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Wednesday, 14 August 2013
How I survived Rollercon
I'm back from my American holiday and slowly processing all of my experiences. Over the coming weeks I will share more of my photos and fun memories from the States. One of the highlights from my time away was Rollercon.
For aspiring Roller Derby skaters Rollercon is Derby Mecca. Rollercon truly does cater to all parts of the Roller Derby experience with a plethora of opportunities to skate, shop and socialise. At times I found the event overwhelming as there is just so much to do and 5,000 skaters all confidently swaggering their formidable stuff was daunting. Here is how I survived my Rollercon experience.
Look after yourself.
Sleep. Hydration. Down time. Eat right. It's easy to get caught up in challenge bout after bout after bout. It's easy to go sit by the pool and then accidentally party to the wee hours in the morning. You honestly wont make it through the week if you don't respect your body and give it some rest and recuperation. I found myself craving a giant steak by the end. I took naps whenever I needed them and walked around with a massive water bottle at all times. If all else fails relax and recuperate with a day by the pool with your sole mission to just people watch.
Fear of missing out.
With stuff happening 24/7 you really have to get over your fear of missing out. You can't do everything and be everywhere. It just is not possible to do everything no matter how hard you may try. If you do you will definitely burn-out and not enjoy yourself. It's your Rollercon experience and no-one else's so just do what you can and don't beat yourself up if you don't fit everything in (there's always next year).
Be spontaneous.
You will be incredibly disappointed if you plan your time at Rollercon out to the minute. You will end up sitting in lots of queues for classes - boring! Be flexible. Don't let golden opportunities slip past you because you had your heart set on a particular Smarty Pants class at a specific time. They usually repeat the good classes over and over again. Go on a group street skate. Attend at least one of the scheduled parties. Derby girls from all over the world are a happy fun-loving bunch and they come with their own fun time guarantee. Don't miss out on meeting these wonderful people and taking a treasured memory home with you. If in doubt, just say yes as often as possible. You never know what crazy adventure will be around the casino corner.
Be brave.
Do attend classes (as they are great) but honestly the best way to learn is to play against better skaters. It will tie your stomach up in giant knots worrying about it but its the best experience you can get. I got the opportunity to play against Rocky Mountain League as part of Team Australia. My heart jumped up into my throat and only dislodged once I skated my first jam. It was a tough bout but I learnt so much about game play and how I play with different skaters. (Oh yeah and we won!) Cant wait to take back some of my learning's to my home league.
Rollercon was a blast and I hope to be able to go back again in future. Some of my personal highlights included getting to meet and skate with many Australian skaters who my league normally play against like Mad Mel Arena and Cookie Cutter. Skating against a league who I secretly have a crush on. Hanging sporadically with my Derby wives, Val Capone and Amanda Jamitinya. Meeting so many lovely Americans who are super passionate and crazy about Roller Derby. Being distracted by the pretty Las Vegas lights. Being thrown in the pool during the Black and Blue Ball. Making my drinks more fancy by drinking out of a pineapple.
Rollercon made me realise that even though Australian Roller Derby is on the other side of the world we are actually pretty rad athletes too. I also learned that the Roller Derby community around the world is an eclectic and beautiful bunch. If you bring an open mind and a warm smile with you cannot be more better prepared for Rollercon. Happy skating!
If you are keen to check out Rollercon in 2014 I recommend buying tickets here. In the meantime look up some of the fun vicariously through instagram snaps here.
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Last night I went to kirtan which was a great way to spend my Saturday night. I almost didn't go b/c I had no one to go with and I started having these like junior high-style panic attacks in which I envisioned myself showing up, wearing the wrong clothes, and being by myself, a total outcast. I drove down to Power Yoga and I made a deal with myself that if I didn't find easy parking then it wasn't meant to be (see how retarded the mind is?!). So I pull into the parking garage and the electronic sign says there's only one spot left and I got kinda happy b/c finding that one amidst over 500 wasn't going to be easy. I could go home. (Nevermind that I could freely turn around anyway w/out all the games, but for the same inexplicable reason I'll remain in Warrior II for two minutes, I stayed.) But, I found a spot lickety-split so I forced myself to walk across the street. The room was packed and I found a place in the back and sat by myself. There was an adorable blonde girl next to me with an equally adorable outfit on and I thought that she could be my friend, or rather, her friend and her could be my friend, because these are the sort of things that go through my mind when I'm wishing at least ONE of my friends here in this city would have gone with me. I don't understand it -- I can and do go to movies by myself, happily. Why is it that kirtan -- which for godsakes is supposed to be inclusive -- is so hard for me?
Anyway, so I'm sitting there, and this girl saddles up beside me and taps me on the arm. I turn to look and it's my dear friend Chanel!! What fortune! She was in LA for two days on her way back to Boston and had made it to kirtan w/ Nicole (who happens to work two floors beneath mine at the same entertainment studio). I wanted to hear all about Chanel's recent trip to Australia, but talking at kirtan is a little like being on your cellphone in the checkout line -- it's just rude. It'll have to wait. And then later I ran into Andres, so as it turned out, my fears, as most fears are, ended up unfounded and the night was one of the coolest I've had since living here.
There were two singers who were simply amazing. One guy, 20 yrs old, whose name I didn't catch, had an ancient, haunting voice. The other, Arjun, had a deep soulful groove about him. Most of my experience w/ kirtan has been through exposure to Krishna Das, who's cool, and Rusty Wells (also cool) but mostly I picture men and women dressed in orange, blissed out (read: weird) 'recruiting' saps on the way in. I am wrong.
My new found love is farmers markets. No joke that local produce tastes better than the grocery market (and this is coming from the girl who has lived at the Whole for the past four years or so). I'm on a mission now to find the best ones in the city. Last week I tried out the Santa Monica one on Arizona (me likey) and then this week I tried out the other one on Main but I missed it though I was able to try the Brentwood one (this will need a second visit since I didn't make it to the taco stand).
All this farmers marketing has me thinking that it's deplorable that for the ones who could benefit from fresh, local, organic food the most, i.e. poor folk, it's simply too expensive. That's just wrong. It's wrong that organic is a luxury item. It's wrong that being environmentally conscious is at a premium. I don't know how to change it yet, but my hunch is that the solution is an economical one and since I'm not an economist or even that bright, this one might take me a while. Where is Gandhi when we need him? Oh yeah. Boo.
And then today I was teaching and one of my favorite students was saying that last week, when she was getting married in Massachusetts she missed yoga so she hired a yoga teacher to teach a private class for the wedding guests. She said that she was resistant but then she kept hearing my voice in the back of her head saying "all yoga is good yoga." So she did it and she liked it. I thought, holy shit, did I say that? I forgot. But I liked it, and it was good for me to hear it as if I'd read it somewhere, and I believe it, because yoga is like a baby -- by its nature it can't be bad.

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The inspiration for my project are the woodlands of Sweden in Autumn. I was born in Sweden and though I no longer live there anymore, I return at least once a year and I ensure that I always go for a hike through the woods.
Autumn is when the woodlands come to life. The blueberry bushes are heavy with fruit, the damp earth is covered in toadstools and squirrels are bouncing between pines stocking up on food for their hibernation.
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I used a combination of live trace and the blob brush to make my shapes.
The moodboard:
The top left picture is a photo from a family get together in Sweden in late August. The swatch was inspired by the blue and red tones of the house as well as traditional rusty Autumn colours.
Part of the design was a trace from the photo of clover. And then a couple of shots of the woods themselves :)
I only have a few pictures because I sat in my back garden to sketch and there were pine cones and pine needles lying around, and squirrels(!), so I drew straight from the source.
I was really looking forward to the process of texturing my designs but for some reason I couldn't get the clipping mask function to work so my final designs aren't exactly what I wanted them to be, but despite that, and a few other things I would change, I am very happy.
So here they are! Thanks for the great tutorials Bonnie!


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Julia's Lip Tint Review & Swatches
Summer's here (almost) so that means it is time for a great time for Julia's Lip Tint! And if you're already a fan you'll be happy to know she's revamped the packaging to include an attached wand as well as added a new shade for Spring/Summer called Pink Pop!
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Julia's Lip Tint Swatches (swatched and shown above in the newest color, Pink Pop)
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So last week's strepisode (I'm trademarking that) put a serious cramp in my lifestyle. I didn't grocery shop mostly because I sustained myself on orange sherbet (pronounced SHER-bert always and forever) and Campbell's soup. Once I did feel better, my lacking pantry meant I ate out most meals last week. And then I wonder why I'm not losing weight. Sigh, will I ever learn?
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We had our great big, do-or-die, holy crap how much money? private appointment with The Professor of the World Renowned Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic on Wednesday. And look! I've said utterly buggerall about it since.
I don't know how to talk about it.
Because we've been benched.
And with the benching, a metric ton of guilt, shame and self-loathing.
I don't really want to talk about any of it, either. But then, sitting about in a puddle of un-aired misery leads to mould on the lower extremities and an eventual spiral down the Depression Drain. And, as we all know, Talking About It leads to Sense of Proportion and eventually to Pulling Socks Up and/or Putting Big-Girl Panties On. So. Onwards. Show no fear, the Internets can smell fear.
[Insert standard 'long, rambling, less-than-usually coherent, may contain bad language and references to blood, needles, and fucking idiots' disclaimer here].
On visiting the World RMC as private patients, rather than an NHS one, we do not go directly to the clinic. First, we stop off at the reception in the private wing of the otherwise good-and-proper socialist hospital to hand over your credit-card details. And the private wing reception area has actual upholstered arm-chairs to sit in, and copies of The Field to read (I'm used to hard plastic and Chat). And the most random assortment of patients imaginable. Normally, when you go to a clinic, everyone in it has what you have – the Infertility Clinic I have been patronising for the past four (four? Farkin' 'ell) years is usually held in the same suite as the Ear Nose and Throat lot, so the waiting room is always one-third elderly deaf, one-third depressed-looking couples in their mid-to-late thirties, two snot-covered children with chronic adenoids and bickering parents, and a puzzling man with tattoos. At the private clinics' reception and billing centre (oh yes), we had a young fit man in sports-wear, three Saudi women in full and total burqas with a translator in a camisole (WTF?), a woman with a toddler (advice to young mothers – don't wear a dress that short if you have a child to bend over. Or, perhaps, wear less tatty knickers. Thank you), an old man in a wheelchair holding hands with an old woman in a wheelchair, a teenager with a PEG tube. All we had in common was the ability to throw money at our problems. So, Champagne Socialist guilt right there. (I'm stalling. Can you tell?).
Then, having established our financial bona fides, we proceeded out of that building and into the one next door, where the actual clinic was, and my, was it smart. It had a sofa. It had a telly. It had a chunky leaflet with a pretty pastel cover. It also had another couple already waiting, and good Lord but didn't they glare at us when we were called through before them despite arriving afterwards (queue-barger's guilt, because I'm British).
The Professor herself looks exactly and disconcertingly like a certain famous and much-loved actress, by the way.
She called us through into her surprisingly small office (into which colleagues apparently feel free to barge mid-consultation to ask for details-we-almost-certainly-should-not-have-been-hearing of the previous consultation, which seems… so very NHS, really), shook hands, and got out a fountain pen (ooh! Private clinic! Do you think she takes the NHS notes in biro?) and our folder. She went through the history we'd sent her again, double-checking some details, ignoring others. She went through what tests we'd already had done, and the results thereof. She totally accepted the two possible chemicals as real, and proceeded to talk about my five (five. Shittity shit shit) miscarriages. She was utterly uninterested in my charts beyond the fact they clearly indicated ovulation and a progesterone surge thereafter. She did not think my bizarrely low basal body temperature was any kind of issue at all. I asked her if the adenomyosis was a problem. She explained that extensive adenomyosis with scarring that circles the entire uterus is sometimes associated with very late miscarriages or premature labour because the scarring won't stretch to accomodate the foetus, but an isolated patch of it is not a problem and does not interfere with implantation. So, you know, good. And she ordered a double-handful of blood-tests for me.
She also asked me about my weight. I'd checked that morning, so I said eleventy-million pounds (I may be exaggerating out of sheer embarrassment here, and no, I'm not in the mood to tell you how much I really weigh right now), and she did me the unexpected courtesy of taking my word for it rather than sending me off to be weighed again by a nurse (which always makes me feel like I'm being made to stand in front of the class for fibbing, and invariably pisses me the hell off).
And then, kindly, in a very British 'let's be sensible' way (resemblance to Famous Actress if possible even more marked), pointed out to me that the weight and the insulin resistance needed to be dealt with before I tried to get pregnant again. I think she mentioned joining Weight Watchers or Slim Fasters or some-such and went on a little pep-talk digression about the useful psychology of joining such groups, while I stared at her in a manner that can only be described as wooden. All I could think was, 'lady, I went to an all-girl's boarding school. For me, the psychology of all-or-mostly female weight-obsessing groups is one of shame and humiliation. So no, not joining Weight-Fasters. So shut up about it. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.' And also, I thought 'May, do not freak out now please. Hold it together, please'.
I tuned back in in time for the upshot. The Professor would like me to lose about 50 lbs altogether before trying again, but immediately said that probably wasn't feasible, while I went fuchsia with humiliation and rage – what the hell did she mean, not feasible?
The thing is, I'd understood, or carelessly led myself to understand, or deluded myself into believing, (or, fuck it, been lied to by other medical professionals) that the hormonal imbalance caused by/causing (vicious circle) the weight problem was pretty much the hormonal imbalance that stopped me ovulating. So I'd assumed/been misled into thinking that if I was ovulating all on my own, unmedicated, fairly regularly, then my hormonal imbalance wasn't severe enough to cause miscarriages. Possible Gestational Diabetes and a baby the size of a Blue Whale calf, yes, but recurrent miscarriage?
I had no time to really think about this, as we were now being handed all our paperwork for the various blood-tests to take to the nurse. On autopilot, I discussed a follow-up appointment – did I want to wait until I'd lost some weight (fuck, no) or come back in a month when all the test results would be back (hell, yeah)? We shook hands again, and she said something kind about us 'getting there' as we left.
We went silently back to the private clinics' reception, where they keep the nurses. H was having a blood-test too, as part of a research study into recurrent miscarriage genetics. I'd cheerfully ticked the 'happy to participate!' box without checking with him, as I hadn't realised they'd want his blood too, which made me feel like a prize rotter, but H was perfectly mellow and agreeable about both that and about being punctured, bless him, so the nurse took a little vial from him first, with a dainty little needle the size of a kitten-hair, and still managed to bruise him.
Then I sat in the special chair while she gathered together ten separate vials (H blenched at this point, ha ha) and found a needle the size of a ship's cannon to stab me with (I didn't bruise at all. Life is odd like that). I know I was being tested for AMH and for a thrombo-elastogram (the NHS doesn't do that one), and for Factor V Leiden, (but hadn't we done that one?), Antiphospholipid antibodies (is that the same as anticardiolipin? Or is there more to it than that?), Protein-C Resistance (I think), Prothrombin Gene Mutation, MTHFR, my own DNA vial to match H's, is that all of it? Dammit to hell, I was too shell-shocked to make notes, again, and now we're both annoyed that I didn't. There were definitely ten vials, and that is not ten tests. And I know there were some she didn't order because she had the NHS results before her. Curses curses curses. I hate me when I go all limp and biddable like that.
And then we went and tormented the credit card in the billing department, to pay for all these sodding tests I can't even remember, and walked back out into the London traffic, me considering where, exactly, I might find a nice quiet out-of-the-way cliff to chuck myself off.
Enter Long Dark Night of the Soul, on the subject of my baby-killing lardy arse, and just how much I loathe and despise myself about that now (exceedingly, thank you for guessing).
Before anyone leaps up to trash the good Professor, she never said anything at all about this being my fault, or that I was to blame for my weight, and she absolutely and repeatedly acknowledged that it was very hard for me to lose said weight etc. etc. And she is thoroughly exploring other possibilities, isn't she? So this isn't about her being an anti-fatty.
But we are still benched, at least for this month, and then after the follow-up appointment, until she decides I am slim enough, I suppose, unless I wish to rebel madly and risk dumping another few embryos down the crapper.
I tell myself a forcible benching is a good thing. I'd never have the strength of mind to bench myself, and I clearly, clearly, need to back off and concentrate on my health and the inside of my increasingly untidy head for a while. Even if I am 35 and running out of time for all this, especially given how slowly I lose weight. Damn, I've just bitten one nail to the bloody quick.
I am scared to face just how freaked out and miserable I am about the whole fat=miscarriage thing. I am, in fact, so scared and freaked out I actually did something productive. I promptly got out a low-carb diet book that my MIL had given to me a couple of years ago (which annoyed me at the time. Actually, it still does annoy me. I do not take advice on this matter. End of. Except, it appears, from stringent diet books that annoy me (whoa, that is fucked up)) and… started to diet. I haven't even fantasised about cake or ice-cream (beyond a mandatory 'shut up about the ice-cream' when H mentioned we had some left. I don't care. I'm not touching it). As far as I am concerned, food is now the enemy again. I have been fraternising with said enemy, trying to make peace with it and not make myself utterly fucking miserable over it, and it has turned round and shot me in the ever-expanding arse.
By sticking to the book like a religious maniac, hopefully I won't become bulimic (but see my adolescence, 15 through 19, for the been-there-done-that (yes I was thin, no I wasn't in the least bit happy) reasons why this is an ugly possibility). Also, hopefully, I am old enough and wise enough not to go into full-on May Must Suffer mode and start behaving like a giant dill around food, driving the entire family nuts in one easy dance-move.
I am in a rather foul mental place right now, so you'll have to hope for me.
By all means share your own dieting experiences, dear and lovely readers, and what worked or did not work for you, and whether the New Convert Cake Hating actually lasts or not, and so on.
Just, and this is really important for the sake of my mental health (wobbly, brittle, probably out of warranty) don't tell me what I should be doing or eating. Just, don't. I have Issues and I will react by Ignoring you for weeks if not months. Just as no one should tell an infertile woman to 'just relax'! or 'just adopt!' or 'eat pineapple, my cousin did and now she has quads!', so please could no one tell me to 'eat [whatever]' or 'see a dietician!' or 'join a power-yoga class!' etc.. I decide what I eat. I do not do group exercise. Is final.
To be really ranty-angry for a couple of paragraphs, the thing is, I react badly to advice on this, because the person giving it has always been either some smug cow who's never had an eating disorder in her smug life, or was projecting her own eating disorders onto me as a form of cheap self-therapy, and both scenarios sucked.
And chiefly, I have just asked people not to give me diet-and-exercise advice, so doing so at this point would be grossly rude, at best, and I don't like rude people much.
If I sound massively defensive, it is because I am massively defensive. I have masses to defend, after all, not least the whole 'I was a teenage Binge-Starve 100lb pin-up' thing. And the fat=miscarriages thing. And the inner voice yelling 'it's your own stupid fault, you don't even deserve a child, you fat bitch' thing. And the whole talking myself into thinking the weight wasn't such an issue as long as I was ovulating thing. So, yeah, tell me how to diet, tell me how I killed my babies and what I should've been doing instead, tell me to my face I am stupid and how infinitely superior you are in your superior dietary wisdom. Watch me react really maturely to that.
Watch me react really maturely to the whole bloody issue right here right now, in fact.
Did I mention I was in a foul place mentally? Fuck it, pass the celery. I don't really like it, so it should suit me beautifully right now.


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Until recently I've been working on completing my album, 'Soundtrack for the Revolution'. I recorded it in my spare time in the back bedroom of my house. It took a long time and a lot of work, but I did finally complete it and then when I did, I found myself thinking, "Now what?" I needed a new project.
I have felt for a very long time extremely constrained by my economic wage-slavery. Like anyone, I've got responsibilities to handle. I've got to pay child support first, and then I've got to keep the roof over my own head and food on my own table. That inescapable necessity has kept me going to my job every day, spending most of my time just doing what it takes to get by. The time that I've been able to spend on things which I think are truly valuable, things which matter, has been not nearly enough. I know that I can and could do so much more if only I had the time and resources. I don't want to stop going to my job so I can quit working, but rather I want to stop going to my job so I can start working on what matters, and do it with everything I've got.
So I came up with an idea. I decided to start a non-profit organization called TruthJusticeLove.org. If I can get some funding for it, I can draw the salary I need from it, and spend my time doing what needs to be done. The mission statement is, "Dedicated to research in and the spread of accurate knowledge of our human condition, seeking common law justice for those most responsible for undermining the well-being of humanity, and advocating solutions such as zero-point energy for moving humanity into a new paradigm not of enslavement and fear, but of freedom, co-operation, and love."
This is a process which has only just begun. There is still much to do before the project goes live. But I'm announcing the existence of the plan today. The time for sitting on the sidelines is over. The time has come to stand up and get in the game.


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Wade Gease
Wade Gease is an AOBA certified alpaca judge, judge trainer, presenter and consultant/mediator for the alpaca industry. Presently he serves on the board for the Great Lakes Alpaca Association, Judges Advisory Committee (JAC) and is the acting President of the Alpaca Fiber Cooperative of North America (AFCNA). He has been co-owner of LondonDairy Alpacas and Alpaca Threads gift store since 1997. Wade has been honored to be involved with so many different activities in the alpaca world: speaking for educational events, consulting for auctions, evaluating for private alpaca breeders and organizing private trips to Peru.
Hobbies have been making alpaca materials, designing alpaca products and recently has created a new wet felting machine for home/farm use to empower ranches to make on the farm products, The Wet Felting Wizard.
Wade has recently accepted to be a sales liaison for KUNA, one of the highest quality alpaca product lines from Groupo Inca, Peru. This is the first year KUNA has released its line to the North American market.
Wade has earned an Associate's Degree in Aeronautical Science, a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry & a Masters Degree in Biochemistry. . He is also a Camelid Fibre Sorter certified from Olds College Natural Fibre Centre, Canada. His past has given him experience as a construction worker, certified flight instructor, chemistry instructor, co-owner of a retail gift store and a sale representative for pharmaceutical companies.


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Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Challenge #157 - "Love is in the Air" - The Paper Shelter
Todays Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is "Love is in the Air" and we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro and they are offering a prize of $30.
but this is providing you have used on of their products on your card that could be either a image, paper or printable and even if you havent they will still offer you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you and why not pay them a visit and see for yourself what stunning things they have and you will find their website here.
Anyway I decided to use this gorgeous image:-
And this is called "Jurassic Love" you will find them here, and I printed them onto white card then used my copic pens to colour the image then afterwards I cut them out with Nestabilitie Die Labels No.34 and drew around the die to create the mount for it. The sentiment was stamped onto white card and I used a heart die to cut it out and then did the same with the heard die and drew around this also.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green card and the papers are from Pink Gems "Fabasurus"Papers and you will find them here, and I used three different designs and layered them up as you can see, I then wrapped a dinosaur ribbon around the card and stuck to the back of the first mount.
I then placed the mounted image in the middle with the sentiment at the top of the left hand corner. To finish of I have stuck some pearls in the rest of the other corners.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this weeks "Love is in the Air" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
13 comments:
- Pop's Cards said...
Hi sweetie, this is simply gorgeous, I am loving your colours big hugs love Pops x x x
- 7 May 2014 at 13:08
- Craftyanny said...
Gorgeous card Shirley.
Great colouring and cute layout too
Anne x
- 7 May 2014 at 14:20
- Pat K said...
Fabulous card Shirley..I just love the colours you've chosen and perfect dp for this cute pair. hugs, Pat K x
- 7 May 2014 at 14:40
- Nikki said...
Gorgeous Shirley. That image is so cute.
- 8 May 2014 at 04:34
- Angela said...
Cute card Shirley!!! Love the dragon image!!!
- 8 May 2014 at 08:24
- Sandra van Blaricum said...
Very cute card Shirley!! Love these images :-D
Thanks for joining the TTCRD challenges.
- 8 May 2014 at 19:12
- Gail said...
Boy oh boy...that paper is truly outstanding. How fabulous is this card with all the dinosaur papers and the cutest two little dinos?! This card is absolutely the best of the best. I adore it!!! Hugs, Gail
- 8 May 2014 at 21:55
- Anna said...
Stunning card!! Love the coloring!!
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my blog :)
I'm up and about again so I'm back on the commenting again :)
Big Hugs
- 9 May 2014 at 09:49
- Marianne said...
Love your card, what a cute image.
Hugs, Marianne
- 10 May 2014 at 07:30
- Debi said...
an usual romantic card, what fun! Thanks for sharing with us at Craft Room Challenge, Debi x
- 12 May 2014 at 00:43
- Craftin Suzie (Susan Flynn) said...
Hi Shirley sorry I didn't call earlier to admire your delightful card. Love your fab colouring of this cute pair. With my DT hat on thanks so much for sharing with us at Crafty Sentiments, hugs Susan x
- 12 May 2014 at 06:32
- Leikkaan Mervi said...
Hi Shirley!
Lovely and cute card.
Thank you for sharing you creativity at Craft-Room Challenge;-))m
- 12 May 2014 at 13:02
- Bad Kitty said...
sweet card
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This is a blog that I started in october 2010, mainly for discussing my ideas on the economy, taxation and politics. Please add comments - I'll do my best to reply. If you are new, I would recommend watching one of my YouTube presentations (in French or English). You can download a fully indexed pdf version (over 800 pages) here.
3 Jan 2011
Edgar Feige's APT Tax
Dr. Edgar Feige, emeritus professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison proposed what he called the Automated Payment Transaction Tax (APT Tax) over a decade ago. Here's his photo:
APT Tax webpage and there's a paper entitled "Taxation for the 21st Century: the automated payment transaction (APT) tax" that came out in the journal Economic Policy in October 2000.
There's also a link to an article about the idea that came out in the New York Times on February 2, 2003 that was written by Daniel Akst and entitled "Dreaming Out Loud: One Tiny Little Tax".
And there's another link to another article in the Wisconsin State Journal from around the same time.
What an excellent idea! Shame that more people didn't take notice - there are just 17 citations to his paper in Google Scholar. It's about time he got the recognition he deserved- and about time his forward thinking ideas got taken seriously.
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Simon, If I may introduce myself, my name is Bill Hermann and have worked with Dr. Feige over the last nearly 5 years now to create and maintain the www.apttax.com website. Glad you found it useful.ReplyDelete
As you are aware there have been many transaction taxes throughout history that have taught us their use as an "add-on" tax for a particular, usually worthy, cause meets with much negative criticism and they disappear -- giving the whole concept a bad name. The rate is also very sensitive especially when it comes the financial markets. One percent on financial transactions would be onerous and would distort markets especially currencies. 0.3% to a max of 0.4% per side is more reasonable but there would still be plenty of detractors. Indeed this is one of the few arguments against the tax that is inherent and cannot be fairly compromised. Sometimes I just have to say - day traders cannot stand in the way of such great benefits for business and indivdiuals. This rate effect on the financial markets however can act as a welcome cap on rates so governments have some limitation. One of the central tenents of APT is that it is proposed to replace all national taxes, specifically NOT as an add-on tax -- hopefully that is clear on the website. As a replacement proposal many of the arguments are disarmed due to the many benefits accruing from a much expanded tax base. Dr. Feige made a careful estimate of the APT tax base from certified data available several sources two years ago. It was nearly a quadrillion USD and now has probably reached that again level for the US despite this downturn. Dr.Feige suggested years ago that the theoretical transaction tax base as calculated from the BIS and other sources be cut in half for setting rates to achieve required levels of revenue -- this is very effective in disarming many critics and more than accounts for slight movements into cash transactions and fewer inter-account transfers etc that would naturally result.
I have been thinking of late that APT may represent a totally different, virtually unknown, third alternative for the austerity vs increasing already heavy taxes distasteful dichcotomy faced by nations like Ireland and Portugal. The economic freedom unleashed by the removal of all other forms of taxation could be a saving grace for these countries and a great way of introducing this wonderful concept to the world.
Sorry my French looks so much like English. You or anyone reading this can email me at email@example.com.
Hi Bill,ReplyDelete
Thanks for your commentary - the first one so far on my blog! At least I now know that the comment mechanism works.
I hope that your APT site can get more people interested. Actually, it's nice to know that a real economist thinks that the idea is one worth pushing. I've spoken to the economists I know (not many) and haven't got them to bite yet... they generally say that the Markets wouldn't go for it - not really very surprising.
Best wishes
Too many are thinking "add-on" tax but when serious investors see absence of cap gains and income tax they should see a net positive in that they are now paying the small percent in fees and so called stamp taxes in many countries. India's Security Trading Tax, as high as 1%, was predicted to bring down their markets and instead they soared on the gov'ts new dependable income stream from the tax. Teh special interests in Brazil finally got rid of their Transaction Tax because -- are you ready -- it was so dependable and automated,they could not cheap and evade like with VAT and income tax.ReplyDelete
not that's a legitimate basis for complaint.
Thank you for "explaining" why Brazil dropped the idea. I had tried to understand why they didn't keep going. That is truly amazing and a beautiful illustration of how market interests can distort things. The current ridiculously complex tax systems found in every country are an open invitation to employ armies of accountants to avoid paying tax.
Professor Feige made a presentation about his APT plan to the Bush tax reform panel in 2005.ReplyDelete
Of course, he missed the most intriguing part of his plan (in the US-specifc context). Since it would be levied as money flows through the Fed, the Fed governors could simply enact APT as a transaction fee (instead of as a congressionally imposed tax). Since the Fed already rebates its net earnings to Tsy every week, by adjusting its transaction fee schedule, the Fed governors could adjust the nation's fiscal stance-- in a Wynne Godley fashion-- as easily as they adjust monetary policy.
Although I do not support that such a tax should be an add-on tax permanently, I believe that a transition period from our current tax system to a transaction tax system must be gradual, thus the transaction tax would have to be an add-on tax for a period of time. I would like to hear more discussions about how such a transition would be conducted because such planning has to happen.ReplyDelete
I think the vision we hold of the APT tax will not gain traction unless we can provide real-world solutions for how to transition from one system to the other. One example is the introduction of the APT tax as a pilot whose percentage is so small that its impact (and risk) would be minimal. Gradually increasing the percentage while phasing out the previous system would enable robust risk management of the factors that detractors often cite.
there is an interesting and objective analysis of the Tobin Tax at www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/WPS... . While I am not in particular focusing on the Tobin Tax, I think the analysis does a good job of looking at the many aspects of a financial transactions-type tax system. It includes seven pages of references, pulling in data and analysis from all corners of the earth.
Thanks - but unfortunately, it looks like the link doesn't work. Can you check?ReplyDelete
The advantage of replacing other taxes with the FFT is that you can negotiate with the financial sector. If you say that we will abolish corporation tax if you accept to pay an FTT, even the financial sector may see sense...ReplyDelete
I am having trouble with the link as well although not on the other site where I posted it...very strange.ReplyDelete
you can also google:
Economics Department Working Paper Series
No. 16-2010
Hi :) I'm building this thing for a real experience linked to LETS system and transition users. please contact me in privateReplyDelete
Why don't you contact me? It's easy to find my email address on the web. But you could also use firstname.lastname@example.com
every time a transaction tax is applied it is passed on forward in the cost of service or in the price of product. Such embedding of this tax can add up to a very substantial amount. We are suffering now due to the current closed border to trade tax system that has about 22% of the domestic price being embedded federal tax and about 29% of the cost of service is hidden tax. This statement is an assumption based on what awareness of this APT and my understanding of the FairTax is that it removes all tax from product and service so we can get back out manufacturing and to stop our having to pay for taxes already paid for in domestic product and service.ReplyDelete
OK... so adding a 0.1% transaction tax would increase the cost of things you buy by 0.1%. And if the product involved several stages, you might end up paying 10 x 0.1% = 1% extra. That's much less than the extra you currently pay to use a credit card. But the traders who currently do $5.3 trillion per day in foreign exchange would also pay 0.1% i.e. $5.3 billion a day. You really could abolish the other types of taxation this way, and it would massively shift tax payments to the people (and computers) who just use transactions to siphon money from the system.ReplyDelete


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After a whirlwind 10-day vacation, we are back in our little Paris apartment, back to classes and back to the crazy amount of work that comes with it all. But before I dive into all the readings, essays and catch-up work I need to check off my list, I wanted to throw together some things I learned from my little adventure:
- Do not expect to like any of the clothes you pack in a small suitcase after wearing them every way possible for ten days straight
- Always get to the train/plane/bus station early - you never know how long it will take to find your platform/gate/stop
- Know that when there is free Wifi, the conversation will stop indefinitely and you will all be glued to your phones; just accept it
- Staying in hostels pretty much guarantees being awoken by a loud snorer...bring ear plugs
- Always choose the local spirit-of-choice
- Bring a stash of granola bars (even if your fellow travelers make fun of you, they'll appreciate it when you're not hangry & staging a protest in the street for food...)
- Face mist makes the day better
- RyanAir planes look like a flying McDonald's - the sooner you can get used to this, the better
- Take every opportunity you get, no matter how late it is or how tired you are
- You will be sore from walking all the time
- Make some plans in advance (buying tickets off your smartphone with questionable Wifi is an option, but it can definitely be avoided)
- Bring a good book, even if you don't think you'll have time to read
- Write down a few phrases in the native language of each country you'll visit - even if you butcher pronunciations, you'll be happy to have some knowledge of their tongue
- Flexibility is everything
- Stay positive! Nothing ruins a trip quite like a sour attitude
You'll find out soon enough ;)
Have you ever suffered from Post-Travel Blues? Any advice for how to get over it (other than planning another trip)?


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Tonight's supper was a glorious one to enjoy the later sunset and freshly delivered produce from a new organic food supply that I am trying out to fill the gaps in my garden produce.
Drizzled with olive oil and basalmic vinegar.
Thinly sliced baby marrows sprinkled with salt and pepper and drizzled olive oil. Grilled until brownish. Toss into a bowl and drizzle with a berry basalmic reduction.
Top with thinly sliced red onion from the garden.
Quartered and drizzled with olive oil, rosemary leaves, pressed garlic and some coarse salt.
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Hey John. I miss the little Canadian history intro theme that used to start off your videos. It always gave me goosebumps and a rare feeling of Canadian pride.
On April 21, 1918, the "Red Baron" -- Manfred von Richthofen -- was finally shot down and killed. He's since become something of a romantic cult figure. But really it makes no sense.
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This presentation is joint work of: Ivo Colombo, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Fabio Nobile, CSQI-MATHICSE, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Giovanni Porta, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Anna Scotti, MOX, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Lorenzo Tamellini, CNR - Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche "E. Magenes", Pavia, Italy In this work we propose an Uncertainty Quantification methodology for the evolution of sedimentary basins undergoing mechanical and geochemical compaction processes, which we model as a coupled, time-dependent, non-linear, monodimensional (depth-only) system of PDEs with uncertain parameters. Specifically, we consider multi-layered basins, in which each layer is characterized by a different material. The multi-layered structure gives rise to discontinuities in the dependence of the state variables on the uncertain parameters. Because of these discontinuites, an appropriate treatment is needed for surrogate modeling techniques such as sparse grids to be effective. To this end, we propose a two-steps methodology which relies on a change of coordinate system to align the discontinuities of the target function within the random parameter space. Once this alignement has been computed, a standard sparse grid approximation of the state variables can be performed. The effectiveness of this procedure is due to the fact that the physical locations of the interfaces among layers feature a smooth dependence on the random parameters and are therefore amenable to sparse grid polynomial approximations. We showcase the capabilities of our numerical methodologies through some synthetic test cases.


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I'm sure everyone has heard it by now even if you didn't watch the Billboard awards show last night, the hologram Michael Jackson performance. I stopped watching award shows sometime in the 90's but last night I decided what the hell so I tuned into the Billboard awards. When I heard they were doing something to honor Michael Jackson, I couldn't wait to see it. Now that I've seen it, I have mixed feelings about it.
There are a lot of comments about last night's performance. Those comments are very mixed with people loving it, hating it, liking it but with complaints. Then there are comments from people who think they know Michael and how he would feel about being a hologram and comments saying how some are not TRUE MJ fans if….fill in the blank.
I could go into so many different things about how things are being handled when it comes to MJ but I will save that for a future blog. This is about last night, my point of view as a huge MJ fan.
I have heard of holograms being done of people but I never saw it and didn't know really what to expect. I do have to say, it's all pretty interesting. Last night though, I didn't like it but I didn't hate it. It looks like they used a MJ look alike and turned him into a hologram. Now I know this whole hologram thing isn't perfect especially since it's still a new thing but things just didn't seem right.
This projection like I said, looked like someone trying to be MJ. The built was a little off, the face didn't look right and the dance moves, well they were good but definitely someone trying to dance like him. There wasn't a whole lot of dancing, it wasn't smooth, there was no emotion to it (I know it's hard to have emotion when it's a projection but still) and it seemed like the guy that did the moves was a little uncomfortable. All of this threw me off.
It some ways it felt weird to me. It did make me sad knowing that we will never get to see him put on amazing performances again and how much I missed them/him. In other ways it felt like the people who put this together was just trying to promote the album that is out instead of honoring MJ. There are so many ways they could have pay tribute but they went with using "his new song" and a look-a-like hologram.
On the other hand, it was some what entertaining. It blows my mind what we can do today with technology. The backup dancers were really good. Even though I just stated above that I feel like it was more of a promotion, I also like that they added MJ to the show, reminding us what we had, what and who we lost. Reminding us what amazing talent he had even if you didn't like him in general.
What I would have liked to see as a honor to MJ is different holograms of some of his greatest performances from the start of his career to the end. Fans (famous and not famous and on a screen) saying things like what MJ meant to them and how great of an entertainer he was, clips of home videos showing the real Michael and not just the performer. Clips of different impersonators. Little things like that while playing different clips of music.
I think when a famous singer dies, we try so hard to keep them alive that we can sometimes over do it. We can keep MJ (and anybody else) alive by never forgetting his talent, never stop listening to his music, continue to be inspired by his work and celebrating his career.
Nobody really knows how Michael would feel about everything that has been going on except for him so why do we continue to talk like we knew him personally and we know how he would feel? Crazy stuff. We are all fans and no one is a better fan than the other. Everyone "walked away" last night with different feelings and what it may or may not have meant to them. That's ok, it's what makes this world interesting.
Last night's show for me was just meh. Could have been better, could have been done different. Whether they did the hologram performance to just promote or to honor, I think we can agree on two things; Michael Jackson had amazing talent and there will never be anyone like him. He will always live in our hearts. He is, the King Of Pop.
Hologram Of Michael Jackson
I'm sure everyone has heard it by now even if you didn't watch the Billboard awards show last night, the hologram Michael Jackson performance. I stopped watching award shows sometime in the 90's but last night I decided what the hell so I tuned into the Billboard awards. When I heard they were doing something to honor Michael Jackson, I couldn't wait to see it. Now that I've seen it, I have mixed feelings about it.


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I threw this together for a new baby boy in the family. I have so much fabric that I figured I should use it maybe?? LOL Both of the patterns that I used are from Precious Patterns. They do allow selling the finished items if you purchase the pattern. However, only 5 items online at a time and credit to Precious Patterns in your listing. The patterns are reasonably priced, PDF dowloads (love that!) and they run specials in their Etsy shop! Here is a link:
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Now this is what I call lunch! Just a small sampling of the delicious food at the all new Lucky Liu's Chinese Restaurant in downtown San Diego.
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Grant Grill San Diego
Earlier this week I was lucky enough to attend a preview of the San Diego Restaurant Week menu at Grant Grill inside the gorgeous US Grant Hotel.
Queenstown San Diego: At Home Feel with Downright Delicious Food
It's always exciting when a new spot opens in your neighborhood. Then that excitement quadruples when the place has delicious food, awesome ambiance, fantastic service and the best sangria ever!!!
That place for me is Queenstown.
After befriending the genius minds behind the new restaurant, they were kind enough to invite me in last weekend for their "Friends and Family" brunch on Saturday morning.
The brunch menu was filled with classic favorites like the french toast and bacon seen above, as well as the "Queens Street Farmer" with 3 eggs, heirlooms tomatoes, lamb sausage and a sourdough baguette.
Then they brought it big with some totally unique and awesome items, like my favorite, the "Oink"!
Scrumptious homemade jalapeno cornbread is topped with mouth watering houison pulled pork, a poached egg and garlic kale.
I would eat that cornbread and pulled pork all day long and not be upset about it at all!
My next favorite dish was the Mac & Salmon.
Who doesn't love mac and cheese? Then make it the best mac and cheese ever AND add salmon and prosciutto, I'm so in!
They also threw in some southern favorites like Chicken and Waffles….
… and shrimp and grits.
Both excellent options as well!
There was actually not one thing on the brunch menu that I would not order again or recommend to a friend. Everything was delicious, it's really more about what you're in the mood for.
Sweet and Classic: go for the french toast!
New and Amazing: go for the Oink!
Sweet, Salty and Southern: go for the Chicken and Waffles!
Rich and Creamy: go for the Mac & Salmon!
Whatever you decide on, be sure you order it with a pitcher of Mint Prosecco Sangria!
Seriously, best. sangria. ever….
… and I'm a sangria snob!
You also can't go wrong with a Blood Orange Mimosa… ever!
I took the steps leading into the restaurant seriously…
… and hung out for about 6 hours on Saturday!
It really feels like you're at a friends house when you're there, just relaxing, warm and cozy!
From the bright colored patio, to the sleek bar, the details in Queenstown are amazing!
After snapping pictures all over the place, the fun and stylish table next to me asked what the pictures were for. After talking Little Leopard Book for a few minutes, I found out the girls work for San Diego fashion week!
Already pulling in an awesome crowd and they're not even open yet!
Pull up a seat by the fire pit, or out on the front lawn, grab a pitcher of sangria and relax!
When you're at Queenstown, you're at home!
Queenstown opens its doors to the public tomorrow, April 10th at 11 AM! Come in for lunch or dinner any day of the week and be sure not to miss brunch on Saturday and Sunday!
Queenstown is located at 1557 Columbia Street, San Diego, CA 92101.
AIJÓ Miami: How Miami Does Surf and Turf
While in Miami last week I had the pleasure of dining at AIJÓ Restaurant in the Brickell neighborhood.
My good friend Ben that I was visiting recommended that we go to AIJÓ for dinner on my first night there. The food, service and drinks were so amazing that I knew I had to come back and write a new LLB "Restaurant Rave" all about the Miami hot spot! AIJÓ's director René Buroz set everything up for a fabulous dinner the next night!
Ben and I dined in their VIP private dining room, sipped some wine and had a great time!
We started off with a couple of their signature appetizers including the Gyoza Pork Dumplings…
And the Oishi O Niku…
Oishi-O-what? The dish consists of beef tataki, oranges, shiso leaves and fresh shaved black truffle. Yum!
We then sampled some of their Signature sushi rolls.
I'm not going to lie, I've had a lot of good sushi in my day and this was some of the best I've ever had!
We also tried the Tempura Rock Shrimp…
… and the slow cooked pork belly with sweet and sour sauce.
It's under there… I promise 🙂 And it's scrumptious!
For the main course… yes there was still a main course after all of the above!
Oh and a main course it was!
A 24 oz prime rib eye aged 21 days, marinated in a garlic, ginger, cilantro soy and served with a side of buttery truffle ponzu explosion sauce.
Explosion sauce? More like explosion-of-flavor sauce!
The sauce was amazing, but the steak alone was so tender and flavorful, it didn't even need sauce.
This dish is perfect to share with a few friends… even though Ben and I managed to eat it all on our own 😉
…and still somehow ate this trio of desserts as well!
See those little pastries in the middle, they're called Nutella Arruchadito and they're crispy phyllo dough baskets filled with nutella, and they're amazing… but to be honest, I do have a slight Nutella addiction!
After dinner, I was honored to sign their "Wall of Fame"!
If you're looking for a fun night out in Miami with great service and amazing food, check out AIJÓ… and get the ribeye… trust me on that one! You will not be disappointed!
Tell Antulio that Little Leopard Book sent you, he's the manager there and will take great care of you! If you sit at the bar be sure to ask for Nara, his signature drinks are delicious and he's a really fun guy! If you'll be eating in the dining room be sure to request Karen, she was our fantastic server both evenings and she's super sweet!
AIJÓ is located at 1331 Brickell Bay Dr. Miami, FL. 33131, for reservations call: (786) 452-1637 or visit their website at www.aijorestaurant.com.
Rama Thai San Diego: Taking Thai Food To Another Level
I was first introduced to Thai Food when living in LA… and it was love at first bite!
Then I was introduced to Rama. And my love affair with Thai Food was taken to another level!
There is literally nothing I have eaten at Rama that has not been totally, irresistibly delectable. And as you'll see through the course of this post… I've had a lot of things!
Above you'll see their fresh tofu, vegetable spring rolls, a deliciously light way to start your meal at Rama, then, there it is, the absolute most delicious thing ever. Pan Fried Roti Bread with Yellow Curry Sauce. Holy cow, there is nothing I don't love about this simple, little appetizer!
I am so beyond grateful that my friend PK ordered this the first time I ever dined at Rama, now it's my go-to appetizer! It also inspired my first homemade curry sauce recipe in my Indian Chicken Curry Pitas!
When the owner found out I wanted to do a "Restaurant Rave" on the spot, he generously brought out some samples of his favorite dishes, in addition to my regular "go-to" items!
First was the Thai Steak Salad, thin slices of beef top delicious mixed greens, mint, scallions, green onions and thai chilies for one meaty, scrumptious salad!
Next, was the Vegetable Tofu and Eggplant with basil, garlic, bell peppers and onions. The perfect meal for all my vegetarian friends out there!
Next, he brought out a couple of tasty seafood dishes, the Coconut Lemon Grass Grilled Tiger Prawns and Pan Seared Scallops in Chili Sauce.
Is anyone else's mouth watering?
Both seafood favorites were packed with flavor, while still maintaining a light, fresh taste. I would highly recommend the scallops, like really highly!
Last but not least was my other "go-to" dish, the Drunken Noodles with Chicken. A simple Thai meal, turned into one of my favorite dishes of all time at Rama!
Now it's confession time.
- Confession #1: I was alone at lunch when all of this food appeared on my table.
- Confession #2: I was sitting on their sidewalk patio and people walking by looked at me really funny!
- Confession #3: I ate 90% of this food.
- Confession #4: I wish I had worn looser pants so I could have eaten 100% 😉
If you're in San Diego or visiting in the near future, do not miss this unforgettable Thai food!
My aunt was recently in town for a conference and said this was the best Thai she has ever had. One of my best friends that lives in Miami said this is his favorite restaurant in all of San Diego. So if you don't believe me, take their word for it 😉
Rama is located at: 327 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, CA. 92101 (Between J & K St.)


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I received the most beautiful Valentine's card from my mom this morning! She sent me the gorgeous, handmade, pressed flower card which you see above. It was made by Hope For Women, a Fair Trade Federation business that provides sustainable employment to economically disadvantaged, women artisans worldwide. This card in particular is from the Portraits of El Salvador collection which features the work of outstanding, female artists from the highlands of El Salvador.
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There is a better way! Chen came up with it for the 1.4 release, I originally discounted it since I tried something similar which didn't work. I now tried it again and understood that the methodology allows for something much simpler:
- Install the desired JDE versions (we recommend 5.0 for touch and 4.2 if you need legacy support, notice that you should install both if you want both!).
- Install the Netbeans blackberry plugin from here.
- Select the RIM platform using the standard add platform button (the manage emulators button in the platform tree node in the properties dialog). That's it if you just want to write MIDlets!
- To write applications (which is where I failed last time) you need to fix the build-impl.xml which incorrectly generates a MIDlet. To prevent your changes from being overwritten you can just paste them into your standard build.xml.
Open your build-impl.xml (within the nb-project dir) search for the target "create-cod" and copy the entire target to your build.xml.
Replace the <arg value="-midlet"> argument with <arg value="-cldc">
Besides this I was asked to post about a couple of upcoming events specifically JavaOne Beijing & Brazil both of which seem to contain LWUIT related talks although I'm not sure who will be giving them. In Beijing specifically there are:
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We are at 4701 Doyle Street, Building F, between 45th Street and 53rd Street in Emeryville.
There is absolutely no parking in the 4701 Doyle Street lot as every space is reserved. Our client parking is in Spur Alley which is accessed on 45th Street between Doyle and Hollis. There is a mechanical arm like you would see at a railroad crossing. Ask our front office staff for the code to get in when you register. We ask that you refrain from trying to drive around the gate.
Once through the gate drive down the alley and HOH is the second building on your right. If one of our parking spaces, clearly marked Head Over Heels, is not available our property manager graciously allows our clients to park across from the parking spaces as long as you park close enough to the curb so that those in legitimate parking spaces are able to get out.
*DO NOT PARK IN THE OTHER TENANTS SPACES as you might get towed.
Street parking can also be found on 45th Street, 47th Street, San Pablo Avenue, and Hollis Street. A short walk is an excellent warm up before class begins.
Visit our Location & Directions page for more information.
Before registering for any programs online, you must establish an online account and create a Login Name and Password. First go to: Online Registration
Then this is how you create an online account:
1. Click on the "Create Account" button.
2. Fill out the form for New Account Request completely, including all required fields and click submit. Please submit your request only once.
*Please Note: If you are registering a child for a program, please use your own information when filling out the online registration account request form, NOT the information of the child you wish to register for an activity. Once you have an online registration account, you will have the opportunity to add family members.
3. You will automatically receive an email after submitting your request for an account. Your account will be activated only after you have responded by clicking on the link provided in the email.
You can download the Liability Waiver by clicking this link. Once downloaded, you can print and fill out the waiver and return it to us in person or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Yes, we offer a number of special programs. We are also open to working out a special day for your organization or corporation to come and play with us! For more information, please contact Angie at firstname.lastname@example.com or ask for Angie at (510) 655-1265.
HOH Athletic Arts is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
We offer sponsorship opportunities for local and national businesses and organizations. Please visit our Supporter page to learn more.
Each family should establish only one account. Create the account in the name of a head of household and then add all family member names to the account after it is established (see next question).
You may add family members in the three following locations:
You can always browse through the programs without registering. Click on the "View Programs" button on the Online Registration page and look at all the programs that are offered.
From the My Account program, enter your Login name. Then check the "Forgot your Password" box and click "Continue". You will advance to the custom security question you created when establishing your account. After answering this question correctly, an email will be sent to your account containing a temporary password. Use this password to log in to your account. Once you have logged in, you will be prompted to create a new password. If, after you reset your password you continur to have difficulty, please contact our office at 510-655-1265 during normal business hours and a member of our staff will assist you.
*Please DO NOT create another customer account.
Yes, transaction history can be viewed from the date on which an online account is established. The "My Account" feature allows you to view a detailed list of your past transactions. Just login, click the "My Account" button, and select the program(s) to view the transaction history.
The "My Account" feature allows you to view a weekly schedule of your family's upcoming scheduled programs. Just login, click on the "My Account" button, and then click on "Show Your Daily Schedule". Select the family member whose schedule you would like to view and click "Search". A weekly schedule will display all of the programs your family members are and have been enrolled in and allow you to click on individual programs for more information.
The convenience fee is a small fee typical of any internet sale. The fee is a percentage of the total receipt amount. This fee is non-refundable as it is a fee charged by our software provider.
We have a strict no refund policy. Once the month has begun, all tuition is non-refundable and non-transferable. If you have a scheduling conflict, you can transfer into another day, time, or program.
Visit our Policies page for more information.
Due to limited space in classes Head Over Heels does not offer make-up classes.
Yes. A 20% discount will be given to the less expensive class.
Yes. Trial classes are scheduled in our under enrolled classes and are not during evaluation weeks. You must call us at (510) 655-1265 or visit us to schedule a trial class.
This is how HOH's trial classes work. If after the trial the student chooses to enroll in an HOH class the client pays for the trial class as well as the rest of the session. If, for any reason, the client and/or student decides to not enroll in the class the client will not be charged.
Only one trial per person can be taken at Head Over Heels.


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