory lenders.
In nearly every case we studied, the nonprofit combined direct service programs and advocacy to enhance its impact over time. Some groups, like America's Second Harvest and Habitat for Humanity, began by providing services, such as feeding the hungry or housing the poor, and added advocacy only after a decade or more. Other groups, like the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Heritage Foundation, and Environmental Defense, began with advocacy and later added grassroots programs or services to expand their impact to the local and state level. Some groups, like City Year and the National Council of La Raza, did both from the outset, despite pressure to specialize, and recognized early that advocacy and service reinforce each other.
2. Make Markets Work: High-impact nonprofits have learned that tapping into the power of self-interest and the laws of economics is far more effective than appealing to pure altruism. No longer content to rely on traditional notions of charity, or to see business as an enemy, these nonprofits find ways to work with markets and help companies "do good while doing well." They influence business practices, build corporate partnerships, and develop earnedincome ventures to achieve social change on a grander scale.5
Environmental Defense was one of the first nonprofits to realize the power of harnessing market forces for social change. The New York-based organization was founded in the late 1960s by a group of scientists who lobbied to ban the use of DDT, and its informal motto for years was "sue the bastards." Over time, however, the nonprofit became known for a different – and initially more radical – approach: working with corporations to change their business processes and become more sustainable.
For example, even though other green groups criticized Environmental Defense for "selling out" at the time, the nonprofit worked with McDonald's in the 1980s to make the fastfood giant's packaging more environmentally sound. Since then, Environmental Defense has worked with hundreds of companies – from FedEx to Wal-Mart Stores – often scaling its innovations to change practices in an entire industry. Although these partnerships are becoming more common among environmental groups, Environmental Defense was an early pioneer in this area.
But Environmental Defense didn't just set out to change businesses' behavior. It went a step further, harnessing market forces to help solve larger environmental problems. Environmental Defense has been a strong proponent of market-based systems to control pollution, such as "cap and trade," which establishes overall emission limits (on carbon, for example), and then creates economic incentives for companies to comply and reduce their emissions. Cap and trade systems helped reduce acid rain in the northeast United States and have become an important tool in the effort to fight global warming. In fact, this approach led to the passage of California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the first statewide legislation of its kind and a model for more stringent federal emissions controls.
We found three primary ways in which high-impact nonprofits use markets. They help change business behavior on a large scale, as did Environmental Defense. Self-Help also followed this path, creating a secondary loan market and expanding its innovative lending models through mainstream financial players such as Wachovia and Fannie Mae, thereby changing the industry's practices and helping large companies reach historically underserved markets.
Nonprofits also leverage markets by partnering with corporations to garner additional resources for their cause, as have America's Second Harvest, City Year, and Habitat for Humanity. All three have established large corporate partnerships through which they obtain funding, media relations, marketing support, and in-kind donations.
Some nonprofits run their own small businesses, generating income that helps fund their programs. Share Our Strength, for instance, runs a nonprofit consulting business called Community Wealth Ventures, whose revenue it redeploys toward its social mission.
3. Inspire Evangelists: High-impact nonprofits build strong communities of supporters who help them achieve their larger goals. They value volunteers, donors, and advisers not only for their time, money, and guidance, but also for their evangelism. To inspire supporters' commitment, these nonprofits create emotional experiences that help connect supporters to the group's mission and core values. These experiences convert outsiders to evangelists, who in turn recruit others in viral marketing at its finest. High-impact nonprofits then nurture and sustain these communities of supporters over time, recognizing that they are not just means, but ends in themselves.6
Habitat for Humanity, located in Americus, Ga., exemplifies this ability to create a larger community and inspire evangelists for its cause. As founder Millard Fuller has said, he didn't set out to create an organization so much as a social movement. From the outset, the nonprofit spread its model through local church congregations and word of mouth, building its brand from the grassroots up. That model includes enlisting supporters in the very core of its work: building homes for the poor. Participants work alongside the future residents of the home, and in the process live out their values while becoming advocates for the housing cause. These evangelists, in turn, recruit their friends and colleagues, expanding the circle of supporters outward.
In addition, Habitat for Humanity attracts what we call "super-evangelists" like former President Jimmy Carter – people who by virtue of their personal accomplishments, famous names, and vast social networks can help take a nonprofit to the next level. By serving on the board and as a spokesperson for the organization, Carter helped propel it from a grassroots nonprofit to a global force for change.
Not all of the high-impact nonprofits we studied had an organizational model that makes involving supporters easy. Yet almost all of them found creative ways to convert core supporters to evangelists and to mobilize super-evangelists.
4. Nurture Nonprofit Networks: Although most nonprofits pay lip service to collaboration, many of them really see other groups as competition for scarce resources. But highimpact organizations help their peers succeed, building networks of nonprofit allies and devoting remarkable time and energy to advancing their fields. They freely share wealth, expertise, talent, and power with other nonprofits not because they are saints, but because it's in their self-interest to do so.7
The Heritage Foundation exemplifies this network mind-set. From its founding, this Washington, D.C.-based organization defied the traditional notion of a think tank. The foundation sought not only to cultivate a broad membership base, but also to infuse conservativism into mainstream thought. To achieve its goals, Heritage realized that it needed to build a movement, not just an organization. And so the foundation helped to seed and galvanize a vast network of conservative organizations at the local, state, and national levels.
Today, Heritage's Resource Bank – a network of state and local nonprofits – includes more than 2,000 member organizations. The Heritage Foundation helps leaders of these state and local nonprofits raise money and freely shares its donor list with like-minded groups. It also offers extensive programs to train non-Heritage policy analysts on everything from conservative strategies to public speaking skills. And Heritage cultivates talent – not only for its own organization, but also for other leading conservative groups – by offering a prestigious internship program and job-placement service for its young acolytes. The nonprofit also frequently works in coalitions to promote conservative policy and to pass legislation. Rather than seeing other conservative organizations as competitors, Heritage has helped build a much larger conservative movement over the last two decades, serving as a critical connector in this growing network of like-minded peers.
Other high-impact nonprofits harness the power of networks. In some cases, they formalize their networks through an affiliation structure, such as YouthBuild USA or America's Second Harvest. In other cases, they keep their networks less formal and operate without official brand or funding ties, such as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities or the Exploratorium.
Regardless of whether they have formal or informal affiliates, all of these nonprofits help build their respective fields through collaboration rather than competition. They share financial resources and help other nonprofits succeed at fundraising. They give away their model and proprietary information in an open-source approach. They cultivate leadership and talent for their larger network, rather than hoarding the best people. And they work in coalitions to influence legislation or conduct grassroots advocacy campaigns, without worrying too much about which organization gets the credit. These nonprofits recognize that they are more powerful together than alone, and that largescale social change often requires collaborative, collective action.
5. Master the Art of Adaptation: High-impact nonprofits are exceptionally adaptive, modifying their tactics as needed to increase their success. They have responded to changing circumstances with one innovation after another. Along the way, they've made mistakes and have even produced some flops. But unlike many nonprofits, they have also mastered the ability to listen, learn, and modify their approach on the basis of external cues. Adaptability has allowed them to sustain their impact.8
Too many nonprofits are highly innovative but can't execute new ideas. Other nonprofits are so mired in bureaucracy that they lack creativity. But high-impact nonprofits combine creativity with disciplined systems for evaluating, executing, and adapting ideas over time.
Share Our Strength has been exceptionally adaptive. Bill Shore started the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit by mailing letters to food industry celebrities to raise money for hunger relief. Although he received a few checks, he found that professional chefs were much more enthusiastic about donating their time and talent to a local tasting event. After the success of a single event in Denver, Share Our Strength abandoned its direct mail campaign and launched the Taste of the Nation series – now a national success in more than 70 cities. It has raised millions of dollars for hunger relief, and many other nonprofits have copied it.
Over time, Share Our Strength has experimented with a number of different innovations, from participatory events to cause-marketing campaigns. Not all of these events have been successful. One failed experiment was its attempt to extend the Taste concept into the sports arena, through a program called "Taste of the Game." Share Our Strength solicited celebrity athletes to coach young people in a sport and asked parents to buy tickets to demonstration games – with all proceeds going to hunger relief. But the passion for antihunger issues wasn't as strong among athletes and coaches as it was among the restaurant community. After several less successful initiatives cost the nonprofit time and money, Share Our Strength developed a more rigorous approach to managing innovation. Today, the nonprofit's staff develops business plans and conducts more research before diving into new programs.
All of the nonprofits in our sample have mastered what we call the cycle of adaptation, which involves four critical steps. First, they listen to feedback from their external environments and seek opportunities for improvement or change. Next, they innovate and experiment, developing new ideas or improving upon older programs. Then they evaluate and learn what works with the innovation, sharing information and best practices across their networks. They modify their plans and programs in a process of ongoing learning. It's a never-ending cycle that helps these nonprofits increase and sustain their impact.
6. Share Leadership: The leaders of these 12 organizations all exhibit charisma, but they don't have oversized egos. They know that they must share power in order to be stronger forces for good. They distribute leadership within their organizations and throughout their external nonprofit networks, empowering others to lead. Leaders of high-impact nonprofits cultivate a strong second-in-command, build enduring executive teams with long tenure, and develop large and powerful boards.9
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is a great example of collective leadership in action. The Washington, D.C.- based nonprofit was founded in 1968 by a group of Hispanic leaders, and within its first decade it appointed Raul Yzaguirre as CEO. Yzaguirre led the nonprofit for more than 30 years of extraordinary growth. He quickly developed a cadre of strong and empowered senior executives, many of whom have been with the organization for decades and who have played critical leadership roles. Yzaguirre always had a second-in-command, or COO, who helped him with internal management while he focused on external leadership. And the NCLR board has learned to share power with the executive director. Even when Yzaguirre retired and was replaced by Janet Murguía, the organization maintained its leadership practices.
Habitat for Humanity is one organization that went through a difficult leadership transition when Fuller left and started a competing housing organization. But almost all of the nonprofits we studied, like NCLR, exemplify a shared leadership model. They have strong leadership at the top, led by either a founder or a growth leader who has learned to share power. They all have long-tenured executive teams with significant responsibilities. And their boards are larger than average – with sizes ranging from 20 to more than 40 members – and share power with the executives.
Sustaining Impact Through Organization
The 12 high-impact nonprofits that we studied use a majority of these six practices. But they didn't always, and they don't all employ them in the same ways. Some initially incorporated only a few practices and added others gradually. Others focus more on pulling certain levers and apply them to different degrees. Yet they all converge on using more of these practices, not fewer. Rather than doing what they've always done, high-impact nonprofits continuously move in new directions. And by working with and through others, they find levers long enough to increase their impact.
In addition to employing these six practices, these 12 highimpact nonprofits have also mastered several basic management principles that are necessary to sustain their impact. They have all developed enduring, somewhat diversified sources of financial support, including large individual donor bases, government contracts, corporate donations, and foundation grants. Typically, they have aligned their fundraising strategy with their impact strategy. Those that are the savviest about inspiring evangelists are also able to build a broad individual donor base.
These nonprofits have also learned that they need to invest in their human resources, and so the majority of them compensate their executives very well compared to organizations of similar size. And these nonprofits have all figured out how to build reliable internal infrastructure, including sophisticated information technology systems. They aren't afraid to invest in their own capacity – despite the countervailing public pressure to keep administrative ratios low.10 Although none of these basic management practices alone leads to breakthrough impact, a solid organizational foundation is essential to sustaining impact over time.
When a nonprofit applies all these forces simultaneously – the six high-impact practices coupled with basic management skills – it creates momentum that fuels further success. "It's like pushing a snowball down a hill," says one Habitat for Humanity volunteer. "At first you have to work at it and it takes a lot of energy. But once it gets going, momentum builds and it starts rolling on its own."
Using Leverage to Advance Social Change
Why do these nonprofits harness multiple external forces, when it would be easier to focus only on growing their own organizations? It's because of their unwavering commitment to creating real impact. These organizations and the people who lead them want to solve many of the biggest problems plaguing our world: hunger, poverty, failing education, climate change. They aspire to change the world. They don't want to apply social Band-Aids. They seek to attack and eliminate the root causes of social ills.
It's not enough for Teach for America to raise the test scores of students in its classrooms; the organization also wants to transform the entire educational system in America. It's not enough for Habitat for Humanity to build houses; the organization also aspires to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the face of the earth. It's not enough for City Year to build a few successful youth corps; the organization also wants all young people to spend a year serving their community.
But for each of these 12 organizations, audacious idealism is grounded in real pragmatism. These nonprofits are not so much ideological as they are focused on achieving greater impact. As Self-Help founder Martin Eakes says, "I need to have impact more than I need to be right." If that means checking their egos at the door, or even putting their individual or organizational needs second at times, these social entrepreneurs will do whatever it takes – within reason.
"We are extremely pragmatic," says Gwen Ruta, program director of alliances at Environmental Defense. "We're all about results. It doesn't matter who we work with if we can get credible results. And we'll use whatever tool it takes to make progress: We will sue people, we will partner with business, we will lobby on the Hill or educate the public. Every one of these tools is in our tool kit, and we deploy the one most likely to get us to our goal."
Even if nonprofits master and use all six practices, they still won't be able to solve the world's largest problems. Other sectors must also follow suit. For real change to occur, government and for-profit business leaders must learn from high-impact nonprofits and the six practices that they follow. Government leaders can begin to see nonprofits not just as a convenient place to outsource social services, but also as a valuable source of social innovation and policy ideas. Business leaders can partner with leading nonprofits to devise innovative systems that harness market forces for the greater good. And individual donors and volunteers can increase the social return on their investments by supporting those nonprofits that have the most impact, rather than those that adhere to conventional, and misguided, ideas of efficiency.
We believe that without more nonprofits, businesses, and government agencies following these six practices to achieve maximum impact, we are doomed to plod along with slow, incremental change. We'll barely make a dent in global warming. We'll meagerly fund programs that only perpetuate the cycle of poverty. We'll continue to allow millions of children to grow up without healthcare. And we'll continue to make one of the biggest mistakes of all: focusing too much on process rather than on impact.