i was jumping around a few sites the other day and came across this wonderful little area just full of creative ideas.... beautiful stuff and completely makes me want to pull out the saw and get to work... so fun!

just take a little peek at these products... wonderful

i just love work like this... simple/fun/thoughtful

katarina hall

katarina hall

turk in a bag

happy thanksgiving

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nice bike

ok.. at work i get to interact with a lot of clients who have alzheimer's ... and i also get to see ALL stages of it as well... lets face it.... if you are getting old chances are you will be facing a touch of alzheimer's... to be honest some of these people are my favorite clients and there really is no better part of my day than listening to some wild story about their past or even a little of the confused reality... the guy who wrote the article really tells it like it is and if any of you out there have any interest in it (which we all should. or will at some point) take a peek
reading this made me feel good about how i approach my technique and interaction with these great people...

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In Brief:
The number of Alzheimer's patients is expected to increase dramatically in coming years, straining the health care system.
Scientists have not discovered the cause nor devised effective treatments. Even diagnosis is difficult.
In the absence of therapies, attention has turned to teaching the skills necessary to cope with demented patients.
Increasingly caregivers are encouraged to validate the feelings and perceptions of the person with Alzheimer's.
During the YouTube forum with the Democratic presidential candidates in July, the first question about health care came from two middle-age brothers in Iowa, who faced the camera with their elderly mother. Not everybody with Alzheimer’s disease has two loving sons to take care of them, they said, adding that a boom in dementia is expected in the next few decades.
“What are you prepared to do to fight this disease now?” they asked.
The politicians mouthed generalities about health care, larded with poignant anecdotes. None of them answered the question about Alzheimer’s.
Science hasn’t done much better. There is no cure for Alzheimer’s and no way to prevent it. Scientists haven’t even stopped arguing about whether the gunk that builds up in the Alzheimer’s brain is a cause or an effect of the disease. Alzheimer’s is roaring down — a train wreck to come — on societies all over the world.
People in this country spend more than a $1 billion a year on prescription drugs marketed to treat it, but for most patients the pills have only marginal effects, if any, on symptoms and do nothing to stop the underlying disease process that eats away at the brain. Pressed for answers, most researchers say no breakthrough is around the corner, and it could easily be a decade or more before anything comes along that makes a real difference for patients.
Meanwhile, the numbers are staggering: 4.5 million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s, 1 in 10 over 65 and nearly half of those over 85. Taking care of them costs $100 billion a year, and the number of patients is expected to reach 11 million to 16 million by 2050. Experts say the disease will swamp the health system.
It’s already swamping millions of families, who suffer the anguish of seeing a loved one’s mind and personality disintegrate, and who struggle with caregiving and try to postpone the wrenching decision about whether they can keep the patient at home as helplessness increases, incontinence sets in and things are only going to get worse.
Drug companies are placing big bets on Alzheimer’s. Wyeth, for instance, has 23 separate projects aimed at developing new treatments. Hundreds of theories are under study at other companies large and small. Why not? People with Alzheimer’s and their families are so desperate that they will buy any drug that offers even a shred of hope, and many will keep using the drug even if the symptoms don’t get better, because they can easily be convinced that the patient would be even worse off without it.
It is telling, maybe a tacit admission of defeat, that a caregiving industry has sprung up around Alzheimer’s. Books, conferences and Web sites abound — how to deal with the anger, the wandering, the sleeping all day and staying up all night, the person who asks the same question 15 times in 15 minutes, wants to wear the same blouse every day and no longer recognizes her own children or knows what a toilet is for.
The advice is painfully and ironically reminiscent of the 1960s and ’70s, the literal and figurative high point for many of the people who are now coping with demented parents. The theme is, essentially, go with the flow. People with Alzheimer’s aren’t being stubborn or nasty on purpose; they can’t help it. Arguing and correcting will not only not help, but they will ratchet up the hostility level and make things worse. The person with dementia has been transported into a strange, confusing new world and the best other people can do is to try to imagine the view from there and get with the program.
If a patient asks for her mother, for instance, instead of pointing out that her mother has been dead for 40 years, it is better to say something like, “I wish your mother were here, too,” and then maybe redirect the conversation to something else, like what’s for lunch.
If Dad wants to polish off the duck sauce in a Chinese restaurant like it’s a bowl of soup, why not? If Grandma wants to help out by washing the dishes but makes a mess of it, leave her to it and just rewash them later when she’s not looking. Pull out old family pictures to give the patient something to talk about. Learn the art of fragmented, irrational conversation and follow the patient’s lead instead of trying to control the dialogue.
Basically, just tango on. And hope somebody will do the same for you when your time comes. Unless the big breakthrough happens first.

nytimes

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nytimes

ps... thanks nytimes

elections in nicaragua are so much more interesting... you have to respect the passion

take a peek at the article in the times.

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yup. i went alll out on this one...

honestly.. if you only knew the ammount of effort it takes for me to save and upload these beautiful photos in some sort of order.. my computer is so sad and abused plus blogger and i do not get along.. i only can put two photos up at a time plus they come up in backwards order.. if that makes any sort of sense... haha.. no fun.....

anyho.....

start reading here..

andreas samuelsson is a serious artist...

'Andreas Samuelsson is a Swedish illustrator from Stockholm. Working with cut papercollage mixed with watercolor and computer graphics in sharp colors. His ideas tendsto turn into geometric forms, stilistic symbols and handwritten letters.He has recently been working for clients such as Adidas, Dagens Nyheter, Arkitipand New York Times and producing limited prints for "If You Could" in London andAnalogue Books in Edinburgh. In 2008 he finished his first childrensbook called"Red, Green, Blue and You" for Rollo Press in Zürich.'

sure. simply his work is going to make you smirk and this.. what more could you ask for??

please go to his site.. and take a btr look

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andreas samuelsson

andreas samuelsson

andreas samuelsson

andreas samuelsson

ps- found via apartment therapy & bloesem

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i would love this a lot... royal revelation

its funny... i will admit that i am not a huge 'car guy'.. but i do like to look..

lets start with some reality.. i will never own this car.. i think describeing the one-77 as a car just does not do it justice.... no matter what i write here will not explain how interesting this 'project' is as well as aston martin does in their video... so if you have any interest in design it is fun to see how their whole project and team work... watch





as informative/interesting/wonderful the video is... it defintially leaves you starved to see it in action... hear it.. haha.... i guess it is effective... becuase i know i will be back on the aston martin site in jan09 for the next release video...

goodness the team at aston martin have things together.. everything is presented just perfectly.. thank you.

goodness i want to see it on the road....
my chances are slim in person... with only 77 to ever be produced.. ever. each one a little different to the next absolutly customized to everything about you.. it really is fun to think about... sadly i do not have an extra $2mill laying around this year.... sorry.
maybe i will get lucky and see one in miami
aston martin
aston martin
aston martin
aston martin

'one-77 expresses all the know-how that aston martin has collected in recent years. it is the expression of all the beauty we could bring to a car, its an expression of all the emotions that we can bring in the car and by this, it is an expression of what aston martin stands for'
Dr ulrich bez.. ceo
aston martin

poor guy out in the snow

i sneezed

please take a closer look and just imagine how creepy this was...

love that dknob.. and the frame prints are great as well..

she got a donk

its funny becuase at work i think i make reference to this guy about once every 2nd day.. you tell telling a little old lady in the rehab gym that we are going to turn into popeye... why not.

getting stuck behind this asshole was horrible.. yeah.. keep smiling!

farm

its nice to know that if it even happens to me there are beautiful options... i dont know the details but i am going to try and find out more on the designers... it really is amazing.. i would guess maybe a vanier (how to spell?) over a carbon or something.. anyho.. looks like a successful aka (abovekneeamputation)

it is going to happen to all of us

good pup

print idea andrea?

the farm

ffffound

i really enjoy these steps... well.. i guess especially when i pictur them leading into a little loft space at our place (that sort of rhymes..)

i got this little photo by caroline off a site/shop i found today called smarts&crafts.... and really.. the name seems to describe the shop/the people quite perfectly.. i especially like their little photo theme projects where people take a little snap ansend it in for them to post .. its fun..

so please go take a peek

smarts&crafts

smarts&crafts

smarts&crafts

special special

and i am not sure where i was on here (here = internet) i came across someone who was in halifax and happened to go to bud the spud .... it was real interesting.. she snapped this photo and had some info about the couple that run it.. and have run it for something around 30 years... congrats!! and damm thoes fries do look good... but i will be honest and say that i have not eaten thoes fries since i was about 6 b/c they are way over priced (i guess in my extremely cheap opinion)

i have seen a few great products come out of the fawn&forest studio.... and well.... these little yoyos are so perfect....

here is what they have to say about them...

'Each YoYo is one-of-kind and has its own unique character. They are made with various sustainably harvested woods from our own tiny forest! The wood is carefully selected, hand cut, meticulously sanded and finished with natural shellac, then assembled with the utmost care. The strings are 100% cotton, professional Yo Yo strings! Each YoYo measure approximately 2" diameter.
Before leaving the shop, they must pass rigorous testing by Ben himself, to insure that you will receive a quality product that works like a charm! Varied woods. '

sounds nice...

and why would you not want to from them?? so go take a peek! their shop is so full of products... they have fatboys too!! ha

fawn&forest

fawn&forest

fawn&forest

fawn&forest

i can definitally picture a few of these hanging out in our corner vertically... i think it would look amazing..... fallen limb hunt starts now...

i really wonder how many obama prints are out there... its amazing really

this one is from Lance Wyman who in my opinion is one of the most amazing designers out there... his site is so amazing... he has this beautiful spiral of all of his work from his students to the present.... it is perfect...

huge projects on there like the mexico 68 olympics... which you have seen on here many times now...

so go go go

Lance Wyman

Lance Wyman

Lance Wyman

oh... and if you have a little time to burn check out this link which has all of the (well..... about 700 or so) front pages from newspapers around the world after obama was elected... its an interesting gallery

goodness... not a bad backyard at alll is it?

Dan Heinfeld, president of LPA Architects in Irvine, set out to build his family’s home and from the looks of the photos... he was extremely successful!

we WILL be buying a dslr in the next week or so.... before andrea goes on her big trip... and we really have a few big decisions to make.... they are a lot of moula! any hints would be great!

i stumbled across some of jon burgerman's work today... welll the wallpaper project (above).. so funn

when i see work of this style i always wonder how the illustrator goes about doing it.... and here are a couple of little snaps i nabbed from his site..... speaking of the site... please go.. it is just stuffed with work to enjoy... so go!

jon burgerman

jon burgerman

jon burgerman

jon burgerman

i really love chris ware's work... dont you?? i am not a huge comic book person... well not at all really.. but there is something about his format and style of illustration that really is attractive... i have been searching for a poster of his for a while...

chris ware

chris ware

chris ware

ps- if you like his work.... which i am guessing you do... follow the link for a HUGE archive of (close to) all of his work... njoi

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1/2 yellow onion diced
2 cloves garlic minced
1 medium sized carrot diced
1 cup of peas (we used frozen)
2 eggs scrambled
1 handful of chopped cilantro
2 1/2 cups cooked jasmine rice
1/2 to 1 lb. meat or tofu
3/4 cup pineapple juice
1 1/2 cup pineapple chunks
1/2 cup tamari
2 tbsp. yellow curry powder
Cook meat or tofu, set aside.
Cook scrambled eggs, set aside.
Cook onion, carrot, pea, garlic, & pineapple chunks, set aside.
Fry rice for 1 minute
Add the veggies back in.
Add pineapple juice, tamari, and curry powder.
Add meat, egg, & cilantro
Garnish with cashews, green onion, & cilantro.

i am excited for andrea to get on the plants come this spring... exciting

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careful chris

our new pet

sash's basement

what a pick

itsanice

welcome to the neighbourhood obama!!
congrats!

andrea does not do too bad with our ittle camera.... but it is still time to get a new one.....

anyone have any hints for dslr's please send me a little note

jonathan

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great colour from maxalot

dutch famers know how to get to work!! these photos are from tulip farms in northern holland.... it would be so amazing to fly over this unexpectenly wouldnt it?
yes.

it just looks so good to me for some reason...

here we have our new little toy for the savannah streets...

so happy

cannot wait to give the touradatown

seeya...

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i just love to find projects like this....

its amazing to see the potential for design to influence interaction...... i mean as a kid i was never too tooooo excited to see the library bus (yes.. we had one in halifax) but if this thing rolled up no matter how old i am i would be running to it like the ice cream truck (i do hope they serve ice cream/snacks in there!!!)

the project is by Peter Thuvander and Martin Hedenström out of Sweeden who are with Muungano and won the Swedish Library Bus of the Year award for this library bus. this is a yearly event? wow.

beautiful stuf!!

ok... get as pumped as this kid about a little photo find from moi.......

the above really looks funny to me... maybe funny is not the right word...

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if you love colour... a little imagination and a spec of geometry....

you will love maya hayuk

i promice!

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maya hayuk

maya hayuk