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WASHINGTON (Oct. 1, 12:45 p.m. ET) — The Federal Trade Commission today released its revised Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, also known as its "Green Guides." The publication contains new sections on "free-of" claims and "non-toxic" claims.
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Athletes ready for European Long Distance and Sprint Duathlon Championships
By David Peddie on 27/04/12 at 7:13 am
All eyes will be on Horst Du Mas this weekend for the ETU Powerman European Long Distance & Sprint Duathlon European Championships.
In a unique competition, championed by both the ETU and Powerman, the Duathlon European Championships will host a Long Distance and Sprint Distance Duathlon the first time, offering a full day of exciting racing to spectators.
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An intriguing battle between two Belgian athletes, ITU World champion Joerie Vansteelant (BEL) and Pieter Rijnders (BEL) is sure to feature in the weekend's racing.
The duo have been battling together at recent domestic competitions; Vansteelant beat Rijnders at Ruddervoorde Duathlon last weekend but Rijnders came out on top at the Geluwe Duathlon in March.
Vansteelant is a double World Champion and the reigning champion following victory in the ITU Long Distance Duathlon in Zofingen last year. However, with no International titles to his name, Rijnders will be keen to record a victory over his rival at this level.
National Belgian champion Wim De Cort suffered from a fall on the bike a few weeks ago, but showed he had made a full recovery by winning the French Long Distance Duathlon in Douai.
As always the French contingent come armed with some serious contenders and Anthony Le Duey (FRA) was 5th in Zofingen last year and will race alongside Yannick Cadalen and David Duquesnoy.
The home crowd will be cheering for Wim Nieuwkerk (NED) in his final season as a pro athlete but Raimond van der Boom (NED) posted a top 20 in Zofingen last year and maybe the best hope for a home spectators.
Matt Moorhouse (GBR - 6th in Zofingen 2011), Sergey Yakovlev (RUS – 4th in Gijon 2011) and Soren Bystrup (DEN – 4th Zofingen 2011) are also contenders and Raphael Baugh of Australia could well upset the European party.
The Elite Men Long Distance Duathlon starts at 0920 on Sunday 29th April 2012.
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The Women's race is equally intriguing and the scene is set for an epic battle as six out of last year's top seven at Zofingen line up on the start list.
Top favourite for the Women's title is the Dutch May Kerstens who won the Powerman World Ranking in 2011.
Ulrike Schwalbe (GER), Erika Csomor (HUN) and Eva Nystrom (SVE) should all be in contention and Stefanie Bouma (NED) and Lucy Gossage (GBR) make their Long Distance debuts.
Gossage is the British Elite Duathlon Champion and just last week she finished 2nd in Challenge Fuerteventura, finishing ahead of Nystrom and Csomor.
Katrin Esefeld (GER) was World Long Distance Champion in 2010 and has three European Duathlon Championships to her name in the last three years (2 as an Age grouper).
The Elite Women's Long Distance Duathlon starts at 0900 on Sunday 29th April 2012.
The Long Distance course is 15km run/60km bike/7.5km run
It is the same run course for both segments, the opening run is 6 laps and the second run is 3 laps. The 60km cycle is split into 3x20km laps and overall this is one of the flattest courses on the circuit.
Four Para-triathletes are also competing in the Long Distance Duathlon Championships. In TRI-5, Alessandro Colombo (ITA), Mikel Garmendia (ESP) and Francisco Jesus San Martin Nemesio (ESP). Garmendia finished 3rd in Gijon last year.
TRI-4 is represented by Joaquin Carrasco (ESP) who finished 4th in Gijon in his classification last year.
Over 180 Long Distance Age Group athletes, and the Para-triathletes, will also start at 0900 on Sunday 29th April.
The Sprint Duathlon is open to all U23, Junior and Age Group athletes and almost 150 athletes across all classifications will compete.
In the Men's U23 classification, Anton Melnikov (RUS) has a decent pedigree at Junior Duathlon level with three top-15 finishes in his last three events at Gijon, Edinburgh and Nancy.
David Bill (SUI) is making his first International start in a Duathlon race having performed admirably at Junior Triathlon level.
In the Women's U23 classification, Sofie Hooghe (BEL) is a Junior World Champion after winning in Edinburgh in 2010. She followed that up with a 2nd place in her debut U23 World Championships in Gijon last year and will be one to watch in this race.
In Gijon, she finished ahead of Arina Shulgina (RUS) who showed her pedigree with third place and will be looking to go one better here.
Matthias Steinwandter (ITA) is the big favourite in the Junior Championships. The Italian rarely misses out on the podium when he races. He is the reigning World Junior Duathlon Champion and just last weekend won the Junior Triathlon European Championships in Eilat (pictured above)
There a lot of new faces in the Junior Women's race but Georgina Schwiening (GBR) finished just outside the podium in both the European and World Duathlon Championships last year and she should improve here.
The Sprint Duathlon Championships for Junior, U23 and Age Groupers starts at 1310 on Sunday 2th April.
Follow this link for live timing updates across all race classifications throughout the day
Find more details about this event - 2012 Horst ETU Powerman Long Distance and Sprint Duathlon European Championships


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This volume is focused on sustainable value which has become a widespread aspiration in all walks of life. By taking a generative approach and by building on positive design principles inherent in the appreciative inquiry methodology, it proposes moving from sustainable development to sustainable value. Chapters focus on three thematic areas for sustainable value: positive design, appreciative intelligence and social innovation, and social entrepreneurship. Contributions respond to questions such as: How can the design approach help enhance the sustainable value over profit value? And what needs to happen to create a vibrant community of practice among design practitioners, scientists, business and political leaders? Case studies show that by reframing global problems with an appreciative lens, organizations of all sorts can indeed create social innovation and even establish a business case for sustainable value. It provides lessons learned from high impact social entrepreneurship and conceptualizes how this nascent movement with unbridled potential may contribute to the radical shift necessary for moving from sustainable development to sustainable value.
"Nancy Auerbach - Michel Avital - Hilary Bradbury Huang - David L. Cooperrider - Carol Dalglish - Kokila Doshi - David Dunne - Mary Jo Hatch - Dirk S. Hovorka - Ulla Johansson - Julie E. Kendall - Kenneth E. Kendall - Alesia Krupenikava - Chris Laszlo - Miguel Angel Lopez - Hector Martinez - Theresa McNichol - Judy Matthews - Michael Daniel Metzger - Philip Mirvis - Michael Pirson - Anthony E. Smith - Tojo Thatchenkery - Wietske van Osch - Chester - C. Warzynski - Jill Woodilla - Nadya Zhexembabyeva"
Introduction To Positive Design And Appreciative Construction: From Sustainable Development To Sustainable Value; Thatchenkery, Avital and Cooperrider - PART ONE: ORGANIZATIONAL AND STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES - Ch.1 Creating Sustainable Value: A Strength-Based Whole System Approach; Laszlo and Cooperrider - Ch.2 Designing A Positive Image: Corporate Branding And Social Responsibility; Hatch and Mirvis - Ch.3 Bridging Design And Management For Sustainability: Epistemological Problems And Possibilities; Johansson and Woodilla - Ch.4 A Whole New Value: Driving Innovation, Sustainability And Prosperity Through Appreciative Inquiry; Zhexembayeva - PART TWO: POSITIVE DESIGN PERSPECTIVES - Ch. 5 The Road To Sustainable Value: The Path-Dependent Construction Of Sustainable Innovation As Sociomaterial Practices In The Car Industry; Van Osch and Avital - Ch.6 Stewardship Design Principles: Learning From Living Systems (BIRDS) To Codesign Fast-Forward Futures; Smith - Ch.7 Forms Of Government And Systemic Sustainability: A Positive Design Approach To The Design Of Information Systems; K. Kendall and J. Kendall - Ch.8 The Generative Potential Of Participatory Geographic Information Systems; Hovorka and Auerbach - PART THREE: APPRECIATIVE INTELLIGENCE PERSPECTIVES - Ch.9 The Art Museum As Laboratory For Re-Imagining A Sustainable Future; McNichol - Ch.10 Two Inquiry-Based Approaches To Sustainable Value: Positive Design And Integrative Thinking; Dunne - Ch.11 Sustainability And Organizational Change: Employees' Perspective on the Case Of Streamline Manufacturing; Bradbury-Huang - Ch.12 Appreciative Intelligence In Action - A Case Study Of Sustainable Value Creation By Irupana Organic Food Of Bolivia; Metzger, Martinez and Lopez - PART FOUR: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PERSPECTIVES - Ch.13 Social Entrepreneurship - A Model For Sustainable Value Creation; Pirson - Ch.14 Sustainability And Impact Of Microfinance Institutions: A Case Study Of ACCION San Diego; Doshi - Ch.15 Positive Design And Construction Of Mechanisms For The Sustainable Development Of Micro-Enterprises In Africa; Dalglish and Matthews - Ch.16 Creating Macro Actors For Sustainable Development; Warzynski and Krupenikava


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Love the shine and bling. I do agree about the quality of the diamonds, but they still do shine. I have large holes, so the thickness does not bother me. I disagree with the comment about the thinness of the earrings. I find them to be thicker than normal.
I did buy this product..twice..
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I love these earrings they looks so beautiful..I find the wire that goes in your ear is too big,I have a hard time putting it in.. my ears hurt.I lost 1 because I guess the prongs don't hold that tightly..I bought another pair..I close the prongs tighter so I woldn't lose another 1.. great price ..
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I recieved these earring as a gift, and thankfully they were the showstopper, so they were half the price. Even with that they look like cheap fashion jewellery. I have fashion earrings that look way better than these. They are very thin, and the diamonds don't even look like diamonds. Do not waste your money.
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Very nice looking earrings. A little difficult at first to get done up. Overall worth the price.
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I purchase these earrings as a Show Stopper.They are a nice looking pair of earrings and would have gotten a higher rating....but the snap downs are a little flimsy. This makes these earrings seem cheap.
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Your site indicates 58 reviews but only one is printed! I had previously reviewed but will say again, these were not the quality I expected, they were thin and did not have a nice finish. I have ordered a lot of TSC jewellery and this was one of the most disappointing.
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I bought these earrings as a gift for my girlfriend. I wasn't too keen on the rose gold but the yellow gold was sold out, but i'm glad I made the purchase. One my girlfriend was estatic because she had seen them earlier in the day and wanted to purchase them and two they added a class and confidence that only jewelry could achieve. Once again The Shopping Channel satisfies again because she won't take them off and I look great. Thanks Shopping Channel
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Bought these earrings for myself, in the silver and rose gold. Love them,they are very pretty and diamonds are substantual. Very noticable. Looks great with casual or dressed up.
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These earrings are very pretty and the Showstopper price was great! I was so disappointed that I could not open the clasps of the earrings without fear of breaking them. The clasps are so tight, that you need to use alot of force to open them, and I was not going to go through the hassle of even trying to get them in my ears. I returned them.


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SMF Support > IPB
IPB 1.3 -> SMF : problems with signatures
exactly, birthdates are lost and signatures are just copied off the database without transforming the html to BBCode, as done with board and private messages.
can't wait to moove to SMF :D
greetings ;)
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Now with RC1 i see there is this comment in the RC1 converter, but apparently it's just a comment and the converter itself didn't change.
Could you maybe give me a rough workaround, or estimate when the converter is to be expected to work nicelly?
Of coruse i'm available for testing, if needed.
I can't wait to move my board to SMF, especially now that RC1 is out... wow! :D
greets, and keep up the good work!
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Okay so I saw a post about Facebook profiles. But I wanted to quickly post up some Arsenal players on Twitter, if you use it. So here goes.
Fabregas: http://twitter.com/cesc4official
Lansbury: http://twitter.com/henri_lansbury
Wilshere: http://twitter.com/Jack_Wilshere
Denilson: http://twitter.com/_denilson15
Djourou: http://twitter.com/JohanDjourou
If you check out their pages they've all got genuine mobile-phone pics of themselves or others so every one of these is legit


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U20s, Midwest in Women NCASC Final |
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The USA U20s kept up their winning ways in the Women's National Collegiate All-Star Championships Friday. The U20s won Tier B in 2009 and 2010, and after winning for the second time in a row, opted to accept promotion to Tier A for 2011. Any concerns about the team asking too much of themselves were dispelled as the U20s defeated the Northeast 24-5, to notch their 5th straight victory in the Collegiate/U23 All-Star competition. Katie Johnson led her squad to a 19-0 lead and held on against a tough NRU side. University of Wisconsin standout Brittany Houston scored 13 points for the Thunderbirds. Meanwhile, the Midwest ran out to a 20-point lead and held off a stern West comeback to make the Tier A NCASC final.
West 17 PCRFU will play the South for the Tier B title and promotion to Tier A, while Mid-Atlantic will take on Southern California for 7th. USA U20s 24-5 Northeast |


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Royal Mail have subdivided countries very specifically for last postal dates for Christmas this year; too many different variants to be sensibly listed here. So follow this link to find out when the last postal date for your delivery address is. We are happy to send special delivery/signed for delivery within the UK at cost: http://www.royalmail.com/greetings PLEASE NOTE OUR LAST DAY FOR POSTING WILL BE FRIDAY 20TH DECEMBER


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Customizing SMF > Modifications and Packages
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This mod will edit and add some avatar related features in the default SMF theme, will set up a default avatar per membergroup (Membergroups prevails over post-count membergroups), also it can force the member to use the default one for the membergroup or not (use the user one).
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Version 1.0 Jan 26, 2012
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I installed but I cannot activate. I enter url of avatar to membergroup page but when I look at that again I see empty. So this mod is not running perfectly. This mod gives some errors during install I install by manuel. Thanks
Hi, that's weird, did you run the install.php file? It seems that you forgot the database changes.
Hmm - I have a similar problem (but it may be my own fault) : Installed via packet manager, no errors. Database ok :) Now to my question: which path have I to set in the field for the default avatar? I tried several possibilities already: full server path, path from the forum root dir (./avatars/...), the path from the avatar basedir - no effect neither in postings, in my SimpleDesk portal nor in the user's profile. (BTW: force avatar is checked).
You need to set the image URL, I do not tried a path for it, so it may not work.
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So I was listening to the sound track today while doing work and MAAAAn did it make me want to play through it "one more time" :O There's definitely some magic in this game.
I'm just finishing another play-through - went back to it after completing Skyrim and New Vegas before that - and it is still an engrossing experience. At first the relative primitiveness of the gameplay and controls as compared to Skyrim was a little discouraging but I accustomed to it pretty quickly. The Capital Wasteland is just such a cool environment.
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San Diego County showed a 46.6 percent year-to-year increase in overall private commercial construction activity in the first quarter, the best in California, according to a construction data firm.
Chicago-based BidClerk Construction, which collects quarterly construction data on 15 of the state's most populous counties, showed Sacramento was a close second with a 45.8 percent hike in private commercial construction activity.
Los Angeles saw a 19.2 percent activity increase year-to-year, while San Francisco was flat with no gain, no loss.
BidClerk also collects data from Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Alameda, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Marin, Placer, Sacramento, San Mateo and Yolo counties.
For private commercial projects valued at more than $1 million, San Diego showed a 14.2 percent year-over-year increase.
That hike was dwarfed by Sacramento, which posted a 333 percent year-to-year increase.
San Diego and Sacramento were among the exceptions. In the markets surveyed, BidClerk found a year-to-year decrease of 17 percent in private projects valued at more than $1 million.
While the major Southern California counties experienced a modest 0.1 percent decrease in public project activity, San Diego County also excelled on this score with a 19.5 percent year-to-year increase.
The Riverside /San Bernardino market (Inland Empire) was the only other market in the BidClerk survey, with a marked increase in public work with a 9.8 percent gain.
For public projects valued at more than $1 million, just two major-metro areas showed positive growth.
Activity in San Diego rose 18.3 percent, while Sacramento showed a 15.3 percent rise.
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Application Documents 1. Elective Guidelines 2. Application 3. Immunization Form 4. BPP Policy Statement 5. Non-UMMS Insurance Form 6. Application Checklist Contacts • Office of Student Affairs Visiting Student Information Line Tel: 508-856-2063
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The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) welcomes students who are in good academic standing and have completed their final year of undergraduate medical training to participate in our International Visiting Student Elective program. We offer a variety of electives at the UMass Memorial Medical Center training sites. Electives for visiting students are available on a competitive basis from September to April of each academic year. Applicants must be enrolled in an institution which has an established exchange program with UMMS.
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November 12, 2013 | Sarah Todd
Community banks are stepping up their mobile payments offerings and a growing number say they're doing it more to please customers rather than for the direct profits. » MORE
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The Houston-based division of Spanish banking company Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria said Thursday it has begun offering mobile deposit to eligible small businesses and new consumer banking customers. » MORE
October 31, 2013 | Penny Crosman
American Banker's monthly pulse reading of mobile banking activity shows no sign of slowdown in usage. » MORE
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Getting corporate cash management services to work smoothly on all devices is a time-hogging project. Wells Fargo will be piloting its new responsive design site through the end of the year. » MORE
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The smartphone blog Android Police has discovered several latent features buried in the code underlying the software for Googles wearable computer. Among them are panoramic image capture (suitable for check imaging), a stopwatch, and commands to play music or games. » MORE
AT&T recently partnered with the publishers of American Banker, American Banker Magazine, Insurance Networking News, and Bank Technology News to develop a series of insights, data, and research around mobile banking and technology. These in-depth roundtables and research projects dive into mobile banking technology and features from both the business and consumer perspective.


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Housing is a basic necessity for diverse, equitable, neighborhoods. This report presents the Seattle Planning Commission's findings and recommendations for Seattle. Housing is the largest cost for the average household in the Seattle area, accounting for a third of total spending. Ensuring a supply of housing affordable to a diverse population is essential to creating an equitable, vibrant, and thriving community and a fundamental goal of the Comprehensive Plan. Housing is considered affordable if a household spends no more than 30% of their income on housing costs. The cost of housing affects not only the quality of life for families and individuals – for instance many families with children feel that their options for living in the city are limited – but housing costs also influence the ability of businesses to attract workers and impact our environmental footprint. click on + to show or hide detail
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Measuring Housing Quantity, Not QualityOur report focuses on quantifiable metrics: looking at the numbers allows us one way to measure housing affordability for specific sectors of the population. However, data that measures the quality of housing is not available. While subsidized housing is highly regulated and inspected for quality, market-rate housing is not. The City of Seattle recently passed a "rental inspection" ordinance to help ensure a basic level of safety and code compliance. This program could provide insight about the quality of market-rate rental housing in Seattle. A Note About HomelessnessWhile our report does not attempt to measure trends in homelessness, we recognize that a lack of affordable housing options is one of the most important factors that can precipitate and prolong individuals' and families' struggles with homelessness. A number of other excellent sources, such as Seattle's Consolidated Plan, the One Night Count, and Safe Harbors, provide insights on the extent of homelessness in Seattle and the degree to which progress is being made in addressing homelessness. Affordability and the Housing BubbleMuch of the analysis in this report focuses on the time period between 2000 and 2009, the latter part of which was an extraordinary period of 'boom and bust' in the national housing market and broader economy. During this period in Seattle, record numbers of new housing units were built. From the beginning of 2005 through the end of 2009 almost 21,000 units were added in the city, bringing the total to 289,000 housing units. Seattle saw a dramatic surge in housing prices to their peak in 2007, followed by a rapid decline that occurred as the national economy entered a recession and the mortgage crisis began in earnest. It is necessary to understand that analyzing data from a period this dynamic may not accurately predict future trends. Additionally, much of the data available only included the beginning of the downturn in the housing market, the aftermath of which, even now, continues to play out. Nonetheless, this analysis of Seattle's housing provides useful findings that inform the Commission's recommendations. New data are coming in all the time on the housing market and the economy. For instance, a recent article in the Seattle Timesiv makes the case that the decline in home prices and interest rates is actually increasing affordability in the King County area. Such trends are fairly typical for the business cycle after a recession. Affordability for HouseholdsMeasuring affordability for households involves looking at the proportion of income spent on housing. Spending 30% or less of monthly income on housing costs is regarded as affordablevi. Households spending more than 30% of their income on housing are considered 'cost-burdened,' while those who spend more than 50% of their income on housing are considered 'severely cost-burdened'. In reality, affordability depends on individual circumstances. The amount of money a household can afford to spend on housing depends on total financial resources relative to other costs. It is not uncommon for households with low incomes to find it difficult to spend even 30% of their income on housing; households with high incomes might comfortably spend more than that amount on housing. Affordability of the Housing SupplyMeasuring affordability of the housing supply is complicated and relies on an abstract set of calculations that compare housing costs to the amount a household could afford at a particular income level. This approach factors in the number of bedrooms and a corresponding household size but is blind to any particular household living in the unit. Additionally, monthly costs are calculated and tracked differently for owner and renter housing. For subsidized housing, affordability is specified based on the income categories the units serve. While it is difficult to capture nuances within this type of analysis, this report presents important findings about the broader trends in Seattle's housing. Commonly Used TermsAffordable: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) deems housing to be affordable if a household spends no more than 30% of their income on housing costs (rent plus basic utilities or gross monthly owner costs). Area median income (AMI): Half of the households have higher incomes and half have lower income than the AMI. Public agencies use AMI to establish eligibility criteria for housing programs. Complex: Multiple housing units in one or more buildings. Comprehensive Plan: Land use document providing the framework and policy direction for where and how growth projections will be met. Cities are required to have a comprehensive plan under Washington State's Growth Management Act (GMA). Cost-burdened households: Households spending more than 30% of their income on housing costs. Countywide Planning Policies: Common set of policies and guidelines for cities in King County to use in developing their comprehensive plans. Courtyard cottage: Development with multiple cottages facing onto common open space (courtyard). Design Review Program: A forum for citizens, developers and the City to review and guide the design of qualifying commercial and multifamily development projects. Family household: Householder and one or more people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption (per Census Bureau). Frequent transit areas: Locations within one-quarter mile of one or more bus routes with frequent service and/or within one-half mile of a light rail station. Frequent transit service: Runs Monday to Saturday from 6am to 6pm at least every 15 minutes and from 6pm to midnight at least every 30 minutes. Runs all day Sunday at least every 30 minutes. Essential components of livability: Those components needed for livable, and well-functioning communities including open space, comfortable and safe sidewalks and bikeways, housing affordable to a mix of income levels, and opportunities and activities for the people who live and/or work in the neighborhood. See also "transit community." Household: All the people who live in one housing unit. Householder: Person in whose name a home is owned or rented, or an equivalent member of the household. Housing costs: Basic expenditures for housing—for renters this includes monthly rent and basic utilities; for owners this includes monthly mortgage, property tax, homeowner's insurance, and other related costs. Household income: Total wages or salary, interest and dividends, retirement income, monetary public assistance, and other similar income, before taxes. Housing stock: Entire housing supply including both vacant and occupied housing units. Housing unit: Single house, apartment, or other home. Incentives for affordable housing: Seattle's incentive affordable housing programs include the Multifamily Property Tax Exemption (MFTE) Program, and two Land Use Code incentives: (1) Residential Bonus and (2) Transferable Development Rights Potential (TDP). Income limit: Maximum yearly income that allows a household to qualify for subsidized housing; typically expressed as a percentage of area median income (AMI). Land Use Code: Includes zoning designations and zoning codes identifying the regulations and development standards that apply in different zones, regulating how property can be used. Market-rate rental housing:
Housing unit without rent or income restrictions where landlords set the rent based on what they think tenants will be willing to pay. Multifamily housing: Structures containing two or more housing units. Examples include duplexes, apartments, and condominiums in multi-unit buildings. Rezone: A change from one zoning designation to another. Rezones from a lower density designation to a higher density designation are considered upzones. Seattle Housing Authority (SHA): Public agency that provides long-term rental housing and rental housing assistance, and owns and operates affordable housing properties throughout Seattle. Seattle Housing Levy: Voter-approved levy that creates and preserves affordable housing and provides related assistance to households. Severely cost-burdened households: Households spending more than 50% of their income on housing costs. Single-family housing: Housing units designed for one family or household including accessory dwelling units/ backyard cottages. Subsidies: Financial assistance provided to aid the construction, preservation or rehabilitation of affordable housing for income-eligible households. Subsidized housing: Housing units, primarily rentals, subsidized by the City and/or other agency(ies) restricted to households who qualify based on income. Transit community: An area where people can walk, bike, or take transit to accomplish many of their daily activities including getting to work or school, picking up groceries, or going out to a restaurant or event. Refer to the Planning Commission's Seattle Transit Communities report for details. Urban Village Strategy: Directs most of the city's growth to areas designated as Urban Centers and Urban Villages. Urban Centers: Areas with the greatest housing and employment densities as well as access to the regional transit network. Urban Villages: Areas that contain concentrations of housing where people live in proximity to services (and in the case of hub urban villages, significant concentrations of jobs). A look at the kinds of families and individuals who live in Seattle and the housing units in which they live. In this section, graphics show the proportion of renters and rental housing units on the left in brown and the proportion of homeowners and owned housing units on the right in grey. Each symbol represents approximately 2,000 households or housing units. click on + to show or hide detail click on the headlines to see graphics of this data HouseholdsThere were approximately 280,000 households (families and individuals) living in Seattle. Understanding the make-up of the households in Seattle — age, race, and family sizes — helps us to better understand the needs and the gaps in being able to provide affordable housing to a diversity of household types and sizes. {Title}
Housing UnitsCorrespondingly there were over 280,000 occupied housing units in Seattle. As with households, they were evenly split between renter- and owner-occupied units. Understanding the characteristics of these housings units, i.e. number of bedrooms, year built, whether single-family detached homes, units in a big apartment complex, or something in between, helps us better understand how it serves the diversity of people who live (or want to live) in Seattle. {Title}
Seattle has clear goals and policies meant to achieve housing affordability vital to allow for families and individuals with a spectrum of incomes to live in the city limits. Our aim in this report is to highlight the most salient challenges to achieving those goals so that City officials may prioritize resources and energy where the most effort is needed. The following findings focus on the most compelling results of our research. To provide context for the findings, these observations provide a broader, overarching understanding of Seattle's housing market:
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1 . Seattle Households are increasingly burdened by their housing costHouseholds who spend more than 30% of their income on housing are considered cost-burdened; the share of cost-burdened households has increased since 1999. This is true for low and middle-income, and for households overall. Almost two-thirds of very low and low-income households (0-80% AMI) and about one-third of middle-income households (81-120% AMI) are cost-burdened. Very low-income households (0-50% AMI) are most likely to be severely cost-burdened, which means that they spend more than half of their income on housing. Seattle has more than 34,000 very low-income households who are severely burdened by their housing costsi. About three-quarters of these severely cost-burdened households have extremely low-incomes (0-30% AMI). The share of very low-income households who are severely cost- burdened has increased from 43 percent in 1999 to 52 percent. Half of those who are severely cost-burdened are spending more than three-quarters of their income on housing. In general, renters are more likely to be severely cost-burdened than owners. Renters most likely to spend more than half of their income on housing costs include seniors, persons of color, single mothers, and other households with more than one child. 2. There is an inadequate supply of housing affordable to very Low-income HouseholdsNearly 75 percent of rental housing is unaffordable for very low-income households. Virtually all housing for sale is unaffordable for very low-income households. Almost half of all rental housing that is affordable for very low-income households is subsidized or otherwise restricted to households who qualify based on income. This helps ensure that households do not spend a disproportionate amount of their income on housing. Of the approximately 24,000 subsidized rentals in Seattle, roughly 16,000 serve households with low-incomes (0-50% AMI). Over 12,000 of these subsidized rentals are set aside for households with extremely low-incomes (0-30% AMI). Newly constructed housing is affordable for very low-income households only when subsidized by government funds, such as the Seattle Housing Levy, or by other organizations dedicated to providing low-income housing.
3. Seattle lacks affordable family-size housing with three or more bedrooms.Families with children make up a smaller portion of households in Seattle than in King County as a whole. Approximately 19 percent of households in Seattle have children, compared to 29 percent for the county as a whole. Seattle's Comprehensive Plan has a specific goal to attract a greater share of the county's families with children; there does not seem to be a long-term trend in this direction. Access to affordable housing with enough bedrooms to accommodate larger households is one factor that contributes to this disparity. Most family-sized housing units are detached single-family homes, which are rarely affordable to households with low- and very low-incomes. In 2009, five percent of homes sold were family-sized and affordable at 80% AMI, and 28 percent of homes sold were family-sized homes and affordable at 120% AMI. Detached single-family, duplex, and triplex rentals are an important source of family-sized housing that is affordable at 80% AMI. Neverless, the supply of this housing type is very limited. There is also a shortage of affordable family-sized apartments affordable to middle-income households (80-120% AMI). There are many studio and one-bedroom apartments with rents affordable at 80% AMI. However, just two percent of market-rate apartments have three or more bedrooms, and just half of this tiny fraction is affordable at 80% AMI.
4. There are disparities in homeownership rates among households of different races and ethnicities.Overall, slightly more than one-third of Seattle's households of color own their own home compared with more than half of the city's White householders. White and Asian households are much more likely to own their homes than other racial groups. Over the last decade there was a slight increase in the homeownership rate for White householders, but a slight decrease for householders of color. Homeownership among Black householders decreased from about 37 percent in 2000 to 29 percent in 2010. Householders of Hispanic and Latino ethnicity are also much less likely to own their homes than Whites. Homeowner rates among these householders increased slightly from about 25 percent in 2000 to about 27 percent in 2010. 5. Housing is more affordable near arterials with frequent transit service and within Urban Centers and VillagesUrban Centers and Villages contain about 40 percent of the total housing units in Seattle and more than half of all rental units in the city. Largely because of higher concentrations of rental and multifamily units, housing is more affordable in areas with frequent transit service and in Urban Centers and Villages than in the city as a whole. Almost three-quarters of market-rate rentals in complexes with 20+ units are near frequent transit service. The location of rentals in smaller complexes is harder to measure, but most also seem to be near frequent transit service. Market-rate rental units tend to be somewhat less affordable in Urban Centers and Villages than in the city as a whole, generally because they are newer and provide more amenities. Subsidized rentals are affordable regardless of their location.
6. Seattle's Comprehensive Plan goals and policies about housing cannot always be measured, monitored or met.Measuring housing affordability provides empirical benchmarks against which to track progress toward City goals, helps to clarify and direct policy, and most importantly aids in determining the allocation of resources. Regular monitoring and measurement is essential to achieving a constructive feedback loop, where changes in data can help inform ongoing decisions. Housing affordability goals should reflect the nature of the market and take into account what cannot be influenced by housing policies. For example, Seattle cannot significantly affect the supply of single-family houses because there is little land left to develop. While we can measure some characteristics of housing affordability in Seattle, it is difficult to satisfactorily measure progress toward important affordability goals set forth in the Comprehensive Plan. Some of these challenges are related to the design of the metrics, for example, affordability goals do not reflect differences in the ways that rental and owner housing can be measured. There are also gaps in available data. Some housing policies in the Comprehensive Plan express unrealistic numerical targets. We found other policies and goals in the Comprehensive Plan that are redundant and a few that are outdated. As our findings make clear, it is essential to use a broad range of policies, programs, and tools that will provide affordable housing for households with different incomes, backgrounds, and sizes. We acknowledge there are limits to how local government can influence housing cost. Markets are a big factor in determining housing costs: the more desirable a location, the more costly housing is likely to be. Therefore, local government must use available tools like zoning regulations, building codes, land use regulations, development standards, incentives, and subsidies wisely to affect the market. Based on our findings, the Planning Commission offers the following nine recommendations for City officials and departments to consider. Our common goal must be to prioritize programs and policies that better ensure Seattle is a community where all have access to quality housing they can afford. click on + to show or hide detail click on the pictures to download the spotlight stories 1. Subsidize Housing for the Lowest-Income Households.Subsidized housing programs and other housing set-aside tools, such as grants and low-cost loans, provide the best means to ensure households with the lowest incomes get access to quality, affordable housing. This is particularly true for newly built housing, which tends to be more costly.
2. Link Housing Affordability to Transportation Cost.On average, transportation costs are the second largest household cost. Mobility options and close proximity to jobs and activities may offset higher housing costs.
3. Give More Attention to Seattle's Housing Along and Near Arterials.Housing along and near our busiest streets makes up a significant portion of housing units affordable at low-income levels, in part because these areas are often less desirable and lack the essential components of livability.
4. Stabilize Housing Costs Over Time Through Home-Ownership Assistance.Home ownership generally supports a household's financial stability by ensuring a consistent housing payment over a long period of time, even through market ups and downs, which can be particularly important for seniors and others living on fixed incomes. Home ownership can also provide an opportunity for financial security in retirement and create an asset that can be passed along to heirs.
. 5. Promote and Encourage Housing Production that Addresses Gaps in the Market for Families with Children.Tools are needed to create more affordable housing units large enough to accommodate families with children. Seattle should provide incentives or requirements to produce more family-sized housing as redevelopment occurs. For instance, San Francisco requires new development projects in a 'residential transit overlay' district to set aside a percentage of housing for larger, family-sized units.
6. Revise Land Use Code, Design Review Process and Development Standards with an Eye Toward Affordability.Codes, entitlement periods, and design review processes can add costs to building housing. For example, parking requirements and the length of permitting processes are perhaps the biggest development costs that cities can directly influence. Upzones allow greater housing density, impact performance, and return on investment for developers. Programs that provide flexibility in how projects meet the intent of the code while streamlining the entitlement process can aid in achieving the City's affordable housing goals.
7. Treat Affordable Housing as One of many Important Aspects of "Affordable Living."We recognize that it matters where housing is located. Many Seattle residents pay more for housing in the city than elsewhere in the region. In order to mitigate higher housing costs, it's essential that people have access to other important life essential needs such as healthy food, healthcare, child care, quality education, retail, living wage jobs, efficient and convenient transportation, and reliable utilities.
8. Look for New Opportunities to Promote Housing Affordability.Because we are falling short of our goals in providing housing affordability, the City should explore all of the tools at its disposal including those it is using on a limited or pilot basis. In addition, the City should continue to explore best practices used in other cities.
9. Update Seattle's Comprehensive Plan Goals and Policies.The City is involved in the first major update to the Comprehensive Plan in over seven years. Our work to measure housing affordability uncovered basic challenges with the measurability of some of the housing goals in the Comprehensive Plan. We found redundancy between goals, and uncovered policies that are not useful or that are difficult to measure. The Planning Commission will be engaged closely with City departments and policy makers throughout the update process.
If you would like details on the methodology and data sources used to generate the findings in the report, please download the Technical Guide at the link below. |


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patterson: A world & cosmic peace for intelligent civilization - on Earth
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This is a superb article for our intelligent civilization - on Earth - that offers us a world and cosmic vision to save our planet, our homo sapiens from extinction from the reckless, mindless use of fossil fuels and nuclear power through the empl...
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It seems obvious to me that the Confederacy fought to preserve slavery. It is less clear that ending slavery, for moral reasons, was the motivation of the Union.
Weber: Re: The "New JFK": Nothing Great to Be
Forum Post, November, 11 2013
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The most common and irritating defense I hear from Obama apologists is that he is a true MLK-style progressive and champion of the people (why, look at some of his lofty rhetoric), and that he has achieved the most that's possible against the ...
Bohmer: Thanks Tamara
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Very insightful and worthwhle article based on Tamara Peartson's on the ground daily life in Merida, Venezuela and her deep understanding of the class divisions in Venezuela. She shows there are real problems of daily life and consumption of n...
Lee: American Election Boycott Activists Stand With Russell Brand
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Also, we started a facebook group entitled, "American Election Boycott Activists Stand With Russell Brand" Join us!
Lee: Greetings from an American Election Boycott Activist
Forum Post, November, 07 2013
Terri Lee
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Hello Russell Brand! I am part of a growing number of American Election Boycott Activists. You cannot imagine how delighted myself and other Election Boycott Activists were to see and hear your full-on "Don't Vote!" message in your i...
Valentino: Re: The "New JFK": Nothing Great to Be
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i suggest further reading on the matter you can start with the white house tapes and krushchev's memoir
Street: "Thank You Vasili Arkhipov"
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See Edward Wilson, "Thank You Vasili Arkhipov, the Man Who Stopped Nuclear War," The Gaurdian (October 27, 2012) http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/27/vasili-arkhipov-stopped-nuclear-war "If you were born before 27 O...
Skerrett: A few questions
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While I entirely share the serious concern about climate change, I do not follow a key element of the analysis of a carbon bubble outlined above: "If policymakers are to achieve their goal of limiting global warming to 2 °C, 60 to 80 per...
Finger: Welcome to ZNet
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Your article was entertaining and summed up much of what many members of the Zspace community communicate regularly. Michael Albert has worked hard to define Participatory economics - and that might be a great idea for you to research and bring to...
McNamara: Good man yourself
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"... and secondly because he's an arsehole." Now that's funny. THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED! (Well, probably small bits and pieces of it will be televised. You never know.)
Emersberger: This is a terrible article
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Penny writes "Brand is hardly the only leftist man to boast a track record of objectification, of harassment and of playing cheap misogyny for laughs" The evidence of harassment she cites is some gossip provided by "a sou...
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Mark Weber
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Excellent, balanced, and nuanced discussion.
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simplicity is the essence of non-cooperation consumption is the essence of complicity
Mcguire: Not enough ?.
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I think Russell Brand threaded the needle quite well in his Paxman interview...had he hammered much harder that interview would never have seen the light of day at all, which would have then been a loss...well done Russell.
Karman: Re: Goodbye indeed
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Goodbye to Democrats. Yeah ... and goodbye to Paul Street as well.
Karman: Re: Re: Re: Goodbye? ... but also about some thoughts
Forum Post, November, 01 2013
Leen Karman
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I just asked a few simple questions. What's the problem with answering them, Paul Street?
Street: Re: Re: Goodbye? ... but also about some thoughts
Forum Post, November, 01 2013
Paul Street
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Leen Karman why don't you try your hand at some coherent politicai writing of your own....you spend far too much time in the comments section of my writings in my humble opinion. Far better to sit down and more fully articulate what you ...
Flavin: Paxman et al
Forum Post, November, 01 2013
Jim Flavin
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Tom Chivers, the assistant comment editor of the Daily Telegraph told his readers that Brand is an 'unnecessary revolutionary', and that basically the current system of capitalism works fine apart from a few 'pockets of regression, lit...
Rissler: Of course!
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Michael Rissler
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Of course, Mark is absolutely right. We all should write, speak, and communicate the importance of this election. As a resident of neighboring Nicaragua and an American (U.S. variety since all Latin Americans are "American," too),...


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text: Home World Ugandan, Gay and Brave Activist Frank Mugisha weighs in on homophobia in his country and how African Americans can help. By: Jenée Desmond-Harris Posted: Nov. 28 2011 12:53 AM 0 Frank Mugisha Frank Mugisha was only a teenager when he came out as gay to his family and classmates in Uganda, a country where that admission didn't just subject him to possible bullying; it put his life at risk. Uganda is one of more than 70 countries worldwide that criminalize consensual gay conduct, and Mugisha says that 80 percent of Uganda's citizens now support a highly controversial piece of pending legislation that would make homosexuality punishable by death in certain cases and would criminalize the work of "LGBTI" (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) organizations. Since Mugisha joined other activists in coming out publicly during a 45-day media campaign in 2007, he has been targeted for arrest, fled the country and returned to work as director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), an organization at the forefront of the gay-rights movement in the country. His Icebreakers Uganda group offers counseling and suicide-prevention services to those who are brave enough to be openly gay in a place where both law and pubic opinion deem such a lifestyle criminal. Still just 29 years old, Mugisha does this work in a climate that's undeniably dangerous and hostile. His colleague, gay-rights activist David Kato, was murdered in January of this year after being featured in an anti-gay newspaper that "outed" people it said were gay and called on the government to kill them. (His killer was just sentenced to 30 years in jail.) Mugisha was identified the same way in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Mugisha was in Washington, D.C., this month to accept the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights' annual Human Rights Award, an honor that marks the beginning of a six-year partnership during which the RFK Center will support Mugisha's work and that of SMUG. The Root talked to him about what life is like for sexual minorities in Uganda, the role of culture and religion in homophobia and what African Americans can do to help. The Root: The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award recognizes individuals who stand up, at great personal risk, to oppression in the nonviolent pursuit of human rights. Are you afraid for your safety, or even for your life? Frank Mugisha: I fear. I fear for what will happen to me from the community, from people around me, from my friends. But my biggest fear is not coming from the government because, as an activist, I have a little bit of protection. My biggest fear is from the everyday people on the street. From my neighbors. Because I don't have any security, I could be attacked and killed like my friend [David Kato] was. FM: There are different categories. If you are an activist, then you have to calculate and decide, "Should I take that street, should I go to that shopping mall, should I do this today, even?" Because you don't know where the harassment will come from. Then you have an openly gay man who's not an activist -- the fear is as he's doing his everyday work. He has to ask, is he going to be harassed, is he going to be beaten, is he going to be a target? Page 1 of 3 NEXT PAGE > Powered by Livefyre


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Dozens of Sto:lo Nation members and supporters marched to Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon MP Mark Strahl's constituency office Friday morning as part of a nationwide First Nations protest.
Approximately 20 of the 60 people in attendance jammed into Strahl's foyer and waiting room drumming and singing as part of Idle no More, a local version of a protest that began as an exercise in social media and grew to national movement.
The focus for the day was the federal government's omnibus budget legislation Bill C-45, which includes provisions that affect the Indian Act and the Navigable Waters Protection Act.
But the main complaint from protesters was a lack of government consultation with aboriginal people.
"This won't be the last time," Skwah First Nation member Eddie Gardner said in Strahl's office. "We aren't going to stop until our aboriginal rights are considered."
Strahl was not in his office so protesters directed their message to his constituency assistant Matthew Barker.
Former Yukon MLA and Sto:lo member Margaret Commodore had a message for Barker.
"I would like you to tell Mark Strahl that he represents the Sto:lo Nation in the house of Parliament," said Commodore, who served as a New Democrat representative for two Whitehorse ridings from 1982 to 1996.
"Mark Strahl has not spoken up against this racist legislation and we want to know why."
"Let him know that Sto:lo territory is a Bill C-45 free zone," Gardner added.
Grand Chief Clarence Pennier spoke at an Idle No More preparatory meeting and information session held earlier in the week. Pennier was not at Friday's march but on Thursday he told the Times about his concerns with Bill C-45.
"The government is supposed to be consultingthat has come out of a Supreme Court of Canada decisionwhen they make changes that impact on us," Pennier said. "That is what they are supposed to do and they are not doing it."
While Strahl wasn't present Friday, he did respond via email to a Times request to comment on Idle No More.
"Provisions in Bill C-45, Jobs and Growth Act, 2012 have been debated in the House of Commons, committee and media for eight months," he said in part. "The purpose of the bill is to help all Canadians including First Nations to better pursue and seize economic opportunities."
Strahl said the amendments will provide flexibility for First Nations to engage in economic development, and they will reduce red tape for development on reserve lands.
As to the concerns about perceived reduction in environmental protection, Strahl said the changes regarding waterways govern navigation and not environmental protection.
"Bodies of water such as the Vedder River and Fraser River will continue to be protected through the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and the Fisheries Act," he said.
Bill C-45 passed earlier this month despite attempts by the opposition to stall or kill the legislation. Among other items in the massive bill are changes to public sector pensions, pay raises for judges and an electronic travel authorization system.
Since the bill has already passed, Pennier was asked what was the point of the protest.
"It's meant to give a message to the Prime Minister that he didn't do the things he is supposed to do in terms of the Indian Act and the Fisheries Act," he said.
"So, it's something that we have to do because it's part of our responsibility to look after our land water and air; it's why we were placed on this Earth as Sto:lo."
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It was one of the best experience I ever had in a dinning area like Carmello's Restaurant. from the time I got ito the place, their staff so very friendly, and very polite. I could highly recommend to Carmello's Restaurant to anybody else.
My boyfriend and I were celebrating our first anniversary. We made an online reservation and enjoyed our first dinner at this beautiful restaurant. Our waiter, Donald was especially attentive! The food and wine were exceptional, and our anniversary dinner is one we'll remember with fondness for a long, long time.
I moved away from Manassas a few years ago and it has been a while since I have had the opportunity to partake of the food at my favorite restaurant when I lived in the area. I took two of my peers here for dinner and the only surprise that I had was that they had remodeled the place since my last visit. I like what they did as it is even greater than before. The waiter was a hoot and brought us samples of wines to taste before we made our decisions. He was attentive and personable and was always there when needed to answer questions or provide superb service. The food was even better than I remembered and the Ossa Bucco with rissoto was to die for. I will return.
we celebrated our anniversary and only toasted each other with wine. The server overheard the salutation and arranged to have a creme brulee served for our dessert. It was so considerate and appreciated. The cappacino was outstanding, probably the best I have had and it was hot. Heavenly. The service was impeccable and perfect. Would not hesitate to return. Also the redecoration was outstanding. We had not been in quite a while and were very pleased with the decor. Well done.
We enjoyed the three-course dinner and especially the desserts and drinks. Excellent wine selection as well.
This is one of our favorite dining experiences. Been there many times. The Ceasar salad is wonderful and their pork shank osso bucco was out of this world.
The atmosphere is pleasant, audible background music but you can carry on a conversation without speaking loudly. Food is mostly excellent (a few exceptions now and then), the service is always excellent. Their three-course meal deal is a great value.
We have never been disappointed with a visit to Carmello's. The food is excellent. Seafood is never over-cooked to the point of being chewy and beef is always done to order. It's ambience is quiet and romantic. Our choice for celebrating our anniversary for over 15 years!
I was turned on to Carmello's by my Mother. She and her friends have been going there for some time and we finally took her up on her recommendation about a year ago. We have been back many times since and just love every meal we have ever had there. The food is fantastic, the desserts are incredible and the recent redesign is a great compliment to what was an already great find. I can't recommend this place enough. It isn't exactly "Italian" cuisine, but it doesn't claim to be (Portuguese I believe). Regardless - the food is fantastic and the service has always been at the worst, very good... at its best - INCREDIBLE!
My husband and I always enjoy dining at Carmello's! It has a charming atmosphere and the food is good. This is a neighborhood gem!
Good food, service and atmosphere. Quiet enough to have a conversation, which was really nice. Nice date night for sure!
I took my boyfriend here for his birthday, and we both really enjoyed our dinner. I had the osso bucco and he had the lamb steak. The osso bucco was VERY good, and the lamb steak wasn't amazing, but still really good. The tiramisu was delicious too. Our server was attentive and checked on us the right number of times. Overall, we were pleased.
I proposed to my wife @ Carmello's 24 years ago. It became one of her favorite all time restaurants. When we went recently because she was craving their chicken parm, we were surprised with all the changes.....including their menu. Although they no longer had her favorite, we were still happy with our choices and Carmello's will still continue to be one of her favorites.
We took friends to Carmello's for their first time and the dinner could not have been better. The food was delicious and the service was excellent. We'll be back for sure.
Fresh, beautifully prepared entrees, great atmosphere, extensive wine list. Never disappoints.
Carmellos is a great restaurant for fine dining. The food and service are excellent.
We dined on August 4, 2013. Our meal and waitress were so very good. Our meal was the best we have ever had at this restaurant and one of the best we've ever had PERIOD. I had the filet mignon and my husband had the pork shank. We were amazed at the flavors and couldn't stop saying how good everything was. The tiramisu and crème brulee are a must have to top off your meal. This restaurant continues to impress. It's obvious the management and staff are dedicated to continually improving their food and service. We can't wait to go back !!!!
My husband & I go out every Friday night for dinner to kickoff the weekend. We go to Carmello's often because the food is fresh & seasonal. it is a nice neighborhood restaurant with great service. It will cost you a few bucks, but we haven't been disappointed. Some of our favorites are the oysters, fish of the day, filet mignon & the scallops. The desserts are also tasty & there are a lot of light options. They have a good beer & wine selection along with after dinner drinks.
Food was fantastic. Too full for dessert so they were able to put my creme brûlée in a to go container! Service was also great! We will continue to visit Carmello's for the fine dining experience.
We loved the restaurant and had a delicious dinner. The decor is very pretty but there is very little sound dampening in the front room where we were sitting and the ambient noise level was high. There were four of us at a fairly large round table which likely could seat 6 comfortably. This meant it was a bit difficult to talk across the table with the high noise level created by a large party across the room. A smaller table for four would have made it more comfortable.
Carmellos is a great restaurant with outstanding food and ambience!!!
The food overall was excellent until dessert. I would have given 5 stars if dessert was half as good as the rest of the food. Highly recommend the seafood wellington (app), beef mushroom soup, pork shank, and scallops. All were wonderfully tasting and cooked brillently. Got the chocolate hazelnut cake for dessert and it was a major let down. The cake had no flavor - desperately needed a sauce or something because of the lack of the flavor. The whipped cream that came with it tasted like butter. Both my wife and I thought it was a fluffy butter at one point. Overall will definitely go back and recommend to friends but will stay away from dessert. Service was good to start but seemed to get very slow as the meal went on.
My husband's background is Portuguese, so it was wonderful to have a Portuguese waiter who helped with our pronunciation and in choosing a Portuguese wine to go with our Portuguese seafood entrees. We also tried the mushroom and beef tip soup, as well as the Portuguese crabcake and Seafood Wellington appetizers, all excellent. Great food, ambience and the waiter had perfect timing. Highly recommended!
This quiet and cozy restaiurant offers tasty food wnd impeccable service. Their complimentary wine at the beginning and the flavorful ending treat are special touches to a very enjoyable evening of dining. We all had the papardelle with veal ragu. The pasta was a bit heavy but very flavorful. The ragu was generously portioned and quite tasty. Desserts are so good. The crepes with berries and marscapone were an excellent ending. The portugese wine to accompany makes this an excellent choice for a specil occasion.
Good service, lovely atmosphere. Delicious food & extensive wine list.
My wife and I really enjoyed the evening out at Carmello's we will definitely return. The food was very good as was the service they do have outdoor seating available however we choose to eat in.
Have been dining at Carmello's since we moved here eight years ago. Always found the food to be of high quality and great service. Highly recommend for special occasion since it's a bit pricey but worth it.
We always have a lovely time and meal when we go to Carmello's For this occasion, it my was a birthday and it was lovely. The food was great and the Maitre'D was so friendly and attentive. Our waitress was okay. Had we not had the attention of the Maitre'D - I would have been un-impressed with the service. However, we will always go back because the food is amazing!
We have enjoyed dining at Carmello's in Old Town Manassas for many years. Always excellent food preparation, presentation and taste, and a very notable wine list. The new renovated Carmello's is a definite plus to the atmosphere, or you may experience a causal dining option at the added Monza dining area which offers both inside, and outside locations. Recommend you explore Carmello's for dinner, and Monza for lunch......both excellent options.
We have been going to Carmellos for years. The food and service are always wonderful! The restaurant has been recently renovated...looks great! Highly recommend!
This is our second time dining here. Both times the food was excellent, service was quick. Nothing to complain about.
Nice dinner out. The service started very slow, but recovered nicely. The food was very good, well prepared and presented.
We enjoyed our dining experience at Carmello's. The service from the greeter to the server was great. The food was delicious and we look forward to coming back in the near future.
I took my wife to Carmello's for our Anniversary. We had never been there, but had read good reviews and had also read that Carmello's has the best collection of Portuguese wines in its cellar of any restaurant in the Washington DC area. The server started us with complementary champagne. The menu is based on Portuguese cuisine, emphasizing seafood and beef. Our dinner was excellent. The dessert menu was irresistible even though we were full, so we ordered a couple of them to go. The restaurant comped us one of the desserts as well for our Anniversary. Prices were very reasonable. As we left, my wife and I were already talking about when we would go again. Service, food, atmosphere were all excellent. Thanks Carmello's!
We had the Diver Scallops and the Ravioli special as well as the Calamari as an appetizer. The Scallops were the best we've ever had and the Ravioli was perfectly prepared. The Calamari was fried to perfection. Overall, the food and experience was fantastic.
Carmello's was such a great dining experience that I can't wait to take my In-Laws! The noise level was comfortable and we could enjoy conversation without yelling. The food was delicious with good portions - I'm looking forward to trying more from the menu!
Went for our anniversary. We were promptly seated and offered a complimentary glass of champagne which was very nice. We had calimari and seafood Wellington for appetizers - excellent! Main courses were stuff flounder and seared scallops very good and excellent. Dessert was a complimentary creme brûlée - excellent! Service was great and we will be back!
Overall excellent experience. Went on a Sunday night and had no problem getting a reservation. All our choices were excellent and the service was also excellent without being obtrusive.
Best neighborhood gem I have found- excellent food and service. Nice ambience and perfect for a quiet date-night. Love the warm olive salad they give you before the meal. We continue to come here and gladly recommend it.
Carmello's is our favorite restaurant. Amazing food and service that makes you feel spoiled. Our favorite meals usually have an abundance of seafood.
Excellent experience. Limited menu but perfectly adequate.
We've eaten at Carmello's several times over the years, but it's one of those places that doesn't seem to be in our regular repertoire -- but it should be! We've always enjoyed the experience and this weekend's visit was no different. The new Fall menu is a problem -- it's far too difficult to decide what to order! The server did not steer me wrong, though, and I very much enjoyed a linguini chiopino. My mother was in heaven with her duck ravioli, and both my husband and father devoured their short ribs. Any one of us would have been thrilled with anyone else's dinner, which we discovered while passing tastes around the table. The wine list features a wide price range suitable for a regular night out through a special occasion.
I took my gf to Carmello's for her birthday. We were welcomed with complementary champagne and warm olives. Donald was an excellent server. He took care of all our needs. We will definitely return.
I've tried several dishes there and they've all Ben great. For one thing, it's the only place I've seen in the area that serves a Portuguese cataplana. If you're not familiar with that, think paella with more tomato. Their Italian dishes are not your typical dishes; you're not going to see duck ravioli at a corporate chain restaurant. Bottom line...GO.
This was our first visit and had a fabulous experience... the service and food were Wonderful!! Will definitely be back!
The food service and people made our Anniversary dinner special. We will be returning.
This is a restaurant which is always a nice evening out. Menu selections are varied enough to please every diner. The sauces and sides are always a great flavor addition. Service is consistently great with just enough attention to not annoy the conversation. We had the veal with crabmeat and the seafood stew, both were great. The calamari appetizer is one of the better one's I"ve had, authentic, not frozen rings from a bag! The waiter is helpful with wines. We keep coming back so it must be doing something right.
Great service, great wine list, and great food. We love the atmosphere, too.
Carmello's never disappoints. Their food is unbelievable each and every time. They take the most basic dishes and elevate them to outstanding levels. I have gone a few different times with a group of 4 of us, and we all have ordered something different each time. Every single dish is better than the last. We always try each other's food and we always seriously enjoy each dish. The staff is extremely accommodating. The hostess always offers a glass of complimentary sparkling wine. An excellent experience for even the most discerning of palates.
Small, select menu. Great food. Portuguese and continental flair.


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