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Toyota Corolla Paint Problems
It's practically a brand new car, why would you expect paint problems? Wash it regularly, use quality automotive finish application products, avoid stones, don't follow too close to the vehicle in front of you and you could expect to get long life out of your paint job. My opinion being a Corolla owner about five times over, and I stress it's only my opinion, is that much of this "bad paint hype" could be traced back to the owners care they take with their car. Following the above tips I'm sure will prevent most of the problems we read about on this board.0
Agree. Even one of the Edmunds hosts said that they get a lot of paint complaints about ALL car brands because of the newer environmentally-friendly paint.
Personally, I have seen that newer cars of all brands do stone chip a bit more than 10 years ago, but it is not a big deal, even to a person like me!0
bodeslamm Posts: 1Just found this blog. 2003 Toyota Corolla SE charcoal grey. Same problem everyone else is having. Is anyone making any progress in getting this addressed or are we stuck paying ut of pocket for a new paint job?
Ocala, Fl0
lee1234 Posts: 1I bought a 2012 Highlander a week ago and today I found 3 tiny paint blisters (bubbles) on one of the doors. They are tiny so I did not think I would spot them when I drove out the car. Is it a normal problem? Should I be concerned about rust might bebing to come out?0
Take it back, have them fix it. Blisters can hold water and moisture causing premature rust spots.0
In November 2011 I bought Toyota Corolla 2011 brand new. The car is magnetic grey. Because of the short days in November in IL I was not able to see any paint issues. I wash the car at the dealership. In December after washing the car and attempting to wipe the water under the driver's side door I noticed a wierdly looking spot. I touched it and it was sticky as if a soft paint. I was afraid to wipe it so a few days later I took the car to the dealership and after they attempted to wipe it the paint came off and the white primer showed beneath. They repainted this spot. Almost the same time I found a chip on the hood which the dealership touch paintd. During the winter I was washing the car each month, whenever the weather allowed it. Right now the car is less than 5000 miles, which means I drive even less than the average. After the winter, I noticed scratches on the car. I took it for detailing. A week later new scratches. After the last car wash and again wiping the car from the water under the doors I wiped off a piece of a sand/dust trapped in the paint. The white primer is showing again. I looled over the car and I found sand/dust trapped in the paint under all the doors of the car, as well as on 2 other spots (in front an at the back of the car). Also there a white spots in the paint. I took the car back to the body shop of the dealership but was told that these are just minor imperfections which every new car has. I do not think it is normal to have such imperfections for that amount of money, Corolla is not a cheap car at all. The Customer Relations manager of the dealership was about to schedule a visit of a Toyota Corporate representative but after the explanation of the body shop manager it was abandoned. The same day I was so upset and dissapointed and decided to contact Toyota Corporate myself. They opened a case for me and said they are going to send a field representative to have look at the car but at the same dealership because I bought the car from them. Today I was contacted by the Customer Relations manager of the dealership in relation to the case I had opened with the Corporate.
Is there anybody out there with similar Toyota Corolla 2011 complaints? What shall I do? I am really upset. I will appreciate any advice.0
Very, very few Corolla paint problems - you just happened to be one of the unlucky ones - hold Toyota to repair/repaint0
I have a 2003 corolla and bought it new in 2004. I owned a corolla cor 11 years and it never had paint issues. The roof of my car looks like it was not painted as it peeled off and all of the molding has peeled I am upset as I have a ssi income, have you heard anything ?0
Not sure what your source of income has to do with the paint issue but it obviously should have lasted longer then it did, but really, your car is almost ten years old, what is it you think Toyota should do for you?0
I do not think I am the only unlucky one with the paint issue. Toyota just do not admit how serious the problem is. Most of the complaints come from Camry owners. Maybe because it is more expensive car ... I tried to have the problem fixed through another dealership but no results. They assured me I won't get rust soon. And guess what, today after washing the car and wiping it I noticed a rust spot. And guess where, not outside the car but inside. The rust is showing between the rim and the hinge of driver's side door. For now the screws look rust free. I took it to the body shop of the dealership and they took a photo. We wil see what will happen. I am afraid that it may turn out to be the Tundra rust problem. The car is now only 7-8 months old, a little more than 7000 miles on it. I am extremely detailed person and maybe that's why I am catching the issues at the very early stage. That's why I am saying it may turn out to be the Tundra problem.0
The Tacomas and Tundras had frame issues, that company no longer makes frames for Toyota. Not saying your the "ONLY" unlucky one with some paint defects, but I am saying there is no wide spread paint problems with Toyotas right now. Your paint problem could happen in production to any new car manufactured today. Cars are painted by machines and even machines make an error occasionally.0
Thanks for the quick response. To some extend you calmed me down explaining to me that not all Toyota frames are manufactured by the same manufacturer and that even the frames for Tundras are no longer manufactured by the one who caused all the rust frame problems. This means that in my case it is not the whole frame that is defective and the rust spot I caught can be easily corrected.
But mine was not painted individually, correct? I am not sure what their process is but the way I explain it to myself is that the cars are manufactured in batches and painted in batches by colors. For example, mine is magnetic gray and shoud be painted together with other Corollas of the same color. I know the painting is computer done. Maybe something went wrong in the computer settings for that batch? Yes, machines also make errors.0
sjarea Posts: 49Call Toyota US Corp HQ in Los Angeles and file a complaint and have them assign it to a regional person. You can find the toll free number on the website or in your owners manual.
But, in your case I would not deal w/ dealers right now. I would escalate it to Corp HQ. Get them involved.
And I agree that luck has nothing to do with it. It is a fully automated process. It is also the most time intensive part of the manufacturing process as well. So, if a company were looking to cut corners (aka reduce costs) then this would probably be at the top of the list IMO.0
artfemus Posts: 1i bought a 2012 corolla magnetic grey with 5000 miles i found tiny orange spots in the paint around the lower part of the car the field rep is going to look at it next week but the paint an body man at toytota said that shes probably going to say its something i drove over to get on the paint my arguement is how did it actually get through the paint and clear coat i will never buy a toytota again and im speading the word another company that doesnt back there product0
Sounds like you have a good argument. I simple test would be to try to scrape it off with a fingernail, if it comes off it's indeed something you drove over, if not and it's under the clear coat then it's on Toyota.
My question to you is why would you not buy another Toyota? Do you think another car manufacturer would have just automatically given you a new car or repaint yours without even looking at it?0
Mine is getting worse and worse. Now as the wax is washing out (it was waxed in May), I can see such dirt trapped in the paint on other places which I did not see before: beneath one of the mirrors, a bubble in the paint close to the mirror, a bubble on the other side of the trunk, close to the number plate where I got the missing spot of paint, and many other imperfections. And because you mentioned something orange in the paint, mine too has a reddish spot under the door but I was told it is not rust because it is plastic. I had a representative look at mine but have not heard back yet. We will see if Toyota stands behind the warranty.0
klaplace Posts: 1I also have a 2004 Toyota Corolla , the pait is comming off on the hood, the trunk, etc.., I wiil not buy another one, will Toyota do anything about this?0
I don't know but I DO know this was the last car that I am going to afford to purchase and bought it because my last Toyota was awesome !!!!! If you find out anything please let me know as now the paint is coming off my entire car and it looks like it belongs in the Ghetto !!!
missysnow2000 Posts: 1Both commiserating and passing along information. I have been driving Toyotas for as long as I have been driving and have always been happy with them. My latest car is a 2004 Corolla. I purchased it used in 2007 with 18,000 miles on it. Since that time it has had no major engine problems outside normal wear and tear.
However, I am having major issues with exterior paint (a deep blue) and the dashboard (a beautiful burled material - probably plastic). Soon after I purchased the car, a door of one of the dashboard's storage bins came loose (it was not loose before I purchased it). I had been keeping CD's in it and it was not overloaded. About a year later, another storage door came off. Then in January (the car had approximately 60,000 miles on it), in quick succession the exterior paint became noticeably faded, rust appeared on the roof, the clock in the dashboard "died," the electric windows in the back seat began working erratically and a third storage door became loose and began popping open when the car hit a bump - all in one month! I have taken excellent care of the car and feel that this is unreasonable.
I inquired about replacing the first broken door and was told that it would cost over $500 to repair as the entire dashboard had to be replaced. Of course fixing the rust and the paint would cost approximately $2000. Frustrated, I never inquired about replacing the clock; maybe it is an easy fix. So, I will be either shelling out $2,500 for a car with 65,000 miles on non-engine repairs or replacing the car. I guess Toyota wins either way. Are these design flaws or planned obsolescence?
Toyota's advertising is aimed at reliability and running over 100,000 miles. That is true, it is a very reliable car and may very well run 200,000 miles, but the sad condition of the paint and interior are quite embarrassing. So, I guess it is good bye to Toyota. We had a good run but it is no longer worth my money.0
You really don't think Toyota planned for your car to only last eight years do you? There are many older Toyotas then your 2004 on the road. Perhaps the previous owner didn't take care of the car when they had it as you did. They might have even abused the paint with one of the harsh paint applications out on the market. Some of them could take the clear coat right off if not used as they should.0
Missy actually I have a 2003 Corrolla and YES I do expect it to last as well or better than my 1991 which I had for 12 years that NEVER had a problem !!!!!0
ivat1987 Posts: 1I am having the same issue. I have a 2006 Toyota Corolla; its bairly 6 years old and looks about over 12. Its rediculous. Its a dark Blue pain job. and the roof looks likes its bubbling up with rust and cracks on the passenger sie back seat. And that isnt really the only place there are cracks in the pain all over the car. the bumper's color is fading in spots. It just looks emberasing. Ive been trying to figure out if there is some sort of pain recall on this brand can you please let me know0
Anyone ever think of a Class Action Suit against Toyota ? I will research it and post my findings0
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My experience with my Toyota Corolla 2011, which is still less than an year old, taught me that probably they made these cars to last you no more than 5-6 years. Just when you pay it off, you have to buy another new one. And they expect it be Toyota again? No way, never ever again for me! I cannot cause myself another nightmare, where you spend so much time and efforts and your car stays more with the dealerships than with you! This was a good lesson for me to read more and listen more to the complaints about the different makes before making my next choice! And what I think of is to trade it in for another make much earlier before I have lost much more money on this poor quality one!0
Okay so your having a paint problem, if you have a 2011 it's understandable that you would be upset. But I believe something like that should still be covered under your warranty. But on the other hand apparently your not a previous Toyota owner. If you had been you'd understand that a Toyota is one of the most reliable, most cost efficient, built to last many years and hundreds of thousands of miles and hold it's resale value more than any other vehicles (like Honda) around.0
crystalpistol Posts: 3In case you haven't noticed, Tom.. Over the several years you've been commenting on this thread, no one finds your responses helpful. Of course, I'm sure you intend to keep commenting over and over about how wonderful Toyotas are, while ignoring the fact that people have already tried your limited suggestions.
We're glad you've had a great experience and that you love Toyota sooooo much, but it's not constructive to the problem we have. YAY for you, you haven't had to deal with this frustrating experience.
Rest assured, we are taking our cars to the dealer, but as you may have been reading, many of them don't consider this covered under warranty OR in my case, I'm getting repetitive "touch-ups" that only repair the current damage and temporarily at that. So, I keep having to bring it back. Now to the point where they're tired of hearing from me and don't want to help any longer.
Since you keep rinse and repeating your responses for years now, please tell us how you're affiliated with Toyota.0
Strange - our 2010 Corolla has been flawless, and Consumer Reports, True Delta, JD Powers all say Corolla is extremely reliable, fuel efficient, little or no issues.
Complaints - the interior scratches easily, & clock should be higher.0
Why then did you get rid of your Toyota Corolla since it was perfect?
Depends on what you find so perfect about Toyota. Because of my not so positive experience with Toyota Corolla, I started looking at all Toyota cars that pass by me or at parking lots. What I notice is that only 2-3 year old Toyota cars have so many scratches and chips that no other make has! Why then Europeans do not buy Toyota cars? Europeans are very sensitive about the out-appearance of the car, they won't buy a car that scratches and chips from the wind!
And it is not only the paint that is problematic, mine had already so many parts replaced. And you are trying to persuade me that mine is the exception. Is it possible that mine was individually manufactured? Is it possible that they assembled all the defective parts in mine? No, it is ridiculous. I do not want to list here all the problems I had with the car so far because the topic is paint.
And one more thing: since you claim Toyota is so perfect, what about all the recalls then?
I thought Toyota has learnt the lesson after all the recalls but obviosly I was mislead and made the error to trust them and buy Toyota car. I am posting all this for the future buyers to read and make their right choice. It is up to them! I made mine for my next car make!0


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Years ago, Barry Perkins brought his trumpet south of the border.
Unlike most Americans who just travel to Mexico for tequila-filled good times, he went for a job, and a prestigious one at that: a seat in the Mexico City Philharmonic.
The audition went well, and Perkins won the position: associate principal trumpet.
He was only 20 years old.
Perkins' remarkably early entry into the ultra-competitive classical music world — and in a major orchestra, no less — was quite the feat.
On top of that, he was in a foreign country with a foreign language. But for the 20-year-old, the Spanish-language rehearsals weren't the toughest thing. After all, many musical terms are universal worldwide.
"I could get through a rehearsal," Perkins said. "At first, it was taking a taxi that was the hardest part, getting to and from rehearsal. My first taxi ride was just a disaster."
Perkins had a piece of paper with him that contained what he was supposed to say. His rehearsal hall had a complicated name, and as he as tried to rattle it off, the cabbie soon figured he was one of "the Americans up the street" and knew just where to take him.
Today, Perkins is the principal trumpet player for the Pacific Symphony, a position he's held since 2004. The 41-year-old Irvine resident's musical journey, like many musicians, started early and bears a family connection.
Born in Rochester, N.Y., Perkins and his family moved around a few times before they finally settled in Irvine when Perkins was in eighth grade. His father, a research chemist, was also a trumpet player — so it's no surprise that he wanted to teach young Barry the ways of the heralding brass instrument.
"Before he got home from work, we had to practice trumpet and piano," Perkins said. "My dad gave me lessons since I was 5 years old."
Not fully content with chemistry, Perkins' father opened a music shop — Perkins Music Center — in Irvine's Northwood neighborhood in 1984.
"My dad was always musically inclined," Perkins said. "When we moved to Irvine, he still worked as a research chemist, but he started a music store business just to keep his connections. I was in high school, and everybody from my high school shopped at Perkins Music Center. He wanted to get back into music, and I think that was his avenue."
It was a family affair. Young Barry even had to clean the violins.
"My mom would run the store during the day, and after work my dad would come in and give lessons," he said.
Perkins attended Irvine High School, studying with Richard Birkemeier and Donald Green of the L.A. Philharmonic. After high school, Perkins attended the New England Conservatory in Boston to study with Charles Schlueter (formerly of the Boston Symphony) before winning his job in Mexico. But at the time, he wasn't entirely sure he should accept it.
"I had a choice to make," Perkins said. "I basically asked my teacher: 'What do I do? Do I stay here and study with you? Do I take the job?' My teacher said, 'See you later.'"
Perkins said his teacher knew full well the value of professional playing over the collegiate. In college, groups generally play maybe a dozen pieces a year. On a full-time orchestra job, musicians play new repertoire every week.
He stayed with the Mexico City Philharmonic from 1990 to 1995, during which time the orchestra toured the country.
"We didn't see Acapulco and the touristy places," Perkins said. "We went into the regions and different cities I wouldn't have visited otherwise."
He said musical culture there doesn't quite have the generational gap that it does in the U.S. Understanding such aspects of what Mexico is all about was one of his favorite memories.
"For some reason, in the culture down there, the grandmother, the mother and the daughter can all listen to the same music and get the same thing out of it," Perkins said.
Consequently, he would see plenty of young faces in the audience — and it was a crowd that knew its classical stuff.
"Backstage, audience members may have come up to me and said how much they enjoyed what I did in the third movement of a Mahler symphony," Perkins said.
There were those moments for the young trumpet player when he felt like pinching himself to make sure it was all real.
"It was a learning experience. It basically prepared me for what was to come," he said. "Five years of learning all the orchestral literature was something I would not have gotten just about anywhere else ... we played everything: most of the Mahler symphonies, works by Strauss — a lot of big works smaller regional orchestras never see."
After Mexico, Perkins began establishing himself as a freelancer for groups like the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera before he won the Pacific Symphony principal trumpet chair in 2004.
Perkins said he likes the relaxed, family environment of the Pacific Symphony. That kind of bond can help the group play better as well, he said.
"You can feel that energy on stage," Perkins said. "When you're playing next to people you like, that you get along with, it's like a battle. You're going into battle with your buddies. You don't want to go into battle with people you don't like."
One of his favorite moments of his tenure so far: the orchestra's first European tour in 2006.
"The orchestra really came together and really sounded amazing," he said. "The orchestra reached new levels there."
Perkins also said a big part of his enjoyment playing for the Pacific Symphony is due to its music director, Carl St.Clair.
"Carl is a trumpet player," Perkins said. "I can tell he knows where the trumpet solos are, the hard trumpet pieces. He's a great conductor to play for. We're really lucky here. I've played in other orchestras, and sometimes those other orchestras aren't so lucky."
Like many L.A-area musicians, Perkins has also done his fair share of studio recordings for Hollywood. Playing for composer legends like John Williams or James Horner is great, but playing alongside the unseen (but not unheard) musician legends was another thing entirely, he said.
"These were guys I remember reading about as a kid," Perkins said. "To be able to then sit next to them on a movie session, I was like a kid in a candy store. It was great."
When not performing, Perkins teaches at Cal State Fullerton and runs a summer trumpet academy there, where it's all trumpet, all the time for three or four days.
And when not doing that, he's busy weightlifting and spending time with his three children — ages 18, 10 and 5 — and his wife of 18 years.
And yes, Perkins is teaching trumpet to his children. Between them all, there are about a dozen trumpets in the household.
"I can't teach them any other instrument!" he said with a laugh, adding that when Grandpa visits, it's even more "trumpet lesson time" for the kids.
Perkins' remarkable career so far has taken him full circle, back to his hometown orchestra.
"I used to come to concerts and listen to the Pacific Symphony," he said, "and I used to think to myself, somehow it would be great just to sub in this orchestra. Basically, my life went to Boston, Mexico City, San Diego and coming back here. It was a nice homecoming."
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The 5-foot-4-inch midfielder hangs up her boots at age 39 as perhaps the game's most accomplished player and certainly one of the most successful and decorated female athletes in U.S. history. She played in five FIFA Women's World Cups (the only woman to do so) and three Olympic Games, helping the USA win four of those tournaments, finishing second once and third three times. Lilly scored in every world championship tournament she played, except her first, the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup when she was 20 years old.
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Lilly, who played most of her career on the left flank but also saw time at forward in the middle of the 2000s, was the second-youngest player ever to debut for the USA when she started against China on Aug. 3, 1987, at the age of 16 years, 12 days. She scored her first career goal in her second cap 10 days later. She would go on to represent her country 352 times, by far a world record for women or men and a mark possibly never to be equaled. Lilly, nicknamed "The Queen of Caps,†has been the world's most capped female player since 1998 when she earned her 152nd cap against Japan on May 21 in Kobe, Japan, passing Norway's Heidi Stoere.
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That game at the Rose Bowl featured two of Lilly's most memorable career moments when she headed a Chinese shot off the goal line in sudden death overtime and then nailed the USA's crucial third penalty kick during the dramatic shootout after the Chinese had missed their third attempt.
Lilly also retires from professional club soccer, bidding goodbye to the Boston Breakers of the WPS, for whom she played the last two seasons, including every minute of all 20 games in 2009 during the inaugural season. Lilly also played three seasons for the Breakers in the WUSA from 2001-2003, playing 102 total matches for the club. Lilly was an All-Star and/or All-League in all five of her professional club seasons.
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Lilly returned to the national team in 2010 for one final run, helping the USA qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. She played in 10 matches last year for the national team, starting three, and scored her final career goal against Germany on May 22 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Lilly, who hails from the small town of Wilton, Conn., led Wilton High School to three state titles. Lilly won the 1991 Hermann Trophy and Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year for the University of North Carolina, where she helped lead the Tar Heels to four consecutive NCAA titles. The four-time All-American scored 78 goals with 41 assists in her college career and had her jersey No. 15 retired in 1994 by North Carolina.
Lilly married Dave Heavey, a Boston fireman, in 2006 and in 2008 gave birth to daughter Sidney. She plans to stay involved in soccer through her TeamFirst soccer camps with former teammates Hamm and Tisha Venturini, through clinics and speaking appearances. She will of course also continue to run the Kristine Lilly Soccer Academy in her hometown.
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Lilly's retirement leaves just two players from USA's 1999 Women's World Cup Team still active in professional soccer in current U.S. captain Christie Rampone and forward Tiffeny Milbrett.
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- Lilly did not play in the 2008 Olympics, stepping away from the game to have a daughter Sidney who was born on July 22, Lilly's birthday.Â
- From 1991 through 2007, Lilly played more than 1,200 minutes every year for the national team except for 1994 (just missed by 30 minutes), 2001, when the USA played only 10 matches, and in 2005, when the USA played only nine. The streak ended with her pregnancy in 2008.Â
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- Lilly became the first player in history, man or woman, to play in 200 career internationals when she played against Canada in the championship of the Nike U.S. Women's Cup on May 7, 2000 in Portland, Ore.Â
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- She started 330 of her 352 games, coming off the bench just 22 times in her 24-year career, and seven of those appearances as a sub came in 2010.Â
- She was named as a finalist for FIFA Women's World Player of the Year several times in her career and in 2006 she finished second in the voting.Â
- Lilly, who also had two stints in the Swedish First Division in 1994 and 2005, played professional men's indoor soccer with the Washington Warthogs in the Continental Indoor Soccer League in 1995.


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Sandwich Recipes
Peach and Spinach Summer Salad Wrap Recipe
Temperatures are set to hit high numbers these days so to keep the house cool I've tried not to spend too much time behind the stove or use the oven too much. My go-to meal in this situation is fast, casual eating that requires minimal preparation and almost no cooking. My solution this weekend is to make summer salad wraps.
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Bresaola and Cucumber Finger Sandwiches
These charming finger sandwiches were probably the only thing I could have prepared in the tiny kitchen of the Roman apartment we rented while in the capital city of Italy last week. But it didn't stop me for preparing yummy sandwiches for Aria and me, using local products such as ricotta pannarella and black Angus bresaola meat.
Bresaola is salted lean and succulent beef that is air-dried until the meat turns dark red. It originated from the Lombardy region in Northern Italy. And I first discovered out-of-this-world ricotta pannarella while ordering a cheese platter in a restaurant in Rome. We asked the waiter to give us his best selection and I have to admit it sure was! Now I'm just hoping I'll be able to find some back in the US!
I prepared the finger sandwiches with crust-free, sliced white bread, a mixture of caramelized fennel and ricotta, sliced cucumbers and of course, freshly-made mozzarella cheese and delicious bresaola meat.
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Muhammara and Cucumber Bites (Healthy Appetizer Recipe)
I created these irresistible appetizers for the California Lavash team a while back. It was their idea to combine muhammara (walnuts, charred red bell pepper, fresh pomegranate seeds and mint flavored spread), cucumber, dill, mint and cilantro in their fabulous, healthful lavash flatbread.
Being the ultimate hostess, in my opinion, requires the art of not only making delicious food but also creating enticing and delectable bites to make sure you please all your guests. I formed twirling portions, which is ideal if you're serving a small number of people. If you're hosting a large party, I would suggest rolling regular pinwheels to save time.
I think this type of food is especially appealing to female guests. The colors are striking, almost bewitching. The appetizers have a lot of flavor, yet are super healthy. If you're looking for store-bought muhammara, I highly recommend Haig's. But if you don't want to be too adventurous, you can replace the pomegranate spread with others such as crumbled feta and chopped olives mixed with Greek yogurt and lemon juice and substitute a touch of oregano for the mint.
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Lavash Bread "Sushi" Pinwheel Recipe
If you're intimidated by the thought of making sushi, this recipe is a great place to start. These sushi-syle pinwheelsl are much easier than the real thing, but still delicious. No nori sheets or rice are involved. Instead, I used soft flatbread, roasted red bell pepper hummus, crunchy shredded carrots, wasabi-flavored avocado, edamame beans and spinach leaves. They can be served as appetizers for a dinner party; to ensure they don't fall apart, secure them by tying cute bows around the "sushi" using garlic chives. Remember, you eat with your eyes first!
If you happened to stop by the Gilroy Garlic festival this weekend, you may have come across the California Lavash booth. I absolutely love their artisan flatbread and used it in this dish. Their new look has officially launched and it should be hitting Whole Foods shelves in a few weeks; I'm personally excited about that because you'll be able to see my photos on the new packages!
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Tuna Melt Recipe
Yesterday was a day filled with special events. As you may know, it was Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day and I made sure the entire festivities were recorded on my DVR. But if you're involved in the specialty food business, yesterday was important for another reason. It was the second day of the Winter Fancy Food Show at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
It's the second year in a row I've attended this event, and I've had so much fun discovering what the latest food trends are. I can't wait to share with you what I've learned! I also met the manufacturers of some of my favorite products, such as California Lavash. They are a bread company that just went through a beautiful design makeover in which I participated.
It was great to see Lilea and the California Lavash team at booth #503 (you can still see them today), and I was so proud of how the backdrop turned out. I food-styled all the dishes and the photos were my contribution to the new look of this delicious product.
It seemed only fitting to share one of the delicious sandwiches featured at the California Lavash booth. I selected the tuna melt, which is perfect choice for the season. A combination of tuna, artichoke, olives and cheese is the filling of the delicious warm sandwich. Give this a try with California Lavash Sangak bread and you won't be disappointed! Sangak bread is a sesame-studded Persian bread that is part of their new flatbread product line. You'll be able to see the new packaging design in stores in a few months.
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As we are aerial appear the end of this year and affable the advancing of 2014, my catechism to you lies in a little self-searching. What's your next step?
This catechism consistently stops me in my advance because it gets me cerebration and absorption on my life's goal. Does it affect you to do the same?
I apperceive if I were talking to you face to face we would be administration belief of how abounding times we feel that we've alone the brawl on a ambition that we've promised ourselves.
Just over this continued anniversary weekend, I knew I would accept the added time to get a brace of badly bare projects done for myself. We (my bedmate and I) were bent not to abatement into the "Black Friday Sales" thing. We are aggravating to absolutely account ourselves because one of our goals is to reside debt free. But addition big thing, to lay it on the line… is I am not a shopper… there I said it. The coursing for the best prices is not aural my genes, so my bedmate has abstruse to yield the reins on this one. OK aback to the point.
I knew that I would accept the added time to plan on MY being because all my clients' projects and sites were demography affliction of and now I would accept time to focus on me. Well time went by, annihilation got done and I acquainted like a abortion AGAIN. Consistently planning but never accomplishing. Christmas timberline is up but no movement on my projects.
So actuality I am allurement you the aforementioned affair I am allurement myself… What's your next step? I can abide to acquiesce myself be pulled in abounding admonition or sit my base in this armchair and activate one footfall at a time.
And that's how it will appear to you. Sometimes our goals and dreams assume so big that we can get afflicted by the process. But as we apprentice to breach the action down into abate achievable steps, we can acquisition ourselves on the aisle to our greater good.
Living aloft AVERAGE places a appeal on you. Anytime we wish to go farther, higher, or greater it can assume like the armament of the apple appear adjoin us. And you acquisition yourself in a war for your ambition or dream. Being adequate in activity is Settling. Settling agency accepting things for how they are after any admiration for change.
I wish to animate you to acquisition your GREATNESS… there is something that has been placed aural you that if activate and broke into will acquiesce you to accomplish a huge appulse in the apple about you.
Don't Settle. Don't break in the Adequate Life. Don't be Average. We've all been accustomed this one activity to live… YOUR LIFE AHEAD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LIFE YOU'VE ALREADY LIVED…
You're not too old, to busy, to adolescent or don't apperceive enough. We can all apprentice and abound from area we're at. If I can so can you.
Reinvent yourself… Plan your next year, if that's too big, plan your next month. It starts aural you.
You accept what it takes. Till next time…
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We are currently participating in a wellness program at the company where I work. Please give me some recipes and/or tips for healthy snacks when you are dealing with a large group of people. I know soups and things of that nature would work well for luncheons, but we are in a bind as to what to present to our employees other that would be healthy and feasible to prepare for about 80 people. Thank you in advance for your time. Kim Pope
Soups and salads work well for large numbers of people, as you said. Vegetable casseroles (like vegetable lasagna) and stews with extra vegetables can also be healthy choices, as can pasta dishes made with extra veggies. For example, adding wilted greens, red kidney beans, garlic and olive oil to pasta makes a tasty and attractive dish. Veggie wraps, grilled vegetable sandwiches, pitas stuffed with vegetables and pizza piled high with veggies are also appealing. While we do not currently offer high volume recipes, you can click here for healthy recipes. For healthy snacks consider fresh fruit or vegetable trays that include unusual ingredients- like marinated vegetables, stuffed mushroom caps or grilled tomatoes. A bean dip, hummus or mango salsa with baked chips also makes a good snack. Click here for great tips on increasing fruits and vegetables.


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Study of Makeup needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 164 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
Study of Makeup
Logo needed by online beauty retail site launching early 2010. Our website, http://www.studyofmakeup.com, will retail all things makeup, skincare, haircare and bodycare. We will interview top makeup artist, hairstylists, and medical spa pros to keep customers up-to-date on the newest trends in beauty. The content will also include videos and blogging.
Target audience is women ages 17-55. We will be competing for the same target audience as:
Be creative. Must use the three words, 'STUDY OF MAKEUP'. This can either be a Text only logo (interesting & fun) or a combination of the text AND a simple shape, an ornate crest, graphic, or photo.
My makeup photos are attached. Examples of stock images I like are attached as well.
I don't like the star shape but love this logo: http://www.1daymakeover.com/
This page has a few examples of fonts that would work: http://new.myfonts.com/tags/cosmetics/ (VIP, Marzo, Aviano Sans are favorites).
For colors, be creative. Think fleshtones or eyeshadow colors.
The main use will be on the website, twitter, and facebook.
Final version needs to be in vector form.
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by Juan_Bottom on Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:18 pm
When I attack to or from Judea it shows the terts name as ludea. Is that a typo or am I being dumb?
in moment i whas ,almost belive that i made mistake and that i write on map iudea.Thanks god,everything is ok-Iudaea is latin name for roman provinces,and Judaea is english translation.
Its look that you are dumb,but these is yours words.


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TALLAHASSEE (AP) - Jimbo Fisher has an edge as he kicks off a new era at Florida State: The Seminoles' new head coach helped recruit most of his players the last four years.
It won't take him long to find out how good a job he's done.
After a warmup against lower-division Samford (Ala.), the Seminoles travel to Oklahoma and then host Brigham Young before beginning their 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference schedule.
Fisher is replacing the iconic Bobby Bowden, who departed after chalking up 377 career wins. That's second most in major college history behind Penn State's Joe Paterno.
Rather than give Bowden a chance to get back on top one last time, former Florida State president T.K. Wetherell replaced him in January to give Fisher a shot at a fast start with a team both coaches believe could hit the jackpot in 2010.
"We're recruiting good players and getting guys to do the right thing," Fisher said. "The thing we've got to understand is how to win, how little things add up to big things and you don't put yourself behind the eight ball all the time."
That's exactly where Florida State was for much of last season. Only a come-from-behind Gator Bowl victory over West Virginia in Bowden's finale avoided his second losing season in 34 years at Florida State.
The Seminoles, instead, finished 7-6 for the third time in four seasons. They also went 0-for-Florida, losing to traditional intrastate rivals Miami and Florida and newcomer South Florida.
Bowden and Fisher, who spent three years as offensive coordinator and coach-in-waiting, partnered to build for the 2010 season. Florida State's offense and kicking games are geared to be prolific. The defense, if improved over last year's dismal showing, is the key to a run at the ACC title and a BCS bowl game.
"I think we can rectify a lot of those things," Fisher said.
The offensive line, perhaps Florida State's best ever, returns intact, led by guard Rodney Hudson and center Ryan McMahon, both seniors. Juniors Andrew Datko and David Spurlock also return as starters.
Christian Ponder, who was playing as good as any quarterback in the country when he went down with a shoulder injury last November, is back for his senior year. Florida State is promoting him as a Heisman Trophy candidate.
Fisher also will try to find playing time for redshirt sophomore EJ Manuel. He accounted for four touchdowns and 1,013 yards offense while leading the Seminoles to a 3-1 record as Ponder's replacement.
While the 6-2, 220-pound Ponder's career numbers are modest, NFL scouts are projecting him as a likely first-round pick.
Fisher said Ponder's character and academic achievements - besides an undergraduate degree he's already earned a master's in business administration - make a statement.
"He does not want to be average in anything he does, and he's willing to put the sweat in to get the glory," Fisher said. "He really doesn't look at it as glory. I think he just looks at it as who he is. That's his DNA."
Ponder, though, has lost one of his favorite targets. Fisher on Sunday announced he had dismissed junior Jarmon Fortson from the team for an undisclosed policy violation but he's confident the receiving corps is deep enough to withstand the loss.
Junior Bert Reed, returns after catching 60 passes for 710 yards last season. Rodney Smith, a 6-6, 220-pound sophomore, likely will slip into Fortson's starting position, Fisher said. Fortson's departure also will mean more opportunities for junior Taiwan Easterling, sophomore Willie Haulstead and freshmen Kenny Shaw and Christian Green.
Florida State looks just as solid at running back. After a spirited competition, 5-8, 186-pound Chris Thompson, a sophomore, has gone to the top of the depth chart at tailback. He beat out 5-11, 190-pound junior Jermain Thomas who started last year, gaining 832 yards at the rate of 5.1 yards per carry. Thompson was just as prolific in a backup role at 5.2 yards per carry but got the ball only 23 times.
Besides the speedy Thompson and Thomas, the Seminoles have bulk when they need it in 6-0, 209 pound sophomore Lonnie Pryor and 6-0, 235 pound junior college transfer Debrale Smiley.
Albeit personable and upbeat, the 44-year-old Fisher's coaching style differs from the effervescent Bowden's. His approach is process driven and more resembles another of his old bosses, Alabama's Nick Saban. Fisher, who was Saban's offensive coordinator at Louisiana State, calls it "the modernization of the way things are being done."
While Bowden built Florida State with unusual candor and openness, Fisher seeks perfection in secretive and selective ways and has a more hands-on approach.
A pair of sophomores, cornerback Greg Reid and place-kicker Dustin Hopkins, anchor the special teams. Reid led the nation in punt returns a year ago.
Hopkins' booming kickoffs and long-range field goals invoked memories of Scott Bentley and Sebastian Janikowski, whose accurate and powerful legs helped propel the Seminoles to national titles in 1993 and 1999.
Although only 5-8 and 170 pounds, Reid is being looked to as a playmaker in a defense woefully short of them in recent seasons.
Florida State (7-6, 4-4 ACC) opens its league season Sept. 26 with a visit from Wake Forest. The Seminoles sandwich road trips to Virgina, Miami and North Carolina State around a mid-October visit from Boston College before a brutal November. It features home games against North Carolina, Clemson and a trip to Maryland before hosting the traditional non-conference rivalry game with Florida.
"Your ultimate goal and the first objective, if you want to get back to the BCS, you've got to win your conference," Fisher said.
Not an easy task under any circumstances, but Fisher's trying it in the glare of Bowden's legacy even though a decade has passed since his last national title.
"The 90's are over," Fisher said. "Worry about doing things right and the direction you're going. If that happens, winning will come."


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Chances are, as you read this, your living room is strewn with wrapping paper and holiday greeting cards. Gadgets are being plugged in, instruction sheets are being deciphered and calories are being consumed. The daily paper is soon to be dissected, a preamble to tomorrow's post-holiday sales and savings.
Christmas Day celebrations have a lot to do with relationships, sharing, gratitude and peace. Families come together, friends call each other, children are at their happiest and collectively, we all show our appreciation and love for each other. I'll be doing the same, spending time with my family and a few close friends, slowing down for a day.
Christmas is traditionally an indoor day, probably the most "indoor" of all the days of the year. After the morning unwrapping, there's time for lounging around, some television watching and maybe a football or basketball game. Then there's the cooking and baking and table setting, all culminating in a big feast, followed by more lounging.
At our house I'll do some unwrapping, lounging, watching and feasting as well. But between these Christmas Day traditions I'll also spend just a little while outdoors, and I encourage each of you to consider the same. Maybe I'll spend a few minutes by myself just enjoying the plants and the flowers and their companions. If I'm lucky I'll be able to coax my family outdoors as well, where we'll all share in whatever of nature's marvels we might stumble upon.
For me, on this special day, I'll at spend at least a few moments basking in the glory of nature: the plants, the birds, the animals, the flowers, the insects and maybe even the mountains, the oceans and the green fields.
In my sometimes detached world, the mosaic of sycamore bark is more amazing than any wrapping paper. The value of a discovered silk tassel tree in full bloom on a canyon slope is as awesome as the most beautiful sweater or shirt. A long stop in a garden to pause and witness the season's first, gentle unwrapping of golden poppy petals rivals any treasure hidden under any Christmas tree.
I love nature. Nature wasn't made in China and doesn't come with gift receipts. It isn't neatly addressed with the "to's" and "from's" of my family members and friends. Today, as we consider our family traditions and recall what is important to each of us, I will be spending at least a little while in the sunshine or the rain drops, whichever is offered; and I will rejoice in either, needing little more. Gifts with bows are fine, and I certainly will contribute and consume my share in this year's celebration. But the gift of fresh air, rich fragrant earthy soil and the dormant seeds of tomorrow's plant life are, for me, supreme.
Cell phones cost $200, iPads $500, flatscreens about $1,500 and plastic gift cards are limitless. But a monarch butterfly visiting my garden on a Christmas Day, a mariposa lily emerging its leaves from its long summer dormancy or the brilliant colors of a glowing golden tree have no price — they are free.
On this special day, with my dear family and friends nearby, I am thankful for all that I have received and for all that we are able to share with each other. But it is outside, in nature and in wildness, away from wrapping paper and instruction booklets, that I am humbled by what I have been given. Nature is free and it is mine, and today my family and I will step outside and bask in its sharing, for at least a few minutes.
Henry David Thoreau proclaimed 150 years ago, "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."
Yes, it is.
Merry Christmas to all of you, your families … and the flowers.
RON VANDERHOFF is the Nursery Manager at Roger's Gardens, Corona del Mar.
Ask Ron
I have a citrus with iron deficiency. Give it some iron — right? I've added iron before with little effect. Should I use a liquid iron, powdered iron, granulated iron or what?
Christine, Costa Mesa
Iron deficiency in citrus is a rather common sight. There are a couple of things you should know about applying iron. First, iron will not be absorbed well by the roots of the plant when the soil is cool. This is especially true in a sub-tropical plant like a citrus, which is essentially dormant during the winter months. In addition, iron is absorbed poorly by plants when the soil is somewhat alkaline (high pH).
My suggestion is to use an iron that has been chelated; either liquid or granular is fine. Chelating of the iron helps it to be absorbed more easily by the plant and it also helps the iron persist in the soil a bit longer. However, wait until about March to begin applying the iron and simultaneously add a thick organic and acidic mulch over the soil at the base of the plant, but not in contact with the trunk.
ASK RON your toughest gardening questions, and the expert nursery staff at Roger's Gardens will come up with an answer. Please include your name, phone number and city, and limit queries to 30 words or fewer. E-mail email@example.com, or write to Plant Talk at Roger's Gardens, 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona del Mar, CA 92625.


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Plastics Change Shape When Exposed to Light
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The guys over at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a plastic which changes shape depending of what wavelength of light it is exposed to. An example of this technology would be a plastic flower which would "bloom" when exposed to light. Shining a different wavelength of light on the flower would cause it to close up. Now, the goal here is that these plastics would be able to provide significant medical advancements. On example might be to insert a thin piece of plastic into an artery, and have it change its shape into a corkscrew to keep it open.
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Here's a little something to do with that old floppy drive that you no longer have a need for. Ohmslaw.com has some nicely laid out instructions on turning a floppy drive into a robot. The instructions for the Floppy Robot are for a 3.5"drive - but never fear. There are also instructions for the 5.25" Floppy II.
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Track Packages Using Google
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Don't know how old this is, but I just saw it, and thought it was awesome. If you type in a tracking number into Google's search bar, your search results will simply be a link to your tracking status. It's little things like this that make us love Google the way we do. That would be, in a good way. There are a few other things you can do just by typing numbers into Google, such as UPC codes, VIN numbers, and more.
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Minority Report Style Technology For US Military
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The computers in Minority Report were cool. So cool, that the US government has plans to use a similar setup to manage the vast amounts of data that needs to be handled in that line of work. They have a company called Raytheon working on the technology, and they have even hired the man who came up with the idea for the movie, John Underkoffler. He believes that a mouse and keyboard limits what you can do with data. The system would react to a pair of gloves which are monitored by sensors, which then control what appears on the screen.
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Despite the disappointing sales of the Olympus m:robe (I guess the millions spent during the Super Bowl didn't help), Olympus continues to support the product. The m:robe MR-100 and MR-500 units get protective cases, remote controls, cradles, and a few other add-ons. If you have one of these units, check out the accessories. It never hurts to have a case that both fits your DAP, and also allows you to control it comfortably.
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Here at TransWorld Motocross, we've become fans of the Suzuki RM-Z450. It's fast, handles very well, and on top of that, it looks cool. It's also a bike that since 2008—the year that Suzuki first launched Electronic Fuel Injection—has only seen minor refinements to get to the current 2013 model.
For our initial impression, Suzuki invited us up to the Yoshimura Suzuki factory Supercross test track in Corona, California. It was so tight, though, that for the most part, our ability to fully put the bike through its paces was limited. With that being said, we will be taking delivery of the machine next week and will then begin testing it at more familiar tracks around Southern California. But for now, take a look at the new changes and find out what our initial thoughts were.
Since the first introduction of EFI on the '08 RM-Z450, the bike has seen suspension, motor, and chassis refinements throughout the years, and for 2013 it's much of the same again. Rather than completely start from scratch with a brand new machine, Suzuki has decided to go for focused, calculated changes to the new '13 RM-Z. For this year, the biggest change is the new Showa Separate Function Fork. SFF forks have been on other manufacturer's bikes for the past couple of years, however, Suzuki has decided to wait to outfit its bikes with it. The latest generation SFF fork is bigger than the first generation—47mm to 48mm—and is said to provide better rider feedback and less flex than the previous generation SFF. The forks on the RM-Z450 are tuned specifically for the machine and the shock and linkage also received updates to work harmoniously with the new forks. The chassis on the RM-Z450 also got some changes in the frame and seat rails to help optimize chassis rigidity and improve handling. As for the motor, Suzuki actually made quite a few refinements to it to help improve mid-range hit and power. Highlighting the changes are a new 13-percent lighter piston, modified intake cam timing, and a new muffler design that not only adds power, but also helps alleviate noise.
Out on the track, the new RM-Z450 initially feels much like last year's bike; it's very comfortable, fast, and handles remarkable well. The new motor updates, however, have added to the mid-range torque, allowing the bike to get up to speed out of corners and hit jumps immediately after with ease. Carrying over from the past few years, the 2013 machine also has different ignition coupler choices available that are easy to swap out to change the power characteristics of the bike. While the track was too tight to really get a feel for the top-end pull of the machine, we can say that it did feel fast. And down the longest straight on the track, the bike never signed off.
The biggest change on the bike—and the one that we were most anxious about—was the SFF fork. After only a few laps, it quickly became evident that Suzuki had done its homework with this fork. Not only does it perform well, but it also doesn't feel different that a tradition fork. On the jump-filled track we tested on, even our professional level tester commented that the entire suspension package was much stiffer than he had anticipated. But while stiff, it didn't react poorly off jumps or small chop, as it soaked up hits with a progressive feel that was initially soft but led into a stiffer bottoming-resistant feel.
We can't go through this test without commenting on the fit and finish of the RM-Z450. As it has for the past few years, the bike again comes equipped with Renthal Fatbars, Excel rims, and is basically race-ready right off the showroom floor. On the tight Supercross-style track, we also noticed that the brakes worked really well, and the clutch never faded—as if we really needed it much, though.
While we have only put a very limited amount of time on the RM-Z450 on a track that was difficult to truly see how the bike performed, we can say that the new machine seems to be right on par with last year's bike if not better. And with the improvements done to the motor, suspension, and chassis, there is no doubt in our minds that the RM-Z450 will be a frontrunner in the annual TransWorld Motocross 450cc Four-stroke Shootout this year. The bike is fast, handles well, and is reliable. Don't forget to check out an upcoming issue of TransWorld Motocross, though, for a more in-depth review on the new bike. We have a lot more testing to do.


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This package provides widgets and filters for mezzanine that enable admins to use markdown formatting to create their site content, rather than using the tinymce editor to generate html used in rich content types, such as rich pages and blog posts.
Get the package
user@home:~$ pip install mezzanine-mdown
user@home:~$ easy_install mezzanine-mdown
Prep the static media
Using the excellent staticfiles app, mdown's static files should get picked up automatically.
If the staticfiles app is not your style, you'll need to locate the install location for the mdown package (usually your python interpreter's site-packages directory) and copy/symlink mdown/static/mdown into your project site_media directory.
First off, add mdown to your list of INSTALLED_APPS in your project settings module.
With the app installed, you need to make a couple choices. You'll have to specify the RICHTEXT_WIDGET_CLASS and RICHTEXT_FILTER values in your settings module.
This package provides 2 options for this setting.
- mdown.forms.WmdWidget
- Activates the WMD rich text editor. (recommended)
- mdown.forms.PlainWidget
- Use a plain Textarea (no rich text editor).
Again, there are 2 options for this setting.
- mdown.filters.codehilite
- Renders the content using markdown with the codehilite extension enabled.
- mdown.filters.plain
- Renders the content using vanilla markdown formatting.
Extra Steps
Pygments Styles
Using the management command pygments_styles you can generate css to colorize code blocks parsed by the codehilite filter.
Note: this requires pygments to be installed (use pip install pygments or easy_install pygments to use this feature).
Invoke the command with no args to see a usage message and list of available color schemes on your system.:
user@home:~/mysite$ ./manage.py pygments_styles Usage: ./manage.py pygments_styles <scheme_name> Available color schemes: borland bw colorful default ... [ snip ] ...
Invoking with the scheme's name as an argument will print the css to stdout, which you can redirect to a file like so:
user@home:~/mysite$ ./manage.py pygment_styles colorful > site_media/css/pygments.css
In additon to this single scheme method, the command also accepts the --all flag, which will generate styles for all available, but with one key difference: each scheme is prefixed with its name as a css class name. This is handy during theme development as you can quickly switch pygments schemes just by setting the class on the body tag to your choice of scheme without having to regenerate css files constantly.
Once you've got a css file generated, simply add it to your site's base template to get your code "pretty" printed.
Updating Theme Templates
Themes that were based on the default theme and were created prior to Mezzanine's 0.11.3 release will most likely not have the richtext_filter applied to rich content. To correct this, you simply have to update the templates for these content types so that the filter is used.
For example, in the default theme, the templates/blog/blog_post_detail.html had a line that was updated from:
{{ blog_post.content|safe }}
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Just ensure that the safe filter comes after the richtext_filter.