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I noticed that the background photo (of "Mark Jay") stops adapting at a certain point and the portrait of the person is not visible. Is it possible to make these section background photos fully responsive? Or is that not possible because they are so wide?
If you look closely the image is always scaling. The problem is that the face on the image is on the right side and on small devices it is not visible. I don't see other way of doing this, because the image has to stay centered and scale at the same time.
If you know a website with a different solution with the same type of image (face on the right) please let me know. Thanks!
It's not necessarily about the face, just using that photo as an example. But I'm curious why these section background photos wouldn't scale down like photos in the full width sliders (like the main slider on the home page) do?
Not a big deal, just something I'm looking into for a client site. 5 star theme!
Ok… But the image is the text background and it has to cover the text area. At a point it stops scaling to fill this area vertically. Does this makes sense to you?
Yes, thanks.
Ok, great
Hi Pirenko, first of all I want to congratulate you for this beautiful and easy to use theme.
I´m editing my web but I don´t find the best resolutions and proportions for the images to use everywhere (logo, portfolio, team, etc…). Do you have a list anywhere?
Thanks in advance. Pablo M Romero.
Thank you for your kind comments!
You should find this info on the help file located on the Documentation folder and on certain theme options you have that info near where the images are uploaded. Please let me know if you still need help with a specific image size.
You're totally right. I didn´t realised! Sorry… ¬_¬U
You are wecome
Hey Pirenko,
I want to use this theme for another project, but I have a quick question… Is it possible to make the recent portfolio 3 across instead of 4? I couldn't find where to change it… also is it possible to put a title/button always visible on the portfolio tile instead of a rollover?
Thanks for your help, and for a great theme
Thank you for your kind comments! The number of portfolio columns depends on the content width and screen size. So you can see 3 on certain screens and on others 4.
As for the other question I can give you some custom CSS to achieve this. Send me a private message if you need help with it.
Hmm, is there any way to set the columns so there are always 3 instead of 4 on larger screens? I need to replicate this homepage: http://www.michellegrant.com/clinlegalholdingpage/clinlegal_layout.html. Thanks!
With some small changes to the code yes. I can still help you with this. Thanks!
That would be fantastic thanks so much. What do you need from me? I would also definitely like help with the other question above – adding a title/button always visible on the portfolio tile instead of a rollover.
Please send me a private message through my profile page.
Hi Pirenko, I'm having some troubles with the shortcodes button in the page editor. The button is there, but it doesn't shows up any menu. there is no shortcodes to select.
Has somebody this problem too?
Thanks in advance.
Hi, please turn off all the plugins that you may have active for a moment. If you still have trouble please send me a private message with your WP login details. Thanks!
Hi again. I´ve tried to deactivate the active plugins but it doesn´t work either.
I´ll send you my WP login details.
Ok, thanks!
How can I insert an icon in a text body?
I wanted to use a telephone icon instead of "telephone:" in contact page. The icon I'd like to use in this case for example is "icon-phone", but I can´t find a good way to put it in.
Thanks in advance.
You need to edit the page-contact.php file for this. You will also find an icon list on the theme documentation folder. Cheers!
Hi Pirenko, I´m having some problems with the carousel shortcode. Actually I´ve realised that some other person has experienced the same problem.
When I insert some logos in my carousel, the images shows cutted out at the bottom. I can´t find the way to fix it.
Also, it would be interesting to have the possibility of add links to each item in the carousel.
Thanks in advance! Pablo.
Please send me a private message with a link to your page. Make sure also that you are using the latest theme version. Thanks!
Just got say Pirenko rocks. The Quest theme is great and he's been very helpful with my questions. Excellent customer service.
Hi again Pirenko, I have a new issue with the logo in mobile version.
When I open the website in iPhone (I haven´t tried in android devices), the logo appears a little cropped on the top. I´ve tried to move the logo a little lower through the theme options but it seems to move it only on desktop version.
This is the site: http://pmr2.es/ if you want to check it.
It´s not a huge problem but it would cool if you know how to fix it.
Thanks in advance. Pablo.
I will check this soon and will fix it on the next update if needed. In the meantime please send me a private message for a quick fix. Thanks!
I want to change the size of the sliders, especially your height, how do I do?
What sliders are you referring to? Anyway, the sliders size depend on the images relative proportions. This means that you should use images that are wider to decrease the sliders relative proportion.
Hi Pirenko,
I need help fixing the shortcodes button issue. I have several customizations to my theme and cannot run a general update. Can you please advise how to do it manually via copy and paste?
Appreciate your help! Darren
You should be all right if you replace the content of the folder inc/pirenko_scodes/
Great, thanks!
Hi Pirenko, Great theme! I don't seem to be able to eliminate the white gap between the menu section at the top of the page and the slides. Where can I adjust whatever I need to adjust. I've tried it using the 900×500 placeholders, and have had the same problem, so it doesn't seem to be an image size problem.
Here's the link to my site: Http://www.thegorgeismygym.com
Thank you!
That's odd. I just changed it from classic page to "page with sections", and now the gap is gone. Thoughts?
This is expected, because the page with sections is the one that allows sections without spacing. Thanks!
Hi i have the same problem as a previous poster, my shortcode button is visible but does nothing when clicked – it's a new install and plugins are off. Can you please look at this and advise on how to resolve -thanks.
What theme version do you have?
Hi – it's version 2.6 and running on latest version of Wordpress. thanks, tom
The latest theme version is 2.9 and if you check the theme changelog you will see that it has already been fixed. So just update the theme to fix that. Cheers!
Hi that's great – when i checked previously it was just at 2.7, i didn't spot another update – thanks for the quick response, tom
Ok, just let me know if you still have trouble with it. Thanks!
MAJOR PROBLEM WITH 2.9 Hi, that worked fine initially – shortcodes all appeared as they should. But after that i did a complete wipe as the WP auto install on the host was too problematic/restrictive (hosting was with 1and 1, not my choice) and i did a complete fresh manual install of WP and started with version 2.9 of the theme – i spent hours cursing the hosting and the problems it was causing and then realised it was the theme that was the issue, you CANNOT set the the theme options, skins etc., if you start with 2.9 – i had to go back and install 2.6 configure all of my settings there and then install 2.9 over the top to get the shortcodes working – hope you can sort this soon. Tom
This does not seem to be coming from the theme. I don't have any similar reports as you can see by the comments. I just re-tested the theme and it seems to be working fine. Try installing the theme on a fresh install and you will confirm that there are no similar issues.
Ok -will do (it was a fresh install though) – i'll maybe set one up on my desktop later and try it – it's working with 2.6 configurations and 2.9 added after that so reluctant to change that install again. thanks, Tom.
OK… If you have any plugins active turn them off too. Cheers!
HI – talked the client into another hosting package and it all works fine there – thank you! Unfortunately it now looks like i will need to use another theme anyway as they have decided to go for a 'one page' site for most of the content – tried to do that with this theme using anchors from the menu but it only seems to work properly in some cases? – do you know if this can be done properly with this theme. Thanks, Tom
The theme is not entirely ready for that. Anyway, you can send me a private message with a link if you want me to test something specific. If you are eventually interested I have another theme that is ready for that: http://www.pirenko.com/gusto_land/ (click on the fourth screen).
Hi – i have had a look at Gusto and i may well swap over to that. I have a few questions about it first and some about the Quest theme i am currently using – i will private message these to you. Thanks, Tom
Ok, thanks
Questions have been PM'd to you – thanks.
I have just replied. Cheers!
Thanks, i have just replied back – but i did it via my hotmail account without thinking so let me know if you got it ok. If not i can repost directly through themeforest. Thanks again, Tom
Yes, I got it. I will reply soon. Thanks!
Hi – i've met with my client and sent you a new email this morning of where i am currently at re Gusto. Thanks, Tom
Ok, I will get back to you as soon as possible. Cheers!
Hi, I'm having a problem with a slider at the homepage. I created one with default template and setup a slide group. Tried with two different slide groups with different resolutions. An unfilled row appears at the top of the page, between the menu and the slide. I tried 1600×900 and 1600×750 resolutions without success. I'd appreciate very much your advice. TIA. Seb.
Hi, you should use the page with sections template and select the featured slider option under the content. If you still have trouble please send me a private message with the WP login details. Cheers!
It worked perfectly. Thanx!
You are welcome
Hi there, liking the look of this theme. I have Twisted and this is similar with a few extras…
I have a query as to how this theme works alongside Gravity Forms, are the forms styled like the theme?
If not I may consider moving to Contact Forms but am intrigued as to how check boxes and drop down menus look in the theme, are they styled nicely too?
Thank you for your interest! Gravity Forms will work perfectly, but probably the styles need some work (if it is just the input fields and textareas I will improve them immediately).
If you decide to use Contact Form 7 everything should look just like the theme. If check boxes or drop down menus look bad please let me know and I'll improve their display too. Send me an email if you decide to buy the theme and need these adjustments.
Thanks once again
Hi and thank you for your very quick reply! Is there any chance at all you add a hidden page to the theme demo so I can see if the checkboxes and drop downs look ok? I know I am cheeky but I like to ask anyway
Here you go: http://www.munto.net/quest/a-test/
I have just made small adjustments to the custom.css file that I can send right away if you decide to buy the theme. Thanks!
Oh wow this is awesome support…can the checkboxes be stacked vertically instead of horizontal? Also can you make the demo page for the dark theme? I just need to be sure first…sorry to be a pain…
Ignore me I can do the dark theme from the demo but if you can stack checkboxes vertically then I will purchase straight away!
Also can I ask if the contact form in the demo uses CF7 or is that your own code?
Ok… If you refresh this page http://www.munto.net/quest/a-test/ the checkboxes are stacked. As for the form shown on the theme contact page it is part of the theme, but I can help you if you prefer to use a CF7 there too. Cheers!
Ahh yes that looks neat…hmm ok well I think it would be cool if you integrated gravity forms anyway, willing to work with you on that one if you wish as I have the plugin. It's what i'm used to and i'm also willing to pay to help you integrate it? Let me know…i'll purchase the theme shortly…
It should not be a big deal to integrate that so just send me a private message if you buy the theme and need help. Thanks!
Theme bought, awesome support wish more theme dev's were like this! Look forward to working with your theme!
Ok, thanks! Send me an email when you have a page with the Gravity Form installed. Cheers
Love this theme. Had it for awhile. Finally got round to using it. Now that I've started, however, the shortcode icon in wordpress backend has disappeared and i'm having trouble with designing pages. Was on there yesterday. Don't know what happened. Please help.
Glad to know that you are enjoying the theme. Please update it to the latest version. That situation appeared when Wordpress changed the TinyMCE editor on a recent update.
Hi Pirenko, I am developing a site with Quest and in the sidebar, I have my product categories listed using the Woo Product Categories Widget and there are bullet points in front of each item ALONG WITH the arrow you are using in the style sheet for list items. I want only your arrow to display, can you help me remove the bulleted circles in front of the arrows?
Please send me a private message with a link. Cheers


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Spring has sprung here in Edmonton. Leaves have popped out on the trees with their beautiful greenery and tulips are up. Soon Iris' will be too! I've ben loving my daytime walks with my daughter Iris watching how everything is coming up in the neighborhood.
If you haven't made it out to the different gardening events going on around the city to get your plants, drop by the Bloomin' Garden & Art Sale at Alberta Avenue Community League this Saturday. In addition to getting some great plants, there are artisans selling their crafts, a little gallery of excellent art works, a permaculture film, a live sculpture demonstration for the sculpture garden that is going in and a fruit growing talk!
I'll be there and hope to have some new items for you including my natural sunscreen!
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Quantum crypto pitches for data centre links
The quantum crypto business is hardly crowded, but ID Quantique is hoping to set itself apart with a 100 Gbps-capable unit. This is hardly consumer kit, however: the target market for the QKD-plus-crypto-engine kit is outfits running multiple high capacity links, either at 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps. Think of inter-data-centre …
Don't forget one-time-pads are secure
If you really want something secure, generate your own one-time-pad (OTP) by sampling signal noise, and install it at either end in person, and use that for encryption. You then don't need to run multiple rounds, simply Xor the garbage-like key onto the data to make random garbage.
The important thing is to make the key bigger than all the data for the next few years, and to never use the same part of the key twice, so that it never repeats.
[If that is not possible, then you can make an initial key, validate decrypted messages and then send updates to the OTP over the, now, secure link.]
This is an engineering not a crypto solution, it does no rely on the strength of a crypto algorithim and does not become more breakable as the power of computers increase. It is insanely fast, and easy to implement.
So, regardless of what other crypto solutions are used on the network, if you are dealing with trusted-end to trusted-end communications, add the extra OTP layer onto it.
So for example, if there is an internal Parliament communication system between Parliament and UK Cabinet, then that data can be seen by GCHQ and in turn the NSA/CIA/Obama etc. If you were the tech in charge of that link, you could easily add the extra layer of OTP security to that to protect it. Then if it turns out the 'crypto' algo has been backdoored, the link is still secure.
Re: Don't forget one-time-pads are secure
Cute. Now, considering this is a multi. giga. bit. per. second. link, do please detail further how you intend to continuously procure and distribute that amount of high quality OTP data to both ends of the link. Station vagon full of tapes, maybe...?
Re: Don't forget one-time-pads are secure
An excellent idea. A 10Gbps link should only require 39 Petabytes of key material per year. Where do I sign?
Re: Don't forget one-time-pads are secure
Simply install another link in parallel and send the OTP data from the generator to the other end. Don't forget to subtract 17 from the numbers to prevent snooping.
How have they implemented the back door that the NSA required them to include?
"How have they implemented the back door that the NSA required them to include?"
As their very first customer was the NSA, I doubt it.
Listen up, although there will be more, with much more to come
The only virtual security for metadata base management and protection worth anything at all, is the one which offers and cast iron guarantees to cover one's losses with a excessively punitive financial settlement.
Money talks without crooked tongue, Kemo Sabe.
Anything else offered without such a sensibility is applied vapourware in fields of ethereal exploitation.
Another misleading title
(see also ``evolution [in] doubt'': http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/05/ancient_human_dna/)
While quantum RNGs are very interesting, and it will be a Good Thing for them to be cheap enough to buy a USB dongle containing one (no more PRNGs?), this is not quantum crypto.
Quantum crypto involves quantum-entangled pairs of particles (``spooky action at a distance'') which require no RNG, and cannot even be intercepted without alerting the endpoints.
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I use #27 Deep Rich Brown. Most of my grays are right in the crown of my head. My hair grows very fast so I have to touch up the roots once a month. I have never had a problem with this damaging my hair and as a matter of fact it is probably in the best shape it's ever been in and I have used this product for over 2 years now. The color does fade some which I don't mind because it almost looks like I have highlights in my hair. I love this stuff and I can't see spending so much more on more expensive dyes when this gives me just what I am looking for.
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This is my first time trying it, I've been a faithful user of Garnier Nutrisse for years.
I bought Colorsilk in the shade Sun Blonde, which I figured would be the equivalent of Chamomile in Nutrisse.
My hair is naturally light brown, and I don't use bleach, so I always look for colors able to lift my natural color on the roots to a light blonde...and this did it better than Nutrisse!
I only used it on my regrowth, so I cannot talk about how drying/non drying it is. But my roots came out a nice very light golden blonde (lighter than what I get with Nutrisse) and blended perfectly with the rest of my hair.
So color-wise, this is now my HG.
What I didn't like (and that's why I knocked off a lippie) is that it made my scalp HURT. I only had it on for 30 min as opposed to the 40 they advise, because I literally couldn't bare the pain. This is something I never got with Nutrisse. I didn't have any sores or anything after rinsing, so no big deal.
Another little plus is that it is about $2 cheaper than Nutrisse.
So all in all, I will stick with Colorsilk for now, and will probably buy an ashy shade this time.
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This didn't work out for me as it did for many others. I get that there's a lot of appeal for Colorsilk. It's VERY inexpensive, fairly easy to use, and has a lot of colors especially for a drugstore brand. Unfortunately, every color I tried faded within one week after coloring. But it DID make my hair feel like silk with the conditioner. Bummer :(
Been almost a year total since I last colored my grays due to pregnancy (I know they say its safe with modern formulations but I'm not vain enough to take the risk!), and I was thrilled to pick up my three-dollar favorite. Yes, it can fade a little, but even salon color can fade, especially reds, and for 2.97 I can afford to touch up every four weeks. Plenty of color for my long hair, not drippy, smell is bearable....what's not to love?
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I had been using L'Oreal hair color for a few years,which did work very good but,then they must have changed the formulation because the odor of it became unbearable.So,I decided to give my mom's brand of Revlon ColorSilk a try.I am so glad I did and have been using it ever since.It applies and covers beautifully,there is minimal to none odor and for the low price of about $4.00 you can't beat the quality.This is the only hair color that I have found that does not contain harsh ingredients.
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I haven't colored my hair for about five years. But I was getting bored with my light brown hair, so I decided to give colorsilk in Dark Ash Blonde a try. My hair came out soft and shiny. There was plenty in the box for my shoulder length extremely thick hair. I wish it would have come out a little bit lighter, but I really just wanted to tone down my brassy brown and cover a few stray grays. This color delivered what I wanted and it was less than three dollars. I've tried the more expensive drugstore brands and I think this is the best. I'm hoping it will lighten a bit when I wash my hair a few times, but I will definitely buy this again. Maybe I'll go one shade lighter if it doesn't fade out enough, but you can't beat the price and quality of this haircolor. Definitely a keeper for me!!!
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i am EXTREMELY disappointed in this product!!!
after reading all of the wonderful reviews here and getting a rec from my friend, i decided to give this a try since my hair had faded to a brassy/orangey color.
after rinsing out the dye, i actually thought someone had replaced my hair with straight up hay! it was so dry and so tangly, and i was very very very mad. The conditioner was also unimpressive, and smelled funny.
This has also been the only hair dye that has ever caused irritation on my scalp, and i have tried MANY different brands, but after such an atrocious experience, i think my exploring days might be over...
To sum everything up:
-covers grays very well (super happy, yay for stress-induced gray hair)
-DESTROYS hair, not damages, DESTROYS
-color came out BLACK not dark brown (3N)
-did i mention DRY HAIR!
i will absolutely not buy again. never.
I bought this, because I was really low on money and there was a two for 6 bucks deal at walgreens. I got the shade 6A Dark Ash Blonde which is the closest I can get to my natural hair color. I used to get Colorsilk 4gm Medium Gold Mahogany Brown and 48 Burgundy when I was in highschool. Every color I have used turned out exactly like the box. ALTHOUGH I did take the color out of my hair before I dyed it the dark ash blonde. I'm always very pleased with how my hair color turns out using this brand. I have tried many different dyes even ones from sallys using different developers. Revlon is a good quick cheap fix if you absolutely HAVE to dye your hair yourself which I strongly advise not to do. In the end after a few years you will have to get your hair fixed professionally and most likely cut a lot off :-(.
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I tried ColorSilk for the first time last Saturday. My hair is naturally dark ash blonde and about 30% gray, cut short. It's in good condition with salon color of neutral medium blonde. Except for my top roots (touched up a couple of weeks ago with root touch), I had about an inch of virgin growth, so I need something that would do the job.
My sister uses Natural Instincts (something like natural neutral medium middle-of-the-road blonde) and it's beautiful, but I couldn't find the color at Walgreens. ColorSilk was right next to it and I like the price, plus the reviews here are pretty good. I grabbed #74, Medium Blonde.
Because my hair pulls warm even though it's very ashy, I followed the advice here and left it on longer than the directions suggest. I did 35 minutes on the roots and then another 10 all over.
The smell was strong (they all are) but bearable, and after conditioning my hair felt fantastic. BUT - although the color was "medium", it's definitely warm. It's actually a pretty color and very natural looking; I got compliments today at work. The problem? I don't WANT reddish hair, and I didn't want a strong enough change that anyone would notice.
Because of this, I probably won't buy the ColorSilk again unless I find a "neutral medium blond" or decide to try a different color. Otherwise, nice product, easy to use (not drippy) and it didn't burn my scalp like many others do. Very pretty color and a fantastic price at $4.50 full retail!
After starting to go grey at 18, I have tried almost every hair color out there, and Colorsilk is always my favorite, go to product. I started using it exclusively a few years ago, it's even cheaper than those root touch up kits! I usually get it in a two box set for about $4. The colors have always been perfect - nothing orange or unexpected - and it really covers the grey well for quite a while. Doesn't seem damaging either, what more could you want?
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$1M bond for Dolton man charged after prostitution sting
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Bond was set at $1 million Saturday for a Dolton man charged with "involuntary sexual servitude of a minor" in the south suburbs.
Guillaume Thomas, 22, was charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor and trafficking in persons, according to Cook County Sheriff's office.
Sheriff's officers in the vice unit and Lansing Police arrested Thomas on Wednesday night after a sting operation at a Lansing hotel. The officers responded to an ad on Backpage.com and found a "female juvenile" apparently working as a prostitute, according to a news release issued by the sheriff's office.
While few details were available, officers think Thomas was "involved" in the girl's prostitution and took him into custody. According to a sheriff's spokesman Sophia Ansari, Thomas also was wanted on a battery warrant out of East Hazel Crest.
The girl was reunited with her family and referred for services through the sheriff's Women's Justice Programs. Ansari said there were no other victims in the case.
An Illinois Department of Children Family Services spokesman said Sunday that DCFS has not been contacted regarding the girl.
Thomas was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday at the Cook County courthouse in Markham.
Frank Bilecki, the sheriff's director of governmental affairs, said that Backpage.com's adult section has filed the void occupied by the former Craiglist "erotic services" section, which closed in 2009 amid pressure by Dart and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. They claimed the website fostered the illegal sex trade.
According to Bilecki, Dart has a vice unit making weekly arrests through Backpage.com ads in order to gather enough information to make a case against the website.
"It's been the experience of the sheriff's vice unit that Backpage.com acts as a virtual pimp that facilitates prostitution and human sex trafficking in Cook County," a statement from the sheriff's office said.


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Now that the first Tiny House Conference has come to a close and I've had some time to reflect on how it went, what I'd like to do differently next year etc. I thought it would be good to share a little bit about what goes into one of these events. I wanted to do a post like this in part to share how much effort goes into the Tiny House Conference and to answer some common questions such as: "why do I have to register?", "why does it cost so much?", "could you just send me a video link?"
When I first started with tiny houses back in 2008, I quickly realized that there was barley any information out there and I had a lot of questions so there must be others out there too that had questions. Soon after I started a what I called a "mini-conference" so that tiny house folks could connect with each other, find support, get questions answered, and get excited about taking actionable steps to living tiny. That was where the idea for this event all started, it was focused around bringing tiny house people together and fostering connections.
Today the conference has evolved to still focus on the core idea, but in a slightly different way. I knew from the beginning that I wanted to create the largest, tiny house gathering ever. It was a tall order, but I knew that people wanted to connect and learn, so I went all in. Starting back in 2012 I started looking for a place to have the event and after a very long search of almost a year, I came upon a place that was perfect for the first ever Tiny House Conference.
It Takes A Team:
To put on event I tried to do everything myself to keep costs as low as possible so I could pass that savings on to the tickets resulting in a lower ticket price for you all. Even though I did a lot of the work myself, I couldn't do it all. This entire event took over a year of work to organize and it included some other folks to make it all happen. In total there was a team of 8 people who directly worked on this event; from a graphic designer, web designer, photographer, videographer, writers, and a few others. All these folks came at a cost that was fair, but added up very quickly.
It Takes A Great Location:
The location was the first hurdle that I had to overcome and it was a big one. Knowing that I was going to have so many people come and a whole bunch of tiny houses meant that I needed a place that could handle 60,000 lbs of tiny houses rolling in and a couple of hundred cars. Looking around, the going rate for a venue that fit these needs in my area the cost was running about $10,000+ a day! That wasn't an option because ticket prices would be too high. So I looked around at farms, parks, hotels, etc etc. and finally I found a venue that could keep the ticket price low-er, but was still very expensive. I decided then and there that if this conference was ever going to happen, I'd have to make this work.
It Takes A Lot Of Great Speakers:
I had made the goal to have some of the best speakers I could find and also afford, while tiny housers are very reasonable in what it costs to have them speak, I had 13 speakers, so it added up very quickly. The logistics for all of this was staggering. I need a place for them to stay, we had to feed them, cover travel costs in some cases, power points, how to get the from the air port to the conference,. materials, etc.
It Takes A Lot To Get Tiny Houses
I knew this going in, but I was still surprised at how difficult it is to move a tiny house. We had tiny houses come from 4 different states and in the process no less than 4 transmissions where destroyed trying to get a tiny house here. What I've discovered is that without a huge truck along the lines of a diesel or f350 Dually you really can't tow tiny houses and even then, its a lot of work.
It Takes A Lot Of Money
It seems when you say you're putting on an event, everyone just sees dollar signs; its crazy how expensive it to have an event. The biggest hurdle for me personally was that to put on an event like this was that I had to front a lot of my personal money to reserve things and secure contracts. Because this event was so big, because we charged for tickets, I knew I had to make this event the best I could. As I mentioned I had to work over a year on this event to make it happen and that meant that I reserved the venue a year and a half ahead of time, which meant I had to pay for the venue before the website was even live. The videographer, the photographer, the tent reservations, the chairs, projectors, screens, food truck deposits, microphones, laptops, speakers, etc etc etc. all of these things had to be bought, secured or contracted about 6 months or more before we even sold our first ticket so that when I could confidently say, "this is going to be an awesome event!"
Could I have Done If For Less?
Looking back at how the event went and trying to think if I could have done it for less and thus charged less for tickets, the answer is honestly "I don't think so". Every step of the process I tried to balance having a great event with the costs involved. This was very true because when I planned all of this and spent all of the money for the event, it wasn't money from ticket sales, because tickets hadn't sold yet, almost 100% of the money that initially was spent was from my own pocket on the hope that they'd come back to me once the event took off. While that money did come back to me much later, spending those dollars was very real to me. After all of that spending, I then determined the ticket price because I knew what it would cost to put on the event.
Anything Less Would Have Resulted In Less
Could I have done this in someone's backyard? Could I have had only local speakers? Could I just "winged it"? Could I just do it all online? The answer is yes. If I wanted to I could make this event only $25 a ticket, but I could only have 50 people show up to listen to only me talk in my backyard with only a single tiny house. The truth is that our ticket price meant that not only could I have a great event, but it meant I could host the biggest and the best tiny house event; to do anything less would mean I didn't make it the best. Since I'm not about doing "just okay" and instead I do "that was awesome" that is why the ticket prices are as such.


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Leslie Hewitt, a New York-based artist, presents sculptural photographs that incorporate politically trenchant imagery in this new exhibition featuring two recent series: A Series of Projections (2010) and Blue Skies, Warm Sunlight(2011). Leslie Hewitt: Sudden Glare of the Sun opens with a free reception on Friday September 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (3750 Washington Boulevard). The exhibition opens concurrently with Rosa Barba: Desert -- Performed and Jonathan Horowitz: My Land/Your Land: Election '12.
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Somehow, it seems that much crueler to lose John Egerton the week before Thanksgiving. He was a man who appreciated a good feed.
Egerton's death last Thursday, at 78, took a lot of us by surprise. He was the sort of down-to-earth person you expect to always be around, ready to give you one more hug around the neck.
Egerton (pronounced EDGE-erton) managed to be one of the nation's great writers on two huge subjects, both Southern food and civil rights. "Southern Food," his 1987 sort-of-encyclopedia, is still one of the definitive books. And he won the Robert F. Kennedy Award for one of his books on civil rights, "Speak Now Against the Day." He was also one of the founders and leading lights in the Southern Foodways Alliance.
There was something else John Egerton did, though, something meaningful only to me. He was one of the first good friends I made when I moved from news reporting to food writing.
The first time I went to a gathering of the Association of Food Journalists, it was in Atlanta in 1994. I didn't know the difference between M.F.K. Fisher and Henrietta Dull. But I already had a dog-eared copy of "Southern Food" on my desk.
At the opening lunch, John gave the keynote speech, "What Is Southern Food?"
It was magnificent, and I couldn't take notes fast enough to write down every word.
Afterward, I jumped on the elevator and ran into Egerton himself. I was almost scared to open my mouth for fear of sounding stupid. But I admitted that I wished I had his whole speech.
He got such a kick out of it, he handed me his own copy and told me I could keep it.
That night, I got invited to join a group – Egerton, his wife Ann, Kentucky food writers Ronni Lundy and Sarah Fritchner and Columbia food editor Karla Cook – at the Horseradish Grill, where Scott Peacock was cooking with Edna Lewis.
I still remember the food, including Peacock's basil-stuffed, bacon-wrapped trout. I remember the lively table discussions, about cornmeal and field peas. I remember that John coaxed Edna Lewis out of the kitchen to sit with us, too shy to talk but smiling quietly, her hand over her mouth.
What I really remember was the feeling of being gathered in, of finding people who thought as much as I did about the same things I thought about, about food, the South and what matters.
On Friday, after I could finally stop crying, I dug into my files. There it was, the copy of that speech John had handed me on the elevator almost 20 years ago.
I'll close with this passage from it, as fitting a tribute to the man as anything I could write:
"So what is Southern food? It's partly an attitude, a way of thinking. It's technique. It's seasoning. It's a way of cooking, from the simplest to the most complex, that says to the interested observer, 'This isn't hard; you can do this – roll up your sleeves and plunge in, and we'll delight in it together.'"
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Bring Perry's Ice Cream to Charlotte, NC!
September 15, 2011
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If you'd like Perry's Ice Cream on your local grocery stores' shelves in Charlotte, NC, we want to hear from you now! Cast your vote in support of Perry's coming to Charlotte. Comment on this post with your voice of support.
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1. Easy – Because Perry's is the best Ice Cream. It's so wonderful and delicious. There are tons of different varieties to try. Creamy and smooth.
2. I would buy it from Food Lion or Harris Teeter. Actually I drive and go out of my way just to get some Perry's!
1. I have lived in Charlotte for 40 years and over the years I have missed a lot of different foods from WNY! PLEASE bring Perry's to the Charlotte area and I WILL eat dessert first!
2. I mostly shop at Harris Teeter, but sometimes wander into Food Lion.
I am in Raleigh NC and would love to see your ice cream here. I mostly shop at Harris Teeter but would go to any store for it.
I am originally from WNY and just moved from D.C. to Raleigh. We were very fortunate to have a Wegmans in the D.C. area to supply a steady stream of Perry's Ice Cream. Now we simply have subpar ice cream to choose from. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE come to NC! Harris Teeter and Food Lion seem to be the most prominent grocery stores and either would do.
I worked for Perry's awhile ago.And I love the ice cream.I would go to Charlotte to get.Just get that passed!Wait to hear from you!
I would love perrys in charlotte because perrys is the smoothest n creamest ice cream. I would love to see it in foodlion or galaxy even walmart where ever it is let me know and ill be there…. lol
Please bring it to NC wl sell in my Raleigh ship
N.Carolina does NOT have good icecream,we need to have someplace where we can get icecream that taste like icecream!!!!
Perry's is the best !!!I would drive miles for some PERRY"S icecream!!!!!


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Community Portal. The most recent version of their flagship product ScrumWorks Pro (SWP) has already added features that were suggested and prioritized on the forum. DZone recently got the chance to interview Danube CEO Laszlo Szalvay about the community concept that's emerging around software producers and consumers. He says the portal "facilitates some of the core values that you're seeing in the Scrum community."Sometimes the best examples of Agile software development come from the Agile tool companies themselves. Developers who use Agile implementation software are very likely to have feedback for new features since they work on new features in their own projects. Customer feedback and traceability are cornerstones in the Agile foundation. Danube Technologies embraces these concepts in its new
Szalvay said the Danube Community Portal began a few months ago when the company implemented a new software package called 'Get Satisfaction' to create the new forum. In the Community Portal, customers can communicate with Danube partners and all Danube employees, including the SWP Product Owner and Development team. Community members can propose their own ideas for a feature or comment on somebody else's. "It's a big improvement over what we were using in the past, which was a bulletin board system." said Szalvay. It's a lot like DZone's system, he said, because you can vote a feature up or down. Twitter can be integrated to feed into the discussion from outside the
portal and users can even label feature requests with an emoticon.
Using votes and other metrics, the SWP team can decide which features
should take priority. Customers can monitor a feature's status as it's being developed. This gets the features that customers want the
most into their hands faster. Szalvay said, "This is not something
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my opinion." More importantly, the community is active. There is a host of customer requests coming in daily and ScrumWorks Pro developers are on the forum throughout the day, every day.
The new Danube Community Portal was started about three months ago. Szalvay says, "Even though we've just implemented this, we've already completed 6 or 7 feature requests. So the community starts to see that we are listening - we are building features that people vote on." Thus far, Szalvay says the Community Portal has been a success. He gave us one example of a feature request displayed here:
One of their customers put up this request and within an hour, a developer responded and then a company partner from TaskTop shared his input, then Szalvay responded. "There's this ecosystem that starts being developed around the product and around Scrum," said Szalvay. "The line between support, customers, and partners is beginning to blur, and it just becomes the notion of a community." He says it's interesting that the TaskTop partner was acting as a representative, even though he's not one. Szalvay said that the partner saw value in the conversation, and that's why they participated. "There will be countless examples like this moving forward," said Szalvay. "Over time, what I think will happen is this notion of traceability, where we'll be able to report to stakeholders what's going on at different parts of the development cycle."
The new version of ScrumWorks Pro (4.2) is a minor release, Szalvay said, but it is the first release to include several features requested through the Danube Community Portal. Here are the new features that customers requested:
Team Member Allocation Report - This report gives management a central view of who is working on what. It's organized by weekly or monthly workloads.
Printing Enhancements - The "Print-to-cards" feature now displays full titles and has font re-sizing. Szalvay says they replicate "that tactile cards on a table or cards on a wall feel."
Enhanced Theme Filtering - Themes are essentially labels used across sprints and programs for categorizing Backlog Items. The new release adds more options for sorting and filtering requirements by Themes and Theme-based reports.
Improved Product Backlog Item Reporting - A complete re-design of the Product Backlog Item module for Web reports. A "Status" filter option has been added to the existing "Release" and "Themes" filter options.
A book on Business Agility by Michael Hugos taught Szalvay that Agility is not just about efficiency, it's about responsiveness. Szalvay says his small company's responsiveness has allowed them to compete with larger, less responsive companies. "Our ability to use this software to be responsive to our customers and their needs is part and parcel of our company culture," said Szalvay.
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ATLANTA — Norman Rockwell's masterpiece "The Gossips" enshrined gossip right up there with baseball as a hallowed American pastime.
Now that place is cemented, courtesy of a Decatur, Ga., technical college: A National Labor Relations Board administrative judge has ruled that the school can't fire an employee for engaging in gossip.
According to NLRB Judge Donna N. Dawson, the "no-gossip policy" of Laurus Technical Institute infringed on what the National Labor Relations Act calls "protected concerted activity." That's workers' right to act together to maintain or improve their pay and working conditions, with or without a union.
So for now -- the case is under appeal -- employees in Georgia can feel free to dish to co-workers about their crappy jobs, their boss' weight or the alleged affair going on down in accounts payable.
Officials at Laurus would not comment on the case, and Joslyn Henderson, the employee who initiated the complaint, could not be reached for comment.
"I thought this case was interesting, but not shocking," said John Koenig, a labor and employment attorney with Barnes & Thornburg in Atlanta. "The NLRB has been on a consistent streak, under the Obama administration, of shooting down employers' policies that put limits on employee speech."
In Rockwell's painting, originally published on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, a piece of gossip wends its way through more than a dozen people, right back to the original snitch. It's anyone's guess what juicy tidbit they're repeating, but their wide-open faces suggest that it's downright innocent, compared to the industrial-strength gossip spewing from today's airwaves via outlets like TMZ, the "Wendy Williams Show" or even "The View."
Take the infamous elevator confrontation between Beyonce's husband, Jay-Z, and her sister, Solange. It seemed that half of America had no more pressing problem than to get to the root of what started the fight.
Hollywood may be ground zero for American gossip-mongers, but Washington isn't far behind. Filmmaker Patrick W. Gavin, spent five years trolling the capital's fishbowl as a writer for Politico's gossip section, "Click." Before it was disbanded in December, Gavin was one of six journalists assigned to it.
"What I have always noticed in D.C. is the first thing people say when they bump into you is, 'What do you know?'" Gavin said. "It is a really lame way to start a conversation, but if you don't have good dish, you are useless."
The policy that got Laurus in trouble said, in part: "Gossip is not tolerated at Laurus Technical Institute. Employees that participate in or instigate gossip about the company, an employee, or customer will receive disciplinary action."
The school laid out a rationale for the prohibition, saying gossip "can drain, corrupt, distract and down-shift the company's productivity, moral, and overall satisfaction." But that wasn't enough to satisfy Judge Dawson, who wrote that the policy "is overly broad, ambiguous, and severely restricts employees from discussing or complaining about any terms and conditions of employment."
Henderson, whose job was to sign up new students, had worked for Laurus for more than five years when she was fired in November 2012.
Documents in the case chronicle a history of conflicts between her and company management, including allegations that Henderson encouraged coworkers to apply for jobs at a competing school.
But Judge Dawson found that Henderson was motivated by concerns over workplace conditions and job security. Furthermore, she wrote, all Henderson's actions were protected by legal precedents, including rulings striking down employers' attempts to outlaw "false, vicious, profane, or malicious statements," "disrespectful conduct," "negative conversations," "derogatory attacks" and "disparaging comments" about superiors or colleagues.
But even if gossip is legally protected, some workers shy away from it.
"I don't like to engage in it," said writer Alyssa Johnson. "I know if I am talking about someone else, I can easily be talked about, so I limit the amount of gossip that I take in and give out."
Nevertheless, Johnson said, she has watched a shift in corporate America that has ushered in a more laid-back attitude toward gossip -- thanks, in part, to social media.
And she knows that for many people, gossip can fill a void. "Who doesn't like a little juicy dirt?" she said. "It can make you feel better about your problems."
Then there are the workplaces where gossip is unavoidable, even expected.
Douglasville, Georgia, hair stylist Roxana Murfree Alston has her tongue planted firmly in her cheek when she claims: "We don't gossip. We just get the scoop on things and give advice.
"Of course gossip is part of the culture," Alston said. "The salon is a place that the clients feel comfortable talking to their stylist about mostly anything, from health to personal issues to relationships. Sometimes it stays between the client and stylist. Sometimes we share."
Fabian Williams has been out of the corporate world for a while and now works as a full-time artist. But he remembers the joys and pains of good gossip.
As an homage to Rockwell, Williams is working on a painting that recreates "The Gossips," using his friends as models.
"Gossip is totally different now in terms of how it circulates," Williams said. "Some simple office chat could go viral, if it strikes the right amount of absurdity. You can be embarrassingly world famous on a simple mistake."


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Today was move-in day for the freshman at UL. Freshmen and parents were hauling all of their college survival tools into the dorms.
Classes begin on Monday, and the freshman already were impressed with the school.
"It's kind of what I expected. Everyone's been really nice. The helpers helped out a lot. I wasn't expecting that, so that's been really nice," freshman Nicholas Blaise said of UL's move-in program.
"Operation Move It" is an event where volunteers from around campus help freshman get moved in, and filled in about the dorms and what to expect from college.
"Especially for the university, it's a great thing because when you come to school there's a lot of things you don't know about, and so if you get here and move in is such an easy thing. I think that's a very welcoming thing," volunteer Mychal Augustine said.
Parents said the volunteers, and campus staff, were going above and beyond to help out.
"Everybody came up to the truck to help, to see what you need. Including the security guards and the police, everyone's just been wonderful," mom Alana Berthelot said.
Parents also said that the friendly atmosphere and rich culture of Lafayette are making this bittersweet day, a little sweeter.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
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Amtrak, a passenger railroad company, operates on tracks owned almost entirely by freight railroad companies that are required to give Amtrak trains preference in using a rail line, junction, or crossing. Section 207 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) directs the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Amtrak to jointly develop minimum standards for measuring the performance of passenger train operations. In the event of disagreement about the standards, an arbitrator can be appointed by the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to resolve any dispute through binding arbitration.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) filed suit on behalf of the freight companies and argued that Section 207 of the PRIIA was unconstitutional because it violated the nondelegation doctrine of Article I of the Constitution, which prevents the delegation of power to regulate private entities, as well as the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause. The district court granted the Department of Transportation's motion to dismiss because Amtrak was a government entity for purposes of the Constitution, and even if Amtrak were a private entity, private entities are allowed to advise the government in the creation of industry regulations. On appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed and held that Section 207 of the PRIIA violated the nondelegation doctrine. Despite heavy governmental involvement in Amtrak's ownership and organization, the appellate court held that Amtrak was a private, for-profit corporation that could not have equal right to craft industry regulations. The appellate court did not decide whether Section 207 violated the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause.
(1) Does Section 207 of the PRIIA violate the nondelegation doctrine of Article I of the Constitution?
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If you'd like the short review of Egg & Spoon, click here to read my review for AudioFile Magazine. However, if you want to hear more about this wonderful book, read on!
Maguire, Gregory. 2014. Egg & Spoon. Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio. Read by Michael Page.
Set in the tsarist Russia of the late 18th or early 19th century, Egg & Spoon is an enchanting mix of historical fiction and magical folklore, featuring switched and mistaken identities, adventurous quests, the witch Baba Yaga, and of course, an egg.
Narrator Michael Page is at his best as the self-proclaimed "unreliable scribe," who tells the tale from his tower prison cell, claiming to have seen it all through his one blind eye. In a fashion similar to that of Scheherazade, spinning 1001 "Tales of the Arabian Nights," our narrator weaves fantastical stories together and wraps us in their spell.
Ekaterina and Elena are two young girls - one privileged, one peasant - yet so alike that their very lives can be exchanged. Page creates voices so similar that one can believe the subterfuge, yet the voices are also distinct - a necessity in a book written to respect the reader's (or listener's) ability to discern the flow of conversation without the constant insertion of "he said/she said."
One girl finds herself en route to see the tsar, a captive guest of the haughty and imperious Aunt Sophia on a train to St. Petersburg. The other finds herself a captive guest of the witch, Baba Yaga, and her curious home that walks on chicken legs. As Baba Yaga, Page is as wildly unpredictable as the witch herself, chortling, cackling, menacing, mothering.
Michael Page is wonderful. He brings each of author Gregory Maguire's many characters to life with a distinct voice. He never falls out of character, and his pacing is perfect - measured to keep the listener from being overwhelmed by the story's intricate plot.
- Read a sample chapter from Egg & Spoon on the Candlewick website.
- Listen to an audio sample of Egg & Spoon here.
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Certain legal protections have been guaranteed to the employee sector in Austin, which ensures that their basic rights are not trampled by unscrupulous employers.These laws protect workers at all stages of the employment process, from hiring to post-termination.
This article looks at some of the vital things that workers should know about employment laws in Austin.
Right from the commencement of the hiring process these laws govern how the hiring is conducted. As per the employment laws, no employer can show bias against a potential employee because of race, religion, gender, age or disability etc.
None of these factors of race, religion etc. can be cited as a viable reason to reject a qualified candidate. Doing so is an offence against state employment laws.Swift and severe legal repercussions await any employer who flouts these laws by any discriminatory actions against employees or potential employees.
Minimum Wage Laws
$7.25 per hour is the legal minimum wage in Austin, Texas.On top of the minimum wage conditions, the employment laws provide for overtime wages for employees. Under the overtime provision, if weekly work hours exceed 40 for any employee, then they deserve overtime pay from their employer. And the overtime hourly rate must be one half times more than their usual rate.
Apart from a few exempt professions and positions, these provisions of the employment laws cover all employees. The minimum wage and overtime stipulations encompass employees of large and small businesses alike. There are certain parameters that have been set to differentiate businesses that fall under the gamut of these laws.
A few of the professions that have been exempted from overtime stipulations of the employment law are executive and administrative employees. These, along with a few others, do not qualify for overtime wages based on a set of criteria which includes, among other things, the condition that their weekly pay must be in excess of $455.
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The minimum wage stipulations also are not applicable on many professions in the service industry in which employees receive tips as part of their job. In these cases the law requires that their hourly rate plus tips must not be less than the equivalent hourly minimum rate.
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A major concern for employees is safety at the workplace. Thus the employment laws make it necessary for the employer to make sure that the safety of the employee is taken care of while at the workplace.
With the exception of independent contractors, every employee and workplace is included in these protective laws. For any employees who wish to register formal complaints against safety issues at their workplace, the Texas Dept. of Insurance Division of Workers' Compensation and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration offer grievance redressal.
If an employer takes any form of retaliatory action against an employee who has submitted a grievance with this agency, then that employer may suffer legal penalties. Health Compensation:If an employee of a business suffers an injury while working for the employer then the employer is liable to pay that employee a proportionate amount as compensation. This compensation should be drawn from an insurance program that the employer must have in place as a matter of legal policy.
This compensation should include the injured employee's medical expenses as well as a reasonable portion of the wages lost due to being unable to work. An employer may choose whether or not to take part in such a program. However, if the employer chooses to provide such compensation, then their employees can only get compensation and benefits for injuries that occur at work.
The lack of such a program allows the employees, who have been hurt at the workplace, the freedom to seek appropriate damages by whatever legal means they deem fit.
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Employers are required by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to give covered workers unpaid leave for covered events of up to 12 weeks. The provisions of this act are applicable on any private business enterprise that has more than 49 workers and also on government employees. Additionally, employees in Texas are provided a 2 hour time off with pay for voting. Employers cannot deny their employees this benefit.
As per the stipulations of the state laws, any employee called upon for jury duty is entitled to a time off, albeit unpaid, from the employer.
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If a worker's position is terminated due to any other reason apart from misconduct, the worker is eligible to get unemployment compensation benefits. Another provision of the state employment laws provides a former employee the choice to keep on having the health benefit coverage they had during employment, but the catch is that post employment, they must bear the cost of the coverage themselves.


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WASHINGTON — For the first time in two decades, a woman has been tapped to moderate a presidential debate.
CNN's Candy Crowley will moderate one of three October debates between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced today. Jim Lehrer of PBS and Bob Schieffer of CBS News will moderate the other two debates.
Lehrer will question the candidates during the first debate on Oct. 3 at the University of Denver, focused on domestic topics.
Crowley's Oct. 16 debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., will use a town hall format, allowing undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization to directly question the candidates. Foreign and domestic policy questions will both be fair game.
Another female journalist, Martha Raddatz of ABC News, will moderate an Oct. 11 debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky., between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
The debate season will draw to a close on Oct. 22 with a foreign policy-focused debate moderated by Schieffer at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., a crucial swing state.
All the debates are scheduled for 6 p.m. The commission said it will also launch an Internet-based initiative to educate voters before the debates about the issues that are likely to come up.
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It's another busy week here in Denver: The wildest in the Hank Williams lineage plays tonight at the Ogden, Keys N Krates returns with a set at Cervantes' Other Side and indie mainstay Of Montreal plays the Bluebird. There are plenty more -- the rest of our picks follow.
Welcome back, Americans. We ardently hope you return to us full of leftover barbecue and slightly sunburned. There are a few good shows this week, starting with legendary jazz drummer Tootie Heath with his new backing band (two-thirds of the Bad Plus). They'll play Dazzle a couple nights this week. ... More >>
The shows continue, as always. Peelander-Z, which does crowd participation better than anyone on the planet, is in town on Wednesday. You have a chance to check out good-time local Pizza Time tonight at Larmier Lounge, or you can head to Boulder for Kate Nash. It's OK if you're staying in tonight. ... More >>
When metal outsiders think of the massively influential Swedish death metal scene, Dark Tranquillity co-founder and vocalist Mikael Stanne is probably not be the type of person they'd expect. Stanne is not intimidating,abrasive or angry. Instead, he has a very positive attitude, which is difficult t ... More >>
EyeHateGod (due Sunday, January 26, at the Bluebird Theater) formed in New Orleans in 1988. The influential band combined its influences from the world of the blues, Black Sabbath and hardcore punk into a unique alchemy that lent itself well to dipping into the dark side of the psyche and projecting ... More >>
THE HELIO SEQUENCE at BLUEBIRD THEATER | 10/24/13 When Brandon Summers pulled out his harmonica last night at the Bluebird, we all what was coming, "Harmonica Song," of course. Summers blew into his mouth harp like he was playing some kind of strange blues rock song, and he did so with so much momen ... More >>
BARONESS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 8/21/13 After the year Baroness had, it was obvious the quartet was happy to out playing again, and the crowd at the Bluebird last night was likewise amped to see the band. This was displayed none more powerfully and vividly than during the performance of "Swollen and H ... More >>
By Jason Roche One year ago, Baroness was touring Europe in support of its criticially acclaimed record Yellow & Green. The ambitious double album was generating a strong buzz for the Georgia-based band. The momentum came to a screeching halt, though, on a rainy morning in August 2012, when the ban ... More >>
Emily Driskill This Wednesday, July 17, we'll be hosting the nineteenth annual Westword Showcase Awards at the Bluebird Theater. The votes have all been tallied, and tomorrow night, we'll be announcing the winners and handing out the awards. Following a VIP reception for nominees (shoot us an email ... More >>
THE OH HELLOS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | FRI & SAT, 6/28-6/29 Last fall, the Oh Hellos released their first full-length, Through the Deep, Dark Valley. And while that album's got some solid tunes like "The Valley" and "I Was Wrong," it's "Hello My Old Heart," a track from their self-titled debut that perk ... More >>
Joe King of the Fray is slated to make his live solo debut tonight at the Bluebird Theater in support of Breaking, his brand new album, which dropped earlier this week. Nathaniel Rateliff and Night Sweats are sharing the bill. We've got a couple pairs of tickets to tonight's show and a couple of pa ... More >>
SPIRITUALIZED @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 4/4/13 With little more than the lights dimming to indicate the band was about to take stage, Spiritualized walked on stage and went right into "Here It Comes (The Road, Let's Go)," which began an evening of music with no breaks or banter to break the vibe of the ... More >>
Wowzers! Is your head still hurting today? Ours is, and we even had all day yesterday to recharge and rehydrate. Needless to say, we all sent 2012 packing in the Mile High City with an absolute ferociousness. Whether you were there and want to relive the revelry or if you had a quiet year end and sl ... More >>
THE FOODCHAIN @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 12/20/12 As the Foodchain played "Young Amsterdam," their anthem to Denver's favorite plant, the thick cloud that hovered near the ceiling of the Bluebird got thicker, and the pungent smell that pervaded the venue got even more pronounced. The band shifted from a ... More >>
See Also: - Myke Charles has talent and charisma to spare - SP Double has come a long way, and it shows - Q&A with Ivan Moody of Five Finger Death Punch - Q&A with Joe Queer of the Queers Welcome to the weekend! You've worked hard, and now it's time to treat yourself to some live music. Good news: ... More >>
Tuesday, July 3, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, 303-830-8497.
Things might be slowing down a bit with the bigger concert announcements, but there was still a fair amount of activity over the last week, including Jane's Addiction at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs, Swans and Xiu Xiu at the Gothic Theatre, and Aaron Freeman (aka Gene Ween) at both the ... More >>
The Brian Jonestown Massacre (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) has been through ups and downs since 1990. But through it all, singer and primary songwriter Anton Newcombe, has steered the band through releasing more great albums per decade than most bands have across entire career. For the unini ... More >>
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Sharon Van Etten (due this Wednesday, March 28, at the Bluebird Theater) saw more sides of the music industry than most of her peers before embarking on her musical career. She moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee as a teenager to go to school and became involved with Red Rose, a coffee shop/music venue ... More >>
Welcome to the weekend! Spring has officially sprung, and just as you can count on a another delightful couple of days weather wise, there's some great music awaiting you in the Mile High City. Locals rule this weekend. Tonight at the Walnut Room, the Autumn Film celebrates the release of its new al ... More >>
The Joy Formidable (due this Saturday, March 17, at the Bluebird Theater with A Place to Bury Strangers) is one of the most aptly named bands of the last several years. Its dream pop atmospheres and sheer exuberance as a live band have wowed audiences wherever the band plays. Part of its charm, too, ... More >>
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Did you know that other things happened over the weekend aside from the Broncos' shocking playoff win? It's true, and our slide show page and family of blogs -- The Latest Word, Cafe Society, Backbeat Online and Show and Tell -- have the skinny. Look below for photos and info about Bassic Fridays a ... More >>
Slim Cessna's Auto Club @ Bluebird Theater | 12/30/11 For the past decade, Slim Cessna's Auto Club has been playing the Bluebird on New Year's Eve and the night before. As Slim himself says, it just kind of happened. The band just kept getting asked to do these yearly shows. For past New Year's sho ... More >>
Tom MurphyohGr last night at the Bluebird TheaterOHGR AT THE BLUEBIRD | 12/07/11"Don't do coke," Ogre urged the audience at the Bluebird last night. "Because I sure fuckin' did, and it nearly killed me." This unvarnished pronouncement from ohGr's frontman came at the end of a particularly str ... More >>
Photo by Kate LevyAll right, now that the festival portion of the Westword Music Showcase is in the books, it's time to hand out the awards. As far as that goes, we're tallying the votes right now and the winners in each individual category will be announced at a special ceremony this Thursday, June ... More >>
Whether you're a fan of the whomp or not, Dubstep is here to stay. Borgore (performing this evening at the Bluebird Theater with Thorazine, ServOne and Seeda) is definitely on the newer end of movement, but the Tel Aviv-born producer and DJ has already carved out his own style within the genre. Form ... More >>
In case you aren't going to see Chuck Sheen spit tiger blood all over the crowd tonight at Wells Fargo, there are plenty of other things to entertain you this fine evening. Not that Chaz isn't worth dropping a sizeable stack of loot to see if he WINS! or loses, but just in case you'd rather rock or ... More >>
Tom MurphyGit Some PURE SUNSHINE Overcasters • the Buckingham Squares • the Purple Fluid The Omens • The Geniuses • Git Some 03.26.11 | Bluebird Theater Git Some kicked off night two of Pure Sunshine last night at the Bluebird Theater. The act's lyrics are often washed out by the torrent o ... More >>
Aaron Thackeray STEEL PANTHER with Drug Under 03.16.11 | Bluebird Theater See Steel Panther at the Bluebird slideshow Last night, Steel Panther and a few hundred of its closest friends in Denver, hopped in the Delorean with Doc and took the Bluebird Theater back to the future when spandex, ... More >>
A Day to Remember and Bring Me the Horizon are co-headlining The Game Changers Tour, slated to stop at the Fillmore Auditorium on Sunday, March 27. We Came as Romans and Pierce the Veil are also on the bill. Tickets ($35.25) go on sale this Saturday, December 18 at 10 a.m.
NOSAJ THING With Jogger • Toro Y Moi 11.20.10 | Bluebird Theater This is not a diatribe dedicated to hating on electronic music, music made via laptop, patchy synths or anything else that involves playing instrumentation off of a card table. This is simply a timeline of Saturday night's ... More >>
Aaron ThackerayWestword Music Showcase: Oh, oh, it's Magic! As you can see from the pictures, this year's Showcase was played in the key of awesome. Relive the whole thing with us. Over the course of the day as we get our wits about us, a few of our writers will share their thoughts on what ... More >>
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Sarah CassDirty ProjectorsOriginally a solo project for David Longstreth, the Dirty Projectors is now touring as a six-piece in support of the band's latest, the wonderful Bitte Orca. Longstreth and company stop at the Bluebird Theater Sunday, November 8. Tickets are $15.25 in advance and $18 day ... More >>
Va-va-va-voom. Shape up. Today in Cafe Society: • Booze, boobs and broads: Jonesy's EatBar staff showing skin for a good cause. • Half-price bottles at the Wine Loft today. • Who tried to blow up the Fat Cat Sports Bar? • Rock & Roll Grill goes up in smoke. • Chill: Icehouse Tavern is op ... More >>
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite as seen through the lens of Jon SolomonMogwai, Women Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Listening to layered and nuanced instrumental music as background. Instrumental music is not dead. For all the prominence of vocal-driven music in the modern pop scen ... More >>
Look out below! Falling blogs! Today in Cafe Society: • Rock, paper, scissors, booze at Nine75. • Mark & Isabella now open in Belmar. • Just in time for the Super Bowl, a Milking It review of Cap'n Crunch's Touchdown Crunch. • Buenos Aires Grill to close. • Thanasi Foods thinks Bigs with ... More >>
It's beginning to feel a lot like blog roundup time. Today in Backbeat Online: • Twelve things every Wu-Tang Clan fan should own. • Mile High Makeout: Dreaming of me. • An extremely entertaining Q&A with Ryan Hendrix of Colourmusic. • Rap Up: Whygee and Sunken State unite for a free EP. • ... More >>
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The Yard Dogs Road Show brings vaudeville to the Bluebird stage.
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Alright, I'm as positive as Jamie Lynn Spear's pregnancy test that tix for this thing are going to be gone quicker than a free flat screen on Craigslist, but I figured I'd put it out there for you just in case the Fray isn't one of your friends on MySpace, where word of a trio of intimate hometown s ... More >>
It's Christmas time again in the Mile High City. That means you can count on a few things: Festive, postcard-worthy lights adorning the city and county building, seeing a proliferation of Santa hats on drunken weekend warriors from LoDo to SoCo and, of course, the return of Blister 66's annual White ... More >>
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- Studio: Orion Pictures Corporation
- Release Date: Oct 22, 1982
- Starring: Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, Sylvester Stallone
- Summary: John Rambo (Stallone) escapes from jail and utilizes the skills he learned in war to evade the sheriff who arrested him.
- Director: Ted Kotcheff
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Positive: 4 out of 7
Mixed: 3 out of 7
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Boasting some of the best use of rugged landscape since the westerns of Anthony Mann, First Blood is an effective, if outlandish, picture that exists merely for its big-screen thrills.
Until the last twenty or thirty minutes, however, First Blood is a very good movie, well-paced, and well-acted not only by Stallone (who invests an unlikely character with great authority) but also by Crenna and Brian Dennehy, as the police chief.
The director, Ted Kotcheff, does a good job with the violence and suspense, working well with the wide-screen format, and he seems fully aware of the dark, subversive implications of the material, even if the screenplay doesn't allow him to resolve them successfully.
Ted Kotcheff's First Blood is a cute, slick anti-Vietnam war film carefully treated to go down for the pro-war constituency it's made for. [23 Oct 1982]
First Blood is a gung-ho action flick fast enough and brutal enough to become Stallone's first non-Rocky hit; on the profound sympathetic levels it seeks to address, however, it is an emission of profound stupidity. [22 Oct 1982]
Director Ted Kotcheff has all sorts of trouble with this mess, aside from credibility. Supposedly, the real villain here is society itself, which invented a debacle like Vietnam and must now deal with its lingering tragedies. But First Blood cops out completely on that one, not even trying to find a solution to Stallone's problems.
Score distribution:
Positive: 7 out of 7
Mixed: 0 out of 7
Negative: 0 out of 7
JohnRamboJan 25, 2008Awesome film. Stallone's greatest acting performance. An instant classic imho - has brilliant character development and an excellent story with some amazing gun shooting action. Awesome cast - everyone is perfectly casted and each portray the characters brilliantly. No doubt, First Blood is the best in the Rambo series.… Expand
Apr 18, 2012this is the best action thriller movie of all times, the best performance of Sylvester Stallone in my opinion the best of the trilogy. First Blood should win an oscar… Expand
Sep 14, 2014The only Rambo movie with a real story. I own them all and i like them all, but Rambo 2-4 are just "Lets Rambo kill hundreds of bad guys" without a real story. Rambo - first blood, shows a vietnam vet mocked without a reason by some Polivemen. Because of his experience during his prison in vietnam he starts raging and runs away from the cops and hides in the woods. The Cops start to act violently against him, until he starts to return the favour. In this movie Rambo avoids violence for a long time. Its not a blood and gorefest like the other parts. Thumbs up for one of the best true action movies. Good storytelling and good entertainement, without CG Explosions and stuff, needed in todays movies.… Expand
Nov 26, 2011It was ok. It was interesting at first but then it just turned into a full fledged action film that was rather pointless and unrealistic (plot wise). Overall it was decent.… Expand
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