After upgrade to Mavericks, iPhoto takes about 40 seconds to start

Occasionally, after a restart, it opens almost immediately. Have replaced the app and the iPhoto Library from Time Machine backup with no luck. Computer is 21.5 inch iMac, 4 GB RAM. iPhoto runs plenty fast once it finally loads. About 2,000 photos. Any ideas?

Additional info: The app partially starts up and the thumbnails appear. Then the beachball rolls for 30-40 seconds and then finally launches completely. Here is the console log.
1/2/14 3:07:31.135 PM iPhoto[1092]: This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
1/2/14 3:07:31.136 PM iPhoto[1092]: This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
1/2/14 3:07:31.136 PM iPhoto[1092]: This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
1/2/14 3:07:31.136 PM iPhoto[1092]: This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.
1/2/14 3:07:31.247 PM iPhoto[1092]: CFURLGetFSRef was passed this URL which has no scheme (the URL may not work with other CFURL routines): /Applications/iPhoto.app
1/2/14 3:07:31.254 PM iPhoto[1092]: CFURLGetFSRef was passed this URL which has no scheme (the URL may not work with other CFURL routines): /Applications/iPhoto.app
1/2/14 3:07:31.257 PM iPhoto[1092]: CFURLGetFSRef was passed this URL which has no scheme (the URL may not work with other CFURL routines): /Applications/iPhoto.app
1/2/14 3:07:31.261 PM iPhoto[1092]: CFURLGetFSRef was passed this URL which has no scheme (the URL may not work with other CFURL routines): /Applications/iPhoto.app
1/2/14 3:07:31.375 PM iPhoto[1092]: ICAGetDeviceList_Deprecated-Has been deprecated since 10.5. Calls to this function in the future may crash this application. Please move to ImageCaptureCore
1/2/14 3:08:23.664 PM sandboxd[279]: ([1106]) mdworker(1106) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo ()
1/2/14 3:08:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(1106) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo
1/2/14 3:08:23.669 PM sandboxd[279]: ([1107]) mdworker(1107) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo ()
1/2/14 3:08:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(1107) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo
1/2/14 3:08:23.674 PM sandboxd[279]: ([1106]) mdworker(1106) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo ()
1/2/14 3:08:23.678 PM sandboxd[279]: ([1107]) mdworker(1107) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo ()
1/2/14 3:08:23.682 PM sandboxd[279]: ([1106]) mdworker(1106) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo ()
1/2/14 3:08:23.686 PM sandboxd[279]: ([1107]) mdworker(1107) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo ()
1/2/14 3:08:23.689 PM sandboxd[279]: ([1106]) mdworker(1106) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo ()
1/2/14 3:08:23.692 PM sandboxd[279]: ([1107]) mdworker(1107) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo ()
1/2/14 3:08:24.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(1108) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo
1/2/14 3:08:24.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(1108) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo
1/2/14 3:08:24.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(1108) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo
1/2/14 3:08:24.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(1108) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo
1/2/14 3:08:24.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(1108) deny file-read-data /Users/Paul/Pictures/iPhoto Library_2/Contents/PkgInfo

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