Closing reception for the 3rd Zone Exhibit at Avenue 50 Studio and 100 Faces at the Annex: Sunday, July 5, 2009 from 2-4 pm
The 3rd Zone is a space and place corralled by the Tijuana-San Diego border - the busiest and most utilized land crossing in the world. In 2005 over 18 million vehicles and 50 million people entered the 3rd Zone. The occupants of the Zone are a mix of people living in Tijuana, San Diego County and Los Angeles County.
Please join us, along with the artists of the 3rd Zone for a closing discussion, with poetry from Beverly LaFontaine and Actress Beebe Smith
Refreshments will be served
Special Thanks to: Chris & James Cook; Luis Ituarte, artist; Carolyn Williams; Alex & Jaylene Moseley; Rebecca S. Rojas, Ph.D; and COFAC
Avenue 50 Studio, Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery 131 North Avenue 50 Highland Park, CA 90042 323-258-1435
As he walked across the country from Cincinnati to Los Angeles in 1884 and 1885 Charles Lummis, learned of the plight of Native Americans, and he became determined to raise the public's awareness of Native American life and culture.
In 1907 he began planning the Southwest Museum, which opened seven years later, in 1914.
In recent years, however, the museum struggled financially. Its directors agreed in 2003 to merge with the Autry Museum in Griffith Park, an agreement that was to include the Autry making needed repairs to the Southwest Museum structures and the Autry underwriting the smaller museum's operating costs of more than $100,000 a month.
But as local activists watched, concern grew that the Autry's long term plan was to remove the priceless collection of artifacts out of the Southwest Museum, and into a newly expanded Griffith Park location, reducing the Southwest to nothing more than meeting rooms.
On June 30, both sides: Local activists, and Autry supporters met at Los Angeles City Hall for a showdown.
In a surprising development, City Councilman Jose Huizar said it was time for the Autry to reaffirm its commitment to the Southwest by agreeing to attach a legally binding document to a lease agreement the Autry is seeking in order to expand its Griffith Park Autry Museum.
Thus making the preservation of the Southwest collection at the Southwest Museum a condition of the city's approval of the Autry's expansion plans in Griffith Park.
Every year the skies light up with beautiful fireworks displays, which we love to watch. To dogs and cats, these bright light bursts and bangs are terrifying and completely stressful. And it's not just the big fireworks display events on the 4th of July, but the weeks before and after when individuals love to have their own backyard fireworks parties. Dogs can become irrational when frightened. The instinct to run sets in and the need to escape kicks in so hard they will chew a door or window frame to pieces or even break out a window! Too many dogs can be seen running in a blind panic down the streets, and stepping out into the streets. Our local shelters get filled to capacity with stray, un-identifiable dogs and cats. Dogs have super-sensitive ears and can hear sounds up to 4 times the distance as humans can. Loud noises can actually cause pain to their ears!
Here is a list of stress and anxiety behaviors your dog may exhibit: trembling restlessness pacing whining, barking panting hiding attention seeking behaviors loss of appetite loss of house training escape behaviors destructiveness
What you don't ever want to do: -Don't take your dog to a fireworks display. -Don't punish your dog for being frightened -Don't try to comfort or reassure your dog with petting or telling them its OK when frightened as this just re-enforces nervous behavior. Only reward calm behavior. -Don't leave your dog outside. If your dog lives outside, now would be the time to bring them indoors. -Don't leave your dog alone if possible.
What you can do: -Now is a great time to make sure they have an ID tag on their collar. This should contain a current phone # and address. -Is your dogs license current? Do you know where your local city shelter is? -Are they micro-chipped? -Bring your dog inside and if possible, don't leave them home alone. If you have to leave them alone for a few hours, how about in an enclosed room with the curtains drawn and a fan and/or radio, TV on to block out the noise? -Have a safe place or den for them to hide-like a crate or covering a table with a blanket, or placing their beds behind a sofa so they can feel safe, secure and comfortable. -Give them food filled toys or special toys to try and occupy them. -Vets do dispense dog downers(sedatives) if you have a highly upset pet. There are many holistic calming products on the market now too. -If necessary, there are vets, dog day care centers, kennels, and dog sitters to safely, care for your animals. If you lose your dog or find one: -Make sure you have a current photo to make a flyer. Post flyers! -Go to your local city shelter.
For the Northeast area it is North Central Animal Shelter located on 26th St. http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.laanimal services. com. They are open 24 hours/7 days a week if you want to bring a found dog or cat there.
In the event of a medical emergency,do you know where your local 24 hour emergency hospitals are?
With all that being said, good luck and have fun! Prepare now so you can have a safe and happy 4th of July.
If you need further help for you and your dog, or have any questions please feel free to contact me. --------------------
Posted by:
lezle stein
Dog Training & Behavior Specialist Handle With Care Dog Training L.A. City Council Spay & Neuter Advisory Committee Director of Animal Welfare/Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council Co-President/ Hermon Dog Park Downtown Dog Rescue 323.225.6700 http://www.handlewoofcare.com
Under California Senate Bill, SB133, which took effect January 1, 2009 a title company can no longer provide real estate agents with comparable sales, lender information, phone numbers, tax information, community information, or mapping.
Fidelity National Title Insurance, one of the nation'a largest title insurers, announces on the access page of their online profile system that AVM Reports have been removed.
Okayfine. Hold that thought.
Fidelity also owns and operates Cyberhomes.com which is a free real estate information site providing the general public with ~guess what~ comparable sales, tax information, community information, mapping, and AVM reports.
Does anyone else see the absurdity in the State of California making it illegal for real estate professionals to receive the very same information that is available to the general public on a freely accessed website??
We Don't Do Old School Meetings .... everyone is always going ten different directions at once, and no body ever really likes them anyway,,,,
Has anyone here built a VIRTUAL meeting site? I have been thinking about using Yahoo Groups; set up as a private moderated group .... it is simple to use, and most folks here are pretty familiar with it since a number of community groups around here use Yahoo Groups to distribute information.
Google Wave would be ideal, but it doesn't exist yet. :-)
Anyway, associates could post info about their new listings, reductions, pendings, solds .... we could post industry information, stuff about new regulations and requirements .... You know, the stuff real estate office meetings are made of :-)
Anyone else doing this? What platform are you using? Comments? Thoughts?
Felipe's Restaurant at 6101 York Blvd. is offering a limited time special. Starting today each dinner guest at Felipe's will receive a genuine United States Presidential $1 Coin as a token of appreciation.
Please stop in and give Felipe's a try. The mega-Margaritas are back. Menu prices have been reduced. The staff is very attentive, accommodating, and conversational.
Felipe's Restaurant, 6101 York Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90042 -- 323-478-1652
My plan was to spiff up the business page before I went trolling for more fans.
But I didn't quite get to that yet. :-(
So here I am, hours after the carriage turned into a pumpkin, the page in its skivvies, begging for fans to push me over the 100 mark. I need 70 more. Please.
Here's an idea: If you have a VFlyer account, did you know you can turn your VFlyer gallery into an RSS feed?
From the VFlyer Flyer tab, click View Account Profile
That will take you to screen displaying a gallery view of all your active listings. Select and Copy the URL (web address). (It will look something like this http://www.vflyer.com/home/Listing.jsp?acctId=1077084 --that's the gallery view for Above The Rainbow Jewelry, one of my pro bono** web site clients :-) )
Go to FeedBurner and paste that URL into Feedburner's "Burn a feed right this instant" box.
Using a plugin such as FeedWordPress or WP-o-Matic, you can plug that feed into an existing WordPress blog. Then each time you add a new listing to your VFLyer account, a post with a link to the VFlyer will automatically show up in your WordPress blog.
(P.S. Now that I've updated FeedWordPress to the 2009.0618 version, I've returned to using it over WP-o-Matic. WP-o-Matic wasn't displaying embedded videos...)
** I've been helping Lilian get started with an online presence for her jewelry-making. What I've learned about product photography, building an etsy shop, etc., etc., has been more valuable than charging her money. :-) )
Representatives Childers (D-MS) and Miller (R-CA) introduced HR 3044 on June 26, which calls for an 18 month moratorium on HVCC (Home Valuation Code of Conduct)
Bert Witt and the late Ellen Witt were avid collectors of Native American as well as Indigenous arts and crafts from countries they visited all over the world.
For the first time, more than 100 items from their extensive and distinguished collection will be offered for sale. Among the vintage baskets there are several Inuit, Navajo, Hopi and African baskets. Other collector's items such as clay pots, mortars, figurines and paintings on cloth will also be available.
Proceeds will benefit the Pho Lai kindergarten in Vietnam, a school dedicated to Ellen Witt, as well as help support operations of the Avenue 50 Studio.
Saturday, July 4, 2009 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm
RSVP: 323/258-1435 to Kathy Gallegos
Avenue 50 Studio, Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery 131 North Avenue 50 Highland Park, CA 90042 http://www.avenue50studio.com
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What is a CAT BLOG?
According to Seth Godin: "Cat blogs are for, by, and about the person blogging. A cat blog is about your cat and your dating travails and your boss and whatever else you feel like sharing in your public diary."
Well, I am the boss, my dating years are behind me, but I do love my cats.
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