Thought I would do a little Revisit Post today - Back in 2010 I designed this little block for all of my smaller scraps .... I made another quilt from the blocks .
This is a Raffle quilt for a guild in Haxtun, CO. It was such a fun one to work on. The group that make it made the house blocks to represent the houses they live in, or grew up in. I loved that concept!
While I know that Memorial Day is to Remember those who have served and passed on - we have an awful lot of Military that were never Remembered when they came home. And so - Quilts of Valor gets to honor them - and Remember their service to our Great Country:
Oh yes!!! I did!!! I took March. April and May's RSC colors to me cell free , text free, wi-fi free weekend - and I FINISHED them!!! Lots of happy dancing was a goin' on - and I might have told everyone.... that I was CAUGHT up....
I saw a MOOSE!!!! Yay!!! I have looked for moose. I have seen signs of Moose, I have heard that Moose exist..... yet they continued to elude me.... often....... until... NOW!!!
It's the Weekly Quilts of Valor Show! So.... I had some questions about what this is - so I thought I'd fill you in. I am the coordinator for QOV here in Colorado - along with my fabulous Western State coordinator Melody! We have a grand ol' time with all these awesome quilters - Honoring our Service Veterans touched by War with a Quilt of Valor - and you all!!! These quilts are LOVED!
I know it is NOT about numbers - but this year alone Colorado has been able to honor over 200 Veterans. And I love to show off the gorgeous quilts - so that is why I do a weekly Quilt show!!
I might have gone "Radio Silent" for a few days - and I LOVED it!!! There was No Service.... No Cell, No Texts, very Very Very limited Wi fi....
Of course, I hit the cell zone on the way back and boy did the phone start dinging... that was hilarious... I wasn't sure what to answer first... Texts, Calls, or Email.....
And my kids are nuts. While that youngest one thought he was being funny - the dad was maybe 15 feet away ready to grab him!!
And remind them that their dad was a HUGE goof, and to get a photo without goofy faces, bribery is always involved!!!
Are you all ready??? You have now stitched all the pieces for this mystery – and… we are ready to get started!
One – My son pretty much designed this one. He did all the pre- planning, and the stitching of the blocks – ok – except for the stars – he didn’t want to sew those!
Two – remember those books where you would read a chapter – and then choose an outcome, before the book would tell you which page to read next? This mystery is sorta like that. We put it up on the design wall, and they had an idea – and all the men started making changes to it. Sorta – how do you want this one to look? I think you will have fun
So how will you design yours? I would love to see if you go with one of the suggestions, or if you come up with something even more different.
Wowzers! Love the reveal. Great job by your son. I love all three. Can't decide on my layout. My husband will help me decide, he is more creative than me! Thank you for another great QOV mystery. Tanya and Dennis
How fun, a choose your own mystery ending! The blocks look great. Your son did a great job with the blocks and the designs.
I love them all. This quilt was so fun to make and so easy to keep up with. Thanks Alycia for all your beautiful patterns.
All great ideas! Think I'll offset the stars with spacers so I don't have to match the points ;-) Thanks for another great mystery. Carlie
1,520 Alzheimers Headlines: New imaging technique in Alzheimer's disease opens up possibilities for new drug development
Tau PET is a new and promising imaging method for Alzheimer's disease. A case study from Lund University in Sweden now confirms that tau PET images correspond to a higher degree to actual changes in the brain. According to the researchers behind the study, this increases opportunities for developing effective drugs.
There are several different methods of producing images showing the changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease. The tau PET method reveals the presence of a protein in the brain, tau, with the help of a gamma camera and a specially selected radioactive molecule (F-AV-1451).
Tau has an important function in assisting the transport of various substances within the brain's nerve cells. People with Alzheimer's disease have raised levels of tau, leading to accumulation of the protein in the brain cells and gradually to cell death.
Lund University and Skåne University Hospital are among other institutions studying patients with the tau PET method for research purposes. Until now, no one has had precise knowledge of how well the new imaging method reproduces the actual changes in a brain affected by Alzheimer's disease. The current case study, however, shows that image and reality match up well. The study has enabled researchers to compare tau PET images and brain tissue from the same person for the first time. The brain tissue came from a person who died having recently undergone examination with the new imaging method.
"Tau PET can improve diagnostics, but above all, the imaging method can be of great significance in the development of new drugs to combat Alzheimer's disease," explains Ruben Smith, researcher at Lund University and physician at Skåne University Hospital. He continues:
"There are new candidate drugs which aim to reduce the accumulation of tau. The imaging method opens up opportunities to investigate the development of the disease at a detailed level, and to observe how tau aggregates are affected by the drugs."
"The person who was examined had a mutation which led to the same type of accumulation of tau in the brain as in Alzheimer's disease. A single case study might seem insignificant, but since there are areas with a lot of tau stored and others with less tau in the same brain, it is sufficient to examine one person in order to verify whether the imaging method works," explains Oskar Hansson, professor at Lund University and consultant at Skåne University Hospital.
Interest from the research community in imaging methods focusing on tau is strong and growing. A reliable reproduction of tau protein in the brain is considered a more relevant marker and a better diagnostic tool than competing methods which are already in use.
The researchers behind the study are now focusing on tracking aggregation of tau in the brain over time and connections with diagnostics using spinal fluid samples.
Tau PET imaging is considered interesting for other, less common, neurological diseases as well, such as frontal lobe dementia and Parkinson's-like diagnoses such as PSP (progressive supranuclear palsy) and CBD (corticobasal degeneration).
The results are published in the journal Brain and the study was funded by the European Research Council (ERC), the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Alzheimer's Fund and the Swedish Brain Fund, among others.