PHILA. WAS BUZZING yesterday as a major conference opened at Convention

Center for Marcellus Shale energy companies. Outside, thousands of demonstra-

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Summit at School District Bldg.

Main Audit., 440 N. Broad St. to

fight for additional federal and

State funding, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. For

info Dr. Churchville (215) 848-

8511 or Mr. Adams (215) 397-

2734.

Sep. 10-

Billy Meehan Clambake at

Cannstatter Volksfest Verein, 9130

Academy Rd., 4-8 p.m. $100 per

person. For info Carmella (215)

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Sep. 10-

Jobs with Justice and DC 47 Presi-

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hold Sustainer Soiree in Sir Francis

Rm. at The Drake, 1512 Spruce St.,

7 p.m.-12 a.m.

Sep. 11- Phila. Firefighters Union Local 22and Penn Treaty Special ServicesDist. invite all to attend unveilingof “All the Heroes of 9/11” Memo-rial at Local 22 Union Headquar-ters, 5th & Willow, 1 p.m.Sep. 11-

Swimming Pool Party Fundraiserfor GOP Traffic Court Judge can-didate Lewis Harris, Jr. at 6824Greenway Ave., 3-8 p.m. For info(215) 469-4648.Sep. 15-

Senior Fair sponsored by StateRep. Brendan F. Boyle at KleinJCC, 1100 Jamison Ave., 11 a.m.-2p.m. For info (215) 342-1700.Sep. 15-

President John McNesby and FOPLodge 5 host City Council candi-dates at 1336 Spring Garden St.,5:30 p.m. By invitation.Sep. 15-

Mario Lanza Institute & Museumwill be beneficiary of 3-tenor con-cert featuring Viktor Antipenko,Luigi Boccia and Maurice El Zeinat Settlement Music Sch., 416Queen St., 7 p.m. Ticket $25. Forinfo (215) 238-9691.

Sep. 16-

11th Ward Fish Fry at Lou &Choo’s, 21st & Hunting Pk. Ave., 5-9 p.m. Tickets $10. For info V.Tutie Edwards (215) 228-3134.

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Fundraiser for Bill Rubin, Democ-rat candidate for City Council 10th

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By overwhelming margins, New

Yorkers and Americans in general

are not allowing concerns about

terrorism to control their lives, but

58% of New York City voters,

54% of New Jersey voters and

49% of voters nationwide believe

“another terrorist attack in New

York City, causing large numbers

of lives to be lost,” is very likely

or somewhat likely, according to

results of three Quinnipiac Univer-

sity polls released today. The polls

compare attitudes among New

Yorkers, New Jersey residents and

voters nationwide.

A total of 36% of American voters

are “very worried” or “somewhat

worried” about another terrorist at-

tack somewhere in the US in the

next few months, the independent

Quinnipiac University poll finds.

This is down from 62% in an Aug.

29, 2006, survey, just before the

fifth anniversary of 9/11.

Despite these concerns, 78% of

American voters, 76% of New Jer-

sey voters and 70% of New York

City voters say their family is

going about day-to-day life as

usual.

“Across the nation, fears of an-

other 9/11 have faded a lot. At

Ground Zero, New Yorkers are

still worried,” said Maurice Car-

roll, director of the Quinnipiac

University Polling Institute. “New

Yorkers were the terrorist target on

9/11 and they’re more fearful –

more than their New Jersey neigh-

bors, more than the nation as a

whole – that it might happen

again.”

Overwhelmingly, though – if a

shade less in New York City than

elsewhere – it’s life as usual.

Historians will consider the 9/11

attack more significant than the

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,

New York City voters say 45-32%.

Men say 44-34% Pearl Harbor is

more significant, but women point

54-23% to 9/11. Voters nationwide

tip to Pearl Harbor 45-43%, with

women citing 9/11 50-36% and

men pointing to Pearl Harbor 55-

35%.

In an open-ended question, allow-

ing for any answer, 14% of Ameri-

can voters list New York as the US

city they would most like to visit,

followed by Washington at 7%.

New York was at 13% in a Dec.

10, 2001, Quinnipiac University

poll.

New York is safer since the 9/11

attacks, 31% of American voters

say, while 57% say it is about as

safe and 8% say less safe. Since

the attacks, 14% of voters nation-

wide say they are more likely to

visit New York, with 15% less

likely and 67% about as likely.

Since 9/11, 19% of Americans are

less likely to travel by plane, while

9% are more likely and 69% are

about as likely. There is almost no

gender gap.

The Quinnipiac University Poll,

directed by Douglas Schwartz,

PhD, conducts public opinion sur-

veys in Pennsylvania, New York,

New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida,

Ohio, Virginia and the nation as a

public service and for research.

Marcellus Shale Con-

ference Draws Thou-

sands For, Against

Gas DrillingPhiladelphia is getting its first taste

of big natural-gas business as the

major players in development of

the huge Marcellus Shale play at-

tend a two-day conference, Shale

Gas Insights, at the Convention

Center.

Gov. Tom Corbett addressed the

body, as did two of his predeces-

sors, Ed Rendell and Tom Ridge.

His Lieutenant Governor, Jim

Cawley, who chaired the Marcel-

lus Shale Advisory Commission

which evaluated regulations for the

new drilling technology, also de-

livered remarks.

Trooping to the affair were the

leaders of most of the companies

and industry bodies involved in

Marcellus Shale exploitation, in-

cluding J. Brett Harvey, CEO of

CONSOL Energy Inc.; Christo-

pher A. Helms, executive VP of

NiSource Gas Transmission &

Storage; Aubrey K. McClendon,

CEO of Chesapeake Energy; John

H. Pinkerton, CEO of Range Re-

Despite Expectations Of More Terrorist

Attacks, It’s Life As Usual For Most

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sources; Paul Smith, executive VP

of Talisman Energy; and John P.

Surma, CEO of United States Steel

Corp.

Public relations, legal and finan-

cial professionals have led panel

and roundtable discussions on how

to address the opportunities and

challenges posed by shale develop-

ment. The convention has also

been an exhibition gallery show-

casing the industry’s foremost

companies, products and services,

as well as the Innovation Expo,

featuring breakthrough technolo-

gies in the natural gas industry.

The Marcellus Shale Coalition, an

industry group which organized

the convention, promised “numer-

ous networking opportunities” as

well.

Other networkers gathered by the

hundreds outside the Convention

Center to protest the rapid devel-

opment of the Marcellus Shale.

Public-health and environmental

advocates led by the groups Food

& Water Watch, Protecting our

Waters, United for Action and the

Delaware Riverkeeper Network

came together to denounce hy-

draulic fracturing in an event they

call Shale Gas Outrage. A spirited

1,000-person march wound

through Center City, shouting at

the EPA to crack down on the

fracking industry and concluding

at Corbett’s Southeastern Pennsyl-

vania office.

The economic promise of fracking

is in question following a USGS

analysis that forced the US Dept.

of Energy to lower its estimated

reserves of gas in the Marcellus

Shale by 80%. In August, New

York State Attorney General Eric

Schneiderman sent subpoenas to

Range Resources, Cabot Oil &

Gas, Goodrich Petroleum and

Chesapeake Energy, four of the na-

tion’s largest energy companies, to

determine if they are overstating

their natural-gas production. This

followed a New York Times inves-

tigation, which maintained the in-

dustry is over-predicting gas

forecasts. Activist crowd of 1,500

confronts Marcellus Shale indus-

try.

Numerous anti-fracking presenta-

tions have been held across

Philadelphia yesterday and today

in what amounts to a “shadow con-

vention” for the other side in the

Marcellus Shale debate.

Center City District

Restaurant Week Be-

gins Monday

It’s that time of the year when

restaurants offer marked down din-

ners. Under the auspices of the

Center City District, the celebra-

tion continues for two weeks: Sep.

12-16 and Sep. 18-23! This fall’s

Restaurant Week promises to be

more exciting than ever – and

green!

It’s not too late to make a reserva-

tion for three-course meals for $35

in 119 restaurants and three-course

lunches for just $20 in 51 of these

eateries. (Prices do not include tax,

alcohol and gratuity.)

Beginning Monday, the first day of

Restaurant Week, you’ll find more

than a dozen seasonal recipes and

other useful cooking information

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on the go! Center City District

Restaurant Week Presented by TD

Bank now has a mobile website,

which makes it even easier to find

a restaurant, see the menu and

make reservations right from your

phone. Find it at http://m.centerci-

typhila.org.

SEPTA Celebrates Renovated Historic

Queen Lane Station

SEPTA officially marked the end

of an award-winning renovation

project at its Queen Lane Regional

Rail station with a ribbon cutting

ceremony. SEPTA General Mgr.

Joseph Casey, elected officials and

community leaders celebrated the

improvements made to the historic

station, which serves SEPTA’s

Chestnut Hill West Line.

“Queen Lane Station has held an

important place in its community

for more than 125 years,” said

Casey. “This renovation project

has incorporated modern amenities

while restoring the station’s 19th-

century character.”

Queen Lane Station dates to 1885

and was designed by W. Bleddyn

Powell, renowned Pennsylvania

Railroad architect and the third ar-

chitect of Philadelphia’s City Hall.

The 15-month improvement proj-

ect at Queen Lane cost almost $4.1

million and included restoration of

the existing station building’s exte-

rior, pedestrian bridge and passen-

ger shelters; refurbishing

station-building porch; renewing

platform surfaces; constructing

new concrete stairs; installing new

lighting, signage, landscaping,

benches and trash receptacles; and

resurfacing the outbound parking

lot.

The Queen Lane renovations,

along with historical reconstruc-

tion projects completed at

SEPTA’s Allen Lane, Clifton-

Aldan, Folcroft, Morton and North

Wales Regional Rail stations,

earned SEPTA a 2011 Preservation

Achievement Award from the

Preservation Alliance for Greater

Philadelphia.

“In these improvement and mod-

ernization projects we worked

hard to preserve the stations’ his-

torical integrity while updating the

facilities’ technology and passen-

ger amenities,” said Casey. “The

recognition received from the

Preservation Alliance is a tribute to

the dedication of SEPTA’s Capital

Construction Department and our

contractors to ensure that, once the

projects were completed, we

would offer our passengers the

best of the past and the future.”

City Wins 2nd Straight Technical Award

Emerging from a pool of more

than 20 local governments, the

City of Philadelphia has been se-

lected to receive another year of

intensive technical assistance from

Code for America Fellows, thanks

in part to support from the John S.

& James L. Knight Foundation.

Based on Teach for America, the

program recruits the top talent

from the technology industry to

give a year of service to build in-

novative web applications that

make city governments more open,

participatory and efficient.

Through a competitive process,

Code for America chooses cities

whose proposals reflect a deep un-

derstanding of the power that tech-

nology can bring to local

governments. Philadelphia was se-

lected for the inaugural 2011 pro-

gram. Its selection for a second

year demonstrates the deep and

productive partnership between the

City and Code for America.

“Selection by Code for America

for a second straight year is evi-

dence that Philadelphia is at the

forefront of the movement towards

more open, transparent and partici-

patory urban governance,” said

Mayor Michael A. Nutter. “We

look forward to a second year of

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collaboration with Code for Amer-

ica as we deploy powerful, sophis-

ticated Internet-based social media

tools that make it easier for citi-

zens to get things done in their

neighborhoods.”

Knight Foundation supported the

2011 engagement and will fund the

2012 project as part of its Technol-

ogy for Engagement Initiative,

which supports projects that help

communities use technology for

action.

“Code for America is empowering

a greater number of citizens to par-

ticipate more deeply in local is-

sues. We’re looking forward to

seeing how the fellows help bring

new voices from Philadelphia’s

neighborhoods to decision making

in the city,” said Donna Frisby-

Greenwood, Philadelphia program

director for Knight Foundation,

which promotes informed and en-

gaged communities.

“Philadelphia has been one of our

strongest partners, both inside and

outside City Hall,” said Jennifer

Pahlka, founder and executive di-

rector of Code for America. “With

the support of Knight Foundation,

we are able to work with the city

on our first multiyear engagement,

and we expect that to pay divi-

dends for the citizens of Philadel-

phia.”

In 2012, the Code for America fel-

lows in Philadelphia will build on

top of the neighborhood project

platform, Change By Us, which

CfA and Local Projects are deploy-

ing in 2011. Change By Us enables

citizens to share ideas on how to

strengthen their communities, and

then connect with each other to

turn those ideas into action.

In 2011, the Code for America fel-

lows conducted on-the-ground re-

search, connecting with

neighborhood groups, learning

about the needs of civic leaders

and customizing the platform to

meet the needs of Philadelphians.

Throughout the year, they have

met with hundreds of local leaders,

both inside and outside City Hall,

hosted events to generate interest

in the program, and have built

multiple “apps” for Philadelphia,

such as tools to explore public art,

track City Council meetings, find

community groups and understand

the impact of transportation

choices.

Later this year, they will launch

Change by Us in the city. Deploy-

ing the application, however, is

just the first step in using the tool

to enhance civic innovation and

participation.

The 2012 fellows will analyze the

ways Change By Us is being used,

understand the current users - their

successes, needs and goals – and

further develop the platform. De-

velopment goals include recruiting

new users and extending the tool’s

features in response to feedback

from the community of users. For

example, there could be an oppor-

tunity for crowd-funding projects

to facilitate their implementation,

or creating a Request for Proposal

wizard so community groups can

collectively contract with busi-

nesses to get work done.

Following a user-centric and data-

driven approach, 2012 Philadel-

phia fellows will be helping

Change By Us meet the evolving

needs of the community and mak-

ing it a more effective tool for

civic action. Learn more here:

http://codeforamerica.org/philadel-

phia2012.

The 2012 Code for America

Philadelphia fellows will begin

their fellowship in January 2012,

and will be spending the month of

February in Philadelphia, inter-

viewing civic leaders. Throughout

the year, they will be based in San

Francisco, with the other 20-25

CfA fellows, working together and

collaborating, with frequent visits

back to the city for research, test-

ing and deployment.

Code for America connects the tal-

ent of the tech industry with local

governments to make cities more

open, responsive, and efficient. In-

spired in part by Teach for Amer-

ica, CfA recruits civic-minded,

tech-savvy individuals to work

with industry and governmental

leaders to develop innovative ap-

plications that can be used in cities

across the country. More at

http://codeforamerica.org.