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B eware the hypnotic, trance-inducing, mind-melting powers of Councilman Wilson Goode Jr., which were in full, terrifying effect at a daylong hearing in City Council chambers Tuesday.

The subject at hand: a bill, introduced by Councilmembers Bill

Green Jr. and Maria Quiñones-Sanchez,which would restruc-ture the city’s business taxes,eliminating the net income (profit) tax paid by Philly-based businesses and increasing the “gross receipts” portion of the tax paid by all companies that do business in Philly. The bill also exempts the first 100,000 of gross receipts — a concession aimed at small businesses. Even the city administra-tion, which opposes the bill, acknowledges that as many as 32,497 Philly-based businesses would become exempt from the tax under the proposed change.

Goode, however, would have none of it. The councilman, who vehemently opposes the bill, let his feelings be known in such force that you could practically hear the crashing of giant gongs as witnesses invited to testify against it were rendered nearly speech-less — just how Goode wanted them:

Testimony of accountant John Kostenbauder:Goode: There are small businesses that would have their taxes

raised and small businesses that would have their taxes decreased. Is that correct?

Kostenbauder: My analysis was there were more savings than costs. Goode: That’s not what I asked. The question I asked was, there

are winners and losers among small businesses — is that true?Kostenbauder: That’s true. Gong!Testimony of car dealer Anthony Tigano:Goode: Should there be winners and losers? In terms of busi-

ness taxation?Tigano: I believe the way the system is set up is currently unfair.

I think firms set outside the city …Goode: My question is, should there be winners and losers? Tigano: I’m answering your question: The present system is unfair —Goode: I have a second question, as well.Tigano: OK … I was just trying to answer your first question.

Goode: I’m going to ask you my sec-ond question. Do you support the land value tax?

Tigano: Uh … I’m trying to answer a question on the [business tax]

Goode: When we consider tax struc-ture we do not do it in isolation. Gong!

Testimony of City Controller:Goode: There are small businesses that would pay more, small

businesses that would pay less ... large businesses that would pay more, large businesses that would pay less ...Philly businesses that would pay more, and Philly businesses that would pay less. … Gong!

—Isaiah Thompson

BLACKJACKOur recent cover story detailing a sunrise-to-sunrise vigil at SugarHouse Casino,“24-Hour Party People,” contained a brief

AMILLIONSTORIES Meet the Mindflayer

mention that one of CP’s reporters — this one, in fact — not only blew through his com-pany-allotted $50 gambling stipend but also lost an additional $20 of his own money. Not mentioned was the game on which he lost it: the Shuffle Master blackjack table, a video console in which up to five players compete against one of four virtual (and buxom) dealers in blackjack. The loss, at the time, was chalked up to simple bad luck.

But since then, CP has become aware of a startling fact: Shuffle Master blackjack is not, in fact, blackjack: Indeed, confirms the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board,it is “a slot machine.”

The difference is downright existential. Though the game appears to offer a chance to exercise free will, that will is largely illu-sory: In real blackjack, skill makes a big dif-ference; but Shuffle Master, by law, allows only a small element of human skill.

Unlike actual blackjack, the exercise of skill, acknowledges state director of gam-ing lab operations Michael Cruz, probably accounts for about a 1 percent to 2 percent difference in the average payout over time on a Shuffle Master: “With real blackjack, if you can count cards, if you know perfect strategy,

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Blackjackis … a slot machine!

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[ is perpetually down 20 bucks ]

[ +4] Philadelphians boo as the small wrecking ball used to begin the demolition of the Spectrum bounces off. We are a compli-cated people.

[0 ] According to a new study, sandwich and takeout shops in Center City are being replaced by fancier restaurants at a rate of one per month since 2006. Let’s do this, calculator-watch … Heavens! That’s like 48 fancy restaurants!

[ +3] According to City Controller Alan Butkovitz, fewer Philadelphians are having their houses foreclosed on than other cities in the country. Philadelphia, home of the white-knuckled squatter.

[ +1] Old City residents protest plans to build a new condo/hotel/restaurant complex at Fourth and Race. Which might explain this Craigslist posting: NEEDED: Historical arti fact (dinosaur bone? remains of slave dwelling?) for use as construction delay tactic. Must be D/D free, BBW OK, NSA.

[ -2 ] Police charge a Germantown man with burn-ing down his girlfriend’s Nicetown house after an argument. Police also declare the man the winner of that argument.

[0 ] Authorities close a part of Market Street after finding a tube containing blue liquid, later deemed to be harmless. “Our bad,” says Tampax.

[ +3] PGW announces reduced rates for the next three months. If we paid our gas bills, we’d be very happy about this news.

[ +4] A proposed tax would target businesses outside the city, and reduce taxes for Philly businesses making less than $100,000. Also if you see somebody from the suburbs eating a sandwich you can ask for that sandwich and they have to give it to you.

[0 ] Friends throw a surprise party for Arlen Specter at Prime Rib. Then, with like 10 min utes left, Specter switches to a party in the next room because he heard there was free pudding.

[ +1] Danny Bonaduce marries his girlfriend, who says she was a fan of his reality show. She also enjoys conversation, sunsets and long orange turds on the beach.

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you can actually tilt the odds in your favor,” says Cruz. “You really couldn’t do that with [Shuffle Master].”

For all the nuances of standing, hitting or doubling down on a play, the game is mathematically pretty close to yanking on the ol’ one-armed bandit.

This means that Shuffle Master blackjack isn’t just slightly different from the real game. Gambling expert Michael “The

Wizard” Shackleford recently calculated the casino’s advan-tage in blackjack — real blackjack, that is — under current Pennsylvania laws, at just 0.4 percent.

Slot machines, however, are allowed to hold back as much as 15 per-cent per bet. Not only is skill worthless, but the odds are much worse.

How useful is any of this to the average casino-goer? Oh, about a minimum $20 a play’s worth, we’d say. —Isaiah Thompson

PAPER FIGHTThe Public Record, a particularly unique rag published by former Councilman — and author of Going to Prison?, an account of lessons learned from his 1991 sentence for racketeering and mail fraud — Jimmy Tayoun,has long been critical of city watchdog and non-profit the Committee of Seventy. In July, for example, Tayoun called Seventy a “propaganda force” for various private interests (the Record itself has a healthy readership among the Teamsters,who oppose many of Seventy’s reform proposals). That accusation was more hot air than hard data. But about two weeks ago, the

Record launched a full-out assault on Seventy using cold, hard facts.So it seemed, anyway. In an article titled “Committee of 70 Flunks

Nonprofit Smell Test,” reporter Tony West wrote that the political watchdog “fails to meet standards of basic transparency and trust-worthiness commonly used by raters of nonprofit organizations.”

Citing numbers purportedly from the Pennsylvania Department of State, the article said that Seventy had spent 61 percent of its budget on programming, 15 percent on administrative costs and 12 percent on fundraising in 2008. This is troubling (and not just because those numbers don’t add up to 100), but because, West noted, “the Better Business Bureau’s Standards for Charitable Accountability state a nonprofit should spend at least 65 percent of its total expenses on program activities.”

The numbers weren’t wildly far from the BBB’s standards any-way, but maybe he had a point: Watchdogs should be model non-profit citizens.

But when CP placed a call to the Department of State, the Record turned out to be wrong. According to state data, in 2008, Seventy spent 69 percent of its expenses on programming, 17 percent on administrative costs and 14 percent on fundraising. In other words, it passed the Better Business Bureau test. In 2009, in fact, the watchdog passed with flying colors: 78 percent of its expenses went to programming, 9 percent to administrative costs and 13 percent were for fundraising. Why the discrepancy?

“I was just reading off the state website,” says West. “I have no idea how they come up with those numbers. Maybe they got it wrong.”

“There are only so many hours I can put into the story,” he adds.—Holly Otterbein

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the same. The Scouts had been served their evictions. The Scouts had until mid-2008 to accept gays or get out.

But three days before that deadline, they chose another option: They sued the city instead.

\\THE CITY WHAT HAPPENED next is well-known: The city lost, and lost bad, opening itself up to potentially having to pay $1 million of the Scouts’ legalfees. But all but unknown to the public were the details of the case and the surprising drama that unfolded behind the thick courtroom doors.

The city, one could argue, had arrived in court less with sword in hand than with prod in butt. In the midst of the Great Recession, it was now defending a legal case, the merits of which its own lawyers had long doubted.

Maybe that’s why, as critics charge, the city didn’t put up much of a fight as the Scouts proceeded to clobber it.

While lawyers at Drinker, Biddle & Reath were busy subpoenaing every e-mail between the Working Group and the city solicitor’s office and amassing a multi-pound folder of evidence, city lawyers, now led by cur-rent solicitor Shelley Smith, offered the court exactly four exhibits over the course of the entire trial: all pub-licly and readily available, and none subpoenaed.

The CLC gave the jury a show, calling to the stand Scouts who had become judges and political candidates, and detailing the 50,000 hours of community service pro-vided by the Scouts — “Ask yourself,” said Scouts lawyer Jason Gosselin, “Who’s subsidizing who?”

The Scouts even used city witness Lattera, the very member they’d encouraged to come out as gay and then banished, to testify favorably: “I still love the organi-zation,” he told the court. “I’ll never feel any kind of resentment or anything like that toward the Scouting organization.”

Conversely, the city presented its four exhibits and its simple, and perhaps somewhat uninspiring, argument: As owner of the property, it could end the relationship with the Scouts whenever it wanted, period.

When, early in the trial, it came out that Judge Ronald Buckwalter had served on a local Scout council, the city waived its right to request a new judge.

The Working Group, furious, felt the city was botching the case.

“The things that they didn’t do — these aren’t subtle things that reasonable minds can differ on,” says one member, who wished to remain anonymous. “They’re either incompetent or they don’t care.”

The group began privately demanding the city out-source the case to a private attorney. And, amazingly, it did, handing the case to David Smith of Schnaeder, Harrison, Seagul & Lewis, who took it pro bono. By then, the period of discovery was already over. Smith peti-tioned Buckwalter to reopen it, but the judge refused.

Did the city, as some members of the Working Group charge, simply throw its hands up when it came to defend-ing its own eviction of the Scouts? Did the administration privately determine that the Scouts case was simply not winnable, and therefore not worth much trouble? Or did

the city try, and lose, fair and square? It’s hard to say. Most city officials contacted for this story

declined to comment. David Smith, who took on the case later, declined to comment, as well. Asked why the city had suddenly turned the case over to him, City Solicitor Smith says only that, “At some point, we decided that we wanted to try a different strategy.”

In any case, the city lost, the jury ruling in favor of the Scouts on most counts. After 10 years of fighting, almost nothing had changed.

\\ENDGAME?IT’S PROBABLY FAIR to say that by this November, no one was particularly happy with how the Scouts saga had played out (winning in court, after all, didn’t necessarily help the Scouts’ relation-ship with the city or its charitable benefactors).

But then, two weeks ago, a light appeared at the end of this 10-year tunnel — and, just as quickly, seemed to vanish.

On Nov. 17 , Smith announced that a settlement had been reached: The city would sell the Scouts’ building to

them for $500,000 — about half of its estimated value — and, in return, the Scouts would not ask that the city recompense it the $1 million in legal fees incurred from the trial.

“What we have on the table is a win-win situation,” said Smith in a statement, adding that the City Council ordinance needed to authorize the building’s sale would be introduced the following day in City Council.

Except that it wasn’t. The next morning in Council, Darrell Clarke, in whose district the building sits, didn’t introduce the bill. After the meeting, he told the Daily News that he hadn’t been involved in the settlement talks, and neither had representatives of the gay commu-nity or the residents of the Logan Square neighborhood. And until they were, there was no deal.

“I think there have been some premature comments made by various parties,” Clarke told reporters. “Right now, I’m not prepared to introduce anything.”

Huh? What had happened?

After all, the settlement received a note of approval from many, if not most, corners: The Daily News wrote an edito-rial in cautious support of it. The Logan Square Neighbors Association is behind it, too, so long as the Scouts don’t flip the building to a developer. And the Scouts appear to be more interested in making long-term peace than short-term moolah.

Someone had gummed up the works — but who?There’s one group so far that’s come out as anything but

happy with the proposed settlement: the Working Group.“It capitulates to the Scouts,” says Andy Chirls, a

Working Group member. “The price is not right. It’s a giveaway.”

The Working Group argues that a onetime payment of $500,000 is much less than the $200,000-per-year the city asked for back in 2007. And besides, says Chirls, “Once you get past the giveaway, the question is: Is there a right price? The Scouts have avowed to discrimi-nate in that building. And the answer is, the city ought to appeal.”

For Chirls, and other members of the Working Group interviewed, the fight against the Scouts is, ultimately, not just a matter of practicality: It’s a symbolic battle against discrimination and injustice — it’s the good fight, and that’s why the city should fight it.

For the moment, everyone appears to be right back where they were: The Scouts are angling for a favorable escape from this uncomfortable spotlight; the Working Group still wants to duke it out with them; and the vari-ous forces of city government appear, again, trapped ner-vously between the two.

How many share the Working Group’s gusto for the fight simply isn’t clear. Efforts to speak with other gay leaders yielded few responses, and the Working Group seems to have a monopoly over public gay sentiment (Philadelphia Gay News publisher Mark Segal, for example, told City Paper, “I believe that there’s a group of people who have been working on this” — the Working Group — “and I would bow to their judgment.”) The city, which just announced the settlement, is suddenly mum about it. The mayor’s spokesman, Mark McDonald, said, “Other parties have revealed details, we’re just not com-menting on any of that. We respect the process of nego-tiation.” Clarke, city lawyers and the Scouts declined to comment at all.

Asked whether he had direct involvement in changing Clarke’s mind, Chirls says no, and that Working Group members were not part of settlement talks.

But on Nov. 11 — six days before the city announced the settlement — the Philadelphia Gay News published a piece detailing the settlement as it was in the works. The reporter, Timothy Cwiek, didn’t disclose who had alerted him to the settlement in the first place (it wasn’t in the news). He wrote that Mayor Michael Nutter’s office “had no comment,” Clarke’s office “had no com-ment,” and the Boy Scouts “declined to comment.” In fact, the only person quoted was Chirls, saying, “This is some-thing that everybody has to look at skeptically.”

Had the Working Group leaked the story, hoping to pull the rug out from under Clarke and therefore disrupt a deal they don’t support?

“I don’t really know how the Gay News got it,” says Chirls.([email protected])

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CAFÉ ESTELLE

Open your mouth and say awww: Shannon Collins’ “Say Hello

to my Little Friends” — a series of sweetly painted animals sur-rounded by their favorite snacks — returns to Café Estelle for a final hurrah before Collins boxes up her buddies for good. The critters, originally floating with their food on brightly painted cross sections of trees, have spent time exhibiting at the Philadelphia International Airport and, in various incarnations (think buttons and pocket mir-rors), at Urban Outfitters stores all over the country. So why is the Philly-based multimedia artist/creature-keeper calling it quits on her little friends? “I’d like to move on to my upcoming project, which will involve illustrating dreams on a weekly basis for the span of an entire year,” says Collins, who’ll dream-draw on old vintage pillow-cases, stretching them out as canvases. She’ll be asking folks to sub-mit their R.E.M. reveries on her website, too, “so I won’t just be illus-trating my own.” Thinking about contributing? You better sleep on it. Opening reception Fri., Dec. 3, 6-9 p.m., free, through Jan. 31, 2011, Café Estelle, 444 N. Fourth St., 215-925-5080, youwannatalkjive.com.

LITTLE BERLIN

This little gallery’s growing up quick, but it needs help flapping its fledgling wings. Little Berlin, the teeny Kenzo collective that could, is moving to an “extremely raw” space at Viking Mill, a historic 1890s

textile mill-turned-artist-space a few blocks away, and organizers hope the second annual Art Dash will help alleviate some of the gallery’s financial growing pains. For the past month, Little Berlin’s been gathering donated pieces of art — anything from zines and drawings to sculptures and original pieces of clothing — for First Friday’s Dash, which involves a free-for-all for any art appreciator with $25 .The scramble’s first-come, first-served, so don’t be fashion-ably late — and don’t forget your running shoes. Fri., Dec. 3, 6-11 p.m., $25, Little Berlin, 119 W. Montgomery Ave., littleberlin.org/artdash.

AND THEN THERE’S …

The New Kensington Community Development Corp.’s annual Fishtown/Kensington

Holiday Walk smartly coin-cides with First Friday, and more than 20 merchants, gal-leries and artist studios are participating (not to mention 60-plus vendors selling their

wares at F&N Gallery). Among them: Part Time Studios,whose “Small Jawns” group show features works from up-and-coming Philly artists, all for sale for less than $150; Proximity Gallery,this month featuring gorgeous new cartographic collages by Marie DesMarais; Two Percent to Glory, purveyor of all things weird and vintage; brand-new kid on block Black Vulture Gallery; and many more. Get out your wallets, but leave your carbon footprint at home. Fri., Dec. 3, 6-9 p.m., free, Frankford and Girard avenues, frankfordavearts.org.

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YOU HAVEN’T HEARD fromBurning Brides’Dimitri Coats since 1999? That’s OK. Philly’s dark-eyed rawk-stah is in a punk supergroup, Off! with Steven McDonald (of Redd Kross), and Keith Morris (of the Circle Jerks and Black Flag; he’s also a bobblehead now, courtesy Phoenixville’s Clint Weiler’s Aggronautix). Off! dropped a Vice label 4 EP box before Thanksgiving. What does their pedi-gree have that Brides didn’t? “Two more penises and the first Black Flag singer,” says Coats. “Pound for pound, I think we have more hair, too. And we have way shorter songs. Finally, no one has to listen to me sing.” He misses his old friends and haunts. “Philly’s changed from what I hear but Record Exchangeis still around which is one of the reasons [real-life bride] Melanie and I moved there in the first place — that and the orgy scene.” In celebration of the Germantown-shot Night Catches Us’ national rollout, Philly director Tanya Hamiltonhosts a Dec. 5lunch and screening at AMC Loews Cherry Hill (meetup.com/reelblack). With all the back ’n’ forth checking on Mike Stollenwerk’s Fathom Seafood House (200 E. Girard at Shackamaxon, looks like it’ll open in days, YAY), I finally hit its neigh-bor The Soup Bar, the literal hot spot serving 100 varieties of broth. Anything with barley is a party on Girard. Jammers and open mic jazz-bos take note: Bossa-jazz chanteuse Dena Mirandaand her ensemble do their own showcase, welcome sit-ins and open the finale of their Swingin’ Affair to all players every first Monday of every month (starts Dec. 6) at National Mechanics. Meanwhile, third Wednesdays at Tritone (starting Dec. 15) are calledAvant Ascension,wherein trombonist Larry Toft and sax-man Dan Peterson do their thing then open-jam-sesame to all. Legendary magazine/smoke shop Paper Moon is shining again at 520 S. Fourth St. “It won’t be a full moon for about two weeks because the magazine distributor misplaced my paperwork,” says Bill Curry.“But I have great greeting cards and my lending library’s operating.”

Newtown-based writer/actress Tatiana Bachus’St. Lewis Productions has a show it’s pushing to the networks called Life with Alicia. Look for web-isodes to feature Vivica A. Fox. Talk about nu-Philebutantes all you want. They ain’t new. Cathy McCoy, the Miss Pennsylvania runner-up who created a self-named charm and modeling school was a gawgeous Philly socialite who painted the town nightly, hanging with Kippee Palumbo and written up by my gossipy forefathers Jerry Gaghan (Daily News) and Frank Brookhouser (Inquirer). McCoy, the mother of club-owner/broker DavidCarroll,passed this week. She was a hell-of-a-party and she will be missed by all. More ice? Nice. Citypaper.net/criticalmass.

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Thinking of contributing?You better sleep on it.

B-a-a-a Runner (detail),by Shannon Collins,

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NIGHT CATCHES US[ B ] IN TANYA HAMILTON’S debut feature, former Black Panthers Marcus (Anthony Mackie) and Patricia (Kerry Washington) navigate the pitfalls of a post-radical life. It’s 1976 in Germantown, and hope is on the horizon. Jimmy Carter’s speeches drift from car radios into the streets, and the lynchings and church bombings of the civil rights struggle are a fading memory. But for Washington, the wounds of the past are as close as the bullet holes under her kitchen wallpaper. Her Panther husband was shot dead where she and her daughter now eat breakfast, in return for the murder of a police officer. The Panthers have petered out, but their militant rhetoric remains, lying around like unexploded ordnance. Neighborhood boy Jimmy Dixon (Amari Cheatom), one of many strays Washington keeps under her wing, is too young to remember that the rifles and race-war slogans were window dressing for an organization preoccupied with meat-and-potatoes community activism. To him, picking up a gun is the only satis-fying response to the daily harassment of the city’s police force. Rizzo-era racial tension is omnipresent if never explicitly invoked, contributing to the sense that violence is only one wrong move away. Patricia has suppressed her radical leanings and now works within the system as a civil rights attorney, but Marcus chose self-imposed exile, prompted by rumors that he snitched to the cops. His father’s funeral brings him back, but unfinished business makes him linger, not least his half-submerged romance with Patricia. Here, Hamilton drifts dangerously close to formula, and risks reducing her genuinely fascinating subject to a backdrop. But Mackie and Washington are too fine to let stock situations overtake them. It’s clear Hamilton wants to reach beyond the art house, to people who’ve experienced stories like hers firsthand. Even undeclared wars have their casualties, and the scars don’t always show. —Sam Adams

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folk

Whether solo, with the band Pentangle, or in a duo with John Renbourn, Scottish leg-end Bert Jansch has had an inestimable influence on his fellow guitarists, starting with the ’60s folk revival. Nick Drake, Paul Simon and Donovan have all said as much. To this day, he has a gift for writing contemporary thoughts into melodies and arrange-ments that sound like they’ve existed forever. Recently he’s opened for Neil Young, so seeing Jansch solo in a more intimate space, like Johnny Brenda’s on Wednesday (Dec. 8, johnnybrendas.com), is a rare treat. —Mary Armstrong

craft fair

If you’re trying to shop local this holiday season, a good place to start is Winterfest.Wednesday’s artisan holiday show at Mugshots (Dec. 8, mugshotscoffeehouse.com) is rife with gift-worthy knick-knacks like handmade jewelry, sustainable threads and hand-blown glassware — all made by native crafters and sold with the intention of stimulating the local economy. For your own stimula-tion, enjoy local snacks, beer and wine sold by neighboring fooderies.

—Joel Maison-Gaines

experimental

A banjo/harmonica duo with names like Woody Sullender and

Seamus Cater inevitably conjures images of overalls and rocking chairs, pickin’ and grinnin’ on some front porch in the Ozarks. These acoustic experimentalists — who play the Powel House Wednesday (Dec. 8, bowerbird.org) — may hear that train a-comin’, but it trav-els through tunnels carved by radical rethinkers of folk traditions; the roots-raga of Henry Flynt and the Gothic Americana of George Crumb are definite antecedents for the twosome’s rich explorations.

—Shaun Brady

think tank

Philly native Dan Berger, author of The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism,will moderate a panel discussion Monday (Dec. 6, moonstoneartscenter.org) with mostly local activists including Barbara Easley Cox of the Black Panther Party, Michael Sim mons of the Student Nonviolent Coor dinating Committee and Sharon McConnell of the October 4th Organization. Panelists will talk about the history of activism in Philly, while shedding light on their respective organizations and what they’ve learned. “The main thing,” says Berger, “is how rich and diverse the 1970s were, especially in Philadelphia.” —Sean Kearney

IF YOU BUILD IT

LAST MONTH I wrote to Lisa Miller, executive director of Network for New Music, to request an extra ticket for their Trade Winds from Tibet concert. Her reply was a minor bombshell: “Peter, if you had told me five years ago that these words would be coming out of my mouth, I would have found it hard to believe — but there is not a single ticket left.”

A wait list for new music! And this was not an anomaly. Network has been filling more and more seats in recent years. Last season’s closer, a bril-liant update of the Beethoven Diabelli Variations with contributions by 25 local composers, was acclaimed by an on-its-feet, hooting and holler-ing crowd.

The momentum is not just in the specialty groups. The mainstream is opening up, too. The Opera Company of Philadelphia recently announced a new commission for the 2012 season. To their credit, OCP has presented new operas before, but they have been stylistically conservative, to an extent that the effort seemed counterproduc-tive. For this new project, they have engaged Nico Muhly, a young NYC-based composer who, while not exactly edgy, brings a compellingly eclectic cultural sensibility to his work. Worth checking him out on YouTube.

Even the “gray hair” organizations are along for the ride. There is always plenty of good, strong new stuff cluttered among the Mozart and Brahms at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. It can’t hurt that PCMS executive director Philip Maneval is himself a very fine composer.

And what of our classical flagship? It may be hard to imagine now, but the Philadelphia Orchestra was once one of the cutting-edge ensembles in the country, especially in the Stokowski era, but even well into the long Ormandy tenure. Since then, new music has been delivered joylessly, spinach to be tolerated because it is good for us.

I had the chance to sit down with music director-designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin when he was here in October. He spoke with impressive specificity about programming, workshops, context and bring-ing new music out of its ghetto. Which is what you should expect from a 35-year-old artist. We can only hope his heart is true.

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THE WARRIOR’S WAYA haiku: C’mon, assassin,just kill this wittle babyand we’ll go eat cake. (Not reviewed) (Pearl, UA Riverview)

WASTE LAND|A“It’s not bad to be poor,” asserts Valter dos Santos, “It’s bad to be rich, at the height of fame, with your morals a dirty shame.” And with that, the 54-year-old garbage picker agrees to participate in an art project proposed by Vik Mu-niz, as well as Lucy Walker’s accompanying documentary. That film, short-listed for the Best Documentary Oscar and winner of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2010’s Audience Award, takes up Valter’s self-declared mission, “to raise awareness of all us pickers.” Brazilian-born, Brooklyn-based Muniz turns garbage from Rio de Janeiro’s Jardim Gramacho landfill into art, based on photos of select pickers. Among the subjects is Tiao, president of the Association of Collectors of the Metro-politan Landfill of Jardim Gramacho, also determined to help his 3,000 fellow workers — men and women, old and young — to be seen, even as they work under difficult conditions. Sometimes, as a picker named Suelem says, they “see things that aren’t pleasant,” including occasional

dead bodies consigned to the dump. But even as the union has modernized the collection system to include recycling, and the art show earns critics’ praise, the artists and film-makers must consider the araeffects of their work on their temporary employees. This is the most intriguing — and unanswerable — question posed by the documentary: How are artists responsible to subjects whose lives may be exploited in their art? No matter how good the intentions, what are the real consequences of transforming someone’s life, and how might that transformation be positive — or lasting? —Cindy Fuchs (Ritz at the Bourse)

WELCOME TO THE RILEYS|CImplausible and dawdling, Welcome to the Rileys doesn’t quite accomplish what it sets out to achieve (to say noth-ing of its title’s grammatical awkwardness). Doug (a softer shade of James Gandolfini), mourning his teenage daughter’s death and his wife’s subsequent sorrowful withdraw, plays poker and pokes a local waitress to drown his distress. But when his mistress kicks the bucket out of nowhere, he really loses his shit. He winds up in a New Orleans strip club, confronted by an aggro sexpot teenage lap-dancer-cum-hooker who’ll do anything — anal and fucking German shepherds on video notwithstanding — for cash. What Doug sees in Mallory (Kristen Stewart, finally making good on all that Twilight-mired sexuality) isn’t an easy screw, but a screwed-up 16-year-old who reminds him of his dead daughter, one who can give him a last chance at dad-kid camaraderie. Somewhat illogically, Doug moves in with the young prostitute, cleans her bathroom, teaches her about hospital corners and picks her up from motels when johns scam her and take her underwear. A sweet, strange reunion comes when Doug’s wife (Melissa Leo) snaps out of her sadness and comes to find him, joining in on a stripper-makes-three round of playing house — mom helps Mallory

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THE BALCONY1003 Arch St., 215-922-5483, thetroc.com. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

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PHILADELPHIA INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO ASSOCIATIONL’Etage 624 S. Sixth St., 215-592-0656, pifva.org. Cinema Speakeasy

Weekly screenings of indie media arts works and talks with those who made them. Tue., Dec. 7, 7 p.m., free.

WOODEN SHOE BOOKS704 South St., 215-413-0999, wood-enshoebooks.com. King Corn (2007, U.S., 88 min.): A documentary about the corn industry — how it’s grown, how it’s used and how it’s abused. Sun., Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., free.

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12.02[ reading/signing ]

✚ RICHARD STENGELEveryone knows there’s simply too much information from far too many sources these days. The modern news environment requires an aggregator to sift through it all and distill it for

the casual reader. That’s the M.O. for the Huffington Post and its ilk, but it was no less the case in 1923, when Henry Luce and Briton Hadden founded Time magazine with the same purpose in mind. The new Time: The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Influential Magazine, as the chest-thump-ing title implies, traces the red-bordered weekly’s evolu-tion through three-quarters of the “American Century,” from impudent upstart to founding father and into an uncertain future where seven days seems a news-cycle eternity. No doubt current managing editor Richard Stengel, returning to his old stomping grounds at the National Constitution Center where he served as president and CEO from 2004 to 2006, will speculate on that future as he celebrates Time’s storied past.

—Shaun Brady

Thu., Dec. 2, 6:30 p.m., free (reserva-tions required), National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St., 215-409-6700, constitutioncenter.org.

[ classical ]

✚ ASTRAL ARTISTSWith alums on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera and hit-ting No. 1 on the Billboard clas-sical music chart, Philly-based Astral Artists has garnered an astonishing reputation for launching major careers. Their annual collaboration with Sym-phony in C is a showcase for the latest contenders, this year including baritone Jonathan Beyer, bassoonist Harrison Hollingsworth and keyboardist Ilya Poletaev.

—Peter Burwasser

Thu., Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m., $30, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, astralartists.org.

[ theater ]

✚ THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS If this 1812 Productions show’s long-standing title gives you a “WTF, again?” moment, hold tight: Jennifer Childs and company never perform the

same show two nights in a row. This Is the Week That Is’ political satire changes daily, reflecting the latest local, national and international news — and the rantings and ravings that pose as news — so audiences never get déjà vu. This time expect a history of public outrage and the answer to the question: What if a professed witch really wereelected to the Senate?

—Mark Cofta

Through Dec. 31, $20-$35, Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St., 215-592-9560, 1812productions.org.

FRIDAY

12.03[ indie rock ]

✚ WARPAINTFor large swaths of their dark, dense, slightly dizzying debut full-length, The Fool (Rough Trade), these L.A. up-and-

comers come off like a coven of Cat Powers on a seriously bad trip, not just beauti-fully bummed-out but actively spooky and often unsettling, in a not necessarily pleasurable way. But there are treasures of texture and tone to be gleaned in the album’s art-damaged, studio-addled post-punk/psych sprawl — flashes of shimmer-ing beauty, steely passages of crushing rhythmic muscular-ity. And the occasional stylistic detour, like “Baby’s” left turn into forlorn, plaintive folk, can make The Fool feel bewitching in a wholly different sense.

—K. Ross Hoffman

Fri., Dec. 3, 9 p.m., $12, Making Time with Diamond Rings and the Making Time DJs, Voyeur, 1221 St. James St., 877-435-9849, igetrvng.com.

[ dance ]

✚ DANCE THEATRE X“It’s about being moved to action, to prayer and to do positive things,” says choreographer and teacher Charles O. Anderson of his newest work, World

Headquarters, co-commissioned by Philadelphia’s Painted Bride and Seattle’s Central District Forum. Next year marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 — and it’s also Dance Theatre X’s 10th anniversary, so an inspirational work is fitting. African-Ameri-can sci-fi writer Octavia Butler is counted among Anderson’s influ-ences, especially her “prophetic novels that predicted the ecologi-cal, economic and moral collapse of the United States.” A true original, Anderson relies on his own instincts and culture, using movement and music as his own prophetic call to the world.

—Janet Anderson

Fri.-Sat., Dec. 3-4, 8 p.m., $25, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., 215-925-9914, paintedbride.org.

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✚ FULLFRONTAL FOLKUp till now, Full Frontal Folk’s trajectory resembled that of a shooting star: brief, bright and memorable. But shooting stars

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theagenda

The Agenda is our selective guide to what’s going on in the city this week. For comprehensive event listings, visit citypaper.net/listings.IF YOU WANT TO BE LISTED:

Submit information by mail (City Paper Listings, 123 Chestnut St., Third Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106) or e-mail ([email protected]) to Josh Middleton.Details of the event — date, time, address of venue, telephone number and admission price — should be included. Incomplete submissions will not be considered, and listings information will not be accepted over the phone.

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GOT A PASSION FOR FASHION? Warpaint plays Making Time at

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1601 Café1601 S. 10th St.

Barbary951 Frankford Ave., 215-423-8342

Fluid613 S. Fourth St., 215-629-0565

Kung Fu Necktie1250 N. Front St., 215-291-4919

Medusa Lounge27 S. 21st St., 215-557-1981

P.Y.T.1050 N. Hancock St., 215-964-9009

Silk City435 Spring Garden St., 215-592-8838

Tattooed Mom530 South St., 215-238-9880

Teri’s1126 S. Ninth St.

The Institute549 N. 12th St., 267-972-5016

Time Lounge1315 Sansom St., 215-985-4800

Voyeur Club1221 St. James St., 215-735-5772

THU., DEC. 2MENTAL ILLNESS SOUL MUe

Gt<y @ Time Lounge w/DJ Tony East, Kimberly Diamond, and DJ Honkytron. Celebrating the birth-day of Ms. Diamond with plenty of drink specials and neo-soul, hip-hop, breaks and more, call for price.

BRASS KNUCKLES WOGty

@ P.Y.T. w/Gun$ Garcia, Ultraviolet, Jess Okay, Suga Shay. Four of the fiercest lady DJs on the scene come together to smash you up, call for price.

THE ATTIC MG @ Tattooed Mom w/DJ Aura, DJ Foxx Boogie. Chock full of tasty old school and under-ground flavors to get your mind right from the Get Free Movement, no cover.

FRI., DEC. 3MAKING TIME 1Oty @ Voyeur

Club w/Warpaint, Diamond Rings, Dave P, Dave Pak, Mike Z, Rock Tits, Pink Skull, Adam Sparkles, Broadzilla DJs. Massive indie dance event on three floors, video lights by Klip Collective, free drinks early on, and plenty of radness all night, $13.

IN | BETWEENMVA!@ 1601 Cafe w/Jason Carr, MAD, Passable Plastic. Inciting Action continues their First Friday blend of deep art and music. Mike Inzinna is the fea-

tured artist this month, call for price.

SEX DWARF M y @ Fluid w/Robert Drake, Marilyn Thomas. It’s that nonstop new wave for the people —newly themed every time, free before 10 p.m., $5 after.

THE BOUNCE MO G<y @Barbary w/DJ Philly Will, Emynd, Bo Bliz, Exit Skateshop and Cross-faded Bacon rock your bodies up and down, $5.

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@ Silk City w/DJ Apt One, Skinny Friedman. Philadelphyinz is at it again, with this First Friday killer featuring the smooth, sleazy sounds of filthy music past, present and future, call for price.

MILK PLUS MO Gty @ Medu-sa Lounge w/Cap’n Harry, Topanga, Gnarwhale. Chunky dancefloor

music selections so you can sweat, puke and twist it out, no cover.

SAT, DEC. 4.EGO TRIP MUG @ Kung Fu

Necktie w/Ed Blammo, DJ Image. Expect a healthy dose of ’90s throwbacks, funky drum breaks, ’80s boogie and timeless hip-hop classics, call for price.

PETE ROCK VS DILLA VS PREMO MG @ Teri’s w/Argo, Jolah, Lexx, Roland. Quality hip-hop and the music that influenced it, call for price.

OFF THE CHAIN 2 MhOt!

@ The Institute w/Kyng of Thieves, Sticky Data, Switcha, Mojoling Battledroid, Bass Kitty. Unicron presents a night of bumpin’ EDM

sounds so you can get down. Plus Wii booths and food till 1a.m., call for price.

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TENCOMMANDMENTSMe<@ Barbary w/Kyle Miller, Darren Saxton. After a strong three-year run, the boys are celebrating their anniversary as well as laying this particular party to rest. All good things have their time and place, and after much passion and energy,Ten

Commandments will no longer be a monthly. These guys’ collections run deep with Northern soul, punky ska reggae and more, so rest assured the speakers will be pumpin’ boss sounds to shake your body to all night. And lets hope it’s not long before they pop up with another similarly themed event, $5.


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LITTLE BOXES How do the chefs in Philly’s most diminutive kitchens make the most of no space? By Felicia D’Ambrosio

F or every cook scrambling eggs over a shiny Viking stove or chopping onions on a custom-made butcher block, there must be 10 others who can’t open the oven door

without hitting the opposite wall. And with our months of culturally sanctioned overeating offi-cially here, we can all agree that the food-centric holiday season thrusts any kitchen deficiency into high relief.

But while a tiny apartment kitchen can be frustrating, the chal-lenges of operating in a small cooking area are amplified in a busy restaurant environment. We asked local chefs and owners working in cramped spaces to weigh in on how they make more with less.

ORGANIZATION

At only 6 by 8 feet, the kitchen at Watkins Drinkery (1712 S. 10th St.) has been described more than once as a “broom closet.” Owner Jonn Klein benefited from $20,000 of brand-new equipment installed by the space’s previous owners, who sold few plates of pasta but lots and lots of cocaine. But new or old, with only four burners and a small grill, “we can’t physically serve many people,” says Klein. “Ten- and 12-tops are a challenge for the kitchen, and

we have to limit our menu. It’s 10 items for a reason … there’s no way to stock, prep or cook more than a few dishes.”

When Fond (1617 E. Passyunk Ave.) chefs and owners Lee Styer and Jessie Prawlucki were scoping real estate, the size of the kitchen was “the last thing we worried about.” Once installed in the 12-by-20 space, “[we had] to think about things,” says Styer, “to make it most efficient.” Though there isn’t much the pair won’t take on for their menu, Prawlucki, a Le Bec-Fin pastry vet, admits she had to downscale desserts. “I know I can’t do chocolate work,” she says. “There’s no space.”

PREPARATION

With only one prep table, Prawlucki and Styer must do their work in shifts. “I have to get in here before Lee to do bread,” says

Prawlucki. “You have to be alone — there’s flour everywhere.” (Styer concurs: “I’m breaking down whole fish, with fish heads and blood flying.”)

In addition to making sure her mise-en-place (“everything in place,” the mantra of good cooks everywhere) is completely ready, chef Mackenzie Hilton at the tiny-kitchened Mercato (1216 Spruce St.) stresses the need for line cooks in small spaces to “work tighter, cleaner, more organized. You can’t have a messy station. You’ll go down in flames because you can’t keep up. People who have more room have the luxury of being a little bit messier.”

Chef Sam Jacobson at Lansdowne BYOB Sycamore (14 S. Lansdowne Ave.) says he keeps his limited burners in mind when designing his menu. Plus, a shortage of cold storage requires him

STILL A ’ROSEMELROSE DINER | 1501 Snyder Ave., 215-467-6644. Open 24 hours. Breakfast, $1.10-$9.50; appetizers, $1.60-$5.10; sandwiches/entrées, $4.35-$12.85; dessert, $1.95-$6.25.

BAYSIDE HIGH HAD the Max. The 90210crew had the Peach Pit. And us kids growing up in South Philly in the ’90s and early aughts, we had the Melrose Diner, rendezvous point after Delaware Avenue debauchery and Catholic school socials.

I spent many, many nights and mornings at the Melrose, but before sidling up to the red Formica counter for City Paper, it had been a minute. The last time I ate here — in the midst of Richard Kubach Jr., whose father opened the 24-hour operation in 1935, selling to diner magnate Michael Petrogiannis in 2007 — management had changed the home fries from grated potato matchsticks (best ordered extra-crispy, best damming an ivory flow of creamed chipped beef) to cubes, and I never went back.

Over a cup of hot cocoa piled high with whipped cream, I discovered the old home fries have returned, and the full-bodied creamed chipped beef is as thick, salty and satisfying as ever (and still served only from 9 p.m. to 11 a.m.). It’s the shit, on a shingle.

While the diner looks different thanks to recent renovations — the once-vile bathrooms are now sleek, spiffy respites; the old sitting-with-strangers horseshoe booths have been replaced with tradi-tional seating — the food hasn’t changed much. Melrose’s cooks know how to get bacon so crisp you can feel it shatter between the kaiser roll of the serviceable cheeseburger, and the MP-1 (that’s the chicken cutlet platter, hon) was as crunchy as I remembered. Dark and deeply savory, the giblet gravy makes the cutlet, a thick white-meat patty encased in zesty bread crumbs. Comes with a salad or soup (a hearty minestrone) and choice of two sides (fat crinkle-cut fries, limp string beans).

Crouched on the triangle between 15th, Snyder and Passyunk, the majority of Melrose’s hulking structure is devoted to the on-site bakery. Though the coconut custard pie was on the scrambled-eggy side, the wedge of classic apple has a buttery brown crust to die for. Get it naked, a la mode or (my favorite) drowned in warm vanilla sauce.

Melrose is still closed only one day a year: Christmas. The golden butter cookies are still sold by the sack at the checkout . The waitresses still keep a secret stash of Equal behind the counter. One of them, soft-spoken Lucille, has worked at Melrose as long as I can remember. She’s still there, wrangling crazies and drunks on the graveyard shift. She’ll still rap if you ask.

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portioncontrolBy Adam Erace

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M O R E F O O D A N D D R I N K C O V E R A G E AT C I T Y P A P E R . N E T /M E A LT I C K E T.

LOST IN SPACE: Sam Jacobson, chef at

Sycamore BYOB in Lans-downe, is one of many

local chefs who’s learned to make the most of tight

kitchen quarters.

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2 DOMINAS ARE BETTER THAN ONE! Watch as beautiful Mistress “handles” a pretty little sub or you can be sensually “manipu-lated” by two powerful females, either way it is only the begin-ning of your journey and the experience is something you will be coming back for more! 215-569-4333 Royalwom-enofphiladelphia.com.

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Adoptions

ADOPTIONARE YOU PREGNANT? Don’t know what to do? We have many families willing to adopt your child. Please call 1-800-745-1210, ask for Marci or Gloria.

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Business Services

BEN TOWING PHILADEL-PHIAOur Towing are reliable, fast, honest and reasonable. We have been serving Philadel-phia since 2006. We have fl at truck bed services and wheel lifts to tow any car, van or truck. When an accident happens, our trained staff and large fleet of tow trucks can handle any type of situation. We can guar-antee towing at reasonable rates. As one of the largest towing companies in Phila-delphia, we can handle all of your needs when you want to transport any car. tools to handle your vehicles with the utmost care. Ben Towing has delivered high value vehicles all over the Philadelphia area. We are proud of our towing safety recordscall 267-630-0824

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COMMERCIAL MORT-GAGESUnlimited funding available for business owners look-

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DELI PERSONA busy Deli in University city needs help with sandwitch making. Please reply to this ad only if you have at least few years experience in the Deli bussiness. Fax your resume to 215-222-2434.

EMPLOYMENT LAW AT-TORNEY-Employer Treating You Un-fairly? -Contesting your unem-ployment benefi ts? -Harass-ing you after being hurt on the job? -Age, sex, race or disabil-ity discrimination? -Fired you after telling them you’re preg-nant? -Providing bad referenc-es? -Interfering with family & medical leave rights? -Can-celed your health insurance coverage Call attorney Marc E. Weinstein 215.953.5200 or send an email to [email protected] Read about him here: http://www.superlawyers.com/pennsylva-nia/lawyer/Marc-E-Weinstein/d117f8fe-da0a-466b-a079-79efe05c9263.html

PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINERManufacturer & Exporter of plastic processing Machinery & spares

READING TUTORI am a certified Reading Spe-cialist available to tutor chil-dren and adults diagnosed as dyslexic and/or reading below grade level. I target such areas as: comprehension, letter and word recognition, and fluency. Tutoring sessions will occur three times a week, at a local library. The fee per session will be 30.00. Please contact me if you are interested or have any questions. You can contact me by e-mail at [email protected].

REGULAR TRADITION MASSAGESwedish, Deep-Tissue, Tuina, Accupressure, Relief Pain, Reflexology, make appt. (215)-873-4835. 12th and Chestnut St.

Business Oppor-tunity

FREE PRESCRIPTION DISCOUNTSFree Prescription Discounts Cards save up to 75% at your local Pharmacy to www.fre-erxplus.com/frp00922

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ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT211G If you want expand your business throughout In-

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PART TIME HOME BASE JOB171 Earn up to Rs. 15,000 per month Website http://www.prithviutility.com Contact : 0265-2354701/2351506, Email : [email protected] through simple online copy/paste work.100% Legiti-mate, Genuine & Scam Free Online Copy/Paste Jobs. Work at Home in your spare time. No work load, No Time Limit. Daily Basis Payment.

WANTED TO BUY:Antique Furniture,Antiques and Old FurnitureJewelry, Broken Or Good ConditionGold & Silver CoinsCall Walt, any time at 215-275-2048

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Investments/ Fi-nancial Planning

FINANCIALCASH NOW! Get cash for your structured settlement or annu-ity payments. High payouts. Call J.G. Wentworth. 1-866-SETTLEMENT. (1-866-738-8536). Rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau.

Home Services

PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID A. ICKESCorporate to casual, Portrait to Sports. I’ve been a profes-sional for almost thirty years. With hundreds of Weddings and Mitzvah’s I can offer a quality package at a fair and reasonable price. Living in Bala Cynwyd I am centrally located to Philadelphia and the suburbs. Call me and lets discuss your photography needs. 610-668-9376. Call me and thanks for looking.

Business & Profes-sional Directory

PROFESSIONAL PROOF-READERProfessional Writer in need of a professional proofreader to edit my book that I am cur-rently writing. The book is will be completed early November. You must show credentials, valid references and resume because I will check them all! I need someone that is serious and knows what to look for! I prefer a journalism major. I take my writing very serious and so should you. Please e-mail me: [email protected]. (When you email me, I will give you details about the compensation)This should only take at least a weeks process of editing.

For Sale

AUTOMOUNT FOR TREO 650Sounds like the Windshield Auto Mount (automount) for the Treo 650 is for you. The auto mount is designed to give you a convenient, user-friendly and safe way of having your device easily accessible in your car – so you can be pro-ductive during your commute without becoming a hazard on the road. price: FREE

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CELLBOOST DISPOSA-BLECHARGERCellboost is The disposable, “anytime” recharger for cellular phones. Lightweight and con-venient, Cellboost provides an average of 60 minutes of INSTANT talktime and 60 hours of standby time into the most popular handsets-with-out maintenance or hassles. With Cellboost you can talk and charge simultaneously, with instant battery power for your cell phone. Price:FREE

COVERT AUDIO DEVICES RENThttp://www.dpl-surveillance-equipment.com/listening_de-vices.html

GPS TRACKER (RENTALS)http://www.dpl-surveillance-equipment.com/tracking_de-vices.html

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KENMORE FREZZER FOR SALEkenmore frezzer for sale runs good 2 yr. old frezzer call 2154764358

LINGERIE AND TOY INVENTORYSelling inventory from a lin-gerie and adult toy shop that I owned. Inventory includes variety of toys for men and women and 40 pieces of lin-gerie. Sizes small - 4x. Asking $3000.00. Call 267-232-7732 for more info

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SPY / GADGETS (BUY OR RENT)http://www.dpl-surveillance-equipment.com

Health Services

GET YOUR MOJO WORK-INGNeed Psychic protection or something to get your MoJo working? Visit my on-line

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NATURAL HEALTHAre you looking to end the year on a healthy note? Come and see a Naturopathic Doctor (ND). Consultations are the cheapest in Philadelphia. My areas of focus are: naturopa-thy, herbology, dietary consult-ing, iridology, sclerology, and exercise consulting. I also do home visits. Contact me at: 443-629-2662 [email protected]

WILL YOU FIND THE ONE?Find out with a FREE Psychic reading! 1-800-894-3798 www.keen.com.

jobsHelp Wanted

AIRLINES ARE HIRING:Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified-Housing avail-able. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (888) 834-9715.

CNA’S & HHA’S NEEDEDHiring CNA’s and HHA’s with clean criminal backgrounds for live-in. Covering Philadel-phia and the Suburbs. Please contact Kim at Reliance Home Health Care 610-896-6030

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Saturday, December 4th & 18th

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8AM til 4PMFeaturing Antiques, Collectibles, Vintage

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EMPLOYEES SOUGHTPART-TIMER ACCOUNT REP-RESENTATIVES, SALES PAY-MENT REPRESENTATIVES, A N D B O O K K E E P E R S. COMPUTER LITERACY, 1-2 HOURS OF INTERNET ACCESS WEEKLY, EFFI-CIENCY, AND DEDICATION REQUIRED. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR WOLD LIKE FURTHER INFORMA-TION, PLEASE CONTACT [email protected].

GENERAL HELP WANTED$9/hr Plus Bonus. Interview Today, Start Tomorrow. PT/FT. 215-271-0188

HELP WANTED NOW HIRING: COMPANIES DESPERATELY NEED EM-PLOYEES TO ASSEMBLE PRODUCTS AT HOME. ELEC-TRONICS, CD STANDS, HAIR BARRETTES & MANY MORE. NO SELLING, ANY HOURS. INFO: 1-985-646-1700 DEPT: PA-1017.

$$$ HELP WANTED $$$Extra Income! Assembling CD cases from Home! No Experi-ence Necessary! Call our Live Operators Now! 1-800-405-7619 Ext. 2450 http://www.easywork-greatpay.com.

HELP WANTED DRIVER Driver-NEW PAY PLAN with QUARTERLY BONUS INCEN-TIVE! Lots of freight. Daily or Weekly Pay. Van and Refriger-ated. CDL-A, 6 months recent experience. 800-414-9569. www.driveknight.com.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS AFTERSCHOOL COUN-SELORSTwo after school programs are looking for creative fun and or-ganized individuals who want to workwith 4-10 year olds. This is a part time fast pace position. We are looking to fill three im-mediate positions. $10 per hour benefits and incentives. Call Turquoise at 215-755-7588.

PAID IN ADVANCE!Make $1,000 a Week mailing brochures from home! Guaran-teed Income! FREE Supplies! No experience required. Start Immediately! www.homemail-erprogram.net.

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Homes for Sale

ELKINS PARK TUDOR TWINMove-in ready! 20 minute com-mute to Center City $199,900. Four bedrooms, refi nished par-quet floors, updated kitchen and bath, new windows, gardens front and back.

INCOME PROPERTYMake money on this investors dream. 3 tenant property newly remodeled waiting for you. Call for details Tom Woolbert 267-679-1392 or visit www.movein-pa.com American Real Estate

& Insurance Cheltenham pa 19012 215-379-3939

INVESTOR OR 1ST TIME BUYERE. Rittenhouse St German-town Excellent opportunity for 1st time buyers with a $3,000 grant for closing costs to live in a upgraded home with many new features. Call Tom Woolbert 267-679-1392 Or visit www.moveinpa.com American real Estate & Insurance Chelten-ham Pa 215-379-3939

INVESTOR OR 1ST TIME BUYERNewly remodeled Germantown home selling for nearly half the appraised value.Call Tom Wool-bert 267-679-1392 or visit www.moveinpa.com American Real Estate & Insurance Cheltenham pa 19102 215-379-3939

MOVE RIGHT IN PORT RICHMONDMove in ready home in Port Richmond. Large living room and dining rooms with new hardwood floors. Modern kitchen and nice size backyard. Call Tom Woolbert 267-679-1392 or visit www.moveinpa.com American Real Estate & Insurance Cheltenham Pa 19012 215-379-3939

NEW CONSTRUCTION GREAT HOMEBeautiful and tasteful corner home with a 10 year tax abate-ment! Cherry wood floors and state of the art kitchen are just some of the selling points. Call Tom Woolbert 267-679-1392 or visit www.moveinpa.com American Real Estate & In-surance Cheltenham Pa 19012 215-379-3939

SAN DIEGO REAL ESTATEBay Realty offers services for selling or buying San Diego Real Estate.At Bay Realty we would like to facilitate and ease every aspect of your real estate transaction.All San Diego Real Estate listings are available on bay-realty.com.Bay Realty bring innovation to San Diego Real Estate with creative advertis-ing ideas, tech-savvy solu-tions to common real estate problems, as well as legal ser-vices necessary to protect your interests at all times.For more information,visit: http://www.bay-realty.com/ Phone: (619) 721-3377 Fax: (619) 512-5130 Email: [email protected] Ad-dress: 1755 Bervy Street SD, CA 92110

Resort/ Vacation Property for Sale

NEED TO SELL YOUR TIMESHAREWeare interested in selling your timeshare for you... For more in-formation c all Sherry... Trusted business since 1984... 1-800-35-CONDO 1-800-352-6636 www.timesharetravel.com

rentalsApartments for Rent

BEAUTIFUL CLEAN TEMPLE APTAvailable Jan/Feb through May/June 2011. Situation: 3 female Temple students seeking room-mate. Location: A few blocks from Temple campus- Arlington and 17th Street. Amenities: - 1 BR with private bath. - New con-struction. Very Clean. - Large modern kitchen with new ap-pliances. - Spacious, bright

living room. - Free washer and dryer on same floor. - $600/mo + utilities (about $50). contact: [email protected]

CARLTON PARK APART-MENTS!Carlton Park Apar tments located in the lovely East Falls section of Philadelphia. Just 10 minutes from Center City by car or train. In close proximity to I-76, Roosevelt Blvd., Manayunk, Kelly Drive, and Queen Lane train station. Beautiful 2 and 3 bedroom units available! Check us out online! Don’t get left out in the cold this winter...rent with Classic Management Inc. Call Erin Jones at 267-338-1877 to schedule a showing!

CHARLWIN APARTMENTSDon’t miss out on this beau-tifully upgraded 2 bedroom unit. Upgraded kitchen and bath, hardwood f loor ing throughout, ample closet space, and large bedrooms! On-site coin-op laundry. Rear parking with garage space available! This unit won’t last long! Call today to schedule a showing. In close proximity to I-76, Roosevelt Blvd., Drexel University Medical Campus, Philadelphia University, Mana-yunk, and minutes to Center City by car or train.

ONE BEDROOM APT AVAILABLEGreat 1 bedroom apt avail-able in university city. $635 per month all utilites included in rent. Features are hardwood floors, deck, washer/dryer in building. Call 267-232-7732

SPACIOUS 2 AND 3 BED-ROOMS!!**Large, modern, 2 and 3 bedroom apar tments lo-cated within a shor t walk from Temple and a quick and easy commute to anywhere in the city. **Spacious living room area, large bedrooms, comfortable layouts, plenty of sunlight. **Gated outdoor common area, modern kitchen appliances, dishwasher, laun-dry facility in the basement. **2 Bedroom units starting at $995 **3 Bedroom unit avail-able for $1500 **Call 267-528-8813 to schedule a viewing or to inquire about other great deals and move-in specials!! SHORT TERM LEASES AVAILABLE

One Bedroom

15TH/SPRUCEBeautiful Art Deco High-rise 1Bdrm Apt, Desk Attendant, HW Flrs, Updated Kitch, On-site Laundry, Intercom Entry, Amazing Location! From $1080/Mo. 215-735-8030. Lic #219789.

15th/Spruce: Huge 1Bdrm in Beautiful Brownstone, Large Rooms, Abundant Closet Space, Modern Kitchen, Walk-In Cedar Closet, Laun-dry, Intercom Entry. $955/Mo. 215-735-8030. lic# 380139

BEAUTIFUL CLEAN TEMPLE APTAvailable Jan/Feb through May/June 2011. Situation: 3 female Temple students seeking roommate. Loca-tion: A few blocks from Tem-ple campus- Arlington and 17th Street. Amenities: - 1 BR with private bath. - New construction. Very Clean. - Large modern kitchen with new appliances. - Spacious, bright living room. - Cable and internet. - Free washer and dryer on same floor. - $600/mo + utilities (about $50). contact: [email protected]

WEST PHILLY ROOM FOR RENTThere are 2 rooms available for rent in West Philly rowhome for $100/105 wk. Utilities incl. Access to bathroom & kitchen. Pls email [email protected] or call 215.495.9527 any-time.

Two Bedrooms

2 Bedroom Apartment1415 LombardPatio, Washer/DryerDishwasher, Central Air, A/CFirst Floor, Hardwood Floors$1,300/monthCall 610-322-5460

Large 2 bedroom21st & CherryBrand NewFirst Floor, Patio$1,600 a monthCall 610-322-5460

Three+ Bedrooms

NEWLY RENOVATED3 BedroomBeautiful Bedroom- Full Slid-ing MirrorBeautiful Newly Painted Ex-terior$750 a Month1929 Pierce StPhiladelphia PA, 19145Please Call 215-908-6115

RENOVATED 3 BDRM TOWNHOUSE!Carlton Park Apartments 3 Bedroom, upgraded town-home! Hardwood flooring throughout, upgraded kitchen, fireplace...$1495 per month!!!! Minutes from Center City, Manayunk, Kelly Drive, Chest-nut Hill, I-76, Roosevelt Blvd., and steps away from Queen Lane train station. Stay warm this winter in this cozy town-house! Call or email today to schedule a showing. 267-338-1877 ask for Erin

RITTENHOUSE SQUAREEnormous 3bdrm w/ 2 Full Baths in Beautiful Historic Brownstone, Full Size Washer/Dryer in Apt, HW Flrs, 2 Deco-rative Fireplaces, Hi Ceilings, Newly Remodeled Kitchen w/ Granite Countertop, Separate Dining Rm, Living Rm, & Fam-ily Rm, A/C, Spacious Rooms, Terrifi c Location! $2650/Mo. 215-735-8030. #216850

Commerical/Warehouse

GREAT LOCATIONCORNER RETAIL STORE 10,000’ lEHIGH & GERMAN-TOWN AVE. contact:MARTIN 718-485-3682 X240

Roommates

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BEAUTIFUL CLEAN TEMPLE APTAvailable: Jan/Feb through May/June 2011. Situation: 3 female Temple students seeking roommate. Loca-tion: A few blocks from Temple campus- Arlington and 17th Street. Amenities: - 1 BR with private bath. - New con-struction. Very Clean. - Large modern kitchen with new ap-pliances. - Spacious, bright living room. -Cable and inter-net - Free washer and dryer on same floor. - $600/mo + utilities (about $50). contact: [email protected]

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