Thumbs up: Chris O'Donnell

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There's been a few celebrity babies born lately, but none that have been that remarkable, either positive or negative. But I saw this a few days ago and fell in love!

http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/12/chris-odonnell.html

Actor Chris O'Donnell wife gave birth to a baby girl, Maeve Frances.

Grade: A +

Comments: Two very sweet, charming and not overly common names added together to make a very beautiful name. I love it! (Looking at there other children's names Lily, Christopher "Chip", Charles "Charlie" and Finley I fell in love all over again. Gorgeous names.)


What to work on for next time: Not sure if there'll be a next time for these two, considering they now have 5! But clearly, nothing. They're doing everything right!

Mayor's Art Show, Aug. 23-Oct. 6

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Works by LCC Art and Media Arts faculty have been selected for the 2012 Mayor's Art Show at the Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center in Eugene.  The show celebrates Lane County artists.  Faculty members Tallmadge Doyle, Susan Lowdermilk, and Dan Schmitt, as well as former student Eve Takahashi are from the Art Department; Jan Halvorsen and Jefferson Goolsby are from the Media Arts Department.
The Awards Presentation and Opening Reception is on August 23 from 5:30 pm. The community will be able to vote for their choice during the Eugene Celebration, August 24-26, with the Viewer's Choice Award to be presented at the First Friday ArtWalk on September 7.
The Jacobs Gallery is in the lower level of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts located between 6th and 7th Avenues and Olive and Willamette Streets in downtown Eugene.  Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 12-4 pm, Saturday 11 am - 3 pm, and one hour prior to and during all Hult Center performances. Contact: 541-684-5635;  www.jacobsgallery.org;  director@jacobsgallery.org.

Dan Schmitt & Jan Halvorsen win awards in Mayor's Art Show

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Congratulations to Dan Schmitt and Jan Halvorsen who have won awards in the 2012 Mayor's Art Show at the Jacobs Gallery. 

Dan Schmitt, who teaches ceramics, received a Juror's Award for his pottery "Slipped Jar with Dots."  Jan Halvorsen, who teaches in Media Arts, received the Artistic Director's Award for "Something Quiet," a pastel drawing on paper.
Contratulations to other faculty members whose work was accepted into this juried show:  Tallmadge Doyle, Susan Lowdermilk, Jefferson Goolsby, and student Eve Takahashi.

The Jacobs Gallery is in the lower level of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts.  The Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday, 12-4 pm, Saturday 11 am - 3 pm, and one hour prior to and during all Hult Center performances.  It is located  between 6th and 7th Avenues and Olive and Willamette Streets in downtown Eugene, Oregon.http://jacobsgallery.org/MAS/

Mayor's Art Show

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Too Much Information appeared in the September 6th issue of Eugene Register-Guard. Written by Bob Keefer, the newspaper's arts reporter, the article reviews the current Mayor's Art Show at the Jacobs Gallery.  Works of art by several LCC Art and Applied Arts faculty are in the show:  Jeff Goolsby, Dan Schmitt, Jan Halvorsen, Susan Lowdermilk, Talmadge Doyle and student Eve Takahashi.  Keefer wrote about the deep appeal of Jeff Goolsby's "Conflict Management" and about Eve Takahashi's photograph of former student Carter.  Susan Lowdermilk and Talmadge Doyle's artist book "Aviary" is "wonderful for its sheer, drop-dead gorgeous etching and perfect craftsmanship."   The complete article is available at the Register-Guard's website:  http://www.registerguard.com/web/entertainmentarts/28693088-57/art-mayor-artist-painting-statements.html.csp.

Gold or Golden

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Find out our latest best picked baby girl names that mean "gold" or "golden" at Baby-Girlnames site.

The origin of these good names: Hungarian, Latin, Spanish, Irish, English, Spanish, Hebrew, Hindi, Indian, and French.

- ARANKA; Arany (Hungarian) => Gold.
- ARELA (Latin) => Golden.
- ARELLA (Spanish) => Golden.
- AUMIA (Irish) => Golden lady.
- AUREA (Latin) => Golden.
- AURELIA (Hungarian) => Gold.
- AURELIA (English, Latin, Spanish) => Golden.
- AURELIANA (Spanish) => Gold.
- AURELIE; Aureline; Aurene (Latin) => Golden.
- AURIEL; Aurielle; Aurum (Latin) => Golden.

Check out baby names that mean "gold" or "golden" for girls:

- CARMELA; Carmelina (Hebrew) => Golden.
- CAREMLINE; Carmella (Hebrew) => Golden.
- CHRYSTA (Greek) => Gold, or Golden.
- DIOR (French) => Golden.
- GILDA (English) => Golden.
- GOLDA (English, French, Israeli) => Gold.
- GULL (Scandinavian) => Gold.
- GYLLENE (Swedish) => Golden.
- HAIMI; Hema (Hindi) => Golden.
- HEMADRI (Hindi) => Golden hills.
- HEMAKSHI (Hindi) => Golden eyes.
- HEMAL (Hindi) => Golden.
- HEMANGI (Hindi) => Golden body.
- HEMANGINI (Hindi) => Girl with golden body.
- HEMLATA (Hindi) => Golden creeper.
- HIRANMAYI (Hindi) => Golden girl.
- HUMAILA (Hindi) => Golden necklace.
- KANAKA; Kanchana (Indian) => Gold.
- KANAKPRIYA (Indian) => One who loves gold.
- KANCHANPRABHA (Indian) => Golden light.
- KIN (Japanese) => Gold.
- KRYSANTHE (Greek) => Golden flower.
- KULA (Hawaiian) => Gold.
- KUNDANIKA (Indian) => Golden girl.
- MAHAZIVER (Persian) => Lady with golden ornaments.
- MAHZARIN (Persian) => Golden moon.
- MARIGOLD (English, French) => Mary's gold.
- NUDAR; Nudara (Arabic) => Gold.
- ORA (Spanish) => Gold.
- ORALIA (Latin) => Golden.
- ORALIE (English, French, Latin) => Golden.
- ORELIA (English, French) => Golden.
- ORGHLAITH (Irish) => Golden.
- ORIA (Italian, Latin) => Golden.
- ORIAL; Oriana (Latin) => Golden.
- ORIANNA (Italian) => Golden.
- ORIBEL; Oribella; Oribelle (Latin) => Beautiful golden child.
- ORIEL (Latin) => Golden.
- ORLA; Orlaith; Orlaithe (Irish) => Golden.
- ORLENA; Orlene (Latin) => Golden.
- OURA (Portuguese) => Gold.
- PAZ; Paza; Pazia (Hebrew) => Golden.
- PAZICE; Pazit (Hebrew) => Golden.
- PETA (Native American) => Golden eagle (Blackfoot).
- RIQUEZA (Portuguese) => Wealth, gold, riches.
- SHIBA (Persian) => Gold, clear.
- TABA; Tala (Persian) => Gold.
- TALEYAH (Persian) => Golden rays of sun.
- VOSHKIE (Armenian) => Golden.
- ZAHAVAH (Hebrew) => Golden.
- ZARAFSHAN (Persian) => Sprinkling gold.
- ZARASA (Persian) => Like gold.
- ZARBANU (Persian) => Golden lady.
- ZARIN; Zarrin; Zarrineh (Persian) => Golden.
- ZARINCHINAR (Persian) => Golden poplar tree.
- ZARRIN-DOKHT (Persian) => Golden girl.
- ZARRINTAJ (Persian) => Golden crown.
- ZEHAVE; Zehavi (Hebrew) => Golden.
- ZEHAVIT; Zehuva (Hebrew) => Golden.
- ZER (Persian) => Golden.
- ZERRIN (Turkish) => Made of gold.
- ZIVAR (Persian) => An ornament of gems, gold, or silver.

Fire or Flame

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See here, best picked baby girl names that mean "fire" or "flame" at Baby-Girlnames site.

The origin of these interesting names are Irish, Hebrew, Arabic, Celtic, Turkish, Indian, Persian, German, English, Italian and Hawaiian.

1. AIDAN; Aideen (Irish) => Little fire.
2. ADAR; Adara (Hebrew) => Fire.
3. AFROZA (Arabic) => Light from fire.
4. AINE; Aithne (Celtic) => Fire or joy.
5. ALEV (Turkish) => Flame.
6. ANALA (Indian) => Fiery.
7. ANGARIKA (Indian) => Flame of the forest.
8. ARATI (Indian) => Divine fire in a ritual.
9. ARDERE (Latin) => Fire.
10. ATESH (Turkish) => Flame.

Find out more baby names that mean "fire" or "flame" for girls:

11. AZAR (Persian) => Fire.
12. BANHI (Hindi) => Fire.
13. BASIA (Czechoslovakian) => Fire.
14. BLAS; Blasa (German) => Firebrand.
15. BRANDE (English) => Firebrand.
16. BRENDIKA; Brendike (Teutonic) => Fire.
17. BRENNA (Teutonic) => Blazing light, popular baby girl name.
18. BRENNEKA; Brenneke (Teutonic) => Fire.
19. BRIDGETTE (French) => Celtic Goddess of fire and poetry.
20. CALIDA; Callida (Latin) => Fiery.
21. CELOSIA (Greek) => Burning.
22. CENDRILLION (French) => Of the ashes.
23. CHANTE-PETA (Native American) => Fire heart (Sioux).
24. CINDERELLA (French) => Of the ashes.
25. EA (Celtic, Gaelic) => Fire.
26. EDANA (Gaelic, Irish) => Fiery, tiny flame.
27. EDNA (Celtic) => Fire.
28. EFFIE (Greek) => Fair flame.
29. EIDEANN (Gaelic) => Fiery.
30. EITHNA (Irish) => Fire.
31. EITHNE (Celtic, Gaelic) => Little fire.
32. ELDA (Norse) => Fire woman.
33. ELDRID (Norse) => Fiery spirit.
34. ELECTRA; Electra (Greek) => The fiery sun.
35. EMBER (English) => The smoldering remains of a fire.
36. ENA (Celtic) => Passionate or fiery.
37. ENA (Irish) => Fire.
38. ENYA (Celtic, Gaelic) => Little fire.
39. ETAIN (Celtic, Gaelic) => Little fire.
40. ETHNE (Celtic) => Fire.
41. ETNEY (Irish) => Fire.
42. FIA (Latin) => Dim. for Fiametta, little fiery one.
43. FIAMETTA; Fiamette (Latin) => Little fiery one.
44. GOLNAR (Persian) => Red flower, center of a flame.
45. HOURIG (Armenian) => Small fire.
46. IDRIS (Hindi) => Fiery.
47. IGANTIA; Ignacia (Latin) => Fiery.
48. IGNACIA (Spanish) => Fire.
49. INIGA (Italian, Latin) => Fiery.
50. JWALA (Hindi) => Flame.
51. JYOTI (Indian) => Flame, lamp.
52. JYOTIKA (Hindi) => Light, flame.
53. KALAMA (Hawaiian) => Flaming torch.
54. KEAHI (Hawaiian) => Flames, fire.
55. KEEGAN (Celtic, Gaelic) => Small and fiery, bright flame.
56. KEEZHEEKONI (Native American) => Burning fire (Cheyenne).
57. KEGAN (Celtic, Gaelic) => Bright shining flame.
58. KENNA (English) => Born of fire.
59. KIMBA (Australian Aboriginal) => A bushfire.
60. LUIGHSEACH (Irish) => Burning fire.
61. NECI, Necia (Latin) => Fiery, passionate.
62. NIRAN (Arabic) => Flames.
63. NURAYA (Turkish) => Fire.
64. NURI (Hebrew) => Flaming lights .
65. NURIA (Arabic) => Fire.
66. NURIA (Hebrew) => God's fire.
67. NURIYE (Turkish) => Fire.
68. ORINDA (Teutonic) => Fire serpent.
69. PYRALIS (Greek) => Of fire.
70. PYRENA (Greek) => Fiery.
71. SERA (Hebrew) => Burning fire.
72. SERAFINE; Serefina (Hebrew) => Burning fire.
73. SERAPHINA; Seraphine (Hebrew) => Burning fire.
74. SHIKHA (Indian) => flame.
75. SOUZAN (Persian) => Burning, flaming.
76. TANA (Greek) => Fire or star goddess.
77. TARSA (Persian) => Worshipper of fire.
78. UDIPTI (Hindi) => On fire.
79. VAHNI, Vanhi (Hindi) => Fire.
80. VANHISHIKHA (Indian) => Flame.
81. VESTA (Latin) => Goddess of sacred fire and of the hearth.

Dan Schmitt & Jan Halvorsen win awards in Mayor's Art Show

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Congratulations to Dan Schmitt and Jan Halvorsen who have won awards in the 2012 Mayor's Art Show at the Jacobs Gallery. 

Dan Schmitt, who teaches ceramics, received a Juror's Award for his pottery "Slipped Jar with Dots."  Jan Halvorsen, who teaches in Media Arts, received the Artistic Director's Award for "Something Quiet," a pastel drawing on paper.
Contratulations to other faculty members whose work was accepted into this juried show:  Tallmadge Doyle, Susan Lowdermilk, Jefferson Goolsby, and student Eve Takahashi.

The Jacobs Gallery is in the lower level of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts.  The Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday, 12-4 pm, Saturday 11 am - 3 pm, and one hour prior to and during all Hult Center performances.  It is located  between 6th and 7th Avenues and Olive and Willamette Streets in downtown Eugene, Oregon.http://jacobsgallery.org/MAS/