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New Delhi: The day Ogilvy and Mather India announced the acquisition of Hyderabad-based PennyWise Solutions, a digital marketing agency, Martin Sorrell , chief executive of the £10.4 billion in revenue WPP Plc , of which O&M is part, spoke to Mint on legacy media and digital media, political advertising, and why he remains an India bull. Edited excerpts:
WPP's agency JWT India is likely to be among the firms getting the Congress party account. Does political advertising work?
Well, you have to ask Presidents and Prime Ministers and the people who did not become Presidents and Prime Ministers. The consumer is not a moron. You can fool people once, you can't fool them twice. The same rule applies whether you are in FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) or in politics. Our agencies around the world take individual decisions whether they work in politics or not.
Look at Blue State Digital (a WPP digital marketing agency), and the work it did for president Obama in two elections.
Penn Schoen Berland (a market research, political polling and strategic consulting agency that is also part of WPP) worked historically for Clintons.
The key issue is to understand the demographic change. Clearly, President Obama won the second election when there were unprecedentedly high levels of unemployment. Mostly elections are determined by the state of the economy. Voters vote with their pockets, I think. What President Obama managed to do in the second election was to understand the demographic changes, the rise of the new mainstream in America whether it is the Hispanics, Afro-Americans, Asians...; understand the importance of single women, the gay sections of the community; things probably the Republicans didn't understand. That was reflected in the political and the social media campaign (he ran). He understood the implications of social media on voting and fund-raising which in the American elections play an important role.
What we do is very important and politicians who understand that are likely to be more successful than those that don't.
So you are saying political advertising works.
Demonstrably, it does. We have a tremendous capability in that area as do others. But it could go wrong. Mark Penn (of Penn Schoen Berland) handled Mrs (Hillary) Clinton's nomination campaign against President Obama. That didn't work well.
Is digital media reducing the role of intermediaries between customer and companies?
No, it increases it. As the environment gets more fragmented, the intermediary becomes more important.
Because it is more fragmented, it is more difficult to optimize. So clients become more reliant (on us). There was an interesting report that clients were bringing new media more in-house. I have seen no evidence to suggest that. If anything, it has gone the other way. Facebook sells Facebook, Google sells Google, Twitter sells Twitter. But you will not give media plan to media owners to execute because they will be biased towards one platform. We have no bias.
How much of your revenue will come from digital in the next five years?
We have set a target. It will be 40-45% of our business in five years. Currently, digital is about 20% worldwide. My guess is, in five years—and it is a pure guess—it would be 25-30% for the industry. Money might move from print to digital. There will be shifts from free-to-air and legacy television too.
Which legacy media companies are making that transition to digital really well?
Most analysts can't find one. Because it is about turning analogue dimes into digital pennies (as former NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said). Axel Springer (German media company), which sold its regional papers recently, has handled it pretty well. The Daily Mail group in UK has done it.
It is a bit like flying a plane and changing the engine while you are flying. The traditional businesses are delivering the goods, cash flow, profitability.
It is a very difficult thing to do when you have legacy businesses which are churning out the sales and profits. Nordic company Schibsted was supposed to get it right years ago. But I think they have trouble now.
Fundamentally, online media disintermediates the supply chains. So you and I benefit as consumers as the prices get reduced. But because the prices are reduced, the inherent profitability of any supply chain is reduced.
Isn't India in a bit of a spot now?
If I was to rank the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in degrees of worry, starting with the least, I would put Russia at the top at the moment. China comes second because I think China will have a soft landing. Then I put Brazil, and India I would say is the most worrying at the moment. Now, that's not long term. I think medium and long term, I'm still extremely bullish; it's just that every Indian that I talk to is worried and worried not just for the short term, pre-election, but worried what the result of the election might bring in terms of lack of strong leadership.
Is it just a leadership-related worry?
I think politics is always about leadership, just like companies are all about leadership.
How do your clients in India feel?
For the overall year, it (growth) will be 10%. But in general, clients are feeling very pressurized. Clients are very concerned about the 10+2 (advertising cap per programming hour on television) in October where the net result would be significant media inflation if it's implemented. Ironically, it will drive more spending into digital, which appears to be cheaper and even towards print because it'll make print look competitively better. I think media analysts need to be careful about this because it may not achieve the desired results and what they think they gain on price they're going to lose on volume.
How is WPP doing in India?
If I look at our business in India, our Q2 revised forecast would be close to $500 million in India and 15,000 people by the end of the year. So, our business has done well. It'll grow by about 10% this year if the forecast proves to be accurate. Till date, we have done about 6%, so we'll have a better last five months against the market because the market has weakened. I think we will hit our budgets for this year. We're used to GDP (gross domestic product) growth well in excess of 5% and advertising is a proportion of GNP (gross national product). Because India is underbranded and underinvested in, it should grow faster.
We had this arrangement with Twitter and one academic institution in the UK reckons they can tell the mood of the nation by analysing the Twitter feeds and I think if we analysed India's Twitter feeds at the moment it would be a pretty depressed place. The problem is that if people don't feel good, it reflects in their consumption behaviour.
This is India, which made the right decisions in the early 1990s about catching up with China; this was the neighbourhood's envy (then). This is a cyclical correction, which I don't think is going to be long term or even medium term. But having said that, I'd love the UK to grow at 5%. I mean our business is, but I'm talking about GNP.
Online video is big in the US and the UK and now even in India. How does that alter video content and advertising in digital media? And how digital is your business in India?
The whole of our business is shifting towards digital advertising. I think our business in India is digital enough. It is ahead of the market here; we are the strongest by far. If you add up our digital assets here, it dwarfs everybody else but that's not sufficient. It is strong competitively, but is it enough strategically? No, it has to be more and our people understand that.
Online videos have different length, purpose and content. It's more varied and not as restricted. It is an unregulated space. So it comes back to the power of the Internet. Basically, it's a much more free form as compared to television so we get much more varied opportunities. We have invested in Vice.com which News Corp. has just invested in. We have invested in Fullscreen, which is a Peter Chernin company.
It's defensive. I think it's born out of some of the issues that we're talking about—people running out of space or running out of room. Structurally, it's clunky. Of course, there are regulatory issues for them.
And last but not least, there are totally unexplained client benefits and people benefits. Apart from these things, it is fine.
Will it impact the advertising landscape?
For us, it makes us move faster, which is a good thing. Nothing like a good piece of competition.


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Highlight of Business Operations:Our consolidated net sales for the first quarter of 2010 were $130.4 million compared to $150.2 million for the same period in 2009. The sales decrease of $19.8 million relates primarily to a decrease of $18.4 million in our Climate Control Business. The Climate Control Business decrease is due primarily to lower customer product orders received due to the economic downturn. Our Chemical Business sales for the first quarter of 2010 increased slightly compared to the same period in 2009, but the increase in volume of tons sold of our industrial products was partially offset by the decline in volume relating to our agricultural and mining products.
As discussed below under "Results of Operations", our consolidated operating income was $4.4 million for the first quarter of 2010 compared to $19.4 million for the same period in 2009. The decrease in operating income of approximately $15.0 million was primarily the result of a $10.8 million decrease in our Chemical Business operating income and a decline of $3.5 million in our Climate Control Business operating income primarily due to lower sales. Our general corporate expense and other business operations net expenses increased approximately $0.8 million.
For the first quarter of 2010, the product order level was $54.2 million as compared to $54.9 million for the same period in 2009 and compared to $48.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. Our product order level consists of confirmed purchase orders from customers, those that have been accepted and received credit approval. Although the product order level was slightly lower in the first quarter 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 due primarily to an 8% decrease in product orders for commercial products, we saw a 30% increase in product orders for residential GHPs.
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At March 31, 2010, we had committed capital expenditures of approximately $4.4 million for the remainder of 2010. The committed expenditures included $4.3 million for process and reliability improvements in our Chemical Business, including $0.8 million relating to the Pryor Facility and approximately $0.2 million to maintain compliance with environmental laws, regulations and guidelines. In addition, our commitments included $0.1 million primarily for upgrades and production equipment in our Climate Control Business. We plan to fund these expenditures from working capital, which may include utilizing our Working Capital Revolver Loan, and financing arrangements.
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Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Resistoflex Aerospace employs 84 people and reported sales of $16 million last year. The company, which invented PTFE extruded hose, also produces tubes and swaged fittings, including hydraulic beam seal fittings for aircraft and engine applications, and Nutlok, a separable fluid connector requiring no lockwire. Parker plans to integrate Resistoflex into its Stratoflex Products Division, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.


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An impressive memorial meeting for M.M. Ussishkin was held at Zionist headquarters here under the chairmanship of M. Bliss one of the veteran Zionists in Cuba. Among the speakers were Rabbis Chomsky of Cincinnati and Phineas Horowitz, Vice-President of the English Zionist Federation and former Secretary of the Jewish National Fund for Great Britain and Ireland.
Mr. Horowitz in the course of his address paid tribute to Ussishkin as the man who had been one of the guiding figures in the shaping of Jewish destiny during the past fifty years. On several occasions it had been given to ussishkin to be the deciding factor on vital issues of Jewish policy such as the Uganda question and the Partition issue, the British Zionist leader declared.


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FRISCO — For one night, anyway, FC Dallas weathered the storm — in every sense.
Facing the best team in Major League Soccer in its first game without injured star David Ferreira, FCD outdueled the Los Angeles Galaxy on a frigid, rain-drenched night at Pizza Hut Park. And if the stunning 2-1 victory didn't answer all the questions about the club's ability to contend without Ferreira, it sent the message coach Schellas Hyndman wanted to send, to his team and to the rest of the league.
"We talked all week about not being a one-man team. We talked all week about life without David Ferreira," said Hyndman, who added that he told the players, "'You're a good enough team to win without David, but you have to believe it, and you have to raise your level of play.'"
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Five minutes after the teams returned, midfielder Brek Shea found himself racing down the left side, splashing through the deluge ahead of the LA defense with help coming down the middle. Shea fired a left-footed blast toward the goal. A shot? A cross?
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"It was a fitting end to a weird night," Galaxy assistant coach Dave Sarachan said. "If you ask Brek, he'll have to be the honest one whether he was shooting, crossing or just hitting that ball."
"I was trying to chip him," Shea deadpanned.
Shea's goal delivered a huge dose of hope to a team trying to cope with the loss of Ferreira, out three months with a broken ankle. But he wasn't the only one who delivered. Fabian Castillo, the 18-year-old rookie striker, gave FCD a lead in the 47th minute with an acrobatic volley off a perfect header from Andrew Jacobson. And Ricardo Villar, playing Ferreira's position as a late substitute for starter Eric Avila, made the defensive play of the game, preserving the victory by blocking a point-blank shot in stoppage time that was cleared off the line by Daniel Hernandez.
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Each person can interpret it differently..
My interpretation is that we should never discriminate people for what they look or because of their age, just because someone is young it does not have to mean that the person is childish.
First impressions are not always right.. you never know what to expect , for good and for bad, so.. even we have formed a idea about someone, you should be prudent.
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Anyone here still remember me?
I was "Dr.Stein" but I found out that the account doesn't work anymore. I got a message telling that the software is renewed or something like that. So, here, after wandering across the universe, and lost in the middle of nowhere I re-registered to this great forum as "DoctorStein" <--- I also renewed my account
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I like boobs. I'm a straight woman, but really, who doesn't appreciate them? Robots. Reptiles. Sauron. That's about it. And I'm not even positive about Sauron. He might have, at some point, before he was all disembodied. Breasts are awesome. As feminist writer Gail Collins said in her New York Times piece, "Everybody likes breasts — infants, adults, women, men. Really, it's America's most popular body part." But sometimes it seems like we only get to talk about how awesome certain kinds of boobs are. The ones that are bold, perfectly round, Sports Illustrated-style, belonging to Christina Hendricks, full, plush, generous, prominent, and just generally big.
Those words do not describe my breasts, but I like mine anyway. For some reason, I never learned to be ashamed. I listened to my brothers (and the world) make enthusiastic comments about well-endowed women, and, although I had a few moments of "Seriously, God? Where's the rest of my chest? YOU FORGOT SOMETHING," I grew up generally liking the way I looked. It could be that there's something wrong with my brain. But I think it's more likely that small boobs are pretty great. Here's why.
1. They are cute. They just are. They look friendly and happy and sweet.
2. You can wear something really low-cut. I don't dare, because I am scared of things no one should be scared of and also freakishly modest. But in theory, you can. And you probably should, if you have small boobs. Just to do it.
3. You don't look "slutty," necessarily. Sluttiness is a dumb concept. No one should be thought slutty at all, because it's just dumb. And certainly no one should be thought slutty based on the basic shape of her body. But it happens. When my large-breasted friends walk down the street in a parka and plaid overalls and clumpy work boots, they get uninvited attention of a sexual nature, because of their breasts. I know, because all of my large-breasted friends wear that outfit, all the time. But to my point: I wear that same thing, and I get no attention at all. Which is nice. And then I wear a scandalously sexy, skin-tight outfit, and I also get no attention! I'm kidding. What I mean to say is, people say, "Oh, that looks nice! You're so elegant."


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By Jordan Morris
ATTICA, Ohio. — July 18, 2014 — Mason Zeigler, for the second night in-a-row, found himself in DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory lane after dominating flag-to-flag on Friday night at Attica Raceway Park – grabbing his second win in his second career DIRTcar Summer Nationals start.
Zeigler once again started on row one, this time joining Duane Chamberlain, who captured the pole-position. Just like on Thursday night at Brushcreek Motorsports Complex, Zeigler shot around the pole-sitter to capture the lead on the opening lap of the 40-lap feature.
Zeigler proved his first start in DIRTcar Summer Nationals action wasn't a fluke as he easily controlled the lead by more than a straightaway for much of the race. Zeigler's only competition came from Devin Moran, who started sixth and is the son of Hall of Fame driver Donnie Moran. Moran took control of second place on lap 15 and quickly cut into the Zeigler's large lead, but faded in the closing stages as the leader continued his dominant performace.
Zeigler defeated Moran by more than 3.689 seconds, as he was never seriously challenged for the lead. Zeigler's performance mirrored that of his first career start on Thursday night, as the 21-year-old led every single lap en route to capturing the $5,000 checkered flag for the second night in-a-row at Attica Raceway Park.
"It's taken us seven years to get to this point," said Zeigler, who is fresh off his first career DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory at Brushcreek Motorosports Complex on Thursday night. "We're finally on the right path. I'm just so tickled to death with our whole program right now."
Shannon Babb used a provisional to start the A-Main after suffering a flat tire in his heat race. The points-leader was forced to start in the 19th position, nine spots behind Ryan Unzicker, who sat 45-points behind Babb for the championship lead. Babb recovered from the poor starting position, finishing in the seventh position, just one spot behind Unzicker. Babb continues to hold a firm grip on a 43-point lead heading into championship night at Oakshade Raceway.
Brian Shirley, Dan Stone and Jason Riggs rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners were Shirley, Stone and Zeigler.
Heading into the final race of the 2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals season, the tour joins the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals on championship night at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio on Saturday night.
DIRTcar Summer Nationals Statistical Report; Attica Raceway Park; Attica, Ohio; July 18, 2014;
A-Main (40-laps): 1. 25Z-Mason Zeigler ($5,000), 2. 99M-Devin Moran, 3. 81-Brian Shirley, 4. 21D-Dan Stone, 5. 81JR-Jason Riggs, 6. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 7. 18-Shannon Babb, 8. 20-Doug Drown, 9. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 10. 20C-Duane Chamberlain, 11. 11-Rusty Schlenk, 12. 96-Tanner English, 13. 1B-Jeff Babcock, 14. 29-Rocky Owens, 15. 21K-Larry Kingseed, 16. 25L-Steve Lance Jr, 17. 32J-Jason Jaggers, 18. 5M-Ryan Markham, 19. 51S-Devin Shiels, 20. 55-Jeep Van Wormer, 21. 50Y-Ryan Missler, 22. 77K-Steve Kester.
2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Schedule
Date Day Track Location Win
June 11 Wed Brownstown Speedway Brownstown, Ind. RAIN
June 12 Thur Kankakee Co. Speedway Kankakee, Ill. Billy Moyer
June 13 Fri Cedar Lake Speedway Somerset, Wis. Rick Eckert
June 14 Sat Cedar Lake Speedway Somerset, Wis. RAIN
June 15 Sun Wilmot Raceway Wilmot, Wis. Rick Eckert(2)
June 16 Mon Off
June 17 Tue Farley Speedway Farley, Iowa Shannon Babb
June 18 Wed Spoon River Speedway Canton, Ill. Jason Feger
June 19 Thur Quincy Raceways Quincy, Ill. RAIN
June 20 Fri Tri-City Speedway Pontoon Beach, Ill. Billy Moyer(2)
June 21 Sat Fairbury Speedway Fairbury, Ill. RAIN
June 22 Sun I-96 Speedway Ionia, Mich. Brian Shirley
June 23 Mon Peoria Speedway Peoria, Ill. Brandon Sheppard
June 24 Tue Off
June 25 Wed Clarksville Speedway Clarksville, Tenn. Shannon Babb(2)
June 26 Thur Clayhill Motorsports Atwood, Tenn. Brian Shirley (2)
June 27 Fri Paducah Int. Raceway Paducah, Ky. RAIN
June 28 Sat Federated Auto Parts Raceway Pevely, Mo. Brian Birkhofer
June 29 Sun Lincoln Speedway Lincoln, Ill. Brady Smith
June 30 Mon Off
July 1 Tue Belle Clair Speedway Belleville, Ill. Bobby Pierce
July 2 Wed Jacksonville Speedway Jacksonville, Ill. Jason Feger(2)
July 3 Thur LaSalle Speedway LaSalle, Ill. Brian Birkhofer(2)
July 4 Fri Fayette Co. Speedway Brownstown, Ill. Brandon Sheppard(2)
July 5 Sat Highland Speedway Highland, Ill. Tyler Reddick
July 6 Sun Tri-State Speedway Haubstadt, Ind. Billy Moyer(3)
July 7 Mon Off
July 8 Tue Florence Speedway Union, Ky. Jason Jameson
July 9 Wed Terre Haute Action Track Terre Haute, Ind. Billy Moyer(4)
July 10 Thur Macon Speedway Macon, Ill. Shannon Babb(3)
July 11 Fri Farmer City Raceway Farmer City, Ill. Billy Moyer(5)
July 12 Sat 34 Raceway Burlington, Iowa Billy Moyer (6)
July 13 Sun Vermilion Co. Speedway Danville, Ill. Shannon Babb(4)
July 14 Mon Off
July 15 Tue TBA
July 16 Wed Atomic Speedway Chillicothe, Ohio Brian Shirley(3)
July 17 Thur Brushcreek Motorsports Complex Peebles, Ohio Mason Zeigler
July 18 Fri Attica Raceway Park Attica, Ohio Mason Zeigler
July 19 Sat Oakshade Raceway Wauseon, Ohio $10,000
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals "Hell Tour" is brought to fans across the country by many important partners including: Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), Racing Electronics (Official Communication), Velocita (Official Uniform), VP Racing Fuel (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to these fine Contingency Partners: Beyea Headers, Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Dominator Race Products, Edelbrock, Fox Shocks, JE Pistons, JRI Shocks, Mobil 1, MSD, Quartermaster, Superflow Dynos, Summit Racing Equipment and Wrisco Aluminum; Promotional Partners include: Chevy Performance Parts, Indiana Decal, Intercomp and Petroff Towing.


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Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs gave pitchers nightmares during his 18-year career. Now, the former Red Sox, Yankees and Rays slugger is giving Science-Fiction fans nightmares as the baseball legend landed a spot on the Syfy original movie, Swamp Shark, which premiered Saturday, June 25.
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The Mediating Role of Secular Coping Strategies in the Relationship Between Religious Appraisals and Adjustment to Chronic Pain: The Middle Road to Damascus
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Fighting the Tide, A Few Restaurants Tilt to Tap Water
By MARIAN BURROS
Published: May 30, 2007
DON'T bother asking for Fiji, San Pellegrino or any other designer water at either Incanto, a restaurant that opened in San Francisco in 2002, or at Poggio, which opened in Sausalito, Calif., two years later.
All their water comes out of the tap. It's filtered before it reaches the table, but it's from the public water system, just the same.
''Serving our local water in reusable carafes makes more sense for the environment than manufacturing thousands of single-use glass bottles for someone to use once and throw away,'' Incanto explains at its Web site.
These two Bay Area restaurants were pretty much alone in kicking the bottle habit until Alice Waters, the godmother of things organic, sustainable and local, banned bottled still water at Chez Panisse in Berkeley last year and started serving only house-made sparkling water this year. Then the press took notice. Now other California restaurants, like Nopa in San Francisco, are following suit. Even an ice cream shop -- Ici, in Berkeley -- has jumped on the non-bottled-water wagon.
And now, with a little push from Ms. Waters, an important New York City restaurant is coming on board.
It's a big move in the restaurant industry, which, if you extrapolate from the amount of water it buys, takes in at least $200 million to $350 million from bottled water a year, according to the restaurant consultant Clark Wolf.
The ''eat local'' movement first became popular in California, so it makes sense that ''drink local'' is catching on there as a way to reduce the environmental costs of manufacturing and transporting bottles of water, as well as the mountains of plastic that end up in landfills.
But soon the owners of Del Posto in New York, the most elegant and expensive of the restaurants in the empire of Joseph Bastianich and Mario Batali, will be joining the nascent movement -- once they decide on the proper containers for their filtered still and carbonated tap water. Etched on the glass will be an explanation of why bottled water is no longer available.
''Filling cargo ships with water and sending it hundreds and thousands of miles to get it around the world seems ridiculous,'' Mr. Bastianich said. ''With all the other things we do for sustainability, it makes sense.''
He added that of all their restaurants, Del Posto was best able to afford the change.
Other restaurants, including the Farmers Diner in Quechee, Vt., have made the switch, but they have not made waves. Tod Murphy, who owns the diner and has gained a certain celebrity in the food world for serving local products, stopped ordering bottled water in February. ''It makes no sense, because we have great well water,'' he said, ''but I had no idea I was on the cutting edge.''
For almost everyone else the idea is still in the talking stage, in part because there's a big profit in bottled water, even though some of it comes out of a tap before it goes into the bottle. Restaurants buy it for $1 or $2 and sell it for as much as $8, or even more, giving it the highest markup of any item on the menu. Most restaurants making their own sparkling water are not charging for it.
Geoffrey Zakarian, the chef and an owner of Country in Manhattan, described the ban as ''a worthy thing to do.'' But he added, ''You have to make a profit.''
''Alice is very commendable and extraordinary, and we look to her,'' Mr. Zakarian said, ''but I think she gets carried away sometimes.'' He wondered where he would make up the lost revenue if he eliminated bottled water. ''Serving tap water is a great idea that we'd all love to be able to do, but it's not going to happen all at once.''
Tom Colicchio, the chef and an owner of Craft restaurant and several spinoffs, was incredulous that restaurants would contemplate such a change. ''This is the first I've heard of it,'' he said. ''Why would you do that -- not from a money standpoint, but from a service and hospitality standpoint? Fifty to 60 percent prefer bottled water, especially sparkling.''
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On the West Coast, at least, tap water is looking more fashionable. Seltzer Sisters, a company in Redwood City, Calif., that sells seltzer made from local tap water in old-fashioned reusable glass bottles, says its sales in Berkeley have risen 20 percent in the last six months. The Berkeley school district replaced commercially bottled water with large containers of tap water and cups in all its schools last year.
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