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Hi folks,
Could I please ask that any support requests are directed to the support forum -http://guuthemes.ticksy.com
Please do not send support requests via any other means (email, private message etc..) as there is a very good chance they will not get seen.
Via the support forum allows me to provide the best possible support I can.
Many thanks for your understanding.
I like your themes.
I'd like to know if I can put animated image like Gif on background?
Thx, Louis
4 hours ago I just open a new Ticket Ticket ID: BSN-528-11703. Because the first one I sent (BNM-924-98236) wasn't answered. I have also send you an mail via themeforest page, wasn't answered either. the only thing that seem to to work was comment on the theme page.
Sorry for my English, I live in a not English language country
Happy Monday, and i hope you can help me.
Hi soyazul,
Could I please ask that any support requests are directed to the support forum -http://guuthemes.ticksy.com
Please do not send support requests via any other means (email, private message etc..) as there is a very good chance they will not get seen.
Via the support forum allows me to provide the best possible support I can.
Many thanks for your understanding.
I just bought this beatiful theme and the help file is pretty useful. However my knowledge is very limited and I cant fix this problem I have.
Apologies in advance because I am sure that my question is very easy.
The problem is, I want the headers in portfolio and other single pages to be smaller than the header on my main page. For example;
As you can see here " http://nashwp.guuhuu.com/ " the header backgroung is large enough to cover the whole browser, which is something I also have. But here, " http://nashwp.guuhuu.com/project/the-performance/ " the header is much smaller, and I also want the header on my portfolio page to be similar like this. (myexperience is far more different as, i get the same size of headers on my both main page and portfolio-single pages)
Thank you for your time, cheers.
Hi lopeth,
Apologies here, I'm not 100% sure what you're wanting to do again?
Many thanks
Just Purchased the Theme and love it. Setting up has been fairly straight forward and easy to figure out. Thanks for the great documentation.
For Portfolio items, Is it possible to Add in AUDIO for the Portfolio, using Soundcloud Widgets embedded? If so, how do I do this?
Thank You
You would still need to add a thumbnail image for on the homepage, but possibly add Soundcloud embed code into the main portfolio item page (using the video embed textarea).
Many thanks
I have another question: Is there any way to DISABLE the text that shows up as a preview below the Portfolio items (videos, images, etc). I'd like it to be a little cleaner, and right now, the Text preview from the Portfolio Item is very intrusive. When dealing with video, it wants to show the embedded YouTube video underneath the Portfolio Icon/Main Image that I've chosen.
Do you mean the text on the homepage?
Many thanks
Yes, on the homepage. If you create a section "latest work" which displays portfolio material. There are preview images with a title underneath them. Beneath that title, there is a separation line, then a bit of preview text from the corresponding portfolio page. That preview text seems very long, and is sometimes displaying image content from the corresponding linked portfolio page. Is there a way to limit or remove the "preview" text underneath these latest work portfolio image links?
For ex: in your Nash version, there's an "orange moped" link that goes to a video portfolio page. Underneath the homepage link it has "ipsum Loren…... The fake text filler". I want to remove that text or limit it on my homepage "latest work" section. So it would just show the image & title "orange moped".
ALSO: Can you change the speed of the quotes? I have a few longer quotes re: my services and it would be great to SLOW THEM DOWN for readers. Any way to do this?
You need to edit index.php, and remove line 175 -
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
To alter the speed of the quotes you need to edit custom.js (/assets/js)
Replace the quotes rotator code that is there with something like -
rotation_speed: 7000
And adjust the number to increase/decrease the quote rotate speed.
Many thanks
Thank you SO MUCH! The edit on the Excerpts worked perfectly! As for the Rotator speed, How long are those numbers, when you say 7000? Microseconds?
I don't know anything about coding, so I'm a little nervous messing with this. When I looked at the CUSTOM.JS form, there are several locations that say Rotator Speed. Which ones do I change? I've included the coding below as a separate post.
(function(a){a.quote_rotator={defaults:{rotation_speed:7e3,pause_on_hover:true,randomize_first_quote:true,buttons:false}};a.fn.extend({quote_rotator:function(b){var b=a.extend({},a.quote_rotator.defaults,b);return this.each(function(){var c;var d=a(this);var e=d.find("li");var f=true;var g=b.rotation_speed<2e3?2e3:b.rotation_speed;var h=function(){var c=d.find("li.active").length===0;if(b.randomize_first_quote){var f=a(e[Math.floor(Math.random()*e.length)]);f.addClass("active")}else if©{d.find("li:first").addClass("active")}}();var i=function(a){return a.next("li").length?a.next("li"):d.find("li:first")};var j=function(a){return a.prev("li").length?a.prev("li"):d.find("li:last")};var k=function(a){var b=d.find("li.active");var c=a==="forward"?i(b):j(b);b.animate({opacity:0},1e3,function(){b.hide();e.css("opacity",1);c.fadeIn(1e3)});b.removeClass("active");c.addClass("active")};var l=function(){c=setInterval(function(){if(f){k("forward")}},g)};var m=function(){d.hover(function(){f=false},function(){f=true})};var n=function(){d.append(' <button class="qr_previous">''</button> <button class="qr_next">'"</button> ");d.find("button").click(function(){clearInterval©;k(a(this).hasClass("qr_next")?forward)
Hi LittleLeadMen,
Please see my reply before. You need to replace the code that is on line 54 of custom.js. With the code I pasted earlier.
Just make a backup of your existing custom.js, so you can revert back if something goes wonky.
What is the main image background size. All my pics are coming up blurry. Thanks
What version of Nash do you have?
The images do need to be quite large for the section dividers. For example the ones on the preview site as something like 2000px wide by about 1024px height.
Many thanks
Thanks! This is the best one-page ever!!! I want to change my own site to this theme
Thanks so much for the great feedback
Great Theme,
When trying to set up a Background Image in the Theme "Header" Options I get the "Error Message" when saving the options
Can U help
Hi showkontor,
This can sometimes be a file permission issue.
Could you open a ticket at the support forum, and I can help you get this fixed.
Many thanks
How to get to your support forum
Phenomenal Theme!! Will link to our new youth ministry site that is being designed with this theme once it is completed – this theme is awesome!
One quick question – would it be possible to link the logos in the "folks I work with" section to the external sites of the folks I work with?
If not, please add this as a feature request for future versions… Thanks for everything you do!
Hi Dave,
Thank you so much for that awesome feedback. Truly means a lot
It has been noted, and will be added to the next version, available hopefully later this week.
many thanks
Wow! What a crazy quick response. I did have one other odd request – would it be possible under the staff section to add an email icon (to go down where the twitter/facebook/etc stuff is for each staff member so that people could email them directly? I imagine there might even be a way to alter the icon for, say, pinterest and simply input the mailto html?
Thanks again for responding so quickly!
Hi Dave,
I will add this option into the next version. In the meantime, yes you could use, say the pinterest field for now (if you're not using it), and then in index.php change line 346 to -
<a href="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'gt_member_pinterest', true) ?>">
Many thanks
Hey there,
Can you only set this to be 1-page OR can you have it as separate pages as well?
Hi helvetic,
You can add separate pages to the theme, yes.
Submitted a question on the forum in regards to child theme not working. Thanks
Hi Matt,
Just taking a look now.
Many thanks
Thanks I followed up with a few more questions when you have time.
Hi Matt,
Will take a look today. Glad the Child Themes are working now.
Many thanks
Thanks a lot, still waiting for a response but Im sure you have many questions from people
Thanks for amazing theme!
Cheers buddy, glad you're liking it
Sorry, to ask the question again. Can I had animated image like .gif on the background ?
Hi LMDIA,
I see no reason why? An image file is an image file right?
Many thanks
Would you consider including support for an IMDB Favicon link, just like the others for Twitter, YouTube, etc?
Hi LittleLeadMen,
Possibly in a future update.
Many thanks
Hi Guys,
Purchased the theme, all set up but I am getting an error message when I try to do anything like upload an image or try to add the Introduction text.. I have changed the permissions to 777 on the control panel.
It will let me save the text logo but nothing else really. Do you know what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Hi jinjodesign,
I have replied to your support ticket.
Many thanks
Thanks a million for the speedy response, really appreciate it. : )
Hi jinjo,
No problem. Glad I could help out.
We would like to change the speed of the "About Us" image slider. It's a little too slow for our tastes. In which file can we edit this speed?
You need to edit custom.js found in /assets/js
You can alter the Flexslider settings there.
Many thanks
I also am getting the error message from the admin panel changes and have submitted a ticket on your forum. Please advise
Hi headmetal,
Could you please try changing the file permission on options.css (found in /assets/css/dynamic-css) to 0666.
That should fix the error message on saving.
Many thanks
Hi guys, when trying to install the template in wordpress i get this error please help!
Unpacking the package…
Installing the theme…
The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.
Theme install failed.
Hi gjokovik,
Many thanks for the purchase.
Please take a look at this helpful post, this will assist you -http://support.envato.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/269/0/my-wordpress-theme-isnt-working-what-should-i-do
Many thanks
Good morning, I'm considering whether to buy this theme, but I have a question about the homepage. Is the slogan in an html box or it's only a text string? My question starts from the need to put in homepage the news boxes, but with a background image and not the white background. Is it possible? Other question: does your theme runs with the multiple language plugin? Many thanks in advance Emanuele.
Hi playmos,
You can use HTML tags with the slogan.
I have not tested with a multi-language plugin, but I don't see any reason why it would not.
Many thanks


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I am one of those webmasters who has suffered a penalty for the past few months, proportedly for trying to manipulate pagerank.
After reviewing the links report for my penalized site, I found that there is a page on another one of my sites which links to the penalized site, and because of query string values, the link report shows that instead of having one page linking to the penalized site, I have about 6,000 pages linking to that site.
Could this be the reason for the penalty? I don't know but I have nofollow'ed the link and have just finished submitting a reinclusion request. My fingers are crossed.
I have been incredibly frustrated over the past few months after being told that I was trying to manipulate page rank with no means to prove or disprove the accusation. I know there are a lot of other webmasters in the same situation. Do you think it's possible that this was one of the main reasons for the release of this new report?
If there was any miscommunicqtion up until now, and their facts were not correct, hopefuly with this new info, and your honest immediate attempt to fix it, they may give you a second look and help you out.
When I hear of issues with thousands of links pointing to this or that, I always think that some variation on "duplicate content" may be at play. You may have already fixed your problem with your nofollow and you may now be on your back in 2 days - 6 weeks (even without their direct human involvement), which is the time frame I've experienced in the past getting things right again after I fix a goof-up.
If that is really the reason for your drop (the sitewide link) let me state something:
I do have the same problem with a russian guy that built a banner rotation solution he really likes and that generates me more then 1000 identical links from all of his sites. I don't need them and I don't want them and I never asked for them...and I hardly get new visitors from his sites...
Who is Lasnik? Is he one of the guys that are directly and deeply involved with the team that really builds an decides about the core algos? Which search engine would count 6000 links from one domain (sitewides) several times? Braindead! They would force webmasters worldwide into this "Can I place a link or not here mummy?" - Ratrace... even the (non aware) ones that still place their "Designed by ABC WEBBIMBO CORP" on the bottoms of their customers pages...
On the other hand I do believe it COULD be one of the reasons for my georgeous way down...I just wrote to those guys to remove their links.
It does sound like you may have discovered at least one issue that could trip up an algorithm, dataguy. Best wishes on a speedy resolution all around.
I was really hoping to discover some other ways that have been found to use the new link report to help diagnose site problems.
Not your fault - it was my harsh reply. Sorry to Adam ... didn't wanted to get personal. It's just that my website has basically been wiped out from Google and that means much too much these days. In fact it means you're finished.
Google has too much market power and Adam works for them. That made his statement that you have tried to "increase your pagerank" different from all the stuff I hear and read from others nowadays.
No offence... just fired a trigger when I read it...
-Purchased links
-Link Schemes
-Irrelevant links for PR gain
.... and probably a whole host of other things.
The bottom line is that these should be easily identifiable without the use of the Link report by the webmaster.
With the Link Report , you may like to remind yourself of links that could cause a problem - but it's not complete in it's coverage yet, from what i can see. I'm also seeing site links ( in our case ) from the same C block used for the legitimate purpose of multi language translation, excluded, so I'm wondering what's happening based on the new link tool.
Basically, I'm unsure of it's use at this point. Maybe that's why members are a bit quiet (IMO)
On the downside, there are two issues that limit its usefulness for me:
1. They still don't show every link they have in their index
2. They do show links that are not passing any influence
That said, I can see where some new information becomes available - especially when you're over the 1,000 backlink mark. Yahoo's sample will definitely be different than Google's sample then, so you do stand an extra chance of uncovering "things that should not be".
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Using ANYTHING in Webmaster "Tools" is exceedingly dangerous. Doing things like downloading the Links report is basically saying; "Hello, Im trying to do SEO."
Webmaster Tools is a brilliant coup on Google's part. "Hey Serge, let's not bother trying to invent algorithms to catch these SEO dudes, let's just get THEM to TELL us who they are and which sites they manage." Hahaha, that is sooooo clever!
With digg, I found I get linked for every comment people made, and for being "dugg" by members, as its listed in their profiles. some threads have 100's of backlinks to digg totally generated by their own progams. I don't think that is necessarily good.
I was also wondering if the links listed at the top of the listing are more favourable, in terms of strength, than those at the bottom of the listing.
From my experience, yes I believe that Yahoo ranks higher PR sites first (there are often a few lower PR mixed in) but the average is usually high on the first few pages. After a few pages the PR definitely starts falling.
Many have been requesting that Google update their link counts.... this is their initial reaction.
A spammy site will never have original content that makes sense (isn't jibberish words stuck together in a mock paragraph). And legitimate sites will have content appear on them that doesn't appear anywhere else. That will identify a spam vs. non-spam site.
I would hope Webmaster Tools will eventually be expanded to include better communication from Google to the webmaster/owner. For instance, duplicate content alerts so we can fix them before they become a problem.
It's to Google's advantage to help legitimate webmasters improve their sites, as that will in turn improve Google's SERPs. We all know how many quality URLs on quality sites are buried somewhere, or ranked improperly due to silly errors or lack of knowledge on the part of the webmaster. How many good sites are penalized right now because of a forum issuing multiple session IDs? Or a server in a shared environment programmed wrong so it doesn't return 301s properly?
The average webmaster probably doesn't understand all this, and likely doesn't want to. So is it right to deprive others of good information on their site just because they aren't server techs?
I've learned more about htaccess, server environments, html coding, and related things due to issues with Google than I really ever wanted to know. It's been good in that I've fixed problems that I never guessed would be problems. But I've also not been adding to my site at the rate I would have liked to, due to the time spent learning how to fix these problems. So I lose, my visitors lose, and Google loses because there are hundreds of new, unique, original content pages still waiting to be created and published.
I hope Google expands Webmaster Tools and improves communication, it will only benefit everyone if they do. Spammers will never be helped by this, because they will never build sites with original, unique content. If they did, they would no longer be spammers.
I hear they are also secretly developing Grassy Knoll Tools for the CIA. It's just a matter of time now until we know who really shot JFK. (During early beta testing last summer I hear they got a lead on the whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa's remains... Turns out that was wrong but they have since tweaked the algo.)
How does webmaster tools help me to improve my site?
OK, the crawl report
There used to be something like site stats ala webalyzer. All I can see is if Google errors match the sie stat errors. Where can I report that Google gets this and that wrong, or my site was down to a MySQL bug and that's why the 500 errors are there.
and I can send my sitemaps
OK, useful
and then I can opt into that image game.
Ok Google wants the game so let's do it.
Ok i can tell them to crawl www.example.com instead of example.com
Crawl rate: OK I can tell Google to nuke my site of the index.
What else?
I can tell Google which backlinks it can discount cause they are my domains (my sites)
Backlinks, nice and? The best strategy is now to not fiddle with links and hope someone else will link it.
Keywords fine is the same in webalyzer and it will have changed in the SERPS tomorrow, so why bother?
Analytics, nice gimmick, I play with it in case Google gets a kick out of it and uses the return rate.
Where is the control in there that would increase my sites traffic tenfold so I finally get the country retreat I deserve?

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In Stockholm late last year, I met Daniel Khilgren Kallander, a 22-year-old who is very excited about his future career in virtual-reality design. To give me a sense of the possibilities, he strapped plastic goggles over my eyes and sent me on a roller-coaster ride, plunging me into a fully immersive virtual experience that involved some terrifying drops. Take it from me: Your brain is easily convinced that you really are wherever the screen suggests you are.
In the future, when those big goggles have evolved into micro-thin surfaces, virtual-reality businesses will need very-high-capacity fiber-optic Internet networks to keep up with the demand for immersive digital interactions.
This is why it was so discouraging last week when a bill that would bar cities from working with private companies to build their own fiber-optic networks was introduced in the Kansas Legislature.
It was a classic example of powerful incumbent businesses trying to protect their turf. Although the bill was offered with no named sponsor, Ars Technica quickly figured out that it had been drafted by the Kansas Cable Telecommunications Association, a lobbying group that includes Comcast Corp., Cox Communications Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc.
Luckily for economic growth in Kansas, other businesses quickly organized to block the bill, and the lobbying group now says the bill needs some "tweaking of language." (And I thought legislators were the ones who draft and revise legislation.)
Better to dispose of the bill altogether. Daniel's plans for the virtual-reality future illustrate why. Very-high-capacity networks foster new ideas and new jobs. And these will be hampered in the U.S. unless the current system is shaken up. At the moment, when it comes to fiber-optic connections, we're in the middle of the pack of developed nations, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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Might & Magic X - Game Update, Q&A, and New Classes
Might & Magic X announces that a new update is available to all owners of the early access edition.Included in this update are four new classses the Scout, Druid, Mercenary, and Shaman.
Some other new features of the update are an items comparator, extension of the day and night cycle, adding support for Japanese and Chinese languages, and fixing a load of bugs.
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To end the update I have a Q&A sent to us by Ubisoft.
And the heavy stuttering on my machine with this game seems to be gone \o/
I thought this game looked awesome, but the opinions on Steam are overwhelmingly negative. I'm not wild about the "early access" idea, or the uPlay service (or whatever it's called), but I'm curious as to what folks here think about the game itself. I'd trust your opinions much more than those of the general Steam audience, especially for a game like this.
IF you haven't done so yet, you can check out the RPG Watch Preview here: http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21657
I think it is great so far and likely most of the people don't like it because of the turn-based grid-based movement.
Uplaywithyourself will keep most serious players away from this thing. Too bad, as the M&M 'verse really could have used a revival. Personally I'd rather play dominos than capitulate to having to register at some lame website simply to play a game.
Rock on. And keep resisting DRM.
While I agree that having to use uplay sucks I can't agree on "it will keep most serious players away from this thing".
Just because you consider yourself serious and hate uplay that doesn't mean that the majority cares that much. In my circle of close acquaintances are tons of gamers I'd consider serious and I am already the exception when I don't buy games on origins. The majority of them just does not care and while I don't know the numbers I doubt that using uplay has a big impact (except if something goes wrong at release and it generates a temporary shitstorm hurting the sales - but even that's probably forgotten by most people at the next release).
Just because in lots of threads a couple of anti-drm voices pop up (also including steam) that doesn't mean the majority bothers. Personally I'd even prefer to buy a game on steam than on a DRM Free Indie website.
On twitter today Swen Vinke stated that when he opened a chest he got a "Please enter promotion key message" Has anyone else run into that?
It reminds me of first playing DAO. When you're in the camp for the fist time and there's someone offering the quest to the Gray Warden's stronghold and if you tried to accept it you then found out it would cost money to be able to play it. I liked the game overall but that was one of the worst experiences in gaming for me.
Uplay is nowhere near as evil as people make it out to be. This is a once activation DRM (for this game). Something, almost everyone is used to by now.
Ok, clearing this up for those that seem to have an issue with my perspective on Uplay…..I have no problem with ONE version of drm for a product. I'm not a thief, never stolen a game in my life and simply wouldn't on principle, so I get they want to protect their merchandise. I didn't like Steam 10 yrs ago either, but I've gotten used to it and accept it now. What offends me is requiring some other drm on top of steam, no matter what it is I will never accept it. I gladly feast on those that have redundant drm features.
Haven't played much before the patch which added the new classes due to performance problems. But it seems like it got another update. And by the first look it seems like the graphics were significantly improved and the voiceovers were implemented or am I wrong?
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Can anyone tell me is this place like a little city of its own? In other words are there little places to eat and places to purchase things if needed? Is this area guarded at all by security? and If need be, can a traveler leave by taxi to go back to Nairobi if it isn't a comfortable environment for that person? How would they get a taxi? Should they put a back up taxi number in their cell phone maybe just in case? I know I sound ignorant with these questions, but I just want to know. Thanks
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There are no stupid questions.
I certainly didn't see any city like atmosphere in the Mara. No little places to eat and purchase stuff. No Starbucks. Buy things in Nairobi. Bring snacks if you need. Food should be provided by where you are staying. I am not aware of any market within or conveniently around the Mara.
You really are out in the wild. If someone is truly frazzled and must leave, your tour company MAY be ale to provide some transport, but it will be really really expensive. The Mara is HOURS from Nairobi on bumpy roads. This is not a Disneyland Adventure, where you joke around that you are "in the wild" but right around the corner are modern conveniences. (I am not trying to be snobbish here.)
While there is SOME catering to the tourist crowds, part of the point is getting away from all that.
I don't suppose you can leave that person who may not be comfortable at home?
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As Wayne said, there are no dumb questions. It would be dumb to end up in the Maasai Mara not knowing what to expect and feel panicked and want to leave. Questions up front can prevent that.
They may be able to fly back to Nairobi if they wish to leave. There are a couple of scheduled daily flights, if there is room on the plane. It is also possible to charter a plane out.
Wherever you stay in the Mara, there will be ample food. Meals are provided at every camp or lodge. I don't recall any shops. The only cities are Maasai Manyattas or groups of their huts in a circle surrounded by a fence they have constructed of brush and branches.
Guarded? I think some of the camps/lodges have their own security. You would be walked by to your tent if you stay in a smaller, more remote location. The accommodations range from small tents to lovely permanent tented camps to lodges with four solid walls. I know there is some kind of patrol because my guide and I rode with them one night when we had a vehicle breakdown.
I would do some investigating into where you'd be staying in the Mara so whoever is uncomfortable has full info. I'd suggest that person do some soul searching to decide if that is really the trip they want.
In general the Mara is a wonderful place that a wide variety of people enjoy. You do not have to be a camper, backpacker, fearless adventurer to have fun in the Mara.
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Use the internet. Do some searching for Maasai Mara. Get a clue.
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Hmmm, careful with authorative wrong answers friends!
The truth is there ARE towns at the outskirts of the Masai Mara proper very near at least 2 gates!
This is one of the big misconceptions of the Masai Mara that most tourists do not realize when they visit!
Sekenani town is rather big actually with a few places to eat and sleep (for locals mostly, but I have eaten there a few times).
Talek town has less to offer but there are shops to buy supplies and snacks.
Even the town north of Musiara gate has a few bars and little shops! You drive through this town from Kichwa Tembo and others!
The locals travel mostly by scheduled minibuses from these towns to Narok and then on to Nairobi with many different buses, etc. Just go to Talek or Sekenani towns and ask someone for help. It is very easy!
There are several taxis going back and forth to Narok. If one breaks down (common) the next one will stop and help. Crowded yes, but the system works!
The area is generally safe. Talk to the locals and be vigilant.
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Here is a pic of Talek town very near the gate - http://www.go-safari.com/Masai%20Mara/MaraShots7.jpg
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Well I absolutely stand corrected!
Although I do say that it is best to pick up most conveniences in Nairobi and not to count on being able to pick things up in any shops outside the Mara... especially if there is someone who you feel may be missing more Western style conveniences.
In Nairobi I went to a supermarket called Nakumat's which was pretty comparable to any American supermarket. Now I could be wrong, but looking at that picture of Talek town, I would not expect a fully stocked supermarket to be there. Yes you may be able to pick up some things but I still advise try to stock up before getting to the Mara.
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I've seen in another post that cwoods has an 18-year old daughter volunteering in Kenya and is looking for a safari for this daughter. I'd say the risk of finding oneself in an "uncomfortable" situation would be a lot higher volunteering and maybe staying with a Kenyan family than being on safari with tourism professionals. The daughter will be more babied and looked after than she's ever been (or maybe not as cwoods sounds rather extreme )
cwoods, you're worrying about the wrong things. You're daughter will not have to escape from the Mara. The risk is she'll not want to return home.
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wow, thank you very much for the advice, great to know she should get snacks before leaving and that little town would probably be great for the locals, but Nairobi sounds good to me too Wayne. Thank you.
Also, you can believe I am very extreme about my only girl, but with the high alerts and warnings out, I feel comfortable with that level of concern. I do believe you are right about the safety with so many tourist around. I just want her to be included with the right group and tour guide and I am trying very hard to arrange that from here in Florida which has proven to be quite difficult. I am thinking seriously about having her just go to Nairobi and try to arrange it rather than me doing it for her, I just didn't want her to stress over it and wander around lost not knowing where to go. Any advice is greatly appreciated, yes I have listed some options presented so far on another post. Thanks to everyone for the help. This whole experience is something I am sure she will never forget or regret!
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The plumbing he discusses in his post that he's emulating is an American company named Sonoma Forge. Located in Petaluma, California and created by blacksmiths, the lines are mainly being used as a textural/industrial finish in contemporary homes, but would work very well for our steampunk home.
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Volcom changes minds and gives Zoltan the $10Gs
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Zoltan Torkos' recent kickflip has created strong controversy over whether or not it was legitimately above the lip according to rule #3 of the competition. However there is no denying that this is the first functional kickflip caught on video and a milestone in futuristic surfing.
After further review Volcom has decided to reward Zoltan the $10K for his groundbreaking maneuver, and at the same time redefine the rules and double the prize money on the elusive "above and off the lip kickflip" now worth $20,000.
"We really want to celebrate Zoltan's successful kickflip, and continue to push the concept of futuristic surfing. Zoltan was the first and we feel shouldn't be the last," said Volcom's Director of Surfing, Mike Guarino.
"This is a dream come true, better than any lottery win," said Zoltan Torkos. "This has been the most amazing four months of my life and I can't thank you enough! If you were here you'd be on my shoulders and I'd be running through the neighborhood!"
A video explaining the new $20,000 Kickflip-off competition with redefined rules will be released this week. Volcom is stoked that Zoltan's kickflip has been etched in the history books and are looking forward to seeing new attempts and rewarding $20,000 for the first surfer who nails it above and off the lip.
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Before January most of the world's only knowledge of a person named Zoltan was that of Dude Where's My Car? Then in January Zoltan Torkos posted a clip of himself attempting the kickflip. And just a few days ago Zoltan posted what we called the first kickflip ever landed on film, which is true. Though rule number three of Volcom's Kickflip Off would be in question for whether Zoltan received the $10Gs: "The kickflip must be a real air 'above the lip' – No backwash, No chop hops, or anything in the flats or below the lip of the wave." Things were really in their court. With the decision made, we caught up with the professional butcher who works a 40-hour work week and has a wife and kid, Zoltan.—Ryan Brower
TransWorld SURF: The Volcom contest has been around for nearly three years now. How long have you been attempting this?
Zoltan Torkos: I actually tried it before that but didn't take it all that serious. It took my buddy Carl Reimer's last day on Earth to really go for it. He did his first 360 air that morning and I went and tried a kickflip and landed out the back and he was like, "You can do it, you can definitely land that." I just laughed it off and we went back to my house and he was like, "Dude you need to land that." That was the last time I ever saw him. He got ambushed later that day in the middle of a gang shooting, just wrong place wrong time. That's what has pushed me to do it—it's all dedicated to him. I just want kids to know to pull tricks not triggers. I'm trying to show kids that you can prove you're a man without hurting people. Do something positive, not negative.
What's the hardest part about trying these?
Falling and getting nailed with the board every which way. Everyone's laughing in the water, but no one had ever done it. I did those two other ones and those were like when you're a kid first you've gotta crawl, then walk, then you can run. Right now this one I just landed was running. I was just real blown away about how far-reaching it's been. Tony Hawk tweeted about it, Steve Caballero put it on his Facebook, Skip Engblom [of Dogtown notoriety] is trippin' on it.
So what did Volcom say?
They decided to give me a $1,000 because it's sick and the first successful one ever, but it's not off the lip. I sent the video out as the canary in the coalmine to see if it would die. It got major responses. Tons of people were saying I deserved the money. It really blew my mind that they weren't going to give me the $10-grand. I guess if you film from a 100-foot cliff, 300-feet away it's going to look like a chop hop. The angle just didn't do it justice, but it was still done.
I told Skip I didn't get the $10-grand from Volcom he was trippin', he was already asking me what I was doing with the money. But it's nothing against Volcom, because they've progressed this thing completely. I want to make it high-fives and not be weird, but I have to stand by my artwork. It's got to start somewhere. Airs weren't judged in contests for years, and this is just another push like that. By Volcom not crowning me with this it's almost holding surfing progression back—I could be working on a heelflip, but instead I've got to work on this kickflip for them. Not for the world or surfing, but for Volcom. I don't want to argue with them because I want to revolutionize surfing, so I'm going to try kickflips every which way. I'm really stoked that the people are sticking up for me though.
You've just gotta fit it into their criteria now kind of thing, huh?
Yeah, it's subjective and I just want to make it fun. I really just want to make it positive. We're butting heads, but in the way of progression. It's not a negative thing on any level—it's just what it is. I just want to progress it and do this for Carl.
You got a lot of internet hate for your last video with the belly flops, but this one is ringing in a different tune.
I think a lot of people just don't know what to make of it. I heard one hater saying it's like all the 'lame' stuff Rodney Mullen did, but Rodney Mullen completely changed skateboarding. I just want to get kids to push surfing, or skating, or art, or any positive outlets. Do things like that instead of joining a gang. It's left me in limbo in a lot of weird ways. It's a real diverse moment in time. Everywhere I go people are screaming at me that I should have the money. I'm a pretty mellow dude and everyone wants to get into an emotional discussion about it, it's funny.
In my mind it's just a matter of time till you get the right one on film.
Exactly. And I'm stoked that they gave me the $1,000. I'm not looking on the bad side of it—the good side is I was the first one to do the kickflip, that's good enough for me.
Completely. It's the first one. Got to start somewhere.
I like that. It's truly what it is. It's like cavemen. We were once monkeys, now we can land kickflips on surfboards.


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Everything was set up for it to be a splendid Sunday for the Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field in their ESPN-televised showdown with the archrival Seattle Sounders.
Postcard weather. Packed house. And midway through the second half, a 2-1 lead.
Fairy-tale endings don't seem in the cards these days for the Timbers, who gave up a pair of late goals in a 3-2 loss that runs their Major League Soccer winless streak to seven games.
'If you can't defend, you're not going to win games,' Portland coach John Spencer said. 'Offensively, we did enough. We scored two goals at home. But we keep leaking goals at our own end.'
There was incredible buildup to this matchup, especially after the teams drew 1-1 in Seattle on May 14 and Sounders coach Sigi Schmid - love that name - listed a variety of excuses why the home side didn't emerge victorious.
There is never any love lost between Portland and Seattle, anyway, especially through a soccer rivalry that dates to the '70s. 'It's like Man U vs. Man City, because of the closeness of the two cities,' Timbers radio analyst Ross Smith said, the reference to the British Premier League rivalry between Manchester United and Manchester City.
With Timbers versus Sounders, things can get a little uncivil. Fifteen minutes before Sunday's kickoff, the 500 Seattle fans shoehorned into the Northwest corner at Jeld-Wen offered a vocal obscenity and a single-finger salute in unison to supporters of their rivals.
During the game, the Timbers Army serenaded a Sounders' star with, 'Fredy Montero, No Means No!' In 2009, Montero was charged in a sexual-assault case, though eventually all allegations were dropped for insufficient evidence.
So it was doubly painful when the villainous Montero was the hero of the day, scoring a pair of goals - and coming an eyelash from completing a hat trick - to help the Sounders nail down the somewhat-coveted Cascadia Cup.
'All the game, I hear what they say,' said the 5-9, 160-pound native Colombian, who had scored only three goals in his first 17 games. 'But my job is to play for Seattle Sounders. I have many fans to support me and be behind me. I feel really happy in this stadium, and so proud to play here.'
Montero seemed particularly proud of scoring his first goal to even the score at 1-1 early in the second half. He ripped off his shirt, raced to the corner of the pitch in front of the Seattle fans and hot-dogged it, blowing kisses to the sky.
Removing the jersey earned the Sounders' bantie rooster an automatic yellow card, so facing ejection when he scored again in the 74th minute to tie the count at 2-2, the shirt stayed on. I was afraid for a moment he might shed his shorts, but thank God he thought better of it.
Seattle's fluorescent yellow uniforms, incidentally, rank with the hot dog brown and mustard yellow togs of the San Diego Padres in the late '70s and early '80s as the ultimate sports team fashion misstatements. But I digress.
All five goals were scored during a frenzied second half that was both entertaining and dramatic. Members of the Timbers Army - loyal if nothing else - were still standing, cheering, chanting and waving flags even after the disappointing finish.
Spencer was asked if the loss hurts a bit more than others, given the circumstances.
'It does, to be honest with you,' the first-year Portland coach said. 'To get beat by your biggest rivals at home when you score two goals and go ahead twice ... it's unacceptable. Play like we did defensively, you're going to get punished, and (the Sounders) punished us.'
Seattle (9-4-8) is in second place in the Western Conference and in great shape to make the playoffs, which will include the top three teams from each conference and four wild-card clubs.
Portland, meanwhile, drops to 5-9-3 at the midway point of its inaugural MLS season. The Timbers, 0-5-2 on the road, face a schedule that has 10 of their final 17 matches away from home. Reaching the postseason isn't out of the question, but a turnaround will have to begin, well, now.
The Timber players' 'confidence is low a little bit,' Spencer allowed, 'but I don't think anybody feels sorry for us or Vancouver as the two expansion teams.'
Spencer noted the intense Jeld-Wen atmosphere but lamented that his lads weren't able to take full advantage. Opponents, he said, get an adrenaline rush from the spirited scene, too.
'Everybody wants to play here,' he said. 'It gives (opposing) teams a great lift when they come and see the environment. It gets them up for us.
'You can use the homefield advantage when you're playing well. When things aren't going so well, you can't wait for (teammates) to react and do something for you.'
Before the game, hopeful members of the Timbers Army displayed an enormous banner that read, 'The King of Clubs,' trusting that their side would fill the bill.
On this day, as on too many days this season, the Timbers were something closer to the Queen of Spades.


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Archiving discussions from Current events.
Main Page picture nominations
I set up a Main Page picture nominations page, by popular demand. We've been updating the picture on the Main Page at the beginning of the month, but I think that's getting old. What do you guys think of twice a month? Anyway, go and check out the nominations page, and let me know if you can make heads or tails out of it. -- Danny Toughpigs 20:11, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- Does one vote at a time mean one vote per month? -- Scott Scarecroe 21:55, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- They way I read it is that you can only have your name on the page once. When an option wins it is removed from the page along with the names of everyone who voted for it. So when your choice wins you can then move your name under a different option. And I guess you can also just move your vote around at anytime. And at the time of picture change, the one with the most names under it wins. But you can only have your name on the page once. (So if you're the only one who really likes an image your name might sit there for months and you unable to vote until it either it wins or you decide to move your vote and give up on it). Danny, am I reading this right? Or can we cast another vote on the 1st and 15th of each month? -- BradFraggle 22:09, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- Brad has it right. Your name can only be on the page once, but you can put it anywhere you like, and move it at any time. Right now, there's 14 pictures nominated, so you can't put your vote under three of them. You have to vote for the one that you want the most. This'll probably get more clear after we've done it once. -- Danny Toughpigs 23:54, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- It's April 1st, and I just updated the main page with the winning picture. "Pigfrogfrankjim" came in first with 4 votes; the runner-up was "Hensoncritters" with 3 votes. I took "Pigfrog" off Main Page picture nominations, along with the four votes, so now the people who voted for that are free to vote for something else next time. Everybody else is also free to add votes or change your votes any time you want. -- Danny Toughpigs 19:24, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
Image uploads
I'm not sure if everyone knew this or not, but a good example came up today with some vandalism. Nate came across a pornographic image, but since he doesn't have sysop (admin) access, he couldn't delete it. Until someone could, he clicked the "Upload a new version of this file" link which replaced the bogus image. It also works well if you have a better quality image to replace a poorly scanned one, or you just need to fix cropping. So long as the image name remains intact on the wiki (i.e. hasn't been removed by a sysop), the history of the file is saved just like with an article. Just an FYI. -- Scott Scarecroe 21:55, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
Song Template
We're about to go ahead and add the Publisher field to the Song Template. Please note that the required text as shown on that page has been updated, and any new uses of the template will need publisher= added. -- Scott Scarecroe 19:33, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
- Forgive my blonde moment, but I'm confused. Was Publisher added to the template or performer? Eeeek! --Nate Radionate 20:14, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
External and Wikipedia links
One thing I've noticed while looking around is there's not a lot of linking back to the main Wikipedia. Is that a faux-pas here, or do people just not generally bother? Personally, I think it's fun to be able to click on random words for Wikipedia entries, and I've been doing it in my own articles when I think it's interesting enough, like for Southern American English or Knock-knock jokes. As long as it's not obtrusive and every other word's a link, it should be okay. Opinions? - Shawn 07:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- That's actually one of the things I don't like about Wikipedia. I think it's distracting, and it devalues the concept of a link. I like the fact that our links are meaningful. -- Danny Toughpigs 14:22, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- So does that mean you don't want people making them? Or in other words, you're against music and fun? Seriously, is this one of those things we can agree to disagree on and do our own thing in our articles, or does there need to be a vote? - Shawn 16:52, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- Not a vote, per se, but I think it would be good to have a discussion here. I think it ought to be consistent one way or the other. Let's talk about it, and see what people think. So, people: What do you think? -- Danny Toughpigs 17:16, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- I don't mind them so long as they don't get out of hand. Although, Wikipedia's pretty well known. People are going to think of going there for information anyway. It seems a little counter-productive to lead them away from Muppet Wiki, especially when there's nothing bringing them back. It's kinda like "Mom and Pop Bookstore" hanging a flyer up in their store for Barnes and Noble. External links have their place so long as it's not distracting you from the main event. That goes for any website. -- Scott Scarecroe 21:46, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- I think its all about the link's purpose. If the link provides more information to clarify a statement to define a somewhat obscure, unknown or specific thing, I think they are good and should be used. But just having a link because a word appears in the article makes the links irrelevant. For example, "The Swedish Chef uses a distinct form of the Swedish language." Is an appropriate use. However, many times I've seen Wikipedia get carried away and you'll see something like "The character has a distinct Swedish accent and dialect." I think for things that, when reading the article, might make you say "What's that?" a link could be helpful; but a link just because there is a keyword of a sentence or it has a Wikipedia article is pointless. -– BradFraggle 22:01, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- Maybe I'm missing the joke, but just in case I'm not, Shawn, your knock knock jokes Wikipedia link is dead. Otherwise, I agree with Scot and Bradt, and here's some examples. We actually do a lot of linking back to Wikipedia. Nearly every celebrity page, as long as Wikipedia actually inclueds that person, has a link back, as do pages like London or Death. I notice you've been working a bit on other shows that reference Muppets, and those contexts, a Wikipedia link for a creator or actor's name who might be significant but has no Muppet connection outside of the reference strikes me as appropriate and more useful than creating a redlink to a person or show who really have no otherwise useful connection to make a page for them worthwhile (Seth MacFarlane on Family Guy for example should be either unlinked or Wikipedia linked). In those cases, it's useful and makes sense. Laura Bush has a Wikipedia link to George W. Bush. And here's an example of what Brad was talking about. Andy contains a link to Wikipedia's entry on bildungsroman. That's not an everyday term, and linking to it is useful. I know I learned something from it. Within the rest of the text, though, there's a link to gluttony, not to Wikipedia but to a Muppet Gluttony. That's funny, as most of us know what gluttony is, but we may not know that he appeared in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. Similarly, it strikes me as not inappropriate to create a Wikipedia link to surrealism or something like that in discussing Time Piece. Creating Wikipedia links on Wilkins and Wontkins for "coffee," "assault," and/or "advertising" would be distracting and pointless to my mind. Creating a page on "Muppets Who Drink Coffee" and linking *that* from coffee would be insane and thus brilliant and fitting for the spirit of Muppet Wiki. Even if Wikipedia had a page on it, I don't want to read their article on knock knock jokes. A Muppet Wiki page on occasions where Fozzie Bear utilized knock knock jokes could be fun, though. --Andrew, Aleal 22:05, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with Andrew, I enjoyed that Count von Count's page wikipedia linked arithmomania. And a Muppet Wiki page for Seth McFarlane isn't warrented (yet) but a wikipedia link to him could help. But linking Knock-Knock Jokes from Fozzie seems trite. Maybe if it was a link to a Muppet Knock-Knock Jokes list article (that could have a link to Wikipedia in it) would be better. But a link for the sake of a link, seems pointless...but that's just me. -- Brad Brad 22:19, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- So there you go, Shawn, I hope that clarifies everything! You can use it when you can use it, but you shouldn't use it when you shouldn't. Is that settled now? -- Danny Toughpigs 23:46, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Things you can do
I guess we're not using Things you can do anymore as I couldn't find it linked anywhere. Or I'm retarded. Anyway, the Playhouse Video pages could use a lot of work. Spelling, uniformity, wiki links, etc. If, you know, anyone was looking for something to do.
Actually, this brings something else up. Wikipedia has a tag they use for just such a thing. A note at the top of the page stating that the article is in need of clean-up. Is this something we could use? We could organize it the way we do Active Talk Pages and keep it handy here in Current Events. Thoughts? -- Scott Scarecroe 03:20, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- I know this has come up in regards to Sesame Place, and even Sesame Street still needs some work. I think the main reason it hasn't been used much here yet is because the Wiki's still growing. We haven't been using the stubs tag either (which I don't mind, though I think it really *would* be useful for all of those pages which were created with a category only and are thus completely blank, or with one picture, as I can't always remember which pages still need actual content. The Dead-end pages helps only slightly, as it also covers any pages with text but no Wikilinks (and the two issues are related but not the same to my mind). --Andrew, Aleal 03:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, those are some good examples. In the case of the Playhouse Videos, it's more that the fact that the article needs to be expanded. That would be a stub. Instead, it's a mess for the reasons I mentioned above. I went through tonight and added some video covers, but I don't want to get all caught up in the other stuff right now. The best I could figure on doing at the time was leaving a note and getting back to it unless someone beat me to it. -- Scott Scarecroe 03:49, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- I replaced Things you can do on the sidebar with Images wanted and Name that puppet, because those two pages are clearly used a lot more. I felt like "Things you can do" was sort of a graveyard for things that nobody had time for, and I couldn't think of any examples of people who came in and got to work on that stuff. It might still be linked on the FAQ... if it isn't, we should put it in there.
- Anyway, I kind of feel like almost everything needs work right now. (In a good way.) I think, four months in, we're still in the infodumping stage. There's a lot of stuff that we haven't gotten to yet. We don't have an episode guide for most of the Fraggle episodes. The albums, books and action figures are very complete, but we have practically nothing on toys or other merchandise. We're much stronger on tiny obscure characters than we are on a lot of the main characters. (Treelo and the Trash Heap are very sad at the moment.)
- But who cares? We're having fun. We may never stop infodumping. If a page bugs you, put it on your to do list, or forget about it. Somebody else will come by to clean it up at some point. Maybe. -- Danny Toughpigs 04:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Walk-arounds again
Okay, I don't think it was really settled on. Should there be a page for each full bodied character created, or just one. Danny said he named the Miss Piggy Walk around "Days of Swine and Roses", but to me it looks like it was named Miss Piggy (walk-arounds). I'm about to start cranking out some pages, and I'm scared to name them incorrectly. For example, should it be "Scooter (walk-arounds)" or "Scooter (Muppet Show On Tour)"? --Nate Radionate 22:53, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- And secondly, if I have pictures of other costumes/puppets for characters, can we list/show them? --Nate Radionate 22:55, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- My own suggestion is that it might be neat to do those pages in the manner of the Character Evolution or Impersonator pages, withs a gallery of the different walkarounds, info on which production, and general notes on the design and so forth. --Andrew, Aleal 00:04, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Character Variants
We've had Character Evolution pages for a while, but as time has progressed we've expanded the List category to include all kinds of characters-played-by-characters, alternate ages, and all kinds of other alterations. As if now, they were all slapped together, somewhat detacted, on the bottom of the Evolution page. So I came up with some new types of pages to list and document these alternate characters and puppets. I've set Kermit up with examples and, if we like them, we can create any of them for Fozzie, Elmo, Piggy or anyone else.
- Kermit Through the Years - The physical evolution of the puppet's look and character over time.
- Kermit the Frog's Alternate Identities - The different characters, names and identites Kermit has taken on.
- Kermit the Frog Alternate Ages - The different forms of different ages that Kermit has been seen at.
- Kermit the Frog Impersonators - The different characters and people who have pretended to be Kermit.
So what do people think of these pages? Should we continue this for other characters? Are the layouts, page names, and whatnot good? I figure if we create enough of them we can take 'em out of lists and set up a "Character Variants" cateogy (or categories) for the Alternate Identites/Ages and/or Muppet impressions/portrayals pages. -- BradFraggle 21:15, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- I just set up similar pages for Fozzie (Fozzie Bear's Alternate Identities, Fozzie Bear Alternate Ages, and Fozzie Bear Through the Years). Before I start doing anymore of these for other characters I want to make sure I'm heading in the right direction. Is this format good? Should we create a catgory for all these alternate character variation lists? What do others think of this? -- BradFraggle 22:51, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- We'd been discussing this quite a bit, actually, in Talk:Alter Egos but also on other pages. I love the fact that you took the initiative and created two test pages. I like your name choice, "Alternate Identities," and within those pages, we can make distinctions between costumed movie roles, impersonations by the normal Kermit or Fozzie, or things like Phillip Phil which are in many ways alter-egos. The main exception to this approach, however, is Elmo. There's some things like CinderElmo or Elmo as Peter from Peter and the Wolf which would fit in with the others, but then there's all the Elmos in Elmo's World, which wouldn't fit on such a page due to a) sheer number (between three and six or more per page) and the fact that most aren't even really an Elmo identity, but Dorothy imagining Elmo as The Three Elmos and so forth. Key example: The "Families" episode, where Dorothy's imagination presents Elmo's Dad looking like Elmo, Elmo's Mom looking like Elmo, Doctor Elmo, and Nurse Elmo, brushing aside Baby Elmo for the moment. Over in Talk:Computer, Danny suggested a special category for those, but we hadn't quite come up with a name yet (I was thinking "Elmo Variants" as distinct from "Elmo Identities"). --Andrew, Aleal 00:04, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, Elmo will be a challenge, just due to all the diffrent Elmo variants - most of which are just in the mind of a goldfish. A list, or category, to put them all in could work. -- BradFraggle 00:47, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- I started a category for all these: Character Variants (Also started Miss Piggy and Gonzo pages). -- BradFraggle 01:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, Elmo will be a challenge, just due to all the diffrent Elmo variants - most of which are just in the mind of a goldfish. A list, or category, to put them all in could work. -- BradFraggle 00:47, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- We'd been discussing this quite a bit, actually, in Talk:Alter Egos but also on other pages. I love the fact that you took the initiative and created two test pages. I like your name choice, "Alternate Identities," and within those pages, we can make distinctions between costumed movie roles, impersonations by the normal Kermit or Fozzie, or things like Phillip Phil which are in many ways alter-egos. The main exception to this approach, however, is Elmo. There's some things like CinderElmo or Elmo as Peter from Peter and the Wolf which would fit in with the others, but then there's all the Elmos in Elmo's World, which wouldn't fit on such a page due to a) sheer number (between three and six or more per page) and the fact that most aren't even really an Elmo identity, but Dorothy imagining Elmo as The Three Elmos and so forth. Key example: The "Families" episode, where Dorothy's imagination presents Elmo's Dad looking like Elmo, Elmo's Mom looking like Elmo, Doctor Elmo, and Nurse Elmo, brushing aside Baby Elmo for the moment. Over in Talk:Computer, Danny suggested a special category for those, but we hadn't quite come up with a name yet (I was thinking "Elmo Variants" as distinct from "Elmo Identities"). --Andrew, Aleal 00:04, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Rowlf on piano
I was thinking of compiling some Rowlf skits, but I don't know what to call it. Rowlf On Piano? Rowlf Skits? -- Scott Scarecroe 19:06, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- Well, the question is, outside of Veterinarian's Hospital, were there any Rowlf skits that didn't involve the piano? I wouldn't count "Jabberwocky", as that was a supporting role, but "The Cat Came Back", while an ensemble performance, is in many ways a Rowlf skit. So yeah, maybe "Rowlf on Piano" with a note of skits that had him on other instruments or something. Unless you want to include everything, including the Jimmy Dean Show stuff, in which case more power to you! --Andrew, Aleal 19:12, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- Rowlf Skits would be too vague. Didn't he have two Poetry Time with Rowlf sketches? Also, he was featured prominently in Cowboy Time, Sherlock Holmes, etc. -- Pantalones 19:25, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- And don't forget Vet's Hospital! I would suggest "Rowlf at the Piano". -- Danny Toughpigs 19:33, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- Right, and like I said, by rights a "Rowlf's Skits" would imply inclusion of the 60s variety show bits as well. Really, I'm thinking there's probably two seperate pages here. Maybe a "Rowlf's Musical Performances" as distinct from a future Rowlf Skits (for those musical skits like "Cat Came Back" that involve other instruments, but are otherwise thematically similar). --Andrew, Aleal 19:36, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- I'm liking "Rowlf at the Piano." -- Scott Scarecroe 19:39, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- Obviously, this would include You and I and George and the like, but would it also include Memory Lane or other numbers where Rowlf prominently accompanies another performer? What about when he sang with the Dogs? Or when he played way in the background like Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear? -- Pantalones 19:54, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, we can include all those. The main feature would be his solos, but the others can have their own sections. We'll see how it develops. Once I get around to starting it that is -- Scott Scarecroe 20:28, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- Okay, I started it! Rowlf at the Piano -- Scott Scarecroe 00:26, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Main Page Redesign Vote Results
Vote: Main Page Redesign 2 is closed, after 24 hours of voting.
The results:
- One Color: Off-White: 11 votes
- Four Colors: 1 vote
- Two Colors: 4 votes
According to the Vote Page policy, the winner had to receive at least 51% of the votes cast.
"One Color: Off-White" received 69% of the vote, making it the clear winner, so we'll be switching the Main Page to that design soon.
This was our first time using the new voting policy, and I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts about how it went. I'm really happy that this question inspired us to think more about how to get people involved in the decision-making process, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it develops. -- Danny Toughpigs 19:39, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
- I'll give my opinion, but I should say that I don't really even like the Muppets very much.Shawn 05:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Nominations for Main Page Redesign
Now that we've got the Muppet Wiki Vote Page policy worked out, I opened up a Nominations page: Nominations: Main Page Redesign. It'll be open for 24 hours, and everybody is invited to nominate and second the options that you'd like us all to vote on.
For this Nominations page, I'd like to try out the rule that you can only sign on the page once -- either to nominate something or second something. That's listed on the Vote Page policy as a guideline rather than a rule, but I'd like to see how it works here. I think it'll help more people to feel like they're part of the process, and it challenges everyone to think carefully about how they want to "spend" their nomination. If people aren't satisfied with the way that turns out, then we can change it.
So go ahead and nominate away! You can find links to lots of different options to nominate on this page, in the Current Events archive, on Talk:Main Page, and maybe other places too. You can also nominate "No change" if you want the Main Page to stay the way it is. -- Danny Toughpigs 18:17, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Images Wanted page
I just set up a new Images Wanted page, a place for people to list pages where we need an image (or a better quality image than the one that we have). Listing a page there will encourage other contributors to scan and upload their images. It's already working, so go check it out! -- Danny Toughpigs 03:46, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Muppet Wiki Vote Page policy
This has kind of gotten lost in the fold, so I thought I'd bump it up to the top. If anyone hasn't seen it yet, Brad started a Muppet Wiki Vote Page policy in response to recent discussions as seen below. I encourage regular contributors to check it out and discuss ideas and changes on the article's talk page. I'd like to give everyone sufficient time to familiarize themselves with it before we go ahead and open up voting on particular items. -- Scott Scarecroe 16:47, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
- It's been up for a few days now, without inviting much in the way of comment. Can we wave our wands and call that a policy, at least for now? We can take it out for a spin, and if it doesn't work, then we can fix it up again. What do you say? -- Danny Toughpigs 00:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- Zounds zpiffy to me. -- Scott Scarecroe 00:42, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed --Pantalones 00:43, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- Ditto. --Andrew, Aleal 00:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- Beautiful. So the first item of business, obviously, is the Main Page redesign. Do we want to set up another Nomination page? -- Danny Toughpigs 02:10, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- The policy looks great! I think we should start up the Main Page Redesign nominations/vote process again to get the issue resolved before we all forget what the issue was. The policy looks good, let's put it to work! -- BradFraggle 05:32, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- Beautiful. So the first item of business, obviously, is the Main Page redesign. Do we want to set up another Nomination page? -- Danny Toughpigs 02:10, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Anything Muppet template
{{am|Green}} I created a new template for Anything Muppet Patterns. That sentence was just sort of sitting there on the article pages like a lump, so I thought it would be helpful to give it a place to live.
The template is called [[Template:Am]], and you can use it by adding {{am|Green}}. You don't need to use brackets; it'll make the pattern name into a link.
The AM box should go underneath the picture, the same way that the designer box does. -- Danny Toughpigs 14:03, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


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Aw, very cute. Sorry I missed the voting because you would've gotten mine.
I too was really excited to get to buy this shirt. What a let down. You had a really great idea, don't let the rejection get you down. Keep em coming!
Re: Harmless
I vote that ramyb uploads every single one of his rejected shirts on cafepress or somewhere similar. xD
starrynite211 wrote:I am so disappointed that this did not win. I work in a religious organization that are all vegetarians (I'm not) and was hoping to wear this on my last day of work in two months. Cries...lol. Please print this somewhere else as soon as you're allowed!!!
Not SDA, are ya? That's absolutely why I want it!
SubBass49 wrote:If you can get this printed somehow, please send me a message to let me know. I'd like to buy one.
Thanks, Sub. Does anyone have any suggestions on other printing/selling sites?
Re: Fresh cake!
I missed this the other day... Dang! I love this shirt Congrats on #1 You deserve it. Hope it comes up again. I want it
Re: Orbital Model of the Carbon Atom
totally bought this, wore it to class, and got major high-fives.
tgentry wrote:I lose tons of chess games simply out of lack of patience with how slow the other person is moving. Hope I did Ramy, Seki, and Fable's rabbit/turtles justice. Now back to work on the painstakingly tedious illustration of my first idea.
At the risk of keeping a thread alive that perhaps shouldn't be - I had to add my own LOL that Travis' bunny, in addition to being completely different from a WonderTwins bunny, also happens to look a bit like Travis!
Re: Viral Kawaii
I desperately want this shirt.
My god. I have a friend who adores sharks AND bad puns.
If this design ever gets picked up, I'm buying him one.
Re: Caution: Laboratory Animals
I want this shirt so badly. I know it never made it anywhere but I really, really, reeeeeaaaaallllllllyyyyyyy wish it had!
I want World Nom-ination, but I think it's too late. Why must the good die young! D:
Lacopra wrote:It still is a very close similarity. Personally it doesn't matter in the end. Your angler design isn't going to win in this regard. Try using some line variation and cleaning up your style. Then you'll actually have a chance.
I am aware I don't have a chance, thanks. I'm definately not a pro and I'm still in process of learning Illustrator. My drawing was just a funny little doodle that had been living in my sketchbook for a while and I thought I would give it a go.
Since we are giving out constructive critisicm, your first comment on my submission was unnecessarily accusatory. You aren't the first to draw a cute angler fish (see the Art of Finding Nemo) and you definately don't have a copyright to that color scheme (see oranges), so if the fact that someone had an idea that was even remotely close to your idea, hurts your artist ego, well, that can't be helped.
Re: world nom-ination :D
For the sake of full dislosure, the original of this drawing is here:
I feel like there is a Macbeth reference here, "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent beneath it."
I wish I could have gotten this one.
cleeksfire wrote:This is the cutest ever!!! Good luck! =D I'm so buying this if I can
How do you buy the shirts? (I'm new)
Please don't do this theme again.
lady3jane wrote:How do you buy the shirts? (I'm new)
This shirt has already been reckoned, so it is no longer in print, much to my dismay. The only shirts you can still purchase are the daily w00t, and the shirts listed on the "reckoning" page.
I hope this goes up for sale again soon.
Re: SAM-U-RYE!
I want this... how do I get one!
Re: honeyyy!!
Does anyone else revisit this thread hoping this will print one day? It's been over five years, but I still find myself coming back to this.
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