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=> FAQ / Board Issues => Topic started by: kaysha on December 12, 2003, 08:26:46 pm
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Hey...
This is going to follow the same process as the Thanksgiving Logos (http://forum.nessaholics.com/viewtopic.php?t=4221) and the Hanukkah Logos (http://forum.nessaholics.com/viewtopic.php?t=4430) so i won't post all the specifics. There will be something a bit different though... you can post up to *two* logos for Christmas... one for Eve and one for Day! They will share the logo spot for the forums with the Hanukkah logo of choice for that day. Same sizes and NESSArelatedNESS is required ;)
We'll accept them till the 17th or 18th... somewhere around the end of next week :lol:
Show me whatcha got!
-katia
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Show me whatcha got!
-katia
OK!
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My submissions are the 2 with the most votes...
Christmas Eve: http://forum.nessaholics.com/viewtopic.php?t=4578
Christmas Day: http://forum.nessaholics.com/viewtopic.php?t=4579
And any others if you want more, Katia...feel free to use them all[/i]... :D :wink:
- Tia xxx
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Show me whatcha got!
-katia
OK!
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Those are fab, Scott!
I'll submit mine the night before it closes, they're in a vote at the mo =)
Christmas Eve: http://forum.nessaholics.com/viewtopic.php?t=4578
Christmas Day: http://forum.nessaholics.com/viewtopic.php?t=4579
- Tia xxx
I VOTED not telling ya which ones tho! :wink:
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Show me whatcha got!
-katia
OK!
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omg, i love those!
Amanda
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heres my christmas eve one
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on christmas eve I will be galivanting around town dancing merrily to and fro to the sweet tunes of blessed christmas carols.
:D
If I remember to make one maybe sometime after my history projecto is due.
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tight
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thanks!
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Cool! :D
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HOT STUFF!
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wow thanks guys - didn't think it was that great lol...
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i was gonna use that picture with something like "i'm dreaming of a white christmas"
but I am pretty sure I like stephy's better...
I am gonna try to get one in before the due date.
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well i made it before thanksgiving with the other ones...
i think i am covered til the end of the year...
xoxo
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well i made it before thanksgiving with the other ones...
i think i am covered til the end of the year...
xoxo
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Awesome! :D
Katia - is it okay if I submit mine tomorrow?
- T xxx
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Ohh that's my birthday!! Yay!!
EDIT: I'll submit mine in an hour or two, I gotta run to the store and then I gotta finish it...Although it definatly looks like crap compaired to these others.
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mine aren't all that special! but oh well...
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wow that first one was supposed to be funny! but it's so blurry....
*tear*...and i can't change it now...at least i don't think.
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If anyone else wants to throw in a boxing day logo or Kwanzaa... this would be the spot.
so far i have...
Christmas Eve
(http://forum.nessaholics.com/templates/subSilver/images/logos/xmas/limetwister-xmas_eve.jpg) (http://forum.nessaholics.com/templates/subSilver/images/logos/xmas/pianoguy88-xmas_eve.gif) (http://forum.nessaholics.com/templates/subSilver/images/logos/xmas/gingernut-xmas_eve.gif) (http://forum.nessaholics.com/templates/subSilver/images/logos/xmas/tia-xmas_eve.gif)
Christmas Day
(http://forum.nessaholics.com/templates/subSilver/images/logos/xmas/divasteph-xmas.gif) (http://forum.nessaholics.com/templates/subSilver/images/logos/xmas/limetwister-xmas_day.jpg) (http://forum.nessaholics.com/templates/subSilver/images/logos/xmas/pianoguy88-xmas_day.gif) (http://forum.nessaholics.com/templates/subSilver/images/logos/xmas/tia-xmas_day.gif)
Boxing Day
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Kwanzaa
Non at this time.
Since participation is fairly low for Christmas... if i don't get many more i will avoid creating a poll and instead just rotate them. I'm flying home to Cali tomorrow, so i'll check in Sat or Sun
-katia
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Well...mine were crappy, and my friend tried to change them to JPEG for me, and they just went blurry...so oh well...
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Well this one worked...and since Boxing Day is my b-day, I took the liberty of adding this other pic...haha
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mine aren't all that special! but oh well...
i really like this one! it's very classic - looking
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mine aren't all that special! but oh well...
i really like this one! it's very classic - looking
thanks :)
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i like it too joe!!!
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thanks stephy!
ya'll are great.
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:D
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Kwanzaa...? :?
Please 'splain to ignorant Tia...
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:D
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LOL
and Tia, Kwanza is a African American Celebration - however i am not sure what it truly is about the colors of kwanza are black red and green and each color symbolizes something - and they have a thing that looks like a menorah or chanukiah but the candles have to be black red and green (i think that whole candle lighting thing is a rip-off - but i dont know much about it so - i cant judge too much...)
that's all i know...
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Tia, Kwanza is a African American Celebration - however i am not sure what it truly is about the colors of kwanza are black red and green and each color symbolizes something - and they have a thing that looks like a menorah or chanukiah but the candles have to be black red and green (i think that whole candle lighting thing is a rip-off - but i dont know much about it so - i cant judge too much...)
that's all i know...
Okay...thanks for the 'splanation =)
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It is a seven-day holiday that begins on December 26 and continues through January 1. The name of the holiday comes from the Swahili words matunda ya kwanza, which mean "first fruits." The holiday's roots are in harvest celebrations that are recorded from the earliest periods of African history. These celebrations bear various names that reflect the languages of the societies that have celebrated them as well as those that still celebrate them, including Pert-en-Min in ancient Egypt, Umkhosi in Zululand, Incwala in Swaziland, Odwira in Ashantiland, and Odu Ijesu in Yorubaland.
Kwanzaa was created in 1966 in the United States by Maulana Karenga, an activist scholar who is currently professor and chair of the Department of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach. Rooted in ancient African history and culture, Kwanzaa was developed in the modern context of African American life and struggle as a reconstructed and expanded African tradition. It emerged during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s and thus reflects the movement's concern for self-determination, a "return to the source," and the reaffirmation of African identity and culture. Moreover, Kwanzaa is founded and framed in Kawaida philosophy, which stresses cultural grounding, value orientation, and an ongoing dialogue with African culture—both continental and diasporan—in pursuit of paradigms of human excellence and human possibility. First celebrated by members and friends of the Organization Us (meaning us African people), which Karenga chairs, Kwanzaa is currently celebrated by an estimated 26 million people on every continent in the world.
As explained in Karenga's Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture (1998), Kwanzaa is organized around five fundamental kinds of activities that originate from ancient African harvest or first-fruit celebrations. These activities are (1) the ingathering of the people to reinforce the bonds between them, especially the bonds of family, community, and culture; (2) special reverence for the Creator and creation in gratitude for the bountifulness and goodness of the earth and in commitment to preserve and protect it; (3) commemoration of the past, to fulfill the obligation to remember and honor ancestors and to teach and reaffirm the mission and meaning of African history; (4) recommitment to the highest African cultural values—ethical and spiritual values that bring forth the best of what it means to be African and human; and (5) celebration of the good of life—that is, the good of family, community, and culture; of relationships; of old age and youth; of knowledge and sharing; of work and wonder; and of all things of benefit and blessing.
At the heart of the meaning and activities of Kwanzaa are the Nguzo Saba (the Seven Principles), which Karenga developed to reaffirm and strengthen family, community, and culture . These principles are umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), ujima (collective work and responsibility), ujamaa (cooperative economics), nia (purpose), kuumba (creativity), and imani (faith). Each day of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of the principles and is organized around activities and discussion to emphasize that principle.
At each evening meal during Kwanzaa, family members light one of seven candles to focus on the principles in a ritual called "lifting up the light that lasts." This lifting up means upholding the Nguzo Saba and all the other life-affirming and enduring principles that reaffirm the good of life, enrich human relations, and support human flourishing. In addition to the mishumaa saba (seven candles), the other basic symbols of Kwanzaa are the mazao (crops), symbolic of African harvest celebrations and of the rewards of productive and collective labor; the mkeka (mat), symbolic of tradition and history and therefore the foundation on which to build; the kinara (candleholder), symbolic of ancestral roots and the parent people, or continental Africans; muhindi (corn), symbolic of children and the future of African people that they embody; the kikombe cha umoja (unity cup), symbolic of the foundational principle and practice of unity that makes all else possible; and zawadi (gifts), symbolic of the labor and love of parents and of the commitments made and kept by children.
There are also two supplemental symbols: a representation of the Nguzo Saba and the bendera (flag), which contains the colors black, red, and green. These colors are symbolic, respectively, of African people, their struggle, and the promise and future that come from their struggle. A central and culminating event of the holiday is the gathering of the community on December 31 for an African karamu (feast). The karamu features libation and other ceremonies that honor ancestors, narratives, poetry, music, dance, and other performances to celebrate the goodness of life, relationships, and cultural grounding.
Kwanzaa ends January 1 with the Siku ya Taamuli (Day of Meditation), which is dedicated to sober self-assessment and recommitment to the Nguzo Saba and all other African values that reaffirm commitment to the dignity and rights of the human person, the well-being of family and community, the integrity and value of the environment, and the reciprocal solidarity and common interests of humanity. One way that persons conduct this self-assessment is to ask themselves three questions: Who am I? Am I really who I am? Am I all I ought to be? In this way, they measure themselves in the mirror of the best of African culture and history and recommit themselves to standards and practices of human excellence that reflect and support those cultural ideas.
I love my African roots!! :D
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=)
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:D
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eh, i'm not exactly sure if this is appropriate ;) o_0
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:D
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eh, i'm not exactly sure if this is appropriate ;) o_0
I'd have to agree lol
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:D
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eh, i'm not exactly sure if this is appropriate ;) o_0
I'd have to agree lol
but its cute! lol....
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:D
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eh, i'm not exactly sure if this is appropriate ;) o_0
I'd have to agree lol
but its cute! lol....
I'd have to agree lol
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But - WALTER!
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ok I got this Christmas Eve rotating logo thing figured out. :)
xmas/limetwister-xmas_eve.jpg
xmas/pianoguy88-xmas_eve.gif
xmas/gingernut-xmas_eve.gif
xmas/tia-xmas_eve.gif
hanukkah/pianoguy88-02.gif
And later tonight I'll swap to the Christmas ones
xmas/divasteph-xmas.gif
xmas/limetwister-xmas_day.jpg
xmas/pianoguy88-xmas_day.gif
xmas/tia-xmas_day.gif
hanukkah/nagyovafan-02.jpg
and for the 26th...
xmas/divasteph-boxingday.gif
xmas/box-marko.jpg
xmas/box-pibby.jpg
xmas/box-tia.gif
hanukkah/tia-02.gif
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and for the 26th...
xmas/divasteph-boxingday.gif
hanukkah/tia-02.gif
Mine isn't good enough for you?!
*stomps off*
hahaha
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Mine isn't good enough for you?!
*stomps off*
hahaha
I can only add what Kat has on the server.
between now and then she probably will add the newer boxing day ones.
I just made the list to keep my mah own shit straight.
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its xmas here now :razz:
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its xmas here now :razz:
but the server the forum is hosted on is in California :razz:
so sometime between midnight ET & midnight PT they'll be swapped. :)
EDIT (11pm): they've been swapped to Christmas rotation now. enjoy.
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now we are on the same day! :D
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now we are on the same day! :D
LOL!
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they are all so cute on the boards!! Great job peeps!! :)
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shit
box-pibby.jpg & box-tia.gif arent readable. Why DM's is and those arent, I dunno.
Hopefully Kat can change the persmissions on the files and they'll be added back into the Boxing Day rotation.
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shit
box-pibby.jpg & box-tia.gif arent readable. Why DM's is and those arent, I dunno.
Hopefully Kat can change the persmissions on the files and they'll be added back into the Boxing Day rotation.
fixed. =)
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fixed. =)
w00t! Thay're in the rotation now too.
<3 teh freakin admin
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fixed. =)
w00t! Thay're in the rotation now too.
<3 teh freakin admin
:D
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back to default till New Years Eve :)
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woot? :?
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Might I add the mods looked great in their Christmas green, and, of course, Katia in red?
For easter pink and yellow. No?
hehehehe
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For easter pink and yellow. No?
oh fuck no *runs screaming*
Tricia needs her pink back however! 8)
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For easter pink and yellow. No?
oh fuck no *runs screaming*
Tricia needs her pink back however! 8)
pink and mint!! :wink:
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For easter pink and yellow. No?
oh fuck no *runs screaming*
Tricia needs her pink back however! 8)
pink and mint!! :wink:
lol. i'm liking the pink idea. :wink:
Amanda
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It's okay.
I'm at peace with the fact that Kevin wants me to die a slow painful death.
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Dont we all :D
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James Alexander there will be consequences!!
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:D Im sorry.......what will the consequences be??