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Ikion Eco Boutique Hotel
Ikion Eco Boutique Hotel is built in Patiri, Alonissos, in the lush green area of Cavos, a few meters from the sea and the port. As one of the most modern hotels on Alonissos, IKION is the ideal choice for a relaxing, carefree vacation.
The hotel has been in operation since 1993 (fully renovated the summer of 2011) in one of the most beautiful, traditional buildings on the island, placing emphasis on high aesthetics in a cosmopolitan environment!
500 meters (1,640ft.) from the port.
150 meters (492ft.) from the nearest beach (Roussoum Gialos), restaurants, tavernas etc.
100 meters (328ft.) from the market, the bus stop and the Alonissos Health Centre.
IKION hotel is comprised of 13 luxurious, fully equipped rooms of which 4 are suites / family rooms.
All units are air-conditioned and feature a multitude of amenities including:
Private bathroom with shower or bathtub
Private balcony with sea or mountain view
Anatomic mattresses and pilows
Frigde - mini bar
Plasma TV
Coffee-maker - electric kettle
Wakeup service
Key cards
Bath toiletries
Wireless Internet access
On the hotels ground level and in its lovely garden you can enjoy breakfast or coffee with the owners friendly care and service.
Internet access for all hotel guests is free of charge and available in all areas on the hotels premises.
The hospitable family environment will immediately make you feel at home and will make your stay on Alonissos unforgettable.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hotel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Air Conditioning
- Bicycle hire
- Free Breakfast
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Cafeteria
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Currency Exchange
- Direct Dial Telephone
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Key Card Access
- Laundry Facilities
- Lock Out
- Luggage Storage
- Mini Bar
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Postal Service
- Reading Light
- Safe Deposit Box
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Wheelchair Friendly
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 21 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hotel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
Ikion with respect and sensitivity to the environment of the island of Alonissos which is a symbol of global ecology, redirected to developing of green functions, actions and activities. As an Eco hotel IKION has made important environmental improvements to its structure in order to minimize its impact on the environment. It is a green hotel environmentally-responsible that follows the practices of green living. Ikion Eco Boutique hotel follows strict green guidelines to ensure that our guests are staying in a safe, non-toxic and energy-efficient accommodation.
Here are some basic characteristics of IKION ECO green hotel actions:
* Housekeeping uses non-toxic cleaning agents and laundry detergent
* substrates, mattresses, pillows, curtains, furniture made by COCO-MAT only from natural materials (seaweed, horsehair, coco-fibres, natural rubber, cotton, wool, goose down, cactus, silk)
* 100% organic cotton sheets, towels and mattresses
* Non-smoking environment
* Toiletries (shampoo bath soap) and accessories ecological amenities to minimize the burden on the environment.
* Renewable energy sources for hot water, solar water heaters.
* Bulk organic soap and amenities instead of individual packages to reduce waste
* Guest room and hotel lobby recycling bins
* Towel and sheet re-use (guests can tell housekeeping to leave these slightly used items to reduce water consumption)
* Energy-efficient lighting (LED type 90% energy saving)
* Serves organic and local-grown food
* Recyclable tableware
* Electrical energy efficient devices
* Rainwater collection tanks, for garden and landscaping
* Recycling program
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Distances: 150 meters from the nearest beach (Roussoum Gialos) where you can enjoy your swim, 100 meters from the shopping area (supermarket, fruit vendor, bakery, etc.), 100 meters from the bus stop and the Health Centre, make its location ideal and your stay more convenient as it is not necessary for you to use any means of transportation.
Agios Konstantinos best accommodates visitors coming from the Athens area with daily runs with the FLYING DOLPHINS and FERRY BOATS. The trip from Agios Konstantinos is both comfortable and pleasurable with a duration of 2 - 2 hours and 45 minutes with the FLYING DOLPHIN and 4 hours and 30 minutes by the FERRY.
Visitors from Central Greece will find the FLYING DOLPHIN, and the FERRY BOATS running daily and at frequent intervals from Volos. The Flying Dolphin takes 2 - 2 hours and 40 minutes to arrive with stops at Skiathos and Skopelos. The FERRY BOATS take 4-4.30' hours making the same stops.
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Ikion Eco Boutique Hotel is built in Patiri, Alonissos, in the lush green area of Cavos, a few meters from the sea and the port. As one of the most modern hotels on Alonissos, IKION is the ideal choice for a relaxing, carefree vacation.
Alonissos (Liadromia) is a picturesque green island of the Northern Sporades, which covers an area of 64 square kilometers. The rest of the area is covered by small islands that surround it (Peristera, Kyra-Panagia, Gioura, Skantzoura, Piperi, Psathoura, Dio Adelfi).


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One of the surprises this season has been the success of the Boston Bruins. Last season they finished eighth in the East Conference taking the last playoff spot. Most predictions had them finishing in the same territory this season.
Very early in the season in became clear that they would exceed expectation. Tim Thomas is having a Vezina quality season in goal. That was unexpected. While Zdeno Chara was expected to have a good season on defence, the development of Dennis Wideman was not expected. At forward, Marc Savard has continued to become a well-rounded player (his defence is much improved) and young players like David Krejci, Phil Kessel,, Blake Wheeler and Milan Lucic all took big steps forward. Boston has a talented (mostly) young core that took a huge step forward this season. It places them first overall in the East Conference and the favorite to win the East Conference in the playoffs.
Boston is also playing very well as the season closes out. They have won their last six games in a row and have points in nine of their last ten games. This is a team that is going to be very hard to stop in the playoffs.
The Bruins have not made it beyond the second round of the playoffs since 1992. It is a good bet that streak will end this season.
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Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is warning people not to leave dishwashers switched on after a spate of fires involving the appliances.
Risk Reduction Manager, Glynn Luznyj said: "We advise people to ensure they remain in the home when dishwashers or other electrical appliances are switched on.
"We also recommend that people do not put such appliances on before they go to bed as if a fire happens during the night it may go undetected and could result in very serious consequences."
In March, ITV News reported that 479,000 potentially dangerous dishwashers remain in homes.
That is despite a recall from BOSCH, who took a number of their dishwasher models off the shelves ollowing a potential overheating issue in the control panel.
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – It's not truly summer until you do three things: Eat a hot dog, visit the shore and go to Kennywood. Thankfully, the award-winning Rick Sebak is here to explore these summer delights with June's programming theme: "Time for Summer Fun." Tune in on WQED: The Neighborhood Channel (13.3 digital), the Pittsburgh region's only broadcast channel devoted to locally produced programming 24 hours a day.
Kennywood Memories – A favorite of local and national audiences alike, "Kennywood Memories" finds Rick rediscovering the legendary Pittsburgh amusement park. Since it was founded as a trolley park in 1898, Kennywood has had a great ride. It was designated as a national landmark in 1987 and was recently the setting for the movie "Adventureland." Rick explores its history in this award-winning documentary, which was honored as a winner of the Matrix Award, the Ed King Memorial Award, a Golden Quill Award, and was a finalist in the Houston International Film Festival
Great Old Amusement Parks – The thrills keep coming in this fun-filled romp through pre-Disney parks. Some parks still thrive, some are gone and you can visit them all in this one-hour documentary starring Rick, old wooden roller coasters and vintage bumper cars.
Shore Things – This "scrapbook documentary" explores the unique experience of the seashore. It's the only place where horseshoe crabs, metal detectors and giant elephant buildings are all part of the fun. From traditional treats, like salt water taffy, to more eccentric creations, like the giant elephant building in New Jersey, Rick collects everything that makes the beach a one-of-a-kind summer getaway. But if you can't take off for a week, just sneak off for an hour to enjoy "Shore Things."
An Ice Cream Show – Ice cream come in an almost infinite variety of flavors, but Rick does his best to capture them all in this documentary of the best ice cream spots in the country. If you remember how cool it was to get "a malted," you'll love Rick's talks with ice cream enthusiasts, as well as his visits to specialty stores like the giant cone-shaped building in Florida. Plus, the trivia might help you answer some questions you never knew people were asking, like "What was Jackie O's favorite flavor?" This program is like the Neapolitan of programs: something for everyone.
A Hot Dog Program – If you thought hot dogs couldn't be delicacies, be prepared to eat your words … smothered in ketchup and mustard. In this one-hour feature, Rick travels across the United States in search of the Great American Hot Dog. He dines on hot dogs and papaya juice at the Papaya King in New York City. He eats gourmet reindeer dogs at the Iditarod in Anchorage, AK. He visits the renowned Nathan's Famous, home of the World Hot Dog Eating Championship, on Coney Island. He even finds a half-pound hot dog out in Las Vegas, and that's just the start.
Between his adventures, Rick Sebak has won a host of awards, including a Telly Award, numerous Mid-Atlantic Emmys®, a Matrix Award and the Gregory M. Franzwa Award for his 2008 national production for PBS called "A Ride along the Lincoln Highway." In 2009, Rick was named the Pennsylvania Communication Association's Speaker of the Year. He is currently working on his new show, "Breakfast Special," set to air July 2010.
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A person "logs in" (authenticates) and is given some >sort >of access process (e.g. a 'shell') that can exercise all the person's >authority >on their behalf. One of the aspects we tout about object/capability >systems >is the facility to limit the authority given to programs run by such >a shell on a >person's behalf (e.g. Polaris, Plash, and other object/capability type >mechanisms). > >I believe one of the areas that the object/capability community (us?) >hasn't >come fully to grips with is that of the permanence of permissions granted >by capabilities. It's easy for systems like Polaris or Plash to lean on >the >underlying identity based access control mechanisms for permanence. > >In the capability systems that I worked on (RATS and NLTSS, I expect >it's the same in KeyKOS, et. etc.) capabilities at least have the potential >to be permanent (in NLTSS processes were also permanent). In that >context I believe there are some deeper issues associated with access >control that I at least don't believe have been fully vetted in capability >systems/in the object/capability community. Specifically: > >We talk a good line about revocable capabilities, membranes and >such. We all know how such mechanisms can work in capability >systems. However, consider capabilities in the light of what I hear >are the absolute minimum access control/audibility requirements >that many (most?) people dealing with computer security demand, >including: > >1. It's possible to look at the access control data on the system >and determine who has access to what (both starting from who >and finding what or starting from what and finding who), > >2. It must be possible to audit the system - find out who gave >what to who. I'm not sure today's market leading systems >(e.g. Unix, Windows) actually succeed in this area, but it's >one that certainly gets a lot of lip service). > >I'm not going to be able to finish this message this evening >as cleanly as I would like. I do think I need to send it off. >Let me just say that I believe there is an issue with permanence >of access control granting that I haven't seen covered effectively >in capability systems. Just consider the HP member of the >board who was removed from the board. He looses his account. >Does that mean that all his delegations are removed? Should >it? > >If you argue that it should then it seems that all capabilities must >be labeled at least with a person (like an identifier) so they can be >revoked when the account is removed. This would be a very strong >sort of membrane like facility for all users. I've never seen such >implemented. Others? The issue of "labeling" recalls what I said about "marking", the difference is that the "mark" should not contain a sensitivity level, but a person identifier. If we give each person an "account capability", then we can make all other capabilities derived from the first one, in the sense that there is a sort of dependency of all user capabilities in a given system upon the account capability of the user. If we revoke the account capability, all other capabilities are revoked along with delegations that depend upon his account, to make an example in ACL systems, if you delete the user account, all user directories are also deleted. > >On the other hand that would seem to suggest that only some >sort of "superuser" would be able to grand permanent permissions >(give permanent capabilities) that extend beyond their own accounts. >That seems too much to me. > >The above two thoughts suggest the need for some sort of distinction >(control?) over the permanence (separation from an identity/account) >in capability systems and "management" of same. I'm not sure just >how that would/will work. I see possible that the two figures of the "installer" and the "operator" could replace together the figure of "superuser", thus we gain separation over the identity/account permanence and management. The Installer could have control over the permanence, and the Operator could have control over management. Two distinct figures that both have partial control. > >I think somebody like Lampson could be sold (resold) on the >object/capability model if the simplicity of the object oriented >parameter passing was made clear. What I don't fully understand >is how that can be done while at the same time achieving the >minimum administrative controls needed for access control and >the minimum need auditing facilities. > >Technically I'm hopefully optimistic. Without even the needed >technology in place, however, it seems to me we are a very long way from >any sort of market success. Here we agree, but never put the wagon in front of the horses. val


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A number of retailers offer coupons and special offers online, but few actually know how effective the coupons are at driving business in their stores. Tracking click-through or redemption rates for coupons offered on websites other than those owned by the retailer can be difficult.
That was the problem at True Value Company. Since 2007, the cooperative had been running promotions in which $5 off coupons were offered on purchases of $25 or more. Customers printed the coupons and redeemed them at independently owned stores. The coupons were sent to a fulfillment house and then forwarded to True Value's corporate office, which reimbursed the store owner for the cost of the offers.
The ads ran on several True Value-owned home improvement websites as well as Facebook; banner ads with coupons also ran on a number of independent home improvement websites. The goal was to attract young, first-time home buyers.
True Value knew that customers were printing and redeeming the coupons, but they didn't know how effective individual campaigns were — what type of stores had the biggest coupon redemption, and which websites had the greatest success in getting customers to print a coupon.
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"We had trouble tracking the effectiveness of the online offers," says Michael McCann, director of consumer marketing for True Value. "When we offered coupons in print newspapers and magazines, we had an effective means of tracking where the coupons were coming from and how effective each coupon placement was. But we didn't have the same ability to track and manage our digital coupons."
After completing the RFP process, True Value chose a tracking service from RevTrax. Using RevTrax, True Value can evaluate the best sites for placing coupons and which sites are not generating a significant volume of new purchases.
Part of the value of using a tracking system is evaluating the redemption rates on a store-by-store basis. "After each campaign, we want to look at where the coupons are being redeemed," McCann says. For example, if the analysis shows that coupons from some websites are being redeemed more often at urban stores, it will consider other websites that might attract more rural customers.
True Value also wanted to track the ticket size of coupon redemption to see if coupons printed from certain websites had a higher ticket value than others. It found that its coupon redemption program does increase ticket size: Purchases without coupons average about $40, while purchases made as part of last year's digital coupon program averaged about $46.
The corporate office is currently evaluating the results of its spring 2011 campaign and will look at the results of a fall campaign before deciding if changes are merited in terms of coupon placement for 2012.
"We want to give this some time to gather enough data," McCann says, "but the results will help us decide where to place our advertising online for 2012. This helps us be more educated about what we are doing with coupon placement and helps us make sure we are getting our digital coupons in the hands of the right people. We were already able to track our print coupon placement — this helped us do the exact same thing with digital coupons."
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While investigating possible solutions, True Value found RevTrax "to be one of the easiest to implement," McCann says. "We did not want to tie up company time or resources implementing a tracking program. And RevTrax also was the closest to what we wanted in terms of what it could track for us."
Tracking digital coupon redemption at physical stores is something few retailers have a good handle on, says RevTrax COO Seth Sarelson. While many spend a lot of resources tracking the impact of digital promotions on their online retail sales, "Few retailers understand the impact of digital media on their bricks-and-mortar stores.
"They don't understand the effects of things like paid search, e-mail and social media," he says. "They spend a lot of money sending out e-mails and placing promotions online, but do not have a good feel for how those promotions get customers in their stores, what customers are buying and what kind of lift the promotions bring them."
RevTrax is working with about 100 large national retailers to track the effectiveness of digital promotions on in-store sales. The True Value program was particularly interesting because it involved a cooperative: The fact that the stores are not owned by the corporate office that controlled the digital promotions made them especially challenging to track, Sarelson says.
RevTrax can also track mobile promotions. In these cases, customers are e-mailed coupons that they redeem by waving their phones over a special barcode reader at the point of sale. If the barcode reader is not equipped to read smartphone codes, the clerks can view the promo code shown on the phone and type it into the system. The tracking system works the same as for printed coupons.
"We see this as part of the evolution of digital promotions," Sarelson says. "Our clients are beginning to look at the ratio of online vs. in-store sales and they realize that for every dollar they see in online sales as a result of a digital promotion, even more dollars are being generated in their in-store sales. But until now, they had no way to track how effective these digital promotions were on their in-store operations."
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The Edinburg Pre-freshman Engineering Program (TexPREP) is an academically intense, mathematics-based, enriched program. The Program has a component that is presented in an eight-week session over the course of three summers.
The Program, which originated at the University of Texas-San Antonio in 1979, began as an extension at UTPA in 1986. The University of Texas-Pan American is one of twenty-five institutions in Texas offering the program, which provides educational enrichment opportunities for high ability 8th grade through 11th grade students interested in pursuing Mathematics, Science, or Engineering degrees.
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Transatlantic Perspectives: Europe in the Eyes of European Immigrants to the United States, 1930-1980 is a four year research project that explores the role of European migrants in transatlantic exchange processes during the mid-twentieth century. The project focuses on migrant professionals involved in business, consumer culture, urban development, and the social sciences. By adapting their European professional heritage to their work in the United States and by translating American innovations to the context of their European homelands, these migrants acted as conduits for social and intellectual transfer.
Migration not only entailed cultural transfers but also the emergence of new and hybrid identities. For many migrants, experiencing America meant reevaluating their ideas of European culture and society. Some even transcended their national identifications by embracing a European or European-American self-understanding. In particular, World War II era émigrés were pioneers of a new, comprehensive view of Europe.


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Members of the Lycoming/Sullivan Counties Boroughs Association were updated on the promotion of Lycoming County as tourist destination at their meeting Wednesday evening.
Jason Fink, executive vice-president of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce, told the Association that the Visitors Bureau has identified regions it will target with print, television and online advertising buys for the forthcoming spring, summer and fall vacation season.
"We've identified a primary feeder market in Rochester," Fink said. "Because of the good connectivity with the improved Route 15 corridor we've seen a lot of people from there coming down to our area."
The Visitors Bureau plans to make television buys in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market to advertise day trip possibilities within the county.
"The quality of life we tout are the same assets we sell for Lycoming County as a destination. For people who want to fish, hike, bike, hunt, we want to get them to spend some of their hard-earned dollars," he said. "Most of our funds are spent outside Lycoming County - we're not as concerned with getting our logo, our name in local media, hearing it on local radio."
Fink says that the Chamber of Commerce gives grants to some familiar events and institutions, like the Community Arts Center and the Billtown Blues Fest, and some that most might not know of yet.
"The Wildcat ComicCon last year at Penn College was in its first year and it brought in just under 1,000 people," he said. "That caught the attention of a niche market, and as an educational institution Penn College took a sort of different approach to that sort of event - they had people there to teach how to draw comics, how to write them."
Old Lycoming Township Supervisor John Eck updated the association on the progress of Lycoming County Area Television.
"It doesn't look like it's going to take a whole lot of money to keep this going," Eck said. "We want to spin it out to other communities, like Jersey Shore, Picture Rocks, Hughesville, Muncy, that aren't on this initially."
Fink says his bureau hopes to have area hotels program their television sets to Lycoming County Area Television as the first station visitors see when they flip on the tube.
"We're going to have a lot of downtime on that channel, and we want to fill it with short vignettes about what there is to do in Lycoming County," he said. "That will also show the citizenry what there is to do outside their doorsteps, which is why we're making a small investment in the project."


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Mikhail Grabovski was injured during last night?s 5-4 win over the Panthers, and has been sent back to D.C. for further evaluation. This rules him out of the Caps? game on Saturday in Boston and it?s very likely he?s re-aggravated a preexisting ankle injury, according to CSN Washington.
Grabovski missed eight games prior to the Olympic break with the ankle ailment, but resumed practicing last week and ?looked fine,? according to Caps head coach Adam Oates.
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By Becky Barrow and Jason Groves
28 August 2012
Families face punishing food price rises triggered by a catastrophic U.S. drought, experts warned yesterday.
They said the American crisis is forcing up the global price of crops used to make staples such as bread and pasta.
Meat is also tipped to cost much more because animal feed costs have soared, again because of the drought.
The miserable summer in the UK has made the situation worse because even common vegetables such as potatoes and peas are having to be imported from as far away as South Africa, Guatemala and Israel.
British farmers say heavy rain and lack of sunshine has decimated or delayed harvests.
In the U.S., more than 35 states have declared disaster areas due to drought. Arable land covering an area larger than Belgium and Luxembourg combined has been abandoned.
A spokesman for the British Retail Consortium said: 'The drought is not yet having an impact but it will work through to meat prices because of the price of animal feed and ultimately to things such as bread and pasta.'
One Tory MP warned last night that high food prices were already having a severe impact on millions of families, with some parents forced to skip meals to feed their children.
Incomes are under huge pressure from inflation that has been above the official target for many months. Fuel bills are predicted to rise this winter with some suppliers already putting up their charges.
The food price threat is a blow to George Osborne's election strategy, which focuses on bringing inflation under control. Tory high command believes it can win the economic battle with Labour in 2015, despite the double dip recession.
But party strategists warn it is essential to get real incomes rising again.
'We need to get inflation under control so that people start to feel a bit better off again,' said a source.
'We can make the case that the deficit is unfinished business, but without some sort of feelgood factor we are in trouble.'
The BRC says food price rises have slowed to 3.1 per cent over the past year compared with a high of 10 per cent in 2008.
Stephen Robertson, the consortium's director general, has warned 'the relief may not last' because the poor US harvests are 'creating a build-up of inflationary pressure'.
Soaring food prices are forcing many parents to go hungry in order to feed their children, a Tory MP warned last night.
Laura Sandys, MP for South Thanet, warned the era of cheap food could be drawing to a close, with potentially serious consequences for many families.
Miss Sandys, whose Kent constituency contains pockets of severe deprivation, said: 'We've got to understand that this is really impacting families, certainly in my constituency, who have got the lowest incomes and these families are actually making choices that are undermining their family's nutritional intake.
'Sometimes parents are skipping meals regularly just to feed their children.'
Speaking on BBC Radio Four's World at One programme, Miss Sandys said Britain needed to 'change our attitude and possibly some of our policies in relation to food'.
She said supermarkets should be encouraged to stock cheaper 'ugly fruit and vegetables' to make healthy food more affordable.
And she suggested ministers should encourage the big retailers to do more to help the poorest customers eat healthily.
'Public health information must also incorporate cost – the cost to the family,' she added.
He pencilled in poultry and eggs for further hikes.
Around two thirds of American farmland is in mild or extreme drought, according to the BRC. Corn production has been especially badly hit in a country that is responsible for nearly half of the world's exports of the staple.
Yesterday the price of soya beans – another key U.S. export – hit an all-time high.
Soya beans and corn can be made into oil and animal feed, as well as fuel ethanol, but they are also found in snack products, fast food and soft drinks.
The drought has led to calls for the G20 group of leading industrialised economies to hold an emergency meeting to tackle the world food supply problem.
Jose Graziano Da Silva, who is the director general of the UN's food and agriculture organisation, said yesterday: 'We need co-ordinated action and I believe that the G20 is responsible enough for this action.'
The threatened price rises will hit families struggling to survive the worst recession for decades.
According to analysts at Incomes Data Services, private sector workers are getting average pay rises of 2.5 per cent – below the 2.6 per cent level of inflation.
Millions have been hit by at least one pay freeze since the downturn began in 2008 and others have been made redundant or lost out on over-time or extra shifts. The Office for National Statistics puts annual food price inflation at 2.4 per cent but with beef costing 10.5 per cent more than a year ago.
The third price surge in four years has come after the drought in the US and poor crops from Russia and the Black Sea region.
Senior figures from the G20 will discuss the food price rises this week, but any decisions on action are unlikely before a mid-September report on grain supply, officials have said.
Mr Da Silva said he would not characterise the situation as a crisis, but it could reach that level next year if harvests in the southern hemisphere disappointed.
He said that even if wheat prices rose 10 to 20 per cent that did not mean bread prices would rise by the same amount.
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The following is the latest installment of Mayor Jim Boroff's monthly updates on Tiffin city issues.
Emerald ash borer grant. Earlier this month, the city received word we are the recipient of a $40,000 matching grant from the USDA Forest Service through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division. This grant money can only be used to remove ash trees from our public rights of way and plant other tree species as replacements.
We will be matching the grant with funds used to pay our foresters and with the budgeted money we traditionally budget for tree plantings. A portion of the grant will be used to hire outside contractors to remove those trees that are too large for our own equipment.
We do not yet have an estimate as to how many ash trees we will be able to remove this spring and summer, but this grant will be a big help in our efforts.
Alarm fees. Last spring, City Council initiated a $25 alarm permit fee for anyone who installs such a device within the city of Tiffin. This fee is used to offset some of the administrative costs for maintaining emergency contact information vital for quick response by the police and fire departments.
This permit is valid for one year and expires on the anniversary date of its issuance. They are issued by the city's fire department.
Fact Box
As always, if you have concerns, suggestions or questions about any issues facing the city, please feel free to write to me at 51 E. Market St., Tiffin, or e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com. You may call my office at (419) 448-5401 or stop by without an appointment, but to ensure I am available, please call ahead.
For more information, call (419) 448-5448.
Rock Creek brush cleanup. Last fall, we had already begun discussions about cleaning the brush and scrub trees that are growing along the banks of Rock Creek - especially the walled sections from Circular Street to the creek's mouth.
Even though this growth contributed very little to the flooding earlier this year, we want to remove it from the masonry.
Although this is not a high-priority project, we are hoping to make significant progress by early fall.
Boulevard damage. No matter how careful our snowplow drivers are, invariably one or two areas of boulevard will be scraped by the blade, skinning the grass away, as they remove the snow.
If this has happened to you, call Public Works at (419) 448-5430. They will send a crew out to restore the damaged area.
River wall renovation. As I have stated in earlier columns, the administration is drafting plans for a comprehensive river wall restoration project. The completed first phase - the section between Market and Perry streets on the east side - served us very well during the recent flood.
Preliminary samplings of the various sections of the remaining wall show some are in much better state of repair than others. The most northern sections on either side of the river nearest the railroad bridge are in the poorest condition, but pose no threat to anyone.
Other sections are mildly or moderately damaged.
We have opted to select those sections that are considered to have a much longer useful life if we attend to them in the next decade or so. Therefore, with the advice of our engineering firm, Peterman and Associates, we are looking to find the necessary funds to undertake borings and core samples of two sections of the wall on the west side of the Sandusky River.
One section runs south of Market Street toward Kiwanis Manor and the other section is immediately across the river from the newly restored wall, situated between Market and Perry streets.
When these reports are complete, we should be able to calculate final figures on their restoration.
If our first undertaking is any measure of cost, we might be pleasantly surprised by the funding needed for these next two walls, as the recently completed section came in at a price much lower than originally estimated.
Basement water. One of the most frustrating situations I encounter as mayor is hearing from a second or third party that a resident is experiencing water in his basement - possibly caused by sewer problems. The person complaining will tell their friends but does not call us to come out and investigate.
If you (or someone you know) believe water is backing up through the drains into your basements, give the city administrator a call. She will follow up by having a technician check on your problem.
In many cases, they will be able to help you find a solution.
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Hi all!
For those interested, here is a preview. Let the feedback and foodfights commence!
Hi all!
For those interested, here is a preview. Let the feedback and foodfights commence!
someone sounds bitter oh well to each their own... Emily is a dark horse like it or not. It really amazes me that animosity that is aimed towards her... it's like everyone just jumped from one Hughes to the other just because it was easiest...
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anywho... I'm most excited for Ice Dance... Melissa and Denis are going to bring down the house! I've read nothing but great things about their FD and I sooooooooooooooooooo want to see it... if ABC chacks them there will be h-e-double-hockey-sticks to pay!
It is amazing to be reminded Oda lost the Japanese title and his trip to the Olympics due to violating the jump regulation rules, and then repeated the mistake at Worlds which cost him the bronze to Lysacek. I wonder if something more of that kind of error is in store this year.
Very well written and can be used in future when questions come up about a particular figure skating era.
Outstanding article.
About the predictions, I thik there will be some surprises. I think Sara Meier could make the podium, and also vanderPerren.
What about Matthews and Zavosin? They are on the rise and might take a great leap forward this year.
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A little off topic, but I was wondering if there were going to be any prediction contests this year for the Grand Prix as there have been in previous years? I'm talking about the official Golden Skate ones that offered prizes to the winners of each contest.
Emily is an Olympian, hardly a dark horse.
Under this year's system it would have been Sokolova 15+7, Ando 13+9, Rochette 13+9, Arakawa 11+11 and Onda 11+11.
In fact, I can't think of a scenario where it would make any difference, whether you give a one-point bonus for a first place or whether you give the first tie-breaker to the one with a first place finish.
Sokolova finished 6th at TEB, and she would have gotten only 5 points for that.
Here is how the GPF would have played out:
Slutskaya: two 1sts = 15+15 = 30
Asada: 1st and 2nd = 13 + 15 = 28
Czisny: 1st and 2nd = 13 + 15 = 28
Nakano: 3rd and 1st = 11 + 15 = 26
Ando: 2nd and 4th = 13 + 9 = 22
Rochette: 2nd and 4th = 13 + 9 = 22 (behind Ando on points)
Arakawa: two 3rds = 11+ 11 = 22
Onda : two 3rds = 11+ 11 = 22 (behind Arakawa on points)
Sokolova: 1st and 6th = 15 + 5 = 20
Instead of going to the GPF, Elena would have been 3rd alternate.
Emily has a lot of spunk, like Sarah, and has the dedication to skating that will make her a force to be reckoned with. Don't count her out. Everyone counted Sarah out at SLC, and she got it done.
Don't count out Emily!!
I didn't think they had an option which GP assignments they got? I doubt Johnny would have "elected" to get Canada. He thinks he's cursed there?U.S. champion Johnny Weir elected other Grand Prix events, leaving two-time World bronze medalist Evan Lysacek as the leading American entrant.
I think after Kimmie and Mao Asada, Emily is one of the top contenters; I could easily see her pulling bronze.
That's very interesting. So not only did Elena benefit from the first place bonus, she also benefitted from the leveling off of the scale at the low end.Originally Posted by chuckm
I can see why they changed it. But the latter feature is still present. A first and a seventh beats a 2nd and 6th, 19 to 18, even without the tie-breaker.


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Metro Central Transfer Station serves local commercial garbage haulers, offering a central location to unload garbage rather than take it all the way to Metro Park East Landfill. The consolidated trash is loaded into Metro Waste Authority semi-trailers and then transported to the landfill.
Commercial garbage haulers use this facility to unload residential and business garbage. In addition to being more convenient for haulers, this facility also reduces the truck traffic at the landfill. This is the scale used to weigh the commercial trucks. The facility is not open to residents.
Commercial garbage haulers unload on the floor throughout the day. This is a City of Des Moines garbage truck. Des Moines Public Works provides collection for its curbside programs.
The garbage is pushed from the floor into a semi-trailer in the tunnel below. The garbage is also compacted in the trailer to maximize the amount delivered to the landfill.
The semi-trailer enters a tunnel behind and under the work area of Metro Central Transfer Station. This allows for the garbage to be pushed from above into the waiting trailer.
Once the semi-trailer is filled and compacted with garbage. It exits the transfer station's tunnel.
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This facility hosts Des Moines SCRUB events. Learn more at the City of Des Moines website or call 515.283.4950.
The Metro Central Transfer Station was established to reduce the number of vehicles traveling to the Metro Park East Landfill. This facility consolidates and transports 75 percent of all residential solid waste and a limited amount of light commercial waste collected within the Polk County area. It also allows residential waste haulers serving Metro Waste Authority's member communities to combine loads and shorten routes -- saving time, fuel and money. This effort also reduces the amount of litter seen along the highway.


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> Greetings!
> On Solaris 9 sparc, a binary is compiled with gcc 3.4.2:
> % ldd blib/arch/auto/Image/Magick/Magick.so | grep jpeg
> libjpeg.so.62 => (file not found)
> libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/sfw/lib/libjpeg.so.62
> How come the shared object is ... found and not found at the same
> time? Compiled with -R/usr/sfw/lib - that's where the .so is located.
> However,
> % LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/sfw/lib ldd blib/arch/auto/Image/Magick/
> Magick.so | grep jpeg
> libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/sfw/lib/libjpeg.so.62
> Here all is well and libjpeg.so.62 is only listed once.
That's a good question. As a random guess, perhaps it is an issue
of transitive dependencies. Perhaps Magick.so has an rpath ("-R"
thing) built into it, but one of Magick.so's dependencies also
requires libjpeg.so.62 and does not have an rpath built into it.
So when the linker tries to resolve it for Magick.so, it consults
Magick.so's path and finds it, but when it tries to do the same
thing for the other shared object which Magick.so depends on and
which depends on libjpeg.so.62, that other shared object does not
have the rpath set to include /usr/sfw/lib, so the runtime linker
can't find that.
Of course, that's just random speculation, but it's the only
explanation that springs to mind. You could possibly check
this by listing off all the libraries that Magick.so requires,
then checking each one of those with ldd to see if it can,
independently of Magick.so, have its dependencies satisfied
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America's No. 1 killer is heart disease.
But as my good friend Dr. Peter Fattal, a cardiologist at the Michigan CardioVascular Institute in Saginaw, will tell you, heart disease is tricky to fight because it's a battle from within. It doesn't have an evil face. It's not something that folks easily can grasp and rally around, like the fight against cancer.
Yet every 25 seconds, someone in the United States will have a coronary event. Every minute, someone will die from heart disease.
The Saginaw-based Pulse3 Foundation — formerly known as the MCVI Foundation — is working to change that statistic in a variety of ways. I was honored to join the organization's Board of Directors earlier this year and took part in a ceremony in June as the organization announced it's new name.
The organization's regional mission centers on it's motto: "Living, Learning, Lifesaving," three pillars essential in the fight against heart disease.
Pulse3 works to educate the public on the dangers of heart disease and how to take steps to prevent it, including tips for healthier living. It also is passionate about training members of the community in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of automated external defibrillators.
Programing is an important part of the Pulse3 Foundation's activities. Many may know about the organization's annual Shocks and Saves Charity Hockey Game at The Dow Event Center, held in conjunction with the Saginaw Spirit. I wrote about this year's game in a January column.
Another growing event is the annual Run for Your Heart, which is just around the corner.
This year, Pulse3 is teaming up with the YMCA of Saginaw to host the sixth annual run that features a half marathon, 10-kilometer run, 5k run and walk and a tot trot.
The event takes place Saturday, Sept. 7 with the half marathon stepping off at 7:30 a.m., followed by the other races. A Health & Fun Fair also is planned. Runners and walkers should gather at the MCVI headquarters at 1015 S. Washington Ave. in Saginaw.
Those who register through Sunday, Aug. 18 can take advantage of the early bird pricing as follows: $10 for youth ages 13 and under for the 5k and 10k races; $20 for adults for the 5k and 10k races; and $40 for the half marathon. Shirts and medals go to all participants. After Aug. 18, the prices go up, but registration is accepted through race day.
Volunteers also are needed to help with this year's race. For more information, call 989-754-7283. Additional race and registration information is available at www.runforyourheart.org.
Running is an incredibly popular sport and races like Run for Your Heart have exploded in popularity in recent years. This one, however, is special to me because it's a visible way we all can engage in the fight against heart disease by promoting healthy lifestyles, educating the public and stressing the importance of training that may one day save someone's life.
Yes, heart disease is a tricky battle, but it's a battle we shouldn't run from, but rather run to support.
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- Choose Award by Aid Year and select your aid Year
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Payment of the ATD is required to participate in the START program, where you will meet with an advisor and register for Fall term courses. There are two ways to submit the ATD form and payment –complete the form online and pay electronically or print the form and mail in with a check.
Depositing your ATD online is the easiest and fastest way to submit the funds. Go to http://infosu.oregonstate.edu/login and enter your student ID and General Access Pin (GAP). Once you've accessed the system, click Admissions then Pay Advance Tuition Deposit and follow the instructions. As of May 1, 2013 your deposit is non-refundable.
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University Housing & Dining Services (UHDS) provides opportunities for student growth and development through educational, cultural, recreational and social programs in living/learning communities. Studies continually show that students who live on campus their first year have a higher average GPA than those that don't, and these students are more likely to return for their second year on campus.
Students apply to live on campus after being admitted to OSU, and will use their ONID (OSU Network ID) account to complete the application online at http://oregonstate.edu/uhds .
UHDS is proud to offer the Roommate Matching NetworkTM to students applying for on-campus housing. This program allows students the option of creating a personal profile and reviewing the compatible interests and habits, you can contact them directly and select to live together.
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- May 20, 2013: New OSU students in academic groups (University Honors College, Engineering, and the Austin Entrepreneurship Program) may select rooms
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- July 1, 2013: Assignment notifications available on MyUHDS for new students (dependent on space availability and application date)
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contact me so you can find out exactly what is going to happen….and what I can offer. The call is free and there is no obligation.
My name is Mike Goolsby and I have been defending residents in the Dallas area against state and federal criminal charges for many years. Before defending the accused, I was an Assistant District Attorney for Dallas County and at one time was chief prosecutor of the family violence court.
I want you to remember one thing as you or a family member moves through our criminal system…. you have the right to an attorney, so do not respond to any questions that you think will incriminate you.
The primary goal of The Goolsby Law Firm is to seek dismissal of your case, get an acquittal at trial, and negotiate to reduce your charge. We will strive to protect your rights in court by thoroughly reviewing your case, listening to concerns and working for a favorable result in your case.
There are also collateral consequences that should be considered, such as family issues, when you are charged with a state or federal crime. The job of the criminal defense lawyers from The Goolsby Law Firm is to advise our clients together with their families on the complicated process of negotiating inside the state or federal criminal justice system. Our lawyers have enough experience to guide you through the federal and Texas legal system.
Once you are arrested and charged with an offense in the State of Texas, the first thing you should do is to seek a lawyer who can represent you. Then, decide whether you want to have a trial or to do a plea bargain in your case. Once you make that decision The Goolsby Law Firm goes to work protecting you and your rights while building the best defense for your case. The sooner you hire us the better. The police and district attorney's office are already building their case against you. Let The Goolsby Law Firm start building your defense.
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Kio Kio School is situated in a rural setting, approximately 10 minutes north of Otorohanga. Our present roll is 126 children with 6 classroom teachers. We are extremely fortunate to have a community which is very supportive of our school.
Parents are welcome and are encouraged to become involved in a range of school events. Approximately half of our pupils are from farming backgrounds, whilst the other half travel to school from town.
We offer quality education delivered by committed teachers equipping our students for future life.
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Kio Kio Councillors are a group of six young leaders whose role is to organise school events and help everyone around the school. The leaders blog details their activity.


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Grant Support: In part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (5M01RR00095, General Clinical Research Center).
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Objective: To determine whether a noninvasive method for evaluating contrast-enhancing brain lesions in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) can accurately differentiate between lymphoma and nonlymphoma diagnoses. This method is based on Toxoplasma serologic testing and positron emission tomography.
Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, criterion standard clinical study.
Setting: An academic center in the mid-southeastern United States.
Patients: 20 patients with AIDS and contrast-enhancing brain lesions.
Interventions: Positron emission tomographic scanning and Toxoplasma serologic testing.
Main Outcome Measure: Diagnoses were confirmed by clinical response, autopsy, or brain biopsy.
Results: Eight patients had a confirmed diagnosis of toxoplasmosis, six had lymphoma, four had other diagnoses, and two were not evaluable. Seven of eight patients with toxoplasmosis had positron emission tomographic scans; all of these scans showed hypometabolic lesions consistent with a nonlymphoma diagnosis. The six patients with lymphoma all had hypermetabolic lesions on positron emission tomographic scans. The difference between these two sets of results was statistically significant (P < 0.001, Fisher exact test, two-tailed). The anti-Toxoplasma titer was ≥ 1:4 in all patients with confirmed toxoplasmosis who had serologic testing and in three of six patients with lymphoma.
Conclusions: Evaluating contrast-enhancing brain lesions in patients with AIDS by using Toxoplasma serologic testing and positron emission tomography can accurately guide therapy and obviate the need for most brain biopsies in these patients. A larger, national, multicenter study is needed to confirm our findings and to determine the effect of earlier diagnosis and treatment on morbidity and mortality in patients with AIDS and primary central nervous system lymphoma.
A typical ring-enhancing mass lesion of toxoplasmosis with surrounding edema in the inferior left temporal lobe is seen in this coronal, gadolinium-enhanced, T -weighted magnetic resonance image. Coronal positron emission tomographic image showing decreased glucose metabolism in the region of the enhancing lesion shown in the top panel.
A ring-enhancing mass lesion in the right cerebellar hemisphere on this axial, gadolinium-enhanced, T -weighted magnetic resonance image, which has the same appearance as the image in , top, but is due to lymphoma. A similar positron emission tomographic image showing a ring of increased glucose metabolism in the same region as the lesion in the top panel.
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In a recent blog post, petroleum expert Carlos Bellorín shares insights on one of the reasons behind Venezuela's economic crisis.
Considered one of the more democratic countries in Central Asia, the Kyrgyz Republic is also one of the region's most open economies. Although mainly reliant on foreign aid, transit trade and remittances, gold mining revenues are important to its budget.
Over the past two decades, we have learned a lot about the "resource curse." Libya in particular finds itself as an unfortunate case study, proving various hypotheses of scholars and policymakers around the subject.
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Romance isn't dead. It's just in 140 characters or less now.
Here's the story: Russell Westbrook tweeted this:
.@rachelhaycraft, @chuuuuck1 loves u, he wants to know if u would spend the rest of ur life watching thunder games w/ him. #marryhim #Whynot
— Russell Westbrook (@russwest44) June 21, 2013
And a few minutes later, Rachel Haycraft tweeted back "I said yes!" with the picture above, to which Westbrook re-tweeted with, "She said yes!"
So what is this all about? Did someone really propose to his girlfriend using Russell Westbrook and Twitter?
Charlie Bright did.
What? How? Why?
First, a little background: Charlie met Rachel at an OU football game and their first date was at a Thunder game. Two major parts of their life that Charlie wanted to intersect.
"For me, I wanted to combine those two events," he told me by phone.
Both Thunder season ticket holders, Charlie decided he'd take Rachel to campus somewhere at OU ask her the most important question of his life. But with another idea attached to it.
"I thought a really cool way to combine the two would be for Russell, or somebody on the team to ask her on Twitter or something to propose," Charlie said. "So I messaged him on Facebook earlier in the week and just made in bold print the words "marriage proposal" because I'm sure he gets a lot of messages I wanted it to jump out.
"The first words of the message were something like 'I know this is a long shot and probably won't work, but if you're interested…' Honestly I didn't think it was going to work," he said.
A few days went by and Charlie didn't hear back from Russ. He was going to start putting together Plan B, but then a message showed up in his inbox.
"I think his reply was literally like five words like 'I'm down, what's the plan?' Charlie said.
They exchanged some messages about what the tweet should say, they compared a few notes and they figured out a time to send it out when Charlie would have Rachel positioned (which ended up being under the clocktower near the north side of OU's stadium).
"I asked her to look at her Twitter and she looked at it and saw it and looked like she was about to cry, so I got down on one knee and asked her if she'd marry me," he said. "And she said yes."
So, from Rachel's perspective, she pulls out her phone, looks at it and is getting proposed to by Russell Westbrook. What?
"I was really confused because I'm a Twitterholic anyway and always on Twitter but he randomly told me to check my Twitter and I was like 'Okkkaayy,'" she said. "And then I saw that and about had a heart attack because I love the Thunder and I love Russell and so I'm like 'Oh my gosh! What!?!' It's the combination of Russell is tweeting me and Charlie asking me to marry him at the same time. So I was completely shocked."
Why Russ, though? Instead of, you know, KD?
"He's totally my favorite," Rachel said. "I love Russell. I think Russell kind of gets a bad rap sometimes but I love him to death and think he's great."
So, Russ is obviously going to be best man then, right?
"I'll send him an invitation to the wedding," Charlie said. "I have no expectations of him showing up."
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This Crochet Flower Statement Necklace is the perfect addition to almost any outfit. These easy and fun crochet flowers can be arranged however you'd like, and this necklace is sure to spark some conversation when you wear it and show it off! This statement necklace is a pretty way to add some casual structure to just about any outfit.
Crochet a handful of little flowers in the color of your choice to make your outfit pop. The picture showcases this free crochet pattern created in a variety of colors, but you could easily make this project subtle and simple by using just one or two muted shades.
For more beautiful handmade flower projects, check out our collection of 81+ Printable Flower Patterns.
How to Crochet a Flower Necklace
- DMC floss (I used white, bright blue, light green, green, pink, hot pink, yellow, orange, and purple)
- Pearl beads
- A chain
- A clasp
- Scissors
- Jewelry pliers
- Sewing needle (small enough to thread the beads)
- Small crochet hook (I used US C2/2.75 mm)
- Mod Podge (optional)
ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
st = stitch
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
tr = triple crochet
- Use the entire set of 6 strands of your first color.
- Round 1 - Ch 4, sl st into 1st ch to form a ring. Round 2 - Ch 1, work 9 sc into circle. Sl st to ch 1. Round 3 - *ch 3, dc in next sc, tc in same sc, dc in same sc. Ch 3, sl in next sc*. Repeat sequence between *s until 5 petals are made with last ch 3 ending with a sl st into last sc.
- Finish off.
- Tie the ends together neatly on the back of the flower and weave in the ends.
- Using 2 or 3 strands of matching thread, sew the pearl bead into the center of the flower.
- These flowers were the perfect size for my necklace. Play around with different hook sizes and numbers of petals for your own creations. You will need 2 sc in round 2 for each petal you wish to have on your flower. Adjust the round 1 ring as needed.
- To stiffen the flowers, immerse them one at a time into a 1/2 water 1/2 mod podge solution and allow to dry on a piece of plastic wrap. I held each flower by the pearl while dipping them in the solution so the pearl would not be coated. I also used a paper towel to absorb the excess solution. I allowed them to dry overnight.
- Next create the length of chain you want for the necklace and attach the clasp.
- Lay out your flowers along the chain in your desired pattern, making sure each flower is either on the chain or touching another flower. Sew the flowers to the chain or adjacent flower with 2 or 3 matching threads.
- Here, you can see mine pinned from the back (although, not this was not my finished placement).
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Apr 24, 2014
I think it's supposed to be triple crochet.
puggs 4435538
Apr 24, 2014
what does the tc stand for in your crochet necklace pattern?
Melissa Ryan
Apr 25, 2014
Hi Puggs--It should be TR, for triple crochet. Thanks for bringing that to our attention. Have a wonderful day!
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Mar 13, 2013
My Mom makes these little flowers for me & now I'm going to make a chain & sew beads on them & attach it all together & make a necklace . Thanks for having this Nice Photo of this necklace. I may even make some earrings to match!
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Love this. I used to have some earrings that were made from this same (or at least a similar) flower pattern. The lady who made them put the pearl in the middle same as here, then glued "post style" earring findings to the back. I always wanted to replicate them, now I can!!
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Jude Law, 29, and his wife, actress and fashion designer Sadie Frost, 34, welcomed their third child together, a boy named Rudy Law, Tuesday night at a north London hospital, the actor's spokesman confirms to PEOPLE.com.
"They're all thrilled, " says publicist Simon Halls. "They've got three boys now."
The star of "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" left the American set of his current movie, "Cold Mountain," to be with his wife as she delivered baby Rudy, who was born five weeks prematurely and weighed 5 lbs., 5 oz. Both mother and child are said to be doing fine.
Little Rudy joins a family that already includes sister Iris, 22 months, and brothers Rafferty, 7, and Finley, 11, Frost's son from her first marriage to musician Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet.
Law, meanwhile, is expected to rejoin the production of "Cold Mountain," which will be shooting through November. Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger also star.
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The news broke yesterday that Thomas Sporkin and Robert Kaplan will both be leaving the SEC's Enforcement Division this month to join law firms. With their departures, the SEC will lose two of its key Enforcement lawyers with a combined 37 years of experience at the agency.
Sporkin, currently Chief of the SEC's Office of Market Intelligence, will join law firm BuckleySandler on June 18 in its criminal and civil enforcement defense practice. He leaves the SEC after serving for 20 years in the Division of Enforcement. Over the past two and a half years at the agency, Sporkin has established and led OMI, a 50 person unit created in the aftermath of the Madoff fraud to detect ongoing unlawful conduct spanning across all SEC program areas. Prior to that, Sporkin was Deputy Chief in the SEC's Office of Internet Enforcement.
Kaplan, who is the Co-Chief of the Enforcement Division's Asset Management Unit, will join law firm Debevoise & Plimpton on June 5. As Co-Chief of that unit, Kaplan leads a team of 75 lawyers and industry experts focused on potential securities law violations by advisers to hedge funds, private equity funds, mutual funds and separately managed accounts. Kaplan joined the Division of Enforcement in 1995, and has held other positions at the agency including Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel in the Division's Trial Unit and Assistant Director of the Division of Enforcement.


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Sometimes, you really want, desperately want, to like a TV show you know is not very good. It's irrational, but you root for the show, its stars, its writers; you suspend your critical faculties the best you can and cheer it on as you would a Little Leaguer who's got heart, but no game.
That's the experience - exasperating, a little heartbreaking - of sitting through ABC's Red Widow, a family-melodrama/organized-crime thriller starring the always-capable Australian actor Radha Mitchell, premiering Sunday with a two-episode installment.
Red Widow is one of three major new shows premiering Sunday. It'll go up against two epic mini-series on the History Channel, The Bible and Vikings.


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Lost Your Diana Mini Lens Cap? It's Not all Bad!2012-05-29 6 27 Share Tweet
If you're like me, you have lost your Mini Diana's lens cap somewhere on the road back – on a curbside, in the middle of a wood, on the back seat of a bus. The camera just isn't the same without it. But I have recently found a very simple, low cost and tasty (yes tasty) way to replace it. Read on!
About a month ago, I lost my Diana Mini lens cap whilst on holiday in France. I hadn't realized until I was home, and so it was impossible for me to get it back. Yesterday, however, I found a perfect replacement:
Here's what you'll need:
- A multi-pack of mini Yazoo milkshakes (usually around £1-2.)
- Diana Mini
Simply take the lid from one of the bottles (I would definitely recommend washing it, if you chose to drink it) and place it over the lens of your Diana Mini. It really is that easy! The lid fits tightly over the camera's lens, much like the original cap does that came with it. They come in red, yellow or brown (strawberry, banana and chocolate flavours), but can be easily painted to suit the colour you chose. You could also try painting a design on it to personalize it.
I tried a few bottle lids (a milk carton, juice cartons etc) but this was the only one which fitted. I am unsure as to whether the regular sized Yazoo lids would fit, as they are slightly different in style. If you are curious, however, I measured the lid to be 4.2cm/1.65in in diameter, so most lids at this size should fit.
Enjoy your new lens cap!
The Diana Mini is the ultra-compact, petite version of the Diana F+. This camera takes soft-focused, lo-fi images in 35mm and allows you to change between half-format and square shots with a flick of a switch. Get your own Diana Mini now!
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The introductory chapter also explains fundamental concepts, first and foremost the broader notion of discipline, for which summary trial is one of the last maintaining tools. Chapter II describes the current system. An overview of its historical background is first given. Then, each procedural step is demystified, from investigation until review. Chapter III identifies potential breaches of the Charter, highlighting those that put the system at greater constitutional risk: the lack of judicial independence, the absence of hearing transcript, the lack of legal representation and the disparity of treatment between ranks. Alternatives adopted in the Canadian Armed Forces and in foreign jurisdictions, from both common law and civil law traditions, in addressing similar challenges are reviewed in Chapter IV. Chapter V analyses whether the breaches could nevertheless be justified in a free and democratic society. Its conclusion is that, considering the availability of reasonable alternatives, it would be hard to convince a court that the current system is a legitimate impairment of the individual's legal rights. The conclusion Chapter presents options to address current challenges. First, the approach of 'depenalization' taken by the Government in recent Bill C-71 is analysed and criticised. The 'judicialization' approach is advocated through a series of 16 recommendations designed not only to strengthen the constitutionality of the system but also to improve the administration of military justice in furtherance of service members' legal rights. Description: Thesis (Ph.D, Law) -- Queen's University, 2016-09-21 21:13:11.399 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA: An Examination of Constitutional Positivism, Fundamental Law and Rights in Ghana and Nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/1974/14620 Title: CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA: An Examination of Constitutional Positivism, Fundamental Law and Rights in Ghana and Nigeria Authors: Atupare, PETER ATUDIWE Abstract: This work explores the idea of constitutional justice in Africa with a focus on constitutional interpretation in Ghana and Nigeria. The objective is to develop a theory of constitutional interpretation based upon a conception of law that allows the existing constitutions of Ghana and Nigeria to be construed by the courts as law in a manner that best serves the collective wellbeing of the people. The project involves an examination of both legal theory and substantive constitutional law. The theoretical argument will be applied to show how a proper understanding of the ideals of the rule of law and constitutionalism in Ghana and Nigeria necessitate the conclusion that socio-economic rights in those countries are constitutionally protected and judicially enforceable. The thesis argues that this conclusion follows from a general claim that constitutions should represent a 'fundamental law' and must be construed as an aspirational moral ideal for the common good of the people. The argument is essentially about the inherent character of 'legality' or the 'rule of law.' It weaves together ideas developed by Lon Fuller, Ronald Dworkin, T.R.S. Allan and David Dyzenhaus, as well as the strand of common law constitutionalism associated with Sir Edward Coke, to develop a moral sense of 'law' that transcends the confines of positive or explicit law while remaining inherently 'legal' as opposed to purely moral or political. What emerges is an unwritten fundamental law of reason located between pure morality or natural law on the one hand and strict, explicit, or positive law on the other. It is argued that this fundamental law is, or should be, the basis of constitutional interpretation, especially in transitional democracies like Ghana and Nigeria, and that it grounds constitutional protection for socio-economic rights. Equipped with this theory of law, courts in developing African countries like Ghana and Nigeria will be in a better position to contribute towards developing a real sense of constitutional justice for Africa. Description: Thesis (Ph.D, Law) -- Queen's University, 2011-05-26 10:50:46.13 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Sandcastles of hope? Civil society organizations and the working conditions of migrant farmworkers in North America http://hdl.handle.net/1974/14585 Title: Sandcastles of hope? Civil society organizations and the working conditions of migrant farmworkers in North America Authors: Dias-Abey, MANOJ Abstract: This research explores whether civil society organizations (CSOs) can contribute to more effectively regulating the working conditions of temporary migrant farmworkers in North America. This dissertation unfolds in five parts. The first part of the dissertation sets out the background context. The context includes the political economy of agriculture and temporary migrant labour more broadly. It also includes the political economy of the legal regulations that govern immigration and work relations. The second part of the research builds an analytical model for studying the operation of CSOs active in working with the migrant farmworker population. The purpose of the analytical framework is to make sense of real-world examples by providing categories for analysis and a means to get at the channels of influence that CSOs utilize to achieve their aims. To this end, the model incorporates the insights from three significant bodies of literature—regulatory studies, labour studies, and economic sociology. The third part of the dissertation suggests some key strategic issues that CSOs should consider when intervening to assist migrant farmworkers, and also proposes a series of hypotheses about how CSOs can participate in the regulatory process. The fourth part probes and extends these hypotheses by empirically investigating the operation of three CSOs that are currently active in assisting migrant farm workers in North America: the Agricultural Workers Alliance (Canada), Global Workers' Justice Alliance (USA), and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (USA). The fifth and final part draws together lessons from the empirical work and concluded that CSOs can fill gaps left by the waning power of actors, such as trade unions and labour inspectorates, as well as act in ways that these traditional actors can not. Description: Thesis (Ph.D, Law) -- Queen's University, 2016-06-15 11:32:58.052 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Constitutionality of Ontario Education Sector Bargaining http://hdl.handle.net/1974/14334 Title: Constitutionality of Ontario Education Sector Bargaining Authors: Marino, SAMUEL Abstract: At the time of writing, bargaining in Ontario's education sector is governed under two regimes; The Putting Students First Act - legislation which imposed Collective Agreements across Ontario, and its successor legislation; The School Boards Collective Bargaining Act – which limits workers' rights to choose who will represent them, and centralizes the bargaining process for some, while keeping it out of reach from others. This paper examines the constitutionality of each regime under Canadian law having regard for the freedom of association, which is a protected right under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter), and the jurisprudence interpreting that right. The author concludes that both regimes fail to pass constitutional muster. The Putting Students First Act violates the Charter by setting strict parameters on bargaining outcomes for the education sector, unilaterally changing working conditions during bargaining, and by imposing collective agreements which took away a unions' ability to strike. The School Boards Collective Bargaining Act violates the Charter by designating which unions can represent workers at the central bargaining table, by excluding small unions from central bargaining, and by denying parties the right to strike over certain types of bargaining disputes Description: Thesis (Master, Law) -- Queen's University, 2016-04-28 19:29:29.844 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z