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The Reality of Philadelphia's Future

I watched the live noon 6ABC telecast of Mayor Michael Nutter's address to the City of Philadelphia, America's 5th largest city, regarding the newly announced $1B shortfall in the budget of the city's 5 year plan. The day after the America elected it's first black president,...

created by albert | 1 year ago
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CHANGE - Obama Wins; America Wins

Election Day 2008 was a dreary day here in Philly. The rain never quite came down, but it never went away. A constant dribble all day. It's supposed to rain for the next five days. It'll be a cleansing rain....

opinion by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Phillies Win! Thunderdome

It was all great until around 12.30a when people started to really get out of hand. Well after the happy people were through having their fun popping champagne, hugging, chanting "Let's go Phill-ieees" and "Fuck...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Bodies in urban spaces

Having freshly escaped from Kiasma [read his shirt], Cie. Willi Dorner spoke to the cast of his bodies in urban spaces troupe for its inaugural performance at the 2008 Live Arts Fringe Festival. There was...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Melody Gardot @ WXPN Free at Noon

So I have Fridays off from work. I also got up at a reasonable hour and didn't have a shoot. That left me with the chance to head over to World Cafe Live for XPN's Free at Noon concert featuring Melody Gardot, one...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Central vs. Frankford Baseball Championship

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Central vs. Frankford Baseball Championship

Two weeks ago I attended the PIAA District XII Philadelphia public league baseball championship game between Frankford High School and Central High School. My friend Pat used to live down the street from one of...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Talking Beer with Joe Sixpack

Last Tuesday, I went to the Trolley Car Diner (7619 Germantown Ave) in Mt. Airy for a local beer tasting course taught (in conjunction with the Mt. Airy Learning Tree) by none other than Joe Sixpack himself, Don...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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The Wheel of Life by Losang Samten

I've had the great pleasure of meeting the venerable Losang Samten a few times through a friend of mine and I learned that he was in town creating a sand mandala at the Philadelphia Cathedral (38/Chestnut). The...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Michael Pollan: On Food at Philadelphia's Free Library

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Michael Pollan: On Food at Philadelphia's Free Library

I went to The Free Library of Philadelphia on Thursday night to hear Michael Pollan talk about his new book In Defense of Food. You can listen to the library's podcast of the event here. It's a little over an hour...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Philadelphia's 2008 Mummers Parade

Philadelphia's annual Mummers Parade was almost rained out for the second year in a row [last year's delayed parade], but instead, it had a 3 hour delay and got off to a Noon start. I was in NY for most of the...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Philadelphia's Atheist Story

Above is a shot of the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia's Tree of Knowledge at the Chester County courthouse. To the left of the frame is a nativity scene (minus Baby Jeebus until Christmas) and in...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Philadelphia's Municipal Wireless Experiement

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Philadelphia's Municipal Wireless Experiement

Councilman Frank Rizzo Jr. (R, At-Large) was angry at Tuesday's municipal wifi meeting at City Hall and rightfully so. His concerns about the state of the ongoing Wireless Philadelphia project, in conjunction with...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Black Friday at America's Largest Retail Mall

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Black Friday at America's Largest Retail Mall

Where were you at 4.30a on Black Friday? Me? I was at KoP taking photos of their Black Friday madness/spectacular/free-for-all. The line at 4.30a at the Citizens Bank entrance (the entrance with 1500 free bags for...

created by albert | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Philadelphia Police Officer Dies

A 25-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, Officer Charles Cassidy died this morning from a gunshot wound to the head during a robbery. The Mayor is holding an interdenominational prayer service...

created by albert | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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PA Gov. Rendell's Healthcare Plan

The Governor was in town on Friday to talk about his healthcare plan for PA which he calls Cover All PA [CAP]. He came to town with Rosemarie Greco, Director of Health Care Reform for PA. They were in town for a...

created by albert | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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