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Why not accept family's warm invitation?
Back in the day, you wanted spaghetti you got it at a "spaghetti house." You know the place: checkered tablecloths, straw Chianti bottles, spaghetti with meatballs. For fancy, you had fettucine Alfredo. For dessert, spumoni. You went because you liked the chef, who had an accent. And his wife, who ran the dining room.
Today, chain restaurants everywhere attempt to remind us why we loved those Old Scuola joints so much. But now, thanks to David and Lily Kong, we have something so much better.
Sure, it looks like one of those corporate constructs with its faux-Italian-villa façade, faux marble-topped tables and faux ancient ruins illuminating a cozy dual-level dining room. But there's not a false note about what you're getting at Perché No Pasta & Vino: umpteen pastas, made in-house, deliciously and judiciously sauced. Plus a wide world of wines: 300 by the bottle, 50 by the glass. And with prices this reasonable, when you find yourself considering a second visit in a week, you're bound to ask "perché no?" (Why not?)
I spent $10 for downy little clouds of potato gnocchi in a bright tomato sauce, $11 for an elegant tangle of squid-ink fettuccine lush with cannellini beans and anchovies, and $6 for a generous measure of Sicilian rosato to drink with them.
On one visit, the kids fought, rightfully so, over which pasta deserved the favored fork award: gemelli (pasta twists) with spicy Italian sausage ($13) or fresh-lasagna Bolognese, simply built with béchamel and meat sauce ($12). Their moms were thrilled to find a worthy competitor in a seafood risotto with shrimp, fresh clams and bay scallops, oh-so-gently infused with tomato and saffron ($15). And then there's the kind of dessert you're more likely to find at those fancy-foo Italian restaurants: fresh sweetened ricotta drizzled with honey ($6).
Perche'd just off the busy five-way stop on the south end of Green Lake, this is the offshoot of Perché No Ristorante Italiano in Lower Queen Anne, where the Kongs (Chinese by blood, Italians at heart) celebrate 14 years in business this month. The couple (he cooks, she manages) built their new place "from the ground up," as an ode to the family: Theirs and yours.
Doting dad has clearly passed the cooking gene on to his son Chris, 19, an accomplished culinarian who ranked second, nationally, among high-school chef-competitors before taking a lead role in the family business. Alex, 16, is already an old hand at the cold station, making salads and desserts. Their loquacious parents split their time between the two restaurants, taking guests under wing, warmly greeting old fans from Queen Anne and embracing newcomers from the neighborhood.
Consummate hosts, they're quick to ask questions — "How was dinner? You live nearby?" — and answer them — "Yes, they're homemade" — while gesturing to the rustic-looking hams strung up on display. Here, children are not only welcome, they're feted, with special menus, complimentary soda refills and (if they're really good) candy rings as a sweet arrivederci.
Lucky little ones might garner the attention of their self-proclaimed "Australian auntie": a sassy server — stage-name Alison Avenue. This charming Chatty Cathy from Down Under is quick to state her theatrical ambitions, and though her 15 minutes of fame may come right here, her entertaining style deserves to be bottled, sold and meted out to a less-than-polished crew who (Auntie included), could use a how-to course in service basics.
Family-friendliness notwithstanding, you wouldn't be nuts bringing a date here, either. Especially if you snag one of the corner tables upstairs, overlooking the five-seat wine bar and the open kitchen. From this coveted post you could share a wine-flight (say, four pours of hearty Italian reds, $11) and even make a meal of soup and salad.
A big bowl of pasta e fagioli is beautifully balanced with pasta, beans, pancetta and onion, and a bodacious bargain at $4. The Caesar's big enough for two and vigorously infused, as it should be, with anchovies, but not so garlicky that you'll be sorry later.
Large parties might share antipasti misti, a compilation of Greatest Hits from among the antipasti, prosciutto-wrapped melon, chilled squid salad and grilled portobellos. I was unimpressed, twice, by another shareable first-course option, "Focaccia Bruschetta" — the Kongs' answer to the "Where's the pizza?" question.
Crusty outside, fluffy and flavorless within, this baked-to-order bread was forgettable even when topped with the housemade prosciutto or a mix of mushrooms and mozzarella. But disappointments like that (and a panna cotta so heavy on the gelatin it danced more on the plate than it did on my tongue), did little to dampen my enthusiasm.
Leaving after lunch, sated by a sophisticated and carefully constructed timballo, a fussy-foodie's answer to tuna-noodle casserole, it was clear that I'm not the only one whose enthusiasm for the place is infectious. "See you tomorrow!" shouted David, bidding this stranger farewell from his kitchen post.
Well, why not?
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Sample menu
Antipasti misti $8 per person
Caesar salad $7
Gemelli with sausage $13
Lasagna alla Bolognese $12
Seafood risotto $15
Focaccia Bruschetta with prosciutto $11
Gelato $4
Perch No Pasta & Vino
1319 N. 49th St., Seattle
Reservations: Recommended.
Prices: Antipasti $6-$8, soup/salads $4-$8, pasta/risotto $10-$15, focaccia bruschetta $9-$13; children's menu $5.50-$6.50.
Hours: 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Tuesdays-Sundays, closed Mondays.
Drinks: Beer and wine only. International list with 300 wines by the bottle, 50 by the glass. Wine flights available.
Parking: On street.
Sound: Moderate.
Who should go: Bargain-seeking lovers of pasta e vino.
Credit cards: AE, MC, V.
Accessibility: No access to second-level dining area (stairs).
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One of these three Section 2(e)(1) refusals was reversed. Put on your TTAB judicial robes and see if you can figure out how these recent appeals came out. [Answer will be found in first comment].
In re De Beers UK Limited, Serial No. 86978658 (March 27, 2017) [not precedential]. [Refusal to register MARKET PRICE QUOTE for gemological services, jewelry remounting, and related services].
In re MN Group, LLC, Serial No. 86879481 (March 30, 2017) [not precedential]. [Refusal of PRESS PAPERS for "providing a website featuring resources, namely, non-downloadable publications in the nature of newsletters, white papers, press releases in the field of health, education, and business"].
In re Three Lollies LLC, Serial No. 86779106 (March 31, 2017) [Refusal of TUMMY NATURALS for "medicinal preparations for the mouth to be applied in the form of drops, capsules, tablets and compressed tablets; nausea treatment preparations" [TUMMY disclaimed]].
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I can't stop thinking about poor James Frey (a million little pieces)
Talking about James Frey continues today… Someone this morning made a very good point though. This book has been out for a few years (prior to being made into an Oprah phenom). No one seemed to notice then that there may have been some "lies" in it. Have we ever figured out if the truth actually exists? And do we really want to condemn a man for his expression? If this whole thing could have been avoided over a label saying "based on a true story" then would all of this controversy have ensued? I really don't think it would have. Now there's a chance that the film won't be made (click here) and do you really want to push an ex-addict to the brink? I mean people have been persecuted for more ridiculous things throughout history, and the cult of Oprah does have power (in that the majority are the mindless masses who need to be told what to read and what to think — follow the leader), but do you want to be responsible for making someone with an addictive personality fall of the wagon? Perhaps these masses with their theoretical pitchforks and torches would enjoy that. I also heard that people think he should donate the money he's made to addiction clinics. Are you serious people!? Come ON. Do you think that the people involved in the class action lawsuit are doing it so that they can donate the proceeds? This whole affair is indicitive of a culture that has too many problems to even start to list, but please, feel free to try and list them here:


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User says licensing just a part of CHARON
Licensing the CHARON emulator solution at the Dairylea Cooperative has been some work, with some suppliers more willing to help in the transfer away from the compay's Series 969 than others. The $1.7 billion organization covers seven states and at least as many third party vendors. "We have a number of third party tools and we worked with each vendor to make the license transfers," said IT Director Jeff Elmer.
"We won't mention any names, but we will say that some vendors were absolutely wonderful to work with, while others were less so. It's probably true that anyone well acquainted with the HP 3000 world could make accurate guesses about which vendors fell in which camp."
Some vendors simply allowed a transfer at low cost or no cost; others gave a significant discount because Dairylea has been a long-time customer paying support fees. "A couple wanted amounts of money that seemed excessive, but in most cases a little negotiation brought things back within reason," Elmer said. The process wasn't any different than a customary HP 3000 upgrade: hardware costs were low, but software fees were significant."The cumulative expense of the third party software upgrades was nearly a deal-breaker," he said. "In the end, our management was concerned enough about reliance on old disk drives that they made the decision to move forward. In our opinion it was money very well spent."
Just as advertised, software that runs on an HP RISC server runs under CHARON. 'Using those third party tools on the emulator is completely transparent," Elmer said. "We had one product for which we had to make a command change in a job stream, and we had to make a mind-shift in evaluating what our performance monitoring software is telling us. Apart from that, it is business as usual."
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Drivers are warned to be aware of bears on roadways because it's not uncommon for an accident to occur that involves a bear being hit by a car.
More than 3,200 bears have been killed on roads in the state between 1990 and 2015, with more than 200 being killed in each of the last four years.
"As human and bear populations continue to grow, the chances of human-bear interactions of all kinds will likely increase," said Rebekah Nelson, the public information coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "Be cautious around curves and on hills as neither the driver nor the bear can see each other."
Two bears were killed in Santa Rosa County last week, including one on U.S. Highway 98 in Navarre on the morning of June 14. Another bear was killed June 12 just after 9 p.m. after being hit by a motorcycle on Highway 87.
"Bears are most active at dawn and dusk, making them even more difficult to see on the road ways due to lighting conditions," Nelson said.
Between 2013 and 2015, 18 bears were killed on roads in Santa Rosa County, including six a year ago. Okaloosa County also had six bear deaths on its roadways last year and a total of 18 in the same three-year span. Walton County had seven bear deaths between 2013 and 2015. There were no bear deaths in Escambia County.
Read the full article in the June 23 issue of Navarre Press. Click HERE to subscribe online to your community newspaper.
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"Serenity" is written and directed by Steven Knight whose previous film, "Locke," starring Tom Hardy is a favorite. Unfortunately, this second attempt wearing both the writer's and director's hats doesn't quite work. Matthew McConaughey stars as Baker Dill, a charter fisherman on the pristine and remote island called Plymouth Island. Dill finds his sole focus is catching the Big One, the one that gets away, time after time. His focus quickly changes when his ex-wife, Karen (Anne Hathaway), shows up with a story of spousal abuse and an offer that he just can't refuse…or can he?
Karen shares her abusive stories and promises Dill $10M if he agrees to bring her husband Frank (Jason Clarke) on a fishing expedition where he will go overboard and become fish food. In need of money and his connection to the child back home, Dill considers the offer, but there's something off. In fact, there's something that feels a bit hinky during most of the film, or at least until the big reveal. You can't quite put your finger on it, and it does keep you hooked, but there are too many expressions that make your eyes roll and these characters just seem too over-the-top. You hope that it's an element of supernatural as Knight eludes to that, drawing you down a particular path, only to be capsized.
"Serenity" certainly had potential, but it seems that Knight lost touch with the arc of the story line and the importance of the topics at hand. Addressing complex issues such as abuse and coping mechanisms, particularly with children and women is a tough topic, and this bizarre approach would have worked at if the twist was revealed significantly earlier. We then could have been allowed to appreciate and understand the characters more fully as well as the situations at hand.
With knowing the twist, McConaughey's portrayal of the man with a secret, escaping from something we are not yet privy to while creating a persona of individuality, and strength is spot on even if it is rather one dimensional. His first mate Duke (Djimon Hounsou) is equally strong, but stable; the voice of wisdom. Hounsou evokes trust immediately from you as you urge Dill to listen to him. Hathaway gives us a sense of a femme fatale character with her mysterious and sudden appearances, her beauty, and emitting a sense of distrustfulness. Hathaway is always a pleasure to see in any role and she finds a way to add interest to this otherwise seemingly bizarre film. Clarke portrays a character that is pure evil, perhaps too evil and that is in part thanks to Knights' choice in dialogue as he refers to despicable acts upon young girls. He pushes the evil a bit too far given that this is a fictional tale—we just didn't need that as Frank was awful enough without that. Jeremy Strong plays Reid Miller, the oddball, suit-wearing, spectacled man always trying to catch up with Dill. His character throws a wrench into anything you might have thought was happening, but he's a welcomed character as he puts the narrative into a higher gear. Unfortunately, Diane Lane's character of Constance, Dill's friend (and bank account) with benefits is quite forgettable and unnecessary.
Again, much of what I have described doesn't make sense until close to the end and by that time you already have a sour taste in your mouth. There wasn't enough Orbit gum to cover that up and allow you to see the film for what it was trying to be. On the surface, the film is about abuse and questioning right versus wrong and all those shades in between. But as you delve more deeply, the women in how they are portrayed is disappointing as well as the overall message.
Again, after knowing the twist and understanding that the film is about abuse and how to cope, it misses the boat. With the sex, language, and references made, it's also difficult to see who the target audience is. It's too harsh for kids who might be experiencing abuse and its an exercise in frustration for the rest of us.
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Fraser Island is one of the Worlds Greatest Natural Wonders and a popular tourist destination for travelers wanting to "Experience Australia". Only accessible by 4X4, it is imperative the right company is chosen to assist you in this once in a lifetime Fraser Island adventure.
Aussie Trax 4X4 is one of the most respected companies in Hervey Bay. With more than 25 years of local expertise and a focus on making the customers adventure as enjoyable as possible, they are the obvious choice when selecting a self-drive tour operator.
Languages we have all our driving instruction and all points of interest on Fraser Island in 6 languages, German, French, Italian, Korean & Japanese.
Suzuki Jimny:
Suits: Couples. Advantages: Stereo, coil sprung Comments: Small and very maneuverable.
Toyota Land Cruiser:
Suits: Groups, family Advantages: Stereo, Comments: Larger 4WD
NEARLY ALL VEHICLES ARE MANUAL. Customers MUST pre request an automatic (subject to availability). A MANUAL DRIVERS LICENCE IS REQUIRED.
You must be at least 21 years of age to drive.
Barge/Ferry Crossing:
We will book, no need to worry. Customers must be at Aussie Trax HQ 2 1/4 hrs prior to ferry departure time for our mandatory informative briefing.
10.15am ferry departure = 8.00am briefing
3.30pm ferry departure = 1.15pm briefing
|Departure Barge Time
|Arrival Point
|Briefing Time
|Return Barge Time
|Departure Point
|Return time to Office
|1500 the day prior to travel. All groups welcome.
Most popular times are 8.30am in order to maximize your time on the island. On Return the 3pm Ferry (last one of the day) is most popular for the same reason.
Points to remember:
- Must be at ferry departure point 20mins prior to departure.
- Fraser Venture is preferable as tracks to and from ferry are in much better condition.
- All briefing times are discussed with customers when booking to maximise efficiency. (EEG 10.15am group may tag onto 6.00am briefing where appropriate)
- Bear in mind if late notice (ie; next day booking) ferry may be booked out on popular runs
Briefing takes approx 45mins & consists of:
- lO minute staff talk which includes description of the Island
- What you will see, time travel
- Rangers information
- Itinerary rundown
- Opportunity for questions
- 20min Safe Driving video
- Car Damage report
- Controls Briefing, including use of high & low range gears
Drive from depot to ferry takes approx 25 minutes — allow for this
Vehicle Access Permit: The National Park fee for driving on the Island is included in brochure packaging pricing. We book, no need to worry.
Camp fees are $9.50 per person/per night (subject to change), for beach camping only. Camping briefing is also included in our pre-travel info.
2 options, both require a $500 credit card imprint as bond, which is not banked unless the car is not returned satisfactorily. If the car is in an accident or excessively damaged, the most the customer would pay is $2000 for the Suzuki or $4000 for Land Cruiser
All Aussie Trax 4WDs are fully insured, unless the driver is doing one of the following. They are:
- Driving Under the Influence
- Overloading (more people than the car is allowed to carry)
- Driving in the Ocean
- Under Body Damage
- Intentional Damage (sitting on the bonnet or roof)
- Staff cover these issues in more depth during the briefing.
Customers may take the Waiver option, which can reduce their liability from either the $2000 or $4000 (depending on which vehicle) to $500 only in the case of a multiple vehicle accident (a vehicle hitting you or you hitting another vehicle).to $500. You do this by paying an extra: $25per day for Suzuki's $40 per day for Toyotas
Important: The waiver only covers multiple vehicle accidents, where your vehicle has collided with another vehicle.
This is non-refundable and is purely a personal insurance option. It is not compulsory.
- Opportunity to see everything you want to see, without having to cater for other people or have the trip dictated to you
- You can stay as long as you like at places of interest and not be hurried along. Travel at your own pace
- Privacy if you want to travel to remote areas
- Opportunity to extend the trip subject to availability on vehicles etc
- No bus tour on Fraser Island allows you to go to any lake at anytime, in fact some don't go to some of Fraser's must see places!
- Option to camp under the stars on the beach
- Complete flexibility for your itinerary and independence
Advantages of Aussie Trax Services (Sales Points)
- All our instructions are in 6 languages English, German, French, Italian, Korean & Japanese
- Aussie Trax are the longest established operators (25 years) & our experience is passed to our customers through the most comprehensive & highly praised briefing available
- Briefing includes information on the Island, vehicles and what to expect
- All ferry bookings and permits are arranged
- Free maps & itineraries provided to maximise the experience
- Money back guarantee or extension of hire for any mechanical failure
- Back up mechanical support on the Island at 3 different locations in the event of mechanical problems
- Friendly, knowledgeable staff there to help plan the trip for maximum enjoyment!
- We are experts on Fraser Island!
- We have received several tourism awards for our team
- All vehicles are fitted with heavy front & rear bumpers to avoid being charged for costly minor scrapes
- Fly directly from Sydney or get a connecting flight
- 2 Great locations, Hervey Bay & Kingfisher Bay Resort.
Non-refundable deposit: deposits can be transferred however; no deposit will be refunded.
Between 14 – 7 days prior to departure: 25% of total booking charged
Less than 7 days prior to departure: 50% of total booking charged
Less than 3 days prior to departure: Full package cancellation fee applies (under special circumstance bookings can be transferred)
Please remember you are undertaking Adventure Travel. You may well get wet, even dirty and it can also be very tiring, and that's why we do it and that's why so many people enjoy it! Although we are extremely sorry for any of your valuable time lost due to a mechanical failure not of your own doing we must stress that Fraser Island is an extremely harsh environment and mechanical failures can happen to even the newest cars, despite the best maintenance practices. No car in the world has yet been designed to be used in those conditions day-in-day-out without encountering problems.
Method of Compensation
We will, wherever possible, replace the vehicle as soon as possible and extend your hire for equivalent time lost.
If an extension of hire is not possible, we calculate a refund using the following method:-
- We allow 10 usable hours per day for the vehicle
- We divide the cost you have paid for the vehicle per day by 10 (usable hours/day) leaving us with a dollar per hour figure.
- We multiply the number of hours lost by the dollar per hour and refund this amount.
Although we will attempt to resolve the problem as quickly as possible, we do not compensate for:-
- Personal stress and anguish due to a mechanical breakdown
- Missing connecting travel arrangements
- Use of any other unapproved travel means, or
- For having missed places you wished to travel to if you are unable to extend your hire or tides do not allow.
- Time lost due to mechanical failure (eg: burnt out clutch) through no fault of Aussie Trax.
We do not refund money for hires cut short due to:
- Bad weather
- Shortening of the rental period by the hirer
- Cars taken from the hirer due to misuse in contravention to Aussie Trax's or other authorised persons directions
- Cars returned late at a rate of 20% of daily rate per hour
- Cars missing return ferry. Hirers will be charged 1 extra days hire plus $73 to recover car from island in necessary
- Car requiring fuel on return will be charged at 20% greater than current fuel rate
- Burnt out clutch replacement and the associated costs to return car to our Hervey Bay workshop
Punctures are no charge, however if the tyre is returned un-repairable, due to being stacked or driven flat, the hirer will be charged for the cost of a replacement.
At all times the hirer is responsible for:-
- Damage caused where the terms of Rental Contract have been breached
- Damage caused by negligence
- Damage caused to the vehicle in any way by part or total water submersion or salt water
- Damage caused as a result of a single vehicle accident (an accident not involving another vehicle) between the hours of 6pm to 6am
- Damage caused to the vehicle by the renter's wilful conduct
- Damage caused to the vehicle when using the vehicle in contravention of any legislation or regulation controlling vehicular traffic
- Damage or loss caused to any personal belongings
- Damage to the bonnet or underbody of the vehicle


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LTF and The Downey Patriot has teamed up again to provide the Downey community with another "Coming Home" article. This past week, we featured Javier who has had an outstanding career in the U.S. Army. To read more about his life and get in touch with what exactly he has done for our great nation, visit: Coming Home – Javier Becerra
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Telacu's 1st Annual Health Fair
Last week, Living Tree was able to join in partnership with the Telacu Organization in hosting a booth at their health fair for Seniors. This was a great opportunity for LTF to get traction for our foundation as well as promote our services to seniors that may be veterans or that may know someone who is or is seeking assistance. We were welcomed to the facility with open arms by Telacu's friendly staff and we were able to meet some great organizations that are excited to partner up with us! Our Founder Rick Rodriguez was also in attendance where he was honored by participating in the Ribbon Cutting at the Opening Ceremonies before the actual event took place.
Living Tree Foundation has had the opportunity to partner up with The Downey Patriot which is our local newspaper to create a new weekly series dedicated to introducing our Veterans that are coming home. Last week, the paper came into the LTF office to conduct an interview with our founders Rick and Lupe Rodriguez. The article digs deep into their history from their beginnings as a company to their family life and the development of Living Tree. Please feel free to check out their interview here: http://www.thedowneypatriot.com/article/in-downey-and-across-the-country-every-soldier-has-a-story/
In addition we would like to thank the whole Downey Patriot team for this wonderful opportunity and we are excited for this new partnership.
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It's important to take time from our hectic lives and notice the little things. We tend to get worked up about the smallest mishaps in OUR world that we forget to notice the events happen around us. Take the time to notice.
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Wishing you well traveled seas on this Tuesday. Please don't forget to follow our instagram @livingtreefoundation and our twitter @yourlivingtree.
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LTF Visits: VA Hospital Long Beach
Today, LTF had a field trip to the VA Hospital Long Beach to get the ball rolling on future contacts and opportunities. While exploring, we were able to visit with individuals that work in the VA Resource Center, Volunteer Center, and The Transitional Center to communicate the mission of Living Tree and see if we could be of assistance. LTF is excited to announce that our members as well as student volunteers will be starting the process of being volunteer escorts for veterans at the hospital. In addition to starting the volunteer process, Living Tree is very excited to be working with the hospital's Transitional Center in hopes that we may be acting as a liaison between returning troops and the hospital to help them with resources to transition them back into civilian life.
While visiting, we ran into some veterans that were volunteering with parking enforcement that were kind enough to let us take a photo with them.
Written by: Alyssa Portillo
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It's important to understand what we as an organization stand for and what exactly is it that we offer here at LTF. As a team, we have developed some Frequently Asked Questions that may help with understanding The Living Tree Organization better.
What is the purpose of the organization?
-LTF seeks to provide assistance to select organizations that are committed to providing for the needs of combat veterans, currently military service personnel as well as families in dire straits.
Is there a mission statement? What is it?
–LTF strives to provide a helping hand whenever it is needed mostly to the people who need the most.
What groups of people does this organization serve?
–While our organization's mission is to provide assistance to all who need assistance, we estimate that 90% of our assistance is Veteran based.
What social problems does this organization address or help to remedy?
-LTF prides itself in offering Veterans the resources needed to a quick, easy and effective transition from active duty civilian life.
What are the roles of members of this organization?
-We have one part-time paid Project Manager. The role of the Project Manager is to seek out veterans and individuals that can benefit from the partnering organizations that LTF is in partnership with.
What are the responsibilities of members this organization?
–Each member is responsible for continuous growth and effective building of LTF.
How important are volunteers to this organization?
–Volunteers are essential to the on-going building of LTF. Our goal at LTF is to expand our resources as well as those we assist by minimum of 65% in the next quarter. This goal will not be accomplished without the help of our volunteers.
Does this organizations collaborate with similar organizations on a local, regional, or national level?
–We partner with numerous Veteran based and community networking organizations on all levels.
What are the main obstacles that inhibit the fulfillment of the mission?
–We are a "grass roots" organizations. We operate with little overhead and with minimum support staff. This concept reduces internal inefficiencies that can delay or even hinder our goals.
What are the organization's annual goals, need, and results?
–As of now, LTF annual goal is to assist 450 veterans with job placement, transition from active duty to civilian life in a most effective and efficient way possible. To accomplish our goal, we will work diligently to seek out individuals and veterans that are in need.
How is this organization funded?
–LTF is predominately privately funded. Additionally, we are currently working on numerous grants from various companies and organizations.
Have a great Tuesday!
Written by: Alyssa Portillo
Questions answered by: Julie Garcia


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Two suspected child traffickers who were arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons have escaped from custody.
The two suspects identified as 36-year-old Linus Okeke, from Abia State, and 34-year-old Godwin Nomyange escaped from the agency's custody in Lagos State.
According to Punch Nigeria the two suspects were aided by officers of the anti-trafficking agency to escape from the custody two weeks ago.
It was gathered that the suspects were arrested for allegedly trafficking some minors and thereafter held in custody, awaiting prosecution before they escaped from custody.
The NAPTIP Head of Press and Public Relations, Mrs. Stella Nezan, who confirmed the escape on Friday, said the officials who aided the suspects' escape had been dismissed by the agency, and would soon be prosecuted for their culpability in the crime.
She said NAPTIP had launched a manhunt for the two runaway suspects.
She said, "NAPTIP has declared two men wanted for human trafficking offences. The suspects from Benue State were unfortunately aided by ex-officers of the agency to escape from custody.
"The NAPTIP Director-General, Julie Okah-Donli, has therefore called on the public to please report any knowledge of their whereabouts to the agency, or the nearest police station. They are considered a threat to the society and should be made to face the music."


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One of the most acclaimed nonfiction books of 2010, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," began as an investigation of a medical miracle but became a gripping, poignant story about racism, shoddy scientific ethics and a sprawling family's painful experiences with both.
If it sounds as if effectively truncating such an intricate, provocative book into a 93-minute movie would be nearly impossible, well, the film version that has its premiere Saturday night on HBO proves the point. This fascinating tale really wanted to be a six- or eight-episode mini-series.
The movie, also titled "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," was directed by George C. Wolfe, who had a starry cast at his disposal headed by Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne. It tells a rich and unsettling story that begins with the woman of the title (played in flashbacks by Renée Elise Goldsberry), who died of cancer in 1951 but not before unwittingly making an invaluable contribution to science: cancer cells that reproduced outside the body.
"In this jar, we have a sample of cancerous human tissue," Dr. George Gey (Reed Birney) explains in a 1950s-style newsreel in the film's early moments. "What makes this sample so unique is that this is the first cell line we have discovered in over 30 years of trying that can survive and reproduce indefinitely. With this, scientists will be able to perform experiments that they never could on a living human being."
The cell line (called HeLa, from Lacks's names) became the basis for a vast amount of medical research, but the movie isn't about the resulting breakthroughs. It's about a young author, Rebecca Skloot (Ms. Byrne), who goes in search of the woman behind the cell line and encounters a volatile family, assorted mysteries and all sorts of questions about scientific ethics.
Ms. Skloot of course wrote the book upon which the movie is based, but she is also a character in the story, a white woman intruding on a black family that at first is not inclined to share information about the matriarch or the rest of the clan. The core relationship in the film is the one between Rebecca and Deborah Lacks (Ms. Winfrey, also an executive producer here), one of Henrietta's daughters, who gradually comes to trust Rebecca and helps her gain access to other family members.
This is Ms. Winfrey's movie in more ways than one: Deborah, a woman who is both hesitant to learn more about her family history and prone to manic episodes, is a whirlwind of a character. You might think it would be impossible at this point for Ms. Winfrey to escape her own fame and play a movie role, but she is, remember, an Oscar-nominated actress. She makes it easy to forget the rest and buy into her performance, so much so that scenes with Deborah and Rebecca are a bit of a mismatch.
Ms. Skloot has said that she was very resistant to making herself a character in the book, and that seems to carry over into the movie. Rebecca does a lot of observing and cajoling, trying to get people to open up to her, but that's passive stuff. Only in one scene late in the film, a crackling moment when Rebecca loses patience with Deborah's mood swings, does Ms. Byrne get to stretch out.
Courtney B. Vance and Leslie Uggams are among the recognizable stars in smaller roles, but the movie is in such a hurry to cover ground that they make only fleeting impressions. There's a focus problem here: too many threads, not enough time.
And thus important themes like the exploitation of low-income black people by the medical establishment are noted without being fully examined. The tensions within the Lacks clan are made apparent — family members don't agree on whether to cooperate with Rebecca or on whether the use of Henrietta's cells is a good thing — yet we really get to know only Deborah. (Some members of the family have objected to the movie and their portrayal in the book, discord that has been drawing publicity.)
The subplot that is rendered most effectively involves the search for more information about Elsie Lacks, Deborah's older sister, who as a child was institutionalized at the notorious Crownsville Hospital Center in Maryland. In a sequence that briefly has the adrenaline of a good detective story, Deborah and Rebecca track down Elsie's records, which include evidence that she was abused. But the moment is left hanging; too much other material to get to.
So watch the film for a well acted CliffsNotes version of the book — intriguing and thought provoking, but also frustrating.


text: Washington, D.C., might not be the first place that comes to mind when dance music is mentioned. Yet in just two short years, D.C.-based production outfit Benoit & Sergio has risen to international prominence with a sound that combines aspects of smart '80s pop (think Talking Heads, Roxy Music, and Paul Simon) with the slick, engineered sound of tech house. This year has been a big one for the duo, with singles like "Where the Freaks Have No Name" (on Visionquest) and "Boy Trouble" (on DFA) lighting up dancefloors the world over. This week, Benoit & Sergio headline Lights Down Low alongside Brooklyn's No Regular Play, and local upstarts Pillow Talk. DJ support comes in the form of Thee Mike B, Rich Korach, Sososoon, Sleazemore, and Eli Glad.


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Sant Ambroeus Palm Beach Offers Guests Both A Fine-Dining Experience And Casual Cafe To Enjoy Any Time Of Week
Stop in for an espresso and panino, and return for a fine-dining experience.
Owners Teresa Borella and Italo Cattaneo opened Sant Ambroeus in Milan, Italy, in 1936, serving traditional Milanese cuisine before starting a name for themselves in America on Madison Avenue in New York City. Additional locations followed in West Village, Southampton and SoHo, becoming the place where locals and socialites gathered to enjoy an espresso and read the morning newspaper.
Fast forward and Sant Ambroeus has once again opened its doors in a new location—expanding from New York to Palm Beach's Royal Poinciana Plaza in December.
The Experience
A step inside the casual yet elegant environment takes guests back to the 1960s. Tables are draped in crisp white tablecloths, while furniture colors range from olive greens, oranges and reds, to pastel pinks and blues. The dining room is lit with elegant chandeliers, and mirrors, sconces and wood paneling adorn the walls. Classical music plays throughout the restaurant, offering a cozy space that complements the Palm Beach lifestyle.
What to Order
The cuisine is "typical Italian and inspired by the freshness," says executive chef Marco Barbisotti. Menu offerings include Vitello Tonnato, which is slow-roasted, thinly sliced veal topped with tuna-caper sauce. The spaghetti alla Carbonara (pasta with pancetta, organic egg, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and black pepper) is also a must. Special to this location is the option to order thin, crispy crust pizza. Try the Tartufata, which is served with taleggio cheese and black truffle topped with a cracked organic egg yolk.
Chef Barbisotti also serves a risotto of the day, so customers can enjoy a variety of flavors. As for the main courses, guests have ample dishes to choose from. The "Simply Cooked" section on the menu offers fresh salmon from Scotland, wild Dover Sole from France and filet mignon grilled or seared. "We aren't a steakhouse, but we give you the best steak we can provide," Barbisotti says. For customers who don't think they can go to an Italian restaurant and have a great steak, Sant Ambroeus proves otherwise.
Additional Treats
To the right of the restaurant's entry, guests can also order in a quaint cafe setting with seating perfect for a quick grab-and-go bite or a relaxed lunch. There are displays of caprese panini, plus house-made croissants, cakes, assorted cookies and more.
Guests in need of a gelato fix will find a fresh batch is made daily. Choose from flavors like Coppa San Marco, which features hazelnut gelato with hot espresso, or Taglio Al Limone made with lemon sorbet and prosecco. Plus, take a seat at the bar or one of the cocktail tables to mix and mingle.
Sant Ambroeus Palm Beach, 340 Royal Poinciana Way, Palm Beach / 561.285.7990 / santambroeus.com
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Summer Surf Experiences – stunning, surf-abundant Fiji
Made up of 333 islands, Fiji is located in the South Pacific just about 4 hours from the east coast of Australia. Fiji has so many options to keep everyone entertained, everything from trekking mountains, ocean rafting, romantic dinner for two on a private beach, diving and snorkelling around some of the most beautiful reefs, and exploring local villages and learning their traditions (like Kava drinking!).
Whilst surf breaks like Cloudbreak, Frigates Passage and Namotu are well known and photographed, it will be the 'as yet undiscovered' or unpublicised gems of the outer islands and reefs that will ensure this country continues to grow as a surfing destination. The choice of a resort or a boat is yours!
Regina Surf Charter – Fiji
Regina is a 64-foot live-aboard Roberts Ketch. She can comfortably sleep up to 12 passengers plus the crew, or 8 single males + crew. Moored full time at Navula Reef (Cloudbreak) and the Malolo Lai Lai Islands, Regina is one of the official support vessels of the Cloud 9 Floating Island, permanently moored at Cloudbreak. Regina will mainly service the breaks including and close to Cloudbreak, Tavarua and Namotu. These breaks include Restaurants, Swimming Pools, Namotu Lefts, Wilkes Passage and many more.
- Airport meet and greet by Perfect Wave Representative
- Return airport transfers to boat marina.
- Yacht accommodation with services of the captain and the crew.
- 3 daily meals plus snacks (either on one of the yachts or on the Cloud 9 Floating Island).
- Expert Perfect Wave surf guide as your tour leader.
- guaranteed VIP access and day passes to Cloud 9 Floating Island (value FJ$70/day)
- VIP table reservation with food & beverage service.
- watersports hire (SUP. kayals, snorkelling gear…).
- passes on Cloud 9 tenders.
The charter departs from Vuda Marina or Denerau in the Nadi area.
Matanivusi Surf Eco Resort
Surrender yourself to paradise at Matanivusi Surf Resort – one of Fiji's newest surf resorts specifically built for discerning travelers who want surf, seclusion, service and satisfaction. Surf Fiji reef breaks while your partner/family relax in the comfort and luxury of the beachfront resort with fine food, and resort facilities including a swimming pool. The resort has been designed by an award-winning architect. Nearby are Frigates, J's, Vunaniu and Shifties.
- 2-hour minivan transfers from/to Nadi airport.
- Beachfront accommodation with ensuite.
- All meals prepared by their chef – breakfast, lunch and 3 course dinner daily.
- Daily boat trips to the local breaks for surfing and snorkelling.
- Trips to Frigates (min. 3 pax) are an extra cost of FJ$75 per person. It's a full-day trip, 20kms each way; food is provided.
- Complimentary use of resort facilities – SUPs, kayaks, snorkel and mask.
- Guided excursions to scenic lookout.
Plantation Island Resort
Plantation Island Resort is nestled on the 553 acre island of Malolo LaiLai, part of the Mamanuca group of islands. Plantation Island Resort utilises 23 acres of tropical landscaped gardens and coconut palms and has 7km of white sandy beaches, part of which fronts the beautiful sheltered lagoon. This resorts is perfect for families with children because it has a kids club, kids menu at the restaurant and children's facilities.
- 7 nights accommodation of choice.
- Return Malolo cat transfers.
- Meal deal B – breakfast and dinner daily (lunch can be added on request).
- Use of windsurfers, canoes and snorkeling gear.
Waidroka Bay Resort
Waidroka Bay Surf & Dive Resort is one of Viti Levu's best-value resorts, and a great place to relax in proximity to world-class surfing, diving and fishing sites. Stay in one of the Panoramic Ocean-View Rooms, or Bures, all with sweeping views of Pacific Ocean. Enjoy true Fijian hospitality and smiles. Surf, dive and fish all day, then watch the sunset over the ocean while enjoying one of the local specialties for dinner. Only a short boat ride from Waidroka Bay Resort are 4 right hand reef breaks and 3 lefts. Then there is the world famous Frigates Passage, which is a long, peeling left-hander and one of the most uncrowded world-class waves in the world.
The Waidroka 'Deluxe Surfing Safari' includes:
- Return Transfers from airport to Waidroka Bay Resort (approx. 2 hour ride).
- Complimentary 'Welcoming Drink ' on arrival.
- 7 nights' accommodation in a Deluxe Ocean-Front Bure.
- Full Meal Plan: breakfast, lunch & 3-course dinner.
- 4 Coral Coast surf trips per person (snorkeling and fishing also available).
The Waidroka 'Surf Adventure Special' includes:
- Complimentary 'Welcoming Drink' on arrival.
- 7 nights' accommodation in a Panoramic Ocean-View Room.
- 3 Coral Coast surf trips per person (snorkeling and fishing also available).
- Full Meal Plan: breakfast, lunch & 3-course dinner.
The Waidroka 'Unlimited Surf Safari' includes:
- Return Transfers from airport to Waidroka Bay Resort (approx. 2-hour ride).
- Complimentary 'Welcoming Drink' on arrival.
- 7 nights' accommodation in a Panoramic Ocean View Room (ask for Bure Upgrade!).
- Full Meal Plan: breakfast, lunch & 3-course dinner.
- Unlimited Coral Coast surf trips per person.
International & Domestic Flights – The Perfect Wave is a licensed wholesale travel agent that has experienced consultants ready to package flights into your package. Please make sure you get flights packaged into your quote as we receive best wholesale rate flight prices to Fiji.
- All above prices are per person prices in AUD and subject to foreign exchange fluctuations.
- Packages prices for non-surfers are available on request.
- These are example packages and most packages can be adjusted to cater for your requirements. Please contact us for a tailored package to meet your needs.
- Please call us on 1300 00WAVE to speak with one of our friendly surf experience specialists.


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My Father's Book (The Swiss List) (Hardcover)
Seagull Books, 9780857420176, 173pp.
Publication Date: February 15, 2012
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Paperback (2/15/2018)
List Price: 21.00*
* Individual store prices may vary.
In this companion to Urs Widmer's novel My Mother's Lover, the narrator is again the son who pieces together the fragments of his parents' stories. Since the age of twelve, Karl, the father, has observed the family tradition of recording his life in a single notebook, but when his book is lost soon after his death, his son resolves to rewrite it.
Here, we get to know Karl's friends—a collection of anti-fascist painters and architects known as Group 33. We learn of the early years of Karl's marriage and follow his military service as the Swiss fear a German invasion during World War II, his political activity for the Communist Party, and his brief career as a teacher. We are told of Karl's literary translations of his favorite French books, and, most important, the eerie and ever-present coffins outside the houses in the home village of Karl's father, one reserved for each individual from the day he or she is born.
Widmer brilliantly combines family history and historical events to tell the story of a man more at home in the world of the imagination than in the real world, a father who grows on the reader, just as he grows on his son.
"One of the best representatives of Swiss literature."—Le Monde
About the Author
Urs Widmer is co-founder of Verlag der Autoren, an author-owned publishing house focusing on texts related to the performing arts. His other works include My Mother's Lover, also published by Seagull Books. He lives and works in Zürich. Donal McLaughlin specializes in translating Swiss fiction.
Praise For My Father's Book (The Swiss List)…
"Widmer's writing, though serious and finely crafted, is full of tomfoolery, wry deadpan humor, and implausible plot twists."
— Tess Lewis
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While the vast majority of offshore wind energy development utilizes fixed bottom support structures in shallow waters that are close to shore, floating offshore wind turbines show great potential for harnessing the wind resource far from shore. Understanding the fundamental hydrodynamic forces in the offshore environment, and in particular the added challenges of operating floating platforms in the ocean environment, is crucial to the success of future projects. Not only are floating platforms subject to loading from ocean waves, but also increased motion due to the wave-body interactions. In this talk, Maija will share her research on offshore wind energy, which uses computational fluid dynamics simulations to predict loads and motions of floating structures in the ocean environment. Furthermore, she will present work from her current students' Senior Design Project, in which a small scale floating wind turbine is being designed, built, and ultimately installed in Narragansett Bay, RI. Finally, she will include and discuss plans for future research.
Maija Benitz is an Assistant Professor in Engineering at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. She earned a BA in Physics from Colorado College, and a Masters and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UMass Amherst. Her PhD work was co-advised by David Schmidt in the Multiphase Flow Simulation Laboratory and Matt Lackner in the Wind Energy Center. Before joining Roger Williams University, she taught physics, mathematics, and engineering as a Visiting Professor at Colorado College and at the Evergreen State College.


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Buffalo-based Information technology analyst Kevin Fallon was poking around a federal crime database when he made a chilling discovery. In the early 1990s, after the arrest of "Genesee River Killer" Arthur Shawcross, another serial killer was stalking endangered and troubled women in Rochester, New York.
Rochester police confirmed Fallon's find. Speaking to the Buffalo News, homicide division Captain Lynde Johnston said the city did have a second serial suspect and that police "agreed that he had killed seven. Some of us think eight."
The suspect in question was a deeply religious truck driver named John White. Police think White may have targeted as many as 19 women, many of them prostitutes and/or drug addicts. Investigators never had enough evidence to arrest White and despite protracted interrogation, he never confessed. On September 18, 1994, White had a massive heart attack.
If you want to check a metro area or county and state for something equally spooky just around the corner, you can happily freak yourself out all day by noodling with the Scripps Howard News Service's Supplementary Homicide Report (provided by the FBI and published online by Scripps) here.


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After World War II the veterans came home, married and bred creating the Baby Boom in the United States. Houses were needed. Lots and lots of houses. Entire neighborhoods were built with houses only slightly different from each other. Minor variation in detail from house to house only accentuated the similarities and made each neighborhood hopelessly dull. The yards are also uniform. One common tactic to make them look different is flipping the blueprint, as if having the garage on the left instead of the right would create visual interest.
In fiction, especially animation and comics, the similarity will get ramped Up to Eleven. The houses, gardens, cars will be identical. The lives of the residents may be identical or the point may be that their lives are different, even if their houses are the same.
Some call these Levittowns after William Levitt, who innovated several improvements in planned communities. To this day there are many cities named (officially or unofficially) Levittown (list at Wikipedia here), the presence of one in Puerto Rico shows how far William Levitt's influence extended.
Wikipedia uses the term "tract housing" because a whole line of them is built at once, while recognizing the American and Canadian slang term "cookie-cutter housing". "Development" is a more general term, used when things beyond just the houses are planned out at the start. Often this includes more complicated street patterns, gated communities, and usually a little bit more variety in house design (but not by much).
Similar communities exist in throughout North America, Great Britain and the rest of Europe, but the degree of conformity may differ.
This is a common trait of the Stepford Suburbia. See also Standardized Sitcom Housing.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The apartment block where Rei lives is an urban variant, one of a long row of utterly identical buildings.
- The 1973 print "The Individualist" by Mordillo shows an endless terrace of identical grey houses disappearing into the distance. In the foreground is a house with a vivid pink striped roof ... whose owner is being hauled into a police van.
- Lampshaded in Asterix. When in Britain, Asterix and Obelix walk down an endless row of absolutely identical houses, and Asterix says, "Good thing we have the house number. Its description might not have been enough."
- The film Over the Hedge. The homeowner association makes sure that nobody is different.
- The Incredibles. Similar cars in the driveways as well.
- Gru's lair in Despicable Me is located under a spooky-looking manor house incongruously located in the middle of one of these. With its dark colors, looming architecture, and dead lawn, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
- The town of Perfection in Uglydolls has the citizens living in identical white houses with grey roofing. The symmetry nearly causes Babo, one of the Uglydolls, to have a panic attack. The visiting Uglydolls themselves are given a lopsided storage shed to stay in instead, something they find pleasant.
- In the opening action sequence of Minority Report, John Anderton is chagrined to find that he can't identify the house the murder will take place in because of the identical look to everything in the housing complex. (It's only because of the open door he is able to find it.)
- Harry Potter - Harry's relatives the Dursleys also live in one of these neighborhoods in the movies. Identical cars are present as well. Product Placement or trope emphasis?
- Edward Scissorhands also contains one of these, in a bright, sunlit neighborhood where everything is pastel colored — and where assymmetrical, midnight-and-candlewax colored Edward sticks out like a sore thumb.
- The Russian film The Irony of Fate involves a man, having been put on a plane while drunk, ending up in an apartment in Leningrad all but identical to his Moscow apartment, even down to having the same lock on the door. As entire standardized districts of USSR show, the phenomenon of copy-and-paste housing is not limited to suburbs.
- Pleasantville. No difference and no color.
- A Serious Man is largely set in such a suburb in the 1960s.
- The Big Hit features a uniform suburb where all of the inhabitants go about the same chores in unison.
- In the Homer Price story "Wheels of Progress" by Robert McCloskey, the local millionaire decides on a whim to build a new suburb for Centersburg. One hundred identical houses, with her mansion in the center. Hilarity Ensues when said mansion is moved away accidentally, and the hundred-and-first house put in its place. And it turns out the guy hired to put up the road signs got into the hooch buried under said mansion and has yet to start putting up the signs, leading to some serious confusion.
- MAD once had an article about road signs they'd like to see, and one of them was "Ugly Tract Housing Development Ahead." It showed a picture of a driver asleep at the wheel driving past identical houses.
- An early Animorphs book has an alien getting confused at the sight of two identical houses. His human companions must explain the concept to him.
- The chillingly homogenous neighborhood in Camazotz, used to great effect in A Wrinkle in Time. All the houses are the same, as are the yards, everyone does everything exactly the same or else they are penalized...
- Trude in Invisible Cities is a Cut and Paste city which is implied to have covered the Earth. You can't leave.
- Where Pete lives in The Lost Thing, right down to the oddly-shaped chimneys.
- Dave Barry once joked that one should build a house by taking the prefabricated unit out of a big (no kidding!) box and just drop it onto a big hole.
- Erma Bombeck wrote of moving to such a neighborhood in the early postwar years in The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank:
-"...every time we leave the house, we'll have to leave a child on the front lawn as a landmark..."
- In Jack Campbell's The Lost Fleet novel Invincible, they find such a planet, inhabited by sentient herbivores that have annihilated the entire ecology except for what they need and built undifferentiated homes, like a vast planet-covering herd.
- Ready Player One, being mostly set in a VR multiplayer game, takes this Up to Eleven, with entire planets that contain hundreds of copies of a single area, repeated over every inch of them. One example being "Middletown", which has 256 identical copies of James Halliday's hometown, complete with NPC citizens and a flawless mock-up of Halliday's family house.
- The Discworld spin-off Mrs Bradshaw's Guidebook to the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway illustrates the Morporkian suburb of Suffink with a row of identical houses, from which a row of identical men with briefcases are emerging to catch the train into the city.
- One episode of Angel uses a dimension full of this sort of housing as a holding area.
- Weeds - even uses "Little Boxes" as its theme song (see Music)
- The Disney Channel movie Stuck in the Suburbs takes place in a town where every house looks the same... to the point where the main character has to tell her ride home that they were outside the wrong house, and the driver insisted that it was definitely the right one (until the subtle differences were pointed out).
- Vera: Vera gets lost while trying to navigate her way through a maze like suburb of identical houses to a crime scene at the start of "Home".
- Malvina Reynolds' song "Little Boxes."
There's a green one and a pink oneAnd a blue one and a yellow oneAnd they're all made out of ticky-tackyAnd they all look just the same
- The song "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by The Monkees.
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (Sunday)Charcoal burning everywhereRows of houses that are all the sameAnd no one seems to care
- The Rush song "Subdivisions" deals with the conformity of suburban life.
Sprawling on the fringes of the cityIn geometric order, an insulated borderIn between the bright lights and the far unlit unknownGrowing up, it all seems so one-sidedOpinions all provided, the future predecidedDetached and subdivided in the mass production zone
- The storyline in the Rays' song "Silhouettes", later covered by Herman's Hermits, depends on this trope. The song begins with the narrator seeing the titular silhouettes inside what he initially thinks is his girlfriend's house. Upset at the sight of his girlfriend kissing somebody else, he knocks on the door, only to be met by two strangers telling him he's on the wrong block. The song ends with the narrator running to his girlfriend's (presumably identical) real house, happy to know she was faithful after all.
- "400 Lux" by Lorde:
And I like youI love these roads where the houses don't changeAnd I like youWhere we can talk like there's something to say
- "Shangri-La" by The Kinks:
And all the houses in the street have got a name'Cause all the houses in the street all look the same
- The music video for the Barenaked Ladies song Call and Answer was filmed in a suburban development in the Valencia section of Santa Clarita, California. To top it off, all the cars were identical - white Volkswagen Beetles.
- Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac takes place in such a neighborhood in a Washington DC suburb.
- Used in Little Shop of Horrors to highlight how little Audrey wants.
It's just a day dream of mine. A little development I dream of. Just off the interstate. Not fancy like Levittown. Just a little street in a little suburb. Far, far from urban Skid Row. The sweetest, greenest place where everybody has the same little lawn out front and the same little flagstone patio out back. And all the houses are so neat and pretty, 'cause they all look just alike.
- In the Schoolhouse Rock! short "Energy Blues" the sameness of the houses even extend to the identical puffs of smoke coming out of the chimneys.
- Classic Disney Shorts are full of these neighborhoods. Donald Duck and Goofy in particular enjoy the lifestyle.
- Oggy and the Cockroaches - Oggy and company live in such a suburb. Oggy's house has its roof of a different color.
- The abandoned house in the "Valse Triste" segment of Allegro non Troppo is surrounded by featureless pre-fab houses.
- Particularly in earlier seasons of The Simpsons, most of the houses in Springfield looked largely the same.
- In Recess, Menlo lives in a neighborhood like this.
- The SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Squidville", where Squidward moves to a squid-only closed community called Tentacle Acres, where everyone lives in an Easter Island head, which is identical to his old home.
- Dexter's Laboratory is set in one such suburb. Dexter's home is identical to the others on the outside, since his laboratory is underground, but his neighbor and archnemesis Mandark has a massive above-ground lab that looms over his house.
- In the Netherlands this conformity is enforced by local government. Remodeling must be approved by the community.
- Truth in Television : Homeowners societies can often times enforce this trope in the real world by putting restrictions on what can be done to the outside of a home. This is usually done with the intent of keeping property values up, but in especially high-end neighborhoods the rules can seem quite draconian.
- Another Truth in Television : There are some housing projects that will have anywhere from 4 to 30 of the same style house, apartment complex or townhouse in the same area. This is because the land owners had sold the rights to one contractor, and the contractor can get the materials pre-cut in bulk at a cheaper cost for one floor plan as opposed to three or four various plans. This also means they can do things in "waves": They can pour all the foundations at once, then put in the foundation timbers, etc.
- An Enforced Trope in Britain from the immediate aftermath of the Second World War until well into the 1960s; faced with a desperate shortage of housing courtesy of the Luftwaffe and an equally desperate shortage of money after half a decade of all-out war, aesthetics had to take a back seat to getting houses built as quickly and as cheaply as possible.
- Subverted with terraced housing, e.g. in London. Each house is identical (often in symmetrical pairs), yet as part of a greater whole, they are very beautiful. Also each terrace is different with infinite variety in the details.
- While William Levitt's houses were the Trope Maker for this in the United States, the Ur-Example was Doelger City in the western neighborhoods of San Francisco, which Henry Doelger started building at the end of the 1920s. One of Doelger's later projects, the Westlake community in suburban Daly City, was the inspiration for the song "Little Boxes" (mentioned above).


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Is Green Dead Redux
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Submitted by Maryruth Belsey... on September 12, 2017 - 05:15
Readers comment on "Green is Dead!"Interviews by Maryruth Belsey Priebe. Originally published in January of 2011
In response to our question, is green dead, 67% said no, and 16% said, "just napping." Of the 17% that said yes, reasons cited were fairly evenly divided between the economy, public indifference and congress. 4% thought that a green economy is just irrelevant--a non-starter.
Below we provide excerpts from those who weighed in. Comments fell into three categories: those who felt the urgency of the green economy, those who saw the United States losing out on a vital economic trend, and those who felt that public opinion lagged for a variety of reasons. To see the full originals, scroll down.
Alive and Urgent
- Pallavi: Become part of the environment as we are meant to be or the corrections and forces of nature will show us in painful and cruel ways where we stand. If we consider ourselves intelligent then it is time we used that intelligence to optimize the resources we have and replenish them NOT diminish them.
- Netsanet Deneke: Green economy is the only way to safe guard our world. The conventional way of development is like HIV/AIDS that has no immediate response or symptom. Depending on our current act, we can save or destroy our world.
- sundeep ahuja : If the"green economy" isn't as vibrant as it once was, hopefully it is because the technologies and trends that it gave birth to are now being adopted at scale.
- Maximo : Let's put a name to the Green Economy. Gravity Buoyancy... The new baby has born!. Let's free America from the foreign oil.
Lost US Opportunity
- jnistler : But the US government is obviously being paid off by oil, bank and auto interests to not seriously look at leading the USA into the next world economic reality "" Energy and Water! They figure the Chinese and India will surpass the USA.
- Eric Balinski: What I find promising in my business is seeing the developing nations recognizing that they can not go down the same path as the current industrialized nations. What is probable for the future is that the current industrialized nations will find themselves less green and less competitive, surpassed by the developing nations adopting faster more green approaches developed within and by the current industrialized nations.
- Tyler Gage: Where I work in Ecuador, I must the green economy is growing dramatically. Internationally, the Green Economy seems to be working to grow both roots and leaves, and sometimes the growth of the roots seems to go unnoticed.
- Rob O'Donnell: If the initial '70's era initiatives to build out US sources of electric energy had been continued and supported, we would likely currently have a stronger and more resilient domestic economy, lower defense department budget requirements, lower "true"inflation and even a smaller public sector national health care cost burden (asthma, chronic pulmonary disorder, cancer clusters downwind of power plants, etc.)The private sector (entrepreneurs, VC's/PE's. institutional and retail investors, and corporations ) are, to my eye, the ones leading the transition to a low carbon, more efficient economy. The green economy is happening but everyone mistakenly expects the government to lead (carbon restriction legislation et al.) when history suggests that governments have traditionally been followers rather than leaders of any meaningful change.
Signs of Life
- Tim Gieseke: As the economy rises from it partially charred remains, the greening aspect will emerge in a far more comprehensive manner. We have been searching (I think unknowingly) for the ecological dimension of the economy. Green is not dead, but alive like winter.
- Green Bride Guide: Definitely not! This year, when wedding spending was down 25% across the board, green wedding spending was up 4%. [I]t has never been more exciting to be a green company...
- Peter Behrle: There was a significant positive development this week regarding biofuels. The EPA published their final regs for 2011... By 2022 the blending level will be 36 billion gallons of total biofuels. Progress is being made.
- Jamal Hamou: All around me I see change in new businesses, organizations and supporters. Of course there is the big shadow of the economy, looming over us all, hogging a lot of the spotlight. This distracts us from seeing what is happening at the local level. There may be a global economic slow down but the local business owners I know are seeing growth in sales and new customers. Green is very much alive!!
- Mike Manna: Sometimes it not apparent but there is growth, we just need to look for it. I think over the next 5 years we will see growth in the green industry within the USA and therefore growth in our green economy.
Public opinion and the media
- green diva meg: Green is definitely not dead! In a media coma perhaps. It embodies a new consciousness that will be very hard to shroud. [W]e are rapidly finding out just how simple and worthwhile much of the green effort is "" whether it is recycling... or shifting the manufacturing standards for an entire dirty industry. No, green is not dead, it is just evolving.
- Liam Rose: I think when people say "green is dead" it's because it's no longer the hot trend of the moment, but rather being folded into our day-to-day lives in everything around us. "¦ Essentially it is a mind shift that took place and hopefully it's one that won't soon be forgotten.
- LW: I think "green" has become a tainted term. Unfortunately, corporate green-washing has begotten a great deal of cynicism amongst the consumer base. The problem is, what is ultimately good for the planet is often not a product tweaked, but the obsolescence of the product (or a complete overhaul). Less trickery and green-washing will lead to both a healthier earth and a more confident consumer base.


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Who can I talk to about volunteering with Share the Dignity?
How much time per week do your volunteer roles require?
What sanitary items do you accept?
Do you accept clothes and furniture?
Why do you collect pads and tampons in March and August?
Why is It's In The Bag only a Christmas Collection?
How and when can I find my closest pad and tampon collection point?
Can I donate men's and children's backpacks to 'It's In The Bag'?
Can my organisation / business get involved?
How can my school get involved with Share The Dignity Women's Charity?
Are cash donations tax deductible as an Australian Charity?
Where do my pad and tampon donations go?
I've missed my collection drop off date, what do I do?
Can I hold a fundraising event or collect on behalf of Share the Dignity?
How do I register my charity to receive donations?
Why can't I drop donations direct to a charity?
Can my house be a collection point?
Can't find the answer to your question? You can email us. We're always happy to help.
What do your volunteers do?
Share the Dignity is an Australian women's charity helping women experiencing domestic violence, homelessness or poverty in Australia. It is powered by volunteers, who we call Sheroes and Heroes. Our Sheroes and Heroes perform a variety of roles, which focus on customer service, our operations and the leadership of our teams. As a result, we can Share the Dignity across Australia rather than focus on just the major cities. Therefore we need Sheroes and Heroes in your area. Can you help?
The majority of our Sheroes/ Heroes volunteer in customer focused roles. These roles include:
- liaising with our business collection points
- collecting, tallying and delivering sanitary items and handbags to our charity partners
- attending fundraisers and events in the community to hand out promotional material, collect sanitary items and to answer questions about who we are and what we do.
Our operational roles work behind the scenes to:
- organise our collections and deliveries
- liaise with our charity partners
- organise events and promotional opportunities
- support our customer focused Sheroes and Heroes.
Our national, state and territory leaders are the heart and soul of our women's charity. They bring energy and vibrancy, and they're responsible for the management of our teams and for keeping us on track!
Who can I talk to about volunteering with Share the Dignity?
We would love to talk to you about what we do and how you can help homeless women in Australia! Please send an email to [email protected] or register on this page and one of our Sheroes or Heroes will be in touch to discuss our volunteering opportunities with you. Volunteers are needed across Australia.
How much time per week do your volunteer roles require?
We all lead busy lives, so we are grateful for the time you can give Our Shero & Hero roles take an average of 3 hrs a week. A Shero or Hero first of all looks after business collection points and delivers to a charity near you. Our operational and leadership roles require a bit more time each week. Most noteworthy is periods leading up to, and during, our March and August sanitary item collections, and our November/December 'It's In The Bag' collection, requiring a few more hours each week. Please send us an email to [email protected] and we will be in touch to discuss the roles that are best suited to you.
What sanitary items do you accept?
We accept sanitary items including pads, maternity pads, incontinence pads, new reusable pads, tampons, period-proof underwear and menstrual cups. We consequently collect this variety of sanitary items so every woman receives her preferred sanitary product. All donations must be brand new, still sealed in their original packaging and must comply with Australian quality standards. You can learn more about donating pads and tampons on the Dignity Drive page. We do this because no woman should have to choose between a tampon and a meal.
Do you accept menstrual cups?
Yes we do. We accept only new sealed packages. Furthermore, if you would like to donate a menstrual cup, please drop them off to our March or August collection points or buy one online. Your online purchase will be directly supplied to us.
Do you accept clothes and furniture?
No, we focus on Sanitary items during March and August and on #itsinthebag donations at christmas time. Sanitary items are usually the last items to be donated, but are the first to be taken. First of all, we are passionately committed to fulfilling our mission of ensuring that no woman suffers the indignity of choosing between buying food or sanitary items.
Can I donate money to your homeless charity?
Yes you can. We have a number of options in our Donations Section and app that make donating easy. You can make a one off donation or you can set up a quick, simple monthly donation. You can donate money (via PayPal), purchase packets of Tsuno sanitary items, buy JuJu menstrual cups or Modibodi underwear. These products will be delivered directly to us to provide to women in need.
Donations can be made directly to our bank account on
Account Number – 167 946 961
Account Name – Share the Dignity Ltd
Why do you collect pads and tampons in March and August?
By collecting twice a year, we are able to focus all of our energy and resources on these collections. At other times of the year, our focus shifts to our 'It's In The Bag' Christmas Campaign, 'DigniTea – High Tea Fundraiser' I Stand Up Day, Yoga4Dignity Yoga Events and 'Because We Care domestic violence assistance' campaigns. And at other times, we give our Sheroes and Heroes a little break to rest and recharge!
Why is It's In The Bag only a Christmas Collection?
At Christmas, #itsinthebag aims to provide women experiencing homelessness, domestic violence and poverty with a handbag full of essential items. Christmas can be a challenging time. Therefore, we provide these gifts to say we value you, we care for you and are thinking of you. We run this charity campaign at Christmas so we can focus all our energy on collecting as many handbags as we possibly can!
How and when can I find my closest pad and tampon collection point?
We publish our collection points here and they can be accessed via our mobile app. They will appear in the months leading up to our March and August sanitary item collections, and in November before the start of our 'It's In The Bag' campaign. We also provide information and updates on our Facebook page, so keep an eye out.
Where do my donations go?
Our Sheroes and Heroes work across Australia to identify those charities and organisations who assist homeless women and woman at risk of homelessness, and who have a need for our donations. First of all, we then supply these organisations, which include homeless charities and domestic and family violence refuges, with the items we collect. We aim to supply these services with enough sanitary items to ensure a year round supply. To reduce overhead costs we aim to deliver items collected to local homeless charities, so the products you donate stay in your local area. We may also assist women in remote and regional communities in need and respond to international call outs for help in the event of a natural disaster.
I've missed my collection drop off date, what do I do?
You can either hold your donation until our next campaign, or post it to us. We can be reached on PO Box 345, Sandgate Q4017
Can I donate men's and children's backpacks to 'It's In The Bag'?
We're primarily an Australian women's charity. Our aim is to provide women with a handbag at Christmas time, as women are often the last to receive gifts, preferring their families and children to be the recipients. There are many wonderful Australian charities who provide gifts to kids and men. Therefore, please get in touch with us if you would like us help you to find one of these amazing charities in your community.
I want to involve my business/organisation
Please register here. There are so many ways businesses, churches, schools and organisations can help homeless women and victims of domestic violence. We need you! Consequently, we're always looking for sporting clubs for our product partners, professional services… there are so many ways to help us. If you have any questions for us, please send us a message via the 'message us' feature on our app, or by the 'contact us' page on our website.
I want to involve my school
Your school is most welcome. We love any activity that raises awareness and helping young adults become socially aware is especially important. Every state and territory Share the Dignity Team has a dedicated Schools Queen whose role is to work with your school to run events, collection drives and to speak with your students or staff about the work we do. Please complete the registration form.
Are cash donations tax deductible as an Australian Charity?
Yes. Share the Dignity is a registered with the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profit Commission and is a tax deductible gift recipient (DGR). If you require a detailed receipt please send us a copy of your donation receipt to our accounts team via email at [email protected]
Donations can be made directly to our bank account using the following information:
Account Number – 167 946 961
Account Name – Share the Dignity Ltd
Our ABN Number is 45 607 970 605
Where do my pad and tampon donations go?
We use your donations in your community first. Share the Dignity works with our Australian charity partners to ensure your local charity has enough sanitary items to meet their needs until our next collection drive. We send excess donations to other communities, locally, interstate or internationally, where women have a need for sanitary items and other donated products.
Can I hold a fundraising event or collect on behalf of Share the Dignity?
We would love you to hold an event – but you need to register with us first. You must register in each state and territory to ensure that we are meeting our charitable collection obligations.
How do I register my charity to receive donations?
Please complete our online registration form here. It's that easy! As a result, we'll stock your community with the essentials because no woman should choose between dignity and food.
Why can't I drop donations direct to a charity?
If you would like to drop your donations directly to a homeless charity, please consider volunteering with us (this is part of the role of our Sheroes and Heroes!). Our governance ensures all of our volunteers, along with our charities, are registered with us, and our deliveries are recorded. The registration process ensures the safety of our volunteers, and provides security for our charity partners.
Can my house be a collection point?
No, we cannot use private houses as collection points. We have many generous businesses across Australia who offer their business as a collection point, therefore we are sure to have a collection point available near you
Can I use the Share the Dignity logo?
Restrictions exist on logo use. Share The Dignity offers charity partnerships with business. The rules dictating these partnerships may place restrictions on the use of our logo. If you're working with us to hold an event or provide a collection point, we'll supply you with Share The Dignity marketing collateral – so you don't have to do anything except 'click download'. If you'd like to use the Share The Dignity logo on your own website and branded materials, get in touch with the partnerships team. We have corporate partnerships available for businesses large and small.


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Feb 21, 2014 – House Fire Kills Father & 8-Month-Old Baby In Ebute Metta Lagos
Father & Daughter Burnt Alive In Ebute Metta Lagos House Fire
A father and his baby daughter have been burnt to death after fire destroyed their home in Lagos State Nigeria early Friday morning.
According to eyewitnesses, the fire gutted #4 Nubi Close in Ebute Metta in the early hours of Friday February 21st, 2014.
The victim
A source who lives nearby said the fire started around 2am in the morning.
The father identified as Adewole and his 8-month-old daughter, Deborah died in the inferno.
A survivor of the fire, Bello Kabir said he lost all his belongings including academic certificates to the fire.
Another survivor identified as Rachel was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment
According to area residents, the cause of the inferno is still unknown.


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Whenever somebody starts a new company, there is a lot of thought that goes not only into branding but the overall flow of a website. This is exactly where we started with PHCEid; answering questions such as "who are we, what is our future, who are our clients" was essential. Since PHCEid is creating something entirely new in the industry, we had to make sure that every visitor of the website understands the mission and the benefits of PHCEid in an instant.
In addition, PHCEid wanted to offer products for purchase for registered members only.
The website for PHCEid is tailored to licensed Professionals in the Plumbing, HVAC and Electrical industry. Clear messages and a video explain what PHCEid is all about. In addition, we created a custom Ecommerce flow with a specific admin approval process. Contractors can register as members and enjoy certain benefits. We were able to hide the shop for registered/active members only.


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Hi beauties! I have a tendency to name inanimate objects that I just love! Does anyone else do that? I took a philosophy class in college that explain a theory behind doing this, I honestly forget the theory, but I think it is just because I get so attached to certain things. For example my first ... VIEW POST
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In The Beginning Was The Plot.....And The Plot Thickened! Adventures on a Lancashire Allotment & Miscellaneous Musings.
03 June 2008
Lettus Prey
The toothy leaves are really cool and crisp with a light refreshing flavour. Dreary me, I should've gone into advertising. It develops very quickly and just having a bowl of it around of an evening is a delight. Tell you what (phillistine that I am).....I really like wrapping a few pringles up in one of the leaves and munching away. munch munch.
vachement cool!
Sur le Droit nous avons 'Devils Tongue' with bright purply red leaves growing up to a foot long tasting of extreme wickedness with an afterburn of sulphorous debauchery and hedonistic excess. Straight out of the inferno this one. Truly delicious. Here (as the Real Seeds people might say), it is being modelled by Ben with an equally evil carrot.
9 comments:
- Esther Montgomery said...
I really like the look of the 'Devil's Tongue' - but it is bitter?
Esther Montgomery
- 6:35 pm
- clodhopper said...
esther: Not at all. Very sweet and tasty lettuce & beautiful to look at too. The bitterness implied in my Satanic prose was just pure out and out evil to stop you buying any of the seed because
IT'S ALL MINE *cackle* MINE I TELL YOU *evil satanic laugh with full reverb* MINE.....*fades*
- 7:32 pm
- clodhopper said...
Oh....alright then:
- 7:34 pm
- Esther Montgomery said...
Thank you for the info. I appreciate it.
Thank you too, for visiting my blog.
Trouble is, I'm awfully prim - so I deleted it.
Please don't be offended, or be put off saying something another time.
And please forgive me for being a prude!
- 9:26 pm
- Esther Montgomery said...
'Plav' - like that!
- 9:52 pm
- clodhopper said...
Esther: No offence taken or intended & no apology necessary. I should give you fair warning though that I am not well known for censoring either my pees or my queues online, nor some strongly held points of view sometimes expressed, shall we say, in language which takes no prisoners. You may therefore choose, as I am sure some others do, to avoid this site.
I am too old a leopard to be changing spots now.
Wonder what Plavs wear. Probably lots of Pling.
- 11:01 pm
- Esther Montgomery said...
Oh! Unless you were to forbid me to visit - I wouldn't want to miss out on reading 'Clodhoppers'.
I enjoy the humour. I enjoy the occasional abrasiveness. I enjoy the fox and chickens and muscovy duck - and your recent photo of the greenhouse is utterly, utterly peaceful and beautiful.
(Though clearly a lot of work in there too!)
Its just that I do have this funny thing about written down swearing. I don't swear myself but, when in the company of people who do, it generally just washes over me.
(And, if a site is good and fun and interesting - as yours is - it doesn't bother me what people say in the comfort of their own blog!)
After your warning, I've been jumping backwards randomly through the posts - in case there are hidden terrors! - but haven't found any yet.
On the other hand, under the title 'Mr McCawber' (I think) there's a sort of prayer about having the wisdom to know when to be tolerant and when, simply, to knock out the person who is irritating you.
The whole family is very cheered by this - and my husband is urging me to ask if you would mind if we print it out - so he can give a copy to some people who like to put things like this on their cafe wall (where he plays backgammon every Wednesday morning). (Well, he doesn't play backgammon on the wall . . . .)
(I'm not clear if you invented it or copied it from somewhere yourself.)
Anyway - hope that's ok.
Like your 'going all the way round the flat earth' thing too.
Apologies for over-doing this, but it is the first time I've ever complained about anything anyone has said on my blog and I'm feeling grovellingly apologetic and - with family rattling round and talking at me non-stop and leaning on my arms while I type, I haven't the brain power to be elegant, nor to whittle this down to a sensible length.
- 6:44 am
- clodhopper said...
Esther: 'nuff said....you're always welcome here and I'll behave meself over at yours. It's too sunny a day to be feeling guilty.
The thing about work was in general circulation (wait for it), at work. Tis therefore in the public domain so feel free to copy.
Ooooh, I just hate it when they swing on your arms and you're trying to type. Grrrrrr!
- 12:08 pm
- Esther Montgomery said...
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Aren't you angry that the particular mobile phone you prefer has an exclusive contract with a carrier? This limitation of carrier choice seems anti-competitive, if not frustrating. US anti-trust authorities seem to be getting interested in these arrangements and may intervene. It turns out that maybe they should not.
Robert Hahn and Hal Singer say exclusivity contracts are in fact the best thing that could happen for consumer welfare. Indeed, they spur competition through innovation, and the fact that the smart phone industry is innovative is hardly an understatement. Indeed, the exclusive contracts allow manufacturers to share the risk with the carrier, they make sure that both want the success of the new phone, and thus insure better reception and coverage. All this taken together induces manufacturers to take more risk and go for even faster and bolder innovations, which ultimately benefits the consumer.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
The iPhone must have an exclusive carrier
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Employer & supplier diversity
Supplier diversity
Having a diverse employee base is last year's news! But achieving diversity amongst your supplier base is this year's news! If you want real, genuine, sustainable diversity, it's got to be an holistic approach.
20% of UK businesses are female owned, even though just 1% of money spent with suppliers goes to those 20% of female owned businesses. The statistics aren't great! But at Jaluch we try to practice what we preach, so last year we created a 20/20 target, i.e. 20% of our spend with suppliers to be spend with the 20% of female owned businesses.
And ... now we are utterly proud and delighted to announce that in the past 12 months a staggering 30% of our total spend with suppliers has been spent with female owned businesses.. We smashed our target and are thrilled to lead the way for smaller businesses on supplier diversity.
Serious about diversity?
If you're serious about diversity generally, supplier diversity is crucial. Already 75 of the UK's largest corporates are signed up to supplier diversity programmes and 5387 women owned businesses have registerd through WeConnect International.
So ... will you join our drive to get 20% of supplier spend by all businesses to be spent on female owned businesses? Don't make us go it alone!
Find out more about the Women Owned logo we use.
Here are a few of the women owned (or co-owned) businesses we work with:
Web Design
Jaluch memberships
Diversity & Inclusion Training
If you think your organisation would benefit from diversity and inclusion training, we offer courses that can help you:
- Retain valued staff
- Engender great employee relations
- Attract new talent
- Address gender and other imbalances at various levels in the organisation
- Better reflect the diversity of the supplier base
- Better position themselves for corporate or public sector contracts
For more information on the training we can offer, visit our diversity and inclusion training page.


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