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Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane is committed to providing dynamic, innovative and engaging programmes of education, appreciation and information on modern and contemporary art. We organise a multiplicity of programmes for people of all ages and interests including symposia, seminars and research projects.
Basic Talks is a series of informal talks with leading contemporary practitioners, taking place at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane on the second Friday of every month. Curated by Basic Space in partnership with The Hugh Lane, BASIC TALKS is an open platform for talks, panels, lectures and performances. Speakers will include artists, curators, writers and critics who will generate discourse on producing and exhibiting art. BASIC TALKS is a collaboration between Basic Space and Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, exploring alternatives in the dissemination of contemporary art and its discourses. Free and no booking required unless otherwise stated.
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Friday 12 July 2019, 10am-12.30pm
This Study Morning will explore themes arising from Mark Dion's exhibition Our Plundered Planet. Dion's installations draw on the techniques of scientific enquiry and museum displays of natural histories. Our speakers Dr Petra Lange-Berndt (University of Hamburg); Dr Tim Stott (Dublin School of Creative Arts, TU Dublin); Nigel Monaghan (Keeper, National Museum of Ireland – Natural History) and Leslie Moore ( Chief Parks Superintendent, Dublin City Council) will offer a broad range of perspectives from art to biodiversity, climate change, natural history and more.
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has been all over the map on national ID issues. As governor of Arizona, she signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bush DHS to implement "enhanced driver's licenses" in her state. These are licenses with long‐range RFID chips built into them. But then she turned around and signed legislation barring implementation of the REAL ID Act in Arizona.
Now, having taken federal office, she again favors REAL ID — or at least under its new name: PASS ID. (Her efforts to put distance between REAL ID and PASS ID have not borne fruit.)
In some respects, PASS ID is worse than REAL ID. It would give congressional approval to the "enhanced driver's license" program — invented by DHS and State Department bureaucrats to do long‐range (and potentially surreptitious) identification of people holding this type of card. Back home, the Arizona legislature has just passed a bill to prohibit the state from implementing EDLs.
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Mat LaLonde's presentation here, with slide show.ABSTRACT: A critical analysis of the properties of problematic plant components and the contexts in which they become relevant. The seminar seeks to delineate the limitations of the current scientific data available for these compounds in order to stimulate research in lacking areas. The seminar also seeks to teach members of the community how to best present this information in order to avoid being easily discredited or considered alarmist.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 11, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Flu continues its march across the United States, with 47 states now reporting widespread influenza activity, up from 41 last week, federal health officials reported Friday.
However, flu has begun to subside in some areas, especially in the Southeast, where it showed up first.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also reported that the current vaccine was found to be about 60 percent effective in warding off illness, which means it offers "moderate" protection from the flu, which is particularly severe this season.
Flu activity is worsening as peak flu season -- usually late January -- nears, CDC officials said at a news conference.
"Most of the country has seen, or is seeing, a lot of flu, and this may continue for a number of weeks," said CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden.
"We are continuing to see influenza activity elevated in most of the U.S.," he added. "It may be decreasing in some areas, while other areas in the country, particularly the West, appear to be on the upswing."
Two more children died from flu complications last week, bringing the total to 20 youngsters this season, Frieden said.
The CDC does not keep an up-to-date tally of adult deaths.
Although flu remains at epidemic levels, the rate of doctor's visits for flu have dropped, Frieden said. "That's the trend," he said, adding that "the next week or two will show whether we have, in fact, crossed the peak or whether we'll see a resumption of increase."
Twenty-four states and New York City are reporting a high level of flu, down from 29 states last week. Sixteen states are reporting moderate levels, up from nine a week ago, Frieden said.
It's still not too late to get a flu shot, the CDC said. Researchers who evaluated the flu vaccine in a study of more than 1,000 children and adults found it 62 percent effective in warding off flu, according to a report in the Jan. 11 edition of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
"The take-home message is that the flu vaccine is moderately effective this year, and people who are vaccinated have about a 60 percent lower risk of getting the flu compared to someone who is not vaccinated," Dr. Edward Belongia, an epidemiologist and a lead researcher on the report, said in a statement Friday. "It's a safe vaccine that can help prevent the flu and its complications in both children and adults," he said.
The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months and older get vaccinated. The agency urges people at higher risk for severe disease -- including young children, pregnant women, anyone with a chronic health problem and the elderly -- to get the vaccine.
However, spot shortages of vaccine and the antiviral drug Tamiflu may make preventing and treating the flu more difficult for some people.
The pharmaceutical company Roche is reporting shortages of the liquid form of Tamiflu, according to USA Today. Liquid Tamiflu is often given to children unable to swallow pills.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman Sarah Clark-Lynn told The New York Times that the FDA is working with the company that markets Tamiflu, Genentech, to increase supplies. The agency is also telling pharmacists that in emergencies they can compound the adult Tamiflu capsules to make liquid versions for children.
Meanwhile, drug maker Sanofi is reporting a shortage of Fluzone vaccine, according to published reports.
Sanofi has said it has produced all the vaccine it can for this year and has started work on next year's vaccine.
"The FDA is aware of reports of some spot shortages of influenza vaccine," FDA spokeswoman Rita Chappelle said. "At this time, we believe that there is an adequate supply available, but there may be some delays in distribution. We think it is important that pharmacies, hospitals, and doctors work closely with their distributors, as they are in the best position to advise on these issues."
Dr. John Treanor, a professor of infectious disease at University of Rochester in New York, said Fluzone is by far the most widely used flu vaccine in the United States.
"But at this point obviously most people who are going to be vaccinated already have been, so the effects of a vaccine shortage would probably be minimal -- although frustrating for those people who do still want vaccine," he said.
Shortages of Tamiflu would be more problematic because this is the middle of the outbreak, Treanor said.
"General recommendations are that antiviral therapy should be targeted to those individuals with higher risk of influenza complications or with severe disease, and not used routinely in otherwise healthy individuals with uncomplicated flu," he said.
Dr. Marc Siegel, an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, said 135 million doses of flu vaccine were manufactured and 128 million doses have been distributed. "The question is how many of the flu shots that were distributed actually got used," he said.
Siegel said Tamiflu is the most effective antiviral for flu, although there are alternatives. "Tamiflu significantly reduces symptoms, severity and length of contagion," he said.
Siegel is concerned, however, that people might panic and hoard Tamiflu. "We need calm... The flu should be declining by a month from now," he said.
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Trey Ternian necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 692 diseños de 122 diseñadores freelance.
Ternian is a management consulting firm helping growing companies address business challenges. We help companies address finance, accounting, technology and people challenges that occur as a company grows. We want to be known for:
-Equipping our clients for growth and change. This means that we teach our clients 'how to fish' allowing them to be less reliant on consulants in the longer term
-We Provide unique perspectives
-Quickly identify and solve problems without wasting time and money
-We adapt and quickly solve each company's unique challenges
-Adjectives to describe us include: experienced, insightful, solid, adaptable, strong, decisive, forthright, integrity
A good analogy would be: "We are the Navy Seals of the Consulting Industry...we quickly adapt, surround a business challenge and solve the problem" Our competitors are the larger firms 'the battleships of the Navy'. We solve our client problems while our competitors are still figuring out what to do (steering the large ship takes effort).
Senior corporate business leaders in the Energy industry in Texas including: Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Board Members. Age range is: late 40s to late 50s. Most of these executives are politically and socially conservative.
Our market includes most mid-sized publicly traded Energy companies based in Texas.
Logo must be:
-Reverseable (e.g. able to print on white letterhead or dark background on website).
-we do not want our logo in a box
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-No pastels, no red, no purple, no pink
-Must look good in black and white as well as in color
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Note: The name "Ternian" means 3. The significance of this is that there are 3 people starting this firm. But we do not want the number "3" in the logo, nor do we want backwards letters. No visuals of three heads.
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It's with sadness that we announce the imminent shutdown of TheBody.com's Bulletin Boards, which will take place around Aug. 15, 2017.
We've been experiencing serious technical problems with the boards for quite a while now. These problems are related mostly to the age of the software that makes the boards run; it's nearly 20 years old and has long since stopped being updated by its creator.
We've considered many options to upgrade or reinvent these boards, but ultimately realized that the complexity of such a project would be too great, and that we're too small a team to continue maintaining the bulletin boards, particularly given how little use they see these days and how many other methods are available for having conversations on the web.
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"Aquaculture offers an increasingly attractive solution to meeting food needs. Aquaculture is already the fastest growing animal food producing sector, but the potential for further expansion is great. I do not ask you to change direction but I ask you to accelerate progress."
The role of aquaculture
Skretting's mission of "Feeding the Future" is based upon the challenge of feeding a global population that is forecast to reach nine billion people by 2050. Our ambition is to contribute to meeting the world's rising food needs through responsible aquaculture. We do this by seeking innovative ways to increase the efficiency and nutritional value of our products, as well as the productivity of our customers, while also reducing the environmental impact of our value chains.
"Aquaculture will help to bridge the gap between sustainable fisheries and global demand, but only when practiced responsibly."


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Monday, June 28, 2010
Steak sandwich
Well, maybe not *every* day
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Grilled steak
But an ordinary tri-tip worked fine in the marinade: say a quarter cup of olive oil, half a bottle of red wine, three or four whole cloves of garlic, salt and pepper, bay leaves. I marinated the steak for 24 hours in the refrigerator, bringing it out a few hours before cooking to bring it to room temperature; then grilled it over charcoal, reducing the marinade, adding a little butter, and pouring it over the sliced steak.
Alas we forgot to eat the grilled zucchini, but we did have a fine green salad…
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Sausage (again)
Eastside Road, Healdsburg, June 24, 2010—
WHEN I WAS A KID we had sausage fairly often. It was almost always what I think of as "loose sausage", uncased, either store-bought or made at home from our own pigs. (Or perhaps it was made by the meat-processing plant Dad occasionally took our butchered pigs to, when he didn't have time or inclination to do the work himself.) I remember liking it, and looking forward to it: but in retrospect it probably wasn't anything special.
Back in the 1970s we bought sausage in Berkeley at Victoria Wise's wonderful charcuterie Pig By The Tail. (Our daughter Giovanna worked there a year or two, as a teenager.) I particularly remember her delicious rillettes and crepinettes, and her Touraine-style sausage was indispensable when it came time to make cassoulet. Alas, Pig didn't last, but Victoria wrote a fine book, American Charcuterie, and we've made those sausages at home more than once for our own cassoulets.
We're lucky here in Healdsburg to have Franco Dunn, who I wrote about here last October, as I mentioned a week or so ago. Franco apprenticed in Italy for a number of months, as I understand it, and is serious about his work, though relaxed and accessible in person at the Healdsburg Farmers Market where you can buy his sausage. (Also at the Santa Rosa Farmers Market, I've heard: see a photo here.)
Today, after yet another day working outside in the front yard — which covers about a small city block — we didn't feel like cooking. Hell: we didn't even feel like shopping. Lindsey remembered there were two of Franco's sausages left in the freezer for just such an emergency, and she cooked them on the stove in a small enamel pan, pouring off the fat as it oozed out from the pinholes she'd provided. She also remembered her mother's steamed potatoes with vinaigrette, which made a nice side dish. Green salad, naturally.
Côte Varois, red, "La Ferme Julien"
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Soup, not pasta
Eastside Road, Healdsburg, June 23, 2010—
TONIGHT WE WENT AHEAD with the soup project. We picked up a box of chicken stock — not easy, that, at our local supermarket; there are many versions on the shelves, most of them with sugar, cane juice (whatever that is), or even honey among the ingredients. We finally chose what seemed the least alarming of the lot. I browned some little carrots in olive oil, then added a bit of water and covered them to cook them; then added them to the stock which I'd brought to a simmer. Then the same thing with a clove of garlic, quartered (it was a big one), and a couple of spring onion bulbs.
Then I tossed in the leftover pasta from Sunday, and the leftover potatoes from yesterday, and when everything was hot we messed it forth, as the olde cookerye bokes doth tell, and it was good. Green salad (I like the lettuce we're using these days, called "Nancy" for some reason).
Cheap Riesling, "Now and Zen"
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Eastside Road, Healdsburg, June 22, 2010—
TO MARKET TODAY to buy vegetables and fish. The Fish Guy is such a reliable fellow, and so friendly: today he had a big jar of lemonade; and when I said to Lindsey Would you like some lemonade, sweetie, he broke out into a big grin: How long you guys been married, anyway? I told him, of course, and he smiled some more at the numbers of long-married couples he sees at the market… but I've strayed from the subject.
I sautéed some delicious little potatoes with the one good-sized artichoke that's appeared so far in my garden, along with a spring onion and a clove of garlic. I set them aside and Lindsey used the same pan to make a court-bouillon with some Cheap Pinot Grigio and some herbs to poach the salmon. Green salad, of course, since we had no chard today; and a novel vinaigrette, with finely minced radish and raw garlic in it.
Cheap Pinot grigio; cheap Riesling
Cheap Pinot grigio; cheap Riesling
Pasta, not soup
Eastside Road, Healdsburg, June 21, 2010—
I HAD INTENDED to make soup, really I had. We bought the vegetables for it at the Saturday market: carrots, potatoes, green beans, peas, onions, chard… but in the end, discovering we had not stock on hand, I went for pasta instead. I sautéed the onion and the green beans, then added the peas, then set them aside while cooking the pasta.
I chopped three raw tomatoes and a clove of garlic and added them to the drained pasta, along with the beans and peas, and tossed it; the chard I'd cooked separately in the usual way.
Cheap Pinot grigio
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Father's Day Brunch
Eastside Road, Healdsburg, June 20, 2010—
WE DON'T OFTEN EAT "brunch," as I've noted here before. But Father's Day comes only once a year, and this year our friends Claire and Kendall, whom we see too rarely these days, suggested they drive up and treat us. So I called another friend for a suggestion, and when she mentioned Charlie's Grill it seemed a natural — though only two people in the world ever call me "Charlie." So off we drove to the golf club, where we discovered not only was it "brunch," it was "buffet," that other dining format I mistrust.
But it was okay. I chose eggs Benedict, a couple of strips of bacon, some "breakfast potatoes," a biscuit; and, afterward, a little piece of gummy pecan pie. We sat out on the terrace on a soft midday, watching blue jays picking up crumbs and golfers picking up Mulligans. As the Gronings say, het komm minder.
Orange juice; coffee
• Charlie's Grill, 1340 19th Hole Drive, Windsor, CA; tel. 707.838.8802; www.windsorgolf.com/charlies.html
Picnic party
Friday, June 18, 2010
For me it was grilled sardines served on a bed of Gypsy peppers à la grecque. Delicious. And then a square of polenta with mascarpone and Parmegiana. Delicious again.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
We grilled sausages outside over charcoal and grapevine cuttings — the last of the Mangalitsa from four months ago, which I'm happy to report kept well in the freezer; and four Toscana sausages made by Franco Dunn, who I wrote about here last October. A very interesting contrast between the two, which complemented one another well, I thought. Lindsey cooked little potatoes and favas, and we had a green salad, and oh my what a delicious zabaglione for dessert, with strawberries from the market…
Our love affair with Netherlands goes back to 1973, when I first visited Amsterdam; 1974, when I returned with Lindsey and we lived a week or two in The Hague; 1976, when we met our dear friends Hans and Anneke. We've visited frequently since, and walked the length and breadth of the country. In the last thirty-five years we've watched the country's cuisine move from dour and doughty to state-of-the-art: two of our favorite restaurants in the world are in Amsterdam.
And, of course, there's nagelkaas. The Dutch word for "clove", the spice, is nagel, "nail", pronounced with a voiced fricative on the "g" for which I can't think of an English equivalent. Nor can I think of one for the cheese itself, which is simply unique and perfect. There are plenty of flavored cheeses, of course; I suspect it began as a way of improving otherwise bland cheese. We like Dutch cheese flavored with mustard seeds, and cumin seeds, and caraway seeds; but particularly the Frisian nagelkaas. We've found inferior cheeses flavored with cumin and caraway, but never with cloves. Perhaps the idea of eating cloves simply doesn't have sufficient appeal to justify extending it to bland cheese; perhaps the clove flavor simply needs the competition of a really good cheese to offset it.
In any case we always buy a good-sized hunk of nagelkaas when we're about to leave Netherlands; vacuum-wrapped, the otherwise fierce American customs regulations relent and allow it in. (As they did a good hunk of Beaufort last week.) And we've finally found it more or less locally, at Dutch American Market and Import up in Beaverton, Oregon: we get to Portland even more often than we do to Netherlands.
So tonight, too rushed again for a proper dinner, we made do with slices of nagelkaas on toast, and a green salad, and were content, even with only…
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Fast and healthful
Sunday, June 13, 2010
I set a package of Rustichella d'Abruzzo's strozzapreti* to boiling in salted water, then halved the tomatoes crosswise, squeezed the seeds and juice into a strainer, chopped the tomatoes, chopped a clove of garlic and some marjoram from the garden.
When the pasta was done, in about twelve minutes — the weeks in Sicily taught us to undercook our pasta — I drained it in the colander, returned it to the pot, threw in the tomatoes, garlic, and marjoram, added a spoonful-sized plug of cream from the top of yesterday's bottle of milk, and messed it forth, grating some Parmesan on top and grinding on some black pepper.
Green salad.
*Strozzapreti: "priest-stranglers." Just about my favorite pasta shape, because the relatively thick pasta retains density after being cooked, and its pockets carry the sauce well.
Home for halibut
Lost day en route
IN CHICAGO, waiting for the continuation flight to SFO, a Martini and a beer, and a ham and cheese sandwich to take on the plane. Iceberg lettuce in the sandwich: nice and crisp and refreshing.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Last day in Paris
When I get home, and get time, I'll write a little story about this place. In the meantime, I checked it out online to see what others were saying: for the most part, confirming my own opinions. (It was interesting, by the way, to note the differences between prevailing standards of user reviews on French websites compared with American ones, but that's another story.)
When we stopped in, on a gloomy midday at about 1 pm, we were the only ones there except for a lone guy at a nearby table. (They're all nearby, of course.) He was making his first return in 30 years, and said he saw no changes.
I had the lettuce-walnut salad with mustard dressing, then the skirt steak -- bavette cooked saignant, of course; and crème caramel for dessert. It was delicious.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Home ties
There we met the proprietor, who used to live in San Francisco where she ran the South Park Café and Le Mistral in San Francisco. She greeted Lindsey enthusiastically; she's a fan of Chez Panisse; she has Lindsey's book.
It is indeed a wonderful place. We had a taste of Philippe's foie gras, made in house, succulent and lean (if that's possible), pink and healthy, with a delicious raisin-mustard confit; then went on to a cool salad of fèves with shallots, dressed with argan oil, a very special flavor. Then I had a fine steak of tuna "à la Panama," with cucumbers sautéed in sesame oil. A fine, enterprising, imaginative cook here, choosing ingredients wisely from the global marketplace. Sophisticated; nutritious; entertaining; surprising. I like it.
At home tonight — by "home" I mean our odd apartment — we feasted on a roast chicken from a nearby traiteur, haricots verts with shallots, and rice, with cantucci brought from Italy dipped in red wine.
What to think?
It is indeed an interesting place, with full-sized cartoons painted on the dark red walls, odd chandeliers from the flea market, a cat strolling the dining room, big boxes of produce standing just inside the front door. You do feel you're eating in someone's private home -- Miss Haversham's, perhaps.
We ate à la carte, not the cheapest way to go; and everyone had the same thing: wild asparagus and morels to start, then pan-fried turbot. Everyone but me: I had a fascinating sautée of artichokes, carrot, turnip, onions, and an oddly flavored thyme; then slow-braised lamb with vegetables.
The flavors here are very deep and as if wildly scented; I'm not sure what to make of it. At times it was as if I were in the Provençal garrigue, not a bad place to be; at other times it was almost as if some Indian spice were being added to the dish. ("Certainly not," said the waiter, when I suggested it.)
My dessert: four delicious prunes beautifully swollen from the red wine they'd been cooked in, with a fat slice of citrus zest.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Traditionally Paris
We had a green salad with artichokes and shavings of Parmesan to begin with, then Lindsey had an entrecôte and I had beef tartare; cheese plates (Brie, St. Nectaire) in lieu of dessert. (The Dutch had herring salad and grilled daurade.)
Then, after the concert, we strolled over to the Place St. Michelle for crèpes — well, galettes, really, buckwheat crèpes with Emmenthal, ham, and egg inside.
Paris Re-run
Last meal in Italy (this trip)
Friday, June 4, 2010
Back at i Mandorli
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Trattoria Milanese
Alas, Our Lady of the Dashboard, the GPS in our rented car, could not find it. We could not find it. The people at the restaurant could not explain where it was. After another long futile drive Mr. di Carlo was finally forced to throw in the towel and cancel the reservation. Lindsey said, Why not just go to Santa Marta.
We first ate at the Ristorante Marta many years ago, with our friends Richard and Marta (!) and Dominique as I recall, and we've been back from time to time. It's a nice restaurant on the via Santa Marta, just off the Duomo, in the center of town. And there's a trattoria on the other side of the street. You go to Ristorante Marta and look at the menu, and then you look at Trattoria Milanese across the street, and you make up your mind.
Increasingly we've wound up at Trattoria Milanese, which is of course perfect for traditional Milanese cuisine. So today we had some little artichokes à la Grècque, and we split a vitello tonnato, and went on to perfect, creamy Risotto alla Milanese with just the right touch of saffron, and then Cotellete Milanese, veal scallopine breaded, fried in olive oil, and served with lemon. Who needs dessert or cheese?
Slow in Milan
In the end our osteria was tucked away out of sight in a dark courtyard between a couple of unremarkable buildings. (It's always a little amusing that the Italian word for these big apartment-office-hotel buildings is palazzo.)
But ah, the food was delicious. We skipped any preliminaries, having just observed Milan's famous Happy Hour elsewhere, and dove into primi and secondi: for me, tomato-tinted (and flavored) tagliatelli tossed with snippets of fresh green asparagus, just barely cooked al dente, and lamb chops with pesto on a bed of potatoes Anna.
My favorite cheese was on the menu, but when it arrived the Castelmagno was over the hill, neither soft and creamy-white nor streaked with blue but stagionata as if it were a crumbly Parmeggiano, a little ammoniated, and unacceptable. It went away and two other cheeses replaced it, a fine soft goat cheese and a beautiful Pecorino, accompanied by a dollop of chestnut honey.
I had dessert, too, a small chocolate-chestnut flavored cake with apples in it. It was good, but Lindsey's île flottante was better. Fabulous, in fact.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The Best Yet
Lindsey found a promising listing for a restaurant in this city a little south of Parma, a city we've never visited before. We drove around looking for a hotel, finally found one with a parking space in front, a cheap hotel with a friendly proprietor who hailed from Santo Domingo…
But I digress. The restaurant in question turned out to be exactly next door the restaurant, a study in distinctions not unusual in this country, as Lindsey pointed out.
We began with a glass of methode Champenoise from Ferrara and a cortesia, or amuse-bouche, consisting of a shaving of fine roast beef with an amazing mirepoix of celery, onion, chive, radish, and arugula. Then came giardinera alla nonna, pickled vegetables as your grandmother might have made (and Lindsey's in fact did) and a plate of lardo, deliciously fragrant.
My primo was gnocchi on a bed of puréed peas and potatoes; my secondo ox-tail, long-braised in red wine, under a nest of french-fried potatoes. That sounds like a lot of potatoes, but it wasn't; they were more garnish than contorni. I wish I could have managed a dessert, I really do, but I couldn't.


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WJF – Digital Identity For Refugees
Next week my colleagues and I will roll out a new White Paper on the creation of internationally operable standards for digital identities that can begin the process of bringing the millions of stateless refugees out of 'invisibility.' The event will be held at the offices of Eleven publishers and will be a co-celebration of the 6th year of the International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution, of which I am one of the co-Editors-in-Chief.
ODR Forum Blog #2: ODR and Access to Justice
My second post in the ODR Forum blog just went up – you can find it here: ODR & A2J
Ana Goncalves and I have an article in the upcoming edition of the IJODR – "Standards, Qualifications, and Certification for E-Mediators." The article is based on information generated by the ODR committee of the International Mediation Institute (of which Ana and I were the Co-Chairs), and presented at the International ODR Forum in New Zealand. Here is a link to the article: EMediation Standards
AI and the Law
This afternoon I will present a short talk on ODR and Access to Justice at the AI and the Law Symposium at American University College of Law. This is an annual event that brings justices from Brazil to DC for surveys of developments in US law and the courts. It's not connected to the training and presentations I did in Brazil back in November, but it seems I can't escape Portuguese translators. Thanks to Judge Peter Messitte for the invitation. A copy of the power point I'll use can be found here: AI and A2J
A greatly edited (and shorter) version of the presentation is available in audio with the power points at: Recording
ODR Forum Blog #1 – Why ODR Now?
The NCSC has established a blog to lead up to the International ODR Forum in Williamsburg in October. They have invited everyone to contribute to the blog with short notes and commentary about ODR, and during the run up to the ODR Forum there will be many blog entries, and many topics explored on a variety of subjects related to online dispute resolution. One thing about which I think most of us who deal with ODR would agree is that the idea of, and the reality of, ODR has been expanding rapidly in the last couple of years. Why now?
For the past two decades ODR has been acknowledged as an approach to disputes, but it seems that ODR has in the past year or two been on the tongues of dispute resolvers in just about every mode and venue. It is the classic example of an "overnight success" that is anything but overnight.
ODR's first blooming began in the 1990's in e-commerce, addressing the bounded universe of disputes there with algorithms and online work by "real" mediators. What we are seeing now is the blooming of ODR in the courts, for what I suggest are much the same reasons that we saw ODR being developed in e-commerce. The courts offer huge numbers of cases, many of which are bounded by forms, rules, and processes that lend themselves to assistance by algorithm driven ODR platforms. The payoffs in saved time and saved money are also analogous to the payoffs in e-commerce. The promise of those payoffs in the court systems around the world are, I think, driving the emergence of ODR beyond e-commerce. There are two areas in which I still don't see a lot of progress in ODR.
First, we are not seeing yet the development of a true justice layer for the Internet. In the "real" world we interact in a social layer and a commercial layer, with a justice layer available to resolve disputes created by our social and commercial interactions. That justice layer is driven by venue, standing, and rules that recognize borders. On the internet we have an active social layer (perhaps too active) and a commercial layer, but no real justice layer that operates in the cyber-world we have created with our online social and commercial interactions. The closest we've come to a justice layer of the Internet are the private justice systems created by e-commerce platforms, joined and ruled by the the fine print behind the "I Agree" button that we click almost automatically. The court ODR that is being developed is, at least at this point, not revolutionary. Court ODR has, so far, taken the traditional functions and structures of court systems and converted them or adjusted them to the use of online tools. And, significantly, the court ODR platforms are designed to operate within the same venues, and with the same borders, that control non-ODR court processes. The EU has taken small steps to stretch ODR across borders (although the idea of borders in the EU are not, themselves, traditional). But the major attempt to create an agreement about how to handle cross border disputes not managed as a private justice system, the UNCITRAL ODR Working Group, basically failed.
Second, we are not yet seeing ODR platforms in widespread use for sole practitioner dispute resolvers or for small firms and non-profits without the financial resources or the case loads to support large scale ODR platforms. Even though most dispute resolvers are using technology to some degree, it is probably the case that most do not think of their use of mobile phones, document sharing platforms, and, heaven forbid, e-mail, as ODR. The gap in the market seems to be for ODR platforms with secure document handling and storage, designed for dispute resolution, with the ability to communicate, brainstorm, and create agreements that are user friendly and cheap enough to be used by those who are not operating in large e-commerce or court systems.
EU IPO Conference
On May 30 and 31, The European Union Intellectual Property Office will host a conference in Alicante, Spain, on the topic of intellectual property mediation. On May 30 I will be speaking on the topic of "Artificial Intelligence and Mediation Ethics." The conference link is https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/ip-mediation-conference2019
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I just finished the in-class portion of an International Dispute Resolution class for SMU. Delightful students, and this photo includes one of our guests, a photo-artist (Farah Janjua) who took us through a photo experience in Jerusalem. (She's in the front row in a checked shirt.)
ODR Subcommittee
I have been a member of the Virginia State Supreme Court's Access to Justice Commission, Self-Represented Litigants Committee, for the past couple of years. At the most recent meeting, which I missed because I was speaking at a couple of ODR events in Brazil, I was nominated to [which I think means placed on :-)] a newly-created ODR Subcommittee of the SLR Committee. The SLR Committee is made up of very well meaning, and very traditional, legal professionals – the creation of this Subcommittee is a huge indication that the integration of technology into the structure of the justice system is moving steadily, and increasingly rapidly, forward.


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Wobin's Reverse Engineering updated for WoW 4.0.x and Cataclysm.
Crafts that require sub-components you can create
will have a cogwheel on the component tooltip.
Clicking on the component takes you directly to the recipe for it.
After you're done crafting however many you need,
clicking the history button will take you back up to your initial Craft.
Version 3.2 changes:
- WoW 4.0.x and Cataclysm compatibility.
- Now works when the initial craft produces a spell (like item enhancements);
in addition to items
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Are new cars just too good?
by David Cipolloni
The invention of the electric starter motor
did have its appeal. Electric headlamps sure did make driving at night a bit
safer. Pneumatic tires were a lot easier on the back and kidneys. And let's
not forget the essentials like a closed cockpit, windscreen and even
windscreen wipers. The automotive industry was on a roll.
Remember when going 80 mph seemed really fast? These days the lowest cost
econoboxes can do that all day without breaking a sweat. I know safety is an
issue, and I don't advocate going back to bias ply tires, but what happened
to the adventure of the open road? A time when you actually had to DRIVE the
car. There were no antilock brakes, dynamic stability control, electronic
brake force distribution, etc. to save your ass. There was no electronic
throttle to slow you down. By George you could do a one-eighty on an exit
ramp quicker than you can say hit the ONSTAR button.
So, how do we enjoy driving again? Is it too late? The cars just seem to be getting better. Maybe the cars won't need us much longer. Where do we fit in? We already know the onboard computers on many new cars are capable of recording our evil deeds. Try telling the judge you were going slow because you had a bowl of goldfish on the seat, all the while the prosecution is presenting the data from your onboard computer that indicates the vehicle speed at 140 mph, and the engine speed at 7,000 rpm's……………Bailiff, take him away.
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Clinical Trials
Safety of and Immune Response to a Novel Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in HIV Infected Children
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Information provided by (Responsible Party)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
First received: June 19, 2006
Last updated: January 18, 2019
Last Verified: January 2019
History of Changes
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of and immune response to a new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) infected children between the ages of 7 and 12 years.
HIV Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Biological : Quadrivalent human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, 18) L1 virus-like particle (VLP) or Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (QHPV)
Other : Placebo/QHPV
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Phase II Safety and Immunogenicity Study of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) L1 Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Vaccine in HIV Infected Children 7 to 12 Years of Age
Further study details as provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Primary Outcome Measures
Percent of Participants Developing Grade 3 or 4 Adverse Events (AEs)
[ Time Frame: Within 14 days of first three doses of vaccination ]
Adverse events were graded using the Division of AIDS (DAIDS) Table for Grading the Severity of Adult and Pediatric Adverse Events (December 2004). The grades used are: Grade 1="Mild", Grade 2="Moderate", Grade 3="Severe", Grade 4="Potentially Life-Threatening". All grade 3 and higher signs, symptoms, and laboratory toxicities were included.
Percent of Participants Developing Grade 3 or 4 Adverse Events (AEs) Attributed to Study Treatment
[ Time Frame: Within 14 days of first three doses of vaccination ]
Adverse events were graded using the Division of AIDS (DAIDS) Table for Grading the Severity of Adult and Pediatric Adverse Events (December 2004). All grade 3 and higher signs, symptoms, and laboratory toxicities attributed to study treatment were included. The relationship between the Adverse Events and the vaccination were evaluated by study team and assigned to, for example, "Treatment related", "Non-treatment related", "Baseline", "Possibly treatment related".
Percent of Participants With Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Type-Specific Seroconversion
[ Time Frame: At week 28 after beginning the vaccination series ]
Serum anti-HPV 6, 11, 16, and 18 antibody was measured using a competitive Luminex immunoassay (cLIA; reported in milli-Merck Units [mMU]/mL). Sero-positivity was defined as an anti-HPV titer ≥20, 16, 20, and 24 mMU/mL, for HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18, respectively.
Serum Anti-HPV Antibody Titers (cLIA)
[ Time Frame: Arm A week 0, 28, 72, 96, 97, 100; Arm B week 0, 28, 72, 96, 97, 100, 124. ]
Geometric means of Type-specific Serum anti-HPV antibody titers (cLIA)
- CD4 Count Over Time [ Time Frame: Arm A week 0, 8, 12, 24, 28, 72, 96, 100 and 108; Arm B week 0, 8, 12, 24, 28, 72, 96, 100, 104, 108, 120, and 124. ]
- CD4 Percent Over Time [ Time Frame: Arm A week 0, 8, 12, 24, 28, 72, 96, 100 and 108; Arm B week 0, 8, 12, 24, 28, 72, 96, 100, 104, 108, 120, and 124. ]
- HIV-1 Viral Load (Ribonucleic Acid [RNA] Copies/ml) Over Time [ Time Frame: Arm A week 0, 8, 12, 24, 28, 72, 96, 100 and 108; Arm B week 0, 8, 12, 24, 28, 72, 96, 100, 104, 108, 120, and 124. ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator:
Arm A: QHPV
QHPV at week 0, 8, 24, 96.
Quadrivalent human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, 18) L1 virus-like particle (VLP) or Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (QHPV)
QHPV at week 0, 8, 24 and 96.
Other Name: QHPV
Arm B: Placebo/QHPV
Placebo at week 0, 8, 24; QHPV at week 96, 104, 120.
Placebo at week 0, 8, 24 and QHPV at week 96, 104, 120.
Detailed Description:
Genital HPV infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world and may
lead to genital warts, anogenital dysplasias, and invasive cancers. HIV infected people and
others with compromised immunity are at greater risk for HPV-related complications. In
particular, researchers are concerned about the risk of HPV infection to women, who may be
infected by their male partners, especially if these partners engage in anal intercourse. HIV
infected women tend to have multiple types of HPV (associated with a greater risk of
HPV-related disease), are less likely to clear HPV-related conditions, and are more likely to
progress to HPV-related disease. The quadrivalent HPV (types 6, 11, 16, 18) L1 virus-like
particle (VLP) vaccine to be tested in this study was safe and generally well tolerated in
previous studies conducted in healthy and HPV-exposed adolescents, young adults, and older
women. However, it is still unclear if the vaccine will be safe and will elicit a similar
immune response in younger children. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and
immunogenicity of the novel quadrivalent HPV (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) L1 VLP vaccine in HIV
infected children 7 to 12 years of age.
This study had two stages and lasted at least 108 weeks. In Stage I, participants were stratified by CD4 percentage (CD4%) nadir and CD4% at study screening (Stratum A: CD4% Nadir < 15 and CD4% ≥ 15 at screening, Stratum B: CD4% Nadir ≥ 15 and < 25 and CD4% ≥ 15 at screening, Stratum C: CD4% Nadir ≥ 25 and CD4% ≥ 25 at screening). Within each stratification group, they were randomly assigned to one of two arms. During Stage I, Arm A (QHPV:Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine) participants received 3 doses of vaccine, while Arm B (Placebo/QHPV) participants received 3 doses of placebo. Participants did not know whether they were receiving vaccine or placebo. Participants received their assigned intervention at study entry and Weeks 8 and 24. At Week 96, Stage II began, and all study participants were told if they received vaccine or placebo in Stage I. Arm A participants received an additional dose of vaccine at Week 96; Arm B participants received doses of vaccine at Weeks 96, 104, and 120. Over the course of the study, there were at least 12 study visits. A physical exam and blood collection occurred at most visits; medical history occurred at selected visits.
After each vaccination, participants were observed for at least 30 minutes to monitor for any allergic reactions possibly resulting from the vaccination. For 15 days following vaccination, parents or guardians were asked to complete a "report card" with details of each child's signs and symptoms. Three days after each vaccination, parents or guardians of study participants were contacted by telephone and asked about any adverse events that a child may have experienced.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|7 Years to 12 Years
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Children ages ≥ 7 to < 12 years of age.
A confirmed diagnosis of HIV infection, defined as two positive assays from two different samples. The two results may be in any combination of the following:
- at any age: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Ribonucleic acid (RNA) PCR
- age > 4 weeks: p24 antigen detection
- age >18 months: licensed ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) with confirmatory
CD4% ≥ 15 at the time of screening is required (Note that this is a minimum requirement, and that for Stratum C the CD4% needs to be ≥ 25).
For Strata A and B: Currently stable (≥ 3 months) on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen, defined as three or more antiretrovirals from at least two different therapeutic classes, or therapy with the combination of azidothymidine, lamivudine, and abacavir.
For stratum C no antiretroviral therapy is required.
Parent or legal guardian able and willing to provide signed informed consent.
Negative urine pregnancy test sensitive to 25 International Unit (IU) beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) for girls who are menstruating (child bearing potential).
Female study volunteers who are participating in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy must agree to use two reliable methods of contraception, one of which must be a barrier method. A barrier method of contraception (condoms or cervical cap) together with another reliable form of contraception (condoms a , with a spermicidal agent; a diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide; an intrauterine device [IUD]; or hormonal-based contraception) must be used while on this study. Condoms are recommended because their appropriate use is the only contraception method effective for preventing HIV-1 transmission
Males participating in the study must not attempt to impregnate a woman, or participate in sperm donation programs. Males engaging in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy must use a condom.
Exclusion Criteria
Body temperature ≥ 101 F or ≥ 38.3 C, orally determined, within 72 hours prior to the first and each subsequent injection. Subjects may be vaccinated any time in the next seven days thereafter, provided that the site investigator is satisfied that the febrile illness has ended.
Total bilirubin ≥ 5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) at screening.
Alanine transaminase (ALT) or serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≥ 5 x ULN at screening in the absence of other explained causes (as determined by the site investigator) at screening.
Serum creatinine ≥ 1.5 mg/dL at screening.
Absolute neutrophil count ≤ 750 cells/mm3 at screening.
Hemoglobin ≤ 9.9 g/dL at screening.
Platelet count ≤ 75,000 cells/mm³ at screening.
Presence of an acute opportunistic non-bacterial or bacterial infection requiring therapy at the time of enrollment; the subject may be entered once he/she is stable on appropriate anti-infective therapy.
Chemotherapy for active malignancy.
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Prior treatment with three or more week-long courses of corticosteroids (≥ 2.0 mg/kg or ≥ 20 mg total of prednisone-equivalent) within one year of screening; or any systemic (oral or parenteral) steroids (≥ 2.0 mg/kg or ≥ 20 mg total of prednisone-equivalent for ≥ 3 days) within 30 days of study entry.
Prior vaccinations with inactivated vaccines received within two weeks of any dose of study vaccine, and no other vaccinations may be planned for two weeks after each dose of study vaccine.
Prior vaccinations with live vaccines received within three weeks before any dose of study vaccine, and no other vaccinations may be planned for two weeks after each dose of study vaccine.
Prior diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), genital warts, or juvenile recurrent papillomatosis.
History of any severe allergic reaction (e.g., swelling of the mouth and throat, difficulty breathing, hypotension, or shock) that required medical intervention.
Known allergies to any vaccine component, including aluminum, yeast, or BENZONASE™ (nuclease, Nycomed [used to remove residual nucleic acids from this and other vaccines]).
Previous treatment with any immune globulin preparation or blood-derived products within the six months prior to the first injection and none may be planned during the study.
Known coagulation disorder that would contraindicate Intramuscular (IM) injections.
Any clinically significant diseases (other than HIV infection) or clinically significant findings during the screening medical history or physical examination that, in the investigator's opinion, would compromise the outcome of this study.
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|United States, California
|Usc La Nichd Crs
|Alhambra, California, United States, 91803
|Miller Children's Hosp. Long Beach CA NICHD CRS
|Long Beach, California, United States, 90806
|UCLA-Los Angeles/Brazil AIDS Consortium (LABAC) CRS
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-1752
|Children's Hosp. of Orange County
|Orange, California, United States, 92868-3874
|UCSD Mother-Child-Adolescent Program CRS
|San Diego, California, United States, 92103
|Univ. of California San Francisco NICHD CRS
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
|United States, Colorado
|Univ. of Colorado Denver NICHD CRS
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
|United States, Connecticut
|Connecticut Children's Med. Ctr.
|Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106
|United States, District of Columbia
|Children's National Med. Ctr. Washington DC NICHD CRS
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010
|Howard Univ. Washington DC NICHD CRS
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20060
|United States, Florida
|South Florida CDTC Ft Lauderdale NICHD CRS
|Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, 33316
|Univ. of Florida Jacksonville NICHD CRS
|Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32209
|Univ. of Miami Ped. Perinatal HIV/AIDS CRS
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
|United States, Illinois
|Mt. Sinai Hosp. Med. Ctr. - Chicago, Womens & Childrens HIV Program
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60608
|Rush Univ. Cook County Hosp. Chicago NICHD CRS
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|Chicago Children's CRS
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614
|United States, Louisiana
|Children's Hosp.
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70118
|United States, Massachusetts
|Children's Hosp. of Boston NICHD CRS
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Boston Medical Center Ped. HIV Program NICHD CRS
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
|WNE Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS CRS
|Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01605
|United States, Michigan
|Children's Hospital of Michigan NICHD CRS
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
|United States, New Jersey
|Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School CRS
|Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07103
|United States, New York
|Bronx-Lebanon CRS
|Bronx, New York, United States, 10457
|Jacobi Med. Ctr. Bronx NICHD CRS
|Bronx, New York, United States, 10461
|SUNY Downstate Med. Ctr., Children's Hosp. at Downstate NICHD CRS
|Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11203
|Nyu Ny Nichd Crs
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester NY NICHD CRS
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|SUNY Stony Brook NICHD CRS
|Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11794-8111
|United States, North Carolina
|DUMC Ped. CRS
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|United States, Tennessee
|St. Jude/UTHSC CRS
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105
|United States, Texas
|Texas Children's Hosp. CRS
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|United States, Washington
|Seattle Children's Hospital CRS
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
|Puerto Rico
|Univ. of Puerto Rico Ped. HIV/AIDS Research Program CRS
|San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00935
|San Juan City Hosp. PR NICHD CRS
|San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00936
Sponsors and CollaboratorsNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
|Study Chair:
|Myron J. Levin, MD
|Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
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|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00339040 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 19, 2006
|Last Updated:
|January 18, 2019
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):HPV
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Switch Flops {A TUTORIAL}
2.7.12 | Posted by Unknown | Edit Post
Did you guess???
My project for last weeks Scrap Theme was the Switch Flops.
I came in 2nd. I am really proud of that! Did you see theWood Scrap Lantern that ChiWei from One Dog Woof. It is awesome. I'm thinking of making one for a night light for the kids room.
I am loving my "new" shoes. The possibilities are endless. You can use any fabrics- cotton, jersey, silk, denim, even ribbon. Even better you can wear them different every time you put them on. It's like having a new pair of shoes every time you open your closet!!! I love feeling like a have a new pair of shoes every time I open up my closet. But even better that they don't take up the room of a bunch of shoes.
You can whip a bunch of these out in no time!!!
Grab a pair of flip flops and some scrap fabric.
First thing you're going to do is convert your flip flops.
I used an exacto knife and cut the plastic pieces off from the bottom of the flip flop.
Next I took a piece a scrap fabric and cut a 1.2" x 4" rectangle. You will need 6 of these.
Fold it in half widthwise with right sides together. Stitch the long edge.
Turn right side out.
Tie it in a knot close to the ends. So you have a loop.
Push the loop through the hole in the flip flop.
Repeat with the remaining loops. Here is what it should look like.
Now for the straps.
I cut 2 strips of fabric 1.5 "- 2" wide and the length of the different pairs of straps varied.
Super Long-
Fold the in half and sew down the long edge.
Turn right side out.
Fold in the raw edges on the short edges and stitch closed.
Now have fun tying them different ways!!!!
Watch for Tie It Up Tuesdays where I will show you unique ways to tie your Switch Flops.
Don't forget to go to So You Think You're Crafty and vote for your favorite REPURPOSED project this week. Voting ends on Thursday evening.
Labels: Flip Flops, Repurpsed, Scrap Buster, Scrap Fabric, Shoes, Switch Flops
6 comments:
- Meaningful Mama said...
How cool is this idea?! Fabulous work. Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com
- 3.7.12
- Marie said...
That's amazing! I have so many flip flops, and turning them into switch flops would be so fun. I can have footwear to match any outfit without spending a tonne of money!
- 3.7.12
- Rose :: Fine Craft Guild .com said...
It looks fabulous !! Come link it up with us at our party: http://www.finecraftguild.com/party/ . This is something to show off!!
- 3.7.12
- Unknown said...
This is so cute. Gotta try it!
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- Kimmie @ Hello Mess said...
I will be featuring these tonight during What I Whipped Up Wednesday! xo
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- Frilly Princess Boutique said...
Very Cute!!!! What a neat idea! :-)
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India recently received its first C-17 Globemaster III, powered exclusively by four Pratt & Whitney F117 engines. India is slated to receive a total of 10 C-17s by 2014 and plans to use the planes to quickly move material and troops. The Indian Air Force received the C-17 during a ceremony at Boeing's final assembly site in Long Beach, Calif., on June 11.
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[Intro/Hook: Kobe]
Hey lil mama, I got some of that Bon Jovi
You know me, high flying in the air like living on a prayer
We're on the corner serving that rock'n'roll, rock'n'roll, rock'n'roll
Posted on the corner with the rock'n'roll, rock'n'roll
[Verse 1: Raekwon]
Willie Nelson nigga, we run flusty, crocodile hat
Cowboy rap, hammer game trusty
Diamonds on from Ghana, Boca retire in a yacht
With the middle name Lex, pop my llama
Movies get made in HD, let me get your eighty-three
I'mma scout faces so straight meetings
There's nothing you can do with my real niggas
Not the ones I rest my head with, my son a real crew piranha
Two wheels scooters, the new Rugers, floating through the Beverly Center
I count a ten up with my shooters
All these is high powered, Bob Dylan style, my niggas
Post it up, yeah frontin' at Mr. Chow's, titanium hustle, switch color
Most of them rich brothers are only on fucking and switch nuggets
Luggage is the real shit, who kill shit niggas is nothing
Blow a blunt, repeal shit
Hey little mama, little mama, I got some of that Bon Jovi
You know me, high flying in the air like living on a prayer
We're on the corner serving that rock'n'roll, rock'n'roll, rock'n'roll
Post it on the corner with the rock'n'roll, rock'n'roll
Hey little mama, have you ever took a hit of Mick Jagger
Yeah, better will blast ya now take it hit of this rock'n'roll, rock'n'roll
[Verse 2: Ghostface Killah]
Yo, everything platinum, even my baggage
You want a platinum rock? Then go see Larry
He got the yellow hat, yellow Maxes Air, looking like me
With a yellow back, pretty long hair
Suck a dick like Karrine Steffans
With Bobby Brown on speed dial, his ex dial stay on the check-in
I got that Mickey, baby, little mama
I got the bomb, call me Tom Brady
Move like a running back, 21 Tomlinson
Know how to push it back, you should pay homage and
Shit is too potent, make you feel like vomiting
Your black/white birds can give me five like Donovan
Pop the champagne for the illest hustler in the game
I got the Pink Floyd, Ozzy all day
And I ain't even mention my deals yet
Cuz I don't wanna have you freaked out over this real shit
[Verse 3: Jim Jones]
(Harlem stand up, we in the building, let the birds fly
Rock star to my heart, anything else? Uncivilised, go)
Rock star like the Red Hot Chili Peppers
I can't front red tops got me feeling extra
I drop the top so I can show the stones
I got the sour so I'm Rolling Stones
I'm popping shit on my mobile phone
I never slip cause I keep the fully loaded chrome
And have my niggas even stay …
That's why we pour a liquor for the Grateful Dead, we miss you
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And Lord knows I keep the Led Zeppelin
A nigga put it then we dead ressing
You can tell a bitch is still an e
We got that white girl nigga Sheila E
Diplomats we the Eagles(Killa!) we finna be greater than the Beatles
"Suck a dick like the wind stepping" is supposed to be "Suck a dick like Karrine Steffans AKA Superhead – nuff said