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Since, for a change, the IRS did not have to wait for Congress to pass extenders this year, many of the new 2011 forms and schedules have been available at the Forms and Instructions section of the IRS website for a while now.
There is no change to the "body" of Page 1 of the 2011 Form 1040. It is exactly the same as 2010. However there is a new line in the name and address section for "Foreign country name", "Foreign province/country", and "Foreign postal code".
The "Other Taxes" section of Page 2 adjusts Line 59 to create 59a for "Household employment taxes from Schedule H" and 59b for First-time homebuyer credit repayment" (you do not necessarily have to complete Form 5405). Line 60 now reads "Other taxes" with a place for one to enter code(s) identified in the instructions.
The line for the Making Work Pay credit is removed from the "Payments" section – with 64 (a + B) through 72 the same as 2010.
The same change was made to the name and address section of the 2011 Form 1040A, with the rest of Page 1 unchanged.
Page 2 loses three (3) lines –
· Advance earned income credit payments.
· The addition of net income tax from Line 35 and advance EIC payments.
· Making Work Pay Credit
The only change on the 2011 Schedule A is that Line 7 under "Taxes" now reads "Personal property taxes" instead of "New motor vehicle taxes".
As I discussed in earlier posts the 2011 Schedules C and E have separate income lines for "Gross merchant card and third party network" receipts and gross receipts not from gross merchant card and third party networks, and Page 1 of Schedule D is totally restructured to refer to entries from the new Form 8949 (which replaces the Schedule D-1).
The 2011 Schedule SE has been revised to reflect the new temporary tax rate for the Social Security equivalent portion of self-employment tax, and remove the reference to reducing taxable earnings by the above-the-line self-employed health insurance deduction.
And, of course, there is no more Schedules L or M.
It appears that the "most changed" form for 2011 is Form 5695 (Residential Energy Credits).
I will report on changes to 2011 NJ and NY forms when the forms become available.


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Black Rock Ridge, the large-scale, multi-unit development in Wasatch County started by Trophy Homes and Iroquois Partners in 2007, was suddenly derailed early in 2009 when the developers were foreclosed upon. The results of the 2008 economic crumble, sent the real estate world including the Black Rock project in a downward spiral, according to Bill Fiveash, VP of real estate for Talisker Mountain Incorporated.
But, unlike abandoned projects found throughout Utah, this one's making a comeback.
The 271-unit development located on the east side of State Road 248 at the intersection with Brown's Canyon Road, just five minutes east of Park City, was purchased by Zion's Bank shortly after the foreclosure.
According to Fiveash, through an offer that couldn't be refused during the summer of 2009, Talisker purchased 26 units with the development to help provide employee housing.
After finishing construction on the halted project in August of 2010, 17 units in the large condo building on the east side of Brown's Canyon Road were entered into the Affordable Housing Condition by Talisker and the Park City Municipal Corporation.
"This was a great real estate opportunity in general, but our main objective was to offer housing to our employees," Fiveash said. "This whole corridor is starting to get discovered by the Park City community. It's much more convenient than living in Heber or Kamas."
The town homes, on the west side of Brown's Canyon Road are owned by Mark 25, a developer based out of Salt Lake City, is currently finishing development.
According to Fiveash, with a total of 111 condos and 160 townhomes planning to be finished along the Brown's Canyon eastern hillside, Talisker put 17 condos out of the 26 units purchased from the bank on the market during January of this year.
The building is restricted to primary residential use only, with no short or long-term rentals available. Persons employed on a regular, full-time basis (at least 30 hours per week) within the Flagstaff Mountain area, or within the boundaries of Wasatch and Park City school districts are eligible for purchase.
Gazing upon the mountains at Deer Valley Resort from the living room of a two-bedroom condo available for $209,900, Fiveash acknowledges the property he is trying to sell isn't your typical employee housing development.
"It was originally built to be sold as a market product," Fiveash said. "That's why everything is brand new. If we had this view in the town it would be a million-dollar property. The previous market created this opportunity, but it's unique because nobody would build this nice for employee housing. You can't beat the building and the up and coming area."
According to Fiveash, he closed the first deals on two units this week, and out of the 15 units still available there are six three-bedroom, eight two-bedroom and a single bedroom unit still remaining, ranging from $179,900 up to $249,900. Considerably less than the original asking prices, ranging from $363,000 to $626,000 during August of 2008. Income limits are not included in the deed restrictions.
"The South Canyon trail is right out the front door, connecting with the rest of the trails in Park City," Fiveash said. "People get caught up with the fact that the property is located in Wasatch County, but we're only a few-minute drive from Main Street."
Fiveash, who has been selling high-end real estate and vacation homes for over 20 years, describes the three-story condominium as a French chateau or a rustic cabin that was designed from the outside in – a common building practice for properties like this in ski country, he said.
"This building was designed so well," Fiveash said. "All three floors have really unique features."
The bottom floor has walkout access to a lawn area, perfect for dogs and children, while the top floor has faulted ceilings with great views of the ski resorts, added Fiveash. On the second floor, residents have access to garages directly through the hallway. One-car garages are available for all units, with additional tandem and street parking.
"I was able to send out a blast email to all of the Talisker employees giving them the opportunity to visit the location. So far we've had about 30 tours resulting in the first two closings," Fiveash said. "A lot of our employees who are hoping to be first-time home owners have been interested, and we're hoping for the same result with the rest of the residents in the area."
If interested in visiting the property, contact Lorie Schumacher, Talisker listing agent, at 640-6049.
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BOISE, Idaho — The men's room at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport where Republican Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in a sex sting is losing it appeal as a tourist stop, an official said.
"We're getting there," said Patrick Hogan, director of public affairs for the Metropolitan Airports Commission. "I think we'll all be glad when there's no special interest in that restroom."
Craig was accused of soliciting sex in the bathroom in June 2007 and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in August 2007.
One person had offered to buy the restroom stall for $5,000, Hogan said, but airport officials "don't sell fixtures for novelty purposes."
Complaints dropped about lewd activity
Though tourist interest has withered, the surge of publicity from Craig's arrest helped end the type of activity in the restroom that had prompted lewd-conduct complaints, he said.
Plans to modify the restroom to prevent occupants from passing signals were scrapped because complaints dropped.
"It is the busiest restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International," Hogan told The Spokesman-Review. "It's right in the middle of our main thoroughfare."
Craig — who has maintained his innocence and heterosexuality — has said he only pleaded guilty to keep the embarrassing situation quiet. He attempted to withdraw his guilty plea but the Minnesota Court of Appeals earlier this month rejected the appeal.
Craig, who said he was considering another appeal, did not seek re-election in last month's election for the seat he has held for 18 years. He will be replaced in January by Idaho Lt. Gov. Jim Risch, a Republican.
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Well known Toronto based cyclist and coach Ilija Petrovski was involved in a serious accident while riding north of Oshawa on Monday. According to news reports, 2 dogs ran out onto the road and while he was able to avoid one, collided with the other and went down hard, hitting his head.
Petrovski is currently in the Intensive care unit at Sunnybrook hospital after brain surgery and in an induced coma . The next few days are critical!!!
Scott Judges puts it this way and I cannot think of a better phrasing:
"Illya could use as much positive energy and best wishes from as many fellow cyclists as possible."
Ilija Petrovski and Kevin Davis operate a coaching service together iCoachCycling.com
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Thursday night was the annual "Rays on the Runway" event hosted by the Rays' wives held to raise money for the Children's Dream Fund.
Once again, Kyra Hallett was on hand and snapped a ton of pictures for us. You can see more of Kyra's work at her website, KyraHallett.com. And below the pictures, Kyra writes about the experience…
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Rays on the Runway 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012 was the Seventh Annual Rays on the Runway, hosted by the Rays wives benefitting the Children's Dream Fund. It took place at the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Marriott. All 19 Rays that were suppose to show up did. All benefit going to The Children's Dream Fund who helps make dreams come true to children with a life-threatening illness.
The Rays walked in the latest summer fashions from Saks Fifth Avenue. Rays that showed up were: Ben and Julianna Zobrist, BJ Upton and girlfriend Stefanie Bernett, Burke and Sara Badenhop, Carlos and Pamela Pena, Cesar Ramos and girlfriend Melanie McCauley, Derek and Alison Shelton, Elliot and Nicole Johnson, Jake McGee and wife Morgan McNally, James and Ryane Shields, Jeremy Hellickson and girlfriend Natalie Cresta, Jose Lobaton and girlfriend Nina Dominguez, JP and Heather Howell, Luke Scott, Matt Joyce, Matt Moore and girlfriend Anna Orlando, Sam and Sarah Fuld, Sean and Giselle Rodriguez, Wade and Katelyn Davis and Will Rhymes.
There were eight Dream Models that walked the runway with the Rays. The Shields' walkedwith 5-year-old Manny who is undergoing treatment for leukemia. Luke Scott walked with Logan; she is dealing with the effects of a brain tumor. Matt Joyce walked with 15-year-old Taylor; she had brain cancer but at the show they announced she is now cancer free! Will Rhymes walked with Jessica; she was diagnosed with leukemia in 2008 at age 10. BJ Upton and girlfriend Stefanie Bernett walked with King; he has sickle-cell disease. The Rodriguez's walked with 3-year-old Emalie Grace; she was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010. Matt Moore and girlfriend Anna Orlando walked with Jeremy. The Howell's walked with Jesse; he has cystic fibrosis.
After the runway show, they raised money for the dream fund by auctioning each other off. Carlos Pena took over emceeing auctioning players to give out hugs for money and eventually dragged Elliot Johnson into singing who then talked BJ Upton into doing an Usher duet with him. The room went nuts for the duo and donated a lot just to get close to the players.
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Improving equity in health in Germany and supporting health promotion for the socially disadvantaged - those are the principal aims of the nationwide Cooperation Network "Equity in Health". As a group of currently 66 institutions and organisations in health promotion which is always based on the people's socioeconomic status, the Cooperation Network creates the professional framework and supports exchange as the interface between practice, science and the political decision-making level. The Cooperation Network was established in 2003 on the initiative of the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA). The activities of the Cooperation Network focus on four key fields: health promotion in districts, for children, the unemployed, for refugees and the elderly. Since 2011, the municipal partner process "Health for all is our main activity.
A detailed description of the Cooperation Network is now available in English:
Andreas Mielck, Holger Kilian, Frank Lehmann, Antje Richter-Kornweitz, Lotte Kaba-Schönstein (2016): German cooperation-network "equity in health - health promotion in settings. Health Promotion International, doi:10.1093/heapro/daw069.
View the abstract to the article here.
Our cooperation partners are listed here.
The aims of the Cooperation Network are:
- To disseminate Good Practice in Germany - The experience gained in Good Practice projects, programmes and networks offers valuable ideas for the further development of social status-based health promotion.
- To create transparency and make the diversity of practice more visible - All activities in the Network are presented centrally at www.gesundheitliche-chancengleichheit.de. The website contains comprehensive information on social status-based health promotion, references to events, and interactive offers of professional exchange. One essential element of the Internet platform is the nationwide practice database, where more than 2,100 projects, programmes and networks can be searched online.
- To promote regional networking and the exchange of experience - With its Coordination Centres for Equity in Health, the Cooperation Network has an established structure in the Länder. The Centres support the transfer of information between the numerous players in their Federal Länder, as well as collaboration between the Federal and Länder levels. Not least, they also advance quality development in social status-based health promotion.
Municipal strategies for healthy living
Most boys and girls in Germany grow up healthily. However, 15 to 20 percent of children and young people have a poorer state of health, or at least a higher risk of becoming ill (Federal Ministry of Health [Ed.] [2010]: Nationales Gesundheitsziel. Gesund Aufwachsen:Lebenskompetenz, Bewegung, Ernährung. Berlin: 7). These children and young people particularly often live in difficult social conditions. Their environment often lacks stimuli and support for their development. This can have a negative impact on their current and future health from the moment of birth. Health problems due to poverty can accumulate in the course of a lifetime. Particularly serious in this respect is health damage already suffered in the womb or in early childhood (Dragano, N. [2007]: Gesundheitliche Ungleichheit im Lebenslauf, in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 42/2007, p. 18-25.: 19ff).
The municipal partner process "Health for all" brings together municipalities that have set out to implement integrated municipal strategies for promoting the health of children and young people. It supports the health opportunities of socially disadvantaged people in cities, municipalities and rural districts by developing and implementing municipal health strategies.
Many partners gather experience when implementing the Recommendations for Action (download as PDF file), sharing it and using their findings to develop integrated health strategies in their own communities ("prevention chains") for reducing the socially-induced inequality of health opportunities of children and young people.
How does the partner process help?
- Participation in a nationwide exchange between municipalities regarding the development of integrated municipal strategies
- Professional supervision and qualification, e.g. by the Coordination Centres in the Federal Länder
- Opportunity to present own activities in a manner attracting public attention
- Access to, and contact with, important and useful partners
Access to an interdisciplinary knowledge and exchange platform on the subject of developing municipal strategies at www.inforo-online.de/partnerprozess.
Here you can find a collection of our publications in English:
- Our folder Cooperation network "Equity in Health (PDF)
- Sustainably improving the health opportunities of socially disadvantaged children and young people - Recommendations for Action (PDF)
- The Presentation Cooperation Network "Equity in Health" (PDF)
- The Presentation Good Practice Portal "Praxisdatenbank" Germany (PDF)
- The Criteria for Good Practice in Health Promotion (PDF)


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Zodiac is a smart, taut, and engrossing film about the titular, self-named serial killer who terrorized Northern California in the late '60s. The murderer, who was never caught, remains a phantom in David Fincher's drama; the director of Se7en instead focuses his versatile camera on the men whose pursuit of the elusive, taunting psychopath evolves into obsession over the course of years.
After a bang-up opening – Zodiac's second attack – the film enters the newsroom of the San Francisco Chronicle, where crime-beat reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey, Jr.) and editorial cartoonist Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) learn of the killer's bravado letter to the paper. Soon, a murder in San Francisco pulls lead investigator Dave Tosci (Mark Ruffalo) into the vortex. The action follows the three men as they become increasingly consumed while leads dry up, a key suspect appears, and Zodiac mocks the police and the press as the case drags on.Continue Reading


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The agency approved Gilead Sciences' pill Truvada as a preventive measure for people who are at high risk of acquiring HIV through sexual activity, such as those who have HIV-infected partners.
Public health advocates say the approval could help slow the spread of HIV, which has held steady at about 50,000 new infections per year for the last 15 years. An estimated 1.2 million Americans have HIV, which develops into AIDS unless treated with antiviral drugs. With an estimated 240,000 HIV carriers unaware of their status, doctors and patients say new methods are needed to fight the spread of the virus.
Gilead Sciences Inc. has marketed Truvada since 2004 as a treatment for people who are already infected with the virus.
But starting in 2010, studies showed that the drug could actually prevent people from contracting HIV when used as a precautionary measure. A three-year study found that daily doses cut the risk of infection in healthy gay and bisexual men by 42 percent, when accompanied by condoms and counseling.
Last year another study found that Truvada reduced infection by 75 percent in heterosexual couples in which one partner was infected with HIV and the other was not.
Because Truvada is on the market to manage HIV, some doctors already prescribe it as a preventive measure. FDA approval will allow Gilead Sciences to formally market the drug for that use, which could dramatically increase prescribing.
Truvada's groundbreaking preventive ability has exposed disagreements about managing the disease among those in the HIV community. Groups including the AIDS Healthcare Foundation asked the FDA to reject the new indication, saying it could give patients a false sense of security and reduce the use of condoms, the most reliable preventive measure against HIV.
But FDA scientists said Monday said there was no indication from clinical trials that Truvada users were more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior.
"What we found was that condom use increased over time and sexually transmitted infections either remained at baseline levels or decreased," said Dr. Debra Birnkrant, FDA's director of antiviral products. "So in essence, we don't have any strong evidence that condoms were not used or there was a decrease in condom use."
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- Two tribes are bickering over a plot of land. One tribe claims legitimate claims, while the other claims that the land is an ancient and sacred burial ground to their tribe. The players are to convince one of the tribes to allow the other rights to the land. Some members of the losing tribe may not be so happy with it though.
- Iliana is attempting to bring one of the tribes under the Imperial banner. However, the tribes leader wants no part in the Empire, and is doing all he can to emberace Iliana so much that his tribe would see her as a foolish ruler. The players goal is to protect the Queen from any harm coming her way, as well as keep her legitimacy true.
- Two factions within a tribe fight for power over one another. Because of this, violence and rioting has broken out against those of the opposite faction, and the Seekers have taken notice. Now the players must do all they can to convince the two factions to stop their attacks on one another, and to convince one tribe to allow the other rule over the tribe. Of course the players could allow a third, more Imperialistic faction to take control.
Time of the Empire
- The tribe of bone are up to something. They are moving their troops in and out of a cave that desends deep beneath the earth, and when they return from the cave, they carry with them a strange tablet. The Imperial Army wants the players to infiltrate the Tribe of Bones camp, and take the tablet for themselves. But as everyone in Everglow knows, what lies beneath the earth, must remain beneath the Earth...
- The Griffins wish to make their own Empire by conquering Imperial territory. Under the banner of a Grand Warlord, the Griffins are slowly but surely dominating Imperial forces. Imperial intelligence has taken note of how great an asset the Grand Warlord of the Griffins is, and so send the players to take him out.
- A doppleganger has breached the Imperial council, and is descuised as one of Iliana's closest advisors. Steel Prism fears that an assassination may be attempted, and calls on the players to find out who the Doppleganger is, and to take him down before harm to the queen can take place. The again, how does Steel Prism know that the Dopplegangers haven't infiltrated the party?
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"The minds of gods are not for ponies to know or to judge. Accept that Sheila has a place for all of us in her grand plan, and be happy in the part you have to play."
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Two of the most influential men in the National Football League, commissioner Roger Goodell and players' association executive director DeMaurice Smith, are scheduled to speak at a memorial service Saturday for John Mackey, the former Baltimore Colt and Hall of Famer who passed away on July 6.
The 90-minute service, at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles St., begins at 10:30 a.m. and is open to the public.
Mackey, 69, a rugged tight end and onetime head of the NFLPA, died of frontotemporal dementia following a 10-year struggle with the disease. His death occurred during a critical stage of the NFL labor negotiations, one reason why Mackey's memorial service was deferred.
"We wanted [the lockout] to be settled, and people to be settled," said Sylvia Mackey, his widow. "We also wanted time to pass, and for this to be a celebration, not a sorrowful occasion.
"I expect this to be a very dignified and praiseworthy tribute to John."
The service will be conducted by both the Rev. Elijah Mackey, brother of the deceased, and the Rev. Joe Ehrmann, a former Colt defensive tackle who, like Mackey, played at Syracuse. Ehrmann officiated at the wedding of one of Mackey's daughters several years ago.
Others expected to speak include Bill Curry, onetime Colt who succeeded Mackey as NFLPA president in 1973; Floyd Little, a Hall of Fame running back from Syracuse and a longtime friend of Mackey; Ed Garvey, executive director of the players' union during Mackey's tenure; and Kevin Mackey, son of the Hall of Famer.
"John was so other-centered, a remarkable man who led a remarkable life," Ehrmann said. "Hopefully, his accomplishments will cause us all to evaluate ourselves and make new commitments to lead more impactful lives, and to make the world a better place. You have to live with the end in mind."


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Aerodamnics — how the air moves and the way it interacts with objects that are in the air according to Murphy.
1. A piece of buttered bread usually falls to the floor with the buttered side down.
Corollary: The probability of this happening is directly related to the price of the carpet.
2. juice squirting from a grapefruit tends to go directly into one's eyes.
3. A wind always blows out your last match when lighting a campfire.
4. When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.
5. Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner of the workshop.
Corollary: On the way to the corner, any dropped tool will first and always strike your toes.
6. No matter which direction you start, it's always against the wind coming back.
7. The most powerful force in the world is that of a Frisbee disc straining to land under a car, just beyond reach. (The technical term for this force is "car suck".)
8. The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.
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10. If you want a track team to win the high jump you find one person who can jump seven feet, not seven people who can jump one foot.
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Tour: Florida's Limestone Mines
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Please welcome Dave Tamkin to Bitto Bistro. A gifted singer/songwriter currently residing in Boulder, CO. Dave has wonderful energy coupled with remarkable ability and I'm sure you will seek him out again and again after watching him perform. He has created his own unique style of rhythmic- acoustic rock that's based around a fresh musical vision. While touring relentlessly all over the nation, Dave plays over 232 shows a year. He's shared the stage with Guster, The Samples, Rusted Root, Michael Galbicki, Butch Walker, Matt Wertz, Eric Hutchinson, Stroke 9, The Violent Femmes, Fountains of Wayne, Vertical Horizon, Will Hoge, Stephen Kellog and The Sixers, Willy Porter, Freddy Jones Band, Brian Vanderark, Rhett Miller of the Old 97s, and Carbon Leaf to name a few. Tamkin has a style that's hard to resist. His lyrics are unabashedly honest and his passion for playing is undying. He is currently touring nationally solo and plays the mid west with his band.
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Trance is a Pathé, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Film4 presentation of a Cloud Eight/Decibel Films production. The film is produced by Christian Colson (Slumdog Millionaire). Executive producers are Bernard Bellew, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Tessa Ross, Steven Rales and Mark Roybal.


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Friday, July 16, 2010
Yours Truly
14 comments:
- Rene Sharp said...
This is a gorgeous quilt. I am busy with my first ever quilt, and am busy quilting the top as I write this (I needed to give my arms a break!!). I love your blog!
- July 16, 2010 at 7:14 AM
- Belinda said...
I love looking at quilts, and am just now working on my second quilt ever. I have to say though, that this particular quilt grabs me like none I've seen in a long time. They are all beautiful in their own way, but this one....Oh My...it makes my eyes water.
- July 16, 2010 at 7:26 AM
- Emily said...
Oh I love that Chocolate Lolipop fabric! The quilt is amazing!
- July 16, 2010 at 7:51 AM
- P. said...
Wow, there's some great fabric in that quilt! I could stare at it for a long time! The quilting is pretty too. Go Aunt Wendy!
- July 16, 2010 at 9:41 AM
- allsewnup said...
This quilt is delicious. Thank you for sharing with us.
- July 16, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Live a Colorful Life said...
Oh, I so wish I had collected Chocolate Lollipop fabric. This is such a great quilt!
- July 16, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Jessica Kelly said...
Oh I love all the bright colors and contrasting black! That quilting is gorgeous as well!!
- July 16, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Elizabeth said...
That turned out great! I really love it. Thanks so much for sharing.
xo -E
(visiting from Sew & Tell Fridays)
P.S. I love stripey binding too.
- July 16, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Love all those patterns and colors! Your thoughts on dots in binding are funny! Congrats on putting together such a great quilt.
- July 16, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- Miri said...
Beautiful quilt! Lovely bright and cheerful fabrics!
- July 16, 2010 at 4:12 PM
- Ivory Spring said...
Oh, the fabrics are simply GORGEOUS! Your quilt looks stunning.
- July 16, 2010 at 7:46 PM
- SewSara said...
i've seen this in person and it's SOOO (sew) cute!
- July 16, 2010 at 11:53 PM
- Larri said...
Your quilt is just lovely. I could sit and stare at it for hours and still want to look at it some more. Thanks for sharing. Happy Sewing :o)
- July 17, 2010 at 6:08 AM
- Michelle said...
My apologies for being late getting around....
Your quilt is beautiful! I love the colors, and the wildness of it. Makes me feel happy. :-)
- July 18, 2010 at 9:59 AM


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pink or green?
Thank you to everyone for your care & concern for Israel, I really appreciate the kind and wonderful readers I have! I am glad to report that he has had no other reactions since and hopefully never again.
I collected some things from around the house in like colors, I love this pink, it's almost a melon color. But then there's green, so fresh and bright and a very happy group of colors. Which do you prefer?
I finally found a place for that Marimekko fabric I had laying around. I love the pattern and colors so much but I don't want to cut it up so I just stretched it over a canvas and hung it over our bed. For as long as I can remember, we've never had anything hanging over our bed, at least not in this house. It's kind of weird having something in that normally blank space but I actually really like it. The pillow is from RK, hard to choose just one but I don't like having too many pillows so this big one is just perfect.
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SO GOOD! Everything about these photos and your styling!ReplyDelete
Glad to hear Israel hasn't had any reactions again!
Miss you.
love both the green and pink. relieved to hear that Israel hasn't had any more reactions. i am addicted to pillows:-). i have way to many, but the funny thing is i don't like my sofa to be overcrowded with them. nonetheless, i am always buying them. you really do take great pics.ReplyDelete
pink and green do go together! like a watermelon! =]ReplyDelete
sorry to hear that israel wasn't doing so hot! (i'm behind on my blog reading) but i'm glad to hear that he hasn't had any more bad rxns. hopefully, he hustles through it all and has a smile on his face at the end of the day.
I choose pink but I'm biased.ReplyDelete
Definitely the melon pink ! It is so delicate and fresh, I really love it :)ReplyDelete
I am curious to know where you got the pink and black fabric in the
2nd picture, the pattern is pretty rad !
ps: I am glad to know that Israel is fine, little boy !
- elizaFebruary 23, 2012
Pink, definitely. It seems much more to your taste. :)ReplyDelete
i'll take both pink and green please. one for each room :)ReplyDelete
beautiful design photos!
love these colors :)ReplyDelete
Hey Jen, your house is so effortlessley stylish. It is a beautiful space and these pictures are lovely, Jo xReplyDelete
Hi, the canvas above your bed looks great! What a clever idea. xReplyDelete
Hiya this is the first time I have looked at your blog in ages, I love it. Wanted to tell you that your link at the top of your blog to your shop doesn't work. I wish you didn't live in the Sates or I would buy some jewellery! (I live in the UK).ReplyDelete
The fabric looks lovely over your bed! And I love all these colourful accessories as well, the green is very fresh & spring-like :)ReplyDelete
Great pictures again! :ove the pink version most - it's so elegant!ReplyDelete
Love both colors - thanks for an inspiring blog!ReplyDelete
No conocía tu trabajo y me ha gustado descubrirte. Saludos!!ReplyDelete
You take the most beautiful photos. The green is gorgeous.ReplyDelete
the pink seems to fit your space perfectly but i usually love green.ReplyDelete
thanks for the kitty post, it reminded me of our kitty who would go on walks with us but the best part was that she would hide and then pounce out and then run ahead so she could do it again! = ^-^ =
looks like you may have a new kitty ; )
Pink!! Without a doubt.ReplyDelete
pink!! where is that pink/black fabric from??ReplyDelete
I just discovered your blog, your jewels and your pretty home, this is so wonderful ! I really love your pictures and your universe. Beautiful ! xxxReplyDelete
my husband is swedish and I have been looking for an unpainted dala horse like the one in your photos to give him as a gift. could you tell me where you found it? or where I might find one like it? thanks so much!ReplyDelete
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Fall is finally providing some relief after a summer when drought sent half the counties in the United States into disaster status. Images of dry river beds, parched fields and kernel-less corn filled airwaves across the county.
La Plata County saw those same images up close as the Animas River shrunk to near-record lows and crops shriveled in parched fields. Many farmers in the western part of the county faced a summer without irrigation water.
But because of water rights that date back to 1882, Durango's water kept flowing as usual, pumping an average of 128.5 million gallons per month to our thirsty city. That water keeps taps flowing, washing machines running and lawn sprinklers sputtering.
In 2010, each person in Durango used 209 gallons of water per day, down from 232 in 2004.
Commercial users consume 567 million gallons, or about 44 percent of the city's treated water annually. The city's 20 top users are a diverse bunch, from hotels to hospitals, car washes to schools. The top user is Fort Lewis College, followed by Escalante Middle School and the La Plata County Fairgrounds. The list of 20 users was based on September 2010 consumption.
As the largest users, these entities have the ability to conserve on a much larger scale, and many are taking steps to do so. At least four of the city's top treated-water users are pursuing aggressive plans to conserve water in an effort to increase efficiency, save money and preserve an ever-scarcer resource.
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As the city's top user, FLC gulps about 4 million gallons per month.
The treated water is pumped into dorm rooms, flows through the campus' food-preparation facilities and fills the college's swimming pool.
All irrigation and landscape watering uses untreated water from the same source as Hillcrest Golf Course.
Because of a performance audit the college undertook last year, its treated-water consumption is expected to decrease by about 5 million gallons, or about 15 percent annually, said Wayne Kjonaas, the college's director of physical plant services.
During the summer, the college installed low-flow retrofits to all the showers, toilets and water valves in its residence halls. The $334,000 project was part of $9.4 million in energy-efficiency projects the college is pursuing.
Three Leadership for Environmental Development-certified buildings on campus also feature water-efficient appliances, landscaping and irrigation.
Drought-tolerant plants, rainwater harvest and waterless urinals are a few of the best practices featured in Sierra Magazine's latest annual ranking of America's greenest universities. The magazine asked six times more water-related questions than last year, which reflects how "critically important" water issues are today, editor Avital Andrews said.
Installing low-flow toilets, sinks and shower heads also is part of the DoubleTree Hotel's water-conservation efforts. The hotel has implemented numerous resource-efficiency retrofits as part of the silver-level certification it received from Green Seal, a nonprofit third-party certifier. The 159-room hotel is the city's sixth largest water user, consuming about 800,000 gallons monthly, according to the city's 2011 water-efficiency management plan.
The hotel expects to save about a million gallons per year by switching all of its toilets to low-flow models while the sink aerators installed in every guest room conserve a gallon-and-a-half per minute, said Kristin Nielsen, the DoubleTree's director of sales and marketing. Other efforts include $17,000 for new washing machines that will reduce the electricity, chemicals and water use.
The hotel already has lowered its water consumption by 24 percent over the last four years because of water-conservation measures inside and outside the hotel, and Nielson said she would like to get to 35 percent savings in the near future.
The DoubleTree's green practices help the hotel attract business from eco-conscious tour companies and have received numerous compliments from guests, she said.
Keeping the grass green
Three of the top 10 destinations for treated water in Durango are stretches of fields and parks.
Escalante Middle School's 9.8 acres of fields and Buckley Park's 0.8 acre-field consumed about 3 million gallons of water in September 2010.
Buckley's water use is so high because it hosts many events throughout the year, requires more fertilizer and more water to regrow the grass, Mike Chadwick, Durango School District's director of facilities, wrote in an email.
La Plata County used about 1.4 million gallons to keep its 32-acre fairground facility hydrated, which includes watering almost 6 acres of baseball fields, irrigating parking-lot landscaping and pumping water to the buildings on the property.
The county has considered using untreated water for many of those uses in the past, but engineering has bogged down that work thus far, said Mark McKibben the county's director of general services.
The conversation is now back on the table, McKibben said.
"I'm not wild about the fact that we have to use domestic water to do irrigation," he said.
The school district's water usage should start to decrease as the district implements a new smart watering system that adjusts watering volume and times according to the weather, said Julie Popp, the district's spokeswoman.
The computerized systems will control the watering of 18 acres surrounding the district's in-town buildings. Other water-efficiency measures include installation of low-flow sinks, urinals and toilets. The $419,000 project is expected to save about $50,000 annually in water costs throughout the district's in-town schools, Popp said. The project should be finished by the end of the year.
Water lost to the unknown
While water conservation can reduce consumption to a point, a large chunk of the city's water isn't reaching paying customers. About 20 percent of the city's treated water is unaccounted for, stemming from meter inaccuracies, unmetered water and leaking pumps.
The city loses revenue for each drop of water it treats and cannot bill, and in its 2011 water-efficiency management plan, the city cited a "keen" interest on reducing unaccounted water.
The Montezuma Water Co. has successfully reduced its water loss by half over the last 20 years, General Manager Mike Bauer said.
The company, a nonprofit owned by members that covers more than 450 square miles, has reduced the amount of treated water loss from 40 percent to between 10 and 15 percent by monitoring and repairing leaks aggressively, Bauer said.
Aging infrastructure is a pressing issue among utilities across the United States, said Greg Kail, spokesman for the American Water Works Association. The cost of replacing underground water infrastructure across the United States will total more than $1 trillion between now and 2035, according to a report the association published in February.
"In order to meet the coming infrastructure challenge nationwide we're going to have recover the appropriate value we place on our water systems," Kail said. "When we truly understand that value, we'll be in a much better place to invest in the systems in a way that's necessary to maintain them at levels we have come to expect."


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Julia Heinlein opened Vanish Laser Studio in Portsmouth on Jan. 3, 2014, with help from the NH Small Business Development Center (NH SBDC) as part of the state's new Pathway to Work program.
When Julia Heinlein lost her job after the Portsmouth medical practice she worked for closed in the summer of 2013, the licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner with more than six years' experience managing laser services decided it was time to work for herself.
But before opening Vanish Laser Studio in Portsmouth on Jan. 3, 2014, she spent time working with Katherine McCormick, a business counselor with the NH Small Business Development Center (NH SBDC) as part of the state's new Pathway to Work program.
An outreach program of the UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, the NH SBDC, which this year celebrates its 30th year serving the Granite State, has partnered with New Hampshire Employment Security to offer the Pathway to Work program allows eligible out-of-work residents to start their own businesses while continuing to receive unemployment benefits.
N.H. Employment Security identifies eligible candidates, provides orientation and accepts people into the program. NH SBDC helps screen applicants to determine if their business ideas are feasible. It then provides entrepreneurial training, business counseling and technical assistance to participants.
Since Pathway to Work was created by the state in July 2013, the NH SBDC has worked with more than 52 budding entrepreneurs who are Pathway to Work clients, some of whom like Heinlein have already launched businesses.
"Because of Pathway to Work, I was able to continue to do what I love - helping people improve their self-image with cosmetic laser services," Heinlein said. "I am thrilled to open my own studio and provide customized services. I couldn't have done it without the help of my mentor and support of this program. The SBDC reviewed my business plan; helped me forecast cash-flow projections and provides ongoing support."
The NH SBDC and UNH have a long history of assisting entrepreneurs in the Granite State. In the four years prior to the launch of Pathway to Work, NH SBDC business advising helped launch 62 new startups that created 390 new jobs and raised $12.5 million in new capital. According to research conducted by the U.S. Small Business Administration, nationally 80 percent of SBDC-counseled businesses are still in operation, compared to 44 percent of non-assisted businesses.
Recently, Citizens Bank Foundation donated $20,000 to the NH SBDC to support Pathway to Work.
"Citizens Bank is committed to strengthening the communities we serve, and we believe this a great way to help the unemployed not merely find work but actually begin a company of their own. We know that starting a business requires not just determination, but specific knowledge and skills. The SBDC will provide critical resources to ensure that eligible New Hampshire residents launch successful businesses that will contribute to our state's economy," said Joe Carelli, president of Citizens Bank.
To participate in Pathway to Work, an unemployed worker must be eligible to receive regular unemployment compensation, permanently laid off from his or her previous job, identified as likely to exhaust regular unemployment compensation, and engaged full-time in establishing a business and becoming self-employed.
The range of businesses the NH SBDC is working with in the Pathway to Work program is diverse and includes solar panel sales, Internet video production, interior design, photography, a laser studio, a personal trainer, a music school, search optimization for Websites, a winery, engineering and manufacturing, mediation services, a software security service and a cross fit business.
"Through Pathway to Work, New Hampshire is retaining valuable members of our communities - folks who volunteer, participate on town committees, engage in school activities and contribute to the quality of our daily life in the state," said Mary Collins, executive director of the NH SBDC.
"I want to thank Citizens Bank for their support in moving this critical program forward," Collins said. "Their contribution is enabling us to expand Pathway to Work and help today's unemployed not only get back on their feet, but create jobs for others down the road."
The NH SBDC is an outreach program of the UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and a partnership with the State of NH, the US SBA and the private sector.


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GOV.UK can claim all 23 of its central state Ministries have successfully ported over.
Perhaps most important, at least symbolically, is that there now is a cyber version of No. 10 Downing St., the Prime Minister's residence.
The milestone is being celebrated by Francis Maude, Minister in charge of the Cabinet Office, a part of Whitehall that acts as a kind of COO for the public sector in Britain and which is in overall charge of on-going moves to reform the use of technology in government. Maude says he is "proud" to welcome his boss to the new site.
To get to this milestone, says the government, it's published over 50,000 pages of Web content, "weeded out" 116,000 pages and files, and redirected 275,000 government URLs from old sites to their new home on GOV.UK.
[ Should you be concerned about how companies are handling your personal information? Read Consumers Concerned About Online Data Privacy. ]
That doesn't mean that all of GOV.UK's work is done, however. It has 10 more months of work ahead of it, as the official completion date for moving all government websites over is March 2014. Still to go: the bulk of the state's other departments and public bodies, as only 31 of the 300-plus of these have as yet been re-housed. British central government is in fact made up of nearly 400 organizations, each of which continually publishes information in cyberspace about who they are and what they are doing, generating content about policy, issuing publications and announcements and so on. Overall, the state was operating 2,000 separate URLs, according to the reform-minded coalition of Tories and Dems. To rectify the situation, they brought in U.K. digital luminary Martha Lane Fox, who outlined an alternate vision of a more "Amazon style" single-Web home for all activities that could be run much more efficiently. Fox says the move will save at least £50 million ($88 million) in annual running costs across government.
The even bigger prize, though, is still considered to be the switch to Digital by Default, the government's program to shift the vast majority of citizen-state interactions -- whether that be to register a birth, renew a driving license, pay taxes or claim a benefit – from face, phone or post to online. "We are designing online services that put those needs first and make it easier to do things," said Mike Bracken, executive director for Government Digital Services, the unit that is both populating GOV.UK and also spearheading Digital by Default. "GOV.UK represents world-class public service delivery and a fundamental improvement in the way users interact with government."
Maude is convinced that the shift in citizen-state interactions to online could save billions, despite critics who say not everyone in the country either has or wants access to the Internet. This issues could come into much sharper focus later this year with the move to Universal Credit, the attempt to push all the U.K's myriad of benefits and welfare schemes into just one, primarily accessed by computer.


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Louisville led by Lehr
The Bisons saw why Justin Lehr had the most wins in the league on Monday night. The right hander surrendered just one run over eight innings versus the Bisons during at 5-1 Bats win to start the series.
At the plate for the Herd, Chip Ambres and Jesus Feliciano both had two hits. Bisons and Bats square off tomorrow night at 7:05 for game two of the four game set.


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Although the information that can be crammed into a genome is remarkably complex, the molecule underlying it all obeys remarkably simple rules. In every creature we've studied, there are four bases that always pair the same way: A with T, and G with C. These combinations are dictated by basic chemistry. The two pairings form different numbers of hydrogen bonds but keep the spacing between the two strands of DNA constant.
But synthetic chemists haven't been willing to sit still and accept what nature has given them. It's possible to come up with a variety of similarly shaped molecules that can pair up in a way that keeps the spacing of DNA constant but forms base pairs that are physically distinct from those of A, T, C, and G. In many cases, the enzymes that copy DNA don't really care about the precise chemical details; as long as there's a successful base pairing, they'll incorporate it into the DNA.
As a result, biochemists have managed to build DNA and RNA with a variety of synthetic bases and get enzymes to work with them—at least in test tubes. Getting these synthetic bases into a cell and fully incorporated into the processes that keep the cell dividing has been a significantly larger challenge. But now, researchers have reported that they've gotten bacteria to maintain a small piece of DNA that includes these synthetic bases. The work is a bit limited, but it's an important proof-of-principle.
The new paper, released by Nature today, uses the synthetic bases shown at top. Rather than hydrogen bonding to keep the two strands of DNA together, these strands nestle up against each other through hydrophobic interactions. (Their close spacing allows both to have larger, two-ringed structures; normal base pairs involve one two-ring base paired with a single-ringed base.)
As is often the case, this work grew out of an earlier, failed attempt to get these bases into bacteria. The original idea was that these bases are hydrophobic enough to work their way across a cell's membrane. So you could just put some in the media in which you're growing your cells, and the bases would get inside and be used by the normal DNA metabolism.
Great idea, but it didn't actually work. The authors stuck with the same bases as they tried something different, though: testing out a bunch of different transport proteins that normally act to pull bases across membranes. The researchers eventually found some proteins from algae that worked. Normally, these transport proteins sit on the membrane of the chloroplast and pull bases in from the rest of the cell, but it turns out that they could also work when they were sitting on the outer cell membrane and pulling bases in from the environment.
Once the researchers got the bases inside the bacterial cell, it was largely a matter of synthesizing some DNA that included the synthetic bases and putting that in the bacteria as well.
The process of copying DNA normally involves several different enzymes, and the authors had only tested the synthetic bases with the one that does repair and cleanup of the main replication process. So they targeted their synthetic bases to a region they knew would be involved in cleanup. After letting the bacteria divide multiple times, they went back and looked at the region containing the synthetic bases and showed that it was successfully copied multiple times with well over 99 percent fidelity. Their bacteria were using artificial base pairs.
This is clearly an intermediate step in a much larger project. The next step will be testing whether these synthetic bases also work with the main DNA copying enzyme, which would allow them to be used much more widely. After that, you'd want to start getting them incorporated into RNA as well, which would eventually allow us to expand the genetic code.
The nice thing about this is that there are multiple pathways that could lead to success. If these particular bases don't work especially well with other DNA- and RNA-copying enzymes, researchers could always try some of the other synthetic bases that chemists have dreamed up; the transporters used in this research seem to be pretty flexible about what they'd import. Alternately, the DNA- and RNA-copying enzymes are pretty well studied, and we know of a number of mutations that decrease their finickiness. Introducing these mutations may help the bacteria use the synthetic bases more widely.
Finally, it should be possible to just stick these bases in a bacterial strain that's prone to mutations, then try to force the bacteria to use them. Whatever grows out has a reasonable chance of using the synthetic bases.
The new work isn't the end of the story, but it's a key indicator of progress, and the approach used makes me optimistic that it won't be a dead end.
Nature, 2014. DOI: 10.1038/nature13314 (About DOIs).


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