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Hi everyone,
Has anyone tried the left handed tips from Wilton?? My instructor said I should invest in them. Although there was a lady in my course I class that said they didn;t work...help please!
I too have wondered about this. I am going to be helping a friend with her roses this weekend and she is a leftie. Except for her, I have never worked with a leftie and I am not a lot of help to her.
Her instructor had not even told her that left-handed tips existed.
If someone gives them a thumbs-up, I am going to pick her up a set.
My sister tcrema is a lefty... I don't think she saw this post or she probably would have posted. She has a hard time doing the rope border because of her being a lefty. She's a great decorator... you could PM her.
Yeppers..I'm a lefty!! I've tried a couple of the tips for lefties but didn't really notice any difference. Might be because I was taught using the regular tips and just agot use to using them!
I am a lefty also. I didn't even know that there were left handed tips. I have not had too hard of a time with the regular tips. I did have a heck of a time learning the roses, until I took wilton course 1 and the instructor showed me the correct way to do it left handed.
what an intresting topic!!! yep...i'm a lefty! my instructor teaches the rest of the class and tells me not to listen, then she teaches me the lefty way. i havent tried the lefty tips.....i learned on the reg. ones so its probably too late for me to relearn, haha
i do think it will be a challenge to teach your friend....it was a challange for my right handed friends to teach me...you might want to pick up the wilton course books..i got one at hobby lobby for under $5.00 and it shows you how to hold the bag and tip for left and right handed people.
good luck!
I'm a lefty, too. I bought the tips and haven't had much luck with them.
I think, with me, it's more because of not knowing HOW to make the drop flowers, etc., with them. When I was taught right-handed--I could never do them. Mostly because it was backwards for me. So, as a result, I don't do the flowers, etc., that you use these tips for.
I need to play with them some more. I figure that for $5 for all of them, it's worth it.
Thank you ladies! I was just wondering if there was a difference...I am the only lefty in my class so my instructor spends a little more time w/me. She said that the new class books are way better and have great instructions for lefties. The left-handed tips are new, the package has a violet border...i believe 3 come in a package...
I am a leftie too! And the only thing I have ever really noticed was out of all the things I do ...drop flowers and some simple twisting things are difficult for me. And I never heard of the left handed tips either. I truly havent practiced flowers alot ( shame on me) but have started, I think i'll just deal wth the regular ones, as i am somewhat ambidexterous
Hi I am a lefty, and am very happy with the lefty tips that Wilton now carries. Tip 59 is used in Course 2 for making the violet is a tip that is now a lefty tip. Before I could not make the violet in the same way I had to used a 101 because of the curve of the tip. Lefties turn the nail in clockwise and righties turn the nail counter clockwise, so the curve of the tip is going the wrong way and you cannot form the flower. Another tip is 97 which is bent for a righty when making the Victorian Rose, a lefty cannot used the tip that comes in the course 2 kit. Now Wilton makes a a new tip for lefties that they sell at Michaels . They sell it in a strip of 3 tips and then there is another group of lefties tips that they sell. I think this is fantastic for lefties to be able to form the flowers as they were intended and I think I can speak for some of the Wilton Lefty Instructors besides myself who are very happy that Wilton has now designed these tips. Hope that was helpful. ( I know a lot of lefties have probably figured out different ways to adjust for the righty tips, as we have made adjustments in other "righty situations" but I think it is really nice to have these new tips available.
Hope that was helpful
Hi Cupcakes,
Thanks for the great "tips" My roses don't always come out that great...and the instructor I had was a newbie so she didn;t really help me out very much...my course II instructor is cool! She spends a little more time w/me so that I can do things the way they are supposed to be done.
Cupcakes, is it ok if I pm you should I have anymore "lefty" questions/problems??
Have a nice evening,
Hi Mimimil, I would love to help you with any "lefty problems" you might have questions about.You should always try and get the seat across from your righty instructor, that way it will look to you like she is a lefty. Maybe that will help a little bit. Send me your email and I will be happy to get in touch with you if you need any help in the future. I know that everything will work out great!
Hi Cupcakes,
Thanks SO much! I was just pm'ing tcrema that my roses come out a bit tight at times...my email address is:
[email protected]
I love this place! Everyone is always happy to help...
Thanks again,
I'm a lefty and never even thought about it being differant for us that's why I have problems some times, thought it was just me not doing it right on some things
im left handed. my mom thought it would be great and bought me 2 tips. i havent even used them..
Hi There... I am left handed. I bought the left handed tips and have been using them. They are great for me esp. when I am doing my roses. It seems I can make the flower part of the rose curl more with ease. And I find that I am able to control the bag more with my left hand. But I still the right for those odd areas I have to get to on the cakes.
I am also a lefty and have tried the 59 and 97 left handed tip and I personally didn't care for themthe reg. tips works great for me and I make really good flowers all except I can not make drop flowers no matter how much I try! I take that back I can make the 2D tip but none of the other drop flowers tips like 124 and so on.
I wanted to add for the rope I also have a time with it too but I start with and s then the rest are C's the end result is a rope!
For the rope border, a lefty makes a sideways s going in the opposite direction. If you have the sheets from course 2 in the practice board you will see there is a directions to makes the sideways s for the lefty and the righty. It is a simple as that and as long as you makes the sideways s in the porper direction there is nothing else different about it for a lefty and a righty.
Hi Everyone,
I have my course II class tomorrow, I can;t wait to try my new "tips" from Cupcakes...Thank you very much for the wonderful info.
Hi Mimimil, let us know how you do with your course 2. I know you are going to have a lot of fun!
HI everyone
I love the left handed tips! they work great! I had tons of fun in my class last night... the small investment was well worth it to me.
HI everyone
I love the left handed tips! they work great! I had tons of fun in my class last night... the small investment was well worth it to me.
Hurray! Glad to hear that it worked!
I Mimi, I am so glad you enjoyed your class! When you do the basketweave on the class for the final week,the righties will follow the practice board and basketweave moving to the right and going around the cake as is shown on the practice board, all you have to do is basketweave going around the cake going to the left. It will make sense to you as you practice. The basic thing to remember is that when a lefty is doing the basketweave it will feel correct to move in this direction. I know it will come out beautiful. I think for a lefty ,course 2 will be where you see a few more challenges but with the correct tips in hand and a correct direction around the cake, all will feel "right" to you.Keep us posted, and if I can be of any help to you please let me know.
Hi everyone,
I must say that I was very pleased w/my work in class on Tues. Cupcakes thanks for being my guide. While I was in class I was thinking of how you told me to sit across from the instructor. That helped a lot!
Thank you everyone for such great support.
Hi Mimi
Let us know how your final cake came out for Course 2. Keep in mind you will basketweave towards the left and the righties will go towards the right. It will make sense to you when you start. Have a lot of fun!
I 2 am a lefty, only some of the tips come lefty. Not too many that i have found, but i do like them. I have found that if you sit opposite from the person teaching you it is extremely helpful, that is how i learned from the wilton courses. Good luck!!
You are right. There are only a few lefty tips. All other tips are fine used by lefties or righties. an example of a tip we might need would be When a tip is angeled out such as 59 or 97 then a lefty runs into trouble because a lefty spins the nail clockwise and a righty counter clockwise. We lefties are very adaptable! but it sure is great that Wilton recognized and fulfilled the need for these tips which lefties might enjoy using!
Well, I am a lefty and an instructor. I truly love the difference the left tips make in the violets and the victorian roses. 101 never got as pretty a flower.
Just on satisfied customer and teacher.
HI all,
I love the tips! There are only about 5 (i think) but they are well worth it. I have my last course II class tonight. Cupcakes I wil keep in mind what you have told me. I had a bit of a hard time making daisies...of all the flowers in course II the daisy was a bit hard for me...i kept wanting it to poof up a bit...


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Drunken actress smashed glass into barman's face
AN actress and Trinity graduate has avoided jail after glassing a barman in the face, leaving him permanently scarred.
Tanya Wilson (27), of Eugene Street in Dublin 8, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm at The Mezz in Temple Bar on the night of February 2.
She also pleaded guilty to two other counts of assault and one of obstructing gardai.
The court heard she slapped and headbutted another staff member, punched a garda several times and obstructed other gardai by attempting to kick and hit them while they were searching her.
Giving evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Garda Paul Grey said the young Brazilian barman was going to collect ice in the Mezz bar when he saw Wilson in the store room area arguing with another staff member and saying: "Everything is s***, this is a s*** party".
The barman advised his colleague not to talk to her because she was too drunk, but a short time later he noticed the blonde girl trying to get into the cellar.
When he asked her to leave the staff area she said: "What's your problem?"
The barman responded: "You're my problem."
Gda Grey told the court that Wilson then slapped the barman across the face and chased him with a glass in her hand when he tried to get away.
He said that she was acting "really crazy" and he put up his hand up to try and block her. He then followed her out a fire escape and put his hand on her arm to calm her down.
Wilson then said: "You can't touch me, I'm a girl," and smashed the Bulmers glass into the barman's face.
He grabbed her arm and brought her to the bar while she was screaming: "Let me go, let me go; he attacked me."
Gardai were called before the barman was put in a taxi to the Mater Hospital where he waited for seven hours to be treated.
He received three stitches across the bridge of his nose which were later removed leaving a scar, and was also treated for 8 or 9 other wounds including small cuts to both eyelids, bruising and a black eye.
Meanwhile, another staff member at the Mezz bar asked a colleague to get a tissue for Wilson's bleeding hand and tried to calm her down.
He said she became calm for a few minutes and then got very aggressive again and tried to slap him five or six times, connecting with one slap in the face and one punch on the chin.
She also headbutted this staff member in the chest.
Gda Grey said when he arrived at the scene Wilson punched him several times and said: "Don't f***ing touch me." She was very aggressive and vomited in the garda car on the way to Pearse Street Station.
The court heard that when Wilson was taken down to a cell to be searched by two female gardai she was "roaring abuse" and attempting to hit and kick gardai.
The following morning Wilson was cooperative with gardai, identified herself on CCTV footage and said she remembered ordering a shot with her friends, but that all she recalled after that was "a commotion and being arrested."
Brendan Foley, defending, told the court that his client had no previous convictions and was extremely remorseful.
He said she had blacked out twice previously that year from alcohol and that after this incident had sought treatment for her alcohol problems and was attending psychotherapy.
Wilson brought €2,500 to court as a token of her remorse, which was accepted on behalf of the Brazilian barman.
The court heard that since graduating from Trinity College, Wilson has worked as a voice-over actress and set up a production company.
Judge Patrick McCartan imposed an 18-month sentence, suspended on condition that she maintains good behaviour and continues with her alcohol counselling.


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Nashville is such a creative city and more examples of this are on display at the East Nashville Art Stroll this evening. Several galleries and small businesses have come together to create this fun evening celebrating the arts.
Galleries participating in the event include Art & Invention Gallery, Fanny's House of Music, Billups Art, Bongo Java, Open Lot, and Studio 83 East.
At the Art & Invention Gallery there will be works of art along with handmade artisan wares from over 50 artists.
Billups Art will be introducing their studio during the stroll today after completing their renovations. In addition to featuring their artists, they will also be hosting several local musicians as well as an After Party.
Fanny's House of Music will have live music, giveaways, and specials discounts. In addition to their featured artists, they will also have a multi-vendor vintage fair at their in house boutique.
The hours for the stroll are from 6pm-9pm, but check the various galleries as many have extended hours. The website below has links to all of the galleries that are participating.


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What is the worst book ever written? For the last century, many readers have argued that Amanda McKittrick Ros wrote the worst books ever.
Download a free copy of Ros' Irene Iddesleigh novel and decide for yourself. Published in 1887, the book has a long history among critics. In his Kindle Single "Epic Fail," author Mark O'Connell rounded up some famous fans of Ros' unique "accidental surrealism." Here's an excerpt:
There were Amanda McKittrick Ros societies at Oxford and Cambridge. C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and their fellow Inklings were largely responsible for this enthusiasm: the informal Oxford literary group held sporadic Ros reading competitions, in which the winner was the member who could read from one of her novels for the longest without breaking into laughter … She was a sort of Bizarro World Oscar Wilde: an Irish author who became a London cause célèbre for the complete witlessness of her writing. Her fame even reached the shores of the New World, with no less a figure than Mark Twain crowning her "Queen & Empress of the Hogwash Guild."


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Research into the Twitter practices of 47 companies including Whole Foods, Starbucks, Nokia, and JetBlue shows that to build a better tweet, think short, punchy and newsy.
No question, the ability of companies to market themselves effectively through the low-cost forum of Twitter has emerged as a top marketing innovation.
Recent research into the Twitter practices of 47 companies including Whole Foods, Starbucks, Nokia, and JetBlue, detailed in "How to Get Your Messages Retweeted," in our new Winter 2012 issue, notes that savvy companies in the medium focus on getting tweets passed along and validated by followers.
Here are some of the findings of what works best:
- Tweet 70 characters, maximum. Shorter tweets are passed along as retweets nearly twice as often as longer tweets, the authors found. Shorter tweets also leave room for followers to add their own comments.
- Use attention words. Words like WOW and TODAY ONLY grab the eye and are retweeted as much as 40% more often than other tweets.
- Make tweets personal. Personal can mean funny: tweets with jokes are retweeted as much as 70% more frequently. Personal humanizes the brand.
- Provide news people can use. Content that educates followers instead of just pushing a brand is 51% more likely to be retweeted.
- Offer a deal. Tweets with deals are retweeted 16% more than those without.
- Tweet about upcoming events. Notices that create a sense of anticipation, such as news about an upcoming sale or report, are 24% more likely to be retweeted.
See the full article for more ideas from authors Arvind Malhotra, Claudia Kubowicz Malhotra and Alan See.


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Startup School: The Xconomy Guide to Venture Incubators, 2009 Edition
Technology entrepreneurship can be a lonely road. Not only do you have to convince a few friends or colleagues to work hundred-hour weeks for the next several years in support of your wild idea, but you've got to make it past the elevator pitch with at least one funder, and then prove that your idea can gain a toehold in the marketplace.
But in the last few years, the process of launching a tech startup has become, if not easier, at least more social. That's thanks to the flowering of a new class of startup schools that admit budding entrepreneurs, or teams of entrepreneurs, for a "semester" or more
of intense product development, collaboration, and business mentorship. Y Combinator, a Mountain View, CA, venture firm founded by software entrepreneur Paul Graham, is usually cited as running the first such operation, but groups imitating or adapting the model have sprung up in cities across the country—and they're graduating a growing pool of successful startups.
SCVNGR, a Boston-based startup developing mobile software that lets organizations build customized scavenger-hunt events, got its start in a Philadelphia startup school called DreamIt Ventures, founded by Philadelphia entrepreneurs David Bookspan, Michael Levinson, and Steve Welch. Michael Hagan, SCVNGR's chief operating officer, says DreamIt was the perfect setting for the company's founding team—initially, just him and 20-year-old CEO Seth Priebatsch—to get the scavenger-hunt idea off the ground.
"The camaraderie of the teams was fantastic," Hagan says. "We were all working really long hours, grabbing lunch, socializing, sympathizing with each other and sharing in the challenges and successes. With some of the tough decisions or the things I couldn't figure out with Seth, I'd walk over to another team and say 'What do you think of this, how would you approach this?' David and Mike and Steve are all really mentor-oriented individuals, and that was a really strong, positive experience from the whole program."
At most startup schools, participants are accepted for a limited time—typically 3 months to 2 years—and the team members receive mentorship and/or a small amount of seed funding. Often, the schools provide temporary work space as well as Internet access, office support, and legal and accounting advice, along with access to outside angel or venture investors. Some programs provide these benefits at no cost to the teams. Others require that teams sign over a small amount of equity in their companies (usually less than 15 percent).
The programs go by various names, such as "venture incubators," "startup boot camps," "seed programs," and "growth accelerators." The confusing terminology, plus the fact that most of the organizations were founded in 2008 or 2009, can make it hard to track down all the various programs accepting startups these days—hence this Xconomy Guide.
For this list, we have deliberately omitted the hundreds of "business incubators" around the country, such as the Cambridge Innovation Center in Cambridge, MA, that exist primarily to provide rental space and infrastructure for young companies. (For a list of business incubators by state, visit the National Business Incubators Association at www.nbia.org.) To meet the criteria for Xconomy's venture incubator, startup programs have to provide their accepted entrepreneurs or teams with some benefit beyond office space and infrastructure support, and they must charge (if they charge at all) in the form of equity, not cash—the two exceptions on our list being Better Labs, which structures its deals in equity and cash, and TheFunded's Founder Institute, which has a $450 course fee.
And speaking of fees, a much expanded version of this list, in PDF format, is available for a modest one. For $60, you'll get information on each program's focus, application deadlines and procedures, stipend and equity policies, notable graduates, and more. Click here to see what a full entry looks like, or click the "Add to Cart" button below to buy the PDF now using PayPal or your credit card. (If you choose to pay by credit card, first click the yellow PayPal checkout button, then look for "Don't have a PayPal account?" on the next page and click the "continue" link beneath that.)
We intend to expand and update this list over time. Additions and corrections are welcome at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Xconomy Guide to Venture Incubators: The List
Location: Providence, RI
Founded: 2009
Better Labs
Location: San Jose, CA
Founded: 2008
Bizdom U
Location: Detroit, MI
Founded: 2007
Bootup Labs
Location: Vancouver, BC
Founded: 2008
Capital Factory
Location: Austin, TX
Founded: 2009
Dog Patch Lab
Location: San Francisco, CA
Founded: 2008
Xconomy coverage:
"Dog Patch Lab: An Entrepreneur's Kennel," May 26, 2009
DreamIt Ventures
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Founded: 2008
Xconomy coverage:
"Princeton Undergrad Brings Scavenger-Hunt Startup to Boston," October 1, 2008
"Y Combinator Recombined: Talking with Philadelphia Startup Incubator DreamIt Ventures," October 6, 2008
Location: San Diego, CA
Founded: 2009
Xconomy coverage:
"San Diego's Wireless Industry Establishes Startup Incubator," June 17, 2009
First Growth Venture Network
Location: New York, NY
Founded: 2009
Xconomy coverage:
"Boston Venture Firms Dominate New Mentoring Program for New York Startups," June 16, 2009
GoodCompany Ventures
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Founded: 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Founded: 2008
Location: Greenville, SC
Founded: 2009
NYC Seed
Location: New York, NY
Founded: 2008
Obsidian Launch
Location: Boonton, NJ
Founded: 2008
Shotput Ventures
Location: Atlanta, GA
Founded: 2009
Location: Menlo Park, CA, and Lexington, MA
Founded: 2007
Xconomy coverage:
"Highland Capital Puts Out the Call for Student Entrepreneurs and Interns," April 3, 2008
"Highland Program Offers No-Strings Stipends to Student Entrepreneurs," March 3, 2009
"Paragon Lake Out to Dazzle Jewelry Buyers with Virtual Customization," May 19, 2009
Location: Boston, MA, and New York, NY
Founded: 2009
"Spark Capital Launches Startup Seed Fund," March 25, 2009
Location: Boulder, CO, and Boston, MA
Founded: 2006
Xconomy coverage:
"TechStars 'Entrepreneurship Boot Camp' Comes to Boston: An Interview with Co-founder David Cohen," February 17, 2009
"Oneforty Gets Funded," June 29, 2009
TheFunded Founder Institute
Location: San Francisco, CA
Founded: 2009
Y Combinator
Location: Mountain View, CA
Founded: 2005
Xconomy coverage:
"Y Combinator Gears Up for Startup Summer," March 10, 2008
"As Y Combinator Prepares to Open Summer Camp, Paul Graham Speaks," May 3, 2008
"Paul Graham and Y Combinator to Leave Cambridge, Stay in Silicon Valley Year Round," January 22, 2009
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Reminder ! Very soon, all Quebec employers will be required to make their CSST premiums payable directly to Revenue Quebec. As of January 1st, 2011, the CSST premiums will not be based on estimated wages but rather on actual monthly salaries drawn.
Further detailed information concerning this matter is available in the "Guide explicatif du nouveau mode de paiement" published by the CSST, including the periodic payment methods.
Starting January 1st, 2011, all employers will be required to remit their periodic insurance premiums at the same time as their deductions at source and all, other employer contributions, using the same remittance form.
Employers who are not required to make deductions at source are still required to make periodic payments to the CSST. All employers failing to make periodic payments, or who are late with periodic payments, will be exposed to penalties.
What about the exceptions? All amounts paid to independent operators deemed to be workers under Section 2 of the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases will be exempt from the calculation of the periodic payments paid out by the employer. Their salaries will be declared on an annual basis by filing the statement of wages with the CSST before March 15th of each year.
The above-mentioned form will be transmitted to all Quebec employers at the very beginning of each year. At this point, all insurable wages disbursed during the course of the previous year must be declared. However, an employer is not obliged to declare the estimated wages for the current year.
It is important to note that if the periodic payments made for the year that is ending are insufficient compared to the amount that should have been paid, the CSST, after verification, can impose penalties of up to 15% of the difference between what was paid and what should have been paid.
As of 2011, the monthly Statement of account and Summary of account usually transmitted by the CSST will no longer exists. Employers will only receive the Classification decision remitted in October of each year. The Classification decision indicates the unit in which all employers' activities are classified and the applicable premiums. Employers will also receive the Notice of assessment including the personal protection, if chosen, as well as the administrative fees and the independent operators' salary declaration.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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Senator DeFrancisco Helps Promote New York Youth Works Program
State Senator John A. DeFrancisco is pictured with Paul Nojaim and Anette Rivera on April 27, 2012, at Nojaim Brothers Supermarket in Syracuse. Senator DeFrancisco was at the supermarket to raise awareness about the New York Youth Works program, which encourages businesses to hire unemployed, disadvantaged youth. Rivera, who has been an employee at Nojaim Brothers Supermarket since age 14, will graduate from LeMoyne College. Nojaim has signed up for the New York Youth Works program. Businesses may apply for certification online at www.jobs.ny.gov/youthworks. The Deparmtent of Labor wants all applications by November 30, 2012. For more information on the program, you can also click here.