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Does D.A. have missing 911 transmissions in Morris case?

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SPOT ON SUPPORT: Supporters of LGBT youth program QSpot Philly gathered for a fundraiser Nov. 13 at William Way LGBT Community Center. The party, which included food, adult beverages and an art raffle, raised about $200 for the program’s next monthly youth social. QSpot will host its annual holiday dinner 6 p.m. Nov. 25 at 3535 Market St., 16th floor, which will include free food and refreshments, giveaways and performances. Friends, family and allies are welcome. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Westbury closes doors after five decades

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com After more than 50 years in business as an LGBT bar, The Westbury is officially closed.

The business, at 261 S. 13th St., announced on social media late last week that it would not be reopening its doors. The building in which The Westbury is housed has been closed for the past month, after a fire at the adjoining ParkerSpruce Hotel and successive L&I violations.

PGN reported last week that the hotel lessee, The Wankawala Organization, was scheduled to purchase the building Nov. 17 and

reportedly plans to keep it closed until it can be rehabbed.

Organization officials did not return requests for comment, so it is unclear if

the sale went through.

The Westbury owner Chuck Brault declined to comment for this story.

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Earlier this month, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office confirmed that it has documents pertaining to the Nizah Morris case that were generated by police.

The confirmation is significant, because concerns have been expressed that such documentation was destroyed or misplaced.

However, the D.A.’s Office hasn’t divulged the full contents of its police-generated Morris file.

Even the city’s Police Advisory Commission — which investigated the Morris case intermittently for 10 years — has never received from the D.A.’s Office an exhaustive list of its police-generated Morris documents.

As a result, numerous 911 transmissions relating to the Morris case remain unaccounted for, though it’s possible the D.A.’s Office has them.

Morris was a transgender woman who

sustained a fatal head injury shortly after entering a police vehicle for a Center City “courtesy ride.” Her 2002 homicide remains unsolved, and advocates want a state probe.

A complete set of 911 transmissions could help explain why Morris wasn’t promptly transported to a hospital, why her head injury wasn’t promptly investigated, why her initial police-tracking numbers were voided, why responding officers didn’t document the “courtesy ride” and subsequent assault, and why an officer speculated about Morris’ transgender status on a police report.

A 2003 affidavit of probable cause for a search warrant indicates that local authorities obtained comprehensive 911 transmissions pertaining to the Morris incident.

In 2011, the PAC subpoenaed the D.A.’s Office for all of its Morris records, including all Morris 911 transmissions in its possession.

In response, the D.A.’s Office turned over PAGE 18 911 transmissions that

PA Congressman intros hate-crimes measure

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com One day after Philadelphia’s adopted a law to outlaw hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity, efforts got underway to close gaps in the federal hatecrimes law.

Congressman Bob Brady (D-First Dist.) introduced legislation Nov. 14 that would expand the federal hate-crimes law to equally protect against crimes committed because of a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Brady was joined by cosponsor Congressmembers Pat Meehan (R-Seventh Dist.), Allyson Schwartz (D-13th Dist.) and Chaka Fattah (D-Second Dist.).

The proposed bill, assigned to the

Judiciary Committee, is designed to provide greater protections in all circumstances.

Federal law already classifies attacks based on sexual orientation as hate crimes because of the 2009 Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, but unless a prosecutor can prove the crime had a nexus to “interstate commerce,” it can’t be prosecuted in federal court. Prosecutions based on such factors as race or religion do not require this step.

“This bill simply treats hate-crime prosecutions involving gay and lesbian victims no different than attacks based on race or religion,” Meehan said.

Spurred by the recent gay bashing in Philadelphia, Brady hopes to remediate this “travesty” within Pennsylvania and the PAGE 2 13 other states without

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Former Philly teacher speaks out on discrimination suit

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com A local woman says she was forced to give up her passion for teaching after suffering from debilitating mental and physical health issues as a result of pervasive workplace discrimination.

Roseann Vennera filed a lawsuit against the School District of Philadelphia in September 2011, alleging the district created a hostile work environment because of her sexual orientation, which she said made it unable to safely continue working in Philadelphia schools. Specifically, Vennera alleged, the district violated the Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance, which protects LGBTs from unlawful employment discrimination. The court ultimately found in the district’s favor.

The district did not respond to a request for comment.

Vennera worked as a kindergarten teacher at Samuel Powel Elementary School, in Powelton Village. Her identity as a lesbian was well-known to the school, she said. In fact, Vennera’s partner was also a teacher at Powel.

Vennera said the incident in question began when she was confronted by an angry parent-volunteer during a lunch break in her classroom. The origin of the confron-

tation is unclear, but the woman threatened Vennera with violence and used profanity, she said.

Several witnesses to the event corroborated this account, according to the lawsuit.

However, during a meeting with then-principal Marguerite Holliday, Holliday issued the conclusion that “Ms. Vennera behaved inappropriately towards a parent-volunteer, yelling and using profane language.”

Vennera contended that Holliday’s actions were based on her personal beliefs against Vennera’s sexuality. Holliday later testified in court, “I do not support the gay lifestyle.”

According to Vennera, a parent-volunteer who witnessed the classroom altercation then began harassing her via text message, which Vennera said she suspected stemmed from an unreciprocated romantic interest in Vennera.

The parent sent texts soliciting Vennera for money for rent, food and phone bills and even made calls to Vennera’s home, according to the suit.

Vennera said she notified the administration at Powel after she was subjected to severe and ongoing harassment by the parent, but that Holliday refused to intervene on her behalf, repeatedly failing to conduct proper investigations of the hostile situation and subjecting her to adverse employment actions.

“I felt the world was against me. I had no protection. It was so obvious what was happening. I had nowhere to go,” Vennera said.

After she filed a complaint with the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations in 2009, the district retaliated, Vennera said, transferring her to Penrose Elementary School and making repeated threats to terminate her disability benefits, according to court documents.

As a result of the mental and physical toll the ordeal took on her, Vennera said, she retired from the district in 2011.

Her lawsuit against the district ultimately was settled in favor of the district — not necessarily because Vennera failed to prove that discriminatory action was taken against her based on her sexuality, but because the district was able to satisfactorily prove that the action was taken for other reasons, mainly that the incidents created a disruptive unsafe school environment, according to Judge Annette Rizzo’s opinion.

“It was crushing,” Vennera said. “I was beyond disappointed.”

Vennera could have appealed, but decided not to.

“I did not appeal.” Vennera said. “I just wanted to put this behind me. It was affecting my health. It still is.”

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LGBT-inclusive hate-crime laws.

“Federal law must send a stronger message to the states,” Brady said.

According to Meehan, the “patchwork of state laws leaves the prosecution of hate crimes committed against gay and lesbian Americans uneven. This legislation removes the barriers to federal prosecution and will ensure that the rights of victims targeted because of their sexual orientation are protected.”

Despite Pennsylvania lawmakers’ efforts this fall to amend the state’s hatecrimes laws, it continues to lack LGBT protections.

In Philadelphia, Mayor Nutter last Thursday signed into law a hate-crimes measure that allows for up to 90 days in jail and/or up to $2,000 in fines for offenders found guilty of LGBT-based hate crimes within city limits. This was the final step in the legislation, which had been making its way through City Council since late September, shortly after a gay couple was attacked in Center City.

Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations executive director Rue Landau welcomed the new law.

“The commission is very happy that the mayor signed this bill into law. It is important that Philadelphia takes a stand to protect all of its residents and visitors.

And we hope that the state follows our course to ensure equality for everyone.”n

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Here’s why you should shop in the Gayborhood on Small Business Saturday this year.

14 GOLDEN GAYS: Fred Cusick and Brian Collins took part in a couples’ match game at the Nov. 15 Gay BINGO!, hosted by Carlotta Tendant. Together for seven years, the couple was married last month. The game was one of a number of traditional activities played at the BINGO festivity, themed this month in honor of “The Golden Girls.”

Next month’s Gay BINGO includes the annual toy drive for HIV/AIDS affected and infected children in the Philadelphia region. Bring an unwrapped toy to the Country Christmas-themed event Dec. 20. For a complete list of bingo dates and themes, go to aidsfundphilly.org. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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ACCT Philly and PetSmart Charities recently opened a new PetSmart Charities Everyday Adoption Center in Plymouth Meeting.

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“Dave and I were getting ready for bed. Winston was downstairs because he was still in shock and not sure what was happening. But then he surprised us both when he started walking up the stairs, dragging his bad leg, just to be with us.” ~ Joe Marra, on fostering a rescued, badly injured dog, page 15

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COLLEGIAL CROWD: Independence Business Alliance executive administrator Tom Cavanaugh welcomed supporters to a fundraising social Nov. 13 at Molly Malloy’s for the scholarship program of IBA and Delaware Valley Legacy Fund. The program is geared towards LGBT or ally undergraduate students studying a business-related discipline in the Philadelphia region. The application process for the 2015 scholarship runs from January-March, with the winner selected in April. Donations to the scholarship fund can still be made at www.dvlf.org, under the Donate Now tab.

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Report: PA students facing anti-LGBT bullying, harassment

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com A national survey released last week found that students in Pennsylvania continue to face pervasive anti-LGBT attitudes.

Pennsylvania was one of 29 states in which specific state summary data was produced as part of Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s National School Climate Survey.

The survey found that almost all LGBT students surveyed in Pennsylvania (92 percent) heard the word “gay” used in a negative way (e.g., “That’s so gay”), and 88 percent heard other homophobic remarks at school regularly. The majority experienced verbal harassment: 72 percent based on their sexual orientation and 56 percent based on the way they expressed their gender.

“The large number of students who reported hearing anti-LGBT language and who continue to experience verbal and physical harassment in Pennsylvania’s schools is unacceptable,” said GLSEN executive director Dr. Eliza Byard.

Students also reported high levels of other types of harassment at school: 56 percent

were sexually harassed while 45 percent experienced “cyber bullying.”

Only 8 percent of students reported attending a school with a comprehensive anti-bullying/harassment policy that included specific protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

“GLSEN calls on everyone in Pennsylvania to join us in ensuring students and educators are given the resources to create safe, affirming school environments,” Byard said. “All members of the school community need to feel empowered to intervene when others are undermining these efforts.”

“Our research tells us that policymakers and education leaders in Pennsylvania must do more to create safer and more affirming schools for LGBT students,” added GLSEN Chief Research and Strategy Officer Dr. Joseph G. Kosciw. “Training and empowering educators to create supportive environments, supporting gay-straight alliances and increasing access to accurate and positive information about LGBT people, history and events and inclusive policies can improve school climate for all students in Pennsylvania.” n

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News Briefing PAC supports City Council legislation

BUSINESS BEST: About 150 people turned out for the unveiling of Philadelphia Business Journal’s third-annual Top LGBT-Owned Company Awards Nov. 13 at Le Meridien. In partnership with PGN and TD Bank, PBJ recognized 26 companies in the region that are helmed by LGBT people, ranking them according to staff size. Integrity Staffing Solutions, with more than 5,000 employees, took the top spot. Photo: Scott A. Drake

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The city’s Police Advisory Commission this week announced its support for pending City Council legislation that would increase the PAC’s funding, staff and autonomy.

The PAC is a civilian-watchdog agency that investigates citizens’ complaints of police misconduct and recommends remedial action and policy changes.

For 10 years, it intermittently investigated the case of Nizah Morris, a transgender woman who sustained a fatal head wound shortly after entering a police vehicle for a Center City “courtesy ride.”

“The [PAC] believes that, with the right tools, staffing and budget, its mission can be accomplished,” the agency stated in a Nov. 17 release. “The [PAC] supports City Councilman Curtis Jones’ bills and resolution currently before City Council’s Law and Government Committee to create a permanent Police Advisory Commission with an initial budget of $1 million — an amount sufficient to employ a staff of 12 investigators, policy analysts and community-outreach workers.”

The PAC currently has three staffers and an annual budget of about $206,000.

For the most part, its staff and commissioners serve at the pleasure of the incumbent mayor.

Jones’ proposed legislation would establish more autonomy for the PAC, boost its staffing and funding levels and ensure that citizens’ complaints don’t languish indefinitely.

This week, the PAC also issued a 74-page annual report that calls for more scrutiny as to why Philadelphia police officers dismissed for alleged wrongdoing are frequently reinstated through the arbitration process.

Settlement near in Whitewood fee dispute A fee-compensation dispute in the Whitewood case appears close to being settled, court sources confirmed this week.

The Whitewood case, decided in May, resulted in marriage equality throughout Pennsylvania.

As the prevailing party, plaintiffs requested more than $1 million in compensation from state and Bucks County officials for their legal fees and costs.

But Whitewood defendants said the plaintiffs requested an “exorbitant amount.”

On Sept. 10, U.S. District Judge John E.Jones 3d referred the matter to U.S.

Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson for mediation.

A settlement conference was scheduled for Nov. 12 in Harrisburg, with Carlson presiding.

But the settlement conference was canceled, because both sides appear close to reaching an agreement.

“Counsel has indicated to Chief Magistrate Judge Carlson that they’re close to finalizing a settlement of the fee issue without court intervention,” a spokesperson for Jones said in an email. “If they do not wrap it up themselves, another [settlement-conference] date will be set.”

Neither side had a comment for this report.

Gay cop urges judge to maintain antibias complaint N. Melville Jones, an openly gay Philadelphia police officer, has urged a Philadelphia judge to maintain his antibias complaint against the city.

Jones alleges pervasive anti-LGBT workplace bias within the police force, and he’s seeking more than $50,000 in damages.

But the city has asked Common Pleas Judge Ellen Ceisler to dismiss Jones’ complaint as meritless.

On Nov. 7, in a 33-page reply brief, attorneys for Jones emphasized that the officer’s complaint is meritorious and should proceed to trial.

At presstime, Ceisler hadn’t ruled on the matter.

According to court records, Jones alleges widespread anti-LGBT physical and verbal abuse within the police force.

Nizah committee to meet The Justice for Nizah committee will meet next week to plan a Center City event commemorating the 12th anniversary of the death of Nizah Morris.

The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Nov. 24 in the community room of the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. The public is invited to attend.

Morris was a transwoman who sustained a fatal head injury in 2002, shortly after entering a Philadelphia police vehicle for a Center City “courtesy ride.”

Her homicide remains unsolved.

The J4N committee intends to hold a Center City candlelight march and vigil on Dec. 22.

Additional details of the proposed event will be finalized at the Nov. 24 planning meeting.

The committee also is seeking a state probe into Morris’ death. But so far, state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane hasn’t agreed to review the case. n — Timothy Cwiek

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Wedding John Schmiechen and Theodore Lewis

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com John Schmiechen and Theodore Lewis were married at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church on Oct. 4, a culmination of 13 years together.

Casually introduced by a mutual friend, Schmiechen, a former nonprofit-fundraising consultant, and Lewis, a computer engineer, got together about a year after they first met.

“John was really nice but I was with someone at the time,” Lewis said. “But I knew it wasn’t going to work out, so I kept his number.”

“And I made sure to keep track of him,” Schmiechen added. “I think I fell in love immediately, but he was doing his own thing for about a year. Then we finally got together.”

The two dated for about a year before deciding to make their first big decision together: buying a house.

“I was living on Kater Street at the time and John was in Fitler Square,” Lewis said.

“We decided to buy a home on Passyunk Square.”

“We called it the grandma special,” Schmiechen joked. “It had five bedrooms but needed a complete gut and renovation.”

The new home would take several years to renovate, so the couple lived in Schmiechen’s house.

“Moving into John’s tiny trinity in Fitler was a true test,” Lewis said. “It was like put-

Conference addresses welcoming LGBTs to synagogue

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com A local synagogue will host a conference on the welcoming and inclusion of LGBTs in the Jewish community.

Congregation Kol Ami in Elkins Park presents “Kindness Counts: Welcoming LGBT Jews and Their Loved Ones into the Mishkan,” 1-5:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at 8201 High School Road in Elkins Park.

The conference is open to all, age 13 through elders, as well as synagogue “teams” from other synagogues, comprised of clergy and professional and executive lay leaders.

The event will focus on welcoming and including LGBT Jews, and making the synagogue community a safe and diverse spiritual, social and educational home for LGBT members and straight allies.

According to Jane Tausig, conference program chair, the event was conceived when Kol Ami commemorated National Coming Out Day and a celebration for the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

“When we decided to do that, we decided we wanted to be more welcoming, to make a deliberate effort to be more welcoming to LGBT people,” Tausig sad.

Tausig is one of two same-sex couples who belong to Kol Ami. She and her partner will be married in the synagogue later this month. Part of what drew her to Kol Ami when she was looking for a congregation to join, Tausig said, was its commitment to upholding certain Jewish principles, which

ended up serving as the foundation for the conference.

The principles include: “B’Tselem Elohim,” all people are created equally and in the image of God and are loved unconditionally by God regardless of sexuality; “Tikun Olam,” the practice of repairing the world; and “Hachnasat Orchim,” seeking ways to make the synagogue welcoming, inclusive and prepared to integrate LGBT Jews fully into synagogue life.

“The idea of reflecting on our openness: It’s kind of taking account of your relationship with God and yourself,” Tausig said.

“People might have subconscious biases.

This would be a way for people to learn or ask questions. If they have biases, they may be able to change that.”

A special presentation will also be given by keynote speaker Joanna Ware, associate director of national programs for Keshet, a leading organization dedicated to working for the full equality and inclusion of LGBT Jews in all aspects of Jewish life.

Other workshop topics include: Creating LGBTQ Inclusive Space: Organization and Leadership Practice; Education: Welcoming and Inclusive Curricula and Programming; Weaving LGBTQ Sensitive Jewish Rituals into Congregational Spiritual Life; Welcoming Diversity in Early Childhood Classrooms; Straight Parents of LGBTQ Children: Fellowship and Resources; Synagogue Panelists Share Their Experiences, Challenges and Successes and more.

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ting two mice into a cage and seeing what would happen.”

The limitations of space and comfort ultimately proved to be a great adventure for the couple, who were able to indulge in one of their shared passions, home improvement and renovation.

The couple made several improvements and upgrades to the Fitler trinity while their home on Passyunk Square was being renovated. When the time came to move into the remodeled home, “the trinity sold in just three days,” Schmiechen said.

“It sold so fast, we only had two weeks to move out.”

After a brief stay at a friend’s apartment, the couple finally moved into their new home.

“It took about six years,” Lewis said.

“Then we needed to consolidate. And that was the big step for us.”

Lewis sold his car and his home on Kater Street, completely merging lives with Schmiechen.

The couple always thought they would

get married but didn’t really think about when, since it was not legal in Pennsylvania, Schmiechen said.

They were in California when they heard the news of the marriage ban being lifted in the Keystone State.

“We called our minister at St. Mark’s as soon as we got back,” Lewis said.

Faith had long been a part of Schmiechen’s life — there are several ministers in his family — and he is actively involved in church life, but according to Lewis, “Faith was not really a part of my life before I met John. I grew up Presbyterian, but wasn’t practicing.

I think he brought that spiritual aspect back into my life. I didn’t even realize I was missing it,” Lewis said.

Faith in God and in one another has been a binding element in their relationship.

“When one of us ‘falls,’ the other is there to ‘catch’ us,” Lewis said.

Following the ceremony at St. Mark’s, a reception was held at Estia restaurant. The couple honeymooned on a Viking River Cruise in Europe. n

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Shopping small-biz Saturday in the Gayborhood makes good sense

By Scott A. Drake scott@epgn.com Black Friday, Cyber Monday and now stores opening on Thanksgiving are getting the lion’s share of the press, so it’s good to be reminded that this is the fifth year for Small Business Saturday — a special day that is supposed to encourage people to shop at small, local businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

All of that aside, there are plenty of LGBT-owned or LGBT-run businesses in the Gayborhood, and it makes good sense to shop small for a variety of reasons. A primary reason, of course, is how much money stays in the community. It is estimated that 55 percent of dollars spent locally stay local, unlike box-store chains and Amazon, where the bulk goes to fat-cat corporations.

PAT @ Giovanni’s Room manager Alan Chelak offered a broader assessment.

“It gives the small locally owned independent businesses a chance to say, ‘Hey, you know that crazy stuff that happens on Black Friday? We’re different from that,’” said Chelak. “Come out and support locally what’s happening in your neighborhood because it’s good for everybody. A person can get anything they want off the Internet but there’s nothing fun about that. Shopping is a

cultural experience that brings people together, so if you’re not coming into stores and shopping, you’re missing out on a part of that culture.”

PAT @ Giovanni’s Room is also having a first-time storewide sale that Saturday. They have had 20-percent off clothes or 20-percent off used books at times, but that day they will have 20 percent off everything in the store.

Chelak said there’s one other big reason to shop there.

“When you shop here at Philly AIDS Thrift at Giovanni’s Room, all of the proceeds that we make are going to help people.”

PAT recently announced that sometime after the first of the year ,it will top the $1-million dollar mark for donations to HIV/AIDS agencies.

Just a few doors down from PAT @ GR is Janus On Pine.

Janus has an eclectic assortment of one-of-a-kind art, antiques and hand-selected items. Proprietor Maria DiElsi said there is something for everyone, and most of it you won’t find in large stores or on the Internet.

“I specialize in vintage and I have some antique home furnishings and a gallery,” DiElsi said. “Right now, I have a collection of engravings and wood blocks all priced very reasonably. And I mix new things in with the vintage things

so there are some beautiful, beautiful linens and wonderful, whimsical giant coffee mugs.”

Steve Duross at Duross & Langel (117 S. 13th St.) noted that, for small businesses, every shopping day is important.

“We’re a local Philadelphia company,” Duross said, “and we manufacture our own stuff, so small-business Saturday is every day here at Duross & Langel.”

Their hand-made soaps and lotions will tempt your eye, nose and wallet if you’re looking for a nice personal-care item.

Other Gayborhood businesses up and down 12th and 13th streets include Absolute Abstract, Danny’s, Go Popcorn Company, I. Goldberg, Kitchenette, Open House, Paper on Pine, Spruce Street Video and Verdi. All of them see a large number of LGBT shoppers during the holidays, likely due to the proximity to the gay bars and restaurants.

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Creep of the Week

D’Anne Witkowski

Jeffrey Sutton and Deborah Cook

Editorial

Putting companies to the test In school, we all dreaded the mid- and end-of-year exams: the opportunity to show how much information we did, or didn’t, absorb from our lessons. Many parents and educators alike, too, caution against “teaching for the test,” or placing so much value on a numerical score, when the focus should be on the practical application of the content. However, outside the classroom, the value of a score — combined with real-life lessons gleaned from it — can have a significant impact.

For example, this week the Human Rights Campaign released its annual Corporate Equality Index, rating businesses across the country on the LGBTfriendliness and inclusiveness of their policies and programs. About a third of the Pennsylvania companies that were rated received a perfect score, including four in Philadelphia (up from three last year).

The number of participating corporations nationwide has been on the rise each year, demonstrating that businesses want to be scored and ranked. A commitment to LGBT equality is largely becoming thought of as a good business principle, so corporations are increasingly working toward that goal, with the CEI as a benchmark to track their progress. And the progress has been substantial. Locally, several companies that had sub-par scores several years ago have revamped or instated new policies as a result, leading to higher scores each successive year.

But, just like grade-school testing, the focus shouldn’t just be on the numbers, but rather what they represent. When a company’s score jumps from a 20 to a 50, that means that there are that many more LGBT-friendly or inclusive policies in place at the corporation. From nondiscrimination to insurance benefits to staff training, the greater the score means the greater the chance that LGBT workers are being treated fairly and equally in their day-to-day work. When policies are in place, and enforced from the top down, it lends more credence and credibility to the spirit behind them; with a corporation backing LGBT equality, it becomes less acceptable for workers to espouse anti-LGBT attitudes, thus creating safer, more productive working environments.

Skeptics may say that some companies are solely looking to enhance their scores for public-relations reasons, as growing societal acceptance for LGBT people means less consumer tolerance for anti-LGBT companies. While the all-important dollar may be a factor in some businesses’ aims of a higher CEI score, the significance of the motivating factors pales in comparison to the impact of the end result.

While testing and scoring may not be the most effective way to effect change, bringing internal policies to public light and encouraging discourse about them is clearly having results. n

I was driving home after picking up my son from school when I heard the news that the Sixth Circuit Court had upheld the antigay marriage bans in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. It felt like a punch in the gut.

I looked in the rearview mirror at my 5-year-old boy and thought, Well, it’ll be at least a couple of more years now before you have two legal parents.

Of course I didn’t say this out loud. As far as he is concerned, he has two parents.

Two moms, to be specific.

But only one of us is legally recognized since Michigan, the state we live in, doesn’t recognize me and my wife as legally married (we are and have the documents from San Diego to prove it), and thus we are not allowed to adopt jointly as a couple. Thus, according to the state of Michigan, and just affirmed by the Sixth Circuit, I’m just some stranger who lives with a woman and her son.

Considering this legal-parent limbo was just the issue that prompted the plaintiffs in the Michigan marriage case, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, to file suit in the first place, the Sixth Circuit ruling is especially galling.

The majority opinion by Judges Deborah Cook and Jeffrey Sutton asserts that the antigay marriage side is ultimately going to be the losing side in this battle.

Which I believe to be true. But in the opinion, written by Sutton, he goes on to say that the decision to let same-sex couples get legally married should be left up to the people, not to judges.

When addressing whether antigay marriage laws were inspired by animus (aka hostility toward icky gays), Sutton wrote, “Animus? Hardly! Who can blame all of these decent people for thinking that bull dykes and fags were going to use the courts to take marriage away from heterosexuals forever?” (I’m paraphrasing a little bit.)

And at the end of his ruling, he paints a fantastical picture of a world where gays and straights assemble on a hilltop together and sing, “I’d like to buy the world a Coke.”

Which, of course, leads me to point out that civil rights should not be subject to

popular vote. But to Sutton, the issue of civil rights doesn’t seem to register. In fact, he doesn’t seem to notice that there are people involved in these matters at all.

Personally, I’m a little in love with Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey, who wrote a scathing dissent to the majority opinion.

“Instead of recognizing the plaintiffs as persons, suffering actual harm as a result of being denied the right to marry where they reside or the right to have their valid marriages recognized there, my colleagues [Sutton and Cook] view the plaintiffs as social activists who have somehow stumbled into federal court, inadvisably, when they should be out campaigning to win ‘the hearts and minds’ of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee voters to their cause.”

In other words, Daughtrey understands that there are real people being harmed by discriminatory laws here and dismisses Sutton’s claim that homos who want to marry should be campaigning (aka “begging”) their neighbors to let them.

Daughtrey goes on to destroy the totally bullshit reasoning of the majority. So much of the antigay argument rests on hypothetical harm done to hypothetical children by hypothetical homosexuals. But the real harm being done to real children by real heterosexual couples is ignored.

And while the Sixth Circuit ruling means that the Supreme Court will finally settle the matter, families like mine are left in an unprotected limbo. And it sucks. n

When addressing whether antigay marriage laws were inspired by animus (aka hostility toward icky gays), Sutton wrote, “Animus? Hardly!

Who can blame all of these decent people for thinking that bull dykes and fags were going to use the courts to take marriage away from heterosexuals forever?” (I’m paraphrasing a little bit.)

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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A lesson from our youth Like many people in my position, I get it surprised me that an overwhelming numnumerous requests for speaking engageber of people had signed up for my LGBT ments. Since my time is limited, I choose history talk, almost a full auditorium. They them carefully, especially since I do not not only had done their research on me enrich myself by taking a fee. If I’m but on LGBT history itself, and they were offered an honorarium, my request is that ready with questions. Anyone who knows it be donated to an LGBT nonme knows that our mutual hisprofit. Top on my list is PFLAG tory is a passion of mine and (that’s an emotional attachment, I’ve been disappointed that our since my mother and father community does not know, or were in one of the first such at times does not care, much groups). And then there are stuabout it. But this younger gendent groups, including colleges eration? Wow. They are eager and universities, since the first and excited about our history. organization I founded was It was a delightful surprise.

New York’s Gay Youth in 1969.

But my favorite question And, of course, West Chester was not about history.

University holds a place in my A woman stood and said, heart; after all, they gave me a “I’m a pansexual. Why are lifetime-achievement award. we not included in ‘LGBT’?”

So last weekend saw me This led to a discussion with speaking at the New Jersey her and another woman who Gay Straight Alliance State as a bisexual.

Mark Segal self-identified Convention, somewhere in the After that, I noticed that I had middle of the Garden State. a white board behind me, so I When I arrived, I was not prepared for all wrote in large letters “LGBT” and asked the buses in the parking lot and the standwhat else should be included. Here’s what ing-room-only crowd. we got: LGBTQQIIOOMPA. I believe that The plan called for me to deliver the answers the question. And this was from keynote address at the opening session, and hundreds of mostly 13-18-year-olds. they also requested I follow that up with It really gives you faith for our commua session on LGBT history. I expected the nity’s future. n opening event would be well-attended and the LGBT history talk small, since most in Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the our community really haven’t taken note of nation’s most-award-winning commenthe history and the people who have gottator in LGBT media. You can follow ten us so far so fast on this road to equalhim on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ ity. They seem to only be interested in the MarkSegalPGN or Twitter at https://twitter. issue du jour. com/PhilaGayNews.

The keynote was well-received, but then

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Street Talk What should Gov.-elect Wolf's priority be for the LGBT community?

"Get a hatecrimes law passed. The law won't stop all the violence.

It's not the end-all and be-all, but it's an important Ruth Darlington first step. A animal-rights hate-crimes advocate law will raise Gayborhood awareness that there's a problem.

That [awareness] builds momentum and adds strength to the movement to stop the violence."

"Push for a statewide LGBT civilrights bill. I have a gay brother. He's gay and proud. I don't see why he Nick Pilla shouldn't student have the Washington Square same rights West that I have.

Wolf should talk to state legislators to drum up support.

He'd just be doing his job."

"Increased funding for education.

Education is an LGBT issue.

The more educated people are, the more Tabb Sullivan socially research scientist aware they Upper Darby are. The amount of funding that Corbett slashed was terrible, but I'm optimistic that Wolf will restore some of the funding."

"Create a mechanism to promote healing in the community. A lot of damage was done by the prior [Corbett] Christopher administraWestlund tion. Wolf operations director has a lot of South Philadelphia healing to do. He can start by creating an LGBT website and a liaison that will hear our needs. I consider myself a member of the LGBT community as a straight ally."

Dr. John Barbieri

AIDS and Ebola: Fighting the silence As the attention around Ebola virus disease (EVD) continues to hold — at least for now — AIDS activists are helping to draw important social and political parallels between the current Ebola outbreak and the history of the HIV pandemic.

The history of HIV has explicitly demonstrated how social, economic and health-care injustices drive epidemics, and particularly how these factors are compounded by racial/ethnic inequalities.

Perhaps the most pernicious illustration of this is how various criminalization efforts — the “war on drugs,” targeting of sex workers, detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants, criminalizing HIV transmission, anti-homosexuality laws and more — are disproportionately enforced against minority communities of color here and around the world, and how

these efforts serve to fuel the epidemic, increase stigma and (attempt to) silence voices within these communities.

And so, while fear and paranoia about Ebola seem to permeate public conversations, and while media outlets and politicians attempt to exploit this to their ends, what seems to get overlooked is the blatant truth that Ebola is an illness that is right now predominantly experienced — in all its complexity — by people of color in three particular countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. As of Oct. 25, of the 10,141 cases of this Ebola outbreak reported, 99.7 percent of the cases are from these three countries.

However, it is not enough to just outline these three countries in broad terms; rather, we must really appreciate that Ebola is an illness that hits individual communities

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and families — where caregivers contract it as they try to provide care and respite to their ill loved ones; and where health workers contract it for trying to do their job, often without adequate resources and support.

As is often the case, the stories of these people and communities tend to get ignored when it is about “those ‘other’ people over ‘there.’” The focus tends to be one-sidedly on how we need to contain, control and eliminate Ebola. But what gets less focus is that there are real people and real communities — with their own hopes, fears and desires — living (and dying) with Ebola. We need to listen to these voices and act together in solidarity with them — not react to/for them.

On the other hand, the attention given to the Ebola cases here in the United States

has quickly divulged to politicized personal blame and stigmatization. It is quite horrifying to see how otherwise-anonymous people are made into personal objects for media outlets, government officials and the public at large to scrutinize and often to vilify. It brings to mind the early days of the AIDS crisis when people with AIDS were routinely and publicly blamed, shunned and made into scapegoats. To put it plainly, this blaming and shaming is an exclusionary act of social and political violence.

So we should be enraged to hear accounts, often tinged with racism, which vilify and condemn Thomas Eric Duncan.

As the history of AIDS reminds us, it ultimately is not Ebola that silences Duncan’s life and legacy, but rather it is the violence inherent in governmenPAGE 20

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The second wave My friends are getting sick and dying, again. Thirty years ago there was a sudden, unexpected onslaught of the same thing. Back then it was AIDS. Friends got sick and were gone in a matter of days or weeks. It went on for months and years. Eventually the dying almost stopped, but it left so many of us with physical and emotional damage. It did not seem to be, it could not have been, part of the natural progression.

The second wave is hitting now: one more funeral, one more memorial after another.

Should this wave seem more natural? It doesn’t. Instead of PCP, KS, MAC and TOXO, now it is diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s and simply old age. This time it includes not only young friends and members of our families of choice, but our biological Ed families, contemporaries, work colleagues and on and on.

Are we just at that age, the “normal” age, when we should be dealing with loss and sorrow? How do we cope?

Does AIDS post-traumatic stress make it more difficult for us to deal with the biological consequences of aging?

The medical scientists can tell us what to expect in our decades of aging: which diseases will probably attack us in our 50s, then in our 60s and on up.

They can give us pills to ward off some of them, mask some of the symptoms, or even cure some of the illnesses. But sometimes these treatments are more like wars, almost worse than the effects of the disease.

There is always prevention. If we live healthfully, exercise, eat right and reduce stress, we can ward off many of the effects — and diseases associated with aging. Some of this is under our own control. But we cannot control everything going on around us. We will have to deal with many types of loss and cope with the related grief, sorrow, loneliness, fear, anxiety and depression.

As LGBT older adults, having experienced so much loss decades ago, are we better able to cope now? Or are we even more vulnerable? Do lifetimes of stigma and discrimination make it more difficult for us to grieve and cope with loss, whether it is physical or emotional?

We know the statistics about our LGBT families of choice and our different social, emotional and financial support structures. We know that they can impact how we cope with loss, how we grieve and if and how we move on.

The AIDS epidemic, the LGBT-rights movement, marriage equality, increased social acceptance and anti-discrimina-

tion legislation have all contributed to change the environment and context in which LGBT people can experience and cope with grief and loss. In the ’80s and ’90s, the closet was no comfort zone for grief. In the past, in the closet, in the darkest days of stigma about AIDS and anti-LGBT discrimination, we could not share the burden of grief openly, healthfully. The weight of that closet door is gone for many of us, opening us up to support when we suffer losses and need to grieve, cope and move on.

Despite the social progress, older LGBT adults are still at significant risk for becoming socially isolated — the lack of contact, communication and relationships with others. Social isolation, with its negative physical and emotional health consequences, makes it almost impossible Bomba to cope. And coping alone, whether because of the closet or social isolation, makes the process of grief and loss all the more difficult, complicated and painful.

Experiencing loss in life is inevitable, but there are things that we can do to more effectively cope: get involved; stay connected; build networks; share.

These are not easy answers or simple solutions. Coping with loss, experiencing the grieving process and searching for the possibility of a brighter future is a journey. There are many paths that that journey can take. On Dec. 6, the LGBT Elder Initiative will host a Conversation titled “Grief, Loss & Possibility” at the University of Pennsylvania LGBT Center. The program will explore the facets and phases of grief and loss, techniques for coping and opportunities for sharing and connecting.

We all experience grief and loss at some point in our lives. Coping with this second wave, healthfully, in a safe and supportive community environment, can make the journey easier and the future unexpectedly brighter. For more information about “Grief, Loss & Possibility,” contact the LGBTEI at 267-546-3448 or info@lgbtei.org. n

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Ed Bomba is a volunteer with the LGBT Elder Initiative. The LGBTEI, headquartered in Philadelphia, fosters and advocates for services, resources and institutions that are competent, culturally sensitive, inclusive and responsive to the needs of LGBT elders in the Delaware Valley and beyond. To comment on this article, suggest topics for future articles or for more information, visit www.lgbtei.org or call the LGBTEI at 267-546-3448 and watch for “Gettin’ On” each month in PGN.

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Holiday hazards ’Tis the season for food, family and festivities! Unfortunately, even our pets can overindulge and earn themselves a spot on the naughty list and a trip to the vet. Here are some tips to help you keep your furry family members healthy for the holidays.

pain and depression.

Poinsettias can cause an upset stomach but, contrary to popular belief, cannot cause significant toxicity. The leaves are very bitter and after one bite, most dogs and cats lose interest. The poisonous poinsettia myth arose in 1919 after a toddler’s death was mistakenly attributed to eating poinsettia. There have been numerous studies over the years that have failed to find any toxic component, and there have been no other human or animal deaths reported.

Although they are more common around Easter, lilies can be found in holiday floral arrangements. All species of lily can cause acute kidney failure as well as GI upset in cats.

All parts of the plant are toxic, including the pollen. I recommend keeping lilies out of any home with cats.

Food Most people know that chocolate can be toxic to dogs. In general, darker chocolate is more toxic as it contains more cocoa but even milk chocolate can be deadly if enough is ingested.

Depending on the dose, it can trigger vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, heart arrhythmias, seizures and death. So be sure to move that bowl of chocolate kisses off of the coffee table.

Growing up, my family’s black lab loved to get into the garbage during the holidays. I guess you could say it was his cornucopia. Turkey carcasses have cooked bones that can hazards Dr. Nicolas Rose Other Tinsel and ribbon are cat splinter and puncture the esophfavorites, and can make for agus and stomach, leading to adorable photos. But they can become narrowing of the esophagus or life threatanchored under the tongue or in the stomening abdominal infections. All animal ach and cause vomiting, decreased appetite bones have the potential to get stuck in and abdominal pain. Without surgery, the the back of the throat and cause choking. foreign material eventually cuts through Eating scraps of fat and skin can trigger pancreatitis. Signs include a poor appetite, the intestines, resulting in a life-threatening abdominal infection. If you see your vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, and treatment usually requires hospitaliza- cat chewing on tinsel or ribbon, it’s best to tion. With treatment, most animals recover take it away and put it out of reach.

Rock salt and other ice-melting products but many have relapses, and pancreatitis used on sidewalks can cause paw burns. can be fatal. The bottom line is to be sure When tracked indoors on shoes, ice melts to keep the garbage secured or take it out.

Onions, garlic, shallots, leeks, ramps, can be ingested and cause oral burns. scallions and chives are toxic to both dogs Common signs include excessive drooling, and cats. Even onion/garlic powder in food depression and vomiting. “Pet-friendly” can be problematic. It can cause damage de-icing products are safer but can still to red blood cells, resulting in a hemolytic cause some skin irritation with prolonged anemia. Typically, the anemia is dose-decontact or vomiting if swallowed.

Antifreeze has a sweet taste (or so I’ve pendent so small amounts shouldn’t be life-threatening but should still be avoided. heard) and can be appealing to animals.

Macadamia nuts can cause hind-limb Even small doses of the active ingredient, paralysis, stumbling and fever in dogs. ethylene glycol, can be extremely toxic While scary, this is temporary and not to all mammals. Within 12 hours, animals life-threatening. Other nuts have the poten- appear inebriated, develop increased thirst tial to get stuck in the intestines and cause and urination and can have seizures. Two an obstruction if swallowed whole. to three days after ingestion, they develop Grapes and raisins can cause acute kiddepression, vomiting and acute, irreversney failure in some dogs. The exact mech- ible kidney failure as crystals form within anism isn’t yet understood and there’s no the kidneys. Keep antifreeze locked up and way to determine which dogs are immune don’t use it on sidewalks.

If you believe your pet has ingested a to their effects. Feeding grapes or raisins to your dog as a test is not recommended. potential toxin, please call us at 215-627So now you have a good excuse to re-gift 5955 or call the ASPCA Poison Control that fruitcake and get it out of the house!

Hotline at 888-426-4435. The ASPCA has an extensive database of animal toxins. For a $65 fee, their toxicologists will consult Plants with us to provide optimal treatment for The plastic variety of mistletoe is more your pet. common nowadays, but the real plant, if ingested, can cause gastrointestinal irrita Have a safe and happy holiday season! n tion and, rarely, cardiac arrhythmias.

Most types of Christmas-tree needles Dr. Nicolas Rose is an associate veterinarcan be problematic if ingested. The most ian at Society Hill Veterinary Hospital. For common signs after ingestion of the neemore information, visit www.societyhilldles are vomiting, anorexia, abdominal vets.com or call 215-627-5955.

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Dog legend reflects on best-in-show business

By Ryan Kasley ryan@epgn.com Based on the National Dog Show and infamous Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the movie “Best in Show” took us inside the dog world for the first time. We laughed in disbelief at how seriously the characters — comic exaggerations of reallife people in the sport — took themselves and their dogs.

Some of the most memorable quotes come from banter between fictional show co-hosts Buck Laughlin and Trevor Beckwith.

Laughlin provided hilarious color commentary offset by Beckwith’s dryer expert knowledge of the dogs. Beckwith might be one of the movie’s characters that actually comes close to an “accurate” portrayal of his real-life counterpart, David Frei.

Frei has been in the dog world since he accepted a position at the American Kennel Club in 1990 and in that same year began hosting the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. He has been co-host of the National Dog Show since its inception in 2002, and director of communications for Westminster since 2003.

While not involved in the movie’s production, Frei acknowledged that the Beckwith character was based on him.

“I think they needed someone that was a little drier to counter Buck’s antics, and that guy was me,” he said.

The comedic tension is palpable at points in the movie, when Beckwith is stopped in his tracks by Laughlin’s one-liners: Laughlin: “I don’t think I could ever get used to being poked and prodded like that.

I told my proctologist one time, ‘Why don’t you take me out to dinner and a movie sometime?’”

Beckwith: “Yes, I remember you said that last year.”

“Every once in a while my co-host, Gary Giola, would say something and make me hesitate and smile for a moment. They took those, and they ended up being some of the funniest moments in the film,” Frei said.

Beyond the film’s comedic portrayal of himself and his colleagues, Frei is thankful that it finally introduced the sport to the mainstream.

“Before the movie, we didn’t know how the outside world looked at us — dogs and people running around on green carpet,” he said. “But then we were very pleased when we saw it. They didn’t make fun of the dogs or the show — they were very true to those — but they did make fun of the people.

“We are a pretty targetable audience,” Frei admitted. “They were pretty spot-on in a number of ways. We laughed at it, and it lives on.”

The hit movie also helped draw people to the sport and led to increased viewership of the Westminster show, and eventually to the creation of the National Dog Show.

“It did a lot for the telecast for Westminster “It’s pretty much the same show every and the National Dog Show. It actually led year, we just have different players,” Frei to the creation of the National Dog Show,” said. “Depending on who comes, and the Frei said. judges that come, you end up with a difFrei estimates that more 20-million peo- ferent dog winning best-in-show. The other ple watched the broadcast of the National things are the new breeds. We do a good job Dog Show last year, of showing those off to which takes place in people. We have probearly November and is ably had 20-25 new shown on Thanksgiving breeds since 2002.”

Day. Part of the show’s Thanks to its prime continuing success is television slot, Frei has what Frei calls “the become a much-loved alma-mater factor.” staple in American “I think they watch homes over the years. it for the competition, His rise in popusure; they want to see larity enabled him to who will win. And start his charity, “Angel to see all the differon a Leash,” a theraent breeds. But I also py-dog program based DAVID FREI WITH NEW BREEDS think they watch it for COTON DE TULEARS the alma-mater facin Staten Island, with Photo: Steve Surfman tor. I have a Brittany health-care facilities around the country.

Cavalier, Grace. If you One of their partners is the Staten Island see the Brittany you are going to root for LGBT Center, through which they run a the Brittany and say to yourself, ‘Maybe we therapy-dog training program for puppies. could do that, Grace?’”

“We have a lot of people from the LGBT While it might be hard for Frei to imagine community in the dog-show world,” Frei a world without dogs in his life, he says his said. first dog was a surprise.

And he is proud of the dog-show com“I didn’t have any dogs growing up. It munity for its early advocacy work with the actually wasn’t until college that a girl I was LGBT community, of which he was infor- dating brought home an Afghan Hound. mally a part.

The girl left three weeks later, but I still “There was a charity created 25 years had the dog,” he adding jokingly. “But it ago called Take the Lead to provide sup- all led to good things. I found marriage in port for people who had major diseases, but the dog-show world. I am truly blessed. So it was really for our friends with AIDS,” many things have come to me because of he said. “I think we have given over $3 my involvement with dogs.” million, helping our friends that may not Frei currently lives with his wife, have the means to take care of themselves. Cherilyn, in New York City.

I think that brings our world a little closer The National Dog Show will be broadcast to theirs.” at noon Nov. 27 in all time zones on NBC. These charities “have brought us a lot of For more information on Angel on a new friends,” Frei said.

Leash, visit www.angelonaleash.com. To Over the years, the show has remained learn more about the National Dog Show, relatively unchanged. visit www.nds.nationaldogshow.com. n

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Saving Winston: A tail of rescue, recovery

ACCT Philly opens new adoption center

A year ago this month, a local couple took a chance and rescued a dog who was on the brink of death. From rags to riches, this is Winston’s story.

Animal Care & Control Team of Philadelphia (ACCT Philly) and PetSmart Charities recently opened its new PetSmart Charities Everyday Adoption Center in Plymouth Meeting, with an increased capacity to help homeless pets in the Philadelphia area to find loving homes.

Amelia Dorminy, communications and development specialist for ACCT Philly, said the new adoption center has already found homes for 128 pets since it opened in September. She said she believes more people these days are turning to adoption centers to look for potential pets instead of other options.

“I think a lot of it is because shelters are getting smarter about marketing themselves and spreading the word,” she said.

“So I think people want to save a life and they are doing the right thing.”

With adoption centers getting more attention from potential pet owners, Dorminy said that people sometimes come in with misconceptions about the adoption process and the kinds of pets that are looking for homes.

“People think there is something inherently wrong with a shelter pet, which isn’t true,” she said. “As far as the process, they think it’s going to take a really long time and require a lot of paperwork, which may be true for some rescues but not ACCT and not at our new Everyday Adoption Center. You can come in and you just need an ID and proof of address and you can take home a pet the same day.

It’s pretty painless. We help you find a good fit. We’re not going to judge you. We want to help.”

Dorminy added that interested pet own-

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Dave Pasbrig was walking his dog, Charlie, along 13th Street near Ridge Street in the Loft District of Philadelphia one evening when he saw something unusual.

“I saw something move in a gutter out of the corner of my eye,” Pasbrig said. “I went over to check it out, and I was shocked by what I saw.”

Pasbrig found a small white Bichon Frise-mix covered in trash and leaves, halfway in the gutter. He called his partner, Joe Marra, right away.

Marra arrived and carefully lifted the dog, whom they later named Winston, off the street, insisting that they take him home with them.

“He was all bloody from head to toe,” Marra said. “He was bleeding from his ears and other parts of his body. His hair was matted with blood.”

At home, Marra gently cleaned Winston.

“I had to be careful,” he recalled. “I knew he had serious injuries, but I needed to get the blood off him.”

“He was either run over by a car and crawled to the curb,” Pasbrig said, “or he was abused and left to die.”

Marra and Pasbrig gave Winston a bath, and then consulted a mutual friend, Alex Collada, a veterinarian at Pitman Animal Hospital in Pitman, N.J. The next day, Collada was able to fully assess Winston.

The prognosis did not look good.

According to Collada, Winston had a spiral fracture to his leg, a ruptured eardrum and nerve damage to his face. It was recommended that he be put down.

Marra and Pasbrig were not necessarily looking to add another dog to their family, but things changed the night after the vet visit.

“Dave and I were getting ready for bed.

Winston was downstairs because he was still in shock and not sure what was happening,” Marra said. “But then he surprised us both when he started walking up the stairs, dragging his bad leg, just to be with us.”

The couple couldn’t resist and decided to keep Winston.

Winston then underwent surgery to amputate his bad rear leg, and was on heavy medication for several weeks afterward to ease the pain.

Once Winston was healthy again, Marra brought him to his hair salon in Rittenhouse Square to help Winston feel fabulous again.

Lucky for Winston, Salon Bass is not just any ordinary salon. It was recently named

by Allure magazine as the top salon in Philadelphia.

“I gave Winston the five-star treatment,” Marra said. “He looks even more adorable now.”

Looking and feeling his best, Winston quickly settled into a good life with Marra and Pasbrig.

For only having three legs, Winston is surprisingly active. He enjoys walks with his brother Charlie and occasionally entertaining clients at Salon Bass.

He even has his own Instagram account, @win3ton.

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a cryobank lab director, Michelle Ottey

By Jen Colletta jen@epgn.com While most of Michelle Ottey’s day is spent sitting behind a computer in her office, hers is about as far from the average desk job that you can get.

Ottey is the lab director for Fairfax Cryobank. The sperm bank — which was founded in 1986 and is part of the Genetics and IVF Institute — is headquartered in Fairfax, Va. In her role, Ottey oversees the labs in all six of the company’s locations, stretching from Texas to the Philadelphia location at 34th and Market.

Ottey, 38, is responsible for everything from staff training to compliance to community outreach for the company, which banks sperm for women and couples seeking to start families and for those experiencing infertility or other complications.

When sperm banking started, Ottey explained, the industry was focused on heterosexual couples struggling to get pregnant, but Fairfax’s client base has since shifted.

“The majority of our clients are either single women who haven’t partnered but who are ready to do this or lesbian couples,” she said.

Fairfax also works with “known” donors.

In addition to heterosexual couples experiencing infertility, Fairfax sees same-sex couples who want to use sperm of a friend or relative. They also work with transgender people who want to bank their sperm prior to transition in case they want a genetic child in the future, and have seen patients who bank in case of risk from treatments such as chemotherapy. Police, firefighters and others in high-risk positions have also banked with them, as have military members.

“There’s obviously been a lot going on in the country over the years, with military being sent all over, so we offer a discounted banking program for military where they can have a year of free storage,” Ottey said.

“And we have had successes of people being able to have children after their partner has been killed in action.”

For women seeking an unknown donor, they do so largely through an extensive online catalog, where they’re provided a wealth of non-identifying background details on the donors.

“You see so much information. From baby photos to essays the donors wrote to down to when their mother went gray. You can find out so much,” Ottey said. “Some people call our client-services department and walk through it with them on who to pick and other times they do it with friends, opening up a bottle of wine and saying, ‘Which do you like?’”

Adult photos of the donors are not supplied, but Fairfax employs a program called Face Match, where clients can upload a picture and see which donors resemble that photo.

“It’s based on a system the FBI developed for facial recognition,” Ottey said. “It

matches something like 40 points on the face. It’s not going to tell you that someone looks like Bradley Cooper or something, but it will tell you who might resemble the person whose photo you uploaded based on facial structures.”

Within a week of the technology being implemented, clients had uploaded thousands of photos, Ottey said.

Price for the sperm varies — according to the brand (Fairfax or Cryogenic Laboratories, Inc.), method of preparation and whether or not the clients want a completely anonymous donor or an ID-optional one, where the resultant child can search for the donor once he or she turns 18 — with one vial ranging from $300-$700.

Clients are advised to order several vials, as the first attempt usually only has a 20-percent success rate, and in case they may want a biological sibling for their child in the future.

The sperm is stored at the Virginia headquarters and can be sent to an individual clinician or to the local Fairfax office for client pickup.

Ordering multiple vials can get expensive but, Ottey noted, the price is understandable when you examine the work that goes into getting the specimen ready.

Unlike popular conceptions of sperm banks as hubs for starving college students to make some quick cash, Fairfax employs a rigorous donor-screening process.

Donors, who must be between 18-39, start by completing a short online application and, if they meet the initial criteria, they then fill out the medial application, which includes a three-generation family history, or four generations if the potential donor has his own kids, which about 20 percent do.

Then, the applicant comes in to provide a semen specimen, delivered in the highly

sterile collection room that Ottey joked surprises some, who might expect pornography to be hanging on the walls. Such materials are instead kept in a closed drawer, and donors are encouraged to bring tablets or other personal collections for their viewing pleasure.

The lab staff examines three or four separate specimens to ensure it’s healthy and can survive the freeze-thaw process.

Ottey noted that Fairfax’s screening standard is above that of the World Health Organization’s baseline, as they’re looking for sperm with a high count and high motility to ensure they’re selling a good product.

If the applicant’s sample is deemed acceptable, he undergoes blood and genetic testing, a physical and interview before being admitted into the program.

Fairfax has between 150-200 donors actively participating at any given time, about 60 percent of whom are 21-29, 20 percent under 21 and 20 percent over 30.

The donors usually spend anywhere from six months to two years in the program.

Donors can be compensated up to about $4,000 every six months.

While the money is the biggest draw for the donors, Ottey said, that’s often not the only motivator.

“I did a survey last year and had over 200 current and past donors respond and we asked their motivation. Compensation was number-one but number-two was that they had a personal connection. More than 50 percent of the guys said this,” Ottey said.

“They knew someone who had a miscarriage or knew a couple dealing with male infertility or had gay friends. I thought that was amazing. Infertility is almost taboo.

It’s very private, very emotional, but it’s such an important topic that touches so many people’s lives. It’s a shame it’s not talked about more, but it’s great that so

many of our donors cited that personal reason. There is altruism, a sense that they want to help.”

Fairfax was recently featured on a CNN special by Lisa Ling on sperm banking.

The company randomly selected a donor to offer up as a source and his story, Ottey said, exemplified the factors that bring many men to their door.

“He and his wife had recently had a child and wanted to buy a house but it’s hard in this environment to make money and save so he was looking for extra work but didn’t want to be away from his newborn. So he thought, ‘Maybe I’ll do sperm banking. I know it works.’ But they were a little hesitant until a friend came to them and said that he and his wife were having problems getting pregnant and were going to have to use a donor. And they saw that as a sign so he applied and made it in. He was picked randomly for the interview but he was that perfect story of needing the compensation but also having that personal connection.”

It is her own personal connection that she is able to make with the donors and clients, Ottey said, that initially drew her to Fairfax.

Ottey, a Philadelphia native, completed her undergraduate work at Rosemont College and went on to earn a Ph.D. in genetics from Jefferson University. She did her post-doc at University of Pennsylvania.

“I was doing benchwork research, which is great but it’s just not for me. I’m definitely a person who needs more social interaction at my job and I’m really drawn to things where I can be in science but also get into managing and administrative work,” she said.

A lab supervisor position at Fairfax arose in 2006, for which Ottey was selected. She went on to take additional professional development and education courses, and was certified as a High Complexity Clinical Lab Director, allowing her to move up to her current position.

She works out of Fairfax’s Philly office but, because of the nationwide nature of the company, spends a lot of time virtually meeting with the site managers and lab directors at the other sites, through conference calls and video chats.

Just like Fairfax’s operations, Ottey’s responsibilities run the gamut.

She oversees proficiency and training, making sure the staff’s technical skills stay fresh and qualifying site managers as technical supervisors. She works closely with the compliance officer to ensure all operations are within regulations, and writes and reviews protocols. She oversees site managers’ projects and undertakes data analysis, research — such as on different pH papers to grade the pH in patient samples on the day of PGN’s visit — and administrative projects like revamping the donor program’s application process.

“I wear a lot of hats, so it’s pretty hard to get bored,” Ottey said.

She also does company outreach, frequently speaking at educational conferences and panels, such as at the recent

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Philadelphia Family Pride conference.

“That’s probably my favorite part of my job,” she said. “I love being able to do family-building events and being able to see how much the work we’re doing actually touches people’s lives. I got in touch with someone recently on Facebook who I was good friends with in college and it turns out she and her wife have a child from one of our donors. I find that part of the job so fulfilling.”

But, that’s not to say she doesn’t revel in the scientific aspect of the work.

Ottey said she was a self-proclaimed science nerd from childhood and cemented her desire to work in such a setting through an elementary-school program.

“I was a kid in the ’80s and went to Catholic grade school and it was really hard to be a girl interested in science. In the seventh grade, the Academy of Natural Sciences was having this after-school and summer program for kids who have the potential to go into the sciences. I really wanted to do it but my teacher was picking boys. I was so shy when I was a kid, but I volunteered and it was the best thing I could have done.”

Ottey and her classmates spent one or two afternoons during the school week, and three days during the summer, immersed in all things science, from field trips to studying fossils.

“I knew I wanted to do something in science. I just didn’t know what that meant,” she said. “In high school, I loved genetics when we covered it in biology. And in college, I thought pre-med, then maybe environmental science, then maybe even political science, doing something with medicine. I was all over the place and then junior year I took molecular genetics and, it’s so nerdy, but it was like a lightbulb just went off. I got it and I knew that’s what I wanted to do. So I went to grad school and did cell biology and molecular genetics.”

But, Ottey said, it’s not studying science, but rather sharing it, that motivates her.

“I love science but what I love about it most is talking to people outside of science. Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson are my heroes; I actually wrote about Bill Nye in my grad-school application. I don’t know why they let me in,” she laughed. “I studied andrology and male reproduction and I of course have worked on that in the lab but I get to take that to family-building events, to conferences. I don’t necessarily talk about the specifics of the science, but the donor screening, the eligibility determination, everything that goes into it. I love sharing with the public what we do

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here.”

Not everyone, however, is completely receptive to the work that Fairfax does.

Ottey said she has gotten mixed reactions when she explains to people what she does for a living.

“Some people are like, ‘Oh my God, that’s really cool. What is that like?’ and others say, ‘Um, I have to go get a drink,’” she said, noting she takes the responses in stride. “It’s interesting to see people’s responses and I’ve definitely gotten some funny questions. I have a sense of humor about it, but I also take it very seriously.

When I talk to people, I make it clear that we’re very professional. I care so much about our staff, and I want all of our donors to feel comfortable and safe.”

Another sometimes-challenging conver-

joking like, ‘Well I don’t see a ring on that finger.’ And then two days later, we were at home and I was like, ‘Our anniversary is a Saturday, we should really think about this.’”

When they drove to Delaware to pick up their marriage license, that’s when the meaning started to hit home, Ottey said.

“It didn’t really feel real until then.

During the ceremony, when the officiant said the part about, ‘I pronounce you, by the laws in Delaware and the United States …” everybody started cheering. It feels different now. And when I refer to my wife in conversations, people know what that means.”

Some friends joked that, given Ottey’s line of work, the next step after the wedding was a baby, but Ottey said she and her

sation Ottey faces is about her sexuality.

She came out in her senior year of college and said that, over the years, her own enhanced ease about her identity, coupled with changing perceptions about LGBT people, has aided the continuous coming-out process.

“It wasn’t easy for everyone I knew, I lost a couple friends over it and it was hard for family. But it’s a part of who I am, and I got to the point where I saw that if anyone can’t accept all of me then that’s their choice and that helped it become a lot easier over time, because coming out is something you have to do over and over,” she said. “I introduce my wife and then we kind of wait a second because you have to gauge the reaction and then keep going.”

Ottey and her wife have been together for 16 years.

They were joined in a commitment ceremony in 2002 and were married in Delaware this past spring, a decision that germinated from last summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal ban on same-sex marriage.

“We were both in meetings that day and just texting each other and crying and she was like, ‘Let’s just get married’ and I was

wife are “happy aunts” to their nieces and nephews and are not planning to take the baby step.

Criticism of same-sex parenting, however, is often used by LGBT opponents, which Ottey cited as one of the most difficult aspects of her work.

“There is a lot of controversy around what we do, and hearing arguments against what we do is challenging,” she said. “I try to maintain the personal-professional line but it does sometimes feel personal when I hear criticism, even if it’s not directed at us. To hear politicians use marriage equality and LGBT people having children as wedge issues, knowing the work that we

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do to build families and how wanted these children are, is challenging.”

While marriage-equality laws are rapidly changing, others that affect Ottey’s field of work still need progress. For instance, she said, the ban on blood donation by gay men also extends to sperm donation.

Gay men can be used as known donors for friends or family members, but are ineligible for the donor catalog, because of the FDA regulations.

Ottey has been in touch with and offered herself as an expert source for the Human Rights Campaign effort to revise the donation laws, and to a local Congressman who is interested in legislative efforts to do the same.

“There is no medical reason to exclude gay men from donating blood or sperm.

The testing technology we have is incredible, and the reason these regulations were used in the past are not relevant anymore.

It’s really challenging because I have that personal connection, plus it’s just the general human fairness of it all.”

But, Ottey said, that frustration is assuaged whenever she sees the individual impact Fairfax’s work has on its clients.

“Seeing these families being built, the wall of photos of these babies at our headquarters, reading the testimonials from couples who say they just welcomed their child and couldn’t have done it without Fairfax, that’s so heartwarming and fulfilling,” she said.

“And going to these events and taking people’s questions and seeing them realize that this is actually attainable, they can do this, is amazing. I think the younger generation may have grown up not thinking they couldn’t do this but people in their mid-30s, a lot of people who are at the age of wanting children, a lot didn’t grow up thinking this was ever going to be an option for us. So it’s so gratifying to be able to show people that it is.” n For more information about Fairfax Cryobank, visit www.fairfaxcryobank.com.

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were transcribed by PGN. But those transcripts were made from partial 911 tapes released shortly after Morris was killed.

The transcripts are missing key entries during the time periods when Morris sustained her head injury, when she lay dying in the street and when police were summoned to Jefferson University Hospital — where medical personnel believed Morris was an assault victim.

In November 2011, PAC members also were given numerous other documents in the D.A.’s Morris files, none of which was generated by police.

PAC members sent follow-up emails to the D.A.’s Office, asking if the agency was certain it didn’t have comprehensive 911 transmissions from the Morris incident.

In January 2012, the D.A.’s Office emailed a terse reply.

“We have ripped the entire file apart, yet again, and have found no 911 transcripts,” the e-mail stated. “[T]he PAC has viewed our entire file. The only thing removed from our file for the PAC’s review were the internal confidential legal memoranda amongst DAO personnel. We do not have [911] transcripts in our file.”

But the e-mail made no mention of police-generated Morris documents in the D.A.’s possession, nor whether a file containing those documents was searched.

In 2008, the D.A.’s Office provided some police-generated Morris documents to an earlier group of PAC members, but no 911 transmissions.

“Certain documents have been retained based on privilege, privacy and/or other grounds,” the agency explained in an April 11, 2008, letter to the PAC. The D.A.’s Office didn’t elaborate on the legal justification for withholding some police-generated Morris documents from the PAC. In 2009, PGN requested all complete 911 transmissions pertaining to the Morris incident from the D.A.’s Office.

Without confirming or denying whether it had a complete set of Morris 911 transmissions, the D.A.’s Office vigorously opposed PGN’s request.

In 2012, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Idee C. Fox sided with the D.A. In a 10-page opinion, Fox said the requested 911 transmissions were exempt from public disclosure under the state Criminal History Records Information Act and the state Right-to-Know Law because they pertain to an ongoing homicide investigation. n

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It is also worth noting that the two nurses — Nina Pham and Amber Joy Vinson — who contracted EVD while caring for Duncan in Dallas are nurses of color. Here in Philadelphia we have a number of West African immigrant communities, especially Liberian. Not only will these communities continue to be intricately affected

by Ebola events in the United States and in West Africa, but it is health workers of color who are, in general, often more likely to be involved in helping provide care to these communities here.

Likewise, we should be aware of the significant number of West African nurses and other health workers who are themselves helping provide health care for people throughout our region, and who may now be encountering stigma from their employers, coworkers or the public. The current rise in stigmatizing attitudes and policies directed at immigrants from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea echoes the same stigmatizing attitudes and policies directed at people of Haitian descent during the early period of the AIDS crisis. Furthermore, given our general lack in the United States of a good grasp of world geography, it tends to be that all of West Africa (and indeed all of Africa) gets lumped into this stigmatization.

Lastly, the local, national and global discussions around isolation, quarantine and surveillance strikingly echo similar discussions in the HIV pandemic. A dangerous tendency with these discussions is that by focusing solely on the “isolation” of the infectious pathogen, it loses sight of the person who is living with it.

This leads to rather casual conversations about the explicit control of other peoples’ bodies and lives in a way that serves to dehumanize and silence the people themselves.

And so all of this ties to last year’s 30th anniversary of the Denver Principles, the milestone statement that embodies the AIDS self-empowerment and self-health movement. The Denver Principles begin by stating: “We condemn attempts to label us as ‘victims,’ a term which implies defeat, and we are only occasionally ‘patients,’ a term which implies passivity, helplessness and dependence upon the care of others.

We are ‘People With AIDS.’” Despite some of the different particularities of the Ebola outbreak, the Denver Principles help point to how we can challenge the narrow call for a “more contained” response, and instead fight for a more humane response that truly values the dignity and voices of those most affected. We cannot be silent in this collective fight, for it truly is the Silence — and silencing — that equals Death. n John Barbieri is an adjunct faculty member at Thomas Jefferson University School of Nursing. He is a member of Rebellious Nursing (facebook.com/RebelliousNursing) and ACT UP Philadelphia (actupphilly.org). He can be reached at john.t.barbieri@gmail.com.

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The Westbury’s page noted that the bar undertook “extensive efforts trying to get an exception from the city,” to no avail.

“After 30 years in our current location, and many years at the 15th Street location, The Westbury has given our all to serve the community with a friendly oasis from the rigors of life,” the post stated.

“I hope we will be remembered fondly.”

The Westbury began as Westbury Grill in the 1940s, the hotel bar of the Westbury Hotel at 15th and Spruce streets. That hotel has since been converted to apartments.

The venue later changed its name to Westbury Bar and began advertising as a gay bar in LGBT publications in the early 1960s.

“It was kind of a musical bar in the ’50s, they had a lot of entertainment there,” said local LGBT historian Bob Skiba. “And then by the ’60s it had turned into a gay bar.”

LGBT nightlife at the time was spread across both sides of Broad Street, with the west side considered more upscale and the east a bit seedier, Skiba noted. But, largely through the efforts of the LGBT community, the area east of Broad evolved, and The Westbury made the move from Rittenhouse Square to 13th Street in 1988.

Skiba said The Westbury was the only LGBT space to move from west to east of Broad.

It called itself The New Westbury after the move but shed that moniker a few years later.

Brault took over ownership from Ned Katuran in the summer of 2009 and gave the space an extensive makeover, installing flat-screen televisions and expanding the drink and food selections.

The Westbury had been one of the city’s longest-running LGBT bars; Tavern on Camac dates back to the 1920s.

“Any time a bar that’s been around this long closes, it’s a big loss,” Skiba said, noting that The is particSpendWestbury’s as little asshuttering $50 a week when ularly significant because of its you run for a minimum of 8 weeks. unique appeal. “It was a niche bar. A lot of people thought of it as the neighborhood bar. I worked a block away at William Way and that would always be my place to stop after work for a drink and when we’d meet Wednesday nights at the archives, we’d always go to Westbury afterwards. It was our neighborhood bar; a lot of people thought of it that way. It’s really going to be missed.” n

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PPA and FOP should take fast lane to the 21st century

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We’re in this political campaign, and the candidate is Uber. And the opponent is an a–hole named Taxi.”

OK. We admit. We love this guy. Who is it?

That’s Travis Kalanick — the chief executive officer of Uber, the ride-sharing system that is transforming transportation in big cities across the globe. The campaign for Uber has now reached the streets of Philadelphia and, as you may have guessed, there are speed bumps.

John J. McNesby, president of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5, released a statement that “potential UberX drivers should be alerted to the fact that not only are they committing a civil offense, punishable by a $1,000 fine, they are also committing a misdemeanor offense, punishable by a fine of $2,500 and/or a one-year sentence.”

And then there was our parking authority last month that, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, “nabbed 11 drivers, issued $1,000 fines to each, and seized their cars as illegal taxis since UberX launched its ridesharing service in Philadelphia on Oct. 24.”

PPA Chairman Vince Fenerty called UberX “a hack cab service.” Doesn’t that make for a hack hack? But we digress.

Please tell us that the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police has better things to do

than stop private citizens from participating in UberX. Please tell us that the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA), responsible for regulating taxi service in our fair city, is not hell-bent on keeping us in what is rapidly becoming the Dark Ages of cars-for-hire in this town, the old, cramped, beat up taxis that cruise the streets of Philly.

In cities across the country, Uber vs.

Taxi is waged in the Byzantine world of car insurance and public utility regulation...

When the San Francisco-based ride share app company, Uber, launched in 2009 no such battle lines were drawn. That’s because Uber used its app to connect livery services to customers; as these commercial services were already regulated — and had far more limited capacity than Philadelphia taxis, nobody minded if there was an app that made them more efficient and profitable. But then Uber introduced UberX and the campaign for the hearts and minds of

car service consumers was on.

In cities across the country, Uber vs.

Taxi is waged in the Byzantine world of car insurance and public utility regulation; a world made more obtuse in Philadelphia as car services are regulated by the PPA rather than the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission that regulates such services in every other county in the commonwealth. So UberX must negotiate one set of rules with the PUC for 68 counties and another set for Philadelphia.

The campaign is as disingenuous on both sides as the campaigns waged for political office that recently dominated our airwaves.

The PPA argues that UberX is underinsured relying on the private insurer of its drivers as opposed to taxis that have a uniform commercial insurance policy approved by the PPA to protect riders. That belies the reality stated by Uber in last month’s Philly launch of UberX: “Every uberX driver partner is backed by our $1M insurance policy, 28x more than required for Philly taxis, and must pass comprehensive county, federal, and multi-state background checks that go back seven years, which are more stringent than what is required for taxis.”

But intellectual dishonesty does not entirely fall upon the Big Taxi campaign.

Uber itself bears some blame for the animosity it has sparked among the very folks they will need to negotiate with in order to enter the Philadelphia market.

As the Inquirer reported, “On the same day Uber was launching its UberX rideshare service in Philadelphia, the company

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. Photo by Rory Cellan.

was telling the state Public Utility Commission it had no intention of doing so.”

Taking advantage of the collapse of the insurance company covering Philly taxis, Uber swooped in to launch UberX claiming that Philadelphia was facing a “transportation emergency” and it was coming on the scene to “ensure you have the convenient and affordable transportation options you deserve.” This despite the fact that of the 478 licensed cabs in our town, all but five re-acquired insurance within 24 hours.

Surprisingly, the adult in the room in this debate is Mayor Michael Nutter who has expressed support for UberX saying, “Ultimately, what this is all really about is customer service, innovation, being able to get a ride from point A to point B, get there quickly and safely.”

PPA and the FOP need to understand that UberX is coming whether they like it or not because riders will demand it and technology will deliver it.

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Stars Converge at Philly U Continued from page 12 ter’s Traci Carter, Phelps’ Mike Watkins (Penn State), Neumann’s Lamarr Kimble (St. Joseph’s), Lower Merion’s Jule Brown (Penn), Chester’s Marquise Collins, La Salle’s Shawn Witherspoon, Abington’s Matt Penecale, and FCS’s DeAndre Hunter, to name a few.

“It’s really great to be a part of all this,” said Bartram assistant coach Bruce Gilbert, who is helping out Andre Brown this season.

“I know there are a lot of great teams and players here. I think Bartram will do well, too. I am excited to help Andre coach this team and help our players get better.”

One of the more intriguing teams this year is Friends’ Central, which is top heavy with the return of high major big man DeAndre Hunter, La Salle transfer Chuck Champion and Jonathan Lawton, a big-time scorer. Hunter missed the season in 2014 with a devas-

tating leg injury. “We are thrilled to welcome back our 6-foot-7 2016 wing DeAndre Hunter after missing last year with a broken left tibia,” said FCS coach Ryan Tozer. “He was the 2012-13 Inquirer Southeastern Pennsylvania Freshman of the Year and we are looking for him to pick up where he left off after making a full recovery.” Tozer said that he expects senior guard Jonathan Lawton and junior guard Chuck Champion in the backcourt will make a formidable pairing. “We have some talent and quality guys, it will be fun to see how we fare.” Lawton scored almost 24 points a game last year while Champion is a two-way player who started for La Salle’s state championship runnerup team from a year ago. “I think we will be undersized but can be scrappy on defense and if we rebound well we will be competing for a league title this February at Haverford College.”

Top Boys Teams in 2014-2015 Here are our annual picks for top teams for the upcoming hoops season: 1. Neumann-Goretti 14c. Friends’ Central 2. Archbishop Carroll 15a. Archbishop Wood 3. Roman Catholic 15b. Germantown Academy 4. Constitution 16. Philadelphia Electric 5. La Salle 17a. Coatesville 6. Haverford School 17b. MCS 7. Imhotep 18. Del-Val Charter 8. Chester 19. Downingtown West 9. Pennsbury 20. ANC 10. Martin Luther King 21. Plymouth Whitemarsh 11. St. Joseph’s Prep 22. Penn Wood 12. Abington 23. Church Farm 13. Conestoga 24. Wissahickon 14a. Conwell Egan 25. Archbishop Ryan 14b. Lower Merion 26. Northeast

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Voices from Inside Editor hopes book by Graterford inmates slows school-to-prison pipeline

by Sheila Simmons

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idener University lecturer Jayne Thompson says of her 20 mentees at the state’s maximum security prison in Graterford — where most are serving life sentences — “The men taught me about hope.”

How, you ask? They wrote “Letters to My Younger Self: An Anthology of Writings by Incarcerated Men at S.C.I. Graterford and a Writing Workbook.”

As you might expect, the content of the book, published by Serving House Books and edited by Thompson with Emily DeFreitas, is not itself uplifting.

Paul J.P. writes, in a letter to his mother who committed suicide when he was 5, “I saw you leap out of your bedroom window that night. I think something important inside me shattered when you crashed through the glass. That window symbolized the best part of my life, broken into a thousand pieces scattered around your twisted body lying on the cold concrete in front of our house on Oriana Street.”

But through their writings, Thompson writes in an essay published by Widener, “They asked me, and they ask us all, to take action in the face of great obstacles; their stories call for change — in ourselves and in our broken societal systems.”

“Letters” resulted from a writing class assignment at Graterford, to which Thompson has commuted one-and-a-half hours for the last three years. The class grew out of her pursuit to gain insight into the “school-to-prison pipeline,” to which she kept losing teen students from a writing program she teaches in Chester.

She learned that, “The Graterford men wanted to talk to these children. They longed to tell them of their

Book cover: “Letters to My Younger Self.” (Inset) Author Jayne Thompson. Photos by Chris Hartlove

own mistakes and showed tremendous empathy for young people they had never met.” Thompson says the men are “doing social work from behind bars.”

Indeed, D. Saadiq P. in a letter to his son based on poet Etheridge Knight’s “Belly Song,” wrote: So I hope you see what I didn’t see and follow the Blue sea and not the Black sea that has swallowed me.

Each time a copy is sold (available for $10 on Amazon), two more are printed to be distributed for free. Thompson distributes them at juvenile detention centers in the region. She has also created a lesson plan around the book for writing students at Chester High School.

Praise has been very favorable, like this from a University of North Carolina law professor: “The letters reveal better than any academic study I have ever seen, how we got to where we are now and how the people who have committed in some cases extreme violence think about their past, our nation, and the ways out of our violent world.”

But Thompson’s most memorable reaction to the book has come from the students at Chester who failed to receive a copy before her initial supply ran out. They inquired, “Where’s my copy?”

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SHERIFF’S SALE Properties

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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff

on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at

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

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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

NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION The Sheriff will file in his office, The Land Title Building, 100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a

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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

1412-419 11808 Basile Road 191542523 66th wd. 1380 Sq Ft OPA#662015300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Hannigan; Patricia A. Hannigan C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01138 $148,151.37 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-420 4824 Longshore Avenue #1 Floor, a/k/a 4824 Longshore Avenue 19135-2334 41st wd.

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

1412-436 1203 Elbridge Street 191115508 53rd wd. 1512 Sq Ft OPA#531095700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Deborah A. Borrell C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 04246 $48,737.48 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-437 233 S. 6th Street, Unit 204E 19106 5th wd. 1016 Sq Ft BRT#888054553 Subject to Mortgage Allyson Braslow C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 023245 $8,117.00 Evan R. Bachove, Esquire, Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C. 1412-438 4520 North Broad Street 19140-1220 13th wd. 2808 Sq Ft OPA#132007900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brian Wise C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 04125 $119,956.15 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-439 6345 Bingham Street 19111 35th wd. 1008 Sq Ft OPA#353272900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alvaro A. Acosta C.P. June Term, 2012 No. 03903 $135,891.91 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-440 3461 Braddock Street 191342650 45th wd. 1048 Sq Ft OPA#452306500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mark A. Woodruff a/k/a Mark Woodruff C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01267 $36,437.16 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-441 1012 South 47th Street 191433602 46th wd. 3000 Sq Ft OPA#461202500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicole D. McEwan a/k/a Nicole McEwan C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 04005 $175,322.27 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-442 4551 Tampa Street 191204613 42nd wd. 896 Sq Ft OPA#421579000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Luis A. Velez C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00528 $30,808.87 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-443 168 Rosemar Street 191201943 61st wd. 1020 Sq Ft OPA#611232800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Margaret E. King C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 02292 $29,837.82 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-444 1630 Welsh Road F45, a/k/a 1630-90 Welsh Road #45F 19115-5411 88th wd. 1344 Sq Ft OPA#888561588 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT Jamie Ciesielski C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 01887 $221,473.14 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-445 3902 Glendale Street 191245510 33rd wd. 1200.00 Sq Ft

OPA#332428000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ivan R. Goggins C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 00024 $44,683.97 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-446 1033 Rhawn Street 191112646 63rd wd. 1719 Sq Ft OPA#631311400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Matthew J. Smith C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02292 $253,789.84 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-447 2423 North Garnett Street 19132 16th wd. 1054 Sq Ft OPA#162098500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert Estwick C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01626 $32,490.03 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-448 1910 Cottman Avenue 19111-3817 53rd wd. 1155.00 Sq Ft OPA#532369800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kenneth M. Strickland C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 03771 $132,748.00 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-449 2810 Knorr Street 191492517 55th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#551188400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raymond T. Donahue C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02716 $159,307.36 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-450 7140 Charles Street 191351002 41st wd. 1322 Sq Ft OPA#412233300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gary G. Spenillo C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03528 $103,699.25 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-451 6510 Woodland Avenue 19142-2215 87th wd. 2160 Sq Ft OPA#871188750 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Solomon Mola; Bancheamla B. Berihun a/k/a Bencheamlak Berihun C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01108 $154,709.10 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-452 2425 South Warnock Street 19148-3635 39th wd. 984 Sq Ft OPA#394148400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donald Maddox; Joanne Maddox C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 01318 $201,503.39 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-453 5323 Yocum Street 19143 51st wd. Row 2 Story Masonry BRT#512091400; PRCL#29SI-44 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jessie Mae McNeil C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 01531 $45,018.00 Federman & Associates, LLC 1412-454 2431 South Opal Street 19145 26th wd. 665.52

Sq. Ft. (land area); 1068 Sq Ft (improvement area) BRT#262143400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Barbara L. Genovesi and Biagio F. Genovesi C.P. September Term, 2007 No. 01620 $158,349.48 Keri P. Ebeck, Esquire 1412-455 1668 North Felton Street 19151-3438 34th wd. 1214 Sq Ft OPA#342351800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Danielle Y. Dunton, in her Capacity as Heir of Alfred R. Dunton, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Alfred R. Dunton, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 04123 $22,390.06 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-456 5447 Cedar Avenue 191431953 46th wd. 1280 Sq Ft OPA#463038700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Attoh Moutchia C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01568 $44,469.02 Phelan Hallinan, LLP 1412-457 1324 Locust Street, Apartment 518 19107-5645 88th wd.

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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Museum of Art and Craft Beer tasting complements annual show of fine contemporary crafts.

by HughE Dillon The 38th annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show ran Thursday, November 6 through Sunday, November 9. One of several special events was a handcrafted beer tasting event on November 7. The tasting was curated by Don Russell (a.k.a. Joe Daily News, columnist). Participating brewers were Broken Goblet, Conshohocken Brewing Company, Evil Genius Beer Company, Neshaminy Creek Brewing and Saint Benjamin Brewing Company.

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Scholastic Play-by-Play photo-shoot fosters camraderie and high hopes

by Jeremy Treatman

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he 10th Annual Scholastic Play-by-Play Classics photo-shoot was coming Nov. 9 and the girls were ready. We don’t mean the 81 who came representing 24 schools. Well, we do mean them. But we really are talking about all 10 of the girls who play for Mastery Charter. News of Mastery Charter’s first season playing in the girls’ event on Jan. 10 at Philadelphia University was so exciting to team members that the whole team showed up for pictures. “We were excited to come,” said power forward Nia Reed, who says she is looking at Temple, Drexel and La Salle to play next season. “Our team is excited to perform in the Public League this year and do well. It was fun to see the girls from all the teams.”

Reed and her teammates were among 148 players, including 67 boys, to come to the shoot. The teams will be playing in events in December and January in the Philadelphia region.

“We are thankful of playing in the girls’ event this year,” said Joe Woods, the Garnet Valley girls’ coach. “I think it’s good for girls’ basketball to come together for one day. It’s fun.”

Hannah Fox is a 5-foot-7 junior point guard at Penn Charter who represented her school Nov. 9.

She is hoping the Quakers can win an Inter-Ac and Independent League tournament at the conclusion of the season. “That’s the goal,” she said. “My soccer team at school won back-to-back league tournaments for the first time in Penn Charter history, and I hope basketball can have the same success.” Fox said she is considering Penn, Colgate, Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard, Vermont and others for college but that it’s

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too soon to know since she is a junior. “I am feeling good about basketball right now,” she said. “I won the MVP award at my brother’s school tournament last year, so my confidence is good. It’s fun to be here with all these great teams and players.”

Neumann-Goretti, the area’s top team by far, returned everyone from last year’s 28-1 squad that was runner-up in the AAA state tournament and first-time Catholic League winner in 46 years. Well, almost everyone. Letty Santarelli, the coach who built the team to a power, resigned last week. Reasons were not released by the school. Sianni Martin, one of the team’s starters, said the team would probably be coached by one of the team’s assistants and that their goals haven’t changed. “We want to win it all next year,” she said. “We fell just short last year. We were excited to win the Catholic League last year and hope to win it again. It’s a great league.”

Neumann-Goretti will be playing Shipley in the Jan. 10, 2015, Girls Classic in what should be the day’s biggest event.

On the boys’ side, there were many star players there, representing top teams from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Top teams included Neumann-Goretti, Archbishop Carroll, La Salle, Chester, Lower Merion, Pennsbury, Abington, St. Joseph’s Prep, Friends’ Central, Salesianum, Delaware, Phelps and Life Center (N.J.). Star players at the photo-shoot were Archbishop Carroll’s Derrick Jones (UNLV), Ernest Aflakpui (Temple), St. Joseph’s Prep’s Chris Clover (St. Joseph’s U), the Sallies’ Dante DiVincenzo (Villanova), Life CenContinued on page 2

Mo’ne Davis will be playing in three Scholastic Play-by-Play events this year. Two are boys’ events, in addition to the girls’ event at Philadelphia University. Davis was in Las Vegas during the photo-shoot but teammates Chloe Burns and Lindsay Hiner were there. “I’m excited to play with her this year,” said Burns. “She’s brought a lot of publicity to the school and I think it’s good for us, positive.” Said Hiner: “I haven’t actually played with her yet. I have played against her a couple of years ago and I know she’s good. I think she’ll really help the team. We think what she has done has helped girls’ sports, both because she has played with boys in baseball and succeeded in it.” Imhotep Charter center Bionca Dunham is a big fan of Davis. While some local television and radio pundits have expressed that “Mo’Ne” mania is starting to get out of hand, Dunham doesn’t think so. “I think she deserves even more attention and exposure,” she said. “What she did is remarkable. She is a [hero] to girls.

She has inspired so many people … I hope the story doesn’t die.”

Jule a Jewel

Lower Merion basketball once again will be a factor on the boys’ side in 2015. Jule Brown, a Penn commit, has been on the varsity for four years and is the top returning player. Corey Sherman, a starting guard, is also on the team for his fourth season. “Over these four years Aces Basketball has meant everything to me,” said Brown. “The way the community comes together and supports us at the games is special. It makes me want to work even harder seeing these people take time out of their lives to come watch us play. I’m very grateful to have such a strong support system in Aces Nation.”

Brown knows expectations may be down after the team lost Jaquan Johnson and Justin McFadden. But he’s not totally buying it.

“I expect us to compete,” he said. “We have a lot more guys with little varsity experience who are anxious and hungry to get out there. We all have something to prove this year, so you’ll see that translate on the court. We always relish the opportunity to play great competition outside of our league. It’s a true test to our character and shows that we can compete with teams from all over.”

As for four years going by quickly? “Corey and I often reflect on how fast time has flown. It seems like we were the leaders on the eighth grade team and now we’re two of the leaders in our last year of high school basketball so it’s a surreal feeling. We are excited to showcase how much we’ve grown over the years and taken what we’ve learned from the other players in the past and apply that knowledge to our own games.”

And about Penn? “It was a no-brainer,” he said. “The opportunity for my mother and grandparents to be able to see me play college basketball meant a lot to me. Also, my trust in the coaching staff and connection I built with them made me confident that they had my best interest and would help me develop as a basketball player and, most importantly, a person. “

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Award-winning Cinderella production comes to Philly

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com A classic fairy tale gets a contemporary update when the Tony Award-winning musical “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” rides its magical pumpkin carriage into Philadelphia Nov. 25-30 at the Academy of Music.

Out actor Beth Glover plays Madame, Cinderella’s evil stepmother in the production.

Glover said this version of the story has all the hallmarks of the classic story, but with some modern ACTOR BETH sensibilities.

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“It has all the elements of Cinderella that you know,” Glover said. “I’m the wicked stepmother and then, of course, there is the fairy godmother and there’s a prince and the pumpkin turns into a carriage. All of that is still in place, as well as the iconic glass slipper. But there is this wonderful modern twist on it. At the end of the first act, something happens with the iconic glass slipper that leaves the audience breathless. We can feel them gasp collectively and then they can’t wait to come back for the second act to see what happens.

Glover’s career so far could quality as a Cinderella story.

The Mississippi native started out working for CNN in Atlanta before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She said her background in broadcast journalism helped her when she decided to take classes in acting.

“Broadcast news is certainly an arm of performing,” she said. “You’ve got to have a strong persona to convey the news or whatever it is you are reporting. I just tried not to be an actor. My dad ran a little theater in our hometown and he also worked at a television station and was a DJ. So my entire life has been spent in the theater, a television station and a radio station. I’m a damn good DJ. I’m good with news copy and I can sing and dance and act. I really thought I should go for something stable. I’m from Mississippi so I didn’t think you could make a career in acting unless you became famous. I just never was interested in being famous and no one ever believes me. Everybody thinks that if you are in show business you must want to be famous. So I worked for CNN right out of college. I was in the newsroom and I just had an epiphany: If I don’t

try acting right now, I’m going to wake up 20 years from now vice president of something. I had a really good career at CNN. I was doing so well there, in fact, that when I resigned, they transferred me to the New York bureau so I would have a job when I moved to New York. I’m still grateful for them for being so amazing to me. I got my first [acting] job the day I graduated from acting school. So I got my answer. I could make a living from this. You have to keep at it. It’s hard work. I chose two hard careers but this one I find fulfilling, stepping into other people’s shoes and telling stories this way.”

As with most fairy tales, the heroes and heroines aren’t necessarily the meatiest roles to portray; usually, it’s the villains and the supporting characters who are the more interesting from an actor’s standpoint.

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Glover added that the title character in this production isn’t the typical damsel waiting for other people or forces to decide her fate.

“She’s making her own decisions,” she said. “She’s been given magical power by this fairy godmother in order to get to the ball and change her life. But once she gets there, she makes her own decisions. She challenges the prince. She challenges herself. She digs deep to find out who she is.

Ultimately, it is she who decides what she wants and I think that is so great. It’s also very funny.”

With the lavish sets, complex characters and humorous elements injected into

the classic story, Glover said this take on Cinderella is appealing to a broad range of fans and theatergoers.

“It is for everyone,” she said. “People wait for us at the stage door and when I get to interact with the public, I’m interacting with parents, grandparents, teenagers and grammar-school-age young people.

And they’re all staring at me like, ‘I just went on an adventure’ and they thank us for the two hours away from whatever it is they were doing and for them being able to come away inspired.”

Glover added that she notices a lot of couple attending the shows, attracted to the idea of soul mates finding each other.

“I think everybody wants to fall in l ove a n d fi n d their mate in a magical way,” Glover said.

“There’s always that notion of love at first sight. I do think Cinderella and the prince have that. Everybody wants romance and magic. I grew up with the regular version of Cinderella, that Disney version. You dream as a young girl of having your prince and whatever. In this version, it is so much more important than, ‘Oh, I want a prince.’ It’s, ‘Who am I? I need to know who I am before I sign up with this guy.’ That is something I’ve said to my girlfriend for thousands of years.

Know yourself before you decide to get married. Know what you want before you hook up with someone. The show speaks to that but the prince also has to find himself.

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Tyler DeSouza: Breaking down gender boundaries with fashion forwardness “If everybody is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.”

—Sam Walton I hate to quote the founder of Walmart on anything, but it seems to fit for this week’s Portrait. Tyler DeSouza is the owner of Suddenly Fem, a line of women’s clothing for men and transwomen that has been filling the niche for over 20 years.

PGN: I understand that your mother was the founder of Suddenly Fem. TD: Yes, my father left us when I was very young and we fell on some destitute times. My mother, Laine Alexander, had been a hair stylist and she saw a program about cross-dressers on “Phil Donahue.”

She realized that helping people transform might be a good niche to fill. She started doing makeovers for cross-dressers when I was 13 or 14. I’ve been around gender-variant people for most of my life. So when people have adverse reactions to it, I’m always surprised because I’ve never seen it as anything strange or different.

PGN: If your mother was doing this back when Phil Donahue was on, she must have been pretty progressive for the day.

TD: Yeah, I think that was back in ’82 or ’83. But it was more of a business decision. She and my father had the hair salon together and when he left, it was too much for her to do on her own so she needed something to keep afloat. This was something that she could do out of our house and be home to watch us. [Laughs] I don’t think she really had an opinion about her clients, she just enjoyed putting makeup on people.

PGN: Was there a particular client who stands out in your memory?

TD: We had one guy who was either a plumber or mechanic — I wasn’t allowed in for the makeup and hair sessions because most of the clients wanted discretion — but she’d show me the pictures, which I found fascinating. Especially as she got better with working with the guys, it was amazing how much she could transform a rough-looking guy into an attractive woman. So this particular guy had really thick hands but when she finished with him, he was fascinatingly beautiful. He wanted to be photographed in a wedding gown so she asked me to put on a suit and stand in as the groom for his wedding pictures. I was about 16 at the time.

PGN: Where did you grow up?

TD: Well, we went back and forth as my parents were working out their divorce.

My father was Brazilian so he went back there at first and then to San Francisco.

He had family in San Francisco so we lived there shortly when they tried to reconcile but it didn’t work. He wasn’t really

cut out for fatherhood. So we ended up in Cheltenham, a suburb of Philadelphia.

PGN: What were you like as a child?

TD: I was a loner. I didn’t really enjoy interacting with other children. I’m completely different now. I didn’t have any interests, so at the urging of my mother I started a business at age 12. I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing but it taught me a work ethic where I worked every single day — holidays, weekends, it became my life. My friends were my clients, mostly old Jewish ladies and housewives.

[Laughs] I still have the same work ethic. I have to try to force myself to take time off.

PGN: What was your first business?

TD: It was an odd-jobs company. I’d do almost anything: clean out your garage, babysit the kids (which I was terrible at), serve at your party, dust your furniture, wash the dog, you name it. I used the money to buy a car, in cash. I got an ugly old beater, white with steel bumpers that I smashed into everything. I hauled equipment in it and it lasted forever! Then at 16, I started a car-detailing business, which was pretty successful. I did that through college.

at fixing things. With my business, I do a little of everything, from computer coding for Suddenly Fem to home repair with my real-estate properties. I can usually look at a task and figure it out.

PGN: Was your mom like that?

TD: Nooo. But apparently my dad was.

The one thing he did do for me was to show me a way of looking at things to figure them out.

PGN: What does your twin do?

TD: She’s a spa manager/fixer. When they have performance problems, they send her to figure out how to fix it. Right now she’s at a country club in Florida.

PGN: You should do a TV show with her, “Spa Hunter” or something!

TD: That’s funny. I do call her the “Tabitha” of health and wellness. She’s one of those people that when she goes in, no one likes her but, of course, those are the people who don’t want to do their

PGN: What was an early memory?

TD: That’s hard to say because a lot of the early years were kind of dark years.

[Laughs] I have a twin sister so my early memories would probably be of her taking things from me.

PGN: How many kids?

TD: Just my twin and me.

PGN: What was your worst job?

TD: Probably the first time I babysat. I had no control over the kids, I let them do everything and anything: get in the pool, make coffee and their own smoothies, they destroyed the shower and played Nintendo all night. The parents came home and were horrified; the house was a disaster.

PGN: You should have offered them your cleaning services! So what was a fun job?

TD: I was with a band for a while and I did audio production in California.

PGN: Were you in the band or just doing audio?

TD: I was the lead singer. I heard that you do karaoke. I love that. I just tried out “The Jeffersons” theme song at Tabu and it was fun but in the wrong key for me, so I had to break out my falsetto. But usually I’m pretty good with it. It actually relaxes me. I want to try to do more of it. I want to start doing some video production too.

PGN: Any other hidden talents?

TD: Well, some people call me “MacGayver” because I’m pretty handy

job. But when she leaves they rate her at 95-100 percent, so she’s doing something right.

PGN: Tell me more about your business.

TD: We started over 25 years ago. When I got out of college my mother was dealing with some health issues. I’d gone to college for business and had planned on going into agricultural imports but made the decision to work with her business and launch Suddenly Fem. In the beginning

it wasn’t clothing — it was essentially a transformation business — but she had a hard time finding clothing and accessories for her clients. So we started a mail-order catalog and sold pieces that we found from other vendors. We started with nothing and it began to grow. Then I started using my design skills and began doing the clothing engineering and fashion engineering that makes our company and clothing special today.

PGN: What makes Suddenly Fem unique?

TD: It’s the one and only fashion label for cross-dressers and transitioning women.

What’s different about it is that we create specially engineered clothing. It’s not just clothing in bigger sizes, everything is custom designed and there are a lot of gadgets and engineering built in to make them fit right and look good. My mother works more on the design and I work on the mechanical aspects such as pocketbra cups that hold breastforms or specially molded silicone hip and buttock pads that create a feminine, hourglass figure.

We just released the first pants designed to look feminine but to fit a biological male body. They’re tapered enough to look feminine but relaxed enough to fit the average larger leg of the cross-dressing or transgender person. There’s a little more room in the crotch, they’re a little higher fit and made with extra stretch material. There are about seven points specially designed. With all of our clothing, my job is to create not only ridiculously sexy and functional dresses and lingerie, but to make sure they complement the contours and ridges of a male or male-to-female form.

PGN: I looked at the website and was surprised to see how much goes into making the magic happen.

I’d never even heard of a gaff before.

TD: Yeah, we probably have the largest selection of gaffs available. A gaff is an undergarment that helps make the male genitalia look like it’s disappeared. We recently added a line that’s really innovative. Most gaffs are thongs because they are stronger and you can tuck and get a nice flat appearance; however, with thongs, you can’t sit down and cross your legs. We created and engineered a panty that is strong enough to keep everything in place but you can wear them all day and run around town in them and you can comfortPAGE 38

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Todd Glass comes home for Thanksgiving

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com

Absence does make the heart grow fonder, even for Wawa.

Anyway, since we last spoke to Glass, he’s written and released his memoir, “The Todd Glass Situation: A Bunch of Lies about My Personal Life and a Bunch of True Stories about My 30-Year Career in Stand-Up Comedy.”

In the book he talks about growing up in Philadelphia during the 1970s and delves into his decision, at age 48, to finally live openly as a gay man and the reactions and support from his comedy peers.

Glass said that the process of writing the book, which he did with the help of co-author Jonathan Grotenstein, made him a better performer.

“It was probably the hardest thing I ever did but I think it’s helped me in my standup because the more you tap into things, you sit around and you tell stories and you decide what’s cool and interesting,” he said. “It’s helped my standup to start talking about things I wouldn’t have

Out comedian and Philadelphia native Todd Glass is coming home for the Thanksgiving holiday when he performs later this month at Helium Comedy Club.

The standup-comedy vet said he’s looking forward to spending some quality time in his hometown to enjoy the holiday between performances.

“I’m from Philly so I go home for Thanksgiving on Thursday,” Glass said.

“It’s nice because I get to go home and then my family will come and see the shows. In all the years I lived in Philly, I’ve never stayed in the city, so it’ll be cool to come back and be able to stay downtown and enjoy the city and hit Pat’s for cheesesteakes late at night and get my daily dose of Wawa. I think I must go to Wawa five times a day. I’m obsessed with it.”

talked about before. It was a good process and a fun process.”

Besides his frantic performance schedule, Glass is at work on a new TV show that he hopes will see the light of day — actually evening, to be exact — soon.

“I’m working on a late-night show which is actually based around my podcast,” he said. “Whenever a show announces it’s leaving or getting canceled, it feels like everybody relaxes because the stakes are not important but that’s when it gets good. So the theme of thelate-night show, it’s called ‘The Last Show’ and every show will be the last show. That will be the theme of it: ‘Goodbye. This has been a fun run. Goodnight. I had a good time.’ I’m working on that right now and just touring. I still love doing standup.” n Todd Glass performs Nov. 26 and 28-29 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St. For more information, call 215-496-9001 or visit www.toddglass.com.

Program looks to intro LGBTs to Shambhala meditation

By Ray Simon PGN Contributor “Queer Warriorship,” an introduction to meditation and mindfulness for the LGBT community, will take place Nov. 21 at Philadelphia Shambhala Meditation Center, 2030 Sansom St. Eric Spiegel, a teacher within the Shambhala tradition, is giving the talk, which begins 7 p.m. The program is free and open to the public, although registration is encouraged.

Spiegel is uniquely qualified to address this topic. A longtime practitioner of meditation and an adherent of the Shambhala tradition, he has provided pastoral care to people with HIV and taught LGBT people in groups like Queer Dharma. For several years, he was also the Stonewall Community Foundation’s treasurer.

According to Anna Murphey, a volunteer at Shambhala and a self-described queer woman, local LGBT Buddhists are eagerly anticipating Spiegel’s talk.

“We were interested in inviting him to come to Philadelphia because we really value the contribution that he’s making,” Murphey said. “We see that there’s a lot of interest and excitement about making Shambhala more open and diverse and really meeting the needs of this community, which in Philadelphia is significant.”

Murphey noted that many LGBT individuals are raised in faiths that are often unwelcoming to them, and sometimes downright hostile. In contrast, Shambhala offers them an opportunity to explore their spirituality with like-minded people in an accepting environment.

“The Shambhala teachings really emphasize the basic goodness of every person.

Part of why we come together and practice meditation is to get in touch with our own innate basic goodness and extend that to others,” she said.

Shambhala is a relatively recent offshoot of Buddhism, an ancient faith tracing its roots back to the 5th century BCE, or thereabouts. According to scholars, the Buddha was born in northern India in the area now called Nepal. This faith, a major world religion, was developed from his original teachings. It has since has branched out into several varieties, including Theravada and Zen. Shambhala was introduced in the 1970s

by Chögyam Trungpa, a Tibetan monk who fled his country in 1959 after it was annexed by China. That experience, combined with his encounter with the West, led Trungpa to formulate a variant of Buddhism stressing the “Shambhala vision.” Within Buddhism, Shambhala is a legendary kingdom renowned for the wisdom and compassion of its people.

Trungpa’s nonsectarian, ecumenical version of Buddhism found an especially receptive audience in the United States.

Now there are numerous Shambhala Meditation Centers throughout North America and Europe.

Spiegel’s lifelong engagement with Shambhala stretches back to 1971. At 19, he was given a copy of Trungpa’s book, “Meditation in Action.” Shortly afterwards, he traveled to Boulder, Colo., and worked at Naropa University, which Trungpa founded in 1974.

Today, after a lifetime of study and

meditation, Spiegel a balance between, you is designated could say, gentleness or Acharya, a Sanskrit kindness and strength, word meaning strength as in courage or teacher. Within this fortitude,” he said.

That strength tradition, Acharyas manifests itself as havare empowered to travel to Shambhala ing the heart or energy Meditation Centers to live life openly, with courage and compasto teach and offer sion, both for oneself programs. and for others.

As a teacher, one

Members of of Spiegel’s chalthe LGBT community, lenges is making an Spiegel said, “are very ancient faith with a tradition of monasaware of their vulnertic life and solitary ability and their sense meditation relevant of exposure and, at the to the 21st century. same time, in order to be “Now, suddenly, themselves in the world here we are in this it really takes a lot of ERIC SPIEGEL courage to find their own very modern world where everybody personal way of expresshas families and everybody has jobs and ing their wisdom, their being, their qualicareers. There’s really a sense that we’re ties.” doing this within our life rather than that Murphey, for one, has found this spirwe’re leaving our life to pursue spiritual itual path fruitful, so much so that last practice. Anything that’s going to have to spring she officially became a Buddhist by work for us has to become incorporated taking her “refuge vows” under Spiegel’s into our world,” Spiegel said. direction. For her, it was the right step.

Spiegel acknowledged that navigating “It has helped me to be kinder toward the conflicting demands of modern life is myself and more accepting of my own not easy. For LGBT people, that difficulty experience and better able to communican be compounded by lingering vestiges cate more effectively with others,” she of discrimination, shame and other stress- said. “I think it goes beyond my sexual ors. Within Shambhala, he pointed out, is orientation and my identity, but I do think a concept known as “warriorship,” which it’s related.” n may offer help.

“The Shambhala tradition in particu- For more information, visit www.facelar really highlights that and talks about book.com/PhiladelphiaShambhalaCenter.

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Theater & Arts Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman: Behind the Myths Tour The TV personalities and co-hosts of “Mythbusters” host an evening of onstage experiments, audience participation, rocking video and behindthe-scenes stories, 2 and 8 p.m. Nov. 22 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

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

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.

Flashdance The classic ’80s drama is screened 8 p.m. Nov. 24 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-9226888.

Les Misérables Media Theatre presents the classic musical through Jan. 11, 104 E. State St., Media; 610-891-0100.

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

The Matter of Frank Schaefer Curio Theatre Company presents a world-premiere work based on the real-life local drama of the Rev. Frank Schaefer’s fight for the right to perform same-sex marriages, through Dec. 6 at 4740 Baltimore Ave.; curiotheatre. org.

Morales Plays Rossini The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Nov. 28-30 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847.

Outside Mullingar Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the Tony Awardnominated romance set in rural Ireland, Nov. 28-Dec. 28 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-9850420.

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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; 215-7638100.

Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella The Tony Awardwinning Broadway musical, Nov. 25-30 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215790-5847.

Todd Glass The out comedian performs Nov. 26 and 28-29 at Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St.; 215496-9001.

Vitra-Design, Architecture,

Communication: A European Project with American Roots Philadelphia Museum of Art presents innovative designs from Swiss company Vitra, Nov. 22-April 26, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100.

Wyatt Cenac The comedian seen on Comedy Central performs 8 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; 215-922-6888.

We Were Promised Jetpacks The Scottish indie-rock band performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 21 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100.

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

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

Music

Interpol The alternative-rock band performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 22 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100.

Bob Dylan The rock legend performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 21-23 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-7905847.

Blonde Redhead The alternative-rock band performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 24 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-2322100.

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Cabaret singer Suede is back, with new material to unleash upon her fans, 8 p.m.

Nov. 21 at the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope. For more information, call 888-596-1027.

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Method Man and Redman The two rappers perform 8 p.m. Nov. 25 at TLA, 334 South St.; 215-9221011.

Mike Doughty The singer-songwriter and Soul Coughing frontman performs 8 p.m. Nov. 26 at Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St.; 215-928-0770.

Nightlife Stimulus The monthly LGBT party, 10 p.m.-3:30 a.m. Nov. 21 at Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 St. James St.; 215-735-5772.

Light the Lights A special cabaret performance, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24 at L’Etage, 624 Bainbridge St.; 215592-0626.

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An Evening with Rachelle Lee Smith and B. Proud The two photographers host an exhibition and discussion 8 p.m. Nov. 25 at PhillyCAM, 699 Ranstead St.; 267-639-5481.

Adventures in Babysitting The 1980s action comedy is screened 2 p.m. Nov. 22 at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Thanksgiving Eve with PULSE!!

The pre-Thanksgiving party, 8 p.m.

Nov. 21 at Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 St. James St.; 215735-5772.

Pink Pub Crawl Lance Bass leads the festivities, 8 p.m. Nov. 26 at Tabu, 9:30 p.m. at Field House and 10:30 p.m. at Trocadero Theatre; nightlifegay.com.

Bev’s Black Friday Bitchfest The variety show returns 10 p.m.

Nov. 28 at Tabu,

TURKEY TROT: Out singer Lance Bass, of NSYNC fame, graces Philly with his presence Nov. 26 when he takes part in the Pink Pub Crawl. The annual Thanksgiving Eve festivity starts 8 p.m. at Tabu and hits up Field House before ending at Trocadero Theatre for the first Pink Ball. The event is hosted by Philly’s own Brittany Lynn. Bass will stick around for Turkey Day, when he performs in the 6ABC/Dunkin’ Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Outta Town

Suede The cabaret singer performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 21 at the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower

York Road, New Hope; 888-5961027.

MST3K: The Creeping Terror The B-horror

movie is screened 9:45 p.m. Nov. 21 at Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-0223.

Miss Pumpkin The drag performer hosts a show to benefit Lifeties, 8 p.m.

Nov. 22 at the Rrazz Room, in The Ramada New Hope, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope; 888-5961027.

Ace Frehley The former KISS

guitarist performs 8 p.m. Nov. 26 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-5727650.

The Machine The Pink Floyd tribute band performs 8 p.m. Nov. 28 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-572-7650.

Tony Bennett The iconic crooner performs 8 p.m.

Nov. 28 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. n

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Outward Bound

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Jeff Guaracino

RSVP, Kevin J. Mossier paved our waves LGBT travel is not just about creating a value for our community, but also how we can impact the world through our travels.

In 2015, RSVP Vacations marks 30 years of gay and lesbian cruises with a yearlong celebration highlighted by its largest cruise yet on the brand-new Regal Princess.

RSVP is taking 3,600 guests cruising from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and the private island of Princess Cays. A completely customized cruise experience will feature all-star entertainment, original theme parties and community-enrichment programs.

RSVP’s most popular entertainers from the past 30 years and some dazzling new stars are slated to perform in the stunning venues onboard. The all-star lineup already includes “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner Jinkx Monsoon, Tony-nominated songstress Ann Hampton Callaway, RSVP favorites Amy & Freddy, actor and singer Missi Pyle (who co-stars in hit film “Gone Girl”) and RSVP cruise director Brad Loekle.

This anniversary cruise is only possible because of an extraordinary man, Kevin J. Mossier, the founder of RSVP Vacations.

Founded in 1985, RSVP has hosted

more than 100,000 guests on more than 200 vacations.

“Kevin was a visionary entrepreneur who took risks, treated his employees with respect and always shared his success with them,” said Charlie Rounds, pioneer of LGBT travel, former RSVP Vacations president and friend of Mossier, who died in 1996. “He worked tirelessly for the rights of his community, and always gave back, both in life and in death. The world — gay or straight — needs more Kevin Mossiers.”

“Obviously, very few businesses focusing exclusively on the gay market have been around as long as we now have,” added RSVP President Randle Roper.

Roper noted that, in the early ’80s, the climate for LGBT travelers was challenging, which prompted Mossier to launch the company.

“Kevin was harassed on what was supposed to be a gay-friendly beach and decided there was a better way for him and his friends and family to travel together,” he said. “So he started RSVP back in 1985. The early years were tough — nothing like what Kevin was trying to do had ever been done before. He persevered, however, and here we are 30 years

later.”

The RSVP 30th Anniversary Cruise Season will be a celebration of the incredible work of the Kevin J. Mossier Foundation. Since 1997, the charitable giving of RSVP’s late founder’s foundation has touched the lives of countless LGBT individuals and organizations, including PFLAG, Lambda Legal, American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom to Marry, GLAAD, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, Amnesty International and on and on and on. The work of the foundation has led to incredible human-rights progress around the globe.

Onboard the Regal Princess earlier this month, Rounds delivered a presentation of Mossier’s and RSVP’s fantastic work in celebration of the anniversary.

Princess Cruises — the cruise line made famous as the backdrop of the iconic “Love Boat” television series — christened its new Regal Princess with a gay campy tribute. All six “Love Boat” cast members — Gavin MacLeod (Capt.

Stubing), Fred Grandy (Gopher), Ted Lange (Isaac), Bernie Kopell (Doc), Lauren Tewes (Julie) and Jill Whelan (Vicki) — pulled a lever that sent a record-breaking 50 champagne bottles smashing against the ship’s hull. Frequent show guest-star Florence Henderson served as the master of ceremonies.

Can it get any gayer? Find out more about the 30th-anniversary season at www. rsvpvacations.com. n Jeff Guaracino is the author of “Gay and Lesbian Tourism: The Essential Guide for Marketing.”

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PORTRAIT from page 29

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PGN: I learned a lot just browsing your website. With every product you offer, there’s a lot of information with it, from how to measure your face to get the appropriate wig size to choosing realistic nipples. There was information on applying makeup and how to hide a beard or shadow, hormone and supplement info, how to hide or tuck for the most feminine appearance, even choosing clip earrings with a “pierced-style” closure.

TD: Yes, we want to educate our clients so they have the best experience.

PGN: I read one of your blogs about trying out the dresses yourself.

TD: We usually have fit models to help but if someone doesn’t show up, I have no problem getting into a dress. I think it’s important for me to get our products on my body to see how they fit and feel, but it’s not really in my genes. Mother always said, and I’ve heard from many trans people, that the first time they put on a dress was transformative — it’s something that’s in the genes — but I don’t have that same feeling. Now for Halloween, I’ll rock something that’s a little gender-variant, but it’s usually more Adam Lambert-ish than truly cross-genderish.

PGN: When did you come out?

TD: I was a little late to the game. I came out as bisexual when I was 28.

It was tough, mostly because of the social stigma. So I went to a therapist to try to come out as gay but what we realized was that I was truly bi. So that’s where I am. It wasn’t a big deal in my family. Of course my mother doesn’t care, and neither does my twin. But in general society, it can be difficult being bi. People want to try to tell you what you should be, but after therapy I was more comfortable in my own skin and I did a heavy dose of things to boost my confidence and empower myself. I tell people that my life really started after 35. I took karate classes and public-speaking courses, I faced every fear that I had.

I cut all the people out of my life who didn’t want to accept me for who I was, packed up my little convertible and drove downtown and found a place in Center City and started my new life. It’s been the happiest time of my life and as I have each new birthday, I get happier.

PGN: Good direction to be heading.

Are you seeing anyone now?

TD: I was with a woman for a while and we broke up and my current partner is male. It’s funny, he was just coming out of a relationship and didn’t want anything serious and I was ready to settle down. I usually don’t put the screws to people

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PGN: The thing I like most about myself is …

TD: I always want to help people better themselves.

PGN: Celebrity you’d like to transform?

TD: Oh, I think it’s fun and sexy to see someone with a beard in a dress, so I’d pick someone like Ben Affleck.

He’d be a fun project.

PGN: Right now I’m excited about?

TD: The holidays. Unlike me, my boyfriend’s all about balancing work with vacation time. He has a place in South Beach so we’re going to Florida. I have family there so it’ll be fun to visit them too. I’m trying to be flexible and not think about business, but it’s a work in progress.

PGN: What’s new at Suddenly Fem? TD: We’re partnering with Passional Boutique. People always ask if we have a retail location but we’re more mail-order. I met Kali Morgan at the Trans-Health Conference and I liked the professional set-up she had at her booth. I went down and checked out the store and a lot of her staff members were trans or transitioning so I knew my clients would feel comfortable there. It’s a great location too, so people can go fully dressed without fear. I did a training with the staff and we’re all really excited about it. We have a selection of almost everything we carry in the catalog along with educational materials.

PGN: Something you’re proud of?

TD: We do a lot of philanthropic work. Suddenly Fem participated in the Philly Trans* March on Oct. 11 and donated $5,000 worth of clothing to the Mazzoni Center for their Sisterly Love Trans Wellness Project, and we’ve made donations to William Way and other groups. I‘ve really enjoyed getting involved. I want to start an entertainment company that empowers LGBT youth, whether through books or audio or music, however best to get to them. I want to make being LGBT cool and work with the straight community so that they too start seeing gay people as cool too. I want to do something that will help bring the suicide rates down and help us be empowered within ourselves and within the community at large. n To learn more about Suddenly Fem, visit www.crossdresser.com.

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Comedic actor James 30.

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