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Victims of antigay Halloween attack speak out

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com Philadelphia has been served yet another reminder that anti-LGBT hate crimes are far from being a thing of the past.

Shortly after 1 a.m. Nov. 1, two women and one man were attacked in Northeast Philadelphia by a group that hurled antiLGBT epithets at them.

Two people were arrested in the attack: 18-year-old Carlos Jimenez of the 6000 block of Shisler Street and a 16-yearold female whose identity police are not releasing because she is a minor. She will not be charged as an adult, said Public Affairs Officer Jillian Russell.

Philadelphia’s new hate-crimes measure was signed into law Nov. 13 but a law must be in effect when an incident takes place in order for related charges to be brought; so, even if investigators deem this to be a hate crime, the suspects cannot be charged as such.

Straight best friends Jessica Kelly, 28,

and Bonnie Moran, 31, were being escorted home from a Halloween party in Mayfair by their mutual friend, Michael Clinton.

The two women were walking arm-in-arm on Shelmire Avenue, just off Frankford Avenue, when a female in a nearby group of teenagers said, “Ew, look at those ugly lesbians,” according to Moran.

Clinton then said something along the lines of, “Hey, leave them alone. They aren’t gay.”

The group, comprised of seven males and one female, continued to shout homophobic slurs before proceeding to attack Clinton.

Moran said she dialed 911, told the dispatcher where they were and fled around the corner toward Clinton’s home, but came back for Clinton and saw how serious his injuries were.

The women attempted to help Clinton back to his home but were “sandwiched,” Moran said, by the original group of attackers and a second group.

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Equality Forum off in 2015 in light of Reminder celebration

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com It will be 50 years come this summer since the country’s first public demonstrations for LGBT rights took place here in Philadelphia, and locals are gearing up to mark the anniversary.

The commemoration of the Annual Reminders will take place July 2-5 and include panels, LGBT history exhibits, parties, a festival and special events, with the 50th Anniversary Celebration taking place on a stage in front of Independence Hall on July 4, where the first pickets were held in 1965.

Malcolm Lazin, executive director of organizing

parker-Spruce to be sold, remain closed indefinitely

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com The Parker-Spruce Hotel and adjacent Westbury Bar have been closed for several weeks following a fire last month, and now the property is set to be sold, prolonging the shuttering of both businesses indefinitely.

Settlement is scheduled for Nov. 17 between building owner Spruce Hotel Corporation and prospective buyer The Wankawala Organization, a hospitality-management company based in Center City, which has been leasing the property for the past several years.

Mihir Wankawala, the organization’s managing director, did not respond to

Philly gets top HRC score again

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MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER AT THE NOV. 7 EVENT ANNOUNCING THE ANNUAL REMINDER 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Photo: Scott A. Drake

partner Equality Forum, confirmed that the event will be held in lieu of his organization’s annual spring festival, which each year brought international

guests to discuss LGBTrights issues and concluded with the SundayOUT! at the Piazza.

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requests for comment as of presstime. The sale price was not available as of presstime, but the building was last assessed at a market value of approximately $3.5 million.

Neil Carver is listed as the president and secretary of Spruce Hotel Corporation on state documents.

The entire building has been closed since Oct. 20, when a small fire on the ninth floor of the hotel forced the evacuation of patrons and employees of Parker-Spruce and Westbury. The two share a sprinkler system, which L&I found needed to be repaired, along with other electrical issues, before both businesses could reopen.

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The Human Rights Campaign released its third-annual Municipal Equality Index this week, and Philadelphia again achieved the top score.

Philadelphia was one of 38 cities that received a 100 in the report, which ranked 353 cities based on the LGBT-inclusiveness of their policies of programs, but one of just eight that got the top mark without bonus points factored in. Other cities that received a base score with full marks were Miami Beach, Fla.; Olympia and Seattle, Wash.; San Francisco and Long Beach, Calif.; Minneapolis, Minn.; and Boston.

Bonus points were given for programs and policies that went beyond the baseline criteria, such as initiatives aimed at the elderly, youth and homeless. Philadelphia received

16 bonus points, equal to the score of San Francisco, and second only to Miami’s 18.

Philadelphia missed bonus points for not “grossing up” city employees’ benefits and not “testing the limits of a restrictive state law.” Boston followed with 14 bonus points, Seattle with 13, Olympia and Long Beach with nine and Minneapolis with seven.

The average nationwide score was 82.

Pennsylvania had an average score of 79.6, based on Philadelphia and six other cities: Allentown (85), Erie (57), Harrisburg (70), New Hope (89), Pittsburgh (90) and University Park (66).

This year’s report included 62 more cities than last year’s report, in which Philadelphia received a 100 and 13 bonus points, tying with Seattle. In the inaugural report, Philadelphia was the only city to receive a base score of 100 without bonus points. n

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News Briefing Oral arguments set in Milano case Oral arguments are scheduled for January in the case of Anthony Milano, a Bucks County gay man who was brutally slashed to death in 1987.

Richard R. Laird and Frank R. Chester originally were convicted of first-degree murder and related offenses in the grisly crime.

But federal judges have voided their first-degree murder convictions, and Chester wants his remaining convictions voided as well.

Chester claims his trial attorney served him ineffectively, partly because the attorney had a pending DUI charge while representing him.

Oral arguments on Chester’s request are scheduled for 3 p.m.

Jan. 13 on the 19th floor of the U.S. Court House, 601 Market St. Judges Thomas L. Ambro, Thomas M. Hardiman and Kent A. Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit will preside.

Each side will have 20 minutes to present their arguments, according to court records.

Bucks County prosecutor Stephen B. Harris expressed optimism about the case.

“We believe that Mr. Chester’s conviction for second-degree murder and all lesser charges will be affirmed,” Harris told PGN. “Assuming that happens, we will then retry Mr. Chester for capital first-degree murder.”

Daniel A. Silverman, an attorney for Chester, had no comment for this report.

Laird’s request for a new trial remains pending in state Supreme Court.

Laird, 51, and Chester, 46, remain on death row in state prisons.

Judge orders records released in bullying case A federal judge has ordered the Pennsauken School District to release personnel records requested

by Thomas Vandergrift, a gay man who says his nephew experienced pervasive anti-LGBT bullying while a student in the district.

Vandergrift also claims that dis-

trict employees retaliated against him for complaining about the alleged bullying by accusing him of molesting his nephew.

In December 2012, Vandergrift filed suit in federal court, and a jury trial is expected sometime next year.

After an 80-minute hearing on Oct. 30, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider said district officials must turn over the personnel records requested by Vandergrift.

Prior to the ruling, district officials had refused to turn over the records, claiming they’re “confidential and proprietary.”

In his ruling, Schneider also stated that “given the age of the case, all fact discovery shall be completed by March 31, 2015.”

He said an extension of that deadline will be granted only if “manifest injustice will result” without an extension.

Cop’s reimbursement request still pending Officer Michael Paige’s request for almost $200,000 from the city to reimburse him for legal fees in a sexual-assault case remains pending in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.

James Harris accused Paige of sexually assaulting him in a secluded area of Fairmount Park in 2007. Although Paige was cleared of criminal wrongdoing, a federal jury in 2012 awarded Harris $165,000 in damages.

Paige contends the city should have defended him during his federal trial. He’s seeking $189,995.91 from the city to cover his private attorney’s legal fees.

But city attorneys say sexual assault isn’t within the scope of a police officer’s employment duties.

Thus, Paige isn’t entitled to reimbursement from the city for his legal fees.

In March 2014, Common Pleas Judge Jacqueline F. Allen held a hearing on Paige’s request. By presstime this week, the judge hadn’t yet issued a ruling.

City attorney Sean Kirby said he’s waiting for Allen’s ruling and had no additional comment.

— Timothy Cwiek

Expo on holistic health A holistic health event called the Mind Body Spirit Expo is coming to Valley Forge Casino Resort.

Attend exhibits, lectures and workshops presented by special guest speakers, including Dan Millman, author of the “Peaceful Warrior” series, spiritual educator Gail Thanray, reconnective healing expert Dr. Eric Pearl and more Nov. 21-23.

Hours for the expo are 4-9 p.m.

Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. There will also be a special three-hour workshop with legendary yoga master Sri Dharma Mittra, as well as other free yoga and QiGong classes throughout the weekend.

Now in its 18th year, the Mind Body Spirit Expo is the largest natural health and human-potential expo in the Northeast.

Fore more information or to register, visit www.mindbodyspiritexpo.com.

Camp out for youth Change Philly Today is hosting two back-to-back events to help raise funds and awareness for LGBT homeless youth.

Starting at 6 p.m. Nov. 20, supporters will spend the night at JFK Plaza in front of City Hall to experience what it’s like to be homeless. Then, from 6-9 p.m. Nov. 21, a silent auction will be held at William Way LGBT Community Center to raise funds for the agency’s work on behalf of LGBT youth.

The event will include a social hour, hors d’oeuvres and a 50/50 raffle.

For more information, contact Rusty Doll at rusty.doll@changephillytoday.com.

— Ryan Kasley

Site launched to honor Gloria Casarez A website has been launched where friends can remember the city’s late director of LGBT affairs, Gloria Casarez.

Visitors to rememberinggloria. tumblr.com can purchase “What Would Gloria Do” pins and T-shirts memorializing her. All the proceeds will be donated to the Gloria Casarez Scholarship Fund at West Chester University, Casarez’s alma mater.

Casarez died Oct. 19 from breast cancer. She helmed Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs for six years, previously served as executive director of GALAEI and worked at a number of other local LGBT social-justice organizations. n

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followed on the street and then attacked,” Kelly said.

Moran said one woman, who identified herself as the mother of the female teenage attacker who called the girls “ugly lesbians,” claimed Moran had attacked her daughter.

Moran said she replied, “Whoa, we are all mothers here,” but then the unidentified women punched Moran in the face. Violence erupted again with the two groups attacking Moran, Kelly and Clinton.

During the attack, Moran said the unidentified mother was shouting, “Purge! Purge them! Purge!” perhaps in reference to a movie of the same name that depicted crime being legal one night a year without consequences.

Kelly and Moran said they were repeatedly punched, kicked and stomped on for five minutes. One of their pocketbooks was also stolen during the assault.

Moran ultimately managed to get away, call 911 again and throw her phone under a nearby car for fear that the assailants would steal it. She screamed her current location over and over again to the dispatcher. The attackers took off running in all directions.

Several members of the group lingered after the incident, but Moran said police, who arrived shortly after, let them go.

Police drove Moran and Kelly around the neighborhood in an attempt to locate the attackers who ran off, whom they eventually found and positively identified, Moran said.

At that time, they could not find Clinton, Moran said.

One of the males in the group was covered in blood “from head to toe,” Moran added. “He was covered in our blood.”

Jimenez and the female were arrested are charged with criminal conspiracy, theft, simple assault, aggravated assault, robbery and reckless endangerment.

Moran and Kelly were taken to the police station that night, and Moran went to the hospital the next day. She said she later received an anonymous call from a neighbor who tipped her off to the identity of the mother involved. Moran said she reported that information to the detective on the case and made a positive ID of the woman in a photo lineup. Moran said she believes the detective is in the

process of obtaining a warrant for the woman’s arrest.

Russell, however, said investigators are not looking for any other suspects.

While Moran and Kelly were assisting the search for the suspects, police found Clinton lying unconscious between two cars and had him transported to Aria Torresdale Hospital.

“He was in the ICU for a while after that,” Moran said.

Moran suffered a concussion and injuries to her neck, including two cracked vertebrae, as well as cracked dentures. Kelly suffered two fractured ribs.

“I have old injuries to my neck that are now swollen, and reinjured, inflamed and causing more pain now,” Moran said. “I have severe bruising all over my body, a boot print on my chest and back. I have a hand mark on my arm when they grabbed my arm and yanked me when I tried to get away. A lot of bruises. I had big knots on my head.”

Moran, who has a husband and three sons, is legally disabled with spina bifida.

Moran said she did not know any of the assailants, “not at all.”

She believes her neighborhood is usually very accepting of LGBTs. “I have a lot of gay and transgender friends. Not one neighbor was ever cruel to them, ever,” she said. “People are very kind about it, even with one of my friends who is gender-transitioning. My community is pretty cool with it, especially the younger crowds.

Maybe the older crowd has a problem, but 95 percent of the people are fine with it.”

But the incident has had a significant impact on her life, even as she continues to recover physically.

“I am actually scared to go out in my own neighborhood now. I have never been afraid to do so before. What else can they assume of me and attack me for? Now everyone knows me because I was on the news. It’s scary,” Moran said. “In all my years growing up in Mayfair, with such a tight community, I have never felt this way. I used to walk my son back and forth in the driveway when he couldn’t sleep at 11 at night, and never thought twice about it.”

Moran said she plans to take self-defense classes once she is fully healed. n

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Creep of the Week James David Manning thinks Starbucks is Ground Zero for Ebola because of the “generally upscale sodomites who sit there with their computers.”

24 LEATHER AROUND THE REGION: Representatives of leather organizations throughout the region converged for the sixth-annual Leather Pride Night Nov. 8 at Voyeur. The event included performances by the Liberty City Kings Drag & Burlesque, live and silent auctions and other activities celebrating leather culture. Proceeds from the auction benefitted the Leather Archives & museum, the 2014 Leather Leadership Conference, William Way LGBT Community Center and By the Grace of George. Photo: Patrick Hagerty

This week in pGN 6 — International Transgender Day of Remembrance 7 — Gay officer alleges LGBT abuse in ranks Business Journal rates LGBT companies

“Squared” is one LGBT film showing this weekend in the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival.

19 — Arts & Culture cover story: New CDs that are music to our ears 24 — LGBT films at the Asian American film festival 25 — Isabella Rossellini at World Cafe Live

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Out singer to headline bar crawl

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com Kick off the holiday season with a pre-Turkey Day bar crawl replete with a bona-fide celebrity host.

Lance Bass, openly gay member of the heartthrob boy band NSYNC, will lead the annual Pink Pub Crawl, along with Philly’s own Brittany Lynn, Nov. 26.

Event promoter Bruce Yelk noted that Bass was eager to participate.

“Lance wants to be here,” he said. “Let’s show him a good time.”

This year’s event, titled Superstar Pink Pub Crawl & Ball, will start at Tabu at 8 p.m., head to the Field House at 9:30 p.m. and end at 10:30 p.m. at the Trocadero

Theatre where the Pink Ball will take place.

International DJs Chus + Ceballos will spin at the Troc.

“These guys are huge,” Yelk said. “They recently played at Pacha in New York City, Burning Man and the Pines Party on Fire Island.”

Tickets will be limited to 300 for the pub-crawl portion of the night. There is no ticket cap for the ball.

Tickets cost $25 in advance and $25 the night of the event for those wearing pink, or $35 for those not. The ticket includes one drink at each stop on the crawl, plus your admission to the ball.

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EYE ON THE pIE: Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance kicked off its annual Pie in the Sky initiative Nov. 6 at Liberty Place. The Phillie Phanatic (from left) joined MANNA director of external affairs Rob Saxon, special events/development intern and “Pie Man” Michael Rowlands, executive chef Keith Lucas and the Soul Man to celebrate the launch, at which City Councilmembers Jim Kenney and Blondell Reynolds-Brown proclaimed the day “Pie Day.” MANNA will sell the pies through Nov. 21, with proceeds benefiting its mission of providing nutritional meals to those with life-threatening illnesses. Photo: Scott A. Drake

BETTER TOGETHER: Members of LGBT singing groups from around the region, joined by the Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus, took to the stage at the Kimmel Center Nov. 8 for the finale of the traveling “It Gets Better” initiative, which included a week of discussions and workshops modeled on the LGBT-youthfocused video initiative. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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Once again, the community will gather to remember and celebrate the transgender friends and loved ones who were lost to violent attacks, and to raise awareness of continuing violence against transgender people.

This year’s International Transgender Day of Remembrance will take place 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. The ceremony will begin with a reading of the names of those who have been lost to violence. Remarks will be made by community leaders including Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel, the police department’s LGBT liaison.

Deja Alvarez, a peer outreach coordinator at Mazzoni Center and one of the organizers for the ceremony, said it is important to keep attention on and conversation about the discrimination and violence many trans people face.

“We must make sure we acknowledge the life loss. We must remind ourselves of the issues we are facing so nobody forgets our struggle,” she said.

Yet Alvarez is proud of what has been accomplished in the past year in Philadelphia, especially within the police department.

“We were able to work with the police

department, including Commissioner Ramsey and Deputy Commissioner Bethel, to get the transgender directive in place,” she said, referring to the policy released at the beginning of the year that provides a blueprint for how transgender and gender-nonconforming people should be treated by individual officers and the department. “That was a big step forward for us and we are so grateful.”

Just last month, Alvarez met again with Ramsey.

“The meeting was more or less just an acknowledgement. He wanted to know how we felt, were things progressing like we had hoped and was there anything else we needed from him,” she said.

“There is always progress to be made,” Alvarez added. “But we are extremely grateful that the police department has made themselves so available. And that they are working so hard to make sure this happens and recognizing that it was a definite need in the community.”

The event is free and open to the public, and is made possible by the collaborative effort of community organizations like the LGBT Elder Initiative, TPAC, Mazzoni Center and the JFK Behavioral Health Center. Entertainment and light refreshments will conclude the program.

For more information, contact Alvarez at 770-685-5581 or dejalynn1@gmail. com. n

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By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com More details about alleged antiLGBT abuse at the Philadelphia Police Department were released last month in a deposition by openly gay police officer N. Melville Jones.

Jones is suing the city in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, alleging pervasive anti-LGBT workplace bias.

In his sworn deposition, Jones testified about physical and verbal abuse that allegedly created a hostile workplace environment for LGBT employees. For example, he said, supervisors in the 24th District spread rumors that he had sex in the men’s locker room.

On one occasion, a sergeant allegedly asked Jones upon his return from the locker room, “Oh, was it good for you, Melville? Did they pay you?”

Because of the alleged harassment, Jones stopped using the men’s locker room to change clothing.

“Even when it’s raining or snowing, I get dressed outside of my car,” Jones testified.

Jones said lesbian officers also have been targeted for abuse, with top brass referring to them as “crazy lesbians” and “carpet munchers.”

Non-LGBT officers in the 24th District would refuse to assist a lesbian officer when she responded to dangerous assignments.

“She wouldn’t get backup,” Jones said, even when she requested assistance over police radio.

Another lesbian officer was physically

assaulted by a lieutenant, Jones said.

“He slammed her into a desk, and he physically tried to fight me in the hallway.”

He said the lesbian officer reported that incident to the city’s Human Relations Commission.

Overt racism allegedly permeates the police force, with slurs such as “nigger,” “spic,” “wetback” and “monkey” routinely uttered, he testified. A lieutenant allegedly stated: “I don’t know why you black people are always late,” according to Jones, who is African-American.

The same lieutenant asked Jones if he cooks breakfast for a gay coworker, implying they must be domestic partners, Jones said.

Sexism, too, is an issue within the police force, according to Jones, who said he saw a sergeant grab his crotch and shake his penis in front of a female officer.

A gay male officer was treated callously after missing work to care for a terminally ill aunt, he added. “I wish she’d hurry up and die,” a supervisor allegedly said of the man’s aunt.

And a transman officer was disparaged after undergoing a double mastectomy, Jones added.

“This is just a waste of two perfectly good breasts,” a corporal allegedly said.

“Oh, I just can’t understand any of this.”

Jones said he’s friendly with several LGBT colleagues. But the friendships were derided by a lieutenant, who allegedly said: “Oh, these gays are always with their little cliques.”

Jones said the lieutenant also conveyed to him that LGBTs are “always whining and crying.”

A police captain was allegedly sexually attracted to Jones and pursued him in a manner that outed Jones.

“Once he started pursuing me, he really pushed me to the forefront, where everybody is looking like, ‘He’s gay,’” Jones said. “[The captain] might as well have hung a sign around me.”

Jones added: “He had a thing for me. He just wanted me around him. He was pursuing me. It was just too much attention on me. He was doing things to try to get me to be closer to him. When that didn’t work, it was just like I spurned him and he became angry and started doing more things to me.”

The captain’s alleged pursuit of Jones was so blatant that coworkers asked if the captain ejaculated on Jones or vice versa.

Jones filed antibias complaints with the city’s Human Relations Commission, and last year he filed suit in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.

When asked why he didn’t report the alleged abuse suffered by his LGBT colleagues, Jones replied: “It’s their personal things to report.”

Jones also said LGBT antibias complaints aren’t taken seriously by the department.

“You report instances and they go nowhere,” he testified.

Jones is still a police officer, but he’s been transferred out of the 24th District, according to court records.

A non-jury trial is scheduled for early next year, but the city has requested that the case be dismissed. Jones is seeking in excess of $50,000 in damages, according to court records. n

Gayborhood Crime Watch The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Oct. 27-Nov. 2. Information is courtesy of Sixth District Capt. Brian Korn; Stacy Irving, senior director, Crime Prevention Service; Center City District; the Police Liaison Committee and Midtown Village Merchants Association. To report crime tips, visit www.phillypolice.com or call 215-686-TIPS (8477).

Follow the Sixth District on Twitter @ PPDBrianKorn.

INCIDENTS — At 10 p.m. Oct. 26, security video captured a male attempting to break into the parking-lot booth at 1309 Locust St. Nothing was taken.

The suspect was described as a 6-foot-1 male with dreadlocks, wearing a black suit.

— At 4 p.m. Oct. 31, a woman’s wallet was stolen from her handbag inside Starbucks, 1005 Chestnut St. A witness provided a description of the suspect: a black male in his 30s, with a beard and wearing a blue shirt.

— There were no thefts from parked vehicles reported this week.

— There was one theft of a bicycle reported this week, outside 265 S. 10th St.

NON-SUMMARY ARRESTS — UPDATE: Between 4:13-4:20 a.m. Oct. 16, two cab drivers were assaulted in robbery attempts, one outside 1200 Market St. and the other outside 311 S. 11th St. The suspect, described as a male dressed as a female, was pursued on foot by Sixth District Officer Loggia in the area of Broad and Lombard streets, but was lost in an alley. The suspect was identified by the officer to Central Detectives, who obtained an arrest warrant. The suspect was arrested Nov. 5 and charged with two counts of robbery, assault and related offenses.

— At 10:20 a.m. Oct. 27, a 35th District officer attending court observed a male cut a lock from a bicycle outside 1201 Market St. The male claimed it was his bike, but the real owner arrived on location and the 55-year-old homeless suspect was arrested and charged with theft.

— At 12:30 a.m. Oct. 28, Sixth District Officers Macchione and Cifelli arrested a male outside 1217 Spruce St. who was wanted for failure to appear in court. The 46-year-old suspect with a Trevose address was charged with contempt of court.

— On Oct. 30, Sixth District plainclothes Officers Ferrero and Grant set up surveillance

in the area of Juniper and Walnut streets and at 11:20 a.m., they observed a male steal an unattended bicycle from the 200 block of South Juniper. The 30-year-old suspect with a South Philadelphia address was charged with theft.

SUMMARY ARRESTS — On Oct. 29, Center City District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 1 p.m. outside 1200 Chestnut St. and 1:35 p.m. outside 1200 Market St. Sixth District officers issued a citation for a summary offense at 11:40 p.m. outside 1300 Cypress St. — On Oct. 30, Center City District officers issued citations at 12:30 p.m. outside 1100 Chestnut St. and 12:35 p.m. outside 1200 Market St. Sixth District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 12:50 a.m. outside 1305 Walnut St., at 1:40 a.m. outside 1000 Chestnut St. and 2:30 p.m. outside 1300 Irving St. — On Nov. 1, Sixth District officers issued citations for summary offenses at 2:30 a.m. outside 1200 Chancellor St. and 2:40 a.m. outside 1211 St. James St. — At 1:10 a.m. Nov. 2, Sixth District officers issued two citations for summary offenses outside 254 S. 12th St. n

LGBT companies

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com

The Philadelphia Business Journal unveiled the ranking for its third-annual LGBT Business List this week, with a number of new faces making the cut this year.

The list ranks LGBT-owned businesses in the region based on their number of employees. Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc., a temporary and direct-to-hire company based in Newark, Del., that employs nearly 5,500 people, again took the top spot.

Of the 26 included businesses, however, 16 had never been featured on the list.

“We tried to be even more inclusive this year,” said PBJ editor-in-chief Craig Ey. “We put out the word to as many people as possible to get more businesses involved and were really proactive in getting new businesses to participate this year.”

Mazzoni Center, with 125 employees, a newcomer to the list, tied for second with Optimal Sport Health Club, which also held the second spot last year. TLA Entertainment Group, with 60 employees, was pushed from last year’s third spot to fourth, and the top-five was rounded out by Total Family Solutions, LLC, with 53 employees, also making its first appearance on the list.

A reception for winners was launched last year, and returned to Cuba Libre Thursday.

Ey said he expects the initiative to keep growing each year.

“The goal is, as this evolves over time, for this to become the place where businesses are looking at this as the list to be on,” Ey said.

“That’s the way our other lists have evolved, where there is competition to get on it each year. That’s where we’re going with this.”

PBJ publishes similar lists focused on minority-owned or Hispanic-owned businesses.

“Philadelphia has a very large gay community so we thought this was important for us to cover,” Ey said, noting that the publication is also expanding its news coverage of LGBT-related topics, including this week’s story on the state of LGBT entrepreneurship in the city, and others looking at LGBTfriendly policies and programs in the area.

Other first-timers to this year’s list include Center for Literacy, Inc. (6) — which also holds the distinction of being the oldest company on the list, having been founded in 1968 — Addison Wolfe Real Estate (7), Philly AIDS Thrift (8), Do It Better Wellness (9), Unite Fitness (10), Verde Salon (11), PGN (12), Message Agency (14), The Business Route (14), YIKES, Inc. (17), Loop Yarn (21) and Aversa PR Events, Sentry Art Advisory Services and Spruce Street Video, which tied for 24th place.

Returning companies include Alura Business Solutions (13), Philly Cupcake, LLC (14), ChatterBlast Media (17), UCI Architects, Inc. (17), Giampolo Law Group (20), Lyman & Ash (21) and Minster & Facciolo, LLC (21). n

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The real story on bisexuality Bisexuality is often a point of speculanumerous studies have already been contion, confusion, inaccuracy and even judgducted that demonstrate that bisexual men ment within our community. Some view and women alike have favorable physiobisexuals as having an advantage over the logical responses to both genders in sexual L, G and T members of our situations and that most indicommunity: They aren’t limviduals identifying as bisexual ited by gender when looking do not change their orientation for a romantic or sexual partner over time. In one long-term and therefore have better odds study conducted by researcher of finding a mate, and bisexuLisa Diamond, 92 percent of als get to exist in the world as women who identified as bisex“straight” some or all of the ual during adolescence maintime, allowing them to benefit tained this identity a decade from all of the associated privilater; however, some were much lege. Yet, many bisexual women more inclined to same-sex relaand men report feeling alienated tionships and sexual partners from the LGBT community while others were significantly and invalidated by the “straight more inclined in the oppoworld” overall. In large part, site direction. Similarly, some this relates to a lack of undermen and women Kristina Furia bi-identified standing of what it means to be reacted more strongly to one bisexual and a general disbelief gender over another when by many that bisexuality is a true sexual exposed to various sexual stimuli. This is orientation. Many people, gay and straight due to the limiting nature of these studalike, consider bisexuality to be nothing ies, which rely mainly on self-report (i.e., more than a transient period, one of either interviews, surveys, etc.) and monitoring of experimentation before resuming a heterophysical responses while viewing varying sexual status or a pit stop on the way to types of pornography. There is a certain gay. However, as it turns out, bisexuality is amount of detachment that is unavoidable a legitimate sexual orientation with a good in such techniques because they cannot deal of fact-based evidence to back it up. account for the mental and physical stim While there is still emerging research on ulation that occurs from more abstract and bisexuality as a stable sexual orientation, difficult-to-recreate components of being

Thinking Queerly

attracted to or turned on by a partner, such as valuable conversation, eye contact, smells and touch (to name a few) — in other words, chemistry.

Interestingly, people like Sigmund Freud and Alfred Kinsey first began hypothesizing about bisexuality in the 1920s and 1940s, respectively, with Freud suggesting that we are all bisexual and Kinsey conceptualizing sexuality as fluid, as opposed to the widely recognized binaries: gay or straight. Kinsey created a scale he used for his research where participants could assign themselves a number between 0-6, with 0 being completely straight, 6 being completely gay and the numbers in between representing the range of bisexuality. Kinsey’s scale took into account sexual experience as well as sexual desire, an important concept in understanding bisexuality (and one that is still scrutinized today). Self-proclaimed bisexual celebrities Angelina Jolie and Anna Paquin are now both married to men and deny having polyamorous relationships, yet neither have renounced their bisexual identities. Why? Because who we desire is not always who we are having sex with; a bisexual individual can be in a monogamous relationship with a member of one gender but still sexually desire members of the other gender.

In other words, if Angelina and Anna never have sex with a woman again for the rest

of their lives, they are and always will be bisexual. By the way, bisexual women and men are in no way more inclined to engage in polyamory or to step outside of their relationship against their partner’s will.

Sexuality and sexual orientation is a complex subject. It can’t be reduced to merely sex and genitalia. It encompasses experience, desire, attraction, identity, emotion, passion, lust, love. Sexuality is the height of our humanness and we are all equally entitled to experience it as authentically as possible, whether that means just with men, just with women or with both genders. It’s time to break down stereotypes about bisexuality and allow our friends who represent the “B” in LGBT to own their identities without needing to provide explanation to members of our community or to anyone else.

And hey, if bisexuals are a bit luckier than the rest of us when it comes to finding a mate in sex or in love, let’s not hold that against them! n Kristina Furia is a psychotherapist specializing in issues and concerns of the LGBTQ community in addition to depression, anxiety, substance abuse and other mental illnesses. Her private practice, Philadelphia LGBTQ Counseling, offers both individual and couples sessions (www.lgbtphillytherapy.com).

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EDITORIAL PGN

Creep of the Week

D’Anne Witkowski

James David Manning

Editorial

Best of the best Last week, PGN celebrated its fourth-annual Best of LGBT Philly awards, where our readers recognized the best of the best among community leaders, nonprofits and businesses. Throughout this process, one thing was abundantly clear: Our community is rife with incredible talent and unbelievable energy.

When the PGN team got to working on crafting categories, we had a tough time trying to narrow down the number of awards; the more we discussed, the more fields we came up with where we knew LGBT folks are thriving. We ultimately pared down the list to a few-dozen categories, but the contest could have easily encompassed many, many more awards, demonstrating how wide of a reach our community has.

When it came to voting, we were repeatedly impressed by the level of enthusiasm our readers had. From promoting the contest in favor of their favorites on social media to bombarding our office with paper ballots, our readers were eager to show their picks that their efforts deserve recognition. Once we calculated the results, we got to notifying the winners, which was a rewarding experience; our staff loved hearing the excitement from the winners, not for our own gratification but because we know that many of these folks don’t get the credit they deserve.

These winners work each day to advance our community, from largescale efforts like pressing LGBT-rights issues in Harrisburg or organizing citywide events that promote visibility of the full diversity of our community, to seemingly smaller efforts like running their everyday businesses as places where LGBT people can feel welcomed, valued and included. The work that they — and all of the nominees — invest each day in our community is often undervalued, yet it is invaluable. The collective successes they have achieved for our community — from the tangible victories to the more symbolic wins of securing broader acceptance — are both impressive and inspiring.

With or without recognition, these leaders would continue to make strides for our community, and that’s a lesson we were all impacted by.

And for each winner we recognized, there are many others who are laboring for LGBT equality daily. We thank all of the individuals and organizations whose tireless efforts make our community the brilliant and flourishing entity that it is. n

I think we all know that Starbucks is a little, well, gay. I mean, they sell drinks like the Gingerbread Latte, Peppermint Mocha and the Frappuccino (which is the gayest coffee drink name ever). Not to mention the fact that the company supported marriage equality in Washington state. And rumor has it they flew a rainbow flag over their headquarters once.

So, yeah, Starbucks obviously is anti-family and a terrible, terrible place … if you’re a backwards World Net Daily-loving idiot. Which just means more Starbucks for LGBT folks and their friends. Hooray! Everybody else can get their coffee from a seldom-washed coffee pot in their church basement. The end. No harm, no foul.

I mean, unless Starbucks became, oh, I don’t know, a breeding ground for Ebola. But no one would claim such a crazy thing.

No one except Pastor James David Manning, that is.

Manning, of the ATLAH Worldwide Missionary in Harlem, has some pretty interesting theories about Ebola, homosexuality and Starbucks, specifically how the three go together like pumpkin+spice+latte.

In an episode of “The Manning Report,” Manning claims he is on “Ebola watch,” and says that Starbucks is Ground Zero for the disease because of its “clientele,” which Manning identifies as “generally upscale sodomites who frequent Starbucks [and] sit there with their computers.”

“It’s a meeting place, they exchange a lot of body fluids or hands shaken and contact,” he say, sounding not at all like a crazy person.

“I am now ... warning people to stay away from Starbucks if you don’t want to get Ebola,” he says, “because a large number of the sodomites and the LGBT crowd that usually, and continue to, approach the idea of sex, intercourse and dating on a lower, less-visible, less-social scale because of the nature of what they want to do and who they are. And the reason why

they’re fighting so hard to get public recognition and legality for what they’re doing is so they don’t have to stoop to all of these dark-alley measures that they have to seek out for having sex.”

If that hurt your brain to read as much as it hurt mine to transcribe, let me break it down for you: Homos lurk at Starbucks seeking out clandestine sex, giving each other Ebola. OK? And this will only stop if gays get their relationships legally recognized. Although it is not clear what will happen after that, from what Manning is saying, it looks like gays will then stop lurking in the shadows and just start Ebolasexing out in the open.

Probably.

Manning goes on to say that this is all Obama’s fault because he was born in Kenya.

And that, furthermore, Obama wants everyone in America to get Ebola so that he can declare martial law.

Oh, and Manning adds, “Remember, I told you back in 2007 that Obama was a homo.”

Keep in mind, this is the guy who posted the sign outside of his church: “Jesus would stone homos. Stoning is still the law.” So we know he’s the real deal.

So if Manning is warning the completely insane to stay away from Starbucks, then, really, Starbucks is apparently the place to be. So go sit there with your computer and have a Pumpkin Spice Latte. For freedom.

Manning, of the ATLAH Worldwide Missionary in Harlem, has some pretty interesting theories about Ebola, homosexuality and Starbucks, specifically how the three go together like pumpkin+spice+latte.

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D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the world, she reviews rock and roll shows in Detroit with her twin sister and teaches writing at the University of Michigan.

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Church synod LGBT slap in the face?

For the LGBT community to simply within the LGBT community — only to be ignore what happened at the Vatican a coudashed when all that positive language was ple of weeks ago when Pope Francis conwatered down in the final report. vened a synod on issues facing the Catholic The LGBT community saw the losses at Church would be a major mistake. Even the Synod as a defeat, but the surprise is, those of us who are not Catholic it wasn’t. Here’s how David are affected by a church that has Gibson of Religious News an estimated 1.2 billion members Service wrote about the issue in worldwide. Here in the United the National Catholic Reporter: States, the Church’s influence The hard-liners won the battle, impacts the way some elected but the reformers may win the officials vote and some judges war. He went on to note that the rule. And then there are the Church is slow to change, and issues that affect our brother and that, when all the pro-LGBT sister believers and their famistatements were voted on, they lies. We cannot turn our backs on received a strong majority but them. not the two-thirds necessary to A little history is in order. be accepted. This is good news Pope Francis became pope in a since Pope Francis made it time of scandal in the Church. clear in his closing remarks that He has tried to bring about a he wants the Church to be open Mark Segal to new ideas, and that will hapnew openness in the Church.

The 2014 Synod of Bishops on pen as he appoints new, likethe Family called by Pope Francis was an minded leaders. attempt to find ways in which the Church New Ways Ministry, which has been might examine and possibly evolve its past a leader in the battle within the Catholic messages on such issues as family, sameChurch for reform on LGBT issues, sex marriage, Catholics living together responded to the Synod, categorizing the without marriage and other related topics. final draft as a disappointment, but stated it intends to stay in the battle until change is A draft report from the gathering included language that looked as though achieved. We need to be supportive of their the Church would take a giant leap towards efforts and of those in our community who healing many rifts within itself, includare people of faith, and not dismissive. n ing one such phrase noting the special gifts gays and lesbians have to offer the Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the Church, which gave hope to LGBT believnation’s most-award-winning commeners. Another suggested that the Church, tator in LGBT media. You can follow while still opposed to same-sex marriage, him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ was ready to move towards acceptance of MarkSegalPGN or Twitter at https://twitter. civil unions. This brought about excitement com/PhilaGayNews.

Mark My Words

Op-Ed

Dawn Munroe

Remembrance and rage The heat and humidity of summer in the Gayborhood has exploded into the brisk colors of fall. The celebrations and vibrancy of Pride and OutFest and the Trans* March are over. And now, for me, is the annual emotional turmoil of International Transgender Day of Remembrance, a celebration of life, but of lives ended in tragedy and brutality.

Rita Hester was a transgender AfricanAmerican woman who was murdered in Allston, Mass., on Nov. 28, 1998. An outpouring of community grief and anger led to a candlelight vigil attended by approximately 250 people. That vigil inspired the International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). Since then, TDOR has grown with memorials and life celebrations held all across the globe, this year on Thursday, Nov. 20.

Each year, TDOR revives a wave of emotions in me. It brings back the memory of the death of my mentor, Clare Cameron, who looked out for me in my early teens. Clare taught me street smarts,

how to distinguish between the guys who wanted company and the predators with the easy smiles who hung out in the bars and clubs we frequented. This was survival training at its best because, at that time, being gay was illegal. Being openly trans-identified was illegal and was often, and still can be, fatal.

Clare was, in essence, my sister. In my eyes, she could do no wrong. Of course, everyone makes mistakes. One cold, raw February night, in a rush to get home, Clare took a shortcut. Her body was discovered two days later. To my eternal shame, out of fear, I did not attend her funeral. No one did. Since that time, I have become an activist, working so that one day change will come, and that things will be different — that none of us will have to live in fear. Change comes slowly.

In September, two gay men were assaulted, one severely beaten, right here in Philadelphia. Almost instantly the incident went viral. Overnight, social media lit up with news PAGE 14

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Street Talk Is it OK for children's cartoons to feature same-sex kisses?

"Yes. Homosexuality is a fact of life. True, it's less common than heterosexuality, but just showing something in Andrew Bowman a cartoon is web-content manager fine. You're London, England not forcing an opinion or a point of view on anyone. If the cartoon is proselytizing, that would be different."

"Yes. But if parents get involved, let's hope their reaction is reasonable.

The parent should just explain to the child that Daniel Smith sometimes student two ladies Lansdale or two gentlemen want to be closer than simple friends. Leave it at that. Don't go into details, and don't pass judgment."

"Yes. The kid probably has seen parents kiss.

So they're developmentally ready to see a samesex kiss. The Stephen Pera earlier you student start making Northeast it a normal Philadelphia practice, the better. It shouldn't be presented as something weird or odd.

It's just two people kissing. If someone has a problem with it, that's discrimination and we shouldn't cave into that."

"Yes, of course. It's 2014. Let's get with the program.

There's violence, sexual innuendoes Jordan Stein and drug bartender innuendoes Gayborhood in children's cartoons. Why should it matter if you show two boys kissing?

Better for the child to see it now, rather than when they're 15 and totally confused."

Letters and Feedback In response to Chuck Volz’s op-ed, “The Pride Animal Farm,” Nov. 6-13, 2014: A joint statement from the co-presidents of InterPride, Brett Hayhoe (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and Sue Doster (New York City, NY, USA): As the international association of Pride organisers, InterPride’s direction is set by its membership, a membership that spans the globe, encompassing many diverse religions, ethnicities and cultures. To compare InterPride’s membership to George Orwell’s Animal Farm is (at best) insulting to the intelligence of our members and we strongly refute such an analogy.

In regard to trans issues, this is something that previous boards have had mixed success with and one which the current

board is strongly dedicated in its resolve to positively address. Having said that, InterPride has had a serving board member transition whilst still serving and up to only a few years ago had a serving transwoman board member (who retired for work-related reasons).

Championed by our partners at FCP (Fierte Canada Pride), the By-Law amendment to add a board position specifically for a trans-identified person has also been one of major improvement in only a short period of two years. The initial amendment was passed with 59 percent of the vote in favour and 41 percent opposed, to this year reaching a 62-percent approval, a 34-percent opposition and a 3-percent abstain vote (note: figures are rounded down). As the vote required 66 percent of the voting organisations PAGE 15

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Assessing, decreasing debt through careful planning Q: It seems like I just can’t get out of debt.

I earn a good income but I have had some challenges with my spending from time to time and now I’m carrying credit-card debt that never seems to go down. Can you please help?

A: Thanks for the question. You are certainly not alone on this one.

Managing your monthly cash flow and making paying off your debt a priority will make you much more comfortable moving forward. You can do this! Here are my suggestions.

Reduce debt, the systematic way As the holidays approach, you may be planning a gift list for those special people in your life.

You may also be worrying about adding to your already-sizeable credit-card balances. In America today, carrying some debt is unavoidable, and even desirable, for most households. But between mortgages, car payments and credit cards, many Americans find themselves over their heads — unable to dig out from under a debt burden that consumes an ever-growing portion of their resources.

The median U.S. household owes $3,000 in credit-card debt.1 Credit-card companies have made running up that balance deceptively easy. But what’s lost when you are racking up big credit-card balances is the realization that paying off your debt can be costly, in terms of its impact on your cash flow as well as your overall financial health.

non-housing debts) and divide that sum by your gross monthly income — i.e., income before taxes and other deductions are taken out. Mortgage lenders, in particular, use the 43-percent debt-to-income ratio as a benchmark to determine whether or not an individual is a good candidate for a mortgage.1 Other signs that you may be carrying too much debt include not knowing how much you owe, constantly paying the minimum balance due on credit cards (or worse, being unable to make the minimum payments) and borrowing from one lender to pay another.

If you find that you are overextended, don’t panic. There are a number of steps you can follow to eliminate that debt and get yourself back on track.

Working your way out of debt will, of course, require you to Jeremy adjust your spending habits and be more judicious in Gussick perhaps your spending.

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Assessing your debt How much debt is too much? The figure varies from person to person, but in general, experts agree that your debt-to-income ratio should be no more than 43 percent.1 A debtto-income ratio is commonly used by lenders to assess an individual’s ability to repay the money he or she has borrowed.

To calculate your debt-to-income ratio, add up all your monthly debt payments (including mortgage, car and other

Begin with a budget The first step in eliminating debt is to figure out where your money goes. This will allow you to see where your debt is coming from and, perhaps, help you to free up some cash to put toward lowering that debt.

Track your expenses for one month by writing down what you spend. At the end of the month, total up your expenses and break them down into two categories: “Essential,” including fixed expenses such as mortgage/ rent, food and utilities; and “Nonessential,” including entertainment and dining out.

Analyze your expenses to see where your spending can be reduced. Perhaps you can cut back on food expenses by bringing lunch to work instead of eating out each day. You might be able to reduce commuting costs by taking public transportation instead of parking your car at a pricey downtown garage. Even utility costs can be reduced by turning lights off or turning the thermostat down a few degrees in winter.

Three steps to reduce debt Once you have a handle on your budget,

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you can begin to attack existing debt with the following steps.

Pay off high-rate debt first. The higher your interest rate, the more you wind up paying. Begin with your highest-rate credit cards and eliminate the balance as aggressively as possible. For example, assume you have two separate $2,000 balances, one charging 20-percent interest, the other 8 percent, on which you can pay a total of 6 percent per month. If you were to pay 4 percent per month on the higher-rate card and 2 percent on the lower-rate card (which is typically the minimum monthly payment), you would save $961 in interest and 18 months of payments over allocating 3 percent to each balance.2 Transfer high-rate debt to lower-rate cards. Consolidating credit-card debts to a single, lower-rate card saves in interest costs over the life of the loan. Comparison shop for the best rates and beware of “teaser” rates that start low, say, at 6 percent, then jump to much-higher rates after the introductory period ends. You can find lists of low-rate cards online from sites such as CardTrak and Bankrate.

If you can only find a card with a low introductory rate, maximize the value of that low-interest period. By paying off your balance aggressively, you will reduce the balance more quickly than you will when the rate goes up.

You can also contact your current credit-card companies to inquire about consolidation and lower rates. Competition in the industry is fierce, and many companies are willing to lower their rates to keep their customers. Even a percentage point or two can make a difference with a sizable balance.

Borrow only for the long term. The best use of debt is to finance things that will gain in value, such as a home, an education or big-ticket necessities, like a washing machine or a computer that will still be around when the debt is paid off. Avoid using your credit card for concert tickets, vacation expenses or meals out, unless you can pay them off in full at the end of the month. Otherwise, by the time the balance is gone, you will have paid far more than

Jeremy R. Gussick is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with LPL Financial, the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer.* Jeremy specializes in the financial planning needs of the LGBT community and was recently named a 2013 FIVE STAR Wealth Manager by Philadelphia Magazine.** He is active with several LGBT organizations in the Philadelphia region, including the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund and the Independence Business Alliance, the Philadelphia region’s LGBT chamber of commerce. OutMoney appears monthly. If you have a question for Jeremy, email him at Jeremy.gussick@lpl.com. Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor. Member FINRA/SIPC. 1 Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, “What is a debt-to-income ratio? Why is the 43-percent debt-to-income ratio important?” Dec. 30, 2013.

2 This example is hypothetical and for illustrative purposes only.

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of the hate crime, as did local and national media, including MSNBC, the Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Daily News, the San Francisco Chronicle and in the pages of most of the gay press nationwide.

It was an appalling attack and we are all disgusted by it. But, paradoxically, the outrage that I think I should be feeling is strangely absent. There are times when I wonder if I’ve been so brutalized, so inured to my brothers and sisters being beaten and murdered, that my ability to feel has been compromised: Is this a form of PTSD? For the last five years, I have coordinated the Philadelphia Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Last year I stepped down from that role, partly because I have held too many battered bodies in emergency rooms, given too many eulogies and attended too many funerals and memorials.

This city that I love with such passion has taken the lives of so many transwomen, mostly transwomen of color; I know of at least 19. When these senseless murders occur, I hear no real public outrage.

There can be notes in PGN and a few people may attend a protest rally in Love Park. Historically, it seems that these killings are of a low priority for the police; arrests are the exception, rather than the rule. Even if there are arrests and trials, the same old clichés about gay-panic defense and deceptive transgender people are rolled out to “justify” the attack.

Charles Sargent, the alleged murderer of Diamond Williams, is using this defense. In July 2013, Ms. Williams’ dismembered body parts were found scattered in a vacant lot in North Philly. Even in death, the violation of Ms. Williams continued with some media reports describing her as “a man dressed in women’s clothing.”

All of this leads me to conclude that trans people, and especially transwomen from minority backgrounds, are seen as disposable.

Where is the outrage?

Why should this be so?

Marketing a good news item with a solid headline can be difficult; sensationalism and prurience, on the other hand, are always an easy sell.

The lives of trans people are commonly thought by significant parts of society to be represented by drag queens, the clowns on “The Jerry Springer Show” and gay men like RuPaul. The reality is that trans people are civil engineers, lawyers, physicians, electricians, scientists, police officers, nurses and a slew of hardworking people in every walk of life.

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So how do we bring about change? How do people begin to accept trans citizens and support them? How do we end the fear of trans people, the hatred that leads people to think it is acceptable to attack trans people, that they are somehow legitimate targets of hate crimes? That investigating crimes against trans people are low-priority cases?

That sensationalizing reports of attacks in the media is legitimate journalism?

Diamond was a woman brutally attacked and murdered. Her body was partially dismembered. She was a woman, a human being. She was not “a man dressed in women’s clothing,” and therefore someone who could understandably be brutalized.

Progress has been painfully slow, though steady, with the path littered with bodies of our sisters and brothers. It is a process that will be strengthened and moved forward by trans, gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer people being out and visible. Everyone who is visible is helping to change how the world views all LGBTQ people. Being visible puts us in the norm, the mainstream of society and right alongside everybody else.

(By the way, you probably met trans people and never knew they were trans, just as it is not always possible to determine that a person is a heterosexual.) Ultimately, we are Philadelphians, we are all family and we all deserve much better than this. n Dawn Munro is an LGBTQ activist, a member of the board of the LGBT Elder Initiative and serves on the LGBT Police Liaison Committee. Munro is the recipient of the 2014 Jaci Adams OutProud Transgender Award for community service.

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present, the motion could well have passed with only one or two more members voting in favour. It is also pertinent to point out that five members missed the vote due to traveling schedules on the morning of the plenary.

It is also worth noting that this process has nothing to do with the Delta Foundation or Pittsburgh Pride — the hosts of the 2014 InterPride AGM & World Conference.

At the announcement of the results, an overwhelming majority of the membership were clearly and vocally distressed by the outcome. At the ensuing board meeting, many members continued to voice their distress and called on the new administration to actively resolve, educate and pursue the issue to a more satisfactory conclusion.

An immediate response from the North Eastern Regional Prides (NERP – a combination of InterPride organisations) is to re-focus their conference in March 2015 to heavily concentrate on trans-related issues, including many of their conference streams and their keynote speaker.

InterPride looks forward to working closely with both the authors of the By-Law amendment and various members of the trans community to move forward with this change and will do all in our power to ensure its safe passing at a future AGM & World Conference. n

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Wankawala plans to search for a brand-name hotelier to partner with after the sale is complete. Then, the building will need to be rehabbed, a process that could take up to a year, which could impact the reopening of Westbury, he noted.

“He said he’s looking to partner with a brand-name hotel to rehab Parker-Spruce and it’s going to be closed for some time — a minimum of six months — while it’s totally rehabbed, and that could take up to a year,” Squilla said.

“Westbury is in the same building that is going to be bought by this gentleman, so the Westbury people can sublease from him. But from what I understand, it will remain closed until the whole place gets rehabbed.”

Squilla said there were several other potential investors vying to buy the property but Wankawala was FORUM from page 1

given that this is a national LGBT celebration and likely a historic event for the community, we wanted to utilize all of our resources for this event,” Lazin said.

He was joined by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Independence National Historical Park Superintendent Cynthia MacLeod, Visit Philly President Meryl Levitz and subsets of the Los Angeles and Philadelphia Gay Men’s choruses for a press conference to announce plans for the celebration last week.

Mayor Nutter called it “fitting” that the anniversary coincides with Independence Day. “The Fourth of July is typically a day of celebration, barbecues and fireworks, but it should also be a day of contemplation of our great nation’s democratic values like freedom, justice and equality for all —which will provide the perfect backdrop to reflect upon the gains made by the LGBT community since the very beginning,” Nutter said.

Said Levitz: “Since the country’s inception, Philadelphia has been at the forefront fighting for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans. On July 4, 1965, the gay community chose Philadelphia as the site, in front of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, to call attention to the injustices against them. Fifty years later, we are proud to celebrate their bravery, determi-

given priority, per his lease agreement.

He said his office will request further information from Wankawala on his plans for the building, especially in light of ongoing concerns about crime and quality-of-life issues at the

hotel.

“I haven’t gotten anything in writing yet from him but I’m expecting to get that from his attorneys. We still have some doubts given the way nation and the role that Philadelphia had in that pursuit.”

The Annual Reminders began when gay pioneers Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, and other activists from D.C., New York and Philly, came together on Independence Mall and protested for equality every Fourth of July from 1965-69. The demonstrations were called “annual reminders.”

These reminders are credited with

The Liberty Bell linked the gay civil-rights movement to the abolitionists and the suffragettes.

There was so much symbolism. providing the impetus for actions like the Stonewall Inn riot in 1969 and are widely regarded as the birth of the LGBT civil-rights movement.

Lazin, who is chair of the anniversary celebration, said he had the privilege of spending a lot of time recently with Kameny before his passing, as well as with Gittings.

“While they would not have thought of themselves in this way,” Lazin said, “there is no question in my mind they are the father and mother of the LGBT civil-rights movement. Their accomplishments

it’s been run in the last four years when he’s been leasing it,” he said.

“All right, you’re going to buy it now and get someone to partner with to open up, but how do we know it’s going to be a legitimate hotel? We have questions and concerns, and his lawyers have said they’re going to send us letters documenting what hotel brands they’re looking at.”

Squilla added Wankawala said he is interested to meet with the local community to address concerns about the property.

“After the sale, we’re going to have meetings with the community once the new owner has it to hear about the past and hopefully about the future,” Squilla said. “I mean, it’s a good thing it’s being sold but we don’t know how this hotel is going to be put back in place. And it’s a little nerve-wracking.” n not only include organizing the movement, but also both separately and collectively making monumental contributions, particularly at the beginning, when they were facing a wall of homophobia. It was the first time that people were out and visible and asking for equality. That had a huge impact on the psyche of the gay community.”

According to Lazin, Philadelphia seemed to be the most likely choice for the Annual Reminders.

“I think that they chose Philly, which would have been the likely choice because of July Fourth, the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall.

The Liberty Bell linked the gay civil-rights movement to the abolitionists and the suffragettes. There was so much symbolism.”

Lazin said he hopes the celebration will not just serve as a reminder for how far the LGBT community has come since the first Reminder, but to teach the LGBT community its history — something that isn’t done often enough, he added.

“I think the most basic thing is that the LGBT community is the only minority worldwide that does not have its history taught in the mainstream. Just like the March on Washington, it enables people to go back in time and appreciate their historical roots,” he said. “Knowing our history is very empowering.

We have a remarkable number of heroes and powerful narratives.”

For more information, visit www. lgbt50.org. n

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Gas Pains We may not have seen the last of UIL

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ayor Nutter called it “the biggest cop-out we’ve seen in recent legislative history in Philadelphia.” The Committee of 70 called it “an affront to the taxpayers of Philadelphia.” We at LibCityPress call it, well, preordained.

Loyal readers will remember our take on the sale of PGW — not gonna happen — when we opined back in May that “Mayor Nutter would be bucking the trend (of Philadelphia mayors moving big initiatives late in their second term) if he could pull off a move so audacious as the sale of the Philadelphia Gas Works with just 12 months to the 2015 mayoral primary and that is precisely why he won’t be able to pull it off.”

That he did not pull it off may have come as a surprise to the mayor but it comes as little surprise to those of us who have been to this rodeo before.

The fact that everyone saw this coming leads us to one question moving forward: why didn’t the folks who risked most — the shareholders of UIL — see it? It is the obviousness of this sale’s failure and UIL’s decision to risk $20 million despite this that starts to worry us.

The Hartford Courant reported earlier this year that “UIL Holdings, the Connecti-

cut company attempting to buy and privatize Philadelphia Gas Works, has spent nearly $20 million on the effort.” In August, UIL CEO James Torgerson told the Courant that he “expects city council to take up the deal when it reconvenes in September and has received its independent report on the sale.”

Now why would the UIL executive team fail to see what even the casual observer of Philadelphia politics understood?

The answer to this question leads us to believe that the sale of PGW is very much alive and well.

The fact that everyone saw this coming leads us to one question moving forward: why didn’t the folks who risked most see it?

Let’s view UIL’s approach through Machiavellian lenses.

Assume that UIL’s executive team is not a bunch of dummies at all but, in fact,

gamed the system from the beginning. The scenario goes like this: First, take your $20 million and put your marker in the ground. Sure, it will be tough to get this through City Council when Michael Nutter sits in the mayor’s office but that chair will be vacated soon enough and you are in this for the long haul.

Second, once your marker is in the ground, make sure nobody else plays on the field.

Plan on City Council president doing exactly what he said he would do: pay city money to commission a study of the sale and now you know exactly what the opposition to the sale is; you know the numbers that the opposition will deploy to confront you down the line. You are now in a much better position to compete in round 2 and you can compete using City Council numbers paid for by City Council. In addition, who is going down this same road? As Chamber of Commerce President Rob Wonderling said in the wake of the failed sale: “This is clearly not going to be perceived as a positive signal to those interested in coming here to create jobs.” Perfect.

Third, make sure you are the victim when the sale, as you expected, goes south.

Say everything right or better yet, don’t say anything at all — don’t fly off the handle — when Clarke deep-sixes the sale, just play the victim to the editorial boards: the groom jilted on his way down the aisle. Of course our friends at the Inky and DN played their part. The Inky: “Like a spurned suitor, UIL walks away having spent $20 million trying to make the deal… UIL has a right to feel

UIL CEO James Torgerson.

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betrayed, but it’s Philadelphians who lost out.” The DN: “Council’s actions on this were shortsighted, its methods undemocratic and its motivations for killing the sale seem murky at best.”

Fourth, use the dysfunction to propel the case for the sale down the road. Cue DN Ed Board: “Oddly, we’re more convinced than ever that the city has no business owning a gas company.”

With a mayoral race just around the corner, do not be surprised if the UIL crowd resurrects the sale as a referendum issue to get its deal across the finish line. The sound we may be hearing today around the UIL boardroom may not be fist pounding on a conference table but that of popping champagne corks.

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Chester Loses a Giant Continued from page 12 the coach. “Fred was more than a coach, he was a father figure to me and many of his players,” said Rahlir Jefferson. “Before I even became a part of the Chester basketball program, he made me feel comfortable like I was a member of not only the basketball family but his own family as well. As I entered high school, our relationship grew closer. As the years went on, we spent much time together in the ‘Clip joint’ and car rides to and from practice. Pretty much everyday, I learned something new, whether it was something with basketball or something about jazz musicians. I will always remember him not only for his love of basketball and his love for family, which included his staff and players. Coach loved my family as his own. He will truly be missed.”

On a personal note in my sports media/sports promotion career, Pickett was my favorite coach out of hundreds I have met.

In 1997, Pickett gave me and the “Inquirer High School Sports Show” crew a tour of Chester as he explained to us the importance of the basketball program to the community and vice versa. We made a feature on it for television.

When I started the Scholastic Play

by Play Classics in 2000, Pickett’s Chester team played in my very first game at Temple’s Apollo.

Jameer Nelson was Pickett’s star as his team defeated Pennsbury.

Pickett also supported my efforts to bring high school sports to television, the introduction of

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Addition to city’s ‘Brotherly Love’ nickname to be made official

by Sheila Simmons

ener University in 2005.

In just the last few days, coaches like Plymouth Whitemarsh’s Jim Donofrio, St. Joseph’s Prep’s Speedy Morris and Lower Merion assistant Kevin Grugan have called for funeral updates. According to Sgro, college coaches like Fran Dunphy at Temple and Phil Martelli of St. Joseph’s have expressed sadness and support.

“He just touched that many people,” said Sgro. “It’s surreal and things won’t be the same around here for a while.”

Larry Yarbray, who played at Chester in the late 1980s and starred at Coppin State, took over for Pickett after the 2008 season.

He won two state championships in 2011 and 2012, running his team in similar fashion to Pickett.

Scheduling tough games, multiple substitutions, full court pressing, teamwork, defense and offensive rebounding are all staples that Yarbray adopted from Pickett, not to mention composing himself on the sidelines. Like Pickett, Yarbray chooses his moments to get excited with referees or his team players. “I learned everything from Fred. I hope I can have the same impact on kids that he did.

This is a very sad time. He will be missed.”

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hroughout the world, Philadelphia is known as “The City of Brotherly Love,” thanks to the Greek origins of its name.

But now the addition of “and sisterly affection,” commonly tagged onto the nickname, could receive more official status, thanks to a proclamation from Mayor Michael A. Nutter later this month.

The new formality is largely due to the efforts of legendary Philadelphia radio broadcaster Dyana Williams, during whose “Soulful Sundays” radio show (Radio One’s 100.3 WRNB-FM), the mayor pledged more official recognition.

Williams recounts, “I said, ‘Look, you say it. I say it, and a whole lot of other people say it. Let’s make it official. Let’s make the motto more inclusive of women in this city. And he said, ‘OK, Dyana. Let’s do it.’”

So an announcement and proclamation on the extended nickname will be part of a media event Nov. 21, on the eve of the Philadelphia Marathon, Nov. 21Nov. 23, whose motto this year is “City of Brotherly Run and Sisterly Endurance.”

“We’re inviting Dyana to come that day. We will recognize her, and grant her the proclamation,” offered Dawn Roberts, an official for the marathon, coordinated through the city representative’s office.

Mayor Nutter press secretary Mark McDonald says the phrase helps highlight the marathon and “seems to fit the city.”

Of the recognition, Williams says, “I’m happy because I believe in inclusion and see more and more change toward recognizing people — people with disabilities, same sex couples — we’re all human beings.

And for women to be recognized in this city with a slogan that’s been around for hundreds of years, it’s exciting.”

While the silky-voiced Williams has certainly helped popularize the phrase by repeating it often during her 40 years in radio, and while Mayor Nutter regularly introduces the city with the full phrase, the origins of “sisterly affection” are not modern.

Portrait of Dyana Williams. Courtesy of Whitney Thomas.

It’s been traced as far back as 1849, and to a pamphlet that was, “A guide to the stranger, or pocket companion for the fancy, containing a list of the gay houses and ladies of pleasure in the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection,” and written anonymously.

Nineteenth century uses of the phrase alluded — with humor — to the sex trade. But in recent decades, the aim has been inclusivity.

Speaking of the nation’s Founding Fathers, Williams offers, “I’m sure that back then, it was real hard to raise children and maintain a home (during the creation of the democratic process). So in a city as progressive as Philadelphia, I’m honored that our mayor sees fit to make it official with this inclusive statement. And my hope is that, worldwide, people will know it.”

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First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 10:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE

Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price.

Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff.

The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale.

The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be a sum sufficient to pay all Sheriff’s costs including advertising, all taxes, water rents and municipal claims due to the City of Philadelphia. If there is no other bid price above the opening bid price, the property shall be sold by the auctioneer to the attorney on the writ at that price.

The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadel-

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phia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly.

No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County.

The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine.

The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale.

All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale.

Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address.

Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-686-1483 and to its website philadox.phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox. phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006

Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

N.B. - For the benefit of our non-professional readers who do not understand the meaning of the letters and figures following the defendant’s names, we make the following.

EXPLANATION The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions.

The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ.

Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions.

Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him.

Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia

1412-303 6543 Vandike Street 19135 41st wd. 1056 Sq Ft BRT#411350000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George Jubilee C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02045 $111,844.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-304 7158 North Uber Street 19138 10th wd. 1194 Sq Ft BRT#101149400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jamar Little C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 03373 $124,063.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-305 1614 West Godfrey Avenue 19141 17th wd. 1552 Sq Ft BRT#171284000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Chamelle Jefferson C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 02211 $134,501.94 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-306 5724 North Hope Street 19120 61st wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#612458700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jason Lee C.P. June Term, 2009 No. 00802 $128,533.97 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-307 5953 Alma Street 19149 53rd wd. 1472 Sq Ft BRT#531336600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph T. Cusick, Jr. and Libertina Rivas C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03445 $110,305.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-308 3650 Canby Drive 191542008 58th wd. 1332 Sq Ft OPA#663388300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher Lewis; Sandi L. GarbrechtLewis C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 02886 $90,174.01 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-309 4036 Loring Street 191363915 41st wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#412164300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raymond J. Hankinson, III C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01475 $77,502.59 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-310 252 Sparks Street 191201417 61st wd. 1020 Sq Ft OPA#611251000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Luis A. Colon a/k/a Luis Colon; Lydia Colon C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02666 $44,129.92 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-311 301 North 54th Street 19139-2005 44th wd. 1242 Sq Ft OPA#441214200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Barry Vincent Gailliard, in his Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Ellen Jordan Shepherd a/k/a Ellen J. Shepherd; Unknown

Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Ellen Jordan Shepherd a/k/a Ellen J. Shepherd, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00033 $69,351.73 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-312 332 Magee Avenue 19111-4617 35th wd. 1320 Sq Ft OPA#353-0958-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Steven J. Campbell C.P. May Term, 2008 No. 02928 $72,557.42 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-313 260 West Sulis Street a/k/a 260 Sulis Street 191203831 42nd wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#422125400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Victor Fernandez; Celia Fernandez C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02652 $36,308.53 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-314 1713 Wakeling Street 191242756 62nd wd. 1396 Sq Ft OPA#622003900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Omar Negron C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 01481 $61,063.21 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-315 2543 North Natrona Street 19132-2921 28th wd. 1198 Sq Ft OPA#282204700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Zelda Deutsch, Individually and in her Capacity as Heir of Alexander Deutsch, Deceased; Tuvia Lipa Deutsch, in his Capacity as Heir of Alexander Deutsch, Deceased; Lilah Pearl Deutsch, in her Capacity as Heir of Alexander Deutsch, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Alexander Deutsch, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 02409 $43,022.97 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-316 1641 South 26th Street 191451214 36th wd. 1060 Sq Ft OPA#364213000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert Chambers C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 00323 $37,227.28 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-317 9206 Exeter Road 191143802 57th wd. 1544 Sq Ft OPA#572247700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia A. Fabbia C.P. August Term, 2008 No. 01017 $258,905.88 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-318 4436 East Wingohocking Street 19124-3635 23rd wd.

1290 Sq Ft OPA#234206900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eugene Lundi C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00920 $106,101.05 Phelan Hallinan, LLP

1412-319 3333 Elliston Circle 191141205 66th wd. 1001 Sq Ft OPA#661160300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Young Ja Woo; Kil Chang Woo C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 01048 $92,533.40 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-320 2839 South Sheridan Street 19148-4826 39th wd. 1212 Sq Ft OPA#395180900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maly Yinn Chapkev; Sendy Kev; Shimon Dahan C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 01526 $160,185.55 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-321 8304 Cottage Street 191362812 65th wd. 1190 Sq Ft OPA#652231015 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kathryn M. Autenrieth C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 00732 $210,602.63 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-322 810 North Uber Street 191302018 15th wd. 1800 Sq Ft OPA#151067410 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Migdalia M. Ramirez C.P. July Term, 2011 No. 00616 $63,491.73 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-323 1230 Haworth Street 19124 23rd wd. 4216.86 Sq Ft BRT#871529980 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yuself A. Jamaladdin C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 03317 $173,849.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-324 6264 Cottage Street 19135 55th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#552387000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Latasha Halley and Corey L. Vinson C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00521 $76,628.72 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-325 4045 Old York Road 19140 43rd wd. 1844.25 Sq Ft BRT#433168900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Christina N. Jordan, Deceased; Rosemary Jordan, Solely in her Capacity as Heir of Peter Glenn and Christina N. Jordan, Deceased and The Unknown Heirs of Peter Glenn, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04598 $63,436.68 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-326 510 East Thelma Street 19120 42nd wd. 1050 Sq Ft BRT#421030600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gloria Brown C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02090 $64,525.98 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-327 558 East Clarkson Avenue 19120 42nd wd. 2215 Sq Ft BRT#421236200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda Williams

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C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00255 $61,767.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-328 4707 Frankford Avenue 19124 23rd wd. 3188 Sq Ft BRT#871112250 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE Indrawatie Permesardian and Tariq Adham C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 02356 $108,282.24 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1412-329 2628 Massey Street 191420000 40th wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#406123200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Yolanda Stanley C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 00660 $99,654.04 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-330 1917 S. Beechwood Street 19145-2725 48th wd. 1020 Sq Ft BRT#482162100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dennis F. La Marr C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01825 $33,608.20 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-331 2838 North Ringgold Street 19132-1917 38th wd. 908 Sq Ft BRT#381021900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Chyvere N. Cobb C.P. April Term, 2011 No. 01605 $34,690.64 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-332 110 West Chew Avenue 19120-2428 61st wd. 1272 Sq Ft BRT#612044100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW CONV/APR 2 STORY MASONRY Wahabit Edwards C.P. December Term, 2003 No. 002181 $76,357.47 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1412-333 953 Arrott Street 191242435 23rd wd. 1656 Sq Ft BRT#233029400 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W DET GAR 2 STORY MASONRY Jacqueline Grier and Anthony Grier C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04248 $230,272.50 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1412-334 1532 Mount Vernon Street 19130 8th wd. 2739 Sq Ft BRT#084076500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Danielle P. Lehman (Mortgagor and Real Owner) and David Lehman (Real Owner) C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 01444 $510,785.71 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1412-335 631 Rosalie Street 19120 35th wd. 1220.60 Sq Ft BRT#352042600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michelle Young C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01664 $84,277.91 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-336 563 East Marwood Road 19120 42nd wd. 1469.68

Sq Ft BRT#421226100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John P. McTeague C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02278 $69,361.68 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-337 4009 Bennington Street 19124 33rd wd. 1822.60 Sq Ft BRT#332298000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrea Moody C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00232 $47,163.77 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-338 1666 Granite Street 19124 62nd wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#622073600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Victoria B. Cebzanov a/k/a Victoria Cebzanov C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03152 $38,783.82 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1412-339 3551 North 11th Street 19140 43rd wd. 2081 Sq Ft BRT#432134600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bevin Bailis C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03846 $130,997.69 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1412-340 2725 Unruh Avenue 19149 55th wd. (formerly part of the 35th wd.) 1376 Sq Ft BRT#551146700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Amanda Doroshenko and Michael Doroshenko C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 003037 $147,282.32 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1412-341 1213 Mercy Street 19148 39th wd. 784 Sq Ft BRT#394267400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Helen Beason C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01260 $122,128.76 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1412-342 5724 Broomall St 191434521 51st wd. 1322 Sq Ft BRT#513115600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Richard Jones a/k/a Richard E. Jones, Sr. C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02028 $54,543.94 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-343 2403 South Woodstock Street 19145-4221 26th wd. 1036 Sq Ft BRT#262170000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stephen Brady and Karen Brady C.P. November Term, 2010 No. 01502 $149,101.99 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-344 5607 North 13th Street 19141-4103 49th wd. 1360 Sq Ft BRT#49-3197900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Alice

Earp C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 004628 $81,128.26 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-345 2107 West Somerset Street 19132-2641 11th wd. 1002 Sq Ft BRT#111035700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Deborah Washington C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 01202 $88,050.30 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-346 3120 North Marston Street 19132-1236 38th wd. 725 Sq Ft BRT#381236600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Nathan Avery C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01319 $36,837.76 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-347 708 DeKalb Street 191040000 24th wd. 1026 Sq Ft BRT#243088700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles A.J. Halpin, III, Esquire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Hattie Florence Allen a/k/a Hattie Allen C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02221 $47,756.12 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-348 2523 Vista Street 191524306 56th wd. 1476 Sq Ft BRT#56-1334700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Yong Hang Wang C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 00608 $255,099.34 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-349 7902 Thouron Avenue 19150-0000 50th wd. 1224 Sq Ft BRT#502146400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Georgeanna Boyd C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 01141 $125,626.42 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-350 3343 Conrad St. Unit 202 a/k/a 3343 Conrad Street, unit 202 and Parking Unit 9 Terraces at East Falls Condominium 191291514 38th wd. 911 Sq Ft BRT#888380202 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anthony Mascieri C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02196 $336,041.38 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-351 3034 East Street 19134 7th wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#071556700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darlene Cash C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 002421 $30,144.71 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-352 217 West Penn Street 191443903 12th wd. 2256 Sq Ft OPA#124025200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Troy Slaffey C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 03044 $323,440.10 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-353 2520 North 17th Street 19132-3927 16th wd. 1546 Sq Ft OPA#161171400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eugene Stallworth C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 01148 $49,159.77 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-354 10931 Templeton Drive 19154-4235 66th wd. 1296 Sq Ft OPA#662149500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William F. Roland C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00207 $62,257.37 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-355 3124 Ruth Street 191343133 25th wd. 1048 Sq Ft OPA#252569200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline Hunt C.P. August Term, 2010 No. 01610 $52,384.46 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-356 34 N. Edgewood Street 19139-2322 34th wd. 1314 Sq Ft OPA#341101500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kozowali Nzinga a/k/a Kozowali Tra Nzinga C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02657 $65,872.72 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-357 6227 Homer Street 191441620 59th wd. 1332 Sq Ft OPA#592261500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Prince Massey C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04128 $69,976.04 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-358 6336 Anderson Street 191381030 22nd wd. 1552 Sq Ft OPA#221312200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Delphyne J. Dukes, in her Capacity as Executrix of the Estate of Lenora Dukes-Taylor C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01242 $150,679.92 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-359 1103 East Hunting Park Avenue 19124-4812 33rd wd.

2088 Sq Ft OPA#332079200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Miguel A. Gonzalez C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 03770 $90,107.95 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-360 1551 South Lambert Street 19146-4519 36th wd. 1417 Sq Ft OPA#363258600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kamau Floyd C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 02485 $198,404.69 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-361A 5024 Griscom Street 19124-2624 23rd wd. 2485 Sq Ft BRT#62-1496400 Griscom St. LLC C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 001988

$329,196.67 Andrew J. Flame, Esquire 1412-361B 5026 Grisom Street 191242624 23rd wd. 2485 Sq Ft BRT#62-1496500 Griscom St. LLC C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 001988 $329,196.67 Andrew J. Flame, Esquire 1412-362 5119 Spruce Street 191394122 60th wd. 2100 Sq Ft OPA#602103900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Pratt C.P. May Term, 2009 No. 01731 $207,419.03 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-363 1069 Pratt Street 191241839 23rd wd. 1530 Sq Ft BRT#234179500 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W B/G 2S MASONRY Tara Robinette C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02007 $192,763.81 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1412-364 4823 Gransback Street 19120-4302 42nd wd. 1290 Sq Ft OPA#421511600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lesby M. Rodriguez C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03108 $63,602.72 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-365 4818 Rosalie Street 191354143 41st wd. 750 Sq Ft BRT#411084700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY Manuel Perez C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01308 $96,924.32 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1412-366 1617 North Newkirk Street 19121-2712 32nd wd. 1058 Sq Ft OPA#324150901 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Janie Louise Shippen C.P. April Term, 2009 No. 02034 $34,943.75 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-367 1225 Clymer Street 191472642 2nd wd. 1373 Sq Ft OPA#022194349 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rochelle Burns C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 02524 $191,408.03 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-368 1126 Foulkrod Street 19124 23rd wd. 2048 Sq Ft OPA#234093800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Louis J. Carleo C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01296 $164,034.94 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1412-369 2483 78th Avenue 19150 50th wd. 1980 Sq Ft BRT#501447700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary E. Tucker C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01208 $79,467.46 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. Bonner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh Levy Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana

Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., Brian Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1412-370 1156 Hellerman Street 19111 53rd wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#531121800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edwin Rapaport and Genevieve, his wife C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00098 $89,901.94 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. Bonner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh Levy Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., Brian Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1412-371 4014 Lawndale Street 19124 33rd wd. 896 Sq Ft BRT#332258100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Norberto Rivera and Ramonita Baez, joint tenants with the right of survivorship and not as tenants in common C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 0655 $45,086.98 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1412-372 915 East Allens Lane 19150 50th wd. 1354 Sq Ft BRT#502495500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jessica Lee, as sole owner C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 01690 $219,925.74 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1412-373 5521 Belmar Terrace 191434701 51st wd. 1062 Sq Ft BRT#514091800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Murvee Gray C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 3818 $61,648.61 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. Bonner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh Levy Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., Brian Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1412-374 1924 Colonial Street 19138 10th wd. 1201 Sq Ft BRT#102350400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bernice M. Lee C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 000561 $148,146.46 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-375 43 West Upsal Street 19119 22nd wd. 3152 Sq Ft BRT#223020600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Saul Bradley and Robin Bradley C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 3592 $171,586.57 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-376 2624 South Juniper 19148 39th wd. 912 Sq Ft BRT#394475400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

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PROPERTY Doreen A. Scherer C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00582 $222,585.16 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-377 1617 Pennington Road 19151 34th wd. 1216 Sq Ft BRT#343320400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Syreeta E. Anderson C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05117 $139,456.11 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-378 4990 Pennway Street 19124 23rd wd. 1120 Sq Ft BRT#233092700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elie Jacques Adrien C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02743 $39,224.78 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-379 3012 Hellerman Street 19149 55th wd. 1170 Sq Ft BRT#551039100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William L. Jeffries C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04087 $148,889.88 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-380 1972 Devereaux Avenue 19149 62nd wd. 1202 Sq Ft BRT#621215600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephen Camacho C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01344 $146,718.75 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-381 406 Hellerman Street 19111 35th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#353060900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jennifer A. Demuro and Richard W. Demuro C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01621 $160,343.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-382 703 South Second Street 19147 2nd wd. (formerly part of the 4th wd.) 1716 Sq Ft BRT#023100000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anthony J. Conte, III a/k/a Anthony John Conte C.P. July Term, 2010 No. 00532 $534,278.95 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-383 3370 Red Lion Road 19114 66th wd. 1840 Sq Ft BRT#661-2821-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Albert Koroma C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02640 $205,394.10 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-384 1422 Knorr Street 19111 53rd wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#532128900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Alla Zelenyuk; Vladimir Zelenyuk a/k/a VL Zelenyuk C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 02357 $140,165.67 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-385 2130 South Street 19146 30th wd. 2016 Sq Ft BRT#302001900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph C. Depiano, Joseph J. Depiano

C.P. April Term, 2010 No. 02078 $132,609.60 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-386 1632 Loney Street 19111 56th wd. 2280 Sq Ft BRT#561350300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Virginia Cabral; Freeman Cortes C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04322 $251,753.71 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-387 1405 N 75th Street 19151 34th wd. 1266 Sq Ft BRT#343273900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Estate of Robert Green a/k/a Robert E. Green, C/O Vanetta Green, Personal Representative; Vanetta Green, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Green a/k/a Robert E. Green; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Robert Green a/k/a Robert E. Green, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 00442 $214,460.40 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-388 137 W. Grange Ave 19120 61st wd. 1290 Sq Ft BRT#612075000 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gerald Johnson; Kyu Suk So C.P. December Term, 2010 No. 00961 $109,121.51 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-389 3617 Stanwood Street 19136 64th wd. 1126 Sq Ft BRT#642321400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Neelum Tahir C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01102 $173,093.58 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1412-390 729 South 9th Street 19147 2nd wd. 0 Sq Ft BRT#023245005 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nikki Luciano and John T. Luciano, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01449 $496,668.67 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-391 5015 Roosevelt Boulevard 19124 23rd wd. 2478 Sq Ft BRT#233023700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald Hinton C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 03415 $266,220.08 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-392 7108 Louise Road 19138 10th wd. 1208 Sq Ft BRT#102449800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cymantia Simone Tomlinson C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01663 $89,242.34 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-393 2065 Wilmot Street 19124 23rd wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#232138800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Sandra Aponte C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03422 $24,843.27 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-394 6626 North 21st Street 19138 10th wd. 896 Sq Ft BRT#102090300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darryl K. Brown C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05682 $36,472.72 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-395 7045 West Passyunk Avenue 19142 40th wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#406300700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mewaseh Tingba C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00881 $71,675.96 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-396 5424 Harbison Avenue 19124 62nd wd. 660 Sq Ft BRT#622470300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard M. Barag a/k/a Richard Barag C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00868 $55,954.17 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-397 2000 Rosalie Street 19135 41st wd. 660 Sq Ft BRT#411082000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard M. Barag a/k/a Richard Barag C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 00849 $77,675.51 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-398 2829 Comly Road 19154 66th wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#662478200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joann Scott and Patrick J. Scott C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05451 $272,330.15 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-399 3037 Hope Street 19133 7th wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#071054300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Claribel Pacheco C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 003857 $44,657.90 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-400 6121 Loretto Avenue 19149 53rd wd. 1520 Sq Ft BRT#531323800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wang Zi Kai C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 003601 $78,843.56 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-401 2413 Grays Ferry Avenue 19146 30th wd. 1740 Sq Ft BRT#302176000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Primiano C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 4755 $250,220.45 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-402 5538 Pine Street 19143 60th wd. 976 Sq Ft BRT#604098000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anita Carter a/k/a Anita Clark C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 000740

$47,226.92 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-403 3234 F Street 19134 33rd wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#331284600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Miriam M. Irizarry C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 000743 $25,229.59 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-404 2311 Loney Street 19152 56th wd. 1530 Sq Ft BRT#561566000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph K. Keller and Margaret A. Keller C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 0677 $133,880.04 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-405 6245 Tackawanna Street 19135 41st wd. 1142 Sq Ft BRT#55-2-2523-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bernetta James; Regina Jeannie Jones C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02449 $154,790.43 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-406 2036 W. Estaugh Street 19120 11th wd. 1048 Sq Ft, Judgment: $49,123.47, plus interest in the amount of $8.08 per diem from May 1, 2013. BRT#112072000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marcus Gay C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 1899 $49,123.47 Michael V. Phillips, Esquire 1412-407 5142 Brown Street 19139 44th wd. 1280 Sq Ft BRT#441271500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Atif Lacey C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 01438 $87,662.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-408 7327 Lawndale Avenue 19111 56th wd. 1600.50 Sq Ft BRT#561029300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David Z. Tongor C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 03765 $173,316.62 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-409 1543 South Etting Street 19146 36th wd. 999 Sq Ft BRT#364307100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Moshe Kops C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00239 $51,667.14 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-410 2116 South 57th Street 19143 40th wd. 1296 Sq Ft BRT#401007700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anthony Byrd, Sr. a/k/a Anthony Byrd C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04192 $96,136.36 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1412-411 6749 Glenloch Street 19135 41st wd. 1116 Sq Ft BRT#412336700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George A.

Fieldcamp, as the Administrator of the Estate of Michael A. Cicalese C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04512 $110,601.38 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-412 12014A Tyrone Road a/k/a 12014 Tyrone Road, Unit A 19154 66th wd. 900 Sq Ft BRT#663269900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard A. Whitford and Norma B. Whitford C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 000880 $232,453.64 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-413 633 West Olney Avenue 19120 61st wd. 1782 Sq Ft BRT#612009100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Cobb C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 002365 $113,433.38 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-414 425 Fern Street 19120 61st wd. 1200 Sq Ft BRT#612204900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Darnell R. Minus C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01877 $74,967.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-415 5316 Wyalusing Avenue 19131-5019 44th wd. 1350 Sq Ft OPA#442069500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Willie Mae Johnson, in her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir Estate of Sallie Hunter; Katherine Steadley, in her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Sallie Hunter; Bettie Johnson a/k/a Betty Johnson, in her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Sallie Hunter; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Sallie Hunter, Deceased; Daniel Hunter, in his Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Sallie Hunter C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 02735 $61,229.51 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-416 1332 Fillmore Street 191245926 23rd wd. 1300 Sq Ft OPA#234112300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sheila Reedy C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01032 $92,387.39 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-417 6639 North 15th Street 19126 10th wd. 1560 Sq Ft BRT#101012505 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harriet A. Carter C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 01042 $45,363.72 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-418 6611 North 11th Street 191263232 61st wd. 5400 Sq Ft OPA#611184100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Gibbons C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 03957 $305,457.61 Phelan Hallinan, LLP

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1761 Sq Ft OPA#412029600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yuliya Meltreger C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03876 $162,461.51 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-421 6028 Belden Street 191493232 53rd wd. 1040 Sq Ft OPA#531295900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lori S. Jones C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 00148 $108,414.77 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-422 2028 South Philip Street 19148-2616 39th wd. 828 Sq Ft OPA#391304900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lauren Mullen C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00216 $168,162.49 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-423 3182 Memphis Street 191344426 25th wd. 756 Sq Ft OPA#252325700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dianna M. McNicoll; George M. Kelly, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 03572 $37,205.62 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-424 936 East Phil Ellena Street, a/k/a 936 Phil-ellena Street 19150-3606 50th wd. 1314 Sq Ft OPA#502350200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline M. Johnson C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 03793 $168,095.41 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-425 231 Rubicam Street 191203316 42nd wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#422210300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jamar Brown C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 01620 $71,200.81 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-426 3123 Longshore Avenue 19149-2023 55th wd. 1402 Sq Ft OPA#551277100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Sposato C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01122 $161,146.57 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-427 12201 Aster Road 191541703 66th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#663202100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mark J. Young; Kimberly P. Young C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04331

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$155,445.09 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-428 1728 North 28th Street 191212704 32nd wd. 1298 Sq Ft OPA#324148300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rosalyn N. Hughes C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00874 $46,653.33 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-429 1924 South Mole Street 191453009 48th wd. 894 Sq Ft OPA#481187100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vanessa R. Porter a/k/a Vanessa Renee Porter C.P. January Term, 2007 No. 03630 $49,012.84 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-430 5843 Chestnut Street 191393110 60th wd. 1560 Sq Ft OPA#604152000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sherryl A. McPhee C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00941 $54,704.51 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-431 5612 Willows Avenue 191434612 51st wd. 1248 Sq Ft OPA#513218800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Janice Sephes, in her Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Michael S. Sephes, Deceased; Bertha Wells-Sephes, In her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Michael S. Sephes, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Michael S. Sephes, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2010 No. 00117 $24,258.66 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-432 1439 West Olney Avenue 19141-2315 17th wd. 1510 Sq Ft OPA#171085000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Emmanuel Uso C.P. June Term, 2009 No. 00955 $41,501.77 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-433 885 Granite Street 191241728 35th wd. 1022 Sq Ft OPA#351139200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Blease Burno C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01135 $65,029.33 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-434 227 West Rockland Street 19120-4133 42nd wd. 1438 Sq Ft OPA#422117700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald D. Andrews C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03544 $74,180.31 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-435 2000 Bridge Street 191242102 62nd wd. 1239 Sq Ft OPA#622100700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cynthia L. Frank C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03605 $57,561.81 Phelan Hallinan, LLP

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358 Sq Ft OPA#888115398 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM Sherry L. Sforza; Helen C. Richman C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01699 $114,207.57 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-458 6511 North 3rd Street 191263913 61st wd. 1305 Sq Ft OPA#611054800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gary Mason C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 01319 $318,940.64 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-459 9986 Crestmont Avenue 19114-1954 66th wd. 864 Sq Ft OPA#661289525 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colleen Kaminski C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 02076 $212,564.97 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-460 6015 Locust Street 191393734 3rd wd. 1600 Sq Ft OPA#031085600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward R. Crawford C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02981 $75,629.29 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-461 11704 Joseph Kelly Terrace 19154-1638 66th wd. 2143.00 Sq Ft OPA#662000412 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kimberly A. Martinez C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 01735 $274,277.32 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-462 4334 Mitchell Street 191283412 21st wd. 1480 Sq Ft OPA#212194700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Barbara Stolzer; Michael Stolzer C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02659 $264,641.85 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-463 3971 Wyalusing Avenue 19104-1125 24th wd. 784 Sq Ft OPA#243192900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Veronica Thomas, in her Capacity as Heir of Bernadette Thomas Jones, Deceased; Judith Hundley, in her Capacity as Heir of Bernadette Thomas Jones, Deceased; John E. Thomas, in his Capacity as Heir of Bernadette Thomas Jones, Deceased; Vivian Eaton Hundley, in her Capacity as Heir of Bernadette Thomas Jones, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Bernadette Thomas Jones, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01610 $74,076.25 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-464 5635 North Fairhill Street 19120-2206 61st wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#612306705 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yolanda A. Wright C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02067 $97,815.05 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-465 4514 Baltimore Avenue, Apt 3F 19143 46th wd. STR/Off Apartments 3 Story Masonry; 2400 Sq Ft PRCL#461089000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Shezaan H. Syed, United States of America c/o US Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania C.P. April Term, 2011 No. 00021 $218,315.96 Federman & Associates, LLC 1412-466 6516 Marsden Street 191352709 41st wd. 1482 Sq Ft OPA#411256900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eileen Morris C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00023 $110,561.61 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-467 8302 Lynnewood Road 191500000 50th wd. On the Southwest Side of Lynnewood Road; 1332 ft 0 in Northwestward from the Northwest side of Mt. Airy Avenue; Front: 6 in, Depth: 0 in OPA#502029600 Michelle D. Grimes C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 01007 $251,258.11 Louis P. Vitti, Esq. 1412-468 2097 Margaret Street 19124 23rd wd. 738 Sq Ft BRT#232165100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Kuders C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01003 $50,918.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-469 1110 Glenview Street 19111 53rd wd. 1426 Sq Ft BRT#532147100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Tracy Fuoco C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02888 $175,217.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-470 3131 Longshore Avenue 19149 55th wd. 1402 Sq Ft BRT#551277500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Deborah A. Fortunato C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04178 $173,192.29 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-471 5731 North Woodstock Street 19138 17th wd. 960 Sq Ft BRT#172389000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Massimiani C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00258 $61,403.18 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-472 412 Woodhaven Place 19116-2407 58th wd. 2365 Sq Ft OPA#582345200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas V. Thomas; Omana V. Thomas C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 01197 $265,170.24 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-473 6557 Edmund Street 191352819 41st wd. 960 Sq Ft OPA#411413700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yischor Dov Friedman C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02533 $69,395.00 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-474 782 South 5th Street 19147 2nd wd. 2052 Sq Ft BRT#871042650 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Romuald A. Roman as Executor of the Estate of Charles R. Schmitt Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 02316 $522,889.39 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-475 1505 East Cheltenham Avenue 19124 62nd wd.

1140 Sq Ft BRT#621083100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Linda Williams and Steven Williams C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03310 $141,895.89 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-476 6316 Mershon Street 19149 62nd wd. 1072 Sq Ft BRT#621578200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Laura F. Troya C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 02365 $114,433.90 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-477 602 East Annsbury Street 19120 42nd wd. 800 Sq Ft BRT#421007300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Zaida E. DeJesus C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 02237 $85,085.67 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-478 1344 Harrison Street 191242602 23rd wd. 2062 Sq Ft BRT#234131700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Clif D. Mason a/k/a Cliff D. Mason and

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Gail C. Mason C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03667 $108,278.77 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1412-479 9328 Jamison Avenue, Unit B 19115-4277 56th wd. 1664 Sq Ft BRT#888560356 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT Marilyn A. Roumi C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00327 $263,880.51 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1412-480 3947 North 8th Street 191403207 43rd wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#433114800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Henrietta Fox C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 02839 $69,040.20 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-481 3803 Janice Street 19114-2826 57th wd. 1060 Sq Ft BRT#572-1457-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Casimir J. Garczynski and Laura M. Garczynski C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 01941 $297,854.27 BARBARA A. FEIN, ESQUIRE 1412-482 1829 Wilmot Street 19124 23rd wd. 1645 Sq Ft BRT#23-21348-05 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wendy L. Daniels C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 01241 $50,870.28 Pressman & Doyle, LLC 1412-483 1909 South 65th Street 19142-2007 40th wd. 1290 Sq Ft BRT#40-1-2024-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Christopher Jones C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 03222 $49,698.31 BARBARA A. FEIN, ESQUIRE 1412-484 3437 Belgrade Street 191345316 45th wd. 954 Sq Ft OPA#451327200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Frank Panas, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2010 No. 00430 $83,226.36 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-485 4779 Tampa Street 191204621 42nd wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#421586800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Aisha R. McClain; Loretta McClain C.P. August Term, 2010 No. 02554 $61,325.34 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-486 1381 Pratt Street 191241925 62nd wd. 1996 Sq Ft OPA#621023700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Igor Makovoz C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 01016 $112,098.98 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-487 2331 South Percy Street 19148-3710 39th wd. 780

Sq Ft OPA#393443000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dana M. Picciotti C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03600 $26,060.34 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-488 6334 Trotter Street 191115842 53rd wd. 1278 Sq Ft OPA#531232900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Toni James C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01429 $141,939.46 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-489 850 Mercer Street 191253519 18th wd. 920 Sq Ft OPA#181404700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert W. Schmidt C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01131 $66,503.06 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-490 3438 G Street 191341317 33rd wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#331328400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sebastian S. Shaw C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02626 $58,452.07 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-491 6731 Leeds Street 191513019 34th wd. 1440 Sq Ft OPA#344039300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Deborah M. Baker C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 02745 $110,032.28 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-492 2651 South 11th Street 19148-4407 39th wd.

1266.00 Sq Ft OPA#39-41887-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric Bartello C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 02734 $189,002.78 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-493 614 North Frazier Street 19131-4811 4th wd. 1484 Sq Ft OPA#043073500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Travis Lee C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00291 $96,360.46 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-494 9656 Dungan Road 191153222 58th wd. 2380 Sq Ft OPA#581373409 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Laura D’Angelo a/k/a Laura L. D’Angelo C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 02236 $246,491.29 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-495 130 Widener Street 191201935 61st wd. 1188 Sq Ft OPA#612117200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Wallace; Michele Wallace C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 02445 $132,189.20 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-496 13010 Townsend Road, a/k/a 13010 Townsend Road L1 19154-1001 88th wd. 1536 Sq Ft OPA#888660490 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL PROPERTY Danielle Jamison C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00285 $163,945.93 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-497 7809 Fayette Street 191502101 50th wd. 1084 Sq Ft OPA#501030900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tanya Stancil C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02590 $134,286.18 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-498 1130 Kerper Street 191114926 53rd wd. 1408 Sq Ft OPA#532087400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric Jay Finkelstein, in His Capacity as Heir of Lila Finkelstein, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Lila Finkelstein, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 01606 $157,426.22 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-499 5929 Crystal Street 191201127 35th wd. 1008 Sq Ft OPA#352220700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Glenn Lane C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01940 $123,706.82 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-500 617 North 56th Street 19131 4th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1548 Sq Ft BRT#041214600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING De-Andre Baldwin, Administrator of the Estate of Mary Hassell Gwaltney Baldwin, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00925 $51,716.18 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-501 3839 Melon Street 19104 24th wd. 1000 Sq Ft BRT#242117200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Henry Hawkins; Henry Hawkins, Last Record Owner C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04929 $43,056.04 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-502 1820 Placid Street 19152 56th wd. S/D W B/G 1 STY MASONRY; 1000 Sq Ft BRT#562248300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Alla Kheyfets, Administratrix of the Estate of Samuel Kheyfets, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00126 $76,810.15 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-503 4349 Deer Path Lane 19154 66th wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#66-2-450600 IM-

PROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Alan J. McCausland a/k/a Alan McCausland; Teresa McCausland C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 00987 $156,503.62 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-504 1751 North 29th Street 19121 32nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1190 Sq Ft BRT#324179100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joyce L. Page C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01295 $75,558.46 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-505 2527 S Dewey Street 19142 40th wd. Row 2 STY MASONRY; 960 Sq Ft BRT#402072700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Shirley Porter C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03860 $67,841.09 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-506 424 Dupont Street 19128 21st wd. 840 Sq Ft BRT#212235100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Thomas Conway a/k/a Thomas J. Conway, IV; Derrick Lee a/k/a Derrick J. Lee C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00603 $83,206.82 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-507 4531 Greene Street 191446015 12th wd. 1899 Sq Ft OPA#123145100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrenette Jones; Daineen R. Jones C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02236 $29,234.41 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-508 1528 68th Avenue 19126 10th wd. (formerly part of the 50th wd.) 1880 Sq Ft BRT#101248800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Paul Clemmons C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02987 $85,210.97 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1412-509 3517 Aldine Street 19136 64th wd. 1504 Sq Ft BRT#642119500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lynn M. Coppola f/k/a Lynn M. Armstrong; Eugene L. Coppola, Jr. C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 00350 $130,087.38 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-510 3432 Hess Street 191362308 64th wd. 1144 Sq Ft BRT#642329100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Donald H. Russell C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03409 $149,408.17 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1412-511 6501 North 4th Street 19126 61st wd. 5720 Sq Ft BRT#611064200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Sau T. Pham C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 3010 $243,492.13 Stern & Eisenberg PC

1412-512 730 North 37th Street 19104 24th wd. 1036 Sq Ft BRT#24-3-082300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING May Gray C.P. January Term, 2010 No. 02132 $73,722.27 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-513 2828 West Girard Avenue 19130 29th wd. 1908 Sq Ft BRT#871539000; PRCL#9N8-43 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James Smith; Title to Said Premises is vested in James Smith by Deed from Alson Alston dated January 13, 2005 and recorded January 26, 2005 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Philadelphia County as Instrument Number 51104731 C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 001048 $308,475.81 Alicia M. Sandoval, Esquire 1412-514 613 Catharine Street Unit B 19147-2909 2nd wd. 2634 Sq Ft BRT#888021762 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Che Green and The United States of America C.P. June Term, 2009 No. 00489 $1,193,732.42 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-515 3322 Brandywine Street 19104 24th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1098 Sq Ft BRT#242011100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Paul Horsey, in his Capacity as Trustee for Minor Malachi S. Lightner, Real Property Owner; Paul Horsey in his Capacity as Trustee for Minor Sean W. Lightner, Real Property Owner and Theresa McCrimmon a/k/a Theresa Horsey McCrimmon C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01959 $119,824.64 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-516 2612 North Franklin Street 19133 37th wd. 1230 Sq Ft BRT#371093200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Eliminia M. Roche C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 03542 $53,403.80 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-517 11731 Millbrook Road 19154 66th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY;1260 Sq Ft BRT#662234900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michael DeStefano and Deborah DeStefano C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 03353 $149,986.39 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-518 6004 Alma Street 19149 53rd wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY;1312 Sq Ft BRT#531328300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kinesha Yancey C.P. January Term, 2014 No.

02505 $107,786.20 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-519 2855 Welsh Road 19152 57th wd. 2787 Sq Ft BRT#571047900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David Paez C.P. May Term, 2009 No. 01998 $418,049.81 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-520 2453 79th Avenue 19150 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1804 Sq Ft BRT#501459200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Emma J. Bryant C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 00501 $175,515.43 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-521 10766 Helmer Drive 19154 66th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MAS.+OTHER; 1520 Sq Ft BRT#662107100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Chevon Young C.P. April Term, 2011 No. 02240 $153,990.77 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-522 7050 Wheeler Street 19142 40th wd. 992 Sq Ft BRT#406-2056-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph Dereef a/k/a Joseph A. Dereef a/k/a Joseph A. Dereef, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 03343 $16,489.97 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-523 1343 Friendship Street 19111 53rd wd. S/D W B/G 2S MASONRY; 1280 Sq Ft BRT#532308800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lora A. McSloy C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 03093 $33,132.95 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-524 7224 Cornelius Street 19138 15th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1166 Sq Ft BRT#102376600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Genice Rohrer, Executrix of the Estate of Daisy Rohrer, Deceased Real Owner and Mortgagor C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00135 $102,235.32 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-525 1151 Windrim Avenue 19141 49th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1200 Sq Ft BRT#493007500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rose M. Hawkins C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00904 $31,448.80 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-526 6800 Oxford Avenue 19111 35th wd. 2640 Sq Ft BRT#353311905 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Pauline Papageorgiou C.P. June Term,

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2011 No. 03264 $158,404.03 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-527 5033 Schuyler Street 19144 13th wd. S/D W DET GAR 3 STY MASON; 2763 Sq Ft BRT#133158300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Cherise Nicole Wall, Anthony Wall and United States of America c/o United States Attroney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania C.P. July Term, 2008 No. 02738 $167,156.68 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-528 7821 Thouron Avenue 19150 50th wd. 1046 Sq Ft BRT#502166500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carmen Eleazer; James A. Eleazer C.P. April Term, 2012 No. 00141 $103,494.83 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-529 6905 North 19th Street 19126 15th wd. S/D W B/G 2S MASONRY; 1728 Sq Ft BRT#101112100 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Chadhurst J. Sharpe, Known Surviving Heir of Martha W. Sharpe, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and All Unknown Surviving Heirs of Martha W. Sharpe, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 00396 $146,669.40 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-530 2744 South Fairhill Street 19148-4806 39th wd. 920 Sq Ft BRT#395163800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Louis Foglia C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01599 $178,296.42 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1412-531 5255 Sylvester Street 191241815 62nd wd. 1080 Sq Ft OPA#621371300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Debra A. Brown C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00894 $73,748.24 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-532 5664 Willows Avenue 19143 51st wd. 1344.75 Sq Ft BRT#513221400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Unknown Heirs of Evelyn Smith C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00325 $57,520.83 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1412-533 2823 South Marshall Street 19148 39th wd. 1212 Sq Ft BRT#39-5169900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Darlene MixsonHolden C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 04235 $120,788.54 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-534 3129 North Custer Street, a/k/a 3129 Custer Street 19134-2408 33rd wd. 1064 Sq Ft OPA#331308500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL PROPERTY Fabian Ortiz; Milagros Millian C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 03738 $17,354.05 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-535 815 S. 7th Street, Unit 3W 19147 2nd wd. 1053 Sq Ft OPA#888020941 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM RESIDENCE, 3 STORY MASONRY Stanton Bizzell C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 02258 $95,981.60 Roger F. Perry, Esquire 1412-536 3034 Wharton Street 191463531 36th wd. 1315 Sq Ft OPA#362222900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Denise Lee C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00027 $86,975.01 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-537 4057 Creston Street 191354426 62nd wd. 1386 Sq Ft OPA#622195800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gregory A. Wangia; Garfield S. James C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 03138 $96,258.75 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-538 266 Sparks Street 19120 61st wd. 1020 Sq Ft BRT#61-1250300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Norman B. Bell a/k/a Norman Bell C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 002416 $27,564.39 Leon P. Haller, Esquire 1412-539 3429 Chalfont Drive 19154 66th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1360 Sq Ft BRT#662405500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph W. Wawrzyniak a/k/a Joseph Wawrzyniak C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01074 $128,095.62 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-540 5954 Elsinore Street 191201208 35th wd. 1042 Sq Ft OPA#352300800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Traci R. Jordan C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 03843 $65,858.67 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-541 234 West Tabor Road 191202836 42nd wd. 1696 Sq Ft OPA#422282200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jenelle M. Gibson C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 00020 $154,004.16 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-542 5920 Langdon Street 19149 35th wd. 2016.18 Sq Ft BRT#351385100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald Laporte C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00613 $138,409.18 KML Law Group, P.C. 1412-543 954 Marcella Street 191241735 35th wd. 1078 Sq Ft

OPA#351125000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jerry V. Smith C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 02355 $60,232.47 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-544 2258 Friendship 19149 54th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1170 Sq Ft BRT#542118600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Catherine Baskerville and Bruce Baskerville C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 04318 $152,754.24 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-545 314-318 Brown Street #207 19123 5th wd. RES. CONDO.2STY MASONRY; 1248 Sq Ft BRT#888038837 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM Scott L. Goldberg and Linda S. Goldberg C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00170 $359,564.62 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-546 931 Bridge Street 19124 35th wd. 1242 Sq Ft BRT#351155900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lan To Tran and Benny Tran C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01327 $114,275.92 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-547 902 South Alden Street 19143 46th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 970 Sq Ft BRT#463265000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Matthew T. Lee C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01771 $82,205.27 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-548 1315 72nd Avenue 19126 61st wd. SEMI/DET 3 STY FRAME; 2000 Sq Ft BRT#611452300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sonia Haliday a/k/a Sonia M. Haliday C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03355 $246,086.77 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-549 4651-53 Torresdale Avenue 19124 23rd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 3008 Sq Ft BRT#232382700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING William West and Batiyah West C.P. January Term, 2010 No. 03407 $22,244.39 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-550 469 East Pleasant Street 19119 22nd wd. ROW B/ GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1406 Sq Ft BRT#222078800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Filbert Francois C.P. February Term, 2009 No. 02202 $144,295.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-551 917 Anchor Street 19124 35th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 2101.5 Sq Ft

BRT#351285200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Angel A. Rodriguez C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 01575 $38,251.14 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-552 5542 Lansdowne Avenue 19131 4th wd. ROW CONV/ APT 2STY MASONRY; 1181 Sq Ft BRT#041253900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Darnell R. Russell C.P. June Term, 2008 No. 03826 $117,826.86 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-553 15110 Carter Road 19116 58th wd. S/D W B/G 1 STY MASONRY; 1097 Sq Ft BRT#583196900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Donald Budd C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00945 $116,219.34 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-554 2214 West Cumberland Street 19132 16th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1410 Sq Ft BRT#162283500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ronald W. Warren C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 01780 $61,727.54 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-555 2847 South 64th Street 19142 40th wd. ROW B/ GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1056 Sq Ft BRT#402138300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Andrew S. Cingolo a/k/a Andrew Cingolo C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01170 $36,198.02 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-556A 4324 Main Street 191271421 21st wd. 1973 Sq Ft; Judgment: $1,132,077.87 together with interest at the per diem rate of $178.70 accruing after March 5, 2014 OPA#871274800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW W-OFF/ STR 2STY MASONR 4326 Main Street, LP C.P. April Term, 2010 No. 01278 $1,132,077.87 Frank G. Murphy, Esquire 1412-556B 4326 Main Street 191271421 21st wd. 3649 Sq ; Judgment: $1,132,077.87 together with interest at the per diem rate of $178.70 accruing after March 5, 2014 OPA#871019250 IMPROVEMENTS: STR/OFF+APTS 3STY MASONRY 4326 Main Street, LP C.P. April Term, 2010 No. 01278 $1,132,077.87 Frank G. Murphy, Esquire 1412-556C 4328 Main Street 191271421 21st wd. 3243 Sq Ft OPA#871274850 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW W-OFF/ STR 2 STY MASONR 4326 Main Street, LP; Judgment: $1,132,077.87 together with

interest at the per diem rate of $178.70 accruing after March 5, 2014 C.P. April Term, 2010 No. 01278 $1,132,077.87 Frank G. Murphy, Esquire 1412-557 5404 Norfolk Street 19143 46th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1260 Sq Ft BRT#463124900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Virginia Neal C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01180 $133,311.05 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-558 121 South 55th Street 19139 60th wd. APT 2-4 UNTS 2STY MASONR; 2480 Sq Ft BRT#603164000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Robert Clincy and Reba Clincy C.P. November Term, 2013 $55,506.75 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-559 7505 Briar Road 19138 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1284 Sq Ft BRT#501345400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stephanie Swinton, Karen M. Broughton and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Barbara Anderson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01254 $54,606.66 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-560 7127 Guyer Avenue 19153 40th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 960 Sq Ft BRT#404345500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Dawn WoodPiechoski and William F. Piechoski C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04786 $38,235.41 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-561 595 East Cheltenham Avenue 19120-1724 35th wd. 1104 Sq Ft OPA#352010200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas P. McNamara C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00408 $65,863.44 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-562 5110 Walton Avenue 19143 46th wd. SEMI DET 2 STY MASONRY; 1920 Sq Ft BRT#462081200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Nzinga A. Oneferua-El, Joie H. Norman and Joy C. Norman C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00719 $167,147.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-563 1854 East Wensley Street 19134-2514 45th wd. 1176 Sq Ft OPA#452054000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sharon R. Holden, in Her Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Daneen Bacon; Wesley Hall, Jr., in His Capacity as

Heir of the Estate of Daneen Bacon; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Daneen Bacon, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04178 $28,593.61 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-564 1528 South Etting Street 19146 36th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1120 Sq Ft BRT#364314400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Katrina Floyd C.P. August Term, 2001 No. 01297 $46,287.09 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-565 700 North Pennock Street, Unit C102 19130-1734 88th wd. Being designated as unit No. C-102 together with a 2.424% interest in the common elements as defined in such declaration and as the same may be changed by any amendment or admendments thereto. OPA#888151756 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT Michael Bahrami C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 01652 $332,040.23 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-566 6038 Angora Terrace 19143 03rd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1220 Sq Ft BRT#034031700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jacob Hasis C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 02763 $56,357.47 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-567 1415 Kerper Street 19111 53rd wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1188 Sq Ft BRT#532112100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Confesor Sierra a/k/a Confessor R. Sierra C.P. December Term, 2010 No. 02473 $89,338.83 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-568 312 Hoffnagle Street 191111819 63rd wd. 1823 Sq Ft OPA#631379700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michaela M. Parrotti a/k/a Michaela Parrotta C.P. February Term, 2013 No. 01318 $153,883.67 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-569 1154 Mercy Street 19148 39th wd. 1170 Sq Ft OPA#394028600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ming W. Lie C.P. March Term, 2010 No. 05845 $105,499.62 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-570 5317 Delancey Street 191431406 60th wd. 1110 Sq Ft OPA#603071200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jarrett Johnson, in his Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Betty Johnson a/k/a Betty

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J. Johnson; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Betty Johnson a/k/a Betty J. Johnson, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 02461 $60,716.92 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-571 8520 Michener Street 19150 50th wd. 1158 Sq Ft BRT#501139400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Bridget Kornegay C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02956 $62,849.74 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1412-572 1647 North Felton Street 19151-3439 34th wd. 1258 Sq Ft OPA#342338500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harvey McDaniel C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00513 $94,230.61 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-573 4830 Hazel Avenue 191432025 46th wd. 2552 Sq Ft OPA#461069400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Karen Vann C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04167 $412,442.04 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-574 2112 South Garnet Street 19145 48th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1120 Sq Ft BRT#481301600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lily Dewi C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 02288 $112,230.74 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-575 5627 Catharine Street 19143-2814 46th wd. 1320 Sq Ft OPA#463096300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Latanya Holmes; Margaret Holmes; Kenya D. Holmes C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 02772 $101,244.49 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-576 912 North 43rd Street 19104 6th wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#06-2316500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brandon Eisler C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00111 $74,266.19 Scott A. Dietterick, Esq., Kimberly A. Bonner, Esq., Joel A. Ackerman, Esq., Ashleigh Levy Marin, Esq., Ralph M. Salvia, Esq., Jaime R. Ackerman, Esq., Jana Fridfinnsdottir, Esq., Brian Nicholas, Esq., Denise Carlon, Esq., Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1412-577 1411 East Montgomery Avenue 19125 18th wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 1680 Sq Ft BRT#181173500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kim Marie Way, Executrix of the Estate of Joan H. McManis, Deceased Mortgagor and Real

Owner C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01514 $230,271.27 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-578 247 West Chew Avenue a/k/a 247 West Chew Street 19120-2354 61st wd. 2500 Sq Ft BRT#612047800 IMPROVEMENTS: DET 3 STORY MASONRY George S. Kannamplave and Susan G. Kannamplave C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01292 $171,212.59 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1412-579 1049 South 54th Street 19143-4151 51st wd. 1238 Sq Ft OPA#511068300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carolyn E. Cobb a/k/a Carolyn Cobb C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02718 $54,725.66 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-580 5010 North Sydenham Street 19141 17th wd. Row 2 STY MASONRY; 1410 Sq Ft BRT#172092100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bertha M. Smith C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02984 $15,869.74 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-581 3111 Windish Street 191524517 64th wd. 1270 Sq Ft OPA#641198500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephen C. Heim; Danielle Heim C.P. January Term, 2012 No. 03067 $177,156.25 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-582 60 East Durham Street 19119 22nd wd. 1020 Sq Ft BRT#22-2152400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Janet Curtis C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 3730 & No. 3328 $30,191.00 Dana S. Plon, Esquire 1412-583 634 E. Lippincott Street 19134 33rd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1064 Sq Ft BRT#331018600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Terrence D. Johnson C.P. April Term, 2010 No. 00244 $39,306.00 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-584 1020 Catherine Street 19147-2737 2nd wd. 3250 Sq Ft OPA#022225415 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: PARTIAL Perfect Properties Development, LLC C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 01800 $2,942,000.00 Joseph P. Kerrigan 1412-585 1141 South Dorrance Street 19146 36th wd. 1102 Sq Ft BRT#36115500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cheryl Cochran, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Elise

P. Cochran C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 002904 $98,763.75 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-586 2305 Rhawn Street 19152 56th wd. S/D W DET GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1600 Sq Ft BRT#562008400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Adrienne McAllister and Michael Roman C.P. July Term, 2009 No. 00223 $184,882.23 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-587 2819 North 24th Street 19132 11th wd. 1296 Sq Ft BRT#111442200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carla Thompson-Thomas C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 002812 $88,177.06 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-588 1546 East Tulpehocken Street 19138 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY STONE; 1260 Sq Ft BRT#102199900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING All Unknown Surviving Heirs of Margaret McCullough, a/k/a Margart Mc Cullough, a/k/a Margaret J. McCullough, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01310 $84,119.52 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-589 2735 Lardner Street 19149 62nd wd. 1005 Sq Ft BRT#621187400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Humberto L. Torres, Jr. C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 001207 $116,412.73 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-590 2009 South Darien Street 19148 39th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 820 Sq Ft BRT#393382200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Petruzza Mazzone and Anthony M. Mazzone C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02322 $94,027.87 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-591 2551 Bonaffon Street 19142 40th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 960 Sq Ft BRT#406070200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mecca Powell C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02010 $98,003.20 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-592 1001-13 Chestnut Street, Unit 804W 19107 5th wd.

701 Sq Ft; $413,641.94 plus interest through the date of the sheriff ’s sale, plus costs.

BRT#888110556 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RES.CONDO. UNIT, 701 SQ FT, PLUS .708% UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS L-A Victory, L.P. C.P. June Term, 2014

No. 03356 $413,641.94 Dennis L. Abramson, Esquire 1412-593 2165 66th Avenue 19138 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1224 Sq Ft BRT#102369600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Vivian G. Rush and James Bristol Rush a/k/a James Bristol Rush, Jr. C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 03411 $106,162.81 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-594 7323 Theodore Street 19153 40th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1120 Sq Ft BRT#404252600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Elizabeth M. Hill C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 00289 $106,087.26 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-595 6112 Erdrick Street 19135 55th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1260 Sq Ft BRT#552256900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tina Gillis C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01212 $153,230.23 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-596 4615 Hurley Street 19124 42nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 960 Sq Ft BRT#421445500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jamal Reynolds C.P. October Term, 2008 No. 03984 $47,152.19 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-597 1909 Bainbridge Street 19146 30th wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 1950 Sq Ft BRT#301047600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charlotte Miles C.P. September Term, 2008 No. 01954 $263,591.01 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-598 4018 Magee Avenue 19135 55th wd. SEMI DET 2STY MASONRY; 1440 Sq Ft BRT#552137300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Fatmatta N. Kamara C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00897 $118,728.65 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-599 126 East Walnut Lane 19144 59th wd. APT 2-4 UNTS 2STY MASONR; 1568 Sq Ft BRT#592058500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING John Bussey C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02050 $123,459.01 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-600 870 North 28th Street, Apartment 216 19130 15th wd.

819 Sq Ft BRT#888152848 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lynn Serrano a/k/a Lynn Sarrano C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03534 $225,204.13 Bradley J. Osborne

1412-601 3303 Longshore Avenue 19149-2026 55th wd. 1451 Sq Ft BRT#551282100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING George J. Keen, III a/k/a George John Keen, III a/k/a George J. Keen and Stacy L. Keen C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01722 $129,609.07 Law Offices of Gregory Javardian 1412-602 1053 North 67th Street 19153-3106 34th wd. 1198 Sq Ft more or less, Judgment: $88,669.50 (plus additional charges, interest and attorneys’ fees) BRT#34-44037-00 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: TWO STORY ROW HOME WITH GARAGE, MASONRY Mohamed Bangura C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 00890 $88,669.50 H. Jeffrey Brahin, Esquire 1412-603 2225 Memphis Street 19125 31st wd. 1218 Sq Ft OPA#312019100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Villanueva C.P. December Term,, 2013 No. 03882 $189,286.92 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1412-604 1361 Fanshawe Street 19111 53rd wd. 1210 Sq Ft BRT#53-2-0498-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alla Kheyfets C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 2037 $71,652.85 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-605 1006 North 5th Street, Unit 1F 19121 65th wd. 637 Sq Ft BRT#888059592 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Ashley Grasso C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 000181 $188,540.18 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1412-606 5850 North Fairhill Street 19120 61st wd. ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1120 Sq Ft BRT#612301000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Leonila Suarez a/k/a Leonila A. Suarez and United States of America c/o United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01323 $99,967.51 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-607 6739 East Roosevelt Boulevard 19149 55th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1368 Sq Ft BRT#551524400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Merida Burton C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 02789 $159,085.30 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-608 7135 Torresdale Avenue 19135 65th wd. SEMI DET 2 STY MASONRY; 1440 Sq Ft BRT#651257400 Subject

to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Beth Ann Ellinger C.P. December Term, 2010 No. 00383 $125,277.93 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-609 6348 Sherman Street 19144 59th wd. SEMI DET 2 STY MASONRY; 1707 Sq Ft BRT#593190000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kirt B. Johnson, Known Surviving Heir of Mary I. Paulk, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Mary I. Paulk, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 00259 $187,238.44 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-610 5462 Morse Street 19131 52nd wd. 1206 Sq Ft BRT#522023800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Unknown Heirs, Executors and Devisees of the Estate of Leola White C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01363 $99,838.36 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1412-611 6602 Glenloch Street 19135 41st wd. SEMI DET 2 STY MASONRY; 1280 Sq Ft BRT#411206400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Yudha Hermawan and Widya Sulistyowati C.P. October Term, 2012 No. 00156 $134,523.29 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-612 1828 Federal Street 19146 36th wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 1440 Sq Ft BRT#361038800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bruce G. Stenberg, II C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01920 $256,555.27 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-613 1518 South Garnet Street 19146 36th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 920 Sq Ft BRT#363221100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michele Carvalho a/k/a Michele Vera Carvalho C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05449 $48,692.13 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-614 1322 McFerran Street 19140 43rd wd. 1110 Sq Ft BRT#433005000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jason Howard, as sole owner C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02591 $49,177.01 Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, LLC 1412-615 11077 Waldemire Drive 19154 66th wd. DET W/BAS GAR 1 STY MAS+O; 1160 Sq Ft BRT#662127400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown

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Surviving Heirs of Robert Crabtree, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 01039 $124,903.12 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-616 906 North 63rd Street 19151 34th wd. 3361 Sq Ft BRT#344198600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David Marion Dodson, Jr. a/k/a John-David Mohr C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 000670 $189,609.92 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1412-617 1956 President Street 19115 58th wd. S/D W B/G 1 STY MASONRY; 1201 Sq Ft BRT#581080600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Juanita Newton and Jesse C. Newton C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01396 $205,847.40 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-618 227 East Ashmead Street 19144 12th wd. 2798 Sq Ft BRT#121095200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Yvonne Cummings C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04855 $72,044.75 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1412-619 3127 North Bambrey Street 19132 38th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 868 Sq Ft BRT#381118700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jack L. Moore C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01836 $29,002.99 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-620 3217 N. Front Street 191405805 7th wd. (formerly part of 33rd wd.) 1800 Sq Ft; Easterly side of Front Street from Northside of Allegheny Avenue including the Southernmost or part of a Depth: 2 ft 6 in alley; $337,282.27 plus interst from 5/4/11 to 12/2/14 at the per diem rate of $35.87 on the Judgment entered 8/7/12 and $36.58 on the Judgment entered 8/28/12 in the amount of $94,822.45 OPA#871512800 Subject To Mortgage None other than BNB Bank, N.A.

assigned to plaintiff, David Taehum Won Tae Hee Song and Ho Jong Song C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 000457 $337,282.27 Max L. Lieberman, Esquire 1412-621 4333 Shelmire Avenue 19136 65th wd. 1282.60 Sq Ft BRT#651046800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Karen Perez a/k/a Karen A. Perez; Ruben Perez C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00887 $160,805.74 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1412-622 6204-6220 West Passyunk Avenue 19153 40th wd.

29200 Sq Ft; Southerly side of Passyunk (120 feet, State Road #3019), 78 degrees 18 minutes 8 seconds east southerly side of Passyunk St. 444.613 from Northerly end of line North 9 degrees 2 minutes and 00 seconds which forms a cut back corner at intersection of southerly side of Passyunk Avenue. $1,185,082.30 plus interest from 5/18/14 to 12/2/14 (at the rate of 18%) in the amount of $117,218.80.

BRT#884791300 Subject To Mortgage of BNB Hana Bank National, successor by merger to BNB Bank, N.A. and assigned to BNB Real Estate Holding LLC and Doral Capital Corporation Phong Tan Huynh and Khanh Buu Huynh C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 03162 $1,185,082.30 Max L. Lieberman, Esquire 1412-623 4414 Old York Road 19140 49th wd. 2008 Sq Ft BRT#491526900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Marcha Smith a/k/a Marcha Marie Polection C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 01501 $96,587.72 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1412-624 2415 W 75th Avenue 19138 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2STY MASONRY; 1182 Sq Ft BRT#501404700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gracie Connor, David Williams, Known Surviving Heir of Ednoma

G. Williams, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Ednoma G. Williams, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. May Term, 2010 No. 01616 $43,441.08 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-625 6554 Vandike Street 19135 41st wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1056 Sq Ft BRT#411336800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Darlene Wyszynski, Known Surviving Heir of Alice Hilsee, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Joan Hilsee, Known Surviving Heir of Alice Hilsee, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner and Unknown Surviving Heirs of Alice Hilsee, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01611 $70,112.47 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-626 3179 Belgrade Street 19134 25th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1260 Sq Ft BRT#251343800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Elizabeth A. Widmayer and Harold E. Widmayer, Jr. C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01185 $115,626.06 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-627 3178 Chatham Street 19134 25th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1290 Sq Ft BRT#251420200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Karen Flynn C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03968 $109,007.64 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1412-628 3467 Richmond Street 19134-6021 45th wd. 3880 Sq Ft BRT#451134800; PRCL#25N15-34 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: IMPROVEMENTS CONSIST OF (I) A TWO PART THREE STORY, SEMI-DETACHED MIXED USE STRUCTURE WITH A BAR AND KITCHEN ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND LIVING SPACE ON THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS, AND (II) A GARAGE LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE MAIN

BUILDING. 3467 Richmond Real Estate Ventures, LLC C.P. January Term, 2013 No. 02083 $316,217.90 Jack M. Seitz, Esquire; Zachary J. Cohen, Esquire, Lesavoy Butz & Seitz, LLC 1412-629 32 South 40th Street 19104 27th wd. 4080 Sq Ft BRT#871126000 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: IMPROVEMENTS CONSIST OF A THREE STORY MIXED USE STRUCTURE WITH COMMERCIAL SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, AN APARTMENT UNIT ON THE SECOND AND ANOTHER ON THE THIRD FLOOR, WITH BRICK AND STUCCO EXTERIOR WALLS. Dr. Wyatt’s University Herbs Company C.P. October Term, 2011 No. 04041 $230,428.40 Jack M. Seitz, Esquire; Zachary J. Cohen, Esquire, Lesavoy Butz & Seitz, LLC 1412-630 7614 Lexington Avenue 19152-3912 64th wd. 1230 Sq Ft OPA#641105200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dorothy F.S. Villalta; Nelson R. Villalta C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 00570 $161,775.53 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-631 2132 East Lippincott Street 19134 25th wd. 852 Sq Ft BRT#25-2-2772-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michael Shiffler C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02233 $42,513.62 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire 1412-632 4619 Parrish Street 19139 6th wd. 2354 Sq Ft BRT#062066620 Subject to Mortgage Pamela Price C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00215 $132,428.27 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1412-633 2652 East Mayfield Street 19134-4905 25th wd. 784 Sq Ft OPA#251082600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paula A. Stanley a/k/a Paula Stanley C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02888 $149,686.65 Phelan Hallinan, LLP

1412-634 3036 Princeton Avenue 19149-1412 55th wd. 1105 Sq Ft OPA#551378155 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael K. Gambone; Susan D. Gambone C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 00510 $59,107.02 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-635 1503 Frankford Avenue 19125-4411 18th wd. 1374 Sq Ft OPA#181007900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Narciso R. Rodriguez C.P. November Term, 2004 No. 04151 $54,270.14 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-636 7404-06 Dorcas Street 19111 35th wd. 1034 Sq Ft OPA#561107000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephen G. Heller; Sally A. Heller C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01263 $111,136.56 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-637 2313 South 17th Street 19145-4311 26th wd. 1416 Sq Ft OPA#261359700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert M. Edgar C.P. August Term, 2011 No. 04375 $110,235.14 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-638 1926 South 4th Street 19148-2537 39th wd. 1908 Sq Ft OPA#392255800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shelly Chan; Brother & Sister, Inc. C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 03068 $186,295.99 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-639 410 West Spencer Street 19120-1820 61st wd. 1350 Sq Ft OPA#612215200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Yun C. Choe, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 01915 $104,736.14 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-640 6043 East Wister Street 19138 17th wd. 1107 Sq Ft BRT#172534900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY David Fedoroff a/k/a David F. Fedoroff and Stephanie L. Fedoroff a/k/a Stephanie L. Fedoroff C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 3319 $111,360.31 Bradley J. Osborne 1412-641 1402 Ellsworth Street 19146 36th wd. on south side of Ellsworth Street with the West side of Carlisle Street, Front: 17 ft 0 in Depth: 79 ft 7 in; 2668 Sq Ft BRT#365270600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ellsworth Commons, LP and Jacqueline Brisbane C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01260 $242,182.46 Jerrold S Kulback, Esquire 1412-642 6531 N. Smedley Street 19126-3501 17th wd. 1260 Sq Ft BRT#172162200 Subject to Mortgage Annette Bradley n/k/a Estate of Annette Bradley C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01219 $91,471.33 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1412-643 392 Leroy Street 191284409 21st wd. 1272 Sq Ft PRCL#21-2345400 / BRT#212345400 Subject to Mortgage Patricia R. House, deceased last record owner C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 02730 $168,121.02 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1412-644 1318 Lafayette Place 19122-4111 14th wd. 1440 Sq Ft BRT#141141800 / PRCL#10N11-301 Subject to Mortgage Donel Blacks C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03353 $138,596.76 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1412-645 502 Midvale Avenue 191444618 12th wd. 1966 Sq Ft BRT#124032100 Subject to Mortgage Charles T. Bowman, deceased C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02531 $170,797.13 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire 1412-646 207 N. Wilton Street 19139 44th wd. 1188 Sq Ft BRT#441141200 Subject to Mortgage Lenora Ali a/k/a Lenora Smith Ali C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 03067 $65,907.28 Michael F.J. Romano, Esquire

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by HughE Dillon Thursday, October 30, the Young Friends of the Academy of Music held their annual Monsters Ball at DelFrisco’s. Guests enjoyed light bites, cocktails and danced to the tunes of DJ Eddie Tully, drummer Fizz and songstress Jessy Kyle. Proceeds from the event go to the Academy of Music Restoration Fund. The Academy’s 158th Anniversary Ball and concert will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2015, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

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Chester Loses a Giant Clippers and rivals celebrate the life of Fred Pickett

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regg Downer hugged legendary coach Fred Pickett in his Chester bedroom and told him he loved him.

That was on Oct. 19, just 10 days before Pickett passed away from cancer on Oct. 29. Downer, the long time basketball coach at rival Lower Merion High School, visited the coach when he learned he didn’t have much time left to live. “It was important for me to say goodbye,” he said. “It was a great visit. We talked about all the battles we had on the court certainly, but we also talked about his life and my life. He was a great coach and a great man who cared a lot about the people in Chester. He touched a lot of people. I hope his legacy lasts forever.”

“He took kids who had every excuse to quit and give up and gave them the tools to succeed, not just on the basketball court but in life.

There’s no doubt that it will. Pickett’s legacy is huge. Maybe larger than life. Pickett, who passed away just a few days shy of his 61st birthday, was buried Saturday Nov. 8. His family decided to hold a public viewing at Chester High the day before the funeral, assuring thousands of people the opportunity to say goodbye.

Pickett led the team to state championships in 2000, 2005 and 2008; they won 14 District 1 AAAA titles and were state runners-up twice. His 2008 team finished 33-1 and finished in the top five of the country. He was an assistant to Alonzo Lewis on the 1994 team that won it all.

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Wanda for over three decades. “I never wanted to leave Chester,” he said earlier this month. “This is my home. This is my family. These are the people I care about and the people who care about me.”

Now, the people closest in his life are having a tough time dealing with this loss. His house was a revolving door of visitors over the last few months, according to his wife Wanda.

“Fred was a great basketball coach and teacher,” said Meghan Sgro, who worked side by side with Pickett as the supervisor of specialized probation service for the Delaware county juvenile court and probation services. Pickett was a community liaison probation officer in addition to the school’s hoops coach.

“He took kids who had every excuse to quit and give up and gave them the tools to succeed, not just on the basketball court but in life. He was kind, caring and loving but would be tough and a disciplinarian when he needed to. His smile would light up a room, and I will cherish the moments and memories spent with Fred. He was a one-of-a-kind man who put his family and friends above all and would give you the shirt off his back. I am very lucky to be a part of Fred’s legacy, and a member of the Clipper family. To sum it up, Fred Pickett was an amazing man, husband, father, friend and coach, who touched the lives of so many people. Fred left an imprint on the heart of everyone who had the honor of calling him a friend.”

According to Sgro, Pickett was at peace in his last hours. “He told [coach Larry Yarbray] that he had a good life and that if he had a positive impact on people he was happy.”

Kevin Thomas played for Pickett’s Chester teams from 2001 to 2004. Thomas loved Pickett so much that he started filming Chester’s games and documenting them on video over the last two years with the assistance of friend Calvin Underwood.

He dubbed himself “Kevin YesGodTV” and had the full support of his old coach.

“As a person, coach Pickett was very supportive of me,” said Thomas. “When I first landed a job with the Chester School District he was elated because his whole thing wasn’t about going to the NBA or to a top college for basketball, it was about preparing me for real life after basketball. When I first started producing the YesGodTV videos, he instantly became a big part of my project when I created a ‘stop the violence’ video. And he was very proud when I decided to bring

actual video footage to the historical basketball program for people to see live on the Internet. So life after playing for him as a player and giving back to program for media footage made us even closer.”

Rahlir Jefferson was a young sophomore on Pickett’s 2008 team who ended up earning a scholarship at Temple and is now playing overseas. He and his younger brother Rondae, a NBA top prospect and sophomore at Arizona, cherished Continued on page 2

Members of the Clipper Family with Coach. (From left to right) Shep Garner, Coach Fred Pickett, Derrick Spence, Brian Warren and (front row, left to right) Megan Sgro and Leslie Legette. Photo courtesy of Meghan Sgro

Kevin Thomas is a former Chester High School basketball player. Thomas played for Fred Pickett, a longtime Chester coach who passed. Photo by Sarah J. Glover

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Pop, R&B and rock divas release new music By larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Annie lennox “Nostalgia” Blue Note Records Aretha Franklin “Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics” RCA Records It’s a bit of weird cosmic symmetry that the two iconic divas and signature voices that once collaborated on hit song “Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves” have both released cover albums at around the same time — but Lennox’s and Franklin’s approach to their albums are vastly different.

Lennox delivers hauntingly ethereal

versions of classic standards with piano-driven instrumentation and sparse orchestration on her album “Nostalgia.”

The bluesy and jazzy songs with a dramatic throwback vibe are the perfect vehicle for Lennox’s smooth and sensual voice, especially on beloved favorites like “Georgia on My Mind” and “Strange Fruit.” The slow-burning crooner feel dominates the entire album, save for a few moments on more upbeat tracks like her swinging version of “I Put a Spell On You” and the bluesy guitar-driven rendition of “Mood Indigo.”

On “Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics,” the Queen of Soul has nothing to prove. History has shown she can sing rings around pretty much anyone in any genre. Here she takes on songs from past and present, but seems best served tackling the classics more than the modern songs.

That’s not to say Franklin doesn’t shine throughout the album. She delivers solid renditions of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” and a reggae-infused take on Alicia Keys’ “No One,” but those two songs feel breezed-through and by the numbers, especially the latter, which has some very-rushed, synthetic production values. “Rolling,” while better, feels like an exercise in keeping up with

the new diva on the block and lacks the gravitas and emotion of the original.

Franklin is at her best when working on songs with a more organic sound, like on her renditions of Etta James’ “At Last,” Gladys Knight’s “Midnight Train to Georgia” and Barbra Streisand’s “People.” Her performances on those songs feel way more in touch with the originals.

The more modern-sounding tracks feel phoned-in by comparison. The thin, disco-esque production on The Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” and Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” feel like Franklin dropped into a club on karaoke night for kicks. That production style works a bit better on her mash-up of “I’m Every Woman/ Respect,” on which Franklin sounds like she’s having fun. The light, whimsical vibe also carries over on her jazzy scat version of Prince-written Sinead O’Connor hit, “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Both albums find these world-class vocal divas showing the world why they’re the reigning queens who have inspired generations of great singers.

Fans of Franklin and Lennox should be more than happy to add these new recordings to their catalog.

in This moment “Black Widow” Atlantic Records Some longtime fans have lamented that this group’s last album, “Blood,” saw the band drifting into a more mainstream direction that on earlier metal albums, and becoming more focused on the buxom, vixenish raging beast of a singer Maria Brink. They’re just going to have to get over it, because the new formula works.

In This Moment continues to inject its ferocious metal-core foundations with thick doses of goth, industrial, chopped-up dubstep and even a little hip-hop for a result that is beautifully brutal at times and hauntingly somber at others. And while the influences are glaringly apparent (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Limp Bizkit), they are delivered with such assured conviction that it’s hard to resist.

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slick rap-metal anthems. The title track and “Bloody Creature Poster” girl have a dark cabaret-like swagger. “Sick Like Me” is a full-throttle barnstormer that might take your head clean off.

Things slows down and get downright spooky on the more-vulnerable and piano-driven tracks like “The Fighter” and the achingly melancholy “Out of Hell,” both of which easily give Evanescence and Tori Amos stiff competition.

Sure, Brink can’t decide if she is the needy waif or the strong survivor in the lyrics from song to song, but that only adds to the overall dangerously dark and crazy-carnival vibe of the album.

Kiesza “Sound of a Woman” Island This Canadian songwriter and electro-pop singer might at first seem like another dance diva in waiting but, as you wade deeper into her latest album, it’s obvious she’s got serious skills and talent worth basking in.

Building on a solid foundation of infectious techno grooves, Kiesza delivers dance-floor anthems “Hideaway” and “No Enemiesz” [sic]. But it’s the more-eclectic songs that really sink their hooks into listeners, as when her sultry voice is allowed to play with killer grooves like the funky hip-hop-flavored “Losin’ My Mind” and the triphop-inspired “So Deep.”

The songs on “Sound of a Woman” are tastefully done and refreshingly void of the excessive bombast a lot of EDM artists seem to be fond of these days. And really, she doesn’t need it. With her talented pipes, she can probably sing anything she wants and sound amazing.

Whitney Houston “Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances” Legacy Recordings This collection gives fans and casual listeners alike a potent reminder of how much a force of nature Whitney Houston was when she was on top of her game, with a collection of live tracks spanning the course of her career.

The pre-worldwide superstardom tracks like “Home” from an appearance on “The Merv Griffin Show” and “You Give Good Love” from “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” showed her as a confident artist on the rise before things swirling around Houston became a circus.

Then the fame really kicked in and Houston started getting good at milking the songs live for every dramatic drop she could wring out, such as on “The Greatest Love of All” from the Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert in 1990 and “One Moment in Time” from the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989.

But the poppier moments don’t translate as well.

“How Will I Know” from the 1987 BRIT Awards sounds boxy and canned. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” from the same Arista Concert as “The Greatest Love of All,” with a horn section handling a lot of the synth parts, sounds especially dated, but still better than a lot of divas working today.

But who needs the pop hit when you can hear Houston crush it in a medley of “I Loves You, Porgy/And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going/I Have Nothing” from 1994’s 21st Annual American Music Awards, and “I’m Every Woman” from a concert that same year in South Africa?

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Rabbi Beth Kalisch: Ally, activist and advocate for LGBT inclusion “If I am not for me, who is for me; and if I am (only) for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”

– Hillel, Ethics of the Fathers, 1:14 These are words taken to heart by this week’s profile. Rabbi Beth Kalisch is the first female rabbi in the 70-year history of Temple Beth David in Gladwyne. A longtime LGBT advocate and ally, both inside and outside the synagogue walls, and a passionate social-justice activist, she has traveled with the American Jewish World Service as a volunteer in El Salvador and as an advocate at the White House; volunteered with new Ethiopian immigrants to Israel; worked as a legislative assistant at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; and was honored to be the closing speaker for Philadelphia’s rally celebrating marriage equality in Pennsylvania, breaking a glass to symbolize the end of marriage discrimination here. This past summer she represented the Reform Jewish faith’s stance on nondiscrimination at the Equality Pennsylvania press conference in Pottstown, where she said, “Discrimination is personal for me because … lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and families are part of my synagogue community.”

PGN: Are you a PA person?

BK: No, I grew up in Scarsdale, N.Y., about 30 minutes outside of Manhattan.

After going to undergrad at Yale, I moved back into the city for rabbinical school, which is like five years of graduate school, the first year of which I spent in Jerusalem, and the other four in Greenwich Village.

PGN: What was your major at Yale?

BK: I was a religious studies major, which is basically comparative religion, so I studied Judaism, Christianity and Islam, mostly ancient scripture.

PGN: So what misconceptions do we have about Islam?

BK: I think it’s much more diverse than people realize. I took a fascinating class on West African Islam and my undergrad thesis compared some of the academic studies that both Jewish and Christian scholars had done as they began to critically assess the Bible and the works of an Islamic scholar who had begun to apply some of the exact same techniques of study to the Quran. He had to flee Egypt and spend the rest of his life in some place like the Netherlands, but what I took away is that Islam is not as uniform as we might think. But I’m certainly no expert on the subject. I studied it for a few years but that’s about it.

PGN: That’s probably more than most of us know. Describe your family.

BK: Well, my mom is an attorney — she spent her career with the New York City

Housing Authority — and my dad started off in finance and ran a small junior college in New York City.

PGN: Did you get your social activism from them?

BK: No, my dad would not call himself a social activist. But my mom felt very strongly about feminist issues. Her dad was an immigrant and also a lawyer. He went to night school while running the family business after his father died. He had two daughters and, although it was the ’50s, he always told them they could do anything a man could and should do something impressive. So my mom became a lawyer and her sister a doctor. But it wasn’t easy; she went to a specialty high school where they had a quota for how many women they would allow in. When she went to law school, she was in a very small minority and said during her first few days of school the professors certainly picked her out. And she experienced sexual harassment and discrimination during various points in her career. She raised me to be very aware of women’s issues. But I think one of the reasons that being a rabbi was a natural fit for me was that my rabbis were very socially active and concerned people. I remember listening to their sermons as a little girl and it sparking conversations with my mother when we got home. It was one of the ways I learned that there were issues all over the world and that we could do something about them.

PGN: So what are your duties as a rabbi?

BK: Ha! Sometimes people ask me what I do when it’s not Shabbat, the Sabbath, when I’m not leading worship services. I always laugh because my schedule is actually pretty busy. I think first and foremost rabbi means “my teacher,” so I teach Torah study, which is an informal Bible-study type of class. Religious school teachers are in charge of the class, but I come in and teach the kids. I also do other adult-educational programs about all different topics.

I just came back from a trip to Israel and shared information I learned there. Last year we did several sessions on death and mourning asking how do we, as reformed Jews, adapt ancient customs to be meaningful today. People today are afraid of death or want mourning to be over quickly but there’s a lot we can learn from ancient wisdom. We also have a lot of different committees and task forces and a lot of what I do is help to empower volunteers. I also help advise laypeople in our community to add a different perspective and seek out their help and perspectives. I do plenty of pastoral work as well, such as visiting people in the hospital or at home. I’m also available for people who want to talk about anything from a spiritual crisis to a major family change, like putting an aging parent

in the hospital, divorce or separation, etc. I also do a lot of lifecycle events: officiating at weddings and funerals and other ceremonies, premarital or couples counseling and, of course, weddings.

PGN: Sheesh, that’s a lot on your plate.

BK: It is. A friend of mine said rabbis are the last career generalists. That’s one of the things I enjoy about it. I always knew that I wanted a career connected to social justice, and being a rabbi is a wonderful way to be involved in civil justice as a community leader and builder. I love that on any given day I get to stop into kindergarten, tell a story during my service or be with someone during sacred moments in their lives.

PGN: How did you get the synagogue involved in LGBT issues?

BK: So, the main reasons are it’s an issue that’s very important to me and our synagogue has a history of social-justice involvement. They hadn’t done as much recently and when I came in, they were

woman,” and I talked about the ways of understanding what that section is really talking about and how we think about what holiness really means to us as people of faith today. The Reform movement has a strong record of LGBT support that I’m very proud of. Before I went to rabbinical school, I spent a year in Washington, D.C., working with the Religious Action Center. I worked with David Saperstein, who’s a pretty prominent rabbi. He has a fellowship program where he takes five or six college grads each year and it’s the best job ever. You do awesome stuff you have no qualifications for! You get to choose which issues you work on and I was there the year George W. Bush was trying to amend the Constitution to declare marriage as between a man and a woman. Along with the Unitarian Universalists, we were one of the two main denominations with a clear policy on the books supporting civilmarriage equality. And at that time, no one really knew what that meant, so I got to have long conversations with HRC lawyers working with faith communities to educate people. I have friends in the community and because I believe in LGBT social justice, it seemed like the perfect issue for Beth David to get involved in. Nurit Shein’s wife is a colleague of mine and she connected me with someone at the Mazzoni Center. We decided to work on passing ENDA and eliminating workplace discrimination. So after the high-holidays service, my congregation passed out fliers to people in the carpool lane and had them take out their phones and make calls to Pat Toomey to say, “I am a person of faith and this is important to me.” When Pat Toomey voted for ENDA, he stated he’d heard a lot from the religious and business communities and that it helped sway his decision.

PGN: Who is Rosie?

BK: She is a wonderful Photo: Suzi Nash looking to get back to it. The high holiyoung lady with two dads. days, such as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Steve and Ira have been Kippur, are usually where you have the members of Beth David for years. She’s biggest crowds and do the most important an awesome kid and was the very first Bat services. I gave my Yom Kippur morning Mitzvah I did as rabbi there. I thought it sermon on LGBT equality. There’s a porwas great that the first family I met with tion of the traditional text that Orthodox and the very first Bat Mitzvah of the year Jews read on Yom Kippur that discusses was with an LGBT family. proper and improper sexual relations.

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Finds from the festival One of the highlights at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival this weekend is writer/ director David Au’s “Eat with Me.” This undemanding, low-budget charmer has Emma (Sharon Omi) leaving her husband and moving in with her gay son, Elliot (Teddy Chen Culver).

Emma is reluctant to talk about her marital crisis with her son, which is fine, because Elliot has trouble talking to his intense mother. Over the course of this poignant comedy-drama, both Emma and Elliot learn to drop their rigid defenses and each step out of their comfort zones. She takes some ecstasy (albeit accidentally) with Elliot’s wacky neighbor (Nicole Sullivan) and befriends gay icon George Takei (playing himself).

Meanwhile, Elliot finds himself attracted to Ian

A SCENE FROM “SQUARED”

(Aiden Bristow), a handsome musician. “Eat with Me” is not deep, but it is enjoyable and perfectly suitable for sons and mothers.

Also on the program is writer/director Hieu Tran’s sweet short film, “Squared.” Two men, Tate (Yamil Jaiman) and Wally (Ethan Le Phong), are sexually attracted to one another. However, they also are sexually incompatible; neither will bottom. So they compete, measuring their muscles and other parts of their

anatomy to determine if and how they will have sex. Tran’s film is amusing, as these guys with their chiseled chests expose their insecurities, but “Squared” is best when it tackles both gay and racial stereotypes.

“Eat with Me” with “Squared” screens 2:15 p.m. Nov. 15 at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. For tickets and more information, visit www.phillyasianfilmfest.org/. n — Gary M. Kramer

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Isabella Rossellini goes Green (Porno)

By A.D. Amorosi PGN Contributor When Isabella Rossellini stops at World Café Live this weekend, it will have little to do with her famed previous acting gigs (“Blue Velvet,” “Death Becomes Her,” “30 Rock”) and nothing remotely connected to her life as a model (the Lancôme spokeswoman). Instead, the daughter of filmmaker Roberto Rossellini and actor Ingrid Bergman will perform a one-woman monologue based on her self-written/directed Sundance Channel hit, “Green Porno.” That stirring educational (and hilarious) show’s short films have focused on the scandalous sexual behavior of bugs, birds and marine life, with Rossellini decked out in goofy, rubbery handmade costumes, portraying spiders, bees, earthworms, snails and the like. In an interview from her home on Long Island, Rossellini laughed about her willingness to show off her silly side.

PGN: When was the first time you held a film or video camera?

IR: I was born into a family that made films …

PGN: That I know!

IR: There wasn’t even Super 8 when I was a kid. It was all 16 mm. My mom took a lot of home movies with the babies, my father used them on the job, my grandfather was a photographer. There wasn’t a celebration of the camera in my house, not an introduction to God or something sacred. We were probably told not to touch them so that we would not break them.

Besides, I was never attracted to the technology, really. Even now, I don’t know.

PGN: You’re not fetishistic about the process.

IR: Not in the least. I do remember my father giving a lesson to a school class about filmmaking. And all the students gathered around the camera — that’s all they wanted to know about. My father just got so angry. “If you were a writer, you wouldn’t go asking about the pen. The film is not made by the technology. It is in the mind of the filmmaker.” That stuck with me.

PGN: Did you know throughout your acting career that you would run your own show?

IR: As a kid, I wanted to have my own show about animals. Yes, I was always curious about bugs, birds and such, their behavior. I think I was always more inclined to direct than act. Then I spent many years watching directors that I knew trying to raise funds for their projects.

PGN: That could take the desire to direct out of anyone.

IR: Yes, so I began to think more realistically. [Laughs] I began studying to be a costume designer, which led me to mod-

IR: The funny thing is, after Sundance contacted me, they had this series with a funny name, “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.” It was very successful and Sundance said, “Listen, do you know of any animals that are gay?” They wanted to link to that series ISABELLA ROSSELLINI and other gay documentaries. eling. You know, I didn’t want to be in There was also a book that year, “Sexual films because my mother … she was very Exuberance,” about collected data feaknown. It was intimidating to me to say turing 450 different species where they I wanted to be an actress. I was actually relatively old when I started to act: 31, 32. had witnessed homosexuality. With birds, Canadian Geese in particular, it’s two I even started to model late, like 26, 27. I females who bond together and raise the did however act in Europe — I was like babies. They go out and make love to a 19 — on television with Roberto Benigni. male for his sperm but they do not want He and I worked together on this comedy his help beyond that. Two male penguins show where I made short films. I really in the Central Park Zoo stole an egg from did think that I would stay in television a female and they raised the baby. The forever. more you research, the more you find “gay” in animal behavior. Gay is part of PGN: How did you get together with all nature. It’s not just mammals.

Sundance for “Green Porno”?

IR: I made a film about my dad — “My Dad is 100 Years Old” — with Guy Madden, that Sundance bought for their channel. At first, they were looking for films for the Internet, but for most name directors, there wasn’t enough money, so they sought adventurous types they knew could make films. Robert Redford really wanted to raise the profile of the short film, so after they bought our film, they came calling.

PGN: What made you choose sex, specifically animal sex, as your topic?

IR: Animal life was my hobby as a kid.

Even now, it fascinates me to the point that I went back to school for it [she’s a graduate student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College]. Sex, I thought, would be fun because people are interested in sex. If I would have done a series of films based on the digestive system, it would have been harder to make successful. Sex and reproduction? That’s more appealing.

PGN: I have to say that if you did a show about digestion, people would watch.

IR: You have a point. My films may be comical, but they are attractive to this new mood in the air, people being more green, more turned on to the environment and our health. Even a food network could buy that. You just gave me an idea.

PGN: As we are a gay-related publication, can you tell me about the gayest animals that you came about?

PGN: Does your one-woman show count for college credit?

IR: [Laughs] It would be nice. I do the show on weekends so I can study during the week. I have to say, I didn’t realize that this in-person show would take off as it has. My friend Carole [Boquet, the French model-turned-actor] talked me into the idea of a performance monologue and my friend Jean-Claude Carriere [legendary French filmmaker] helped me with it, so it’s been a delightful journey.

PGN: So much of this show, though wildly informative, is engagingly silly, especially with you running around in those goofy outfits. I get the feeling that this is the real you underneath the bug costumes. Am I right?

IR: Yes it is. I’m sure that people are surprised that the Lancôme model is now running around dressed as a worm or as a fly. But my family recognizes me more in “Green Porno” than in anything else I’ve ever done. n Isabella Rossellini will perform “Green Porno” at 8 p.m. Nov. 14 at World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St. Tickets are $37.50. For more information or tickets, call 215-222-1400 or visit www.worldcafelive.com.

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cantor was gay and he was a really important figure in my life. The cantor is a clergy person in charge of the music at the synagogue. My family was pretty secular, but the cantor discovered I could sing at my Bat Mitzvah and was the one who pulled me into synagogue life. I also remember there being a textbook in Hebrew school that was titled simply “Homosexuality,” and I remember us sixth-graders giggling at it. Then in high school, being part of the drama club, I was certainly around gay people, and our high school created its first GSA, which was a big deal. I guess that’s when I really started thinking about the issues faced by LGBT people.

PGN: I don’t hear about the kind of scandals like with the Catholic Church in synagogue. Do you think that perhaps it’s because rabbis are allowed to marry?

BK: I think Judaism embraces sexuality as part of what it means to be human and as one of many things that are blessings from God, and there is the potential to be holy but also realize that there is the potential for it to be abused and used as a source of oppression. I think that very open and real understanding of what it is to be human makes it very livable for me. I feel very lucky that I come from a religion that doesn’t view sexuality as an impediment to holiness. There is no rabbinic addition of celibacy; we believe you should have a full life, with all of God’s blessings.

PGN: Random questions …

BK: I’d like to tell you one more story of how LGBT issues became important

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to me. The year that I was working at the RAC, we ran conferences for high-school students; we’re still doing it today — I’m taking the kids from my high school to the same conference this January. We’d run different workshops and teach about certain subjects and how they are connected to Judaism. I worked mainly on women’s reproductive rights and LGBT issues. At the end of the week, the kids would pick one issue that they felt strongly about and we’d help them write a speech to give at their congressional office. There were several kids waiting in line for their oneon-one with me. One student kept letting everybody go in front of her. Finally, we were the only ones left. Her paper was on reproductive rights but when it was just the two of us, she said, “I wanted to ask you something about your other issue. I heard your presentation and you mentioned something about people who are transgender.” I said yes and told her about the Reform movement’s policy and how we believe all people are made by God and are beautiful and understand that sometimes their gender identity doesn’t match their bodies, etc. I was 22 and didn’t know a whole lot about the subject matter but I was doing my best. She interrupted me and started telling me that when she was born, the doctor made a mistake and gave her the wrong genitalia, that everybody thought she was a girl but she was really a boy. Her story began to flow out like something she couldn’t contain.

She spoke without taking a breath and told me her girlfriend had broken up with her because of it. She hadn’t told anyone else except her parents, who told her not to say

anything. What struck me was that all I had said during my original presentation was perhaps two sentences about transgender people being created by God. That was all it took to make such an impact. She had never been in a situation where anyone acknowledged gender diversity, never mind a religious person saying it. I made a couple of connections for her and never heard from her again, but it was a turning point for me to realize that the words that I said, especially in a position of religious leadership, could open up a world of possibilities for people or could have the opposite effect. And how important it was to talk about issues. She had two very young, great rabbis who were very progressive and, if she’d ever said something to them, they would’ve been great supporters but because they’d never mentioned the subject, she never brought it up either.

PGN: Yes, it drives me crazy when I hear people say, “I’m not going to say anything until my family does,” and then I hear parents say, “I’m not going to ask anything until they bring it up.” And the result is both people being left in the dark.

BK: Yeah, we certainly talk about it and have safe-zone stickers throughout the synagogue and on my door.

PGN: I think a lot of times all religions are lumped together as homophobic.

I’m the token atheist in my family but I recognize that many religions do good.

Just because I don’t believe in some old guy with a staff controlling the universe doesn’t mean I think they’re all bad.

BK: [Laughs] Yeah, we get a bad rap! And

by the way, I don’t believe in the guy with the cane, and there’s probably a chunk of my congregation that doesn’t believe in any kind of God. PGN: Three people alive or dead you would like to have at synagogue?

BK: There are a number of ancient rabbis that I spend a lot of time teaching and quoting. But I don’t know, if I met them in person, would I hate them or love them?

I guess the first would be Hillel, then Maimonides and then I would choose my grandma. She died when I was 8 and I was very close to her. I’d love to be able to talk to her as an adult and see what she thought of what I’ve become. n For more information on Temple Beth David, visit www.bdavid.org.

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Wade Davis is making a difference in young LGBTQ lives Wade Davis made sports and LGBT headlines a few years ago when he came out publicly after retiring from the NFL. Now he uses his time, energy and celebrity to battle homophobia, bullying and disfranchisement in many ways.

Davis is executive director of You Can Play and also co-founded, with Darnell Moore, YOU Belong, an organization that focuses on LGBTQ youth through sports.

One of the primary goals of YOU Belong is to give youth access to pro athletes, especially those groups that would not normally have that opportunity.

The initial intent is choosing specific places to have their events where LGBT individuals may not usually be embraced, such as at the YMCA in Newark, N.J. The camp includes workshops on health, wellness, anti-bullying and leadership.

Davis said that one of the biggest goals with the camp is to help LGBTQ youth learn how to be more physically engaged in their own community.

“We want them to see that they have power within themselves to change themselves, and their community, and their surroundings,” he said.

One objective was to teach the campers the game of basketball and show that professional players care about these kids too.

Earlier this year, LGBT youth were joined by players from the NBA and WBA, including out former player Jason Collins, who was one of the many speakers.

“I understand 99 percent of these young people will never make it into the professional sports rank,” Davis said. “But, maybe they can see the power in sports and leave there thinking, Wow, these professional athletes actually gave a damn about me.”

And that’s the way it is for three straight days.

On the horizon for 2015 is an all-female camp. Usually a camp will have a mix of LGBTQ and even a few allies.

“The LGBTQ sports conversation is dominated by male athletes,” Davis noted, “and we want to intentionally engage the young women and girls.”

Basketball isn’t the only sport where LGBTQ youth outreach is happening.

Launched last year, High Five is a program that brings NFL players to youth-serving LGBT organizations. It was started with one visit as a pilot just to see how it would go, shortly after Davis spoke at the 2013 NFL Owners meeting.

“It was amazing,” Davis said. “Kids share stories, the players respond and the goal is to have conversation and see how we have stuff in common with each other.

We saw in the pilot that both the kids and the players were transformed, so now we’re reframing the idea. The NFL will be doing more work in that space and we have the infrastructure to go larger-scale with even more visits in 2015.”

Asked about Michael Sam and some of the flap about his coming out and being cut, Davis jumped on the reactions from across the country speaking as a gay man, former NFL player and a good friend of Sam. “Michael was not cut because he is gay.

There is a myth perpetuated that the NFL hates gays. It’s not true. Throughout the

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entire business of sports is the perception that athletes are all homophobic. It’s simply not true,” he said. “Yes, there are pockets of it just like everywhere and this is where we need to educate the LGBTQ community.

“Coaches and owners have gay sons and daughters and brothers and sisters and cousins,” Davis continued. “These people aren’t entirely removed from it. We need to get LGBTQ people to examine this concept of athlete hatred that probably starts in high schools. We need to look at sports and athletes from 10,000 feet up, not from just the top of a building.”

Wade Davis will be the guest speaker at the Philadelphia FIGHT gala Dec. 5 at The Union League of Philadelphia, 140 S. Broad St. Go to FIGHT.org/gala for more

information. This conversation with Davis will continue in the next column, focusing on youth issues at home on the streets, and regarding health.

Short stops • Night of 100 Qweens is coming Dec. 12 to the Trocadero and the Out Philadelphia Athletic League is one of the beneficiaries.

Tickets are $20-$35 and available at ticketfly.com.

• Sports and recreation information can be found on the inside back cover of PGN every fourth Friday of the month or any time on epgn.com. n Having a holiday party or fundraiser for your team or league? Email scott@epgn. com for coverage.

JUST FOR KICKS: Justin Nordell (from left), Adam Beck, Travis Gehringer and Peter Worth strike a pose with their Best Sports Organization award at PGN’s annual Best of LGBT Philadelphia presentation and party, Nov. 6 at Mixto. Stonewall Kickball has been in Philly less than a year but has become an instant success, so much so that there is a movement for a possible Stonewall Dodgeball. For more info on kickball, visit stonewallkickballphilly.leagueapps.com. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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Theater & Arts Alan Cumming The out actor and author of “Not My Father’s Son” takes part in a live Q&A 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; 215567-4341.

Brahms and Stravinsky The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Nov. 21-22 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.

Brian Posehn The comedian see in “The Sarah Silverman Show” performs through Nov. 15 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215-496-9001.

Caught InterAct Theatre Company pres-

group from Israel through Nov. 15 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900.

ents the harrowing story of legendary Chinese artist Lin Bo’s imprisonment in a detention center through Nov. 16 at Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St.; 215567-2848.

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior The sci-fi action film is screened 8 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215922-6888.

The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence Azuka Theatre presents the time-shifting Pulitzer Prizefinalist play, questioning how technology affects our ability to communicate, through Nov. 23, 1636 Sansom St.; 215563-1100.

Isabella Rossellini: Green Porno The Sundance Channel personality performs a onewoman show about the reproductive habits of animals

Mary Poppins Walnut Street Theatre presents the musical based on the classic Disney film through Jan. 4, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550.

HAIL YES!: Out comedian Poppy Champlin brings her Queer Queens of Comedy to New Hope with comedic dynamo Jessica Kirson headlining the hilarity 8 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope. For more information, call 888-596-1027.

8 p.m. Nov. 14 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company Dance Affiliates

The Miss Fancy Brigade: Putting the girls BACK on the streets in 2015!

Crystal Electra TAVERN ON CAMAC

243 S Camac Street Phildelphia, PA 19107 www.tavernoncamac.com

MUMMERS

LGBT Liaison Commi ee The Miss Fancy Brigade will proudly lead the Mummer’s New Year Parade, January 1st, 2015, starting at City Hall and down Broad Street back to the Gayborhood.

Meet us on Broad Street, from City Hall to Spruce Street, starting at 8am.

and the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts present the dance

Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition highlighting the works of the famed fashion designer through Nov. 30, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a major retrospective of the work of the critical figure in the history of modern art, photography and filmmaking through Jan. 4, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

Music Alt-J The British rock band performs 9 p.m. Nov. 14 at Tower Theater, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby; 610-3522887.

Jody Watley The R&B singer performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 15 at Tower Theater, 19 S. 69th

St., Upper Darby; 610-352-2887.

Lauryn Hill The R&B singer and rapper performs 8 p.m. Nov. 15 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800745-3000.

Stevie Wonder The R&B legend performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 16 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215389-9543.

In This Moment The female-fronted industrial/metal band performs 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

Black Veil Brides The goth-metal band performs 6 p.m. Nov. 19 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800745-3000.

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Bob Dylan The rock legend performs 8 p.m. Nov. 21-22 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215790-5847.

fashion show and Liberty City Kings perform at this celebration of the sexual revolution 10 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

50 Cent The rapper performs 8:30 p.m.

Nov. 21 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St.; 800-745-3000.

Booze & Tattoos The tattoo pageant and premium liquor event, 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-922-1011.

Nightlife Jackie Beat: And The Beat Goes On The drag icon performs her new solo show 8 p.m.

Nov. 14 at Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 St. James St.; 215735-5772.

Diabolique Ball Passional hosts a

Comedian Deconstruction The show featuring comedian and improv groups, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at L’Etage, 624 Bainbridge St.; 215-592-0626.

Rachelle Ferrell The R&B singer performs 8 p.m. Nov. 14 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-5727650.

Joe Conklin The comedian performs 6 and 9 p.m. Nov. 15 at Sellersville Theater 1984, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808.

Outta Town Annie The classic musical film is screened 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-0223.

Artie Lange The comedian performs 8 p.m. Nov. 15 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-5727650.

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Out comedians Jessica Kirson and Poppy Champlin perform 8 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 888596-1027.

Great Expectations The film based on the classic novel is screened 2 p.m. Nov. 16 at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-9170223.

Exalted Nature: The Real and Fantastic World of Charles Burchfield

HARD R&B CHOiCES: R&B lovers will be torn the night of Nov. 15. On one hand, you have ’80s R&B dance diva Jody Watley performing at 8 p.m. at Tower Theater, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby. And on the other hand, you have ’90s hip-hop, neosoul superstar Ms. Lauryn Hill performing 8 p.m. at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. Whatever choice you make, you are sure to be rapturously on your feet for the entire evening.

The Brandywine River Museum of Art presents an exhibition of visionary landscapes

by Burchfield

(1893-1967), featuring more than 50 paintings borrowed from important public and private collections across

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Les Misérables Media Theater presents the classic musical Nov. 19-Jan. 11, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100. n

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DiNiNG PGNOUT

Food and Drink Directory

Say ‘Hai’ to your new favorite ‘burrito’ place By larry Nichols larry@epgn.com They had us at Japanese burritos.

Much like its Far East-meets-South of the Border cousin the Korean taco, the Japanese burrito is capturing the imaginations of the patrons lined up for the refreshingly new take on the favorite mealtime staple served up

by Hai Street Kitchen, which recently opened in Center City.

Much like the assembly-line model of Mexican burrito chain peers, the concept at Hai Street is simple but effective. You have the option of ordering a burrito or a bowl — either Hai’s signature dishes or build your own.

Favorites include The Crunch ($9.24 regular, $11.23 “go-zilla”-sized), with shrimp tempura, spicy mayo, lettuce, cucumber, pickled jicama and grilled zucchini; and the Slammin’ Salmon ($9.78 and $11.77) with tataki salmon, gochujang sauce, romaine, cucumber, pickled jicama and red cabbage.

There are a variety of proteins, sauces and veggies available for people who want to build their own burritos, including grilled and fried chicken (chicken katsu), yellow-fin tuna, chili citrus pork and grilled steak. You can’t go wrong with any of them, and the salmon and tuna can easilycompete in popularity with the grilled and fried counterparts.

It’s important to keep in mind that this isn’t Chipotle on Qdoba. The fare at Hai Street is more “Japanese” than “burrito,” as the burritos are wrapped in nori (seaweed) and brown rice, creating a feel that is more akin to an oversized roll of sushi than a traditional burrito. And that is a good thing, because the fare at Hai Street is satisfying, addictively tasty and, at the same time, not the caloric gut-bombs that Mexican burritos are.

If the nori wraps aren’t your speed, the salads are just as good as the burritos, with the same ingredients available as well as Asian-inspired dressings like ginger miso and spicy peanut sauce. You can also add crunch to your burritos and salad with options like fried shallots, fried garlic or tempura flakes.

Sides at Hai Street have some interesting twists too.

The guacamole ($3.49 with chips) is made with wasabi, giving the familiar dip a much-needed kick in the spice department. The karrage JFC (Japanese fried chicken, $3.98) tries valiantly to carry the vibe of chicken nuggets but they’re chopped too small to function as such. Toss them onto your salad instead and they are perfect.

If you are within walking distance of Rittenhouse Square and you are looking for something fast and fresh to refuel yourself, make a trip to Hai Street Kitchen. n

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MARSTON AT DICKINSON & 28TH ST. 3 BR, 1 BA, 10 mins. to University City. $795.

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Ongoing improvements if agreeable. Must see! Call 215-849-4049. _____________________________________________38-46 QUEEN VILLAGE APARTMENT FOR RENT Beautiful 2 BR, 2 bath, bi-level, L/R, D/R, kitchen, washer/ dryer, dishwasher, wall to wall carpets, F/P, central air, gas hot air heat & all amenities. Avail. 12/15/14. Call Karla at 215-989-3237 for appointment. _____________________________________________38-47

Services AIRLINE CAREERS begin here - Get FAA approved Aviation Technician training. Financial Aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 1-888-834-9715. ________________________________________38-46 MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED! Train to become a Medical Office Assistant! NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Online training gets you job ready!

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o: 215.625.3650 • c: 267.255.2253 f: 215.625.4721 cbaker@phillycityspace.com www.cbpphillyrealty.com 2200 Walnut Street • Philadelphia, PA 19103

All real-estate advertising is subject to Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), as amended. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), as amended, prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under the age of 18), and handicap (disability). PGN will not knowingly accept any real-estate advertising that is in violation of any

applicable law.

PGN does not accept advertising that is unlawful, false, misleading, harmful, threatening, abusive, invasive of another’s privacy, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful or racially or otherwise objectionable, including without limitation material of any kind or nature that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, provincial, national or international law or regulation, or encourage the use of controlled substances.

THE LOOK OF A NEW YORK PENTHOUSE

By Bucks County Designer PAUL EVANS

Previous home/studio of Paul Evans mixes fabulous European design, sophistication and eclectic contemporary style. Two-story wall of insulated glass with full height fireplace flanks the 52’ long Formal Rooms. The backyards are a set of vignettes of lush gardens. Many home occupation uses with 8 car parking, low taxes, efficient heating and cooling. MLS# 6381104

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City of Philadelphia Public Hearing Notice

(Issue date: Nov. 21, advertising/art deadline Nov. 14)

The Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs of the Council of the City of Philadelphia will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at 10:00 AM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items: 140853

An Ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to lease from the Philadelphia Housing Authority a parcel of land bounded by a portion of Brown Street, a portion of 47th Street, Aspen Street and Markoe Street, along with the improvements thereon, to be known upon the completion of its construction as the Lucien E. Blackwell Community Center, all under certain terms and conditions.

140854

An Ordinance authorizing the Public Property Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to accept from The School District of Philadelphia title to certain parcels of land located within an area bounded by Media Street to the North, N. 52nd Street to the East, Master Street to the South, and N. Peach Street to the West, all under certain terms and conditions.

140668

Resolution authorizing City Council's Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs to hold public hearings regarding the current state of park and street trees and their continued maintenance.

Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed items.

Copies of the foregoing items are available in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Council, Room 402, City Hall.

Michael Decker Chief Clerk

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ADonIS CInEMA

“THE ONLY ALL MALE ADULT THEATER IN THE CITY”

2026 Sansom St (located 3 doors up from Sansom St Gym)

215-557-9319 4 Small Theaters with Video & Dark Room Area

HOURS OF OPERATION: Monday - Thursday

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If this sounds interesting to you feel free to call me, David, 215-698-0215. ________________________________________38-49 Philly boy looking for mail correspondence with guys in Philly while I finish my incarceration. 6’3”, blond hair, hazel eyes.

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WEEKLY SPECIALS: LATE NIGHT CREEP Sunday, Nov. 15th • Time: 11pm-3:30am Half Price Lockers (12 Midnight- 8am/ Monday- Thursday) WHAT TO EXPECT:

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MEMBERS: $9.00 & NON-MEMBERS: $19.00

SATURDAY AFTERNOON DELIGHT 4 Hour Lockers (8am - 4pm) Members: $5.00 and Non-Members: $15.00

SUNDAY RELIEF

P.A.N.G. (Philadelphia Area Nudist Group)

Half Price Rooms (6am Sunday till 8am Monday) Members: $12.50 and Non-Members: $22.50

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Business Mans Locker Special (8am to 4pm) Members: $5.00 and Non-Members: $15.00

Sunday, Nov. 16th • Time: 3pm- 6pm WHAT TO EXPECT:

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Religion/Spirituality Arch Street United Methodist Church Services 8:30 and 11 a.m. at 55 N. Broad St.; youth/adult Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.; 5:30 p.m. prayer service; 215-568-6250.

Bethlehem-Judah Ministries Open and affirming congregation holds services 10 a.m. Sundays at 5091 N. Dupont Hwy., Suite D, Dover, Del.; 302-750-4045.

Metropolitan Community Church of Christ the Liberator Holds services 10:45 a.m. Sundays at the Pride Center of New Jersey; 732-823-2193, mccctl.com.

Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia Services 1 p.m. Sundays at the University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, 3637 Chestnut St.; 215-294-2020, www. mccphiladelphia.com.

BuxMont Unitarian Universalist Church Services 10:15 a.m. at 2040 Street Road, Warrington; 215-343-0406.

Old First Reformed Church Open and affirming United Church worships at 11 a.m., summer services at 10 a.m, at 151 N. Fourth St.; 215-922-4566, www. oldfirstucc.org.

Calvary United Methodist Church Reconciling, welcoming and affirming church holds services 11 a.m.

Sundays at 801 S. 48th St.; 215-724-1702.

Penns Park United Methodist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds services 10 a.m. Sundays at 2394 Second Street Pike, Penns Park; 215-598-7601.

Central Baptist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds services at 10:45 a.m.

Sundays, summer services 9:30 a.m, at 106 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne; 610-688-0664.

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Progressive and affirming congregation holds services 10 a.m.

Sundays with Holy Eucharist at 3723 Chestnut St.; 215-386-0234, www.philadelphiacathedral.org.

Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church Services 11 a.m. and Spirit at Play, an arts-based Sunday school for children, 9:30 a.m. at 8812 Germantown Ave.; 215-242-9321.

Rainbow Buddhist Meditation Group Meets 5 p.m. Sundays at William Way.

Church of the Crucifixion Inclusive Episcopal community holds services 10 a.m. Sundays and 6 p.m. Fridays at 620 S. Eighth St.; 215-922-1128.

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting worships 11 a.m., summer services 10 a.m, Sundays at 1515 Cherry St.; 215-241-7000, cpmm@ afsc.org.

Church of the Holy Trinity Inclusive church holds services 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sundays at 1904 Walnut St.; 215-567-1267.

Resurrection Lutheran Church Services 10 a.m. Sundays at 620 Welsh Road, Horsham; 215-6462597.

Congregation Rodeph Shalom Shabbat services every Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 10:45 a.m. at 615 N. Broad St. ; 215-627-6747.

Silverside Church Services 10 a.m. Sundays followed by a group discussion at 2800 Silverside Road, Wilmington, Del.; 302-478-5921, silversidechurch. org.

Dignity Jersey Shore An organization for sexual-minority Catholics meets the first Saturday of the month in Asbury Park; 732-502-0305.

Dignity Metro NJ An organization for sexual-minority Catholics meets 4 p.m. the first and third Sundays of the month at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 550 Ridgewood Road, Maplewood; 973-509-0118.

Dignity Philadelphia Holds Mass 7 p.m. Sundays at 330 S. 13th St.; 215-546-2093, dignityphila@aol.com.

Drexel Hill Baptist Church Nonjudgmental Christian congregation affiliated with American Baptist Churches of the USA holds services 11 a.m. Sundays at 4400 State Road, Drexel Hill; 610-259-2356, www.dhbaptist.com.

Emanuel Lutheran Church Reconciling in Christ congregation meets at 10:30 a.m. Sundays, summer services 9:30 a.m., New and Kirkpatrick streets, New Brunswick, N.J.; 732-545-2673; www.emmanuelnb.org.

St. Asaph’s Church Inclusive and progressive Episcopal church holds services 8 and 10 a.m. Sundays, summer services 9:15 a.m., at 27 Conshohocken State Road, Bala Cynwyd; 610-664-0966, www.saintasaphs.org.

St. Paul Episcopal Church Welcoming and inclusive church holds services 9:30 a.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Tuesdays at 89 Pinewood Drive, Levittown; 215-6881796, www.stpaullevittown.org.

First Baptist Church of Moorestown Welcoming and affirming congregation holds Bible study and discussion at 9 a.m. Sundays and worship services at 10 a.m.

Sundays at 19 W. Main St., Moorestown, N.J.; 856-235-1180; www. fbcmoorestown.org; info@fbcmoorestown.org.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Welcoming and diverse congregation with numerous outreach and fellowship groups holds services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday at Third and Pine streets; 215-925-5968; www.stpetersphila.org.

Grace Epiphany Church A welcoming and diverse Episcopal congregation in Mt. Airy with services 9:30 a.m. Sundays at 224 E. Gowen Ave.; 215-248-2950, www.grace-epi.org.

Holy Communion Lutheran Church ELCA Reconciling in Christ congregation worships 9 a.m. Sundays at 2111 Sansom St. and 11 a.m. at 2110 Chestnut St. in the main sanctuary; 215-567-3668, www.lc-hc.org.

Imago Dei Metropolitan Community Church Sexual-minority congregation worships at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 1223 Middletown Road (Route 352), Glen Mills; 610-358-1716, www.ImagoDeiMCC.org.

Living Water United Church of Christ An open and affirming congregation that meets for worship 11 a.m. on Sundays at 6250 Loretto Ave.; 267-388-6081, www.lwucc.org.

Kol Tzedek Reconstructionist synagogue committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community meets at Calvary Center, 801 S. 48th St.; 215764-6364, www.kol-tzedek.org.

Mainline Unitarian Church Holds services 10 a.m. Sundays at 816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon; 610-688-8332, www.mluc.org.

Maple Shade Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ Affirming congregation open to all sexual orientations and gender identities holds services 10 a.m. Sundays at 45 N. Forklanding Road, Maple Shade, N.J.; 856-779-7739, mapleshadeucc.org.

■ ActionAIDS: 215-981-0088 ■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377 ■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext.

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■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080

First Baptist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds prayer services 10:30 a.m.

Sundays and community worship 11:30 a.m. at 123 S. 17th St.; 215-563-3853.

The First United Methodist Church of Germantown A sexual-minority-affirming congregation holds services at 10 a.m., summer services 11 a.m., Sundays, with lunch to follow, at 6001 Germantown Ave.; 215-438-3077, www.fumcog.org.

■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044; center@dolphin. upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m.

Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

St. Luke and The Epiphany Church Open and welcoming church holds fall liturgy 9 and 11 a.m.

Sundays, summer sevices 10 a.m., at 330 S. 13th St.; 215-732-1918, stlukeandtheepiphany.org.

Evangelicals Concerned Lesbian and gay Christian counseling; 215-860-7445.

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia A liberal, welcoming and diverse congregation that affirms the dignity of all. Sunday services at 10 a.m., 2125 Chestnut St.; 215563-3980, www.firstuu-philly.org.

Community centers

■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331; atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday. See the Youth section for more events.

■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513

St. Mary of Grace Parish Inclusive church in the Catholic tradition celebrates Mass 6 p.m. Sundays in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County, 145 W. Rose Tree Road, Media; 610-566-1393, www. inclusivecatholics.org.

Tabernacle United Church Open and affirming congregation holds services 10 a.m. Sundays at 3700 Chestnut St.; 215-386-4100, tabunited.org.

Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church Sunday worship with nursery care, 10:30 a.m. and fourth Thursday of the month contemporary worship with Communion at 7 p.m. at 2212 Spruce St.; 215-732-2515, trinityphiladelphia.org.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County Welcoming congregation holds services 9:15 and 11:15 a.m. Sundays, summer services 10:30 a.m., at 145 W. Rose Tree Road, Media.

Interweave, a group for LGBT parishioners and allies, meets noon the first Sunday of the month; 610-566-4853. www.uucdc.org.

Unitarian Society of Germantown Welcoming congregation holds services 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 6511 Lincoln Drive; 215-844-1157, www.usguu.org.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Cherry Hill Services 10:15 a.m. Interweave, a group of LGBT Unitarians and their allies, meets at 401 N. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, N.J.; 856667-3618, uucch.org.

Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration Welcoming congregation holds services 11 a.m. Sundays at 6900 Stenton Ave.; 215-247-2561, www.uurestoration.us.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation, South Jersey Shore Services 10 a.m. Sundays in Galloway Township; 609-965-9400, www.uucsjs.org.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown Services 10:30 a.m. at 1565 S. Keim St.; 610-327-2662, www. uupottstown.org.

United Christian Church Open, affirming and welcoming congregation holds services 10:15 a.m. Sundays, summer services 9:15 a.m., at 8525 New Falls Road, Levittown; 215-946-6800.

Unity Fellowship Church of Philadelphia Diverse, affirming LGBT congregation holds services 2 p.m. Sundays at 55 N. Broad St.; 215-240-6106.

University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation Welcoming congregation holds services 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 3637 Chestnut St. preceded by “Adult Forum: Sundays” at 9:30 a.m.; 215-387-2885, www.uniphila.org.

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St. John’s Lutheran Church (ELCA) Reconciling in Christ congregation holds services 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 24 N. Ridge Ave., Ambler; 215-646-2451, www.stjohnsambler.org.

St. Mary’s Church Diverse and inclusive Episcopal church celebrates the Eucharist 11 a.m. Sundays at 3916 Locust Walk; 215-386-3916; www. stmarysatpenn.org.

First Presbyterian Church of Lansdowne Welcoming church holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays at 140 N. Lansdowne Ave.; 610-622-0800; www.lansdownepresbyterianchurch.com.

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■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633 n The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330 ■ District Attorney LGBT Liaison:Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick,

■ Rainbow Room — Bucks County’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Youth Center 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065 rainbowroom@ppbucks.org.

■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220; www.waygay.org.

Hours: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays. Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m.

Monday through Friday Library hours: noon-9 p.m.

Monday-Thursday; noon-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers: New Orientation: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

Key numbers 215-686-9980, helen.fitzpatrick@ phila.gov ■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org ■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378 ■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK ■ Mayor’s Director of LGBT Affairs: Gloria Casarez, 215-6862194; Gloria.Casarez@phila.gov; Fax: 215-686-2555

■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670 ■ Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force: 1-877-pride-2000 ■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-6863318 ■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); ppd.lgbt@gmail.com ■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288

■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658

■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537

■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833

■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m.

Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)

Health

Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215763-8870.

ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/ AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088; www.actionaids.org.

AIDS Services In Asian Communities Provides HIV-related services to Asians and Pacific Islanders at 1711 S. Broad St.; 215-629-2300; www.asiac.org.

Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871; www.galaei. org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appoint-

■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia GALLOP holds board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; GALLOP also provides a free referral service; 215-627-9090; www.galloplaw. org.

■ Greater Philadelphia Professional Network Networking group for area business professionals, self-employed and business owners meets monthly in a different location throughout the city, invites speakers on various topics, partners with other nonprofits and maintains a website where everyone is invited to sign up for email notices for activities and

ment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1821.

HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing available 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite 108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077.

Mazzoni Center Free, anonymous HIV testing; HIV/AIDS care and treatment, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652; www.mazzonicenter.org.

Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care, 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658.

Washington West Project Free, anonymous HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-noon Friday; 1-5 p.m. Saturday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.

Professional groups events; www.gppn.org; 215-9223377.

■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association The Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www. nlgja.org/philly; philly@nlgja.org.

■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly businesses and professionals. Visit www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com for information about events, programs and membership; 215-557-0190; 1717 Arch St., Suite 3370.

■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus A regional organization dedicated to promoting gay and lesbian tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region holds meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; P.O. Box 58143, Philadelphia, PA 19102; www. philadelphiagaytourism.com; 215-840-2039.

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