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PR maven Harriet Lessy thinks waitstaff ought to be required to know what's on their menus. Case in point: She recently dined out with friends whose granddaughter is dangerously allergic to nuts - especially peanuts.

"We were assured that there was nothing in the dish she ordered that was cooked with the offending legumes," says Harriet. But when the fish entree was delivered, "it had crushed peanuts as a garnish."

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Birmingham and Obama

The city where bombings and marches helped galvanize America against segregation will mark the inauguration of the nation's first black president with a celebration Jan. 20. A national spotlight on Birmingham during inauguration day would be an invaluable promotion for the city, said Harriet Lessy, a Philadelphia-based public relations consultant. Lessy said Birmingham's activities serve a dual purpose of connecting local residents to a national event and putting Birmingham on the national stage with other major cities highlighted on the historic day.

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Online Social Services
For Philadelphia-area residents in need of counseling, food assistance and other social services, help is now just a mouse-click away. A Web site connecting people to thousands of social-service organizations in southeastern Pennsylvania is now online.
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Junk Food
Banning soda and snack food from the Philadelphia School District in 2006 was meant to make students healthier, but it has also had an unintended effect: the loss of $2 million to $3 million in revenue to the district each year.
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