Vol. II No. 147 (307)
Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia
September 26, 2011
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Sep. 26Spirit of Life Award Reception hosted by Tri State Labor & Mgmt. Council honor AFL-CIO President Richard W. Bloomingdale and Edward J. Radetich, Jr., CPA and Kyler Award honoree Penna. AFT President Ted Kirsch at Hyatt Regency at Penn’s Landing, Columbus Blvd. & Dock St., 6-9 p.m. Sep. 27Score Philadelphia, Counselors to Small Business, host free technology seminar to help small business grow at Penna. Convention Ctr., 13th & Arch. Seating limited, complimentary lunch. 8:00 a.m.-4:15 pm. For details and to register www.scorephila.org. Sep. 28Democratic Ward 39B Fundraiser at EOM Club, Front & Moore Sts., 5:30-8 p.m. Tickets $50. For info Matt Myers (215) 467-4643. Sep. 30Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco hosts “Party for the People” at H&H Banquet Hall, 2036 E. Haines St., (Haines & Limekiln Pk.), 8 a.m.-12 p.m. $35 in advance. Seating limited. BYOB cabaret style. For tickets (215) 4373294, ext. 209. Oct. 1 Fishtown Neighbors Association hosts RiverCity Festival at Penn Treaty Pk., Delaware & Columbia Aves., 12-5 p.m. Family fun. Oct. 2St. Nicholas Ch. Italian Festival on 1700 block S. 9th St., 12-5 p.m., with Procession of Saints from St. Nicholas Tolentine Ch. at 12:30 p.m. Family event. Admission free. Italian food, entertainment, games. Oct. 7Mayfair Civic Ass’n hosts Autistic THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD
Endeavors Beef & Beer at Cannstatter Volksfest Verein, 9130 Academy Rd, 7 p.m.-12 a.m. Tickets $30. For info Barbara (215) 360-1569. Oct. 9World Premier of modern opera “Adea” by Pennsylvania composer Cynthia Cozette at Lutheran Ch. of the Holy Communion, 2110 Chestnut St., 3 p.m., followed by reception. Free-will offering will be collected. For info (215) 567-3668. Oct. 11Prevent A Child From Abuse fundraiser art at Tavern On Broad at Bellevue, Broad & Walnut Sts., 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sponsored by Joseph Pultrone. Tickets $50. For info, tickets, and other details Joe (267) 977-3776. Oct. 15W. Poplar NASC hosts Fall Fashion Show & Luncheon at Zoar United Methodist Ch., 1204 Melon St., 2 p.m. Donation $20. For info (215) 765-0960. Oct. 16-22 Mt. Zion Baptist Ch. hosts 97th annual Church Anniversary kickoff Concert at 50th & Woodland Ave., 3 p.m. Revival will be held Oct. 19-21, 7 p.m. All events free and open to public. For info (215) 7240619. Oct. 22Philly Cares Day targets South Philadelphia HS at Broad & Snyder Ave., 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. For info or to volunteer call Matthew Mumber (215) 564-4544. Oct. 27Pre-Election celebration sponsored by Sean Dillon’s 66A Ward at Chickie’s & Pete’s, 11000 Roosevelt Blvd., 6-9 p.m. Tickets $35. For info (215) 637-6360. 26 SEPTEMBER, 2011
Phila. People Now Eligible For Assistance From Tropical Storm Lee Homeowners, renters and business owners in Philadelphia are now eligible for federal assistance to help recover from the effects of Tropical Storm Lee, which struck on Sep. 3. Individuals that have suffered damages from Tropical Storm Lee are strongly encouraged to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today. They can apply for aid three ways: calling FEMA at (800) 621-3362 or TTY (800) 462-7585 for those who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired; online at www.disasterassistance.gov; or directly on their mobile phones at m.fema.gov. Whether you go online or talk with a tele-registration representative from FEMA, have the following information ready: Name and Social Security number
Current address and telephone number Insurance information Total household annual income Bank account information for direct deposit Description of your damages. FEMA’s Individual Assistance program can help eligible applicants with temporary housing assistance, uninsured personal property losses and medical, dental, and funeral expenses caused by the disaster, along with other disaster-related expenses and serious needs. Lowinterest disaster loans from the US Small Business Administration also will be available to cover residential and business losses not covered by insurance. FEMA provides grants to renters for a variety of serious disaster-related losses, including:
Address of the damaged property
Replacement or repair of necessary personal property lost or damaged in the disaster, such as furnishings or appliances; Replacement or repair of tools and equipment required by students or the self-employed for their work; Replacement or repair of vehicles damaged by the disaster; Moving and storage expenses; and Disaster-related medical and dental expenses. If renters have personal property losses not covered by insurance or FEMA grants, they may be eligible for low-interest disaster loans administered by the US Small Business Administration. Following a disaster, SBA loans are not only for small businesses, but also for renters, homeowners, businesses of all sizes and private, nonprofit organizations. Renters may borrow up to $40,000 to replace personal property.
Casey Calls On Treasury To Help AmeriHealth Mercy CEO: AfDisaster Victims With Housing fordable Health Care Act Will Be Economic Stimulus US Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa) wrote to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Friday to ask him to waive restrictions to allow families affected by recent flooding access to temporary housing. “As these families begin the process of rebuilding, it is crucial that we ensure that they have access to temporary housing,” Casey stated in the letter. “This relief will help ensure individuals affected by these floods have access to housing while their homes are rebuilt.” 25 AUGUST, 2011
AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies President and CEO Michael A. Rashid said Friday the Affordable Care Act, which will extend health insurance coverage for Americans and is expected to expand Medicaid enrollment, is also likely to create jobs as it provides an economic stimulus for the country. “Medicaid expenditures drive an important economic engine that supports hospitals, physicians, medical equipment providers, pharmacists and nursing homes.
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In part, these expenditures have contributed to employment growth,” Rashid said.
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference in Washington.
“The Affordable Care Act also provides for significant investments in community health centers, which have long been an important source of access to care for the nation’s vulnerable populations,” he said. “Over the next five years, the law provides $11 billion in funding for the operation, expansion and construction of community health centers nationally. These centers provide high-quality jobs in many of the nation’s most economically distressed communities.”
Rashid said that in Pennsylvania, where AmeriHealth Mercy is based, every Medicaid dollar spent generates $2.77 more in economic activity, according to the Commonwealth’s Dept. of Public Welfare.
Rashid made the remarks while speaking today on a distinguished health care panel, “The Politics of Race and Health Equity,” at the
Toomey Hooks Computers For Philly School US Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) announced Friday 25 surplus Senate computers he helped secure through the Senate’s Computers for Schools Program have been shipped to five Pennsylvania public schools.
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One of the lucky schools, which will receive five computers and monitors, is Beeber Dimner MS in Overbrook. “I’m pleased to be able to help provide computers for these deserving schools, and I know the educators will put them to good use and train our students to compete in a global, technologically driven economy,” Toomey said.
House Is Back! General Assembly Now In Full Swing The Pennsylvania House of Representatives began its session this morning. Since the Senate opened its chamber one week ago, lawmaking has begun with a rush. Topping the agenda this afternoon will be timely legislation for the football season: SB 200, the Safety in
Youth Sports Act. This legislation sets guidelines for getting students off the field when they sustain a serious head injury and prohibits their return until they are healthy. The bill, introduced by State Sen. Pat Browne, (R-Northampton), establishes standards for managing concussions and traumatic brain injuries to student athletes; assigns duties to the Dept. of Health and the Dept. of Education; and imposes penalties. Also today, the House and Senate will hold a joint public hearing on the feasibility of establishing a State disaster-assistance program. On Wednesday, the State Government Committee will hear a rack of proposals aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants in the
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Commonwealth. The House Professional Licensure Committee will be busy this week voting on regulations which will affect Certified Public Accountants, professional engineers, land surveyors, geologists, medical perfusionists and veterinarians.] House votes scheduled for second consideration include a “good Samaritan” law. HB 1192 (State
Rep. Rick Saccone, R-Allegheny). It provides exemption from civil liability to individuals who do not meet the current criteria of certified first-aid training so long as they provide assistance in a reasonably prudent manner, the assistance is provided without fee or compensation, and they relinquish care of the victim when a certified individual becomes available to take responsibility.
Also up for second vote are two pieces written by State Rep. John Evans (R-Crawford) aimed at helping service members get ready for hunting season. HB 1236 (reduces the active-duty service requirement from 180 to 60 consecutive days for reduced-fee fishing licenses for members of the Armed Forces. HB 1237 does the same for hunting licenses.
Cohen Seeks Guv’s Input On Abortion Clinics; Calls Proposed Bills ‘Unconstitutional’ House Human Services Committee Democratic Chairman Mark Cohen (D-N. Phila.) is asking Gov. Tom Corbett to intervene in the legislative discussion over potential changes to the State’s Health Care Facilities Act which could have a negative impact on a woman’s right to have an abortion. Cohen is requesting Corbett’s intervention “to bring about a compromise which will end the counterproductive political debate and bring together all the parties of interest to ensure that (abortion clinic) inspections are conducted and procedures implemented to protect the health and safety of all Pennsylvanians.” “The Grand Jury in the Gosnell
case found Pennsylvania’s Dept. of Health had neglected its duty to enforce existing health and safety laws. If the Department had monitored abortion facilities for compliance and enforcement of existing regulations as you have proposed, the atrocities in Gosnell’s clinic would never have happened,” he wrote in a letter to the Governor. Cohen goes on to say the Philadelphia District Attorney clarified the Grand Jury report by stating: “The Grand Jury did not recommend that the legislature change the definition of an ambulatory surgical facility to include all abortion clinics. Nor did it recommend abortion clinics be singled out for licensure under the Health Care Facilities
Act simply because they offer abortions.” He said that legislation under consideration by the House and Senate would create unnecessary requirements on many doctors’ offices. “If either is signed into law, SB 732 or HB 574 would make abortion care in Pennsylvania inaccessible. I am certain that after careful consideration of the consequences, you will uphold your duty to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and refuse to enact either of these unconstitutional violations of a woman’s right to choose,” Cohen wrote.
Mayor To Celebrate New Pharma Facility Tomorrow Mayor Michael Nutter and William Marth of Teva Pharmaceuticals will celebrate the groundbreaking of the company’s new Distribution Center, which will be one of the largest brown26 SEPTEMBER, 2011
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.Center City District Wins Public Spaces Award For Park Work The International Downtown Association, a worldwide organization that advocates for livable urban centers, has awarded the Center City District with the IDA Merit Award, in recognition of the CCD’s work on three Center City parks. The award honors the $4.57 million in improvements made by the CCD at Aviator Park and Three Parkway Plaza/Café Crét, along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and Chestnut Park, at 17th & Chestnut Streets. The renovations at these parks were funded through varied combinations of foundation grants, public funds and CCD revenues. The CCD was selected for the award from among 63 entrants. “The Center City District is proud to be recognized, along with its many partners, for work that enhances the pedestrian experience, increases the beauty of the city, and provides more high-quality green space for visitors, workers and residents to enjoy,” said Paul R. Levy, president and CEO of the Center City District. At Aviator Park, the new design focused on creating a “town green” sized for large and small gatherings with new walkways, perimeter sidewalks, crosswalks, and benches strategically placed to allow uninterrupted views of the Swann Fountain, Franklin Institute and nearby sculptures. The total project cost was $1.8 million dollars. Renovations at Three Parkway 6|
Plaza included new paving, a granite seating wall, new benches, more than a dozen new trees, seasonal flowers, a new underground irrigation system, new pedestrianscale lights, and a 1,200-squarefoot cafe and information center with outdoor seating named after Paul Cret, one of the most influential individuals in Philadelphia architecture. This project cost $2.33 million.
sources, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the US Dept. of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, and the William Penn Foundation. The award was presented last week at the IDA’s Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
At Chestnut Park, the original gates created by artist Christopher T. Ray were carefully conserved and a unique woven metal fencing system was fabricated and installed to complement the sculptures. A concrete tiered fountain was rehabilitated and care was taken to supplement the park landscape with plants, shrubs and trees indigenous to the city’s Wissahickon and Delaware Valleys. This renovation cost $440,000. The CCD’s partners in these projects include the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, the Fairmount Park Art Association, the Fairmount Park Commission (now the Department of Parks & Recreation), the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation, the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, the Office of Arts, Culture & the Creative Economy, the Parkway Council Foundation, PennDOT, Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation & Natural ReTHE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD
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Remarkable Iraqi Woman Designer Gets Show At Art Museum by Nathan Lerner Architect Zaha Hadid has achieved international acclaim for her groundbreaking futuristic buildings. She is the first female to be awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. ’s innovative sense of style also manifests in a panoply of smaller items that she has designed. The new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art represents the first in the United States to feature Hadid’s product designs in a setting of her own creation. It showcases some 40 objects designed by Hadid, including a sterling silver coffee and tea set for Sawaya & Moroni, shoes for Lacoste, and even the prototype for her Z-Car, a hydrogen-powered, three-wheeled automobile. Chestnut Hill resident Kathryn Hiesinger is the museum’s curator of European decorative arts after 1700. In this capacity, she curated the show on Hadid. Hiesinger is a noted authority on the subject, having penned the book Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion. Hiesinger explained, “She has been a leader in digital design and direct-to-production technologies, pushing the limits of engineering and current building practices.” Hiesinger said, “The fields of architecture, urban planning and design are deeply interrelated in Hadid’s practice, developed from the same theoretical concepts and the same formal language.” 26 SEPTEMBER, 2011
Z-CAR I, 2006. Zaha Hadid’s lightweight carbon fiber composite: EPS PU, PU-coating, car paint. 65 3/4 x 72 13/16 x 148 in. Made by GTM Cars, Kingswinford, England. Photography courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects: Project Zaha Hadid Architects in collaboration with Kenny Shachter/ ROVE Gallery London. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hadid grew up in a progressive, welltraveled, Westernized Muslim household. Hiesinger observed, “This gave her an expansive world view and innate boldness.” Hadid obtained an undergraduate degree in mathematics from American University in Beirut, Lebanon, before studying at Architectural Association in London. Hiesinger pointed out, “Her educational background has been deeply important for her professionally. It THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD
has given her the ability to develop and realize the complex geometries that her buildings and designs require.” She specified, “Hadid has made impressive contributions to the fields of architecture and design that I wanted to recognize.” In this case, “Backed by Collab, the museum’s modern and contemporary design support group, I proposed the idea to our director, who enthusiastically agreed.” Hadid herself shaped the parameters of the show. “We worked directly with |
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her associates,” Hiesinger said, “but ultimately she is responsible for the selection and design of the exhibition.” The 68-year-old Hiesinger was born and raised in Houston, Tex., where she was an ardent bibliophile. She waxed nostalgic, “As a little girl, I wanted to be a librarian, because I loved to read.” While matriculating at Wellesley College, her career aspirations changed, Hiesinger recounted. “After my sophomore year, when I spent the summer in Italy looking at art, I became seriously interested in making a professional career in the field.”
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After obtaining her baccalaureate, Hiesinger went directly to graduate school in fine arts at Harvard, where she earned AM and PhD degrees in fine arts. She focused on Italian Renaissance art and architecture. Armed with her graduate degrees, she became a curatorial assistant in the Dept. of Medieval & Renaissance Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where she has spent virtually her entire professional career. During her years at the museum, Hiesinger has curated numerous retrospective exhibitions, including “Art in France under the Second Empire,” “Art Nouveau in Munich” and “Design Since 1945.” However, according to Hiesinger, “Dealing with a living artist is al-
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ways more challenging than any historic project!” The show “Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion” will open on Sep. 17 and continue through Mar. 25, 2012, at the Perelman Gallery of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In conjunction with the exhibition, Collab will present the 2011 Design Excellence Award to Hadid on the evening of Nov. 19 in the Van Pelt Auditorium of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Nathan Lerner, director of Davenport Communications, is actively involved in civic and cultural affairs. He welcomes feedback at culturevulture1@aol.com.
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