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turned out to be a very revealing sit-down interview with the duo, Redfoo and SkyBlu don’t just sing about the party lifestyle. They live it. {page 12}

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Homeowners take advantageof rock-bottom interest rates to lessen loan terms Expert:‘Window can shut fast’ {page 06}

NewsNew bars in OldCity? Some object

Brewing battle between neighborhood’s businesses and residents puts future ofnightlife in crosshairs Civic group wants stronger regulations on opening newclubs and bars Business district hopes city won’t restrict popular scene {page 04}

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325Teachers laid offearlier thissummer by thePhiladelphiaSchool Districtwho will beoffered jobs inthe next coupleof weeks as thedistrict fills 1,335positions for theupcoming schoolyear. Reportedly,more teachersmay also beinvited back.

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American hikers detainedin Iran two years ago will“soon” receive “final ver-dicts,” according to reportsout of the country and re-gion yesterday.

Elkins Park native JoshFattal has been held in cus-tody since July 2009 afterbeing arrested while hik-

ing alongside the Iran-Iraqborder.

“Reviewing the case hasended and the final verdictwill be issued soon,” Prose-cutor General Gholamhos-sein Mohseni-Ejei toldnews agency ISNA, accord-ing to the Jerusalem Post.

The Tehran prosecution

has evidence — accordingto CNN, which quotedIran’s Press TV — that thetwo have been collaborat-ing with U.S. intelligenceagencies, but their familieshave denied that all along.The young men met in Cali-fornia during college andhave never worked for the

U.S. government.“All indications are posi-

tive, and I am very hopefulfor their release — unlesssomething unexpectedhappens,” the hikers’lawyer Massoud Shafieetold the InternationalCampaign for HumanRights in Iran. YOTAM DROR

South Philadelphia resi-dents, hear that? It’s theroar of SEPTA buses operat-ing in place of tracklesstrolleys eight years afterSEPTA removed them fromservice.

In 2003, SEPTA replacedthe trackless trolleys withbuses on the Routes 29 and79 due to construction de-tours and the need for newtrolleys, but it has kept thebuses in South Philadel-phia while adding the trol-leys in the Northeast. Resi-dents want the trolleysback and have refused tolet the issue die.

“I just finished writing aletter to Mayor Nutter,”said Susan Patrone, formerpresident of the PassyunkSquare Civic Association,who has been front andcenter on the fight. “The[trolleys are] quiet, they’renot diesel dependent.They’re just as importantto the landscape as ourbuildings.”

The Clean Air Councilhas called for restorationof the trolleys. SEPTA ad-mits that trolleys couldsave money in the longrun, but has said it wouldcost about $50 million forthe two routes, includingthe purchase of 23 vehiclesand improvements toequipment.

South Philly residents would like two bus routes converted back totrackless trolleys SEPTA says ‘funding issue’ in way of switch

Proponents say trackless trolleys run cleaner, quieter than buses

Iran prosecutor: Fattal verdict ‘soon’

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These trackless trolleys are on one of three routes through northern Philadelphia.

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The push to taketrolleys off track

SEPTA’scash cowAdvocates for the trolleysclaim federal funds areavailable, but Buschinsists: “[SEPTA is] goingafter every dime.Anytime there’s moneyavailable for capital im-provements, we’re

aggressively pursuingthat.”

Last month, SEPTAtransferred $20.4 millioninto its service stabiliza-tion fund thanks to rider-ship gains, bringing thefund to approximately$100 million, but Buschsaid the agency cannotuse the money for capi-tal projects. METRO/SDL

KalasstatueunveiledtodayThe much-anticipatedunveiling of a statue oflegendary broadcasterHarry Kalas isscheduled for thisevening prior to thePhillies game againstArizona after it wasinitially postponedalong with thePhillies-Nationalsgame Sunday due toheavy rain.

The unveiling wasspecifically plannedfor that game to sym-bolize the last gameKalas ever attended.Kalas died in thebooth April 13, 2009.

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Bodyfound in creekNEW JERSEY. A woman’sbody was found inMantua Creek inGloucester County yes-terday, but reports in-dicated initially thatpolice believe thewoman did not die ina flash flood. METRO

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A dispute is brewing be-tween Old City’s residentsand businesses over some-thing very central to theneighborhood’s identity:nightlife.

The neighborhood al-ready has a long-held mora-torium on new restaurantsand bars — unless the citygrants a variance or an ex-isting one is replaced in thesame location. But the pro-hibition would be mademore restrictive under pro-posed zoning code reformexpected this fall.

“The way the old zoningcode worked, you could ap-ply for a variance for fooduse. It was like a wink anda nod, ‘If we like your use,then we’ll let you do it,’”

Old City District boardmember and bar ownerAvram Hornik said. “Thenew code has a varianceprocess, but the standard isso high that it’s almost im-possible to overcome.”

The Old City Civic Asso-ciation supports the rigidban. “We have over 80liquor licenses. How many

is enough?” said zoningchair Joe Schiavo. “The re-ality is we had enoughback in 1990.”

The split, according toZoning Code Commissionexecutive director EvaGladstein, comes down toquality of life concerns.

“[The Old City Civic As-sociation] feels havingmore would damage theirquality of life and the vi-brancy of their communi-ty,” said Gladstein. “TheOld City District feels thatin order to continue to be avital neighborhood, theyhave to be open to invest-ment.”

Neighborhood’s restaurant and bar scene playingout this year Wraggling as city weighs zoning reform

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Red shirts still picket

Picket lines at Verizon stores across the region andcountry entered their second week yesterday asthousands of workers, represented by nationalunion Communications Workers of America, contin-ued their strike of the telecommunications giant.

Strike. Verizon workers

Two Verizon workers picketed yesterday afternoon

outside a Verizon store at 7110 Ridge Ave.

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Main Line’sPonzi artistpleadsguiltyCHESTER COUNTY. A Berwynman pleaded guilty yester-day to a Ponzi scheme thatbilked hundreds ofinvestors out of more than$17 million.

A grand jury indictmentin November 2010charged Robert Stinson,Jr., 56, with stealing from262 investors in thescheme dating back to2006. Stinson ran a compa-ny called Life’s Good,which solicitedinvestments to four realestate hedge funds, prom-ising investors a return of10 to 16 percent annually.Stinson spent most of themoney, however, on vehi-cles, entertainment, trav-el, and paying relatives forno-work jobs.

Sentencing is scheduledfor Dec. 13. Stinson faces amaximum of 329 years inprison. METRO/SDL

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More homeownerschoose shorter loans

Many choose to refinance while interest rates are low 37 percentchanged 30-year mortgage to 15 or 20 years Should you wait for better?More homeowners preferto pay off their mortgagessooner as interest rateshave stayed near rock-bot-tom and weak labor condi-tions have caused them toreduce their debt loads, asurvey showed yesterday.

The current trend in re-financing into shorter loanterms is a stark contrast tothe one during the heightof the housing boom,when families were takingout bigger mortgagesagainst the rising values oftheir homes.

Of those homeowners

who refinanced a 30-yearfixed-rate mortgage duringthe second quarter, 37 per-cent moved into a 15-yearor 20-year fixed-rate loan.This is the highest sincethe third quarter of 2003,mortgage finance agencyFreddie Mac said.

In the second quarter,interest on the 30-yearmortgage averaged 4.65percent, compared with a3.84 percent average on 15-year mortgages, the com-pany said.

“It’s no wonder we con-tinue to see strong refi-

nance activity into fixed-rate loans,” Freddie Mac’schief economist, FrankNothaft, said in a statement.

Refinancing has com-prised the bulk of U.S.mortgage activity sincethe housing bust that ledto the 2007-2009 global fi-nancial crisis.

During the secondquarter, the refinanceshare of mortgage applica-tions (versus the share ofapplications for loans tobuy a home) averaged 70percent, Freddie Mac said.REUTERS

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Bombs, attacks

hit Iraqi cities

Suicide attackers and car bombs hit cities across Iraq yesterday,killing at least 60 people in apparently coordinated assaults authorities blamed on al Qaeda affiliates intent on destabilizingthe government. REUTERS

Iraq. Violence

An Iraqi man inspects damages at the Mar Afram Syriac Orthodox Church following an explosion in Kirkuk yesterday.

Obamatalks jobson tourPresident Barack Obamablasted Republicans overtaxes yesterday as helaunched a bus tour of the

U.S. Midwest to tout his job-growth strategy and dis-tance himself from angertoward Washington thatcould dent his 2012 re-elec-tion hopes.

The three-day trip takeshim to Minnesota, Iowa andIllinois, states he won in the2008 presidential election,

although Iowa recently hasbeen seeing a lot of Republi-cans vying to battle him forthe White House next year.

The White House saysObama is on a listening tourto hear from Americansabout the economy and talkabout how to boost jobsand hiring. REUTERS

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Should consumers jump to

refinance or buy a new

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Now is the time to act, saysAlex Stenback, a bloggerand mortgage banker.“Don’t get lulled into asense of complacency overwhat the Fed says about in-terest rates. They can moveup, and this window canshut much faster than peo-ple imagine,” he cautions.

Obama meets the

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Buffett:Stopcoddlingthe richBillionaire Warren Buf-fett urged U.S. lawmak-ers to raise taxes on thecountry’s super-rich tohelp cut the budgetdeficit, saying such amove will not hurtinvestments.

“My friends and Ihave been coddledlong enough by abillionaire-friend-ly Congress. It’stime for our gov-ernment to getserious aboutshared sacrifice,”The 80-year-old“Oracle

of Omaha” wrote in anopinion article in TheNew York Times.

Buffett, one of theworld’s richest men andchairman of conglomer-ate Berkshire HathawayInc., said his federal taxbill last year was$6,938,744.

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ple in our office.Their tax bur-dens rangedfrom 33percent to 41percent and

averaged 36percent,” hesaid. REUTERS

Autismlikelier for siblingsSiblings of children withautism have a higher riskof being diagnosed withthe disorder thanpreviously believed,according to a new study.

The analysis of morethan 600 3-year-olds with anolder, autistic sibling foundthat almost one in five ofthem had an autism spec -trum disorder, which in -cludes Asperger’s syndromeand similar conditions.

That suggests pediatri-cians need to keep an ex-tra eye on those siblings,even as toddlers, becauseearly interventions withtherapy and extra supportmight help keep theirsymptoms to a minimum,researchers said.

“We know that the brainat young ages is moreamenable to change,” saidstudy author Wendy Stoneof the University of Wash-ington Autism Center inSeattle. REUTERS

Male bodyfound insearch atNiagaraBUFFALO, N.Y. A college stu-dent who overstepped asafety railing fell into Ni-agara Falls over the week-end, and searchers lookingfor her body yesterdayfound an unidentifiedmale body instead.

The 19-year-old interna-tional student from Japanwas presumed drowned af-ter she plunged into thefast-flowing waters nearthe brink of HorseshoeFalls on the Canadian sideof the falls at about 8:30p.m. on Sunday, accordingto Canadian park police.

Yesterday, she remainedmissing but searchers in-stead spotted an unidenti-fied male body at the baseof the falls in an areaknown as the whirlpool,police said. REUTERS

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Google announced its ac-quisition of mobile phonemaker Motorola MobilityHoldings.

Google’s biggest forayinto hardware comesweeks after a failed at-tempt to buy patents frombankrupt Nortel, and givesit an intellectual propertylibrary in wireless telepho-ny to wage war on Appleand Microsoft.

But in buying Motorola,the Internet giant risksalienating the hardwarepartners that license its freeAndroid software. GoogleCEO Larry Page sought tocalm the jitters by stressingyesterday that Android will

remain open to all.After being shut out of

Nortel deal, Google ChiefLegal Officer David Drum-mond wrote a blog post ac-cusing Microsoft, Apple andOracle of colluding to buyup patents and curtailgrowth of its Android mo-bile operating system. Pagesays Motorola’s strongpatent portfolio will protectAndroid from “anti-compet-itive threats.” REUTERS

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Thieves nabcostly hotel artLOS ANGELES. Investigatorswere examining hotel sur-veillance video for clues tothe disappearance of adrawing by Rembrandtfrom a private exhibit nearLos Angeles, officials said.

The pen-and-ink draw-ing known as “TheJudgment” by the 17thcentury Dutch artist Rem-brandt van Rijn vanishedfrom the Ritz-Carlton Ma-rina del Rey while the cu-rator was “distracted” forabout 15 minutes, accord-ing to an L.A. sheriff’sspokesman. REUTERS

Memorial asfair reopensINDIANAPOLIS. The IndianaState Fair reopened yester-day with a half-hour serv-ice remembering thosewho died following thecollapse of its mainconcert stage over theweekend in heavy wind.

The disaster, whichkilled five people, occurredon Saturday night, and thefair had been shut down onSunday.

“There was a hero every10 feet Saturday night,” In-diana Gov. Mitch Danielssaid at the service. REUTERS

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THEWORDMetro’s Dorothy Robinson shares her take on the world of gossip @dorothyatmetro [email protected]

It’s great to see celebritypower used for good, espe-cially in the face of tragedy.On Sunday, Oscar-winningactress and Grammy-win-ning singer Jennifer Hudson,along with her sister, JuliaHudson, hosted the first everHatch Day on behalf of theJulian D. King Gift Founda-tion at the De La Salle Insti-tute in Chicago. If you re-member, Julian King wasHudson’s 7-year-old nephewwho was killed in late 2008by William Balfour, Julia’s es-tranged husband. Balfouralso murdered Hudson’smother and brother. At theevent, held on what wouldhave been King’s 10thbirthday, 2,000 Chicago stu-dents received school sup-plies and got to create theirown custom backpacks.And that’s not all: Hudsonwill be featured in robocallsto 285,000 Chicago publicschool students, remindingthem that school startsSept. 6. “It feels good togive back to children, as he

was a child,” Hudson toldABC News. “And also tohelp inspire your kids —that’s one of the things thathelped me growing up, toknow that, ‘Wow, if this isin my presence, then I canachieve and I can do it,too.’”

See ya later,Kate GosselinKate Gosselin to get a real job?It certainly looks that way asher days as a reality TV star arenumbered. “TLC has decidednot to renew another seasonof ‘Kate Plus 8,’” a network reptold PEOPLE in a statement. “Bythe end of this season, ‘KatePlus 8’ will have hit the 150episode mark (including ‘Jon &Kate Plus 8’); an exceptionalmilestone. TLC hopes to check

in with Kate and the family pe-riodically with specials in thefuture.”

‘Lone Ranger’stays aloneLooks like Johnny Depp won’tbe riding off into the sunset ina big-screen remake of “TheLone Ranger,” as Disney pulledthe plug on the project afterproducers were unable tobring down the $250 millionbudget, according toDeadline. Depp, who was go-ing to play Tonto, is reportedlystill optimistic something willhappen.

Checking in with

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biggest names to see

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up to — in their own

words, in 140

characters or fewer.

Mindy Kaling is wor-ried about Leo, JonahHill isn’t up on currentevents, Rita Wilson ishaving trouble findingbalance and SteveMartin just can’t enjoyhimself.

@mindykalingI really don’t want BarRafaeli to get back to-gether with LeonardodiCaprio again if thisBlake Lively thingblows over.

@JonahHillI’m in London any coolstuff I should do?

@RitaWilsonWorking vs. tweeting?I forget to tweet whenI work!

@SteveMartinToGo: Playingcomputer chess withmyself, but finding ithard to climb on desk,straddle monitor andlook down.

The feed ...

Jennifer Hudson, left, poses with her sister, Julia Hudson,

and a photo of her slain nephew, Julian D. King, during the

first Julian D. King Gift Foundation Hatch Day celebration

at De La Salle Institute in Chicago.

Talking points

Tara Reid’swhirlwindweekendTara Reid’s romantic time-line on Twitter isawesome. On Saturday,the actress firstannounced that she wasengaged. Most media out-lets assumed her fiancewas Danish businessmanMichael Lillelund, whoReid had been datingsince last year. Two hourslater, she updated her sta-tus to read: “Just got mar-

ried in Greece. I love be-ing a wife.” But it turnsout Lillelund wasn’t thegroom after all. Reid hadto get on Twitter to clearit up: “His name is ZackKehayov” she wrote. Life& Style got their handson the wedding photo.“She can’t wait to getback and celebrate withher friends and family,”a friend tells the mag.Knowing Reid’s pastclothing malfunctions,let’s be thankful thenuptials didn’t turn into“niptials.”

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Witherspoon’swild side?Reese Witherspoon mightnot be such a good girl af-ter all. The actressshowed off her beachbody — and some newbody art — whilevacationing in Hawaii re-cently, according to UsWeekly. The bikini-cladOscar-winner was spottedbeachside with husbandJim Toth on Sunday sport-ing a large tattoo of a starflanked by two birdsprominently displayedon her abdomen.

Hudson uses herpower for good

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It’s time to write her off.

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Redcarpets,booksigningsandmore1: Soulja Boy, flanked by fans,performed at the mstyle LabConcert Tour at Macy’s on Sat-urday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

2: David Beckham took the per-fect date to VH1’s DoSomething Awards on Sunday— his son, Brooklyn.

3: Amy Poehler also attendedthe Do Something Awards andlooked lovely in yellow whiledoing so.

4: Jason Momoa, star of thenew “Conan The Barbarian,”popped up at the film’s Euro-pean premiere at the 02 ArenaSunday in London on Sunday.

5: Yes, she is now an author:Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi signedcopies of her book “A ShoreThing”at Barnes & Noble onSaturday in Paramus, N.J.

6: Ashley Tisdale and her newnose attended the Paley CenterFor Media’s “PaleyFest Family2011” on Saturday in BeverlyHills, Calif.

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‘Eyes Wide Open’Andrew Gross“Eyes Wide Open” provesthat you don’t need an CIAoperative/detective/politicalconspiracy to craft an unset-tling murder mystery. Grossdelves into the world ofcults, suicides and tragic fam-ily circumstances to weavethis thriller about a murder-ous hippie clan and a suspi-cious suicide by a youngman.

‘Robert Ludlum’s TheBourne Dominion’Eric Van LustbaderLustbader continues the

Bournefranchise (cre-ator RobertLudlum died in2001) in thisupdated series.In his latest,

“The Bourne Dominion,”Bourne tries to trust BorisKarpov, the head of Russia’smost feared spy agency, tohelp him track down a groupof terrorists.

‘Shut Your Eyes Tight’John VerdonVerdon burst onto thethriller scene last summer

with his debutnovel, “Thinkof a Number,”whichintroducedreaders toNYPD detective

Dave Gurney. In this sequel,set a year later, Gurney mustsolve the high-profilemurder of a young bridewho was killed at her ownwedding reception.

‘Spycatcher’Matthew DunnDunn isn’t just an author, healso happens to be an ex-M16 agent. In his debut novelof espionage and revenge,Dunn introduces a new char-acter by the name of Will

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‘Adrenaline’Jeff AbbottAbbott’s stylized prosemakes him a thriller writer

for people whodon’t necessar-ily love thegenre. “Adren-aline” followsex-CIA agentSam Capra who

must go rogue save his kid-napped wife (who also hap-pens to be a suspect in thebombing of the British head-quarters of the CIA) andchild.

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and Blaine has probablynever even been to SanFrancisco. I did an interviewen route to the bathroomonce. It was this very sort ofsurprised thing. I was sup-posed to be Blaine, but Ithink I was just Darren try-ing to get to the bathroom.”

In one especially humor-ous scene, Lea Michele’s Ra-chel character is told thather idol, Barbra Streisand, isin the audience, which ren-ders her speechless. Mi-chele admits real life isn’t

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A new concert film captures the cast touring America and Europe between seasons of the TV show

How they get in character for a live audience

Cast of ‘Glee’hits the road

The “Glee” kids rock out in concert for “Glee: The 3D Concert

Movie.” Read the full profile online at www.metro.us.

ADAM ROSE

For most television ac-tors, the months be-tween filming sea-sons of a show is a

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The Phils have transformed our cityinto a spawning ground for winners,so much so that we were voted thecapital of the sports world in arecent ESPN poll. The Phillies are the

best team in baseball, and the best in theirhistory. The Eagles arethe talk of football,suddenly hell-bent onwinning their firstchampionship in 51years. And the Flyersare crazed to end theirown 36-year drought.

We have thePhillies to thank forthis rebirth of spirit.Just when the otherteams seemed securein their contender status, the Phils askedmore from themselves, and we all held a pa-rade in 2008 to celebrate that new commit-ment. They made themselves so good, so cap-tivating, that the other teams have had nochoice but to try harder.

During their free-agency frenzy, theEagles have scoffed at the notion that theirnew aggressiveness was fueled by thePhillies. My follow-up question would be: Areyou human? The Birds owned this city for ageneration, and we’re supposed to believethey wouldn’t rebel at losing No. 1 status?

In this time of unprecedented triumph, we allshould stand and offer an ovation to the peo-ple who changed the culture. Rise together,please, and thank the Phillies — for our firsttitle in a quarter-century, and so much more.

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GIVING CREDIT

WHERE CREDIT

IS OVERDUE

ANGELOCATALDITHE VOICE OF THE PHILLY SPORTS FAN

President Joe Banner even had the audacitylast week to suggest that the Red Sox are amodel for the Eagles because his belovedhometown Bostonians “have a great team andthey still go out and get great players.” Youmean, like the Phillies acquiring Roy Halladay,Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and Hunter Pence?

There are windows at the NovaCareComplex, and the view shows that more fansthan ever are wearing red, not green. More ofus than ever are talking baseball, not football.The clamor for Phillies tickets is equal to orgreater than the demand for Eagles tickets.

And that’s why the Phillies deserve a showof our gratitude, for new Eagles like NnamdiAsomugha, Cullen Jenkins and Jason Babin. ForIlya Bryzgalov, Jaromir Jagr and all of the otherarrivals during the Flyers’ housecleaning. Anddon’t forget Joshua Harris, the soon-to-be own-er of the Sixers. After what the Phillies havedone here, who wouldn’t want to own one ofour city’s sports franchises?

In the three decades I have lived in thisamazing city, I have never experienced the joysof the past few months. Every day seems tobring a new victory for the Phillies, and newhope for at least one of the other teams. It isthe best time to be a Philadelphia sports fan.

That’s why I’m standing and applaudingwho made it possible. Thank you, Phillies.

– Angelo Cataldi is host of 610 WIP’s MorningShow, which airs weekdays 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Reid’sbiggestchallengeNow that the front officehas done everything itcan to build a champion,the next big question fac-ing the Eagles is not soeasily answered. Is thereany way Andy Reid canscrew this up?

The first hint that theremay be trouble aheadcame on the first drive ofthe preseason, when Reidchallenged a near-touch-down by Jason Avant.Right after Eagles Televi-sion Network flak DonTollefson chirped thatReid was in “midseasonchallenge form,” the refsruled that it was no catch.Midseason form, indeed.

Reid is abysmal at basic

elements of coaching —timeouts, challenges, andshort-yardage play-calls, toname a few. At the sametime, he’s among the bestat taking new players and

assimilating them into hissystem, a skill that willprove especially beneficialafter the roster shake-up.

Whether Reid’s abilityto make his new playerscomfortable willoutweigh his obviousshortcomings on the side-line remains to be seen.But he should know thatthe stakes are much high-er now than at any pointin his 13-year tenure.

If we know anythingabout the Eagles’hierarchy, it is that theyspend their money veryreluctantly. The first ques-tion they’re going to ask ifwe don’t have a parade iswho was most responsiblefor the failure. In short,Reid could be facing theend of his long reign. Andthat’s one decision Reidwon’t be able tochallenge.

Reid has a lot to prove,

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Idle thoughts from Cataldi ...1The guts and the glory.

Upon his induction into thePhillies Ring of Honor last Fri-day, John Kruk said somethingthat should be engraved on hisplaque. Asked about playerswho say Philadelphia is tootough on its athletes, hereplied: “To those people I say,you didn’t have the guts tosucceed here.”

2From Rex’s mouth to ourears. Rex Grossman is pre-

dicting that the WashingtonRedskins are going to shockthe world and win the NFCEast. Of course, this cannotpossibly happen as long as thestarting quarterback is a stiffnamed ... Rex Grossman.

3Like coach, like receiver.DeSean Jackson ended his

ridiculous holdout last weekand then held a news confer-ence for no apparent reason.He refused to answer almostevery question, brushing off allmajor issues by saying he was“not getting into all of that.”Andy Reid must have been veryproud.

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BlamingCharlieCharlie Manuel can’t pos-sibly stain his legacy asone of the most successfuland lovable managers inPhillies history by failingto win the World Seriesthis year. Or can he?

The same question being asked about AndyReid applies to Manuel,too. With a team this over-powering, is there anyway the manager canscrew it up? Yes, he can.He most definitely can.

Like Reid, Manuel is farmore talented behind theclosed doors of theclubhouse than he is dur-ing a game. Naysayerspoint to the bullpen or thebench as fatal flaws onthis amazing team. Pleaseallow me to add Manuel’sstrategic shortcomings.

Do I have to remindanyone that the Phillieswere a better team thanthe Giants last season?Have we conveniently for-gotten the way Manuelblew the pivotal Game 4by refusing to pitch RoyHalladay on three days’rest, or by failing to buntwith Jimmy Rollins?

Manuel manages withhis gut more than hishead, ignoring the ablecounsel of his benchcoach, Pete Mackanin.Manuel burns his benchor his bullpen too early. Tothis day, people close tothe team swear thatManuel won the title in2008 because he startedlistening to his topassistant, Jimy Williams.

The Phillies are theRolls Royce of baseball.Let’s just hope the chauf-feur doesn’t get lost onthe way to the parade.

and so does Manuel!

“The clamorfor Philliestickets is equalto or greaterthan thedemand forEagles tickets.”

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Heart of Texas

Stone honoredThe Texas Rangers

are erecting a statue

dedicated to the

memory of deceased

fan Shannon Stone.

Stone was killed

on July 7 when he

fell 25 feet while try-

ing to catch a foul

ball for his son.

The statue will be

titled, “Rangers

Fans” and placed at

the home plate en-

trance to Rangers

Ballpark before the

start of the 2012

season, according to

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Receiver wows in first practice with team Picks onSamuel in one-on-one drills Birds break camp todayDeSean Jackson showed upat Eagles training campand said he wouldn’t be adistraction.

Off the field, anyway. On the field, it’s pretty

hard not to be a distractionwhen you’re clearly thebest player on it. None ofthe Eagles’ trio of vauntedcornerbacks could keep upwith the electrifying Jack-son yesterday, as he put ona clinic in his first practicewith the team following abrief holdout.

“DeSean is a little dif-ferent from us regularpeople,” said Eagles offen-sive coordinator MartyMornhinweg. “DeSeancan, he’s just got such auniquely high level of tal-ent. He’s fast, he’s quick,he’s athletic, he’s smooth,he’s natural, he’s smart,he’s got all of those thingsand so he’s quite different.And he had fresh legs aswell.”

At one point, Jacksonwent up to Mornhinweg,

diagnosed the coverageand told the coach that hecould go deep, since safetyKurt Coleman was “squat-ting” on him.

“That was half a joke,but he did do that,” Morn-hinweg said.

No matter which cover-age the defense threw atJackson, he beat it. And itdidn’t matter if it wasNnamdi Asomugha, Do-minique Rodgers-Cromar-tie or Asante Samuel, hisfavorite victim. Jacksoncaught three would-be TDsagainst Samuel.

“We always have greatcompetition and we’ve gotsome great, great covermen on this football teamon the defensive side, so itonly makes both sides bet-ter,” Mornhinweg said.

The Eagles will hold anabbreviated workout to-day, then leave Lehigh.

Jackson caught three would-be touchdowns yesterday against Asante Samuel.

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Report: Maclin resultsrevealedThe mysterious illnessthat is ailing Eagles WRJeremy Maclin may berevealed today,according to a report inThe Sporting News.

His brother, Andre,

told the mag-azine that hisbrother is“fine” and heis confident”he’ll play thisseason.

Coach Andy Reidcould not be reached forcomment last night, buthe’s scheduled to addressthe media today. METRO MIKE GREGER

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Phillies sign topdraft pick Greene

Team rewards 39th selection with $1 million bonusHit 19 home runs, 52 RBIs Also played football

The Phillies agreed toterms yesterday with toppick Larry Greene. The 18-year-old received a $1 mil-lion bonus, per MLB.com.

Greene was the 39th se-lection in June’s amateurdraft. He hit .562 with 19homers and 52 RBIs thisseason for Berrien CountyHigh in Georgia. The 6-foot-1, 225-pounder alsoearned a football scholar-ship to Alabama.

Greene is a natural out-fielder, but may play firstbase at the big-league level.

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Greene donned the Phillies’ cap at June’s amateur draft.

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RAYAVADEE RESORT

Top ways to explore

Krabi A trip to the west coast of Thailand is amust when you visit the country Hereare the most exotic experiences you canhave And, yes, there will be monkeys

You can’t visit Thai-land without experi-encing the country’sincredible beaches.

And since flights and ferriesgo to Krabi daily, the resorttown is a perfect place foryou to bask in the beauty ofthe Andaman Sea for a fewdays before taking off forother must-see Thailanddestinations. We askedVeerasak Siburunang, gen-eral manager of the seclud-ed five-star Rayavadee Re-sort (nestled in the photoabove), for a few tips onhow to make sure your trip

to Krabi is an exotic one.

1. Kayak withmonkeysKayakthrough lushmangroveforests at TaLane NatureReserve. TaLane’s cliffs,caverns andgreen

“alleys” full of birds andcurious monkeys arewhere nature-loversshould spend a day. Greatfor kids, too.

2. Rise to new heights with arock-climbing lesson If you’re going to go rockclimbing, you might aswell do it in paradise. Ra-iay Beach is surrounded bymagnificent limestonecliffs, and climbinginstructors for all skill lev-els abound.

3. Have a candlelit dinner in a caveDon’t feel like climbing?Rayavadee’s Grotto restau-rant allows non-thrill seek-ers to enjoy dinner under asheer limestone cliff face

with views over PhranangBeach and Happy Island.

4. Take in the “view fromabove” at Tiger Cave TempleClimb the 1,000-plus stepsto the top platform of thislocal Buddhist pilgrimagesite built around a steepcliff formation and enjoystunning views over theplains below.

5. Get diving certification Take a three-day divecourse and explore thebeautiful coral reefs of Kra-bi’s underwater world —

for half the cost of certifica-tion in the U.S.

6. Experience Phranang Beach Consistently voted one ofthe world’s most beautifulbeaches, Phranang Beach’sclear waters are perfect fora dip, snorkeling, kayakingor just enjoying a stroll onthe soft, white sand. Thereis a shrine to a localprincess in a cave at oneend of the beach, which isdefinitely worth a visit fora bit of insight into localbeliefs.

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Boat it!Krabi is world-famousfor its water. A must-see is Phi Phi Island,which has the mostexquisite turquoisewater and white-sandbeaches, madefamous in the movie“The Beach” withLeonardo DiCaprio.There are full-dayguided excursions viaspeedboats. You canalso take a romanticcruise along Krabi’smagnificent coastlineaboard an antiqueSiamese junk boat.Rayavadee’s 100-year-old Siamese junk, thePla Luang (above), isone of only a few ofthese vessels remain-ing in the area.

On the water

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– Go to www.fodors.com for more expert travel tips.

Fodor’s. For choice travel experiences.

Massachusetts: Chatham, Cape Cod

The 2,500-acre MonomoyIslands (now MonomoyNational Wildlife Refuge),a fragile, 9-mile barrier-beach area south ofChatham that is accessibleonly by boat, is ahaven for bird-watchers andan importantstop alongthe North At-lantic Flywayfor migratorywaterfowl andshorebirds.

Virginia: Chincoteague Island

AlthoughChincoteague Nation-al Wildlife Refuge ismost famous for thesmall, shaggy, wildhorses (adamantlycalled “ponies” by thepublic) that roam

freely along thebeaches and roads,this stunning area isalso worth getting

to know for its wild-land, wildlife, and forsimply enjoying a pris-tine oceansideenvironment.

North Carolina: Cape Lookout

National Seashore

Extending for 55 milesfrom Portsmouth Island toShackleford Banks, CapeLookout National Seashoreincludes 28,400 acres ofuninhabited land andmarsh. The remote, sandyislands are linked to themainland by privateferries. Loggerhead seaturtles, which have beenplaced on the federal listof threatened and endan-gered species, nest here.

South Carolina: Hunting Island

Secluded HuntingIsland State Park hasabout 3 miles of publicbeaches — somedramatically and beau-tifully eroding. It har-bors 5,000 acres of raremaritime forests.Nonetheless, the lightsands decorated withdriftwood and the raw,subtropical vegetationare breathtaking. Strollthe 1,300-foot fishingpier, among thelongest on the EastCoast, or you can gofishing or crabbing.

Georgia: Sapelo Island

Reachable only by boat,reservations are requiredfor a tour or lodging tobook the ferry. SapeloIsland is home to theGeechee, directdescendants of Africanslaves who speak a creoleof English and variousAfrican languages. Thisrapidly dwindling commu-nity maintains many tradi-tional African practices,including the making ofsweetgrass baskets and theuse of herbal medicinesmade from recipes passeddown for generations.

Secretbeachesof theEastCoast

We’ve got thebest bets for themost blissfullyuncrowdedstretches of sand fromMassachusetts to South Carolina

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