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After House Votes to Stop New Rule Requiring Such Advice, AARP Survey Shows Over 9 in 10 Want Trustworthy Advice on Retirement SavingsEditor's Note: As repercussions to the DOL Fiduciary Rule continue to echo, and as our industry attempts to reassert the critical role it plays in the retirement advisory process, other opinions are emerging, some with sobering implications for the job that we do in the planning process. We offer these for your consideration, and welcome and encourage your response.
WASHINGTON, May 13 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today AARP released survey results that show 9 in 10 Americans agree with the recently announced US Department of Labor (DOL) rule that will require professional retirement plan advice to be in a client's best interest.
The survey comes as the US House of Representatives voted at the end of April to stop protections for retirement investors that require best interest advice. The rule, finalized at the beginning of April, is expected to save middle-class families billions of dollars per year.
"Americans have been losing billions of dollars every year receiving retirement savings advice from financial advisors not committed to giving recommendations in their clients' own best interest," said AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond. "It's telling that while all seem to publicly agree with this standard, many still want to stop this rule from going in to effect next year.
What they think:
Of the current or past retirement savings account holders surveyed:
- 88% believe it important that professional financial advisors give advice in the best interest of their clients. This includes an overwhelming majority of those who have (92%) and have not (79%) received financial advice.
- 91% agree with the DOL rule that requires professional financial advice to be in a client's best interest.
- 80% have received professional financial advice in the past or expect to receive such advice in the future.
- Across income levels, large majorities of consumers have received or expect to receive financial advice including:
- 91% of those with annual household incomes of $75,000 or more
- 78% of those with annual household incomes of $50,000 to $74,999
- 72% of those with annual household incomes of $25,000 to $49,999
- 66% of those with annual household incomes of less than $25,000
Excerpts from the DOL Fact Sheet addressing 'conflicts of interest in retirement advice'
- Summary
Since 1974, when Congress enacted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Department of Labor ('DOL' or 'Department') has worked to protect America's tax-preferred retirement savings. In the ensuing decades, there has been a dramatic shift in the retirement savings marketplace from employer-sponsored defined benefit plans to participant-directed 401(k) plans, coupled with the widespread growth in assets in Individual Retirement Accounts and Annuities (IRAs). When the basic rules governing retirement investment advice were created in 1975, 401(k) plans did not exist and IRAs had just been authorized. These rules have not been meaningfully changed since 1975.
The changes in the retirement landscape over the last 40 years have increased the importance of sound investment advice for workers and their families. While many advisers do act in their customers' best interest, not everyone is legally obligated to do so. Many investment professionals, consultants, brokers, insurance agents and other advisers operate within compensation structures that are misaligned with their customers' interests and often create strong incentives to steer customers into particular investment products. These conflicts of interest do not always have to be disclosed and advisers have limited liability under federal pension law for any harms resulting from the advice they provide to plan sponsors and retirement investors. These harms include the loss of billions of dollars a year for retirement investors in the form of eroded plan and IRA investment results, often after rollovers out of ERISA-protected plans and into IRAs.
The Department's conflict of interest final rule and related exemptions will protect investors by requiring all who provide retirement investment advice to plans and IRAs to abide by a "fiduciary" standard—putting their clients' best interest before their own profits. This final rulemaking fulfills the Department's mission to protect, educate, and empower retirement investors as they face important choices in saving for retirement in their IRAs and employee benefit plans.
- Background
Beginning in 2009, the Department of Labor undertook a multi-year regulatory project to address the problems with conflicts of interest in investment advice, balancing the need to better protect retirement savings while minimizing disruptions to the many good practices and good advice that the industry provides today.
From the outset, the project involved significant input from interested stakeholders, including two separate proposals published for public comment in 2010 and 2015. The Department held multi-day public hearings on the 2010 and 2015 proposals, hundreds of individual meetings with a wide range of stakeholders, and published the public comments and hearing transcripts on the DOL website. Thousands of comments and petitions came from consumer groups, plan sponsors, financial services companies, academics, elected government officials, trade and industry associations, and others, both in support of and in opposition to the proposals.
After careful consideration of the issues raised by the written comments, hearing testimony, and the extensive public record, the Department is adopting a final rule and related final exemptions. The final rule defines who is a fiduciary investment adviser, while accompanying prohibited transaction class exemptions allow certain broker-dealers, insurance agents and others that act as investment advice fiduciaries to continue to receive a variety of common forms of compensation as long as they are willing to adhere to standards aimed at ensuring that their advice is impartial and in the best interest of their customers. The rulemaking package also includes a regulatory impact analysis which demonstrates the monetary harm caused to retirement investors from conflicted advice and the gains that will result from the rule.It's telling that while all seem to publicly agree with this standard, many still want to stop this rule from going in to effect next year
Going forward, those that provide investment advice to plans, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, plan participants, beneficiaries and IRAs and IRA owners must either avoid payments that create conflicts of interest or comply with the protective terms of an exemption issued by the Department. Under new exemptions adopted with the rule, firms will be obligated to acknowledge their status and the status of their individual advisers as "fiduciaries." Firms and advisers will be required to make prudent investment recommendations without regard to their own interests, or the interests of those other than the customer; charge only reasonable compensation; and make no misrepresentations to their customers regarding recommended investments. Together, the rule and exemptions impose basic standards of professional conduct that are intended to address an annual loss of billions of dollars to ordinary retirement investors as a result of conflicted advice.
For more details about changes made from the 2015 proposed regulatory package to the final rule and exemptions, refer to the "Chart Illustrating Changes from Department of Labor's 2015 Conflict of Interest Proposal to Final."
- What Is Covered Investment Advice Under the Rule?
The rule describes the kinds of communications that would constitute investment advice and then describes the types of relationships in which those communications would give rise to fiduciary investment advice responsibilities.
Covered investment advice is defined as a recommendation to a plan, plan fiduciary, plan participant and beneficiary and IRA owner for a fee or other compensation, direct or indirect, as to the advisability of buying, holding, selling or exchanging securities or other investment property, including recommendations as to the investment of securities or other property after the securities or other property are rolled over or distributed from a plan or IRA.
Covered investment advice also includes recommendations as to the management of securities or other investment property, including, among other things, recommendations on investment policies or strategies, portfolio composition, selection of other persons to provide investment advice or investment management services, selection of investment account arrangements (e.g., brokerage versus advisory); or recommendations with respect to rollovers, transfers, or distributions from a plan or IRA, including whether, in what amount, in what form, and to what destination such a rollover, transfer, or distribution should be made.
Under the final rule, the fundamental threshold element in establishing the existence of fiduciary investment advice is whether a "recommendation" occurred. A "recommendation" is a communication that, based on its content, context, and presentation, would reasonably be viewed as a suggestion that the advice recipient engage in or refrain from taking a particular course of action. The more individually tailored the communication is to a specific advice recipient or recipients, the more likely the communication will be viewed as a recommendation. The Department has taken an approach to defining "recommendation" that is consistent with and based upon the approach taken by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the independent regulatory authority of the broker-dealer industry, subject to the oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The types of relationships that must exist for such recommendations to give rise to fiduciary investment advice responsibilities include recommendations made either directly or indirectly (e.g. through or together with any affiliate) by a person who:
– Represents or acknowledges that they are acting as a fiduciary within the meaning of ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code (Code);
– Renders advice pursuant to a written or verbal agreement, arrangement or understanding that the advice is based on the particular investment needs of the advice recipient; or
– Directs the advice to a specific recipient or recipients regarding the advisability of a particular investment or management decision with respect to securities or other investment property of the plan or IRA.
The recommendation must be provided in exchange for a "fee or other compensation." "Fee or other compensation, direct or indirect" means any explicit fee or compensation for the advice received by the person (or by an affiliate) from any source, and any other fee or compensation received from any source in connection with or as a result of the recommended purchase or sale of a security or the provision of investment advice services including, though not limited to, such things as commissions, loads, finder's fees, and revenue sharing payments. A fee or compensation is paid "in connection with or as a result of" such transaction or service if the fee or compensation would not have been paid but for the transaction or service or if eligibility for or the amount of the fee or compensation is based in whole or in part on the transaction or service.
Read the entire report here.
This survey was conducted for AARP via telephone by SSRS, an independent research company. Interviews were completed from April 8 through April 17, 2016 among a nationally representative sample of 1,007 adults ages 25 and older who currently have–or who have had in the past—a retirement savings account. Respondents were reached on landlines and cell phones, with 60% of the interviews completed on cell phones and the remaining 40% on landlines. The margin of error among all 1,007 respondents is +/- 3.7% at the 95% confidence level.
For more AARP resources and information on the impact of legislation that would seek to destroy advice in the best interest of Americans trying to save for retirement, full survey results may be found here.
About AARP
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a membership of nearly 38 million that helps people turn their goals and dreams into 'Real Possibilities' by changing the way America defines aging. With staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, AARP works to strengthen communities and promote the issues that matter most to families such as healthcare security, financial security and personal fulfillment. AARP also advocates for individuals in the marketplace by selecting products and services of high quality and value to carry the AARP name. As a trusted source for news and information, AARP produces the world's largest circulation magazine, AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to political campaigns or candidates. To learn more, visit www.aarp.org or follow @aarp and our CEO @JoAnn_Jenkins on Twitter.


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How I found my love of local
Feel free to scroll straight down to the list if you just want to cut to the chase. If you're of a certain age, you'll appreciate how the word 'local' has come full circle back into being in fashion and desirable. When I was growing up, I had some sense that local was last thing I wanted. I was keen to escape what seemed to be a very boring place. Local pubs seemed miserable places where conversation stopped when someone new entered. And of course, if you've ever watched the darkly satirical comedy, The League Gentlemen, the "local shop for local people" was definitely to be avoided. Local, at least for me, was associated with small-minded and inward looking. And that was the last thing I wanted to be.
Somewhere along the line, the connotations of local changed for me. Maybe I just got older and wiser, but I feel like local had a revival. Maybe the narrative of the 1980s and 90s that bigger equalled better just eventually wore a bit thin. Perhaps we finally appreciated if globalisation equals homogenisation then everywhere just feels bland and boring. But something changed. Local is no longer associated with stale, parochial and provincial. Today's local is dynamic and cosmopolitan. Today's local is also inclusive. When I talk about how much love Derbyshire I mean a contemporary, multicultural, vibrant Derbyshire.
I'd also like to stress it's not about being perfect or having unreasonably high standards. We still get a weekly 'big shop' from Tesco, I often grab a Starbucks on the way to work and my husband makes very good use of his Amazon Prime account, so we definitely aren't 'purists' about this. But, I do try to support local when I can. And I feel good about every single purchase.
Anyway, enough waffle! Let's get down to the reasons why you should shop local when you can.
Shop Local – 7 Reasons to Support Local & Independent
Good for the local economy
Shopping local creates jobs, keeps people in work and keeps businesses running. Local businesses tend to hire local people. Every pound spent in the local economy tends to circulate longer within it. A great example of a company who pride themselves on this is Alfreton based, Just Jigsaws. All their machine parts are manufactured in Alfreton, prints and corrugated cartons are manufactured in Derbyshire, all the timber is sourced in the Midlands and all their boxes are manufactured in nearby Leicester. So buying one of their high quality jigsaws doesn't just support them but all of their local suppliers too. Another great example is Design 44 located in Derbion (the new name for Derby's Intu centre). The design led gift and eco store showcases over 50 independent businesses, many of them local.
Environmentally friendly
Buying locally grown and made products is simply better for the environment. Let's take fruit and vegetables. Seasonal, locally grown fruit and veg is infinitely better than anything that has travelled halfway across the world, likely packaged in single use plastic and sold in supermarkets. It's a no brainer that it has less food miles. The same is true of dairy and meat. I love supporting our local milkman, knowing that the milk comes from nearby farms and that the glass bottles drastically reduce the plastic waste we have created. If you're interested in supporting local eco businesses, read about six great ones here.
Better service
The trouble with the big faceless chains is that often the service is mediocre at best. Often people aren't paid well enough to truly care about the service they're providing. Compare that to a family run, local business who instinctively just take more pride in what they're doing. Many of the local businesses I know pride themselves on getting to know their customers and that results in friendlier, more personalised service. And if you've ever been caught in the vicious circle of computerised 'customer service' systems where you just go round and round pressing 1 for this and 2 for that, you'll appreciate that sometimes it's better to just to talk to an actual human being who knows what's what.
Responsive and customer focused
My favourite local businesses have one thing in common, they're responsive and customer focused. We've all heard the old adage about putting customers first, but how often do the big chains actually do this? I love how innovative many small businesses have been. I'm sure they're all sick to the back teeth of having to 'pivot' this crazy year. But that's what successful operations do. They flex and change to supply demand. Want to click and collect? Or get local delivery? If customers want to order via WhatsApp or an Instagram DM and they can accommodate that, great! Everyone's happy. Let's Taco 'Bout It is a great example of a business model that works well to meet customers' habits. Read more about them here.
Better quality
When I think of the local shops I know and love, what they all have in common is the exceptionally good quality of the products they sell. Whether that's a local farm shop (read about my favourites here) and the delicious foodie treats or the freshly baked bread from your local bakery, often the quality is simply better in local shops and independent retailers.
Keeps our high streets interesting and vibrant
In my mind there is nothing more depressing than the homogenisation of British high streets. Who wants the same bland serving everywhere they go? I certainly don't. I want to soak in the local character, and enjoy whatever's great about that place, and then enjoy the difference when I go somewhere new. Derby's Saddler Gate, Chesterfield's Chatsworth Road and Dale Road in Matlock are just three excellent places for independent shops.
Strengthens communities
Shopping locally helps forge strong, united communities. We've seen this first hand during the hardships of the last year. When the supermarkets struggled to cope with panic buying, local businesses rose to the challenge. Increasingly, communities might operate digitally. But those fundamental aspects of human interaction remain unchanged. People helping other people.


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The U.K. may officially fall into recession earlier than forecast due to the impact of the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, economists say.
U.K. gross domestic product weakened 0.1% in the second quarter, due ironically to the extra celebrations for the Queen's Platinum jubilee. Now that there's an extra bank holiday on Sept. 19, the day of the Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, output also may be impacted.
The Office for National Statistics on Monday reported that GDP in July rose 0.2%, after a 0.6% fall in June. The rolling quarterly rate of growth was zero, "which is around where it has been for the past four months now," said George Buckley, chief U.K. economist at Nomura.
"The announcement of another bank holiday on Sept. 19 could also dampen GDP at the margin, over and above the recession we already expect over the coming year," he added.
Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec in London, made a similar point. "Since GDP suffered a minor contraction in Q2, this would imply that the economy is in a recession, albeit largely influenced by additional public holidays. While this is not our baseline case, we would not rule this out, especially if the subdued mood of the nation results in a dip in spending across the period of mourning," he said.
There's already been sporadic closures of businesses, with some sporting events, most notably soccer games, cancelled.
The U.K. is struggling in face of surging inflation, with consumer prices jumping to a 40-year high of 10.1% year-over-year in July. The average family has £40 ($46) less per week to spend in July, a decline of 16.5%, according to estimates from U.K. supermarket chain Asda. New Prime Minister Liz Truss has pledged to cap rising energy bills in what could cost over £100 billion over the next two years.
"We are tending to the view that the sheer scale of the energy package will help to avert a recession at the turn of the year. But our main concern continues to be that fiscal support to the economy now implies that a more aggressive stance of monetary policy is required to subdue inflation pressures," said Shaw.


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I only "like" tweets that I want to follow up on. For example, when someone tweets a new podcast I'll "like" it as a reminder to listen to it later.
Before today, I would have to go to my "Liked Tweets" page on Twitter to find my likes and then take action on them. But there's no way to remove a tweet from that list and I don't want to "Unlike" them.
I recently started using the Microsoft To-Do app, which is the best To-Do app I've ever used, not just saying that because I work at Microsoft. It's really great. Follow them on Twitter @MicrosoftTo-Do
It would be AWESOME if To-Do was integrated with Twitter directly, but it isn't. Hence the following hackery.
You can, however, connect iOS Reminders to To-Do, so you can add tasks to To-Do via Siri like so: "Hey Siri, remind me to buy tacos for James"
Here's where IFTTT comes in:
IFTTT has a Twitter: "When I like a tweet…" action and a "Create an iOS Reminder" action service.
So, the flow is this:
- I like a tweet
- IFTTT sees that like and creates an iOS Reminder
- Microsoft To-Do reads that iOS Reminder and creates a To-Do Task
So, with a custom "IFTTT Applet" I now have a way to follow up on my Twitter likes!
Here's what you need to do to set this up.
Install the Microsoft To-Do app.
Enable iOS Reminder and To-Do Integration
- Add your email account to the iOS device
- Go to Settings -> Reminders and select the Default List from your email account
- Add your email account to the iOS device
Install the IFTTT app.
- When the app loads it will ask you to enable reminder integration. Select OK.
- When the app loads it will ask you to enable reminder integration. Select OK.
Create new IFTTT.com applet. Here's My Applet
- Click My Applets -> New Applet
- Choose Twitter as your service.
- Select "New liked tweet by you"
- Choose "iOS Reminders" action service
- Choose "Add reminder to list"
I use the following settings:
- Reminder = Twitter {{LinkToTweet}} (I did try various settings here and this was the one that consistently worked. It did not work anytime I included {{Text}})
- List Name = Tasks (which is the same as the iOS Reminder default reminder list in iOS Settings->Reminders)
5. Click "Create action"
Go to Twitter…like Tweets and watch them stream right into To-Do…although there will be a delay based on how frequent IFTTT polls for likes.
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"The term "corned beef", as you have probably guessed, has nothing to do with corn. A logical conclusion would be that it is seasoned with peppercorns, but that's not the case, either. The secret is that in medieval times, "corn" was a description of salt when in a large-grain form. So really, it just meant salted beef, which is a process that has been around for thousands of years. The specific term "corned beef" is traced as far back as the 11th century in Ireland (600 years after St. Patrick was around, by the way)."
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Inaugural BeltLine MarketPlace program advances strategies to create, preserve, and catalyze affordable commercial space around the BeltLine loop
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) and The Village Market (TVM) announced today that the companies will be joining forces to launch BeltLine MarketPlace. This pilot program will provide new, affordable commercial opportunities for up to six (6) local, Black-owned businesses with storefronts directly on the multi-use trail as part of ABI's first small business incubator.
Supported by a $750,000 grant from the Kendeda Fund, this pilot program will connect communities like never before. Architecturally-designed, artistic shipping containers and possible food trucks will pop-up in two locations along the Westside and Eastside Trails as part of this pilot program, giving entrepreneurs direct access to the Atlanta BeltLine's roughly two million annual visitors. In addition to providing fully built-out commercial spaces at an affordable rate, ABI is committed to a unique partnership with The Village Market to provide the entrepreneurs full wrap-around services before, during, and after the inaugural season from late spring/early summer to November 2022.
"With new funding, ABI is developing and advancing commercial affordability strategies aimed at stabilizing, preserving, and creating affordable spaces so that Black-owned, legacy, small, and local business can grow and flourish around the 22-mile loop," says Clyde Higgs, President and CEO of Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. "Providing access to the well-traveled BeltLine corridor is one avenue to connect businesses with new economic opportunities."
Through living its signature phrase, "Support is a Verb," The Village Market connects Black-owned businesses to dedicated community partners, like ABI, as a way to tackle racial wealth gap issues. BeltLine MarketPlace is one strategy targeted towards closing the wealth gap between Black-owned businesses and other minority- and white-owned businesses. According to the Prosperity Now report, Atlanta's Black businesses are valued at $58,085 compared to Latinx businesses at $457,877 and white businesses at $658,264. Additionally, 92% of Black-owned firms reported experiencing financial challenges since COVID-19 and only 43% received all PPP funding requested, compared to 79% of white-owned firms, according to the Federal Reserve Bank.
"This collaboration ensures economic mobility, accessibility, and a progressive way forward as the BeltLine begins to nurture relationships with local, independently owned, Black-owned businesses that have been displaced due to the surge in commercial rents. It's imperative that local, Black-owned businesses can stay in the communities where they have always been – sharing in economic prosperity," says Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon, Founder and CEO of The Village Market.
"The Kendeda Fund is honored to support the Beltline MarketPlace program, a public-private partnership that holds huge potential for expanding opportunities for Black business in Atlanta," said Tene Traylor. "Too often, accessing the capital needed to secure retail space can be an insurmountable barrier for small business owners. If our investment can lower those barriers for Black entrepreneurs even a little, then it will have made a difference."
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly half of small businesses succeed past five years. Studies have shown that some of the biggest barriers to success for Black entrepreneurs is access to capital, resources, and expertise; access to customers; and rising lease rates. BeltLine MarketPlace is removing these barriers by absorbing the cost of building out the space, by locating businesses directly on the Atlanta BeltLine, and providing affordable lease rates that are below market.
Potential businesses could include retail, soft goods, food-based, or arts-centered ventures. They will operate out of the containers or on an adjacent food truck pad seasonally from spring to the end of November. The commercial spaces are being implemented by Atelier 7, a Black-owned architectural design firm and leading local expert specializing in shipping container, modular systems, and pre-fab building systems for bespoke mixed-use, residential, and adaptive reuse projects.
Taking into account lessons learned from the pilot, BeltLine MarketPlace anticipates growing in scope to include businesses of all backgrounds and more locations around the Atlanta BeltLine loop. Dedicated funding from the Kendeda Fund will enable scaling as part of the grant. As the program is scaled, it will become an opportunity for entrepreneurs to gain immediate access to BeltLine foot traffic to launch a new product; for existing businesses to test new products and services; for southside and westside businesses to gain new markets and awareness on the eastside for their brands; and for residents on the southside and westside to have access to new amenities in their communities.
Applications for the BeltLine MarketPlace are now open. Interested businesses should apply at www.beltline.org/marketplace. Applications are due April 15, 2022 with the opening of the pilot program anticipated in late spring/early summer.


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The #FeesMustFall movement focused on the financial struggles of historically disadvantaged black students in South Africa. However, if decolonisation is to go beyond national boundaries and to incorporate pan-African visions fees must fall, not only in South Africa, but also for international students. Yet, international students and their financial situations are often overlooked in discussions over fees as they are seen as foreigners, or as privileged and seeking to reproduce advantage through international study. Although international fees cross-subsidise national students, international students are seen as an export category rather than at the level of the individual, so that the actual costs of study to the students is often ignored. This paper addresses that gap by examining how international distance education students studying at the University of South Africa (UNISA) navigate fees. We draw upon students' narratives to highlight the proactive and reactive agency they deploy to afford and manage fee payments. These quieter registers of everyday agency around fees demonstrate the entanglement of national and international fees in higher education. In particular, we suggest that focusing on international student fees raises important questions about whether lowering fees for higher education students, one part of the decolonisation agenda, should be contained within national borders.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Blog Tour
I enjoy designing blocks, but I never know if a new one is any good until I've played with it a bit to see what it can do.
So I'm going to play with this block.
Every block has the potential to be many different things. I never assume that a block can only be used one way. I hope you don't either.
What are your impressions of the blog tour? Leave a comment below and on 10 November your name will be entered into a draw to win a free copy of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazine.
To see what other designers who have blocks in the magazine have to offer go to Quilty Pleasures.
190 comments:
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 12:25 AM
Love the one with corners!ReplyDelete
Also love the line ...
"Every block has the potential to be many different things."
Judy B
I like the ideas!ReplyDelete
What a versatile block.ReplyDelete
During blog tour I can see many different block, settings, whole quilts, which is not in the magazine. Good addition for us. Thank you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 1:15 AM
Designing quilts is easy???? I complained about the price of quilt patterns until I started desgining my son's college graduation quilt myself--what a mess I've created! I've certainly changed my mind. The Designers deserve every penny they get!ReplyDelete
The blogs are all so different! I guess like the quilters themselves!
Wow! Truely amazing how one block can have such different end results and all very effective.ReplyDelete
I'm thoroughly enjoying finding new and wonderful designers.
Love this block - so many different potential patterns with it. This blog tour has taken me to many many blogs I've never seen before.ReplyDelete
Very impressive!! Definitely a page to bookmark for a closer look later, when I have time to play with some fabric!! I love blog tours, esp. the 100 Blocks Blog Tour. It gives me the opportunity to visit new sites and expand my horizons!!ReplyDelete
I enjoyed seeing so many amazing blocks :)ReplyDelete
I've always enjoyed the blog tour for the blocks - always nice to see what other quilters are up to.ReplyDelete
Your block is so neat - I love the many ways it can be used!
Love the block tour and the opportunity to preview the blocks from the magazine and to discover new blogs. I love how your block looks so different in the varied settings!ReplyDelete
I have visited your blog a couple of times. I love what you do with the "what if...". And taking a basic block and just tweaking it a little creates so many interesting possiblities. Thanks for the new way of looking at things. JoanneReplyDelete
Great block and so many possibilities! Love it! The tour is great and I enjoy to discover the designers of the blocks.ReplyDelete
The impression I'm getting is of generous people who are so ready to share and encourage othersReplyDelete
Ok, I am in love....so many way cool options - I have to bookmark your blog - feeling the love!ReplyDelete
I love the MOTION in your quilt block. I love seeing all of the different colorways and setting options for the blocks on the tour....lots of fun and motivational!ReplyDelete
sao in Midlothian, VA
Love your block - thanks for sharing so many different ways to use it. Really enjoying the blog tour - learning about what inspires folks to design their blocks. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
It is amazing how much potential is contained in one quilt block. Your post illustrates this perfectly! I especially love the layout with the mirror images. You could do some amazing quilting in the double bar regions. Thanks for the inspiring post and for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing the setting options. As a fairly new quilter, I find myself often just doing straight settings. You give me the inspiration to push my envelope.ReplyDelete
What a fantastic block! Love all the different layout possibilities!ReplyDelete
You are amazing. I'm learning so much from you.ReplyDelete
Супер! Я люблю играть с блоками в своих работах!ReplyDelete
This block is really a great block! And the ways you have played with it just makes all kinds of different quilts from almost the same blocks! Great blog! I have sen so many different blocks and gotten new bloggers to go to. I'm a new follower of you now!ReplyDelete
Great block!! So versatile!ReplyDelete
I'm really loving this blog tour - I'm finding lots of new (to me) blogs!
I love everything about the Blog Tour...so much inspiration! I love the versatility of your block....so much interest! Thanks for a chance at the give-away!ReplyDelete
mgw070 at shaw dot ca
Oh my goodness! I'm loving the inspirations you provided for this block! It is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
My impressions are that a simple block can be gorgeous put together with either same block, another block, or a simple square piece of fabric. Many posts showed this; but, yours really impressed me on this. I just need to experiment!
Pretty Cool!! Love the way you played with the design! Interesting!!ReplyDelete
Some are nice. Some not so much. But I'm enjoying all the new faces.ReplyDelete
I absolutely love your different layouts. I am going to keep this site bookmarked!ReplyDelete
So many options!! And all give such different look! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I have enjoyed seeing the versatility in many of the designs. Some are just cute, but not something I would make. But others - oh my poorer wallet!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 7:17 AM
Oh I like this block and what you did with it! Congrats and thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I love the blog tour because it gives the designers a chance to show the versatility of their block. many show in different settings or colors. I do think your block wins for variety of options. Thought provoking.ReplyDelete
Love the color combinations you used! Congrats on a great block!!!!!! I love the additional layouts you showed us, especially the last layout! Wonderful! I had no idea one block could show so much movement :)ReplyDelete
Awesome block! I love all the different secondary patterns.ReplyDelete
The blog tour is fun because it exposes one to designers one may not have seen before.
what a stunning block, love the different settings. Having a great time on the tour, meeting lots of great artists/designers and learnig lots/ReplyDelete
Wow! that is an awesome block. I might have to give this one a try. I love these magazines. I am impressed by all the creative blocks people come up with.ReplyDelete
WOW. I love all the possibilities of just one block. All the designers on this blog tour are wonderful, so much talent.ReplyDelete
I like the first idea the best. I have liked the idea of creating a block that has a secondary design to it. Your color combinations are very striking to this block design and that is what makes the secondary design pop. Thank you for taking the time out to join in the Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 6 and giving us all a chance to win this priceless magazine.ReplyDelete
Sandi T.
Such interesting geometry! The blog tour is mind-boggling in its diversity!ReplyDelete
Love your block. Very Celtic looking.ReplyDelete
You have designed a very versatile block! I am in love with designs 3 and 4. I have really enjoyed the blog tour so far and have bookmarked many blogs to return to. Thank you for the opportunity to win the edition.ReplyDelete
I like your Indian Cabins block. You are really an inspiration to us all to get our thinking caps on and try designing blocks.ReplyDelete
Hello. It's great to meet you. I really enjoyed your post. All the different combinations you did with your block look like mazes to me. I'm just stopping by to say "hello". Don't include me in the giveaway, I'm on the tour too. Have a super day!ReplyDelete
The lines on your block create such a strong path --- I really enjoyed seeing some of the possibilities. Would be hard pressed to make a decision. Am trying to imagine what would happen if the colors changed --- all kinds of thoughts have been stimulated. I like getting some insight into the quilt designers that following this blog hop has allowed.ReplyDelete
So many possibilities with your block! I can't believe all the variations possible! Great block!!ReplyDelete
I love every Blog Tour. There is such a variety of quilting perspectives. I always learn or re-learn something new. When I looked at your block, I re-learned how much I like the simple, uncomplicated palette.ReplyDelete
I love your block. I always enjoy a block that can create a whole different quilt just by the layout. I am enjoying the hop, getting to meet some new designers. ANd such wonderful inspiration.ReplyDelete
Great block and wonderful to get a taste of the possibilities lurking!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness! It is amazing how just changing the layout, changes up this quilt!! It is fabulous!!!!ReplyDelete
Wonderful block and lots of possibilities. I am enjoying the hop and seeing all of the blocks, fun to have so many to mix and match for all types of quilts and variations.ReplyDelete
I really enjoy the blog tour each time a new issue comes out. Your block is so much fun! I love the different settings! Great job!ReplyDelete
Always enjoy the blog tour.ReplyDelete
I am one of the other designers so don't include me in the drawing, BUT had to tell you how much I love all the options you give the quilters!! This is what makes quilting fun to me:)
Love it, love it, love it! The motion is amazing. Gotta make it.ReplyDelete
I love all of the possibilities you can make from this block! Thanks sew much for this chance to win :-)ReplyDelete
Love your block! The blog tour is great and inspires creativity.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 8:50 AM
I like this bloghop. So nice to see all sorts of blocks :)ReplyDelete
Gun, Sweden
I love the Blog Tour - so much inspiration. Of course, it does kick up some jealousy too. LOL!ReplyDelete
I have really enjoyed visiting all the designers on the Blog Tour. So much inspiration! Thanks for sharing your beautiful block.ReplyDelete
This is so much fun... love your block my Police officer daughter will love trying it... thanks.ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh, this is a wonderful block. Love how you can make it look so differnt in the quilt layouts. Congrats. I'm having a lot of fun in the hop and learning sew much.ReplyDelete
Love the blog tour and your vision with your block design is absolutely stunning.ReplyDelete
I love the blog tour--love all the inspiration, finding new-to-me designers, and learning from everyone participating.ReplyDelete
GREAT block! Great movement!ReplyDelete
I love this blog tour--getting introduced to so many new quilters!
I love the block, and the color way. There is always great inspiration on the tour.ReplyDelete
Wow... how a give-away brings all us out of hiding! I just love that block and the colors you used. Not sure I need another book but you can add my name to the list. Good job, Wayne.ReplyDelete
This is an exciting little block! I love the depth. Feels very Eastern Indian, to me. I'm learning so much on this blog tour, getting so many ideas and inspiration, getting new looks at old blocks, which is very stimluating.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Your block is great, but even better are the clever ways you arranged it. I liked the next to last one, not quite sure how to refer to it lol. it has the trails coming off the pinwheels on point. The blog tours are always fun. I meet so many new creative people...It is cheerful to know we are not alone :)ReplyDelete
this block has so much flow to it - thanks for sharing so many alternative settings!!!ReplyDelete
I love the block! Your possibilities are great. I enjoy meeting new designers and seeing all of the ways you can use each block.ReplyDelete
The blog tour is great for seeing the quilter's variations. Love this block! TamsynReplyDelete
Wow! What an awesome block Wayne! I really love all the variations using this one block. I don't see even one that I don't like. Great block!ReplyDelete
I really love the blog tour because I am finding new blogs/people I've not visited in the past and on most of the stops so far, they've given new ideas to use their block or a tutorial to create it. Great info that will help in stitching any of the blocks when I get the magazine myself.
vburr at charter dot net
Cool settings--I can't decide which one I like best! I love doing the blog tour and finding new sites to visit.ReplyDelete
I love this blog tour. It's a great way to be introduced to a lot of terrific bloggers and to see so many great patterns.ReplyDelete
Loving this wonderful blog tour! Love your block! Congrats on getting your block in the magazine!ReplyDelete
Wow. What an incredible block. This hits my sweet spot big time. MUST try it. Thanks SO much for sharing it. And, by the way, this is why I love the blog tour each time it comes around. If I can make ONE discovery like your block, it's more than worth it.ReplyDelete
Indian Cabins looks super any way you arrange it. My impressions of the blog tour are that there are way too many blocks I want to make, some wonderful blogs I would love to read, and some very nice designers. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Wonderful block! I'd love to have enough courage to make a nice quilt like that!ReplyDelete
I am a brand new quilter so this is the first time I have done the Quiltmakers blog tour. I am amazed and overwhelmed at the same time...I have so much to learn and so many new blocks I want to try. Congratulations on having your block published.ReplyDelete
Your block is fantastic. There is wonderful movement and endless setting possibilities. I love the blog tour because I am introduced to so many new ideas and sites. I get re-energized and motivated to try new things.ReplyDelete
sue @ adsfwordpro . com
I love doing the blog tour. I enjoyed seeing the different ways you have put your block into quilts.ReplyDelete
I love the blog tour because I get to 'meet' so many designers. I'm always fascinated at how a typical block can become something else.ReplyDelete
I love your block and all the different variations. I enjoy the bog tour because it is great to see all the new blocks that people have designed.ReplyDelete
The blog tour gives me a very good idea of what is in the book before i buy it which I like. I like your block also. Thanks for the giveaway. VivianReplyDelete
I love the blog tour because of all the new block designers that take part, like you. THere is so much quilty inspiration and energy along the blog hop.ReplyDelete
I like the last arrangement. I'm taking a Free Motion Quilting class and those spaces provide a great background for some of the designs I've learned.ReplyDelete
The blog tour is making me impatient for retirement (2 yrs). So many great ideas but not much extra time. Someday.......ReplyDelete
I love the layout of Indian Cabins with the alternating brown and cream rows in the corners!! Wow, what a great design. I also love the strong contrast of the colors. very rich anc comforting.ReplyDelete
Wow! That is one dynamic block. I love seeing all the creative talent on the blog tour.ReplyDelete
I love the blog tour because it introduces me to designers that I am not aware of. I love the possibilities with your block.ReplyDelete
I really enjoy this block tour....so may ideas. I must admit your block is fantastic and so full of action. Excellent job!ReplyDelete
Very neat block, love the strong contrast of colors. Not too complicated either. Thanks for the chance!ReplyDelete
Love your amazing block and the colors you used for it :)ReplyDelete
I love the block, and the colors are wonderful. I love pinwheel type of blocks, they have so much motion to them in quilts. I love the way you show different ways to use it. The blog tour is great, you get to see new blogs you may not have seen before and get to know designers a little bit more too, and the ideas are so wonderful. Congrats on being chosen to be in the magazine.ReplyDelete
I really love this blog tour. It gives me opportunities to see blogs that I have never been to before. I love your blockReplyDelete
Enjoying the block tour very much. Happy that it took me to your site. A new follower as of today. You have a unique point of view and I can't wait to see more. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I really like your block and am enjoying the blog tour. Congratulations on getting your block in the magazine and thanks for the opportunities to win giveaways.ReplyDelete
I really like your variations of what to do with the block. It really helps to see it first online, then I can go from there. Just changing the colors is enough for me sometimes.ReplyDelete
I'm really enjoying the blog tour. I wasn't so sure I liked your block until I saw all the imaginative ways you used it in quilt arrangements. Especially like the one with trailing lines going in spirals around the quilt.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Your block for Vol. 6 is really nice! I'm looking forward to making a quilt from it! Thanks for the blog.ReplyDelete
I love the blog tour. So many of the designer's are new to me and are showing how their designs evolved or how with little changes, a whole new look appears. The blog tour, like the magazine is a wonderful source of inspiration.ReplyDelete
I think the blog tour was a fantastic idea. I made me decide to get the book.ReplyDelete
I'm really enjoying the blog tour. I'm just a little concerned that I might spend too much time in the future cruising blogs. I really like the variations with your block.ReplyDelete
All I can say is "WOW!" you see things in a different way and I love it!!!ReplyDelete
I enjoy the tour because I get to see what new designers are coming up with!
I must say that I am learning so much by taking this blog tour. I am new to quilting and am just amazed with so much creativity that I'm seeing. Indian Cabins is a very sweet little block and the many different variations that you have shown us are beautiful. Thanks for a chance to win.ReplyDelete
Love your Indian Cabins block. So much movement. Thank you for including all the different settings. I can definitely see making a quilt with this block.ReplyDelete
I love mazes and this reminds me of them. Great patternReplyDelete
WOW, a manly block for sure. I enjoy getting to know the designer behind the block.ReplyDelete
What a fun block to play with. I love seeing all the different ways you set the block. That is what I like about the blog hop, seeing how the designers show off there block.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, what a lovely, versatile block! I love it!!! All the variations you have shown with the layout has me wanting to make a zillion of these blocks and play with the layout myself :) Congratulations on getting your block published in the book and thank you for the opportunity to win!ReplyDelete
I love the blog tour. It has introduced me to many designers I have not heard of or visited their blog. I love your block. I have recently discovered your site and enjoy the way you change up the blocks. Thanks for the great ideas.ReplyDelete
I like the first offset layout. It's very intriguing.ReplyDelete
Oh, the possibilities! I love pinwheels and really like your block.ReplyDelete
I always enjoy the blog tour. It's awesome to "meet" the designers and learn the process behind their block. I'll be sticking around to check out the rest of the blocks in your series. Absolutely adore the movement in your block! Congrats on being in the 100!ReplyDelete
This block is amazing....plan on doing a quilt for my son with this pattern...thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
What an incredible block - so much movement! Thanks for all of the layout ideas. This blog tour has been great for learning about so many designers I didn't know about before!ReplyDelete
My impression has been good till I got to your blog and your block. WOW, pretty awesome! Like REALLY AWESOME!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 3:43 PM
I really love this block. It is fantastic how it looks in the different settings. This is one I will be using for sure.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Love the Indian Cabins block, lined up and offset!JudyReplyDelete
Congratulations on a great block! I love the off set design and adore the pinwheels! This blog hop is my favorite - filled with so many great designers!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Your Indian Cabin block is great! I also really liked the other things posted on your blog - very creative.ReplyDelete
love the tour and seeing the different block up close and in a quilt!ReplyDelete
Your block is amazing and I really loved all of the different ideas you showed for using the block. So versatile!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 4:56 PM
I really like your block and the tour is lots of fun checking out everyone's work. Thanks for the chance to win & Congrats on being published! :)ReplyDelete
I am enjoying seeing all the great blogs and blocks. I love your block and all the great settings given. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 5:36 PM
The Blog Tour is so much fun. I love seeing everyone's patterns and color choices for their blocks. Your block is amazing!ReplyDelete
I have so much fun reading your blog posts. I love all the "what if" scenarios that you post. Thanks for all the entertainment, and for making me think about quilting in a different way.ReplyDelete
I love how you played with your Indian Cabins Alberta block - especially the last quilt is stunning! Thank you!ReplyDelete
I really enjoy the tour. It's fun to see all the different varieties of talent and vision out there.ReplyDelete
My impression, so far, is that the designers are all very creative and inspiring, just as in the past. I do appreciate it when you allshow possible variations for you blocks. Yours (love it on it's own) reminds me of an app my sister showed me on her iPad, iOrnament, with all the variations for positioning a design--fascinating.ReplyDelete
Love the tour! It is so inspiring and lots of fun. Thanks for showing the different variations of your block, enjoyed it!ReplyDelete
This is a great and magical block! It changes so wonderfully in all your examples!ReplyDelete
The blog tour is fun - a lot of creativity to soak in! Love your block and all the variations!ReplyDelete
love the tour, really like all the different ways you show the blocks in quilt settings thanksReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 6:59 PM
I'd say my favorite thing about the tour is finding all these fabulous blogs I didn't no about! email@example.com
Wayne, I love the versatility of your block -- it's really quite stunning. I'm really enjoying seeing all the fun different creations! :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for a chance to win. I off the check out more on your blog. From fellow Albertan.ReplyDelete
What I love about the tour is the many new designers I have become familiar with. I love the many different settings you gave your block.ReplyDelete
I love the blog tour since it introduces me to new designers! I haven't seen your work before, but am glad I have seen it now!ReplyDelete
Sandy A
I LOVE your block - love all the different secondary patterns it forms in all the different layouts. The tour is fun to see all the different blocks and fabrics chosen. Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
I am enjoying getting a front row seat for the reveal of the new magazine! Love the many ways to work your block for so many different effects!ReplyDelete
I am so enjoying this tour. Today being day 3, I'm almost to the halfway mark. Love your block and the different ways you set in quilts.ReplyDelete
enjoying the tour and all the blocks-Love yours and all the settig designsReplyDelete
Love this block, there is a lot you can do with it. Loving the blog tour too.ReplyDelete
your block is fantastic. i love how different variations give different feels of motion.ReplyDelete
im loving the blog tour. im really getting inspired to do different types of blocks. thanks
What a wonderful block and I love the variations. Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
I like to do the blog tour because I get so much inspiration from all the designers. But I wish it was longer - I am having a hard time getting to all the blogs each day!ReplyDelete
Love your block. It is limitless.ReplyDelete
I love the tour! I love seeing so many different and all talented artists! It is giving me so many ideas of things i want to try!ReplyDelete
I find blog tours very inspirational :) and I generally learn a few new things !! always good to do that.ReplyDelete
Meant to add how very nice it is to see a guy !! I find male quilters always have a bit of a different out look, very refreshing.ReplyDelete
Love the tour and love your block.ReplyDelete
The tour away inpire me with new idea. And it just fun to visit all the blogs. Thanks you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Ceedee F.
the blog tour for 100 blocks is always inspiring, interesting and informative!ReplyDelete
This blog tour is great--I look forward to it all day while at work....running to the computer when I get home so I can enjoy all the inspiration!! Your block is terrific--and your presentation of all the variety that comes with just one block is fabulous!!ReplyDelete
I'm enjoying the blog tour very much. Thank you for showing a variety of options with your block. From now on I will be able to more creatively see any block's potential. soparkaveataoldotcomReplyDelete
I like how your block swirls!!! I'm enjoying the Blog hop as I've found some new Blogs and designers. Thanks for a chance to win.ReplyDelete
I love the movement with your block and the possible layouts!! Thank youReplyDelete
I am enjoying the blog tours. Every blog has been so different but yet it has been interesting. Your block is so different in every quilt. It is just surprising what can happen with a few changes.ReplyDelete
This blog tour has been a real eye opener to how your folks design a block and turn it into so many different quilts. swalker287 (at) gmail (dot) com.ReplyDelete
Learning alot on the blog tour thanks for the chaance to winReplyDelete
I am really enjoying the blog tours and discovering new artist such as you. Your layouts are fasinating.ReplyDelete
I love this blog tour especially! Always good to get a preview of the mag before it hits the shops.ReplyDelete
I love following the blog tour. The creativity of the designers is amazing.ReplyDelete
I love the blOck by itself, but I really admire the one-block design and the completely offset one. The warm browns and golds are nice too.ReplyDelete
I'm enjoying the blocks and the variety, and having lots of fun. Not disappointing at all-plenty of my style blocks!
Congrats and thanks.
I always enjoy the preview of the blocks and sometimes seeing it used in a quilt. It's a great way to find new blogs too. I like to see the different layouts that you presented for your block.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 11:00 PM
The blog tour offers a chance to not only check out the New quilt block collection but also other things the designers have done.ReplyDelete
I like the blog, it's always good to get a preview of a magazine before deciding to buy, and the giveaways are always fun to join in too :)ReplyDelete
I love your block and it's amazing to see all the different layouts. I'm enjoying the blog hop, seeing all the beautiful and inspiring blocks. Thank you for your giveaway.ReplyDelete
Thank you for showing all the different ways to set your blocks. I never thought of doing "mirror image", it's gorgeous. The repeating and offsetting of the blocks reminds me of the mazes that you drop a marble on top and it drops and winds it's way down. I love this blog tour as I always see new ideas and discover new blogs to follow, like your's, hehe.ReplyDelete
Thank you for your giveaway and a chance to win.
I really like the blog tour. I always discover new designers and it is fun to see block options and learn what the designers envisioned. Yours is a perfect example.ReplyDelete
Wow, I can't decide which layout, for your wonderful block, I like the most.ReplyDelete
I enjoy the blog tour and seeing all the new blogs of the designers. Congrats on your block in the issue! Love the quilt options you showed here, too. :)ReplyDelete
Neat block.ReplyDelete
I'm enjoying the blog tour, so many different styles makes me look at blocks I normally wouldn't see. I like your block, it is my favorite so far, I like how it goes together in so many different ways. Thanks.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2012 at 11:29 AM
I am loving this blog tour - and your blocks!ReplyDelete
I love the blog tour. I really like your block. As you demonstrated, there are so many things that you can do with it and that's exactly what I love about the blog tour. SO many ideas!!! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I love your block and the blog tour is great. Thanks!ReplyDelete
The different layouts of your block makes your block very cool!!! Definitely going to make this one!!! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Love your block and it's so great to see so many blocks in one place, almost overwhelming!ReplyDelete
What an unique block you have designed and after I see how you do it with the 9 patch grid I think I can make one. CongratsReplyDelete
Love the block tour! Lots of creative energy going on! I love the various settings for your block...now how does a quilter pick just one to make?!?ReplyDelete
My impressions of the block tour are how much fun it is to see all the designers blocks and all the variety. It is a very lot for me to try to do each day though, i wish it lasted longer and had fewer entries per day, but that is just me. and i love to go back and look over the blogs afterwards, fond memories. scarlette firstname.lastname@example.com
I love seeing all the new blocks on the tour. I especially enjoy discovering designers hitherto unknown to me, such as yourself! Thanks for all the ideas on varying layouts.ReplyDelete
The Blog Tour is lots of fun. SEW many ideas - Not enough time!! Lots of inspiration!! Thanks for the chance to win an issue.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the illustrations using your block. That is what I'm learning about quilting...don't be timid with moving away from a pattern. Love the colors you chose.ReplyDelete
Thanks for being in the blog hop.
Love all the different variations this block can make. There are probably a few more! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
wow, I really enjoyed seeing the variations on the block layouts...I've bookmarked your post!ReplyDelete
I love your block and the variations.ReplyDelete
I enjoy the blog tour-- so much fun to see that people have designed


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The New Jersey Appellate Division recently released a ruling broadly allowing 510(k) evidence in medical device cases. Elizabeth Hrymoc, et al. v. Ethicon, et al., DOCKET NO. A-5151-17, 467 N.J.Super. 42 (Superior Court N.J., Appellate Division)(March 2, 2021). Shook played a role in the case as the firm filed an amicus brief for AdvaMed, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the U.S. Chamber in the case. In addition, in an unusual move, the court invited amici to be part of the oral argument. My partner Dan Rogers presented on behalf of the amici, which included PLAC and the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey. The argument explained that the 510(k) review is a relevant safety review and that courts can manage the introduction of such evidence rather than simply ban it.
Specifically, the court concluded that the two respective judges who tried these complex cases erred by categorically excluding any proof that defendants had obtained what is known as a Section 510(k) clearance from FDA, see 21 U.S.C. § 360c, for the devices implanted by plaintiffs' surgeons. The court concluded that such a total disallowance of such proof had the patent capacity to deprive defendants of a fair trial, most poignantly with respect to the state-of-mind and venal conduct issues that underlie a possible punitive damages awards.
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NASA Supports 'Wild' Ideas to Bring About New Space Tech
WASHINGTON, DC (NASA PR) — NASA has a wild side. In fact, the agency has a program dedicated to nurturing visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions with the creation of breakthroughs—radically better or entirely new aerospace concepts.
For years, NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) has supported early-stage research through multiple phases of study, competitively selecting Phase I and follow-on Phase II projects each year.
Phase I studies are nine-month efforts to explore the overall feasibility of innovative aerospace concepts proposed within a mission context. Eligible recipients of Phase I awards who apply and receive subsequent Phase II funding further develop the most promising ideas for up to two years. This advances the technology readiness level of the concepts – how ready they are to be integrated into a spaceflight mission – and explores transition paths within NASA and beyond.
Now, recently announced NIAC Phase III studies have been awarded to strategically fund a small subset of Phase II concepts with clear transition paths and high potential impact to NASA programs, other government agencies or commercial partners.
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In April, NASA announced the 2019 NIAC Phase I and Phase II selections, which include researching concepts for a mission to hellish Venus, highly-mobile and ultra-smart spacesuits, options to power miniature spacecraft for interstellar fly-bys, and the use of special materials to "solar surf" that could allow for dramatic, closer approaches to the Sun.
For the first-ever Phase III selections, announced in June, the two focus areas tell the story of innovation and transition potential: asteroid mining technologies to enable space industrialization and human settlement and robotic technologies to enable the exploration of lunar pits, or craters.
Harvesting space resources
Phase III selectee, TransAstra, is a space resources harvesting company. Along with funds from industry, the $2 million NIAC award makes possible the development and ground testing of a small satellite technology demonstration flight system.
The TransAstra Mini Bee is designed to fly into low-Earth orbit on a commercial piggyback launch. Another entrepreneurial space company, Momentus, will provide the spacecraft. Once in place, Mini Bee will capture a small artificial asteroid to showcase TransAstra's patent pending and breakthrough concept of optical mining.
"Optical mining makes it possible to harvest hundreds of tons per year of water from near-Earth asteroids and return that water for use as rocket propellant for in-space transportation services at a fraction of the cost of launching water from Earth," explains Joel Sercel, chief executive officer at TransAstra and chief technology officer at Momentus.
"We could not be more thrilled that NASA selected TransAstra, Momentus, and our other industry partners to work together to build the Mini Bee system," Sercel adds. "NASA's investment in this area is further validation of the importance of water as a propellant for transportation in space and the importance of near-Earth asteroids as a cost-effective source of that water."
Rim shots
Also receiving a NIAC Phase III award is robotic pioneer, William "Red" Whittaker, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute.
Whittaker's NIAC-supported work appraises use of one or more "smart and speedy" robots to inspect and quickly generate on-the-spot, computer-generated models of craters on the Moon. These craters, up to now only spotted by Moon-orbiting spacecraft, may be sites of caves that could offer future explorers underground shelter, as well as access to minerals, ice and other resources.
The mission envisioned by Whittaker and his team is dubbed Skylight.
"The game is on," underscores Whittaker in terms of renewed human exploration of the Moon with NASA's Artemis program by way of public-private partnerships. "NIAC is that special place in NASA that lets a thousand flowers bloom."
It is essential to develop small autonomous robots, Whittaker says, self-thinking machinery that's fast and can achieve lunar crater investigations in just a week. After that period of time, he points out that the solar-energized equipment would be exposed to the ultra-chilly lunar night that would permanently disable them.
"The idea here is that a rover coming onto a pit is akin to seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time," observes Whittaker. "The robot will be constantly reasoning to occupy the vantage points at the pit's rim and game the risk. Acquiring thousands of images, the robot would generate high-fidelity scientific models that are the purpose of this exploration."
Risk reduction
"NIAC Phase III provides a really interesting opportunity for NASA," says Jason Derleth, NIAC's program executive at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "NIAC solicits technology breakthroughs from those who come up with incredibly innovative ideas. Sometimes, though, no matter how wonderful the end product might be, there's just too much risk for a mission to adopt using that technology."
That risk reduction for a specific mission use is what Phase III is all about. "Our goal in NIAC is that most of the Phase III technologies and those proposing them will work with flight project managers or external companies to move these 'almost science fiction' technologies solidly into the realm of science fact," says Derleth.
Changing the future
"Phase III is not to be viewed as a natural extension of Phase II. It is intended to be an exception for those NIAC concepts that show significant potential and have a high likelihood for transition, but just need an additional push to enable implementation. Typically, we anticipate funding one Phase III award per year, this inaugural year being an exception," explains Ron Turner, NIAC senior science advisor.
Turner emphasizes that Phase III does not signal that NIAC is changing its focus to more near-term innovation. "The program still seeks innovation wherever it can change the future," Turner observes.
Overwhelmingly positive
NIAC received considerable interest in the new Phase III opportunity.
"The response has been overwhelmingly positive, with the additional time and money of Phase III regarded as a crucial next step to help transition the most promising technologies into NASA missions and other government and national industry applications," says Katherine Reilly, NIAC's strategic partnerships manager.
This year, the 2019 NIAC Symposium will feature NIAC fellows' presentations on the status of the current portfolio of NIAC studies, addressing an inspiring suite of diverse research areas, including human systems and architectures for extreme environments, evolutionary exploration systems and novel propulsion concepts.
The NIAC Symposium will be held on Sept. 24-26 in Huntsville, Alabama. Stimulating and thought-provoking keynote presentations will be given from experts in aeronautics and advanced technologies and further information will be discussed regarding the latest news about NIAC's exciting progress and plans. The 2019 NIAC Symposium presentations can be viewed online.
For more information on attending the 2019 NIAC Symposium, visit:
NIAC is a component of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate. To learn more about NASA's investments in space technology, visit:
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Retreiving all data when one value is matched
8 July, 2015
I am trying to figure out a filter that would bring be back all the data when one of the data values is 0 (zero).
Right now when I put into my filter the ZERO value, the data brought back is only the Zeros.
For example, a field that tracks the employee count per month...
Jan - 10
Feb - 25
Mar - 7
Apr - 4
May - 3
Jun - 0
The filters I've done so far only bring back the June data and not all the months.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Could you elaborate on why '0' is an important value for you to filter on?
I'm sure you are already aware of this, but if you filter on a null value, meaning nothing, it will return the whole data set which would be the same thing as passing a '0' in your scenario.
As it stands, when you pass a value like '0' to the filter it will only return rows that contain '0' or nothing will be returned. This is actually a good thing, because if passing a '0' returned all results you wouldn't have a way to filter for 'Jun-0'.
There really isn't anyway to get around this... I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Thank you for the response.
The reason why I am looking to find a '0' in the values is so that I can do a trend analysis on products that have been doing well for a few months, but one (or more) months are bad and there are '0' sales.
So I want to show products that are or have been struggling, and not include products that are doing fine.