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What are good hosta companion plants?
Still planning my hosta garden. What plants have different texture, size, shape, coloring and bloom that you like to see grown with hostas? Are there any small 3' shrubs that would grown in almost no dapples light with them?
Well, the possibilities are certainly broad - pretty well any plant that you find tolerates similar conditions (shade to part shade, I'm assuming?) would probably create an interesting contrast. A few of these might be ligularias, cimicifiga, epimediums, corydalis, heucheras, lamium, ajuga, lungworts, hepatica, goatsbeard, thalictrum, brunnera, columbines, etc..
One could also grow ephemerals such as mertensia and shooting star, that would later be covered up as the hosta unfurls its leaves.
Here are some possibilities, perhaps...
Ab, I love your plants, now if I only knew what they are. Let's see Japanese painted fern and well, I guess Japanese painted fern, that is all I know by a specific name. Can you help? What's with the hosta in the first pic, I love the leaf - how big does that plant become?
What's the yellow flower in the second pic and what kinds of fern - are they invasive? I don't know any of the plants in photo #3, can you help?
4th pic, what's that pretty hosta, is it fast growing? Is that tierella or foam flower looks like the description I have heard. What's the fern - invasive? And the little plants in the foreground? \
4th pic - what's at the top, on the left, on the rt and in the foreground? Said I was new to shade gardening, now do you believe me. I have lots to learn.
Thanks for any help. jan
Yes, sorry - I got lazy, but I figured you would ask if your interest was piqued by any of them, LOL! I don't find any of these ferns invasive.
Anyway, just a few suggestions as to what to grow with hostas...
1. Cimicifuga racemosa and Hosta 'Frances Williams' - not sure of ultimate size, but mine is about 2 1/2' across.
2. yellow flowers = Lysimachia nummularia (invasive in some areas, I don't find it to be so); from front to back - trollius, tatting fern (Dryopteris filix-femina 'Frizelliae'), male fern (Dryopteris affinis 'Crispa'), dark purple is Cimicifuga ramosa 'Hillside Black Beauty', royal fern (Osmunda regalis, which only ever gets a few leaves here).
3. Corydalis lutea (strong self-seeder) on left, Ligularia dentata 'Othello' on right.
4. Yes, Japanese painted fern (which don't do terribly well here); groundcover is Ajuga 'Mahogany'; Tiarella 'Spanish Cross'; hostas are 'Chinese Sunrise' (I think) and 'Great Expectations', both of which need to do some growing.
5. Clockwise from top: Cimicifuga ramosa 'Atropurpurea', Ligularia hessei (1 leaf showing), Epimedium x rubrum, Western Canada violet (Viola rugulosa - somewhat invasive), Ligularia stenocephala 'The Rocket'.
When is the tour? Just kidding, but they are beautiful gardens. Thank you for sharing. I have in my shade gardens toad lily,astilbe, white and old fashioned bleedign heart, gerecian wind flowers, columbine, lily of the valley,hosta 'honey bells', dream queen','morning light' and some others that I don't have names for varigated, thin green ones with dk. purple flowers and large green leaf with white flowers, foamy bells, chatterbox, a shrub called emerald 'n green euonymus, tulip tardia & unifolia, pink lady slipper, jack in the pulpit, virginia blue bells,anemone, and wild ginger.
Frances Williams is a beautiful hosta. I planted one last summer. I understand though, that it burns around the edges in the heat of summer, and it's also in the large to huge category. Under ideal growing conditions it should reach 36" in height and 48" in width.
Just an aside, but I haven't found that my 'Frances Williams' gets any leaf-burn; it's on the north side of a lattice fence, however it gets pretty much full sun (with the high summer sun at his latitude). It doesn't get very hot here or for very long though. However, it's probably very different so much farther south...
I haven't had the burning problem with Frances Williams yet either, ABgardener, but I've read about it over and over in the hosta forum. Here's what Hosta Lib has to say about her:
"This sport of H. sieboldiana 'Elegans' was registered in 1986 by Williams and was #1 on the American Hosta Society Popularity Poll for over 10 years. It has giant blue-green leaves with yellowish green margins. The foliage mound can reach to 36x48" in 7 years. The leaves are sturdy and rugose. The scapes as tall as 40". The leaves are rounded and have almost no tip to them. Much talk has centered on the susceptibility to frost-burn of the gold areas of the leaves. All agree it would be a better plant without this trait."
Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see one of the all time great shade lovers/hosta companions listed, that being pulmonarias. There are so many hybrids out there, it's hard to keep up, and they do really well in MN. I also grow a few different varieties of hardy primula (denticulata, japonica, veris, Rosettas doubles, polyanthus) that are gorgeous as (most) bloom early just as the hostas are starting to send up their spires of leaves. Their foliage looks good (many like cabbage/lettuce heads) even after hard frosts.
Some nice suggestions here, but I need to go further.
My hosta garden is in an area that gets virtually no morning sun, then when the sun gets over the highest trees, it gets blasted with about three hours of incredibly hot sun, and then the shade from the house hits it and that's it. It's also quite dry. My astilbe always crisp up just as they begin to bloom, and the ferns I've planted refuse to get any bigger. The lily of the valley are surviving and spreading (as if there were anything that could stop lilyof the valley) and so far the lady's mantle hasn't died yet, but the only thing that likes it there (besides the hostas) is the dicentra, and that's probably because it dies back before the weather gets really hot.
I'd really like something to contrast the various hosta shapes (I've got a variety of sizes and colors of hostas), but I can't find anything that tolerates the combination of dryness, lack of sun, and those few hours of hot, hot sun.
Any ideas? I'm sort of looking for taller things. Stuff like primroses and ajuga are awfully short.
The various species of Lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis, erythropoda, alpina) might be good choices, as they can take either sun or shade in dry conditions. We have Calamintha grandiflora in both dry-ish sun and shade, and it does well. Same for lamium.
Hosta are beautiful up against my tall old fashioned garden phlox, columbine, dictamus, japanese iris, daylilies, oriental lilies and my large white bleeding heart. I also have them next to vines such as clematis. Some of the upright lady ferns are spectacular hosta companions, too. Good luck, Brenda
Will the lady ferns take dry? I have tried ostrich ferns, shaggy sheild ferns, and Japanese painted ferns, and, um, maybe leatherwood.
Some have died outright, but most eke out a pathetic existence, neither dying nor getting any bigger. I love the look of ferns next to hostas, but I can't seem to find one that will put up with this difficult location.
Oh, and how does phlox do in the sun/shade mix I describe? I thought tall phlox needed lots of sun.
I'm thinking of moving my asiatic lilies to that bed, but the kind of sun (short duration, but super intense) makes me think it a bad idea.
Maybe I should just go with more kinds of hostas...
My tall phlox are in different conditions.The ones in the most shade(morning sun) just start blooming a week later than the ones in sun. I am in dry Wyoming and work with that except for a small fenced garden that I water on occasion. That is where my hosta, oriental lilies, ferns, trillium,shooting stars, etc. are living happily. I learn most everything the hard way, though-trial and error.
Yes, well my gardening approach is rather Darwinian. I'm too lazy and cheap environmentally conscious to go around watering the many beds more than on an occasional basis.
How about Heuchera? Would those do OK in such a dry spot?
Flowers in my front beds are mostly red and yellow. I saw a Stella d'Oro-like red called Little Business on a website. Has anybody tried it?
I went back to check this thread and realized I hadn't thanked all of you for your plentiful and terrific ideas, so thanks a bunch.
I wrote this in "04 and I have some beautiful hostas now. A few bolted this year and then the heat got them. Guess I need to move a couple and they are pretty good size now-no small job to transplant. Never even noticed them until this spring and they are beautiful. Unfortunately, they were among my first and I didn't mark things the first couple of years.
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A new study shows that chemicals found in flame retardants also are turning up in certain meat — and no, they're not there intentionally to quell that internal fire from the barbecue.
These chemicals, known as PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) have been shown to have negative health consequences; they're suspected of interfering with the human endocrine system and fertility and causing neurological damage. Until now, that meant we might want to evaluate the PBDEs in our upholstered furniture and mattresses, get our babies out of "flame retardant" clothing, and reduce our exposure to other things made with polyurethane foam and fabrics required to be flame retardant.
Researchers publishing in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives this month suggest we might want to also consider what we're putting on our plate. They're not quite sure how they're getting there, but they've found that PBDE accumulation in the human body is associated with eating high-fat poultry and red meat.
The scientists, from the Boston University School of Public Health, speculated in the June article that the animal's feed may have been contaminated or that PBDEs accumulated during the packaging and processing of the meat. PBDEs tend to aggregate in fat tissue and do not easily degrade.Somehow, though, their research found that this meat increased the levels of PBDEs in human consumers.
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weeklystandard – Last week, the New York Times ran a piece on the dire demographic problems facing Germany. The short version: Germans aren't having enough kids, and as a result the economy is in trouble and there are all sorts of logistical problems—vacant buildings that need to be razed; houses that will never be sold, sewer systems which may not function properly because they're too empty.In 2005, Europe did a Population Policy Acceptance Study which looked at a broad range of demographic indicators. One of these indicators was "ideal fertility"—that is, how many kids an individual thought was the ideal number. Twenty-three percent of German men—that's not a typo, 23 percent—said that "zero" was the ideal family size. There probably aren't public policy solutions to a cultural worldview like that.
German men get the idea — family is for suckers. Think about it: spending countless hours and dollars protecting, supporting, and "loving" a bunch of tiny (loud, hungry, rude, crying) strangers because they fell out of some chick you banged? Doesn't make sense. We men have been getting the shaft end of this "family" deal since Jesus dinosaur days. What's in it for us, really?
Men of America…it's time to wise up. It's true we've all been brainwashed by this idea of what we're supposed to do with our lives, but none of that is real. Like literally this whole "family" thing was made up by people no smarter or more important than ourselves. There's no law or rule that forces us to waste our best years busting our asses for people that aren't us, yet day after day men all over this country are voluntarily setting themselves up for household slavery. Doesn't make any sense. It's senseless.
The world is a horrible place filled with corruption, famine, criminals, war, disease, hate, racism, sexism, the Dallas Cowboys, poverty…everything evil you can imagine. And it's about time we men took a stand and made a choice to stop bringing people to this shitty world just because some chick with a ring demands it. Eff that. It's OUR sperm and our choice. Yachts are way more fun to save for than college tuition.


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"We had the blades out yesterday and the snow and ice was a little easier to work with. The sun we had helped because we were able to take that top layer off, but we just couldn't get down to the bottom of it to push it to the side. That may have caused more issues this morning because once you've got the snow pushed to the side, you're left with nothing but a sheet of ice, and anything that melted and ran back across the road overnight just added to that sheet of ice," he said.
Woodruff also said crews have been pushed to their limits since Sunday night and had to be rested overnight.
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Another problem area could center around the lack of availability of salt and sand.
"Talking about the salt, that could become a major issue real soon. We're running low on salt, and with all of the harsh weather that they've had up north this year, there's just no salt to be found. We called last month trying to order some salt and were told that it could be the middle of this month before they could get any salt to us, and with this current storm, that will be too late," said Woodruff.
Woodruff said the best thing for most residents to do at this point is stay home and wait for things to clear.
"It's bad in places out there. I would suggest that people simply stay home. Unless it is an emergency, the conditions worsened overnight and it's very hazardous out there," said Woodruff.
Bryant also suggested that residents stay home unless it is absolutely necessary.
"We appreciate everybody calling in and letting us know where there are trees and limbs down and letting the police department know about trouble areas on the roads, but I'm just asking people to stay in and stay off the streets right now. This will hopefully be out of here in the next couple of days and things can go back to normal, but right now it's very dangerous out here trying to drive," said Bryant.


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New England fans are forever greatful to Carl Yastrzemski, who led the Red Sox to the 1967 Impossible Dream AL pennant and became baseball's last Triple Crown winner in the process. The Boston star hit .326 with 44 homers and 121 RBI for a team that had finished 1/2 game out of last place the year before. Yastrzemski also took home the AL MVP Award and a Gold Glove for his work in left field.
Frank Robinson became the most important man in Baltimore Orioles history in 1966 when he came over from Cincinnati and sparked the Birds to their first world title. Along the way, the Hall of Famer won baseball's first Triple Crown in 10 years when he hit .316 with 49 homers and 122 RBI.
The team saluted its long-ago hero by unveiling a statue outside Camden Yards early this season. Here, Robinson addresses the fans with a mini version of the statue at his side.
The spring after winning his second Triple Crown, Ted Williams weighed hit bats in Sarasota, Fla. In '47, Williams had totals of .343/32/114 for the Red Sox, but lost the AL MVP race to New York Yankees star Joe DiMaggio by one point when a writer left the Sox slugger off the ballot.
In 1949, Williams just missed becoming baseball's lone three-time Triple Crown champion when Detroit's George Kell nipped him for the batting title on the last day of the season. Kell finished at .342911, to .342756 for Williams.
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The Hall of Fame first baseman is shown in his classic follow-through during a Grapefruit League game in St. Petersburg, Fla. in 1937.
Chuck Klein - shown sliding into third for the Philadelphia Phillies at Brooklyn in 1940 - won the 1933 Triple Crown to cap a stretch of production that was truly Ruthian and Cobbesque. From 1929 through '33, the Philadelphia Phillies rightfielder averaged 36 homers, 139 RBI and a .359 batting average, in addition to a .414 on-base percentage, 132 runs and 46 doubles.
Klein went .368/28/120 during his Triple Crown season. But that was it for his super years as the Phils dealt him to the Chicago Cubs for three players and $65,000 after the '33 season. Klein returned to the Phils for good in 1940.
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Thomas Stevens was the main manufacturer of short silk ribbons made into the form of bookmarks. He registered his first nine designs at the Patent Office on 30 May 1862, although he was by no means the first producer of these bookmarks.
The first manufacturer to register his design was John Caldicott of 22 Earl Street Coventry, who on 18 February 1862 registered his religious bookmark
'I am the light of the world'
, an image of which graces this page.
List of Other Silk Weavers
R. Barton
(updated 5 June 2010)
Barton produced silks with only his name on them, and also worked with several other weavers, as a designer; the silks of which have dual credit. This section pulls together all silks with Barton's name on them.
E. Bollans & Co.
14 Ranelagh Terrace, Leamington
(updated 6 February 2013)
Bollans were possibly Wholesalers as well as manufacturers, as some silks are identical to other manufacturers, particularly Welch & Lenton, and the address given on some of Bollans Register entries is that of Welch & Lenton
Bradbury, Greatorex Beall & Co.
These were not manufacturers, but importers, as the actual silks have the signature Ch. Rebourg, St. Etienne
Brocklehurst Fabrics Ltd.
Macclesfield - POST Victorian era
(Completed 20 September 2008)
Brough, Nicholson & Hall
Leek - POST Victorian era
(updated 4 July 2010)
When they closed in Coventry, Thomas Stevens & Co. amalgamated with Brough, Nicholson & Hall
John Caldicott
22 Earl Street, Coventry
(updated 11 August 2008)
probably the first true manufacturer of silk bookmarks
J & J Cash
J & J Cash still produce woven 'silk' products today, as J & J Cash Ltd.
The registration of their Hereford Street address in 1846 is the earliest record of Cash, although it is believed they were in existence before this date.
It is not known when they made their first picture or bookmark, although I have seen a silk ribbon titled "
H.R.H. Prince Consort
", of circa 1862, with the woven J & J Cash name.
No attempt is made here to list any of Cash's products, other than to note that many current production items are most elegant in their own right.
R. S. Cox & Co.
(updated 25 May 2008)
Dalton & Barton
(updated 25 April 2009)
becoming Dalton & Barton Ltd. in 1872
Darlinson & Barton
(updated 5 June 2010)
Nothing is known of this weaver, except that they were probably not weavers at all. The only know silk is identical to one attributed to Pratt & Barton. It is hence probably that this silk was made available to several outlets.
W. H. Grant,
see separate section
G. Holme
Alice and Samuel Kilmer
nr. Manchester
Lister, Harris & Co.
Great Heath Works, Foleshill, Coventry
(updated 18 December 2005)
Nothing is known of this company, and it is probable they were not manufacturers.
J. Matthews
Nothing is known of this company, and it is possible they were not manufacturers.
Mellor Bros.
(updated 24 October 2010)
Morgan & Scott Ltd.
12 Paternoster Buildings, London, EC4
Mulloney & Johnson
3 Ironmonger Row, Coventry
(updated 15 August 2009)
Charles Newsome
(updated 13 December 2005)
W. Perkins
(updated 28 November 2010)
Nothing is known of this weaver, other than they collaborated with Owen Bros., who were the designers on most Caldicott bookmarks, so Perkins must themselves have been Victorian silk weavers.
J. Pratt & Sons
(created 23 October 2011)
Nothing is known of this weaver, except that they were probably not weavers at all. The only know silk is identical to one attributed to Darlinson & Barton. It is hence probably that this silk was made available to several outlets.
John Rogers
(updated 9 February 2008)
Nothing is known of this manufacturer, other than two John Rogers, father and son, are recorded in the Coventry directories and census between 1851 and 1886, possibly at 46 East Street, Coventry.
Thomas Skillcock
17 Queen Steet, Coventry
Henry Slingsby
Coventry and Nuneaton
(updated 24 October 2010)
named changed to H. Slingsby & Son in 1870
H. Spencer & Co.
(created 4 March 2012)
Nothing is known of this weaver, other than as the only silk relates to Queen Victoria's 60th Jubilee, of 1897, this dates Spencer & Co to the same period.
Thomas Stevens,
See separate section
Welch & Lenton
1 Bailey Lane, Coventry
(updated 6 February 2013)
Note some early Stevens bookmarks bear the woven credit 'T. Stevens, Manuftr. Coventry. Welch & Lenton, Drafts'
Also note a number of bookmarks are identical to E. Bollans, and have been cross referenced accordingly
Webster & Butterworth
(created 5 June 2011)
Nothing is known of this weaver, other than as woven on the reverse of the only known silk. They were weavers based in Foleshill, and the designers were S. G. Poole, Coventry.
James Wilde & Son
(created 16 February 2014)
This weaver is attributed with producing the earliest known Macclesfield woven silk picture, for the Great Exhibition of 1851
E. Wilson
(updated 16 December 2001)
Geoffrey Godden's book
contains an extensive list of Other Manufacturers and Producers, and his book is used as the primary source for this catalogue.
John High
has greatly extended Godden's list as it relates to bookmarks of Bollans and Welch & Lenton.
Lewis Cowen
, in early 2001, published a booklet dedicated to the history and life of Brocklehurst Fabrics and this work contains colour photographs and narrative for all of the Brocklehurst silk pictures. This book is now no longer in print.
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Coming Up in August 2008
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Hey! Marvel comics I'm excited about seeing. The King-Size Spider-Man Summer Special has a story drawn by Colleen Coover, whose art I adore. I hope it's the one about Mary Jane, She-Hulk, Hellcat, and other female heroes teaming up!
Terry Moore is writing the new Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane miniseries, which I care about not at all, but it's drawn by Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), who's a must-buy.
On the DC side, I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high for the Ambush Bug miniseries, because I want to enjoy it without too many preconceptions. The new preview, taking on Dan Didio, suggests pulling no punches, which I like. (Although it's not from the comic itself, but from an upcoming DC Nation promo page.) And hey, there's also a special reprinting hard-to-find older stories.
I have to admit that I've cheated and already read Family Dynamic #1 because I interviewed the guys for the August issue of PiQ magazine. I've been fans of J. Torres and Tim Levins since the Copybook Tales days. I liked this take on the family superhero team because it considers different generations and more relatives than just the usual spouse and siblings, although they're included too.
I'm planning on trying Air, a new series by G. Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker, because I loved their Cairo graphic novel, and the preview is intriguing. I may wait until the first collection, though. I'm just not looking for any new monthly series right now.
I must not have looked at the catalog at all last month, because I'm seeing a lot of #2 issues of things I don't remember ever seeing #1 of. I thought bothering to preorder was supposed to make me more aware of what was coming up, not less.
Image has a new Hawaiian Dick paperback, collecting the first six issues of the series. I like the characters, I love the look of the art, and the extras found in the books are always cool.
Plus, Viz seems to have decided to release one volume from every ongoing series of theirs I get this month! Too many to talk about now.
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- Barry Says:
June 12, 2008 at 8:27 PMI'm starting to get back into the comic reading thing and I've just finished up Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men (disappointing) and read Scott Pilgrim 3 (awesome). Aside from Scott Pilgrim, Vol 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow and Houdini: The Handcuff King graphic novels as well as the recent issues of Berlin, I'm mostly catching up on books I purchased a few years ago.
Once I finish reading those older books, I was hoping to pick up something new. However, reading around the various comics blogs and websites, I'm finding very little of interest. Is it me, or did it seem like there was a real spurt of creative energy, especially in the world of Indie comics, around 2000-2005? Maybe it was all the media hype of "look, comics are ART!!" But I don't think so. Favorite creators like Scott Morse, Chynna Clugston, Craig Thompson and Andi Watson seem to be MIA.
Unless, of course, I'm just so far out of the loop I have no idea what I'm talking about. :-)
- Johanna Says:
June 13, 2008 at 7:09 AMScott Morse is doing children's books these days (Magic Pickle, I think they're called). Andi Watson is doing Glister, a new mini-GN series. The other two, you're right, I haven't seen anything in the last few years … but that may be a side effect of the graphic novel approach. They take much longer to do than periodical comics.
- Barry Says:
June 13, 2008 at 10:15 AMI should have mentioned that I did a google and Amazon search for both creators prior to my posting and found Scott Morse's Magic Pickle illustrated prose books and a sketchbook. I'm not interested in illustrated prose but I did pick up the sketchbook, just to get some kind of Morse fix. But based on his blog and his not very up-to-date website, he's focusing more on these projects and his Pixar work than any regular comics work. I also found out about Glister on Watson's site, but he hasn't updated his blog since December of last year. Which brings me to another rant: badly designed and not up to date websites. While I like Morse and Watson's sites, they're hardly up to date. And while browsing through Drawn and Quarterly and Oni Press' sites, I found them confusing and poorly designed and also not up to date in some areas.
In general, it just seems like the excitement has gone out of comics publishing. Again, maybe it's just me, but if someone new or returning to comics wants to find interesting stuff to read, it seems like it takes an awful lot of work to find something worth their time. This is the only site I've found any useful recommendations and I'm thankful for that. But in general, I'm finding that my return to comics has been less than satisfying.
- Barry Says:
June 16, 2008 at 12:18 AMAfter looking at some other comics publishers sites like Image, I take back what I wrote about Oni. Their site is pretty comprehensive and probably one of the best organized and designed of all of the major comics publishers. Though it seems their message board isn't quite as busy as it used to be…
- Johanna Says:
June 16, 2008 at 8:03 AMThat's a side effect of primarily publishing graphic novels, I think — less to drive activity on a more frequent basis. But yeah, Oni's one of the better websites. Clearly organized, possible to find what you're looking for quickly and easily. Those should be basics, but it's surprising how many publishers just fall down completely in those areas.


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Priscilla Chan knew the man she was marrying would soon be worth billions of dollars but when it came to planning her dream day the now Mrs. Mark Zuckerberg took a decidedly low-key approach.
For one, Chan, a 27-year-old Massachusetts native who has dated the Facebook founder since their undergraduate days at Harvard, chose a wedding gown that costs less than what her new husband likely makes in one hour.
The bride walked down the aisle Saturday, just one day after her husband's company went public and his wealth soared to $19 billion, in a $4,700 dress by designer Claire Pettibone.
The designer discovered that Facebook's first lady wore her dress, featuring a floral sequin-covered overlay, sheer back, and chapel-length train, only after her husband saw a photo of the couple online.
"My husband started reviewing what happened during the day on his tablet and he looked at the picture…and he's like, 'Honey, the bride…she's wearing your dress," Pettibone told "Good Morning America." "We were just stunned."
Pettibone had no idea that Chan had chosen her ivory, "Sky Between the Branches" gown because Chan used a fake last name to purchase the dress off-the-rack. The designer and her team searched every shipment they had made of the dress in the last 12 months in order to find where Chan purchased her gown.
"We checked and the Little White Dress Bridal Shop in Denver, Colo., had it and we looked at the order and it was Priscilla with a different last name but the wedding date, May 19, and we thought that's got to be it," she said. "They [store employees] had no idea who she was. They thought she was just sweet and nice and lovely."
Pettibone, who described the dress as sexy but elegant and understated, says she is still overwhelmed that Chan chose her design, and guesses the famous bride could be America's version of Kate Middleton, referring to the famous royal newlywed who set off a flurry for her wedding dress after she wed Prince William last April.
"I think this is something that every designer dreams of and talks about over the years…it would be really great to get a high-profile celebrity, but wow," Pettibone "I still don't understand the whole impact of it."
"I think it'll definitely go up in popularity after this," she said of the dress, which first debuted on the New York runways in October 2010.
Also surprised by the couple were their 100 guests who thought they were at Zuckerberg and Chan's Palo Alto, Calif., home to celebrate Chan's recent graduation from the University of California San Francisco medical school, where she has been studying to be a pediatrician.
"It had that low-key feel," Jen Garcia, senior write for People magazine told "GMA." "It was traditional. It was rustic. They had these great twinkling lights but it was candle-lit and there were very few flowers."
Chan walked down the aisle to Zuckerberg, 28, with her fluffy sheep dog, Beast, and the couple recited their own vows, reportedly grinning the entire time.
Also low-key is the engagement ring Chan has been spotted wearing, a simple ruby reportedly designed by Zuckerberg himself.
"You would expect her to have this huge, 20-carat sparkler," Garcia said. "The ring itself just speaks to the couple. It's very modest."
The wedding feast came from the couple's favorite Palo Alto restaurants, Palo Alto Sol and Fuki Sushi, and for desert they had Burdick Chocolate "mice," which Chan and Zuckerberg had on their first date.
The couple had dated for nine years before tying the knot.
ABC News' Taylor Behrendt, Dean Schabner and Alyssa Newcomb contributed to this report.


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New Release: Four Seasons Live
Following the studio album Four Seasons Suite, Purrfect Records in association with ade ishs Music present Four Seasons Live, a Blu-ray™ disc title containing video of a live solo piano concert by ade ishs, released on 20 October this year.
Melbourne jazz icon Steve Sedergreen says about ade in the album liner, "I have become a great admirer of his approach and desire to succeed as a contemporary jazz pianist". This release is a reflection of ade's approach in various aspects of music, composition and performance including improvisation. The kick-starting and feature piece, Four Seasons Suite, is over half an hour long. There are many improvised sections in this piece, a fact that listeners can find out by comparing the live and studio versions. The second live set contains six shorter pieces varying in styles, from the emotional lyrical rhapsody Thank You to the carefree straight-ahead jazz swing Blues for Chelsea.
In addition to the live tracks, the disc also contains the whole studio recording of Four Seasons Suite plus five shorter studio tracks: the pastoral Soft Wind; complex yet visceral Down Under Sunlight; heartfelt ballad Go On 1; light-hearted Little Flower; and a sweet closing Thank You.
To end his endorsement, Steve proclaims, "Right now is the time to get to know ade ishs!"
Track listing
- Four Seasons Suite. I: Summer to Autumn
- Four Seasons Suite. II: Autumn to Winter
- Four Seasons Suite. III: Winter to Spring
- Four Seasons Suite. IV: Spring to Summer
- Soil
- Understanding
- Thank You
- Down Under Sunlight
- Melbourne Still Shines
- Blues for Chelsea
- Four Seasons Suite. I: Summer to Autumn
- Four Seasons Suite. II: Autumn to Winter
- Four Seasons Suite. III: Winter to Spring
- Four Seasons Suite. IV: Spring to Summer
- Soft Wind
- Down Under Sunlight
- Go On 1
- Little Flower
- Thank You
- Audiophile Reference Recordings, c/o Burwood Music Centre. 2 Florence St, Burwood, Vic, Australia.
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Farewell, Daigo
Daigo Nakai has been playing regularly as part of my trio, and it has been really enjoyable to have him in the band. However, Daigo is leaving Australia and he will start his adventure in Europe.
We will have a farewell show for Daigo on 7 October 2014, 8:00pm–11:00pm at Open Studio, 204 High St, Northcote, Vic, AU. Entry by donation.
Line up: ade ishs (acoustic piano), Chelsea Allen (drums), Daigo Nakai (acoustic bass), and some guests.
ade ishs Trio at The Newnorthern
My trio with Chelsea Allen and Daigo Nakai will play on 26 July 2014, 4:30pm at The Newnorthern, 359 Barker St, Castlemaine, Vic, AU. Entry: $20/$15 concession. Book online or contact Zoe Dattner, 03 5472 2787, [email protected].
New Release: Four Seasons Suite
Whole year themed music that combines a classical sonata-like form with jazz improvisations
ade ishs releases his new album on 16 June through the Purrfect Records label in association with ade ishs Music. After his previous solo piano releases, Visions and New Butterfly, this is his third (in addition to his trio recording).
Unlike any of his previous albums, this one only contains his album-long original piece, divided into four movements, in the sense of movements in, for example, a classical sonata. "Most people probably only know me as a jazz player. That is of course far from the truth. My musical training was mostly classical performance, and I guess I have this affinity for classical music. However, at the same time, every movement in the Four Seasons Suite contains improvised sections as typically found in jazz."
The movements are called "Summer to Autumn", "Autumn to Winter", "Winter to Spring", and "Spring to Summer". "Instead of having each movement tell a story about a season, I'd rather have them tell stories about the transitions from one to another, more specifically, the transitions of the four seasons in Melbourne as experienced by myself. I begin with summer as I arrived in Australia in summer after living my life in the tropical Jakarta."
Track listing
- Four Seasons Suite. Movement I: Summer to Autumn
- Four Seasons Suite. Movement II: Autumn to Winter
- Four Seasons Suite. Movement III: Winter to Spring
- Four Seasons Suite. Movement IV: Spring to Summer
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New Release: ade ishs Trio
A meditative quality that goes beyond the jazz trio sound
The ade ishs Trio launches their CD on 1 November. Band leader ade ishs has previously released solo piano recordings, but this is his first release in the trio format.
With the current line up of ade ishs on piano, Chelsea Allen on drums and Daigo Nakai on acoustic bass, he's trying to create an equality within the band. "I'm trying to avoid having the piano always the front liner. On this recording, the bass and drums are all front liners, on different tracks."
The Differing Sky features drums, and For What It's Worth features a singing bass solo… throughout the album the three musicians are featured equally.
The CD includes songs that ade ishs has written over the last decade. Night Birds was written in 2002 and Understanding is from a few months ago. He's been writing originals for decades and has always been drawn to the trio format.
"When we first met, we weren't sure we were an originals band, but over time we started playing more of my originals and then we wanted to record. By the time we came to make the CD, we had more than enough. We had the luxury of being able to choose the best."
Track listing
- Acceptance
- Night Birds
- Cold Summer
- Soil
- Understanding
- The Differing Sky
- For What It's Worth
- Victoria Street
- Go On 3
Listen and purchase (physical and digital)
- Amazon (physical and digital).
- Bandcamp (physical and digital).
- CD Baby (physical and digital).
- iTunes (digital).
In Melbourne, Australia, also available at these boutiques:
- Audiophile Reference Recordings c/o Burwood Music Centre. 2 Florence St, Burwood.
- Thomas' Music. 31 Bourke St, Melbourne CBD.
The launch event will take place tonight also in Melbourne at 8pm at Live at Baker Street c/o Burwood Music Centre. 2 Florence St, Burwood. Book a seat.
Pre-order ade ishs Trio's Debut Album
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What you need to know about glass filters in the digital age
By Art Adams | June 16, 2009
Digital filters are awesome for post image manipulation if you have enough bits to throw away. Glass filters, though, work at the highest resolution possible, in the camera head itself, and you'll never have a better image to tweak than that.
A year ago I had the pleasure to interview Ira Tiffen, formerly of Tiffen, Inc., and Bob Zupka, currently of Schneider Optics, for a magazine article. Here, with a few tweaks and updates, is that article.
The class of filter most often spoken of, and yet the least understood, is that of diffusion. Twenty years ago, Ira Tiffen sought to formulate a methodology of classifying diffusion filters to make it easier for cinematographers to understand what a particular diffusion filter was doing, and to make it possible to guesstimate what another filter would do based on knowledge of a particular filter's effects. He proposed numbering the three components that a diffusion filter affected, on a scale from zero to ten, and using those numbers as part of the filter name. The three components were contrast, resolution and flare.
Filters that reduce resolution are said to affect "high frequency detail." To those of us who got A's in English and D's in Physics, that means areas of the image that contain fine detail are affected more than areas that contain coarse detail. Wrinkles are a fine detail, lips and eyes are a coarse detail. How much fine detail is removed depends on the strength of the filter used.
Flare can also be thought of as halation, or "halos." Flare causes highlights to scatter, and the quality of that scatter determines a lot about how the filter is used. For example, a Tiffen Pro-Mist may only scatter highlights a short distance across the filter so the highlight appears to glow. A Schneider Fog filter would create highlights that spread a great distance, effectively distributing the halation across the entire image and creating an overall "fog" effect.
Contrast filters affect--wait for it!--contrast. These work off flare as well, but instead of creating halation in the scene they scatter the light into the shadows, revealing details in the darkest tones that might not otherwise be visible.
Tiffen's system would have designated each filter with a three digit sequence that told how much of each effect was present in the filter. If, for example, a 1/2 White Pro-Mist had a score of 2 for reducing high frequency detail, 3 for contrast, and 5 for halation, it would be relatively simple to find a filter that provided roughly the same effect but without the halation (a Soft F/X filter, for example). While the system itself never caught on, the thought behind it did.
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mitch reeves: | June, 29, 2009
Tremendous explanation regarding the arcania of Lens Filters.I spent the first ten years of my Grip career wondering what these cats were doing putting extra glass, pantyhose, and or facial grease in front of perfectly good lenses.
Art Adams: | June, 29, 2009
Glad you liked it. There are so many ways to affect the image that don't have obvious explanations, and it's wonderful when a couple of people come along who can make it seem so clear and simple.
Sean Lambrecht: | July, 10, 2009
What exactly is the difference between the Digicon and Ultra Contrast filters? The UCs are marketed to increase shadow detail, but after having tested them they certainly reduce the highlight levels as well.
Thanks for another great article- I swear I've learned more from your articles in the last 2 days than I have in the last year.


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Scout Taylor-Compton — who Kristen is rumored to be living with — took it to Twitter to support her BFF during this difficult time! Read on for more details!
Poor Kristen Stewart! Not only is she dealing with a break-up, but she's also dealing with the devastating split of her parents John and Jules Stewart. Fortunately for Kristen though, her BFF Scout Taylor-Compton offered up wise advice on Twitter.
"Tomorrow will be better off anyway," Scout tweeted on September 4.
There's no doubt this is a difficult time for the 22-year-old Twilight star. Relationship expert and bestselling author Rebecca Grado tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively her parents' divorce could have triggered her affair with Rupert Sanders.
"After watching her parent's marriage decay over the years, Kristen's views on relationships would have definitely been affected. If Kristen's parents, Jules and John, became estranged in 2010, we can then assume that there may have been instability in their relationship for quite some time," Rebecca says. "This instability would have made Kristen feel insecure and question her own relationship. It would have also made her question commitment and if it's even possible to have an everlasting relationship."
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Pattinson you are a pervert!! and a jerk!!Did you really love her at all?
You know wat?,kristen doesnt need a guy who doesnt really care for even when she got insulted and humiliated to stand by her or atleast support silently even she if she is pining and aching for the person.I am really fed up of waiting to see some good about you and her.But boy seriously you dont get your soulmates just like that!!!!!!!!!!!!I understand wat she has done and after all her apology and trying everyway to reach you, you dont have to give her this bloody treatment OK?
People do commit mistakes and she is human.Now i will see you in future regretting your past decisions that can not be changed.Kristen WE are there for you.
Posted at 5:32 AM on September 6, 2012
Rob Pattinson is a jerk. To love someone means standing
Up for them no matter how much they have hurt u.
Rob Pattinson couldn't have love Kristen Stewart as
Much as everyone says he does. Being in a relationship,
People make mistakes, that's why love and forgiveness
Goes hand in hand. If he truly cared about his relationship
He wouldve given it a shot at working it out, one doesn't
End relationship after the first sign of trouble or problems
U work on it, if it remains the same no matter how u tried,
Than u give up not before even trying. Rob Pattinson is
A damn jerk.
Posted at 6:39 PM on September 5, 2012
rob quit being a jerk, dont listen to sisters, friends or anyone else, just listen to your heart, your fame now is at the expense of kristen situation, you would not be where you are today without kristen, you know it was actually her who helped you with a start with twilght series, she deserves to be given a second chance and you know it, you both should grow together from this ordeal, i hope you read all these comments and think really hard to forgive her, nowwwwwwwww
Posted at 6:37 PM on September 5, 2012
Why would you think shes talking about kristen when she tweets something but if she is she needs to butt out if she says that ppl shouldnt get involve in this than she shouldnt get involved either like when jodie foster went and defend kristen it was annoying they say that fans,reporters,or paparazzis should mind there own business but shes commenting of this scnadal and is not her business so she should follow her own advide is not your business.Maybe the ppl that defend her cheated on there partners thats why there making her the victim because maybe they did the same thing as she did but the only thing is tru that ppl shouldnt say that shes a bad actress because shes not a bad actress if you dont like her then dont like her but dont say shes a bad actress i like the movie the runaways she looks like jon jett and she did a really great job on that role if i was an actress i would of love to play jon jett.I do admire her as a actress but i dont like her as a person i mean how can i like her if i dont even know her i like her when she does movies and i like how she dress but i cant say i like her as a person if i never meet her in person a celebrity could be acting when there in front of a camera or in front of fans but do you really know them when there behind close doors no we dont.
Posted at 5:49 PM on September 5, 2012
Havent you read that katy is engaged to john mayer they say that because they saw an engagement ring on her finger and it does look like an engament it was in the finger where the guyputs the ring when you want her to marry you and stop saying that robert and katy are dating there just friends they been friends for awhile.
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I know Kristen will be fine. This timing really sucks for both of them. The movie is coming out and the fans are expecting to see the dream team together… It is not going to hurt the box office figures but it breaks my heart for the both of them.. I do pray they get back together. At least for a trial run. They could really make a huge impact in the future with other movies together and for Rob not to see this would be short-sighted. Let's look a the bigger picture and what good can come from all of this…. Please for GOD'S sake; get together. Give it a chance. I love this cast and crew and hate to end a Saga of this magnitude end this way……….. Open up your eyes and heart…………….. Please….. if were just for me. A motherly figure who loves you kids… All of you.
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I know Kristen will be fine. This timing really sucks for both of them. The movie is coming out and the fans are expecting to see the dream team together… It is not going to hurt the box office figures but it breaks my heart for the both of them.. I do pray they get back together. At least for a trial run. They could really make a huge impact in the future with other movies together and for Rob not to see this would be short-sighted. Let's look at he bigger picture and what good can come from all of this…. Please for GOD'S sake; get together. Give it a chance. I love this cast and crew and hate to end a Saga of this magnitude end this way……….. Open up your eyes and heart…………….. Please….. if were just for me. A motherly figure who loves you kids… All of you.
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Take her back Rob. Lots of people (Men & Woman) make mistakes. What seperates a True and Lasting Love from an infatuation is the ability to learn from the mistake. You, Rob (with your views on Fidelity) may just be more mature than Kristen. She appears to be (from what I have read about her) emotionally immature and wasn't able to make the choice or even understand the difference between Love for you and Infatuation for Ruport. The question of the milenia is will she learn something from this. If she does, you end up with the perfect life mate. If she doesn't, you've lost a few more years. That's a gamble I would take any day. The news media publish photos of you and Kristen and ask the public to determine if she looks like she is in love (with you). I look at the photos of her and Ruport and she doesn't look very happy in those photos either. I'm guessing she was thinking about you when she was with him and I also think she was trying not to ruin a working relation ship with Ruport while trying to figure a way out. I guess she should'nt have gotten herself into the situation to begin with, but that goes back to emotional maturity. I've learned to read people fairly well in my life time, I think the last time I made a mistake about some one, I was 10 yo. That was 50 years ago.
If you are as emotionally mature as you seem to be, TAKE HER BACK. You have so much to gain.
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The Hunterian Art Gallery - the art collection wing of the wider William Hunter bequest to the University of Glasgow - is housed a short walk from the main museum, on the opposite side of University Avenue. Famous for its bequests of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and Charles Rennie Macintosh (1868-1928), it also has fine collections of Scottish Colourists as well as local artists, collectively known as the Glasgow Boys. The Museum is reopening in May 2007 after extensive renovations. However, the Art Gallery, Mackintosh House and Zoology Museum are all still open as usual.
With 80 oils, hundreds of sketches and over 2000 prints, the Whistler collection, based on his Estate, is one of the pre-eminent collections of his work, which also includes furniture, ceramics, silver and personalia once owned by the American artist.
The distinctive style, quintessentially Art Nouveau, of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald Macintosh is represented by the largest single collection of his work, and the Hunterian has also restored 78 Southpark Avenue - the Macintosh House - to its former glory, reflecting its decor when the couple lived there between 1908 to 1914. The collection includes 800 drawings, designs and watercolours, as well as furniture and decorative art, correspondence, photographs and periodicals.
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ATLANTA - A former Atlanta police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy charges for his role in a botched drug raid that ended in the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman.
Arthur Tesler faces more than 10 years in prison on a charge of conspiracy to violate civil rights resulting in death. He is to be sentenced in February.
Police originally said police had gone to Kathryn Johnston's northwest Atlanta home in 2006 after an informant bought drugs there. But after finding none, officers tried to cover up the mistake by planting baggies of marijuana, prosecutors said.
Tesler is the only officer tried in the raid that caused an outcry from civil rights activists and forced a shakeup of the Atlanta police department. Two other officers involved pleaded guilty to state and federal charges and never went to trial.
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In May, the 42-year-old Tesler was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for lying to investigators. But federal prosecutors decided to pursue more charges after reviewing the case.
"The reality is the only thing he was convicted of in state court is lying to the FBI," said U.S. Attorney David Nahmias. "We didn't think it was an appropriate measure of justice to Johnston's family."
Tesler's attorney said his client was an honorable officer who was thrown into a corrupt unit. He had urged him to contest the charges.
"We wanted him to fight," said William McKenney. "We wanted the jury to hear from him. But ultimately he didn't want to put his family through another trial."
Tesler was in Johnston's backyard when plainclothes officers burst in through the front door the night of Nov. 21, 2006, using a special "no-knock" warrant to search for drugs. Johnston fired a single shot from a rusty revolver at the intruders, but hit no one, and officers fired 39 bullets, hitting the woman five or six times, prosecutors said.
At his trial, Tesler testified that his former police partners, Jason R. Smith and Greg Junnier, planned the cover-up, and said he feared they would frame him if he didn't go along with their plan.
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Smith and Junnier have pleaded guilty to state manslaughter and federal civil rights charges. They have been helping investigators in other cases unrelated to Johnston's death and have not yet been sentenced.
The botched raid prompted an investigation of the Atlanta Police Department and closer scrutiny on no-knock warrants, which are usually used to search for drugs and weapons. The department tightened its warrant requirements and shook up its narcotics unit.
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Nahmias said no further federal charges will be brought against Atlanta officers after an FBI investigation. The report will likely be delivered to Atlanta police this week, said FBI Special Agent Greg Jones.
"I think we both were pleased the corruption wasn't systemic and widespread," said Jones, who called the plea deal an end to a "dark chapter" in Atlanta law enforcement.
The shooting, which took place in a crime-ridden Atlanta neighborhood, enraged many residents and local officials who say it was an example of the police department's shoddy treatment of residents in the city's poor neighborhoods.
Bad for the family of this woman. I think this could happen to any of us, someone breaks in the door in the middle of the night. Home owner protects themselves and is shot by police. Thats bad enough, but then police try to cover up their mistake by planting evidence. Everyone involved should receive the maximum sentence allowed.


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January 23rd, 2013
Is it just us, or is there a furry trend going on in music videos these days. Ke$ha's video for "C'Mon" is only the latest in slew of videos that feature people dressed up in animal costumes. From the cute to the bizzare, we've got our ten fave picks here.
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