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Re: Being stepped on is still no reason for flight, bluebird
Posted by Blue bird on 1/12/06
The reason for flight is that is what nature intended. Go to any
national conference and talk to the speakers and the attendees there
are fewer and fewer people clipping their birds. My birds fly to me
when they want attention , instead of screeming for my attention.
On 1/12/06, Cassima wrote:
> Then that is your choice to keep their flight. I do agree with you
> that there needs to be more rigerous training for birds and bird
> owners, though. However, until there is a "norm" for all bird owners,
> that most likely will not happen as it has with dogs.
> If a bird has been stepped on, it's the OWNERS' fault for not keeping
> them off the floor and teaching them to stay on the cage or giving
> them a place they want to be away from heavy foot-traffic areas of
> the home. I have no sympathy for these people. This just shows how
> irresponsible some bird owners actually are, whether flighted or not.
> Them being on the floor has never a problem in my house with the
> birds I have now. You watch where you walk; it's as simple as that.
> On 1/12/06, Bluebird wrote:
>> There are risks for children and there are risks for our birds.
>> Many a child has walked out of a door and down the street. I did
>> when I was two. Luckly, my mother got to me before I reached a busy
>> street. How many clipped birds have been stepped on because they
>> were on the floor? I know of a few. Most of the birds that I know
>> of that have flown away were clipped but got suprised and took off
>> much to their owner's suprise. I think it is time to for bird
>> owning folks to catch up with responsible dog owners and start to
>> do some serious training of their birds. They should be able to
>> stay and come on command just like any dog does. It can be done
>> take a look at the Good Bird Inc Magazine. I have two macaws, and
>> unbrella, SI Eclectus and a cockateil that all fly. My umbrella can
>> cut corners and fly from the very back of my house to the very
>> front. I feel it is worth the risk to let them fly as nature
>> intended.

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After a week of competitive surfing on the Standup World Tour, the Alagoas Pro Grand Slam kicked off the 2014 Standup World Series with clean sweeps by Connor Baxter of Maui and Angie Jackson of Australia. Winning both the Sprints and the Long Distance races, Baxter and Jackson are now leading the rankings in the run for the World Title.
Coming off an impressive 2013 racing season, Baxter picked up right where he left off, with an awesome start in Saturday's Sprints. From the beginning, Baxter was out ahead of the heavy field of pros that included Kai Lenny, Zane Schweitzer, Jake Jensen, and Casper Steinfath. Lenny was able to dig deep and give Baxter a run for his money, but, in the end, Baxter came out on top, taking the first Sprints win of the year.
Angie Jackson also started the racing season off strong with her win in the Sprints. The growing field of female racers put up a fight, but the powerful Aussie pulled through, gaining the momentum needed for the following day's Distance race.
In Sunday's Long Distance race, competitors faced varying conditions that included an upwind leg, followed by a downwind leg, with a buoy turn in the surf, topped off with a fast-paced sprint section in the lagoon to the finish. Baxter and Jackson both took off at the start, leading the packs of pros for the race's entirety.
On the Men's side, Baxter broke away from Kody Kerbox, Lenny, Jensen, and Schweitzer, strengthening his lead in the downwind leg and holding off his fellow competitors for the remainder of the race. Baxter's lead allowed him to take the race win, as well as the overall event win, ahead of Kerbox and Jensen, who finished second and third, respectively.
Strong from the start, Jackson built a lead in the Distance race ahead of local Brazilian Barbara Brasil and Spain's Laura Quetglas. Powering her way through the upwind and downwind legs, Jackson increased her lead over the ladies and finished first, allowing her to gain the first Standup World Series and Grand Slam wins of the year.
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2. Jake Jenson, AUS
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6. Vinicius Martins, BRA
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3. Laura Quetglas, SP
4. Kelsa Gabehart, USA
5. Lena Ribeiro, BRA
6. Edimar Luque, VEN
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8. Ariani Theophili, BRA
9. Andrea Mendonca, BRA
10. Marly Pires, BRA
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The original BID proposal — for an independent non-profit funded by a special tax district — came before Asheville City Council in June, the subject of a fierce debate. BID advocates portrayed it as necessary to ensure downtown's prosperity and better services. BID opponents, comprising everyone from some business owners to local activists, asserted that it will impose an unnecessary burden while giving power to an unelected board and trampling on downtown's culture.
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Late last night it happened... it finally happened. Three days before it was rumored to be released, after three teaser parody trailers, and after four years since hearing about Jason Segel writing a script for a Muppet movie... the first official, full-length trailer for The Muppets was released online by The Muppets Studio. Since then, I've watched it at least 15 times and I'm still stunned. Not only does the content of the trailer make the film look good... it makes the film look great. Action, adventure, heroes, driving... and the Muppets. Back where they belong and everything they should be. But... I'll shut up now so you can watch it, because you absolutely--absolutely--must.
See? I was right, wasn't I? I wish I had more words about how much I love this, how awesome it is... but I'm just so blown away by it still. Kermit has returned to true form, Miss Piggy has returned as a fashion and female icon, Gonzo, Fozzie, Scooter, Rowlf, the Electric Mayhem, Walter--everyone is there! Pepe and Rizzo and Robin can all be spotted, Wayne and Wanda have been rebuilt, Thog and Link Hogthrob are all over the place, and penguins are dancing around to 80's rock and roll. The Muppets, thy name is... Muppets.
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Alleged prototype Lightning jersey offered on ebay/
Here's something unexpected. A listing recently appeared on ebay claiming to offer a prototype Tampa Bay Lightning jersey from the original Reebok Edge launch. Is it true?
As we know, the Lightning were among a handful of teams to introduce new logos to go with their new Reebok threads. So it makes sense that the Bolts looked at a number of designs before settling on what they did in 2007.
The listing includes almost a dozen photos — all of which can be seen in the slideshow above. The question is, are they legitimate?
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It's a rather considerable leap from Tampa Bay's actual jersey design from 2007 — specifically with regard to the sleeves and number designs, which I actually like better speaking as a Bolts fan. The team was definitely considering a wild new look. Unfortunately, it got toned down a lot and was eventually replaced four years later by new ownership.
As for the listing, the user wants $999.99 for it. Too rich for me, but it would definitely be a unique addition for a major jersey collector and/or Lightning fan.
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Spotify is testing a way for users to stream their music through any Web browser as an alternative to the existing Spotify desktop app.
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Though day two of The Launch 2012 presented by Red Bull started off rather slow, it picked up as soon as the wind died down in the afternoon. The clouds cleared out and the 50 or so attendees under the age of 18 went to town on the setup built by the Bear Mountain park staff.
Things kicked off on the redirect into the quarterpipe, with Merrick Joyce, Eric Leon, Zach Normandin, Jaeger Bailey, and, most notably, Stefan Krumm bashing the quarter at full speed and riding out unscathed into the in-run. Krumm's one-foot redirects most definitely stole the show by the end of the session.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Spouses working at the same school/institution Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Spouses working at the same school/institution Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Ben Round de BlocJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 1946 Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:25 pm Post subject: Spouses working at the same school/institution After the long threads about dating students, I'm curious about your opinions regarding spouses working at the same school as well as teachers dating their co-workers. When I taught in public schools in the U.S., some school districts had policies against spouses working in the same building, while other districts didn't. Where I currently teach, the university has no policies against employing spouses or against teachers dating teachers. Do any of you work for language schools or institutions where such policies exist? Do you have any thoughts or opinions to share on the topic? Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17611Location: USA Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:43 pm Post subject: quite a few Hi Ben, While teaching in the Middle East, I encountered many teaching couples. It seems economically sensible when there are foreign hire contracts providing benefits. Thus the institution only has to provide one house and such. I have never run into any real problems with it, but I suspect that couples who had taught in the situation may be more able to discuss any personal problems. One thing was that many of them seemed to think this was a great (cheap) time to have another baby - which dumped the extra teaching on the rest of us while the new Mommy got to take a couple of months off with full pay. I often heard that they had policies against it, but there were always couples there teaching. But then, that is the Middle East... Back to top RogerJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 9138 Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 12:27 am Post subject: The downside might be that both could lose their jobs simultaneously if one of them fell foul of the system! Some administrations here are quite abrasive! Back to top arioch36Joined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 3589 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 1:23 pm Post subject: Of course, the school does save on housing. At a local college a couple was fight so much that the college had to find another room for the husband. How complicated is it to become separated while in China? Back to top CelesteJoined: 17 Jan 2003Posts: 814Location: Fukuoka City, Japan Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:57 am Post subject: My husband and I taught at the same place for many years. My first EFL position was on the EPIK programme (Korea) and the superintendant was unaware that we were a married couple until we were going to be taken to our new apartments. (My husband mentioned, that we were married and would only be needing one apartment). They had to scramble. They were going to place my husband with a roommate and me in a homestay. When we told them that we were married, they had us spend the first 3 weeks in a hotel, and then we moved into our apartment. I taught at a girls' high school, and my husband taught at the middle school on the same campus. All of our Korean co-workers always told us that no Korean couple would be allowed to work for the same school, and that we were very lucky. We stayed there for 2 years. In that time we knew 2 other married couples from Canada and the US who split up. They hadn't been teaching at the same schools, but living abroad put too much strain on their relationships. When we returned to Canada, my husband took a teaching job at an ESL school right away, and I dabbled in theatre and film and office work for a bit. Then one day, my husband's school needed a substitute teacher right away, and he told them that I was not busy and might consider it. We ended up teaching together at that school for over 3 years. Now we are in Japan, working on the JET programme. JET cleverly arranged it so that I am working for the F u k u o k a Education Centre, and my husband is working for the Junior high school section of the school board. We are in different offices with different bosses. Now, a comment to veiledsentiments: I can't believe you would actually begrudge someone their maternity leave!!!!! What if it were your wife/mother/sister having a baby? Wouldn't you expect their employer to provide this kind of support? In many countries, there are laws regarding this. In Canada, either parent (or a combination of both) can take 12 months and collect Employment insurance for that time. Being out of your home country, away from your extended family is not a cheap time to have a baby. Your employer should probably have hired a substitute instructor for the time that the new mothers were on maternity leave, but it sounds like you are pinning the blame for this on the new family. (Perhaps I am feeling rather sensitive about these things right now because I am starting to get to an age where I have to make a decision about having kids. Also, many of my friends and one of my siblings have had kids recently, and I am rather protective of their rights these days.) Back to top richard ameJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 319Location: Republic of Turkey Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:09 pm Post subject: couples in the same school H i All My wife and I started our teaching career together at a private school in Turkey the lady who gave us the job at the time refered to us as a gift from god,perhaps she didn't know us very well anyway we stayed there on and off (me more off than on ) for eight years and now we are still together at a university,it seems that we are the only native couple in the city of Izmir and to be honest I haven't met many others elsewhere either . The thinking as has already being said is that you only need one apartment for two teachers and yes when one of them falls foul of the system there can be problems but we seemed to have avoided that one . The only real down side can be when some people in certain areas start making comparasions about our teaching styles which differ greatly apart from that there has being no problems . 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Wabash finished sixth out of seven teams at the 2010 Dick Park Golf Invitational hosted by Franklin College.
The Little Giants shot a 699 as a team over the two-day tournament. Freshman Scott Morrison led the Wabash individuals, scoring a two-day total of 171 (83-88) to finish in a tie for 25th place. Charlie Kelly tied for 30th (86-88=174), while Luke Moton took 34th place (90-85=175). Jordan Koch shot a 179 (91-88) to finish in a tie for 40th place. Jake German was forced to withdraw after suffering a left wrist injury during Sunday's opening round.
Sophomore Michael Piggins played as an individual, finishing with a two-round total of 173 (84-89) to tie for 28th place.
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If you paint the town red, you visit bars, nightclubs and other nightspots to have a good time.
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One of the many features announced on the iPhone 4S is 1080p HD video recording. This is a nice improvement over the iPhone 4's 720p HD video recording.
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Since the iPhone 4S video camera is the same 8MP camera used for stills, it will benefit from the larger aperture and improved illumination sensor, bringing you more accurate colors and better low-light videos.
You can see examples of the camera and stabilization on Apple's website. I encourage you to check them out, it really shows off how great video recording on the iPhone 4S will be.
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The pseudonymous Spengler has written a highly speculative column on Barack Obama's secret that is must reading. Spengler draws powerful inferences based on scanty evidence derived from "Obama's women" (his wife and mother). His conclusion is that Obama hates America.
I have doubts about each of Spengler's inferences, and his conclusion seems to me in any event to overstate the case. In what sense does Spengler mean that Obama hates America? In the sense that George McGovern and Jimmy Carter do? In the sense that the McGovernized, progressive Democratic Party does? If so, the hatred is something with which we are far more familiar than Spengler's column implies, however wrong and destructive the hatred is.
Spengler's analysis of Mrs. Obama's Princeton thesis also seems to me somewhat overdrawn. I'm not sure that her thesis reveals her to have anything more than the kind of doubts and resentments to which the potential beneficiaries of affirmative action at elite educational instiitutions are prone as a result of the Faustian bargain that Shelby Steele has described. Mrs. Obama's notorious statements about her lack of pride in America until recently show that the resentments extend beyond Princeton to the United States, but her sentiment is also one that is common to a lot of liberals.
Nevertheless, given Obama's thin public record, Spengler's speculations are useful and provocative. I'm just not sure they make him out to be anything other than a McGovernite liberal.
PAUL agrees: It doesn't seem wise to infer the essence of someone as intelligent and accomplished as Obama based on an analysis of his mother and his wife. For better or for worse, Obama pretty clearly is his own man.
I take Obama to be a careful and independent observer of America, and assume that his conclusions about it to are more nuanced than can accurately be captured by the word "hatred."
JOHN agrees: I'm pretty sure Obama is fond of those aspects of American life that made him the President of the Harvard Law Review, a United States Senator, and a leading candidate for President of the United States. How that relates to the perspective of the majority of American voters remains to be seen.
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Dead Ringer
Author: Allen Wyler
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While speaking at a Hong Kong medical conference, neurosurgeon Dr. Lucas McCrae slips the cloth off a cadaver's head during a routine medical demonstration, and is overwhelmed with the shock by what's staring back at him: His best friend, Andy Baer.
Stunned, McCrae races back to Seattle to discover that Andy is in fact missing and may have been murdered by a gang of body snatchers who operate a legit funeral business and make a fortune by selling recovered body parts to medical researchers.
McCrae teams up with an unlikely pair—a beautiful but hardnosed female cop and a gang member whose family was victimized by the body parts ring—to try and expose a macabre web of corruption that involves law enforcement, politicians, funeral home curators and murdered prostitutes.
After reading a previous book by Allen Wyler (Dead End Deal), I was impressed by the medical technique and familiarity that he brought to the storyline. In Dead Ringer, he managed to do that once again. Reading the description of Dead Ringer, I was like, the name of the main character (Lucas McCrae) sounds familiar, and then I realized that his name had been used as a cameo in Dead End Deal – so I liked how the author was able to tie to two books together though similar characters, without making them a true series.
But this book was for me, so much freakier than Dead End Deal. I have been an organ donor since I got my license nearly 15 years ago, and while I had thought about how my organs might be used, should anything ever happen to me – the depravity of the antagonist opened my eyes. I had read/heard about bad market deals with organs, so it didn't really surprise me that there were ones for dead bodies as well – but wow, that's about all I can say. I think that the author managed to walk the fine line between being dramatic, and cheesy – although, there were a few moments where I was like, uhhh ok…and personally, I felt that everything tied up in a pretty bow almost too easy…but I'm sure others would disagree with me.
I'm definitely interested in seeing more of what he writes in the future. Overall 3.5 stars.
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Chair Taylor documented a quorum and called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.
Chair Taylor informed trustees that this was an informative meeting and would not require any decisions. He asked Vice President Shuman to present the proposed 2013-2014 budget.
Vice President Shuman stated that the proposed budget assumed (1) a 1.7 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduate and graduate students, and (2) 10,600 FTE. She clarified that the total general revenue and lottery for 2013-2014 was $76.5 million. She also clarified that 4.6 percent of the operating budget would be set aside for reserves.
Vice President Shuman spoke about the budget process, noting that each division reviewed their operations for reductions, and the controlled spending committee and vacancy pool remained empaneled to review spending throughout the year.
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By Robert Duncan
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Thursday the Vatican will release Pope Benedict's message for World Communications Day 2013. The topic is "Social Networks: Portals of Truth and Faith."
The weekend may be a good time to return to the thought of the man Life Magazine called "the Oracle of the Electronic Age," and reflect on the value his observations have for us today.
Herbert Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian Catholic philosopher of communication who owed part of his conversion to Catholicism to the writings of G. K. Chesterton. His insights about media sparked debates that continue to resonate.
In 1965, appearing on Canadian television, McLuhan predicted the coming of telephone commerce and "world connectivity."
"The sort of dialogue among all the elements of our world that is going on actually and without benefit of bureaucratic blessing, or an official blessing, the kind of exchanges and interchanges of imagery and awareness of peoples of the world, this is the pattern that education will tend to resort to more and more," McLuhan predicted.
In the video below, McLuhan outlines his theory of "the global village," saying, "These new media have made our world into a single unit. The world is now like a continually sounding tribal drum, where everybody gets the message all the time. A princess gets married in England and — boom boom boom! — we all hear about it; an earthquake in North Africa; a Hollywood star gets drunk — away go the drums again."
If the late Catholic media theorist had this much to say about television and the sciences of his day, what might he think of the world of Facebook and Twitter?
Marshall McLuhan: the global village
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Large Still Images into PE - One Workflowthe_wine_snob Jun 19, 2009 8:04 AM
Everyone wants the highest quality that they can obtain when doing their videos. It's natural to want the best. Well, when dealing with still images, bigger is not necessarily better, for two reasons. First, overly large still images can really tax a system and second, one is limited to the frame size of the video, so these have to be resized somewhere - this resizing can be in the NLE (Non Linear Editor) program, or in an image processing program like PS (Photoshop), which does a better job anyway. Doing this in PS, or PSE, will result in better resized images, and they are easier for the NLE to work with. Quality is as high as your Project's Preset will allow, and you are more efficient, with fewer crashes, slowdowns and hangs. It is a win-win situation.
Here is my normal workflow when dealing with still images. This workflow is for NTSC 4:3 720x480 with a PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio) of 0.9. If your Project's Presets are different, use those specs to resize to.
Since I shoot my still images in RAW, I Copy my files from the CF card to my system and catalog these images by location, subject and date (if necessary). I'll do a quick conversion and Save_As Adobe DNG for backup. I then process these RAW images in PS with the ARC (Adobe Raw Converter), correcting them and then doing a Save_As PSD into a sub-folder. All of this is in my still photo library.
Normally, I will edit these PSD's to find the images that I wish to use in a Video Project, and will Copy the selected images to another folder. You'll see that I work with a lot of Copies, so my original files are always untouched and stored elsewhere. This guards against anything happening to them.
At this point, I'll decide how I wish to use these selected images in my Video Project. Let's just say that they are all horizontal images, and are still full-size from my camera. As stated, my Video Projects are DV-NTSC 4:3 720x480 PAR 0.9. [Remember, your Video Project may vary, so you will need to plug in the dimensions for YOUR Video Project in that case.] I also will have done my Cropping on each image individually, to get them to 4:3 Aspect Ratio. I do this my eye and by hand, rather than via an Action, because I want full aesthetic control.
In PS, I have a set of Actions for Video. An Action is like a Script, but less powerful and less involved in the writing. As I have already done all of my image enhancements and additional processing before I did my Copy to the selected folder, I only have to worry about my Action resizing these selected images for use in my Video Project. My Action here is to resize to 720x480 with a PAR of 0.9, and I normally use the Action that does this with a particular resizing algorithm, Bicubic-Smoother (though I also use Bicubic-Sharper on occasion).
For the next step, I go to my folder structure (remember, this folder contains copies of my selected still images in PSD format), and create a new sub-folder "[Project Name]_720x480." Back in PS, I choose File>Automate>Batch. Here I set my Source Folder, my Destination folder and the Action to perform. In my case, it'll be the Destination Folder, that I just created, [Project Name]_720x480, and my Action will be my NTSC 4:3 720x480 Smooth. I check to have the Open command by-passed, because I do not need to see this take place on my monitor. When I hit OK, PS grabs all files in my Source Folder, runs the commands of my Action and does a Save_As for all files into my Destination Folder. I can process hundreds of large images down to a great 720x480 PAR 0.9 via Bicubic-Smoother interpolation, in moments. Now, I'm ready to go. Last, I Copy my Destination Folder to my Video Project's folder hierarchy (usually on another HDD), and then Import these processed stills into my NLE.
What if I need to pan on one, or more of these images, while they are zoomed out completely? I don't have enough pixels in my horizontal dimension to do this. I am just filling the frame with my still. Well, if I find that there are such images, I go back to my folder with the full sized images in my still images library, and select the ones that need to be larger. I run another Action on these, but it's one that resizes to something larger than 720x480, say 1000x750. Now, I have another Destination Folder with the name [File Name]_1000x750. I'll Copy this over to my Video Project, and Import these into the NLE. Here, I can go to Project Panel and remove the 720x480 versions if I so choose, but since a Premiere Project file (.PRPROJ or .PREL) is only an XML database, I may just leave them. It does not contain any media files, just links to where they are on the system and to what operations are performed on them.
By doing my resizing in PS, rather than in Premiere, I have accomplished two things:
1.) I have better quality resized images, using the algorithms in PS, plus have a choice of several interpolation methods to work with.
2.) I have lessened the processing load on my NLE and on my system, while doing the editing
I get higher quality and lower resource overhead - hence my reference to "win-win."
Now, back to my aesthetic control. I do not do any automatic zooming or panning. If one allows the NLE to do this, then they will want to probably process all of their images to 1000x750 (remember, this is for an NTSC 4:3 Project, so you will need to calculate what YOUR Project will require).
The two programs that I use are Photoshop and Premiere Pro, but Photoshop Elements can do the same things, though the exact commands might be different. Premiere Elements will handle the resized still images, just like Premiere Pro and the only difference will be the terminology used when one wishes to Import the still images.
I also keep all of my images in .PSD (the native format of PS), and do not convert to JPEG, or other. If one's camera shoots only JPEG, I suggest writing the Action to do the Save_As to .PSD, as another JPEG compression will cost one quality. Yes, the JPEG's will be smaller, but remember we are looking for the ultimate quality, so larger file sizes are just part of that equation.
One does not have to deal with all of the Copies, as I do. However, this allows me to go back to the originals, or to the processed full-sized .PSD's at any step along the way. There is only one thing worse than not being able to go back to an intermediate version with full Layers and Adjustment Layers, plus any Alpha Channels, and that is finding out that you've lost your original RAW and DNG backups! That's why I do a lot of Save_As and also work from Copies all along the way.


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(Reuters) - The Charlotte Bobcats fired head coach Mike Dunlap on Tuesday after finishing the 2012-13 season with the second-worst record in the National Basketball Association.
Dunlap was hired as the fifth head coach in the franchise's history in mid-2012 and posted an overall record of 21-61 as the Bobcats missed the playoffs for a third consecutive season.
"(We) conducted our season-ending review and met with coach Dunlap to reflect on this season," Bobcats President of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins said in a statement. "As an organization, it was decided that we needed to make a change with the head coach position."
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Padres load bases vs Strasburg in 5th inning but score only 1 run in 6-2 loss
SAN DIEGO – Trailing 5-0, the San Diego Padres had the bases loaded with one out in the fifth inning and were poised to do a little damage against Stephen Strasburg.
A groundout by Everth Cabrera brought in one run, but then Strasburg struck out Will Venable to end the threat.
Strasburg went on to pitch a career-high eight innings against his hometown Padres, snapping a seven-start winless streak, and Bryce Harper and Adam LaRoche homered to lead the Washington Nationals to a 6-2 victory against San Diego on Thursday night.
Strasburg's 54th big league start was his first professional appearance at Petco Park. The big right-hander went to high school in suburban Santee and pitched for Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn at San Diego State before the Nationals took him with the first overall pick in the 2009 amateur draft. He pitched twice at Petco Park for SDSU.
He allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits while striking out four and walking three. He got the final out of the eighth on his 117th pitch.
San Diego's Jedd Gyorko led off the fifth with a double that caromed off the base of the stands in left and Alexi Amarista walked. With one out, pinch-hitter Kyle Blanks hit a sharp grounder to third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, whose throw to second sailed over Steve Lombardozzi for an error that loaded the bases. Everth Cabrera's groundout brought in a run before Strasburg struck out Will Venable.
"He worked his way out of that jam," Padres manager Bud Black said. "We tried to get a little closer. He got Cabby on that groundball and then ended up striking out Will. That's a situation we talked about where he made a couple of pitches to minimize the damage and that got him through the middle part of the game.
"The difference was the fourth and fifth inning for them and us not getting the big hit when we had the bases loaded."
Strasburg (2-5) had gone seven innings 10 times, including three this year.
In Strasburg's only other appearance against the Padres, he lasted just four innings in a 6-1 loss at Washington on May 15, 2012.
Strasburg held the Padres scoreless through four innings and allowed only one run in the fifth despite loading the bases with one out.
"He kept the ball down for the most part," Yonder Alonso said. "We had the bases loaded there and we couldn't get it done. I still feel like when we did get the fastball we just didn't put good swings on it. When we did, we didn't find the holes and they made some good plays. They played good defense behind him."
Harper, back in the lineup three nights after running full-on into the scoreboard in right field at Dodger Stadium, hit a monster shot estimated at 431 feet to straightaway center field on the first pitch he saw from Tyson Ross with two outs in the seventh. Harper's homer nearly reached the base of the batter's eye. It was his 11th.
Harper's violent collision with the wall at Dodger Stadium left the 20-year-old slugger with 11 stitches in his chin and a sore body. Harper said he felt a little better but his whole left side was still sore. He played left field and batted third.
LaRoche hit a two-run homer into the sandy play area beyond the fence in right-center off Edinson Volquez (3-4) with one out in the fourth for a 2-0 lead. It was his fifth.
The Nationals added three runs off Volquez in the fifth, on a two-run single by Ryan Zimmerman and an RBI single by Steve Lombardozzi.
Volquez allowed five runs and five hits in five innings, struck out seven and walked four.
Chris Denorfia hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
NOTES: Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M, known as "Johnny Football," threw out the ceremonial first pitch. He put a football twist on it by dropping back, scrambling and tossing it to Mark Kotsay, who caught it behind his back. Manziel also took two rounds of batting practice, with mixed results. The bat went flying out of his hands on his first swing, but he later hit a ball off the right-field wall at Petco Park. Manziel took BP while wearing loafers. ... Manziel is in town to work with quarterbacks coach George Whitfield Jr. "He came out here last year as a third-stringer and now he comes out here as a Heisman Trophy winner," Whitfield said. ... Manziel and Padres RHP Burch Smith have known each other since they were kids growing up in Tyler, Texas. Manziel said Smith once pulled a prank on him by locking him a batting cage. ... Nationals manager Davey Johnson, who went to Texas A&M, chatted up Manziel during batting practice. ... Manziel threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels. ... Padres LF Carlos Quentin missed the game to be with his wife, Jeane, who gave birth to their first son, Clark.


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Just won a thriller against the Saints. Freeman threw 2 ints just before the half giving the Saints a short field both times and allowing them to go up by 10. Tampa Bay was able to drive down the field just before the end of the half and get a FG to bring NO's lead down to 7. Neither team could do much of anything through much of the 3rd quarter, until the Bucs got the ball and rode the back of Legarrette Blount all the way to the endzone. From there New Orleans looked to be moving the ball well but the Bucs D stopped them on a critical 3rd down near midfield. A couple of plays and a huge pass from Freeman to Benn set the Bucs up in field goal range with less than a minute left and forced NO to use their first timeout. A few more run plays left the Saints without any timeouts and TB with a 23 yard FG opportunity. The Bucs call a timeout with 10 seconds left, and Connor Barth kicks in the game winning field goal!
Huge win, as I have several human opponents over the next few games and these will be even more challenging.


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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
A present from a northern neighbour
When I returned from Estonia in August, I met up with Anita for a chat and cuppa and gave her a bar of Fazer chocolate. Fazer is a really delicious Finnish chocolaterier – and as Anita, herself Finnish, hadn't been at home for a while, she had asked me to bring something. (Fazer is widely available in Estonia, as is the Swedish Marabou. You'd probably have to search for Cadbury like a needle in a haystack).
Well, Anita did go to Finland in October and kindly asked me if there's anything she can bring me from Finland. There are two food items that I always think of as related to Finland. One is the squishy-squeeky cheese juustoleipä/leipäjuusto, and the other are Karjalanpiirakkat or Karelian pasties (above). Both are widely available in Estonia as well. And though it is possible to make both of them – frying cottage cheese results (apparently) in leipäjuusto, and here is a recipe for Karelian pastries, but making the latter can be quite time consuming (I can personally say, after having baked them once. All worth it though..)
When I met Anita for a coffee last Thursday, she gave me six beauties that she had brought from Finland.
The traditional filling for Karelian pastries is cooked rice porridge, but my favourite is the potato mash stuffed kind (above), and I'm also partial to the carrot mash version. You pop them under a grill, heat them through and then cover with egg butter (well, egg, butter, salt and some parsley for instance).
And then you have these delicious and very filling pastries. They are very popular for breakfast in Finland, but I had them for dinner. And then again for breakfast. And then for lunch. Two each time:)
Kiitos, Anita! And good luck with the new job!
10 comments:
- Paz said...
Yum! I'd love to taste this. The photo looks good!
- 6:23 pm, October 26, 2005
- Alanna said...
After living/cooking/tasting in Finland for a year, I can attest to how good these are and how fussy they are to make! But I may yet be inspired to try again, kiitos paljon to your post, Pille! (And yes Fazer for a snack, midway through!)
- 7:28 pm, October 26, 2005
- Nefritite said...
Hi Pille,
glad you enjoyed the 'karjalanpiirakat'! Good picture you've taken there :)
- 8:34 pm, October 26, 2005
- Iain said...
Hey Pille. everyday chef here, alias Iain. I have found the time to properly update my blog and have added some biog details etc. that were absent and also describe the reasons behind my blog.
Yours was one of the main inspirations for starting a blog. I love reading food blogs from other parts of the world, but it's cool to have a local view to share - and I love your angle on Edinburgh life. Cheers!
- 10:45 pm, October 29, 2005
- Pille said...
Paz - they're yummy!!! I am seriously contemplating making them myself soon. Unless Anita goes to Finland again:)
AK - thanks for your support! And maybe we can both make them (despite the fuzziness) and compare baking notes?
Anita - thanks again for karjalanpiirakat!
Iain - thanks for popping by and revealing the true identity of the everyday chef:) I am utterly flattered that my blog could be inspirational to anyone - so a huge thanks for making my day!!! I'll add you to my blog roll as soon as I update my template again..
- 1:05 pm, October 31, 2005
oooh, I absolutely LOVE karjalanpiirakoita! My favourites are the ones with ricepudding, topped with butter and cheese. *yummy*
Also wanted to say that I love your blog. It's one of my "watch daily for updates blogs" :) Keep up the good work!
- 2:13 pm, November 02, 2005
- Antti said...
I had totally forgotten karjalanpiirakat even existed! It's so funny I had to visit your blog to be reminded of one of the most staple foods of my adolescence :D
I'm reading your archives from the beginning, and I totally love your writing style!
Cheers, Antti
- 12:58 am, January 30, 2006
- Pille said...
Another very late reply, so sorry!
Tanja - thank you for visiting and reading my blog. And whereas the 'classic' rice pudding filling is delicious, then I'm more potato mash kind of girl:)
Antti - I'm one lucky girl to deserve your loyal readership, eh:) Looking forward to meeting you and Anna one day for real!
- 8:50 pm, August 08, 2006
- My-a-blogger said...
My Mother's recipe is listed at http://maijarecipes.blogspot.com/2008/03/earliest-easter-for-rest-of-our-lives.html
I use rice porridge filling. I'd like to try barley instead sometime. And now I would like to try these too.
Hyvaa ruokahalua.
- 3:03 am, April 14, 2009
- Lena said...
I came across your blog from the Traveler's Lunchbox and was intrigued when I saw you had Finnish recipes. My mother is Finnish and although we were raised in the U.S. we traveled there often as children and grew up eating lots of Finnish food, especially karjalanpiirakat. Mom would make them and I remember how long it would take. We would slather them with munavoita and eat, eat, eat. Seeing your photos and reading your recipes brings me right back. Look forward to reading more!
Tampa, FL
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DaSkipper needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 47 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
VisionQuest Management Services Ltd (VisionQuest)
I am an independent certified management consultant and I need a logo for my above-named company to help build its image and grow the business. The company is growing and provides high-quality management consulting services and problem solving expertise typically available only from familiar sources like the large firms.
Entrepreneurs, private and public sector organizations, startups, and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) clients who require proven management consulting services to meet their business and organizational goals.
I am looking for a logo that presents a professional image of my company - VisionQuest Management Services Ltd., i.e. a logo that conveys trust, professionalism and integrity, so please note:
1. No cartoons as I don't want to convey a cheap or silly image.
2. Nothing too abstract that doesn't correlate with the professional image I'm trying to portray.
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4. No usage of pink or other feminine colours.
5. No flipped letters or upside down letters.
I need you to produce a logo that's a neme - one that makes my clients think of management consulting.
Please be creative but don't get too carried away.
The logo will be required for business cards, email newsletter, stationery and also my website.
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FORT COLLINS, Colo.—After nearly 30 hours, oil-laden fracking fluid has stopped spraying from an oil well east of Fort Collins.
The Coloradoan reports ( http://noconow.co/12dbd3e) the well started spraying green-tinted fluid following a mechanical failure Monday morning. Ken Hall, who lives on property next to the well site, says workers stopped the leak around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission spokesman Todd Hartman says that after equipment fell due to hydraulic failure, a valve broke, leading to the discharge of flowback, which refers to hydraulic fracturing fluid that has returned to the surface after being injected into a well.
The well operator, PDC Energy, says a berm contained the liquid.
State oil and gas regulators say there were no injuries and no threat of explosion.
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Malaysian food is impossible not to love. Spicy, complex and utterly flavorful, eating it makes me feel as if I've taken my tastebuds on a vacation in exotic Southeast Asia.
This month I want to take you along with me to explore the vegan possibilities of Malaysian food. And here's what's also wonderful: not only is Malaysian cuisine rich in local flavors, it is further enriched by the vast and endless cuisines of India and China: two communities who form a sizeable part of the country's population.
There are lots of resources for great Malaysian vegetarian food on the Web, such as this one. And if you want to be adventurous and veganize a non-vegan dish, more power to you!
With so much to choose from, I think it's going to be hard for all you amazing cooks not to come up with vegan dishes that are impossibly delicious.
Here are the guidelines for It's A Vegan World: Malaysian.
-Since I'm late with the announcement, I've extended the deadline to Sept. 5 2009. Send in your recipes before that date.
-These foods are no-nos in vegan cooking, so please leave them out: honey, butter, eggs, cheese, ghee, milk, yogurt (basically no milk-based products), gelatin, and, of course, no meats or fish. Vegan meat or cheese substitutes are fine.
-Link back to this announcement, and feel free to use the logo below.
-Non-bloggers are also very welcome. Just send me your recipe and a picture.
-As for bloggers, send me an email with your post to myveganworld[at]gmail.com. Include these details:
Your name
Blog name
Post url
A quick note here about something that's been on my mind these past few days and has really bothered me. I love nothing more than to share my recipes, especially the ones I create or veganize. When the inspiration comes from a recipe someone else created, I am always sure to credit the source because it's the right thing to do.
But the other day, while googling vegan challah recipes, I ran into a recipe on another vegan blog. My own whole-wheat vegan challah is one of my most popular recipes and one I get most feedback on from readers. When I created it, I used a recipe from the Joy of Cooking (which I credited in my post) as my inspiration, but I worked hard to replace the eggs which were an integral part of this bread. I used flax meal or ground flax seed as an egg substitute in my challah, and I worked out the proportions carefully to make sure I had a perfect challah where no one would miss the eggs.
Surprisingly, this recipe on the other blog was exactly identical to mine in every aspect, including the proportion of flax and water (which was the most challenging part of the recipe to develop), except that it was made entirely with all-purpose flour and used olive oil instead of canola. While this would be fine if the blogger had the decency to credit the obvious source of her recipe, she did not.
I'd just like to say this to people like this blogger who believe they can steal recipes made by others and pass them off as their own: back off! Most food bloggers work hard to come up their recipes, and while you're more than welcome to try them, passing them off as your own is a sick and extraordinarily cheap thing to do.
On to happier topics, the roundup of IAVW British will be coming soon. Keep your eyes peeled! And here's the IAVW Indian roundup.


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MONDAY, July 23, 2013 (MedPage Today) — Older dads may beget taller and slimmer offspring, but these children may have cholesterol problems, researchers found.
Kids born to dads over age 30 were, on average, 2 cm (about 0.79 inches) taller than those whose fathers were younger than 30 when they had them, Wayne Cutfield, MD, of the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and colleagues reported online in Clinical Endocrinology.
And kids born to fathers older than 35 had a lower body mass index (BMI) than those born to dads 30 and under, they reported.
But low density lipoprotein (LDL) concentrations in those born to dads over 35 were 21 percent higher than those born to dads 30 and under.
While the authors acknowledged that this observational study could not show causality, "our study shows that increasing paternal age at childbirth is associated with taller stature and reduced adiposity but a less favorable lipid profile in their children," they wrote.
Paternal age at childbirth has been increasing in the U.S., and studies have shown an association between increasing paternal age and risk of genetic birth defects, autism, adult psychiatric disorders, and some childhood cancers.
Links between paternal age and childhood growth and metabolism, however, haven't been evaluated.
For their study, Cutfield and colleagues looked at 277 children, ages 3 to 12, whose dads were between the ages of 19 and 52 when they'd had them.
They found that children born to fathers ages 31 to 35 and to those over age 35 were, on average, 2 cm taller than kids born to dads age 30 and under.
Children born to fathers older than 35 had a lower BMI than those born to dads ages 31 to 35 and those 30 and under.
Cutfield and colleagues also saw less central adiposity among kids born to dads over 35 compared with those born to dads 30 and under (12.2 percent versus 15 percent).
These findings suggest that "slimmer children of older fathers may have a lower risk of obesity in adulthood," they wrote.
However, they observed "marked effects" of paternal age on blood lipids. Total cholesterol was significantly higher among kids born to dads over 35 compared with the 31-to-35 and 30-and-under groups.
Also, LDL concentrations in those born to dads over 35 were 11 percent and 21 percent higher, respectively, than those born to dads ages 31 to 35 and those 30 and under.
High density lipoprotein (HDL) concentrations were lower among kids born to dads in the 31-to-35 group than among those in the 30-and-under group, and the total cholesterol to HDL ratio was higher among kids born to dads 31 to 35 (12 percent) and over 35 (16 percent) compared with those born to dads 30 and under, due to higher LDL concentrations.
Since childhood lipid profiles track or accentuate into adulthood, they wrote, it's possible that these kids' lipid profiles "may deteriorate further later in life, placing them at a greater risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood."
The researchers also noted that fasting insulin concentrations were lower in girls born to dads ages 31 to 35 and those over 35, compared with those born to younger dads.
Girls in these two groups also had significantly lower HOMA-IR scores.
There are no clear mechanisms behind the less favorable lipid profile, the researchers said, though it could be that increasing age leads to epigenetic changes in paternal sperm genes that regulate growth and metabolism. Still, this finding deserves further exploration, they said.
The study is limited in its generalizability because it involved children and fathers of a single ethnicity and higher socioeconomic status.


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getfitlu needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 8 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
Looking for clean logo design, banner and e-book/manual images for a new information product for a fitness product.
The product is called The Weekend Warrior Workout.
The Weekend Warrior Workout
The product is a 4 week workout plan for busy professionals who have a weekend sporting passion, for example, golf, skiing, soccer, rugby, tennis etc...
The product is a manual, series of video clips, workout checklists and daily email support for 28 days.
The three main items I need are:
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- Emphasis on the busy professionals turned weekend amateur sporting person.
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Who Has The Most Followers On Twitter? President Obama And Four Others
All humans are created equal right? Some, for various reasons, become more popular than the rest of us.
I happen to work in a business that requires not only gaining, but retaining followers. Both listeners on the radio and readers on the websites are in my task.
I dearly thank you for following me here. I try to bring you things of interest. This little list here may be just that for today.
I was trying to think of a way to see who the most popular people in the world are right now. One thing that came to mind was seeing who had the most followers on Twitter.
That could be an interesting measurement to look at. So I went to TwitterCounter.com and here's what we learn.
Top 5 Celebrities On Twitter With Current Amount Of Followers:
- Katy Perry 51,339,186
- Justin Bieber 50,233,666
- Barack Obama 41,975,773 (Yes, two people out did the Prez)
- Lady Gaga 41,068,535
- Taylor Swift 39,662,239


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After a four-hour delay due to thunderstorms the East Central University baseball team dropped a 2-12 decision to Arkansas-Monticello in the first of three Great American Conference games.
The Tigers (7-23, 1-15 GAC) recorded four hits, including two by senior Benny Woodard and one each from juniors Ethan Gold and Josh Lavender.
Senior Robert Buitrago threw the first 5.1 innings of the game, striking out three and suffering the loss after allowing 10 hits and seven runs.
The Boll Weevils (20-13, 10-9 GAC) opened the scoring in the first inning, going up 0-1. The score remained that way until the fifth inning, when UAM added a second run (0-2).
The Boll Weevils opened up the lead with five-run sixth and seventh innings, for a 0-12 advantage.
The Tigers scored their two runs in the bottom of the seventh. Junior Jake Caton started the one-out rally by being hit by a pitch. Freshman Brandon Maggia then hit into a fielder's choice, but Caton remained on base due to an error.
Gold sent the first run across the plate with a single to right center and junior Brede Kochi was walked to load the bases. That set up senior Spencer Penrod to earn an RBI with a fielder's choice.
ECU and the Boll Weevils will resume the series, Saturday, March 30 with the first game of the double-header slated for 10 a.m.


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Grapes of Grad is Laguna's largest annual wine tasting. This year's was the biggest ever.
The event, which was held this past Sunday, was hosted by the Rotary Club of Laguna Beach at Tivoli Too.
"We had more wineries, we had more food and we had way more people," said Steve Dotoratos, co-chair of Grapes for Grad along with Jeff Redeker.
That translates to more financial support for scholarships for Laguna Beach High School graduating seniors and Laguna College of Art & Design students.
"Grapes for Grads helped with the cost of college during a period of economic hardship," wrote LCAD student Michelle Faro, a 2011 scholarship recipient. "The scholarship contributed to both tuition and living expenses, allowing me to fully focus on school."
LCAD graduate Dan Mulligan, and Christine Kinder and Jake Michaels, Laguna Beach High School graduates who received scholarships in 2011, also expressed their appreciation.
Michaels is a freshman at Cornell, where he is majoring in hotel administration, earning a 3.57 GPA in his first semester, while also playing varsity tennis and football.
Kinder, who is at Babson College, is on track to attend The London School of Economics and Political Science and hopes to graduate with honors. She plans to intern with a British company or to take courses in Milan later.
Rotary President Jim Cox said the caliber of students at both institutions is impressive and all applicants for scholarships are winners in the eyes of the Laguna Beach club.
The club's Grapes for Grads has raised more than $60,000 for scholarships since its inception.
"This is such a good cause; everyone in town should be here," said home remodeling designer Michael Macaluso, who escorted Los Angeles television host Mara Brown to the fundraiser.
Among those who were there: LCAD President Jonathan Burke and school district Supt. Sherine Smith, school board member Ketta Brown, Mayor Pro Tem Verna Rollinger, Councilwomen Elizabeth Pearson and Toni Iseman, City Treasurer Laura Parisi, Police Employee Assn. President Larry Bammer, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kris Thalman, Laguna Beach County Water District Executive Director Renae Hinchey and Human Resources Manager Michelle Boyd, Laguna Nursery owner Ruben Flores and No Square Theatre founder Bree Burgess Rosen.
The event was underwritten by House of Big Fish and K'ya, which catered the lunch at no cost to the Rotary Club, the Passionate Collector, which donated goodie bags, Union Bank, the Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation, the Gas Co., Doctor's Ambulance Service, John L. Campbell Insurance, Lippa Insurance Services, Waste Management, Coldwell Banker, Marine Room Tavern, RTC Mortgage Corp. and Super Dave's Print & Mail.
There were 112 participating wineries and distributors this year. Eighty-five artists and businesses donated items for the silent auction.
Lang, Pura Vida and Kate Elise photographic studios and artists Loren Eck, David Solomon, John Eagle, Cynthia Britain, Fred Eck, Kathy Jones, John Barber, Scott Moore, and H. Gallery were among the donors of art.
Aliso Creek Inn and Golf Course, 370 Common Kitchen, Salerno, and Romeo Cucina were some of the eateries that donated gift certificates. The Marine Room, Mozambique, White House, Sandpiper Lounge, commonly referred to as "The Dirty Bird" by locals, House of Big Fish and Hennesseys donated the "Greatest Bars in Laguna" T-shirts. Seats for Laguna Playhouse, Pacific Symphony, Laguna Beach Live! and the Pageant of the Masters performances were hot tickets.
Other items included teeth whitening by Dave Norton, wines from Hartigan and American Vines wineries, and a hand-knitted meditation shawl from Kim Salter.
LCAD students Benjamin Gibs, Leah Kranz, Irin Mahaparn, Radah Tague and Stephanie Snee demonstrated oil and watercolor painting.
Magnolia Memoir provided live music.
Julie Hile, Marge Earl, Marianne Raczkowski, Maggie Hempen, Peter Jones, Helen Maxwell, Kerri Redeker, John Campbell and Veronica Nice served on the event committee.
Sister Cities' salon
Guests let their hair down at the salon hosted by the Laguna Beach Sisters Cities Assn. on April 26 at Sandra Jones Campbell's studio in Laguna Canyon.
The event had plenty of good food, wine, music and company.
"We do this three or four times a year in addition to the Fete de la Musique, Bastille Day and a celebration of the new year of Beaujolais on the third Thursday of November at French 75," said Karyn Philippsen, president of the association.
The all-volunteer, nonprofit association was established in 2008 to forge cultural, educational and business links with Menton, France, a city with similarities to Laguna.
Both cities are built on sharply rising coastal hillsides. They have almost identical populations and temperatures and draw large numbers of visitors.
Other cities could become siblings. Any association member can nominate a city, which then must pass muster with the Future Sister City Committee.
New members are welcomed to the association. Annual dues are $15 for students, $25 for singles, $50 for couples and $100 for businesses.
Some events, such as the salon, may be restricted to participants 21 and older because alcohol is served.
School board President Betsy Jenkins, Festival of Arts Events Coordinator Susan Davis and Arts Commissioner Pat Kollenda organized the salon in Campbell's studio.
"I love this space, not to mention her art and the work of some other artists she has," said Kollenda about the rustic studio, which featured a soaring ceiling and elegant rugs that Campbell traded her art to acquire.
The studio also has a grand piano and guests gathered around it to sing along with guitarist Jason Feddy and pianist Phil Palapiano — honest.
Among the singers: Playhouse Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham, artist Michael Tauber, Drs. Gary Jenkins and Cheri Myers, Laguna Concert Band founder Carol Reynolds and Fabiola Kinder.
Other guests included Amy Larsen, Friends of the Library President Martha Lydick, Michelle Monda, artist Jennifer Griffith and Ann McDonald.
Also: Mary and George Rabe, Visitors Bureau Executive Director Judy Bijlani, Rollinger, Iseman and Alice Harmon, who is trying to raise funds to restore the sculpture created by her late son, Steven, that had to be removed from Riddle Field due to its deterioration.
Ann Dryer catered the event.
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