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NFL Combine 2019 recap: Potential Eagles offensive line targets

Offensive lineman were busy on Thursday, first hitting the bench press and then hitting the podiums for their barrage of questions from reporters. There were about 58 players that they fit into the 1.5-2 hour window for interviews, so it goes by in a flash. Two of the guys who are considered potential Eagles targets include Yodney Cajuste and Andre Dillard.

He’s not exactly the most talkative guy, but he did have some insight into the type of player he is. Cajuste addressed sitting out of the bowl game, and said that if you watch the Oklahoma game, it’s obvious he was rolled up on and his ankle just wasn’t ready to go for the bowl game.

He talked about the No. 1 thing he needs to show teams is that he’s reliable and that the film speaks for himself. When he meets with teams he’s confidant they’ll see what kind of guy his is and just wants to show them that he’s very reliable.

Cajuste did note that his ceiling is really high and that he’s a very hard worker, while also pointing out that he’s still got a lot to learn and is eager to do so. He went on to say that he doesn’t compete with anyone but himself and is a tough critique of his own performance. He also said that he prepares well for every opponent, and watches film on his own time ahead of games to try and find their tendencies.

He was asked what some of his favorite plays were to run in West Virginia, he said he definitely liked passing the ball and when they aired it out and having to give five-man protection with everybody one-on-one by themselves. For the run game, he said he likes running counter on the right side where he pulled.

Cajuste has not met with the Eagles yet, and didn’t say that was one of the formal meeting he’s got planned for this weekend.

One of the big points of Dilliard’s time at the podium was talking about how he was able to bulk up so much during his collegiate career. He weighed 240 pounds when he got to WSU and weighed in at 315 at the Combine, which is a pretty impressive gain while satying lean. He talked about having to eat everything, all the time and would even set an alarm some nights to wake up and have a shake at 2 a.m. to try and bulk up. He said eating late night was the key.

He said one of the biggest questions he’s gotten when meeting with teams is about how he feels about going from a mostly passing offense to an NFL style offense, and how he feels about his talents as a run blocker. He didn’t seem to have any concerns about his ability, and clearly seems committed to following the instructions of his team and coaches if they want him to develop in other ways.

The Eagles already had a formal meeting with the Alabama State offensive tackle, who is another player who bulked up a lot during his time in college. Howard played both tight end and quarterback in high school, and would be an interesting addition to the Eagles line and also notched 21 reps on the bench press on Thursday.

Source: https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2019/2/28/18244621/nfl-combine-2019-recap-potential-eagles-offensive-line-targets

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Truck Crashes Into East Mount Airy Home Causing Collapse

A work truck crashed into a home in Philadelphia's East Mount Airy neighborhood on Monday morning, undermining the structure and causing it to partially collapse.

The flatbed truck careened into the corner home at 60 Pleasant Street around 7 a.m., fire officials said. Surveillance video from a nearby home showed the truck crashing into a gray Dodge Charger before hitting a street pole and finally driving right through the home's first floor.

A short time later, the front of the home collapsed to the street.

Authorities have not said who was at fault for the crash. There were no reports of injuries.

The Department of Licenses and Inspections condemned the property and set it to be demolished by hand on Tuesday. A city official said a fence will be put up to secure the area from any additional collapses. 

The construction crew will help the family salvage any belongings they can before the house is knocked down.

Source: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Truck-Crashes-Into-East-Mount-Airy-Home-Causing-Collapse-512053131.html

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Phillies cannot improve without making these defensive fixes

The Phillies' defense was atrocious this season. It was the worst in the majors. It was the worst this city has seen in decades. 

When looking at why the Phillies fell apart in the second half, the offense deserves its share of the blame, but the defense faltered all year long.

The Phillies are not going to contend with below-average defenders at nearly every position. You just can't, even if you have a staff full of aces.

I personally take defensive metrics with a grain of salt, but the Phils' figure of minus-129 defensive runs saved this season is hard to ignore and certainly passes the eye test. It's 28 defensive runs worse than the next-worst team, the 111-loss Orioles.

The four main reasons:

1. Infield defense an overall weakness

There was a 100 percent chance the Phillies' shortstop defense was going to be worse this season. That's what happens when you move on from a defensive whiz like Freddy Galvis, who by the way is still making sensational plays and saving his pitching staff in San Diego.

Phillies shortstops have committed 19 errors this season, a dozen more than their league-low seven last year.

Scott Kingery did improve at short after a shaky start. And it seems clear the Phillies aren't sold on J.P. Crawford's defense at short. Crawford had more errors — mostly on throws — in 30 games at shortstop this season than Galvis had in 155 starts last year.

To make matters worse, the Phillies received Galvis-like offensive production from their shortstops this season. They got Galvis' bat without his glove. Don't be surprised if the Phils add a defensive-minded veteran shortstop this offseason, especially if Kingery moves to 2B.

2. Catchers couldn't catch

Jorge Alfaro graded out well this season with pitch-framing. Every other aspect of his receiving was poor. There is a case to be made that Alfaro's focus — and really the organization's focus — on pitch-framing and catching the ball perfectly made him worse at catching it, period.

The Phillies have the most passed balls in the National League. A lot of them were inexcusable for a major-league catcher. Only the Pirates have more combined passed balls and wild pitches.

These are costly, costly events that increase the other team's scoring chance in a substantial way. 

Alfaro's offseason focus will likely be enhancing his receiving ability. If the Phils move on from Wilson Ramos, they need to add a second catcher who excels defensively. The free-agent pickings are slim. Yasmani Grandal is out there but why would the Dodgers let him walk?

3. Rhys Hoskins is not a leftfielder

It's not his fault he's out there, but Hoskins is not a leftfielder, he's a first baseman. Hoskins' range is comparable to Pat Burrell's midway through Burrell's career, but Burrell could at least make up for it with a strong and accurate throwing arm.

The Phillies had the fourth-most errors in left field this year and the fifth-fewest assists.

Hoskins at first base with Carlos Santana at 3B is a legit possibility for 2019. Third base defense would be sacrificed for the betterment of offense and left field defense ... which is definitely more palatable if it means Bryce Harper is there.

4. Odubel Herrera regressed in CF

The defensive metrics liked Herrera until this season, and again, the eye test backs up the change. Herrera did not get good jumps this season. He did not make strong throws and was routinely tested by baserunners. The throwing arms of Herrera and Hoskins both grade out toward the bottom of baseball, with Hoskins ranking dead last among 58 qualifying outfielders.

Roman Quinn's above-average defense was glaring because of what it replaced.

Herrera had another multi-blunder game Tuesday night in Denver, not hustling on a double-play ball he had no excuse to not beat out, then later muffing a ball in deep right field.

The Phillies probably realize at this point Quinn is the better all-around player, but Quinn's constant issues staying healthy mean that the Phils would also have to bring in a fourth outfielder they'd feel comfortable playing a lot in center. Keeping Herrera as that fourth outfielder if no intriguing trade offer materializes could be an option.

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Source: https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/phillies/phillies-cannot-improve-without-making-these-defensive-fixes

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Report: Ezekiel Ansah signs with Seahawks

Ezekiel Ansah won’t be signing with the Philadelphia Eagles. The top free agent pass rusher is joining the Seattle Seahawks on a one-year contract, according to a report from NFL insider Ian Rapoport.

We previously speculated that Ansah could be an Eagles target. Philadelphia could afford to add another pass rusher after trading Michael Bennett and potentially losing Chris Long to retirement. The Eagles also could’ve signed Ansah without him impacting their compensatory pick formula since May 7 has passed.

It’s unclear if the Eagles were really in on Ansah. He reportedly visited with the Seahawks and Bills. Seattle could afford to offer Ansah a lot of playing time since they traded Frank Clark to the Chiefs earlier this offseason. Oh well.

You can [CLICK HERE] to read about some other free agent pass rushers the Eagles could sign. The options aren’t overly inspiring but there could be an opportunity that makes sense.

The Eagles will face off against Ansah when the Seahawks visit Lincoln Financial Field in Week 12 this season.

Source: https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2019/5/8/18537799/ezekiel-ansah-seahawks-seattle-contract-nfl-news-defensive-end-lions-bills-eagles-pass-rusher-stats

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A photographer reflects on a summer oasis: Dendy Playground

I never expected to photograph it when I first went there. Marie Dendy Playground was just the closest pool to me as I stayed the summer alone in my apartment near the Temple campus, and I was set on getting in the water. I’d been eyeing the pool since I went to Dendy to cast my vote in my first presidential election in 2016, and now the time had come. Swimming was supposed to be a break after spending my days interning with the Philadelphia Inquirer’s photo staff. But the feeling that night was impossible to ignore; the magic was palpable, and I knew I had to document it. (Click on the arrows to view the full slideshows here.)

Dendy is a summer oasis, offering a chance to cool down from the heat in a Philly neighborhood that’s hotter than average, plus affordable recreation for an area where median income ranges from $20,000 to $28,000. It’s also a hub of neighborhood life, with cookouts, basketball tournaments, and summer camp.

It soon became my oasis, too, with a regular cast of smiling basketball players and toddlers and parents and everyone else, who soon came to know me (fondly, I hope) as “the Camera Lady.”

Source: http://planphilly.com/eyesonthestreet/2018/08/20/a-photographer-reflects-on-a-summer-oasis-dendy-playground

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Chosen 300 serves day-after-Thanksgiving dinner

Many agencies provide meals to homeless people on Thanksgiving Day, so Chosen 300 ministries in West Philadelphia do their good deeds the day before and the day after.

"The day after thanksgiving and all throughout the year, it's a need throughout the community for people that are homeless," said Chosen 300 Executive Director Brian Jenkins.

And again on this night, Chosen 300 ministries is fulfilling that need at its West Philadelphia location.

About a hundred homeless gather for a hot food and fellowship just like they do several times each week.

Dozens of volunteers prepare meals and giveaway warm clothing. Among those donating their time once every month, Philadelphia police officers who see it as part of their mission.

Jenkins said Chosen 300 serves 2100 people every week at its three locations in Philadelphia and Pottstown and is asking for the public to help them continue fulfilling a growing need.

"We hope they understand this is not a holiday effort. This is a year-round driven purpose that we help out people here in the community and organizations like chosen 300 are suffering financially," said Jenkins.

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Source: https://6abc.com/community-events/chosen-300-serves-day-after-thanksgiving-dinner/4749784/

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Here’s What You’ll Be Eating at the Piazza Pod Park

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Northern Liberties' new outdoor space and dining destination opens this weekend.

Photo courtesy of Piazza Pod Park

The Piazza Pod Park, the Post Brothers’ new mixed-use outdoor space and beer garden at 1075 Germantown Avenue, kicks off with a grand opening celebration this Saturday, June 8th.

The free grand opening festivities run from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., with live bands, DJs, family activities, promotions from select vendors, and more.

Dining pod | Photo courtesy of Piazza Pod Park

Inside the dining pod | Photo courtesy of Piazza Pod Park

In addition to vendor pods, the park features a “family zone” with a nursing pod, climbing sculptures and rocking horses for kids (with playground equipment coming in July). There’s also an indoor, air-conditioned dining pod with seating and a roof deck in addition to outdoor dining space for 300.

Official hours at the 35,000 square-foot park in Northern Liberties are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday, though vendor hours vary. There’s a 150-car parking lot adjacent to the Piazza as you enter from 2nd Street, which is free to use with validation from a Pod Park vendor (and it’s free to attendees of the park’s grand opening on Saturday).

See what you’ll be eating at the Pod Park below — the vendors are listed in the order of their placement in a semicircle around BeBot, the park’s central sculpture, so that you can work your way down the list one by one.

Spread Bagelry | Photo courtesy of Piazza Pod Park

Lil Sum Sum Dim Sum House’s NoLibs spinoff serves Cantonese and Shanghai dim sum dishes along with Chinese classics. Hours: Noon to midnight daily. Don’t miss: Garlic noodles with chicken or seitan, only available at the Pod Park location.

Spread Bagelry The Montreal-style bagel spot makes its own wood-fired rounds and spreads, with sandwiches featuring house-roasted meats available for lunch. Hours: 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Don’t miss: Montreal pizza bagels to balance out your healthy morning smoothie.

Urban Village Brewing Company Headquartered in the neighboring Piazza, Urban Village is running a mini-beer garden at the Pod Park, with ever-rotating seasonal drafts from the brewery, craft cocktails made with local spirits, and Original 13 Cider made nearby in Fishtown. Hours: Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 2 p.m. to midnight, Sunday from noon to 10 p.m., closed Monday and Tuesday. Don’t miss: Pod Park Pils, their collaborative brew with Mainstay Independent that’s exclusively available at the park.

Photo by Kory Aversa

Tiki Tako This pod from El Camino Real’s Owen Kamihara features tacos made with Asian and island-inspired flavors, along with classic tiki drinks like Blue Hawaiians and Mai Tais.  Hours: Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 2 p.m. to midnight, Sunday from noon to 10 p.m., closed Monday and Tuesday. Don’t miss: Bang Bang shrimp tacos, stuffed with shrimp, Pineapple, jalapeño, and lettuce with a creamy, spicy sambal sauce.

Wine Bar Urban Village is running more than beer at the Pod Park: they’re also behind the locally-focused Wine Bar, which features glasses from eight different local wineries as well as local mead, frosé, and draft sangria. Hours: Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 2 p.m. to midnight, Sunday from noon to 10 p.m., closed Monday through Wednesday. Don’t miss: Sparkling rosé from Pinnacle Ridge Winery in Kutztown.

Craft Beer Concepts Inspired by Bru Craft & Wurst This baby Bru is modeled after Craft Concepts Group’s downtown beer hall, with a slate of craft beers and cocktails on offer. Hours: Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 2 p.m. to midnight, Sunday from noon to 10 p.m. Don’t miss: Monetized Art, a Pod Park-exclusive American IPA made with Amarillo & Cascade hops in collaboration with itinerant Philly brewing outfit Futurist.

Essen Bakery The acclaimed East Passyunk bakery spins off with a cafe and retail bakery in the park’s “family zone” — it’s the perfect excuse to grab a sweet treat with the kids. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Don’t miss: Baker-owner Tova du Plessis’s passionfruit and strawberry-flavored “Not everything is black and white” cookies, which she debuted at James Beard Foundation dinner earlier this year.

French Toast Bites by Lokal Artisan Foods Owner Charisse McGill’s portable, snackable bites were such a hit at Christmas Village this past winter that she’s brought them to the Pod Park. Hours: Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to midnight, closed Monday. Don’t miss: French toast bites with crisp bacon, plus whatever toppings — like whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and strawberries — your heart desires.

Photo by Kory Aversa

Craft Cocktail Concepts inspired by BLUME This floral-patterned pod, a spinoff of the highly Instagrammable Center City spot that opened this past summer, specializes in frozen and draft cocktails. Hours: Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 2 p.m. to midnight, Sunday from noon to 10 p.m. Don’t miss: The Espresso Colada, which will simultaneously perk you up and chill you out with a frozen blend of  pienapple juice, cream of coconut, espresso, and unaged T. Rutter Rum from Manatawny Still Works.

Empanada Box This exclusive Pod Park vendor specializes in flaky, crispy empanadas stuffed with savory fillings, plus elotes — Mexican street corn brushed with mayo, then topped with cheese and spices. Hours: Noon to 10 p.m. daily. Don’t miss: The Frontera Mac & Cheese empanada, which comes stuffed with elbows, jack and cheddar cheeses, chorizo, and pickled jalapeños.

Mama Maria’s Italian Ice This Port Richmond favorite expands south with both traditional water ice and “Mama Flavors,” their own creations made with chunks of real fresh fruit. Hours: Monday through Thursday from noon to 9 p.m., Friday through Sunday from noon to 10 p.m. Don’t miss: BeBananaz water ice, inspired by the park’s 33-foot-tall BeBot sculpture. It’s made with banana, caramel, and chocolate chips, then topped with granola.

Source: https://www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2019/06/06/piazza-pod-park-food-drink-menus/

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Four years later, Pa. lawmaker from Philly charged in sting case faces trial

The sting case dates to 2010, when Ali, hoping to win favorable treatment after his arrest in an unrelated fraud case, agreed to wear a wire for the state Attorney General's office and tape public officials as he made his rounds in Philadelphia and Harrisburg. The investigation was run by former state prosecutor Frank Fina, who had carved out a niche pursuing big public-corruption cases.

Source: http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-corruption-trial-vanessa-brown-state-house-philadelphia-20181022.html

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Report: Flyers bring in Rick Wilson as new assistant coach

Somewhere in the bowels of the Flyers' organization exists a goaltender’s purgatory — a place of banishment that offers little hope, faith or guidance.

Only Anthony Stolarz knows how dark a place like that feels, but he simply refused to let those emotions overcome his disposition within the organization. Stolarz was never meant to see the inside of the Flyers' net this season, but crazy is a subtle way of describing the chain of events that have played out in the team's crease.

When the season started in Vegas, Stolarz was the low man on the totem pole, as in that part of the pole buried beneath the surface that provides stability for the rest of the pole. He was six guys deep at that time and clearly the forgotten man in the Flyers' stable of netminders.

“It crosses your mind, but at the end of the day, it is what it is,” Stolarz said. “For sure, you sit there and see the team out there and you want to be out there. As a goalie, it’s definitely tough. There’s only one spot. It definitely crosses your mind. It’s part of the business. I’m sure I’m not the first person to be put in that position.”

Assuming everyone had stayed healthy, Stolarz would still be fighting for practice reps in Lehigh Valley and wouldn’t be serving as the short-term solution for the Flyers. The firing of Ron Hextall opened up that small window of opportunity and Stolarz has seized it once Calvin Pickard was placed on waivers.  

At the end of the day, I have a job to do and that’s to go out and prepare myself every day and continue to get better. Changes at the rink, it’s never easy. For me, it’s just nice to be here and proving I can play at this level.

With the frame of an NFL tight end (6-foot-6, 220 pounds), Stolarz is one of the most imposing figures in net — an intimidating presence for opposing shooters who can barely see any daylight with Stolarz positioned in the crease. Impressively, he’s quickly refined the areas of his game that were viewed as a weakness.

In Stolarz's first preseason start at Nassau Coliseum this season, Islanders rookie Kieffer Bellows scored a one-timer on a pass that came from behind the Flyers' net. Stolarz was unprepared for that rapid-fire play and lost his balance as the puck was fired into the net. Since then, when provided the opportunity, Stolarz has worked closely with goaltending coach Kim Dillabaugh to utilize his frame and react to those types of plays accordingly. 

“The biggest thing over the last year that we’ve worked on is a double seal on the post,” Stolarz said. “If you watch when the puck’s behind the net, I can use my long limbs, I can keep my foot on both posts. If you look at guys like [Andrei] Vasilevskiy, [Sergei] Bobrovsky and [Pekka] Rinne, it’s what guys are doing. Plays happen so quick from behind the net that you want to force those guys to make a perfect shot, whether it’s upstairs or over the pad on you.”

Yet, Stolarz’s body of work pales in comparison to the body that’s now working for him. Impressively, he has scratched and clawed his way back despite very little time in the minors, just three starts last season with Reading in the ECHL and two starts with the Phantoms over the last year coming off surgery to repair a torn meniscus.    

“You do what it takes to get that net and steal it from someone even if you have to take someone’s job,” Stolarz said. “For me, coming back from injury, I kind of just want to take it easy, just get your groove again, and I think I found it.”

“His confidence has really been impressive,” head coach Dave Hakstol said. “He’s eager to take advantage of the opportunity. He’s not tight. I don’t think he’s overthinking things. He’s excited to play, and you can see that in his game.”

It has been assumed that Carter Hart is the future — the prospect who will backstop the franchise for the next 10-15 years. But as we’ve witnessed this season, that future is a difficult one to predict, much like the career of Stolarz, who was regarded as highly as Hart when he was selected 45th overall in the 2012 NHL entry draft. 

“Here we are a couple of weeks later and fortunes have changed,” Stolarz said. “As a goalie, it’s all about timing. For me, I felt really good the last three games since I’ve been in. Obviously, it’s not easy not playing earlier in the year, but it’s my job to prepare and take every rep in practice. Just to get these starts back-to-back is a big confidence booster. Now it’s up to me to grab the bull by the horns and run with it.”

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Source: https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/flyers/report-flyers-bring-rick-wilson-new-assistant-coach

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Can rec centers be business incubators? $300,000 Knight grant could make it happen

Philly just scored $300k to advance its stock of public spaces.

Via a Knight Foundation grant program designed to elevate the places where people can hang out freely, two Philadelphians were awarded $150,000 each. Philly repped this one strong — our two winners are out of just seven honorees around the country.

The fellows are:

Kathryn Ott-Lovell, commissioner of the Department of Parks & Recreation

Anuj Gupta, general manager of Reading Terminal Market

Now, the Philly winners are drafting up special projects that can innovate Philly’s community sites over the next two years. What’re they gonna do with the cash? Each offered an idea:

(Small disclaimer: With two years before either will actually implement their plans, these ideas are totally subject to change.)

How can Philly’s rec centers better serve their neighborhoods? How about

Ott-Lovell said she’d like to use her grant money to offer small business owners some recreation center real estate. For something like $1 per square foot, or for free, she could provide folks with some space to run their businesses.

“We’re really working with local communities to see what entrepreneurial ideas they have,” Ott-Lovell told Billy Penn. “If they can’t afford a storefront or a shared workspace, but they really have a wonderful idea for a small business, what if that could happen in a recreation center?”

She imagines employing some community benefits, too — like if the entrepreneurial idea engages young people, they can get a further discount on the space.

“We have space, we have great ideas,” Ott-Lovell added. “Maybe there’s a way to think beyond traditional recreation and about using these centers as a real community hub.”

With his grant, Gupta wants to expand the Reading Terminal Market dinner series known as Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers.

Essentially, the series brings together different communities across the city — either that don’t know one another, or that have some measure of conflict between them. For one evening at RTM, the two groups cook and eat a meal together, each with the goal of learning about the other’s experiences.

“When you give people an opportunity and a forum, despite the division and tension of our times, you can still find a sense of shared humanity,” Gupta told Billy Penn.

His dream? To offer up that program to groups of kids. If they break bread together at an early age, Gupta has the sense it’ll prevent divisions from forming in the first place.

“The most unfortunate thing for our kids, for the communities they live in, is if they simply segregate themselves and don’t get to know one another,” he said. “That only fuels future strife as they grow up.”

Each awardee had to be nominated before even applying. Then the Knight Foundation selected them from a pool of roughly 2,000 public-space-professionals.

Ott-Lovell and Gupta are ecstatic to be chosen — both explained they rarely get money they can use in such a flexible way.

“It’s always hard in a city with so many competing priorities to get additional funds,” Ott-Lovell said. “Now, when there’s something we really want to implement, we have this little pot of money that we can dip into to say, ‘Let’s take this out for a spin.'”

“These rare people see something different when they look at streets, parks and sidewalks,” said Sam Gill, Knight Foundation vice president for communities and impact. “We hope this recognition accelerates their visionary work and invites others to challenge the way we think about and use public space.”

Source: https://billypenn.com/2019/06/19/can-rec-centers-be-business-incubators-300000-knight-grant-could-make-it-happen/

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Mia & Jake’s B’nai Mitzvah

We don’t always shoot mitzvahs, but when we do they involve hundreds of kids, an epic dance party and a black and white color scheme that suddenly turns to color in a venue that was transformed to look like NYC. You know, this kind…

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Handing out a game ball for Eagles vs. Rams

There were a bevy of standout performances from the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles in their upset win over the Los Angeles Rams. None of those were bigger or stood taller than day put together by the 5’9 1/8”, 184-pound Avonte Maddox. While Fletcher Cox’s dominance should be considered, no one for either team played better than the fourth-round rookie.

What Maddox has been asked to do is no easy task. He battled for a spot at nickel in training camp and preseason, was forced to switch to a starting safety role in mid-season, and coming back from a knee injury suffered in Week 11, he was asked to start at outside corner. With how well he held up, it’s no wonder Jim Schwartz has praised Maddox in the past for being mature beyond his years.

At his size, it doesn’t make sense that he would be as dynamic as he’s been. Forget covering a 6’3” receiver like Josh Reynolds or corralling a 224-pound Todd Gurley, his 1st percentile 29 1/2” make you wonder if he has issues folding sheets. Still, the determined Maddox finds a way to get the job done time-in time-out.

From the outset Maddox assuaged any concerns over his ability to make plays from the outside. On the third play of the game on 3rd & 11, he announced that he was not going to be picked on in a difficult coverage assignment that many have bungled this year.

That’s a textbook play from his flat responsibility. There’s no need for Maddox to run deep early or to take the cheese in the flats. He has the short area explosion to make either play and puts himself in a position to do so.

The Eagles would go down early by a score of 6-7 and with the Rams threatening around midfield, Maddox would shut the door on another drive. Before the snap, you could hear quarterback Jared Goff saying to Josh Reynolds, “blaze out, blaze out”. This is a vertical route that threatens the post and snaps back to the sideline. It’s a high difficulty route to cover that has made many a corner look foolish, but Maddox has safety help and cat-like quickness.

Reynolds widens his initial stem before flattening, trying to turn the hips of Maddox. Knowing he has deep safety help inside, Maddox stays disciplined in his technique and is there step-for-step with him. He’s also quick to close and comes up with a fantastic concentration catch for the interception.

Maddox had three tackles on Todd Gurley for the day, but none was more important than the one that came during the Rams’ last gasp. With 0:20 on the clock in the fourth and the Eagles clinging to a one-score lead, he came up big again.

That’s a 40-pound weight advantage nullified and a crucial play that would force the Rams to spike the ball with only 0:05 remaining.

On the next play Jim Schwartz would troll the world by running cover 0 “picket fence”, leaving Maddox one-on-one with Reynolds again. Maddox was sticky in coverage again and the ball from Goff would sail over their heads. Game over.

Per Pro Football Focus, Maddox played 57 snaps in coverage, was targeted 6 times, and allowed 1 catch for 8 yards while grabbing an interception. His QB Rating when targeted was zero. For that reason and the reasons stated above, my Game Ball goes to Avonte Maddox.

Source: https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2018/12/18/18146230/avonte-maddox-handing-out-game-ball-for-eagles-vs-rams-philadelphia-rookie-cornerback-pittsburgh-nfl

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Thousands could be deported as government targets asylum mills’ clients

NPR’s Planet Money has learned that more than 13,500 immigrants, mostly Chinese, who were granted asylum status years ago by the U.S. government, are facing possible deportation.

As the Trump administration turns away asylum-seekers at the border under more restrictive guidance issued by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Executive Office for Immigration Review are considering stripping asylum status from immigrants who won it years ago.

Immigration officials are moving against these immigrants in a sweeping review that federal authorities say is related to a 2012 investigation into asylum mills. During that probe, federal prosecutors in New York rounded up 30 immigration lawyers, paralegals and interpreters who had helped immigrants fraudulently obtain asylum in Manhattan’s Chinatown and in Flushing, Queens. The case was dubbed Operation Fiction Writer.

The federal government says the people convicted during Operation Fiction Writer had helped more than 3,500 immigrants, most of them Chinese, win asylum. Authorities accused them of dumping boilerplate language in stories of persecution, coaching clients to memorize and recite fictitious details to asylum officers, and fabricating documents to buttress the fake asylum claims.

In the years after the prosecutions, immigration officials have been reviewing those asylum cases to determine which clients lied on their asylum applications and therefore should be deported.

One of those rounded up during Operation Fiction Writer cooperated with authorities on the investigation. The man, who asked that we call him Lawrence, helped the government between 2011 and 2014. He says that he worked for lawyers who reassured their clients that they would be fine if they fabricated their claims of persecution in China and that those clients were just heeding legal advice.

He is in hiding now because of the government’s escalating demands that he continue cooperating — this time against those former clients. Planet Money spoke with him on Skype but does not know his exact location.

Lawrence, a Chinese immigrant himself, says the government pressured him in the past couple of years to help review asylum cases he may have worked on as an employee at more than one law firm. He helped with that effort initially but has backed away as the number of people the government is targeting has skyrocketed.

Lawrence says that he didn’t have a problem helping law enforcement arrest lawyers in 2012, but that he feels very different about helping law enforcement punish immigrants years after they won asylum.

“Because targets are different,” he says. “Those Chinese immigrants — those clients … their attorney just tell lie to them, to do that.”

The way Lawrence tells it, he is fighting a larger battle now against government agencies that are mixing up what is legal with what is right. He wants no part in helping the government use the letter of the law to strip asylum from people who won it years ago — even if that means he has to remain in hiding.

Lawrence says his disappearance will make it much harder for immigration officials to possibly deport thousands more people back to China, a country that he says does not treat people who had sought asylum kindly.

An unprecedented review

In a written statement, USCIS confirmed the substance of Lawrence’s story — that immigration officials are now reviewing 3,500 asylum cases handled years ago by the people convicted during Operation Fiction Writer. Immigration authorities also confirm that they are reviewing the asylum cases of more than 10,000 family members who were granted what is called “derivative asylum status.”

Therefore, in total, more than 13,500 immigrants who were granted asylum before December 2012 could lose it.

At the time the prosecution was announced in 2012, officials in the Obama administration, including then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, decided not to criminally prosecute any clients.

Today, “USCIS, ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor and the Executive Office of Immigration Review are reviewing these cases to maintain the integrity in our nation’s asylum system and to ensure that the original asylum grant was lawfully obtained,” says Katherine Tichacek, a spokeswoman for USCIS, in a written statement.

It isn’t unusual for immigration officials to review the case of a former client whose lawyer has been convicted of asylum fraud. But immigration lawyers say they have never seen officials systematically review old asylum cases on a scale like this in ICE’s history.

It is hard to say exactly how many of the cases handled by the guilty lawyers were in fact fraudulent. Fact-checking each requires confirming claims and stories that allegedly happened years ago, in other countries with separate legal systems.

Tichacek explained that when an old asylum case is flagged during this review for potential fraud, lawyers at ICE will file a motion to reopen the case with the Executive Office of Immigration Review. If an immigration judge grants the motion, the asylee is granted a hearing. The judge will then reaffirm the grant of asylum or terminate asylum status.

“The agencies are reviewing each case file and making lawful determinations in accordance with due process of law,” says Tichacek.

Someone whose case is “reopened” can pay thousands of dollars in legal fees to defend against the allegations, even if there was no fraud.

An immigrant’s struggle in New York — and an opportunity

In July 2005, Lawrence boarded a plane from China to New York City. In his mind back then, there was no question how his new life in America would turn out. “I think I would become millionaire … or something like that,” he says. “I always quite have a lot of confidence in myself.”

But Lawrence remembers his first year in the U.S. as a horrible year. He fell into a miserable string of odd jobs working illegally in the Flushing area — at a window and door company, at a glass factory and elsewhere.

Then in January 2007, he saw an ad in the paper: An immigration law office right next to Chinatown needed a Chinese translator. He faxed his résumé over, and they called him up immediately to ask him when he could start.

It turned out that the tiny law office specialized in asylum cases. Lawrence soon would learn that he had dropped into a world with huge stakes.

Asylum is a fast, direct path to staying in the country. It is hard to win, but if you do, you get immediate permission to work. You’re also eligible for a green card within a year — and then citizenship five years after that.

For years, the Chinese have won more asylum cases than immigrants from any other country. About 22 percent of the 20,455 individuals granted asylum in 2016 were Chinese immigrants, according to the most recent figures from USCIS. The next largest group is immigrants from El Salvador (10 percent) and then immigrants from Guatemala (about 9 percent).

The lawyer who ran the immigration office Lawrence joined back in 2007 was named Ken Giles. Lawrence says Giles’ law office had only three desks, crammed into a tiny room. Everything that happened, Lawrence says, happened out in the open.

“I realized this is open secret in Chinese immigrant community … many Chinese people making asylum fraud,” he says.

According to Lawrence, a client would walk in and tell the office manager that he or she would like to try for asylum because that is what a friend or relative suggested.

“The office manager would talk to the client about what kind of claim they should pursue and what kind of story they should make up, what kind of fake document they should provide,” says Lawrence. “And [the manager] made up those stories. She wrote them down and asked those client to copy it in their own words.”

One reason Chinese immigrants have been successful at winning asylum is because the most common stories submitted by Chinese applicants fit neatly into the criteria asylum officers and immigration judges use to grant asylum.

In the U.S., before you can get asylum, the government wants to hear a story from you — a story about “a well-founded fear of persecution.” That persecution has to be based on your race, religion or political opinion, or on some “particular social group” you belong to — and it has to have been targeted specifically against you.

Central American immigrants have had a tougher time for years getting asylum based on claims that they are fleeing criminal gang violence because it’s harder to prove that a threat is targeted or that the government is doing nothing to stop it. Chinese immigrants don’t have that problem — their most common asylum stories involve being targeted by the government.

The claims have fallen into three buckets: persecution under the country’s family planning policies, persecution by the government based on the person’s religion — usually Christianity or their membership in the spiritual sect Falun Gong — or persecution by the government based on the person’s activism in favor of democracy.

(Sally Deng for NPR)

Inside the asylum mills

The way Lawrence tells it, he watched and learned the ins and outs of the asylum fraud business in Ken Giles’ office. About a year and a half later, he says he ended up at an even bigger operation: A law firm run by a woman named Feng Ling Liu.

Like Ken Giles, Lawrence says, she focused almost exclusively on asylum cases. Lawrence compared the office to a factory, with each worker having a designated task, whether it be translating, coaching or story-writing.

Lawrence says he started as a story writer at Feng Ling Liu’s firm. He would begin with certain details about a client that were actually true and weave them into a larger drama of government persecution. Lawrence learned that the stories had to be vivid and tell tales of great suffering. And only certain kinds of suffering, the kind that checked off the correct boxes, would do: targeted persecution, by the government, that was based on religion, politics or China’s family planning policy.

Lawrence estimates he wrote 500 to 600 fake stories for clients over the course of a couple of years. He compiled a massive study guide for coaches to use with clients. And he made the law firm’s interpreters collect field data for the guide — profiling asylum officers by what the kinds of questions they tended to ask and the answers they seemed to prefer.

Lawrence says he started rationalizing his behavior at this point: “Sometime I justify in this way: I say, ‘Okay, I’m helping people. I’m helping those lower-class Chinese people to get their status in United States. They don’t really commit crime. … What they want, just find a job here and work in the Chinese restaurant.’ ”

Around November 2010, Feng Ling Liu’s office fired Lawrence. He says they were tired of dealing with his part-time schedule. So a few months later, Lawrence found himself back at Ken Giles’ office, helping out with a few asylum cases.

It was spring 2011. That was when Lawrence met Zhenyi Li, an immigrant who had run out of ways to stay in the U.S. when her aunt told her, “go do asylum.”

“It felt like people all around me were doing it — people I worked with, people in my circles,” says Li. “From what I could tell, applying for asylum to stay in this country was just a normal thing to do.”

To Lawrence, Li was like a jackpot client. She was young, 29, and college-educated. Also Li had chosen to get an abortion back in China and had gone to church occasionally while growing up.

These were useful facts Lawrence could play with in her application. Within days, he had crafted a lurid asylum story for Li, recounting a brutal abortion forced by the Chinese government and a violent crackdown on Li’s Christianity.

Today, when Lawrence revisits this story, he starts laughing.

“I wrote so many ridiculous cases on daily basis,” he says. “For those asylum officers and those immigration judge, they are buried by this kind of fake story every day, so they don’t know what real story should be looking like.”

When Li first read the story, she wanted to laugh. “I thought, ‘This isn’t my story. It was not me,’ ” she says. “It was so exaggerated. So made-up. This was not my life.”

Li was granted asylum on June 28, 2011, on her first try.

Investigators make their pitch

Two weeks before Thanksgiving, Lawrence got a phone call from the FBI. He would soon learn, he says, that the FBI had been tailing him for more than a year. The agents told him that a big raid was coming and that there was nothing Lawrence could do to stop it. They told him he could either join his colleagues in prison, or he could help the FBI.

He says he agreed to cooperate immediately.

“I just felt so depressed for what I did for the last couple years,” he says. “And then I all of sudden find, find a chance to tell everything. To outburst it.”

He gave the bureau a detailed picture of all the people involved in pumping out fraudulent asylum applications in Chinatown and Flushing. He pored over photo books to identify suspects. He turned over his study guide, which plainly laid out every step of the fraud from story-writing to evidence-fabrication to interview prep.

(Sally Deng for NPR)

He went back into the asylum mills wearing a hidden camera, making 16 secret recordings in all. His goal was to catch as many people as possible. One of his first targets was Ken Giles. And Lawrence helped flip three more people who became cooperating witnesses.

One of them was Li, who says the agents offered her a deal.

“They said that they wouldn’t prosecute me if I cooperated. And they offered to help me with immigration. They said they would tell immigration officials I helped the FBI,” says Li. “They said I might not be better off if I cooperated, but that I certainly wouldn’t be worse off.”

In 2014, Feng Ling Liu was tried and found guilty of conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. She could not be reached for comment. Ken Giles pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit immigration fraud and was sentenced to two years in prison.

In a recent interview, Giles maintains he never advised a client to lie on an asylum application.

“I never told anybody to pretend to be anything. Never,” says Giles. “That’s a lie. That is a lie.”

If there was coaching by anyone else in his office, Giles says he wouldn’t know because he doesn’t speak Chinese. But he says he pleaded guilty because he felt like he had no choice.

As for Lawrence, he discovered that cooperating witnesses don’t get to just start over.

The federal government decided to charge him with three felonies — two counts of immigration fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit immigration fraud — which meant it would be much harder for him to ever become a U.S. citizen. He faced a maximum of 25 years in prison, but the judge gave him credit for his cooperation and he was sentenced to just six months probation.

A new beginning ends

Lawrence later left New York City and moved to the Southwest, hoping to start over — but in the fall of 2014 he learned that Operation Fiction Writer hadn’t ended for him. Lawyers at ICE tracked him down and said they needed his help on just a few more cases: They wanted him to help identify former clients that he knew had lied on their asylum applications.

Operation Fiction Writer had been about nailing the industry. Now, Lawrence realized, the government was moving in on the customers.

It’s not clear exactly when this new phase of the investigation began in earnest. Immigration officials say they started to review client cases in 2014.

But it was a 2015 Government Accountability Office report about Operation Fiction Writer that caught the attention of Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia — the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He wrote a letter to then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch, demanding that she review and reopen each of the thousands of asylum cases related to Operation Fiction Writer to determine which clients had lied on their applications.

Tracy Short, the lawyer on staff with the House Judiciary Committee, took the lead on this issue for Goodlatte. He left the committee to become the new principal legal adviser for ICE under President Trump in early 2017 and now commands an army of more than a thousand lawyers inside the Department of Homeland Security, which is in charge of litigating all removal cases for the government.

That may explain why Lawrence says phone calls from ICE began intensifying in early 2017.

First, immigration officials told him that they had about 20 more client cases they needed his help on. Then in March 2017, Lawrence got another phone call from the agency: “They say they got 200 cases.”

Three months later, ICE was on the phone again. This time, they said they needed him to cooperate on 2,000 more cases.

Lawrence says he wasn’t interested and was determined to move on with his life.

“I was so scared, and I refused,” Lawrence says. “I say, ‘No — I couldn’t help you. I don’t really want to help you.’ ”

Immigration officials wouldn’t confirm whether or not they had asked Lawrence to return to these cases. And while it’s true he once made a living lying, this part of this story checked out: The government was indeed undertaking a massive review of client cases from Operation Fiction Writer.

Lawrence says he knew that if he really wanted out, he would need to find a way to disappear. So he fled. Planet Money spoke with him on Skype but does not know his exact location.

Meanwhile the government’s review has marched forward. In a joint statement from USCIS and ICE, immigration authorities said, “[A]s agencies dedicated to upholding lawful immigration we will continue to shine a light on acts of fraud wherever they exist. When our government turns a blind eye to these actions, the American people, law-abiding benefits[-] and protection[-] seekers and our rule of law all suffer.”

Cooperation becomes ammunition

In December 2016, more than five years after winning asylum, Li — the immigrant Lawrence helped who had become a cooperating witness in Operation Fiction Writer — got a piece of mail from USCIS. It read: “Notice of Intent to Terminate Asylum Status.”

At that time, Li was waiting for her green card. The document informed her that she would have to go through her asylum interview again, and that this new interview would be based on her original asylum story — the one story she already had confessed to the government was a puffed-up lie.

The cooperation agreement Li had signed in 2012 says the FBI would put in a good word for her with ICE, if she requested. She hadn’t yet made that formal request to the FBI, and in the meantime, immigration officials had gotten ahold of every self-incriminating statement she made while cooperating with the investigation.

In fact, USCIS detailed those statements in the notice they sent her: “On October 22, 2012, you provided testimony to the FBI on the Giles law firm. You testified that Mr. Giles and his office workers created your asylum claim and that your entire asylum story was fabricated by the Giles law firm.” The document then outlines her testimony in detail.

The FBI had promised to help her with immigration officials if she wanted, but it was precisely her cooperation with the FBI that gave immigration officials the evidence they needed to deport her — as well as her husband, who received derivative asylum status.

“Yes, I did trick the government,” Li says. “But in the end, the government tricked me back.”

Source: https://whyy.org/npr_story_post/thousands-could-be-deported-as-government-targets-asylum-mills-clients/

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North Philly Rapper Tierra Whack Is the Future of Hip-Hop

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The Grammy-nominated artist — who calls herself the queen of Philly — is on a fast trajectory.

Tierra Whack photographed in L.A. Photograph by Maria Jose Govea/Red Bull Content Pool

If you don’t know North Philly’s Tierra Whack, pay attention: Her 2018 album Whack World is 15 songs crammed with so much lyricism and vigor that critics labeled it “genius.” And the video she made in 2017 for “Mumbo Jumbo” won her a Grammy nom this year, stacking her up against Beyoncé and Childish Gambino. Here, the 23-year-old discusses her career and why she calls herself the queen of Philly.

It’s been almost a year since you dropped Whack World. How have things changed?

I’ve been traveling so much. Meeting so many new people. There are so many more opportunities. Me and Zach, my DJ, we were just talking about how we are going write down everything that we’ve done. It’s so much, and sometimes you forget.

And what have you learned about yourself since?

I’m stronger than I thought. It’s definitely a lot of pressure, but the things I used to trip on eight months ago, I got past it. Everything seems impossible until you do it. I did it. I can do it.

How is your writing process different now from when you were writing poetry?

Well, I don’t really write anymore. I’m usually jotting down little ideas. I just go off a vibe and a melody — mumbling and figuring out what feels right. I record myself, so I listen back to my tracks, filling it in and piecing it all together until it makes sense.

In addition to your lyrics, you’re lauded for your visuals. Why be so dedicated to a visual experience?

I’m a visual learner. You might hear a song and not really understand it, but then with the visual, maybe you’re like, “Oh, I get it.” With the visuals for Whack World, I was just doing it for me. I wanted to bring my idea to life and bring truth to the viewer’s eye.

You’re on a fast trajectory. What do you mean to Philly right now?

I’m the queen. I’m the queen of the city. I’m leading by example and spreading positivity. I am staying true to myself, and that’s what I want everybody else to do. Philly is really rough. But rough in a good way. That’s the reason I have tough skin. It’s why I’m so good at what I do. I knew I had to get good to be respected. I had to practice every day.

What does Philly have to do to move forward?

Everyone just has to help me out now. I’m serious. I’m leading the way, but I need everyone to step up now, too. That includes being more positive. Don’t knock each other down. Even if you don’t like something. If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say it. There are a bunch of people I don’t fuck with [laughs], but I’m not going to say it. [laughs] I’m being real. I don’t want to stop anybody’s money. I want people to eat, get fed, and have clothes on their back. I don’t have any hate in my body. It’s all love. Sometimes we beat ourselves down and then we’re like, “Why doesn’t anybody want us?” Because we do it to ourselves.

Someone recently asked me if you’re “still Philly-based.” What’s your reaction to that?

What the hell? I didn’t realize that question was out there. It’s just work. Everyone wants me to move to L.A., and I’m like, hell no. I’ve been saying that since the first time I visited L.A. I said, “No, I’m not moving here.” I just have to work here a lot. I’m not one of those people who are going to move. I don’t like L.A.! It’s a nice place, but Philly is my home. It’s my heart. When I go back home, I feel grounded. When you travel all around the world and you finally get to go back home, you appreciate it so much more.

Word on the street and in every publication is that Tierra is the future of hip-hop. Thoughts?

I am the future. I’m going to be alive in the future. Even if I’m physically dead, I’m going to be alive. I’m going to live through everybody.

Published as “Tierra Whack” in “The New Look of Philly Power” in the April 2019 issue of Philadelphia magazine.

Source: https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/03/23/tierra-whack-new-philly-power/

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Uber drivers win settlement over data breach but lose case over employee rights

Jeremy Abay, a Philadelphia lawyer representing Uber drivers, unsuccessfully sought court action in May to have Uber drivers recognized as employees, not independent contractors, over minimum wage and overtime complaints. Drivers generally are not actually seeking to become Uber employees, he said, but make arguments in favor of that conclusion to win better treatment from Uber. For example, the Uber app requires out-of-pocket expenses the company doesn't reimburse drivers for, Abay said, which was the basis for the California case.

Source: http://www2.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/uber-cases-settlement-pennsylvania-new-jersey-ninth-circuit-loss-california-employee-20180926.html