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MetropolitikA revolution in takingcare of city’s children

Following a number of tragic deaths, the city’s Department of HumanServices looks to get away from reliance on service providers, social workers

New initiative based on more community involvement at local level {page 02}

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Charlenni Ferreira, 10, Danieal Kelly, 14, and Khalil Wimes, 6, all allegedly died at the hands of their parents despite prior DHS involvement.

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1One arrest in home invasion PHILADELPHIA. The housewhere five Temple Universitystudents were robbedovernight may have been tar-geted for drug activity, accord-ing to a release from campuspolice.

Two gunmen burst into theunlocked front door of thehome on the 1500 block of

Page Street around 10 p.m.and took cell phones and cashfrom four men and a womaninside, while a third suspectstood as the lookout, Philadel-phia police said. No one wasinjured.

One of the suspects was ar-rested nearby a short time lat-er, but the other two remain

at large.Also arrested was one of

the victims of the robbery — amale student living in thehome who is charged withdrug possession and intent todeliver, according to Templepolice. The robbery is believedto have been related to thedrug activity. METRO/AW

Man nabbedin knifepointstickupBRIDESBURG. A 24-year-oldman has been arrestedfor a knifepoint robberyin March.

Walter Matela, of the2800 block of HedleyStreet, is accused of theMarch 22 robbery on EastButler Street nearAramingo. Police saidMatela approached a manwith a knife and demand-ed money. After a briefstruggle, he allegedlytook $200 and fled.Matela was arrested April25 thanks to a tip gener-ated from surveillancevideo. METRO

Contractordies after fallFAIRMOUNT. A 30-year-oldman died yesterday afterfalling off scaffolding andonto a live wire, policesaid.

The unidentified con-tractor was working onthe third floor of a newbuilding at 20th and Par-rish streets. He wasdeclared dead around1:45 p.m. The exact causeof death has not been de-termined, a police spokes-woman said. METRO

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Culture shift coming forembattled departmentIn the wake of its most recentchild welfare controversy withthe death of 6-year-old KhalilWimes, Philadelphia’s Depart-ment of Human Services toldcity lawmakers yesterday thatit will completely overhaulthe way it delivers services,with an emphasis on commu-nity support, an increase in ac-countability on all levels and adecrease in the size of the de-partment itself.

“I think it’s about digging alittle bit deeper and providingmore quality services to fami-lies,” DHS CommissionerAnne Marie Ambrose said ofthe “Improving Outcomes forChildren” initiative, based onsimilar efforts in New Yorkand Florida. Ambrose’s testi-mony came at a budget hear-ing for the department.

Beginning this year, DHSwill move from a dual casemanagement system — con-sisting, in each case, of the de-partment and a contracted so-cial services provider — to ateam model including thefamily, youth and service andlocal support networks com-prised of over 150 stakehold-ers.

The announcement comesweeks after the death of Khalil

Wimes, a 6-year-old severelybeaten by his biological par-ents who had only recentlybeen reunited with him overthe objections of his socialworker and court-appointedadvocate, which led to a callfor a more nuanced case-by-case assessment in child cus-tody placements.

While the department hasdenied any wrongdoing in theWimes case, Ambrose said thenew initiative revolutionizesthe very structure that al-lowed for the oversights inwhat they are calling a “criti-cal culture shift within the en-tire child welfare system inPhiladelphia.”

Community members willbe included in the very frame-work of child welfare throughthe use of Community Um-brella Agencies staffed by bothcity workers and local resi-dents, which will soon overseecase management. DHS beganusing GIS mapping last year toidentify areas beset by servicegaps and is hoping that, afterCUAs begin serving those ar-eas, no more children will slipthrough them.

Moving away from dual management system to broader team model Community members will be involved to make sure gaps are closed

Khalil Wimes’ foster grandmother holds a photo of him.

The robbery occurred just off campus.

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Another resetPHILADELPHIA. This is notthe first time DHS tried tooverhaul itself following atragic death. The 2006death of Danieal Kelly, a

disabled 14-year-old whostarved as a city-contractedsocial work agency falsifiedhome visits, sparked a cryfor greater oversight ofservice providers.

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Pay raisefor pollworkers?PHILADELPHIA. The city com-

missioner’s office yesterdayasked City Council toapprove a $900,000 budgetincrease, with its largest ex-penses mandated by the con-troversial state Voter ID Law.

“We are required to edu-cate our voters about the

procedure for getting a pho-to ID from PennDOT for nocharge — that’s a mailingand that costs a lot,” chairStephanie Singer said. “Wewould like to do somesurveys to keep track ofwhere people have voter IDs

and where they don’t.”The office is also asking

for a pay increase for pollworkers, who haven’treceived a raise since 1996and receive much less com-pared to those in other largecities. METRO

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Studentscolded forsittingA middle schoolstudent in westernPennsylvania has suedthe school district,claiming she was disci-plined for not standingduring the Pledge of Al-legiance. The lawsuitwas filed by the Ameri-can Civil Liberties Unionagainst the BrownsvilleArea School District justsouth of Pittsburgh.The suit says the girlwas repeatedly scoldedfor sitting. METRO

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Budget workState lawmakersreturned to Harrisburgyesterday for the finaltwo months of thelegislative session totackle passage of thestate budget by June30. They will be focus-ing on scaling backsome of Gov. Tom Cor-bett’s proposed cutsto unemploymentbenefits and highereducation. The statereported higher-than-expected revenue inApril. METRO

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Sunoco tomerge withpipeline firmTexas-based pipeline opera-tor Energy Transfer Partnerswill purchase Sunoco Inc.for $5.3 billion, the compa-ny announced yesterday.

ETP said the deal won'tchange Sunoco's plans to getout of the refinery business,including an effort to form a

joint venturewith a groupthat wouldrun Sunoco'sSouthPhiladelphiarefinery. Thecompanieswill combine

ETP's extensive pipeline net-work with Sunoco's 4,900gas stations.

Sunoco is expected tokeep its headquarters inCenter City. METRO

Chinatown gropergrabbed womens’ buttsPolice are searching for aman who is groping womenin Chinatown.

There have been two re-ported incidents, both ofwhich occurred last Thurs-day. Police said the first wasjust before 5 p.m. on the1000 block of Spring Street.After leaving the ChinatownLearning Center, the womanreported that an unknownmale approached her from

behind and grabbed her but-tocks, then fled in anunknown direction.

The second incident hap-pened about 90 minutes lat-er near 11th and Vinestreets. The victim told po-lice the male walked by her,then turned and approachedher from behind, grabbedher buttocks and fled in anunknown direction.

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Lawsuit: Deputy commish‘harassed, stalked’ captain

A Philadelphia police captainwith the narcotics unit has fileda discrimination suit againstthe city of Philadelphia andDeputy Police CommissionerWilliam Blackburn.

Capt. Debra Frazier, 49, anearly 23-year force veteran, al-leged in a complaint filed Satur-day in U.S. District Court thatBlackburn continuously texted,called and made sexual ad-vances toward her betweenJune 2008 and March 2011,even going so far as to "stalk"her. Frazier also claims Black-burn created a hostile work en-vironment by treating her dif-ferently due to her race, genderand religion.

She said that the allegedmisconduct became worsewhen she attempted to addressit. Court documents state thatFrazier contacted Fraternal Or-der of Police President John Mc-Nesby and filed a complaint

with the Police DepartmentEqual Employment Opportuni-ty Unit in March 2011. She alsodual-filed a separate petitionwith the U.S. Equal Employ-ment Opportunity Commissionand the state Human RelationsCommissions in April of thesame year.

In each grievance, she al-leged that Blackburn stared ather buttocks at the gym wherethey were both members andasked discriminatory questionsabout her Muslim faith and off-duty religious dress.

She claims that after she

protested, Blackburn drove upto her in the gym parking lotand said, "I should run youover," stated to other supervi-sors that "he wants me gone"and banned her from her officeuntil she completed a specialdetail scheduled during herpaid vacation time.

Blackburn also allegedlymade Frazier the only captainrequired to appear in person atweekly crime meetings, ratherthan sending a lieutenant, andthe only plainclothes captainrequired to wear a uniform,once telling her that she"look[ed] cute" in it.

She said the behavior hasdamaged her economically andemotionally.

Blackburn, through a de-partment spokesman, declinedto comment on the litigation.

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“We’ll see whatcomes out duringthe course of thislitigation, but hehas my support.”COMMISSIONER CHARLES RAMSEY,ACCORDING TO DAILY NEWS

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It’s Ryan’s world,we just work in it

How is Rep. Paul Ryan, left, like Jon Snow — the frosty, illegitimate son of Lord Eddard Stark on HBO’s “Game of Thrones”? We riff off a viral meme from last week: Both reside in the North,both know nothing and they’re both — well, let’s just say the word that comes to mind refers back to that ignoble birthright we mentioned.

Happy Paul RyanDay! Oh, didn’t youhear? Inspired inpart by a pair ofprofiles at The

New York Times and NewYork Magazine, the Internetwas abuzz yesterday withanalysis of this mysteriousyoung “gym rat” who “strollsthe halls of Capitol Hill withthe anarchist band RageAgainst the Machine pound-ing through his earbuds” and“noodles catfish, catchingthem barehanded with a fistdown their throats.”

He’s also the reigning kingof the Republican party. Butdon’t take our word for it. SaysRepublican Rep. Tom Cole:“Paul Ryan effectively cap-tured the republican presiden-tial candidates.” (His radicalbudget proposal offers candi-dates little wiggle room.) Andhere’s Grover Norquist, anoth-er right-wing ideologue with astranglehold on the GOP, ele-vating Ryan’s status abovethat of Mitt Romney: “Wewant the Ryan budget. ... We

just need a president to signthis stuff.” (Again, the implica-tion here suggests that Rom-ney’s qualifications are irrele-vant; all he need do is sign theRyan plan into law, which he’spromised to do, if elected, assoon as possible.)

So, what does Ryanwant? And what,therefore, do we get ifwe elect a Republicaninto the presidency?

Let’s put it this way: You’d dowell to get upwardly mobilerelatively quickly.

“The choice before us couldnot be more clear,” Ryan saidthis past Thursday. “Continu-ing down the path we are onwould mean becoming thefirst generation to break faithwith the American legacy ofleaving the next generationwith more prosperity andgreater opportunities than ourparents left us.”

And how does Ryan pro-pose to uphold that greatAmerican faith? To start, he’llcut taxes for the rich. In addi-tion, military spending will goup. To pay for all this, he — orhis Romney surrogate — willrepeal Obamacare and take abig chunk out of Medicare, re-moving tens of millions fromthe ranks of the insured. Medi-caid and other low-incomeprograms will also get severelyaxed. In other words, in orderto ensure the historic Ameri-can legacy of opportunity,Ryan would give the wealthi-est among us a huge windfalland take a torch to programsfor the poor.

Asked by Times reporterJonathan Weisman whetherhis policies reflect a “cold,heartless” disregard for Ameri-ca’s most unfortunate, Ryanbrushed the criticism aside:“I’m so used to that by now,”he replied. We bet you are, sir.We bet you are.

“We’re trying to preemptausterity,” Ryan continued.“We want to prevent that bit-ter kind of European austeritymode, which is what we’llhave if we have a debt crisis. Ibelieve that the seeds of a bi-partisan compromise arethere. But I think we’re goingto clearly need new leadershipin the Senate and the WhiteHouse to realize that.”

What Ryan point-edly fails tomention is thatwe had a bipar-tisan compro-

mise in the Obama-appointedBowles-Simpson commission.Ryan was on that commission;he voted against it. Despite themassive spending cuts it pro-posed, Ryan opposed any taxincrease on the wealthy. Hethen accused President Oba-ma of ignoring the commit-tee’s recommendations.

Ryan seems to want to pre-vent austerity by implement-ing austerity. (Look it up: Aus-terity: “A policy of deficit-cut-ting, lower spending, and a re-duction in the amount of ben-efits and public services pro-vided.”) Maybe some new lead-ership can clear this up.

Metro does not endorse the opinions of theauthor, or any opinions expressed on its pages.

For complaints, suggestionsand digital attaboys, e-mail usat [email protected].

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HBOWIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGESThe high cost of obesity:Billions to retrofit toilets

U.S. hospitals are ripping outwall-mounted toilets and re-placing them with floor modelsto better support obese pa-tients. The Federal Transit Ad-ministration wants buses to betested for the impact of heavierriders on steering and braking.Cars are burning nearly a bil-lion gallons of gasoline more ayear than if passengersweighed what they did in 1960.

The nation’s rising rate ofobesity has been well-chroni-cled. But businesses, govern-ments and individuals are onlynow coming to grips with thecosts of those extra pounds,many of which are evengreater than believed only afew years ago: The additionalmedical spending due to obesi-ty is double previous estimatesand exceeds even those ofsmoking, a new study shows.

Many of those costs havedollar signs in front of them,such as the higher health in-surance premiums everyonepays to cover those extra med-ical costs. The startling eco-nomic costs of obesity, oftenborne by the nonobese, couldbecome the epidemic’s second-hand smoke. Only when scien-

tists discovered that nonsmok-ers were developing lung can-cer and other diseases frombreathing smoke-filled air didpolicymakers get serious aboutfighting the habit, in particularby establishing nonsmokingzones. The costs that smokingadded to Medicaid also spurredaction. Now, as economists puta price tag on sky-high bodymass indexes, policymakers aswell as the private sector aremobilizing to find solutions tothe obesity epidemic.

The reason for denominat-ing the costs of obesity in dol-lars is not to stigmatize plus-size Americans even further.Rather, the goal is to allowpublic health officials as wellas employers to break outtheir calculators and seewhether programs to preventor reverse obesity are worth it.

Because obesity raises therisk of a host of medical condi-tions, from heart disease tochronic pain, the obese are ab-sent from work more oftenthan people of healthy weight.The most obese men take 5.9more sick days a year; themost obese women, 9.4 daysmore. REUTERS

As Americans grow in size, the outsized costs of thisepidemic are revealed It goes well beyond bathrooms

Guo Yushan, a 35-year-oldBeijing scholar, is one of thetwo people who helped ChenGuangcheng escape fromdozens of thugs, guards andlocal policemen who hadbeen surrounding his farm for18 months in China. But soonafter the news spread out lastFriday morning, Guo Yushanwas detained by “guobao”state security forces. He reap-peared on Monday eveningand spoke to Metro a coupleof hours after.

What happened during yourarrest?They said I was not arrested,but strongly invited to com-municate with them. Theyknow that Chen Guangchengwas not officially underhouse arrest and that hecould legally go anywhere.To save a free person is not acrime. I did not do anythingillegal, so they had no officialreason to keep me locked.Why is this “legal escape” sosensitive then?

Chen Guangcheng hasaccomplished a miracle. Hespent two months toprepare his escape.Although he is blind, hechallenged China’s securitysystem, walked alone for adozen hours, crossed riversand found a way to get intouch with me. It’s even bet-ter than “The ShawshankRedemption!”Should we hope Guangchenggets asylum in the U.S.?What makes ChenGuangcheng’s escape partic-ularly brave is that hecertainly doesn’t want toleave the country like otherdissidents … because he isstill determined to fight forhuman rights in China. Inthe video he released, heclearly said that he wantedthe central government toget involved and punish allthe officials who made hisand his family’s lives miser-able. JORDAN POUILLE, METRO WORLD NEWS IN BEIJING

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Chen Guangcheng, theblind “barefootlawyer,” becamefamous after ex-posing forcedabortions andsterilizations in

Shandong countryside. Heis now said to be inside theU.S. embassy in Beijing.

34%The percentage ofAmericans who areobese (with a BMI of 30or higher) has tripledsince 1960, to 34 percent.

$6.4BObesity-relatedabsenteeism costsemployers as much as$6.4 billion a year, healtheconomists led by EricFinkelstein of DukeUniversity calculated.

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Tea Party congressmen collectbig bucks from bailed-out banks

Stephen Fincher of Tennessee is one of the Tea Party favorites collecting thousands of dollars for re-election campaigns from Wall Street firms.

Tea Party favorites such asStephen Fincher of Tennesseewere swept into Congress on awave of anger over govern-ment-funded bailouts of banks.

Now those incumbents arecollecting thousands of dollarsfor re-election campaignsfrom the same Wall Streetfirms whose excesses theycriticized. They have taken nosignificant steps to curb themor prevent future taxpayer-fi-nanced rescues.

Republican freshmen havemade clear their disdain forexpanding government, andopenly opposed a financialregulatory overhaul enactedby Democrats in 2010 beforethe newcomers arrived inWashington. Their ranks in-

clude 10 Tea Party-backedfreshmen on the House Finan-cial Services Committee, partof a force that won election ina populist backlash to govern-ment spending that included

emergency lending to majorbanks and bailout of firms in-cluding U.S. automakers.

Still, the lawmakershaven’t passed, considered oreven introduced legislation toaddress concerns about “too-big-to-fail” banks voiced bymembers of both parties andsuch Federal Reserve bankpresidents as Richard Fisher ofDallas and Jeffrey Lacker ofRichmond, Virginia.

“I haven’t seen any of themputting forth legislation onbreaking up the big banks oron other things that wouldgenuinely prevent a bailoutnext time,” said Marcus Stan-ley, policy director of Ameri-cans for Financial Reform.BLOOMBERG

The deadly U.S. campaign ofdrone strikes against al Qae-da is fully legal under inter-national law, PresidentBarack Obama’s counterter-rorism chief insisted yester-day in the most extensivejustification to date of thecontroversial tactic that haseliminated some of the most-wanted militants.

Speaking on the eve of theone-year anniversary of theU.S. killing of Osama binLaden in a raid in Pakistan,the White House aide, JohnBrennan, said the U.S. admin-

istration holds itself to a “rig-orous” review process in de-ciding on drone targets inAfghanistan and elsewhere.

The bin Laden commandoraid and unmanned airstrikes in Pakistan have se-verely strained relations be-tween Washington and Is-lamabad.

“I’m here today becausePresident Obama has in-structed us to be more openwith the American peopleabout these efforts,” Brennansaid in a speech to a Wash-ington think tank. REUTERS

Obama aide says drone strikes legal

A U.S. Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile stands on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport, June 13, 2010.

“I haven’t seen anyof them puttingforth legislation onbreaking up the bigbanks or on otherthings that wouldgenuinely prevent abailout next time.”MARCUS STANLEY, POLICY DIRECTOROF AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM

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Billionaire tosail Titanic IIfrom Chineseshipyard to NY Australian mining billion-aire Clive Palmer plans tobuild a 21st-century replicaof the Titanic and sail itfrom England to New Yorkaccompanied by theChinese navy by the end of2016.

He has signed a first-stage agreement with Nan-jing-based CSC Jinling Ship-yard to build the ship aspart of a planned fleet ofluxury liners, the business-man — based in GoldCoast, Queensland — saidin an e-mailed statementyesterday.

Palmer, whoseinvestments include golfcourses, hotels, coal and

iron-ore mining projects, anickel smelter, a soccerteam and a horse stud, saidthe ship will have the samedimensions as the originalTitanic. A move into thecruise market, where shipstypically cost at least $500million to build, is an ambi-tious step, said Greg John-son, an analyst with ShoreCapital Group in London,by phone.

“You’re starting fromscratch with noexperience,” Johnson said.“A $500 million punt isquite sizable.” BLOOMBERG

The Titanic II will mirror the original Titanic, seen here.

840The Titanic II will, likeits predecessor, have840 rooms on ninedecks, Palmer said.

Biker sues BMWand dealership as‘seat gave him a20-month erection’ SAN FRANCISCO. A Californiaman claims that his BMWmotorcycle seat gave him a20-month erection, and issuing both the companyand the dealer for “emotion-al and mental anguish.”

The owner complainedto a San Francisco court thatthe condition, known as pri-apism, was “caused by theridge-like seat on his motor-cycle. He has been sufferingsince a four-hour ride in2010, and has been “unableto engage in sexual activity.”

Sexual health specialistDr. David Edwards toldMetro that priapism is a“rare but very serious condi-

tion.” In extreme cases, theorgan has to be amputated.

The condition is typical-ly caused by diseases suchas sickle cell or leukemia,or as a reaction to certainmedications. In rare cases ithas been traced to the biteof a venomous spider.

Dr. Edwards said he has“never heard anything like”the 20-month span of theCalifornia man’s suffering.He added that it was highlyunlikely a motorcycle seatcould be the cause.

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EPA director quitsover threats to‘crucify energycompanies’WASHINGTON. A regional En-vironmental ProtectionAgency chief based in Dal-las resigned yesterday, justdays after Republican law-makers uncoveredcomments in which hecompared his enforcementof energy companies withcrucifixion.

Al Armendariz, who wasthe chief of EPA’s Region 6office, which includes refin-ery-rich Texas, Louisianaand three other states, senta letter of resignation toEPA Administrator LisaJackson late on Sunday.REUTERS

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Temple University’s “green”majors have long been plant-ed at the Ambler campus inthe School of EnvironmentalDesign, which offers a varietyof environmental-themed ma-jors.

Now they’ve added five newminors, as well. Two are newinterdisciplinary emphases:sustainable food studies andecological planning and design.The others — community andregional planning, environ-mental horticulture and land-scape studies — are extensionsof existing majors.

“Our majors reflect a rangeof scale,” says Pauline Hurley-Kurtz, interim chair of the de-partment of landscape architec-ture and horticulture. “Com-munity and regional planninglooks at large-scale environ-

mental issues. Landscape de-sign has a smaller focus, andhorticulture is smaller still.”

“These new minors extendopportunities for students indifferent majors to develop ex-pertise in areas we can serve,”adds Deborah Howe, chair ofthe department of communityand regional planning. The ma-jors will strengthen graduates’

skills for future careers or helpprepare them for graduatestudies.

All of the majors are de-signed to deepen what TempleAmbler is already doing. “Thesustainable agriculture minorfurthers our emphasis on ur-ban agriculture,” Howe says.“We look at production, distri-bution and land use.”

Temple roast raises big bucksA roast of Temple basketballcoach Fran Dunphy raisedmore than $30,000 for theuniversity’s chapter of BigBrothers Big Sisters. Dunphyserves on the board of theSoutheast Pennsylvaniachapter of the organization.Roasters included former

Gov. EdRendell,former Templecoach JohnChaney and St.Joseph’s coachPhil Martelli.

Penn No. 2 in social mediaThe University ofPennsylvania is No. 2 on a

list of the top 25universities in its use ofsocial media — out-tweetedonly by Harvard University.

The social mediaconsulting companySociagility looked at how topuniversities use Facebook,Twitter and YouTube toconnect with students,potential applicants and thecommunity.

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In a tradition dating back100 years, the Temple Uni-versity Ambler campus willhost a spring plant sale onSaturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., atthe campus greenhouse at580 Meetinghouse Road.Plants will include annuals

and perennials, vegetablestarts, herbs, native plantsand hanging baskets.Members of Pi Alpha Xi, thenational honor society forhorticulture students andAmbler Arboretum’s staffand volunteers will be avail-able to answer questions.

Minor additions to Temple’s ‘green’course offerings

The university’s Ambler campus has added five environmental-themed minors Sustainable foodand horticulture are among the new programs

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“I knew restaurants weren’tthe route I wanted to take, butI always enjoyed interactingwith people — making sureour clients were well takencare of. So the hospitality genewas always in me,” says Bastas.

He initially considered ap-plying for an MBA program,but then discovered the M.S.in Hospitality Industry Stud-ies at NYU program. Bastasearned his degree last year.

After a short stint at the RitzCarlton Central Park, hefounded his own luxury trav-el consultant business, BastasTravel Consultants.

“A master’s degree [pro-gram] teaches you the practi-cal stuff: hospitality formulas,marketing, revenue manage-ment. But the most importantthing for me in those twoyears is relationship-building— having professors who areindustry leaders and beingaround other students who areinvolved in the industry.”

Behind the degree:Hospitality management

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Dr. Elizabeth H. Barber is theassociate dean of the Schoolof Tourism and HospitalityManagement at Temple.

What’s the history of theMaster in Hospitality andTourism?It dates back to the 1920s.Michigan State University andCornell University tend tofight over who was the first.

Is this degree necessary for amanagement career in theindustry?No. It’s still an industry thatsays, “If you’re going to comein, you better start at the frontdesk.” But a degree allowsyou to progress more fluidly.

Should you get the master’sdegree right after undergrad?We require two years of ex-perience, and I think that’spretty consistent with otherprograms.

What skills should a personhave before they considerthis degree?They’ve got to be a peopleperson. It’s pretty hard to notbe surrounded by people inthis industry. In hospitality,sometimes people are mad atyou, so you better be prettyresilient. You need to be flexi-ble, like to move, go wherethe jobs are.

Are you a people person? Youcan enter this field if you’re readyto work your way up, despite degree

$47,450According to the Bureauof Labor Statistics, themedian salary for lodgingmanagers was $47,450 asof 2011. There were51,400 such positions inthe nation as of 2010,with a “slower thanusual” growth rate.

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Chestnut Hillprofessor a finalistin MVP competitionPatrick McCauley, assistantprofessor of religiousstudies at Chestnut Hill

College, was selected as afinalist in a national MostValuable Professorcompetition hosted byQuestia, an online researchsite.

In addition to earningthe MVP title, the winnerwill become part of a teamthat will award three$2,500 scholarships in hisor her name.

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The Internet can’t keep radiodown. According to a 2012 re-port by broadcasting marketresearch firm Arbitron, 93 per-cent of the population still lis-tens on a weekly basis.

Like their profit-makingcounterparts, noncommercialcollege radio stations are stilla mainstay on campusesacross the country, accordingto Samuel Sauls, the presidentof the Broadcast Education As-sociation and station managerof the University of NorthTexas’ radio station.

Sauls is also the author of“The Culture of American Col-lege Radio,” released back in2000.

Has the Internet made yourbook obsolete? If I did an update, the Inter-net would play a major role.

But college radio actuallyhasn’t changed that muchsince then. It’s still providingalternative programming,and the listenership is stillmostly people in the car. Peo-ple get in the car, they turnon the radio. That hasn’tchanged.

Will college radio stay largelydominated by undergroundand alternative music?I think so. It has a long historyof serving that purpose. It be-gan in the ’70s. That’s whencollege radio and under-ground music started gettinglegs — together. Then itmoved into alternative rock in’80s and ’90s. We’re still carry-ing that mission out today.

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Could it be that a Kardashian isactually putting her family’shappiness over her reality TVambitions? The answer is:Maybe! But don’t tell her publi-cist that!

According to a source at UsWeekly, “Khloe has pulledthe plug,” on her E! spin-offseries “Khloe and Lamar.”The reason, according toTMZ.com, is that LamarOdom wants to focus onreviving his falteringNBA career.

Back from Dallas,where Odom was re-leased from the Maver-icks last month, the two“have decided he shouldtrain all offseason,” theinsider tells Us Weekly.“And she’s exhaustedfrom filming!”

However, Kardashi-an’s publicist tells En-tertainment Weekly:“The show has not been

cancelled. It will depend ontheir schedules, as Lamar’s bas-ketball schedule is a priority.”

If the series doesn’t returnfor a third season, at least

there’s another reality TVshow about the trials andtribulations of young mar-ried life hitting the net-work. “Married to Jonas,”starring Kevin Jonas andhis wife, Danielle, will fol-low the couple as they nav-igate their daily lives attheir New Jersey homewhile juggling his record-ing and touring scheduleand various sets of in-laws.

Here’s an idea, E!: HaveKhloe and Lamar movenext door to the Jonases,get Lamar on the (nowBrooklyn) Nets with KimKardashian ex KrisHumphries, and create

the most beautiful realityTV mashup in the world.Thank (and pay) me later.

Jackson andHouston: In love?!Michael Jackson’s formerbodyguard claims the Kingof Pop had an affair withWhitney Houston in 1991 —and even wanted to marrythe late singer. “Whitneypractically moved in toMichael’s ranch and theyhad a fling like any otheryoung couple,” Matt Fiddestells the Sun. “Michael saidlater he had always hopedthe relationship had gonefurther, and I know he

dreamed of marrying her.”Fiddes says the pair had onemore run-in at a 2001tribute concert for Jackson.“They were both a mess, tobe honest,” Fiddes says ofthe reunion. “They sharedwhat would be their finalhugs and Michael beggedWhitney to get off the drugsthat were destroying herlife.” For those keeping trackat home, Fiddes is the sameformer bodyguard claimingto be the biological father ofJackson’s youngest child,Blanket, insisting that Jack-son used Fiddes’ sperm toconceive the boy.

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Houston and Jackson share a moment in 1988.

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Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve been upto — in their ownwords, in 140 characters or fewer.

Today, Joan Rivers can'tbelieve her ears and Si-mon Cowell hates com-pliments.

@Joan_RiversA nightclub patron ac-cused Lindsay Lohan ofthrowing a drink in herface? Can't be true!Lindsay would never letany booze go to waste.

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A pregnant(and tan!)Snooki for yourTuesday1: Matt LeBlanc, sporting anawesome fauxhawk, wassnapped outside of Radio 1 onMonday in London, England.

2: Will Arnett and Maya Rudolphappeared at The Comedy Awards2012 at the HammersteinBallroom on Saturday in NewYork.

3: As part of the 2012 NewOrleans Jazz & Heritage Festivalon Saturday in New Orleans, TomPetty and the Heartbreakersperformed.

4: Colin Firth and Nicole Kidmanattended a photocall to announcethe start of filming their newmovie, “The Railway Man,” on Fri-day in Edinburgh, Scotland. The10-week shoot starts now around

Edinburgh, moving to Thailand inlate May and finally to Australia inearly June.

5: A pregnant Nicole “Snooki”Polizzi visited the Chicago-areatanning salon, Ultimate Exposure,to promote her new line oftanning lotion on Saturday.

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The seven-year itchWriter Jon Raymond has penned several screenplays, including the

critically acclaimed films ‘Old Joy’ and ‘Wendy and Lucy’ His most recent isthe Emmy-nominated HBO miniseries ‘Mildred Pierce’ In his second novel,‘Rain Dragon,’ he explores breakups, makeups, moving up and moving on

Acclaimed author andscreenwriter Jon Ray-mond reminds us thatthe end is always in the

beginning. In his sophomorenovel “Rain Dragon,” a youngcouple impetuously embarkson a journey of discovery to-gether, trading Los Angeles fora dairy farm outside of Port-land, Ore. But, their paths di-verge and they come to realizethat the life they’ve romanti-cized isn’t so romantic. WhereAmy sees omens, Damon findsopportunities; where Amy seesopportunities, Damon findshimself alone. As they pursuetheir own niches in their newcommunity, it exposes fissuresin their tumultuous seven-yearrelationship. Raymond asks hisreaders: Can one sacrifice their

ideologies for a greater good?We ask him about taking risks,falling in love and whether thegrass on the other side is everreally greener.

Why can’t Damon, whose job itbecomes to promote better communication in businesses,find the same success in his mostintimate relationship?The influence of New Agethinking has become so com-monplace that people oftenend up articulating their needsand desires in almost exactlythe same way they’d write acorporate mission statement.Everything ends up as a forumfor self-improvement. I wantedto deal with this broader NewAge way of thinking withoutany kind of irony or judgmentattached. Openness and com-munication are the hallmarksof New Age thinking, [but]there are some things thatsimply can’t be said. Did you know the trajectory ofDamon and Amy’s relationshipin advance or did you let itunfold as you were writing?I always knew that the destinythese characters imagined forthemselves was not going tobe the destiny the universedoled out. The book is abouthow people fabricate a senseof fate in their lives — thatfeeling that your actions havesome greater meaning, thatyour story has some specialshape.

The story takes place overthe course of a year, and the

characters conform to a circu-lar path. They start where theyend, hopefully with more self-knowledge or at least a mo-mentary sense of renewal. Wekeep doing the same thingsover and over again, sometimeswith minor differences, andevery once in awhile we findourselves in a new season. A lot of romantic relationshipsfail because the people involvedstop teaching and learning fromone another. How do you avoidstagnation? So much of our popular cultureis fixated on the big, pyrotech-nic event of falling in love, thefinding of “the one,” and paysso little attention to the longer,unfolding work of love. In“Rain Dragon,” I wanted tojump past that initial flush andinto a relationship at the mo-ment of possible commitment. Happiness is an abstract idea,and it’s different for everyone. Is there something more accessible one might seek?I tend to frame my own life inthe negative. I don’t want to dothis; I don’t want to feel that,thus I’ll behave in this way. Somy key to happiness is largelyevasive. The pursuit of happi-ness can look unwise at times,just a selfish, acquisitive, hypo-critical lifestyle. Being useful toothers, putting other peopleahead of oneself: Anecdotally,that attitude seems to make forhappy states of mind.

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Zach Wahls lit up YouTube lastyear with his speech to theIowa House Judiciary Commit-tee in favor of same-sex mar-riage. Wahls is understandablypassionate about the issue: Hewas raised with his biologicalsister by a lesbian couple. Hispowerful conclusion that “thesexual orientation of my par-ents has had zero effect on thecontent of my character” drewlegions of supporters and fans,and the 20-year-old is now shar-ing his experiences in a newbook, “My Two Moms: Lessonsof Love, Strength, and WhatMakes a Family” (out Thurs-day). He spoke with Metroabout his journey thus far.

How did your famous speechcome about?In 2009, I was the columns edi-tor for my high school newspa-per. That spring, the SupremeCourt rules in this unanimousdecision in Iowa to legalizesame-sex marriage. I was reallyhappy about that, so I wrote acolumn that was noticed by thelaw firm that had litigated Var-num v. Brien, the lawsuit thatresulted in the legalization ofsame-sex marriage in Iowa. Imet the communications direc-tor, and [a year later] I got aFacebook message, an e-mail and a phone call on aThursday afternoon saying,“There’s this hearing on Mon-

day, can you make it?” I wrotemy testimony over the week-end and then showed up onMonday night.Ellen DeGeneres called you ahero when you appeared on hershow. How did that feel?It’s a label that makes me kindof uncomfortable sometimes,but I think it’s a testament tothe values that my moms in-stilled in me and the effort theyput in to raise my sister andme. I feel incredibly blessed tohave the parents I have.Has your father, with whomyou don’t have a relationship,reached out to you since all thishas happened?He was an anonymous sperm

donor. We don’t have any ideawho he is — he doesn’t evenknow that we exist. I think itwould certainly be interestingto meet him and learn moreabout him, but I don’t have anyinterest in seeking him out. What do you hope readers takeaway from this book?I hope people understand thelove and commitment that mymoms have for each other, butalso the love and commitmentthat binds us as a family. Myhope is that this book is able toserve as a reminder that we aremore alike than different.

Why did you dedicate thebook to your younger sister,Zebby?I wanted her to know just howmuch she means to me andhow important it was for me tohave her along for the ride. Butalso, more metaphorically, she’sone of the kids that I’m tryingto talk to with this book. Thereason I decided to write thebook was because I think thatthere is misinformation being

perpetuated by some people.Other young kids who haveLGBT parents need to know thatdespite what some of the talk-ing heads on TV might say, theyaren’t damaged goods or child-abuse victims or brainwashed.And that’s an important mes-sage, I think, to hear from oneof us. Your parents are notgonna be the most unbiasedforces, so I think having one ofour own stand up and speakthis truth is really important.

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“This election in the fall isgoing to be probably themost pivotal moment of thischapter of Iowa’s history,”Wahls says. “If we can getthrough this election cycle to2014 without a constitutionalamendment passing throughthe Iowa general assembly, it’sgonna be probably clear sail-ing. By that point, by the waythe polling data is looking,hearts and minds are beingone on this issue. Iowans areembracing love and commit-ment over fear and isolation.”

Over a year after the video that made him a YouTube star and a hero toEllen DeGeneres, Zach Wahls talks to us about the crazy ride he’s been on

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In defense of thepresident’s policiesPresident Obama has helpedturn America around since2008. Unlike the GOP agentsfor the rich, Obama hasworked hard to put inprograms that benefit themiddle class and those tryingto get into the middle class. In2008, thanks to the foolishpolicies of George W. Bush,America was on the brink offinancial ruin. We even heardthe word “Depression” beingused on the nightly news. Wedon’t hear that wordanymore do we? So my ques-tion for America is: Who (ex-cept for the rich) would voteRepublican? Who would wantto turn the reins of ourgovernment back to the poli-cies of the GOP? Republicanpolicies that always place thewealthy, corporations and themilitary before the working

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Social Security is a ponzi schemeRE: “SOCIAL SECURITY WILLCONTINUE TO PAY OUT”: It isElkan Katz’s letter that is mis-leading on Social Security.According to the projectionsdescribed in the Social Securi-ty Trustees Report, the fund isalready paying out close to$50 billion more than it takesin, apart from interest. Begin-ning in 2020, payments willexceed its income — includ-ing the interest. By 2033, thefund will be depleted. Afterthat, Social Security taxes willonly be able to pay about 75percent of the scheduled ben-efits. JIM FLETCHER, VIA E-MAIL

Right-wing looniesgum up the worksRE: “THE LEAST PRODUCTIVECITIZENS WILL DO EVEN LESSTHAN USUAL!”: Commies?!Lefties?! What is this, the1950s? I’m old enough to re-member when people likeMr. St. George and Mr. Tord-off thought fluoridating wa-ter to prevent tooth decaywas a communist plot. Timefor these two to get out ofthe conservative news echochamber with their mid-20th century paranoia.KATHY KOURIAN, VIA E-MAIL

Science is not faith,yon dragon slayerRE: “FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYSFOR SERVICES”: St. George, sci-ence takes no political sides.Go wallow in your beliefs,just like the church clung

with teeth and nails to thegeocentric universe modeland ignored science foralmost 2,000 years. In 2005,some 20 percent of Ameri-cans still believed the sun re-volved around the Earth!Teaching science is not indoc-trination; teaching religion is.What scientific evidence doyou have that global warmingis a lie? Are you a climatologyexpert or do you rely on otherBible Belt luminaries who al-so think the earth was creat-ed some 6,000 years ago? Goslay smaller dragons, scienceis a bit too big for you.GEORGE MATHIOWITZ, VIA E-MAIL

Who do you thinkpays for Obamacare?RE: “HEALTHCARE LAW HAS MUCHTO LOVE”: How pie-in-the-skycan Ms. Casey be? Why dopeople like her fail to includewho foots the bill for all thesegreat benefits? Do they thinkthe insurance companies takethe financial hit? Do they re-alize how much employersand the insured have to payfor their premiums? PETER MOLLE, VIA E-MAIL

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ears running down his face, BrianDawkins said goodbye with the samesoul-baring emotion that punctuatedhis brilliant tenure as an Eagle. Let therecord show that the same man who be-

came the fire-breathing Wolverine before andduring games walked away in the same intenseand winning style.

Every wavering word he delivered rang true.Every tear wasgenuine. Dawkins saidhis coaches — especial-ly beloved defensivecoordinator Jim John-son — knew he would“sacrifice a body part”in the service of theEagles and their end-less quest for a cham-pionship.

His greatest regretwas that he couldn’tdeliver the ultimateprize for Johnson and the fans. In a sports worldpopulated by frauds, Dawkins is the real thing.He is the embodiment of every Philadelphiasports fan: ferocious in his desire to win,sickened by the notion of failure. No one hasever played in Philadelphia who was more openor honest than Brian Dawkins.

And that’s why, during his extraordinaryfarewell, the hardest thing to watch was JeffLurie gush over a hero the owner had coldly andstupidly banished to Denver three years ago. Fora couple of million dollars, Dawkins could havespent his entire career here. Instead, the Eagles

Brian Dawkins came home to teach a finallesson. He stood at the podium on the dayhis dirt-stained No. 20 was retired andshowed every athlete who has played here(and ever will) how to create a lifelongbond with nation’s toughest sports city.

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treated him like everyother over-30 employee.

Brian Dawkins,who just a fewdays earlier hadadmitted hewasn’t sure he

wanted to retire an Ea-gle, must have gaggedinside when Lurie calledhim his all-time favoriteEagle. Can you imaginehow Dawkins wouldhave been treated threeyears ago if Lurie didn’tlove him so much? True to form, however,Dawkins silently took the hit.

Like so many moments in his glorious career,he did it for the fans. Dawkins took his placeamong the immortals on the Eagles — ChuckBednarik, Steve Van Buren, Tom Brookshier, Pe-te Retzlaff, Al Wistert, Jerome Brown and ReggieWhite — knowing that the fans wanted him torise above the phoniness of an organization thatdidn’t fully appreciate him until he was gone.

Brian Dawkins wasn’t the only one crying onSaturday. So were the rest of us — crying thatone of the true greats is gone, crying that wemay never see another player who representedus so well, and crying that so few people insports will grasp the priceless lesson he taughtabout honest emotion.

– Angelo Cataldi is the host of 94 WIP’s Morning Show, which airs weekdays 5:30 to 10 a.m.

Orangeand Blackrule cityThe impossible hashappened. Hockey hassurged past football andbaseball to become the No. 1sport in Philadelphia. Withtheir talented youth andtheir crazy goalie, the Flyershave captured the imagina-tion of a city that has almostalways preferred the pigskinor the horsehide.

As a sports talk-showhost here for 23 years, I cansay with certainty that themost popular player in ourcity right now is ClaudeGiroux, the most admiredcoach is Peter Laviolette andthe most anticipated gamesare the playoff extravagan-zas against the Penguins and

now the Devils.It’s not hard to

understand, really. The Ea-

gles — kings of the city mostof the time — aren’tplaying, and were a dull anddisappointing 8-8. The Six-ers, hardly a blip on the fanradar since Allen Iversonleft, are not even registeringduring their current — andprobably very brief —appearance in the playoffs.

And then there are thePhillies. Most recently theobject of the most attentionand affection, they are oneof our most boring sportsteams in recent memory.Switching from the Phillies-Cubs game to Flyers-Devilson Sunday was jarring, likeaccelerating from 0 to 60 inthree seconds.

For as long as it lasts, thisis an amazing time inPhiladelphia sports, a raremoment when the Flyers arenot just beating thePenguins and Devils, but theEagles and Phillies as well.

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Idle thoughts from Cataldi ...1Don’t even think about it.

Fans thinking the injury toDerrick Rose gives the Sixers achance versus Chicago obviouslydidn’t watch the first game. TheBulls are deeper, more talentedand better coached. Chicagowon this series the minute EvanTurner said he was happy histeam was facing the Bulls.

2Birds make right call.The Eagles finally got it right

when they traded up for defen-sive tackle Fletcher Cox lastweek. I’m basing this conclusionon the one draft guru I trust, RayDidinger. When discussing Coxeven before the draft, the colum-nist and broadcaster lit up like aneon sign. Good enough for me.

3Fun while it lasted. Who’s going to inform Jim

Thome that his Hall of Fame ca-reer is over? He injured his backsliding into second Saturday. Heis a liability at first base. He isbatting .111 with 10 strikeouts in18 at-bats. He can’t run, field, orhit. So, I ask again: Who’s goingto break the news to him?

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No love forJ-RollAt a time when the Philliesneeded him most, JimmyRollins failed spectacularly.Called upon to earn the $33-million contract he signedlast winter, he was a disasteras the No. 3 hitter in a line-up desperate for production.

During his 19-game audi-tion as a middle-of-the-orderguy, he managed no homeruns and three RBIs, with anembarrassing .216 average.In other words, for threeweeks he was a No. 8 hitterbatting five slots too high.

Of course, his many loyal-ists will find excuses for thisfailure. They will say he hasbeen a lead-off hitter his en-

tire career, though Rollinshas never embraced the pa-tience required of that role.They will cite the lack of hit-ters around him. They willwrite it off as a slow start.

Well, here’s the brutaltruth. Rollins is one of themost selfish players in Phillyhistory. He plays not for theteam, but for himself.Remember when CharlieManuel sat him down andstressed the need to workcounts more, to draw morewalks? Rollins has walkedfive times in 88 at-bats.

When the Phillies shelledout all that money last win-ter, they were buying morethan a fading 33-year-old.268 hitter past his prime.What they got instead is justone more reminder that thegood old days are gone.

Brian Dawkinsis theembodiment of everyPhiladelphiasports fan.

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Rollins is failing miserably this season for the Phillies.

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Flyers jumpingfrequenciesThe Flyers ended theirbroadcast relationshipwith 94 WIPyesterday. The teamwill air all games forthe 2012-13 seasonand beyond on 97.5The Fanatic. Flyersgames will also besimulcast on 950WPEN and some on93.3 WMMR.

Chris Therien willstay on board as thecolor analyst, withTim Saunders doingplay-by-play. The Six-ers also ended theiraffiliation with 94 WIP last week.

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Brodeur took a shot at therefs postgame for missing aninterference call on James vanRiemsdyk.

“Definitely, van Riemsdyk

pushed my stick over when hecame across,” Brodeur said. “Itprevented me from making thesave, and it was so quick likethat for the referees.”

But it’s that kind of confu-sion in front of the net that theFlyers seek to continue in thisseries. The Flyers want to playdesperate around the puck.

“The way to beat him is totake his eyes away from him,you know, he plays desperate,”Wayne Simmonds said. “Hetries for every save out there. If

there’s a loose puck, you got tobe diving toward it, we just gotto be a little more desperate onthe puck and finish our oppor-tunities.”

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Phils ace notready, minorleague startdoubtfulCliff Lee won’t take themound when he’s eligible tocome off the disabled list Fri-day. The southpaw’s oblique isstill bothering him, but it isgetting better.

“He hasn’t felt it [theoblique strain] to a great de-gree,” pitching coach RichDubee said. “He feels it withthe first couple throws [duringlong toss] and then it disap-pears. He probably could pitch,but we want to make sure he’sgoing to be healthy. We don’twant to lose him for anotherthree or four starts. We’ll get

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Michael Martinez, who is re-covering from a broken foot,popped into the dugout duringbatting practice. The utility in-fielder, who was nearly unrec-ognizable with a buzz cut, isstill wearing a boot. There is nodate when Martinez will comeoff the DL. ED CONDRAN

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Jim Thome (back) was exam-ined Sunday by team doctor,Michael Cicotti, but the Philsprovided no update. Thome

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