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Wednesday, December 5, 2012PHILADELPHIA
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Revival. The Met Advocacy groupseeks answersin beheading ofCamden toddler
Chevonne Thomas had twice lost custody of her sonbefore regaining it earlier this year Report confirmsshe was high on drugs when she decapitated the boyand stuck his head in the freezer in August {page 02}
Don’t eat so muchthat you’re askedto play Santa Claus
The holidays are fun for feasting,but go easy this year Ho, ho, hold the extra calories! {pages 19-20}
wellbeing
What was once in total disrepair has now become holy at the Metropolitan Opera House. The congregation hopes to transform it into ‘Met City.’ {page 06}
Who cares aboutthe royal baby? {page 10}
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Hit-and-rundriver soughtPolice are looking forthe driver involved inthe deadly hit-and-runof a 52-year-old womanMonday in WestPhiladelphia. Police saidthe victim was crossingthe intersection of 48thStreet and ChesterAvenue when a silver2004 Chevrolet Trailblaz-er mowed her down andkept going. The womandied on the scene. Thevehicle was recovered ina rear alleyway on the4700 block ofLarchwood Avenue.
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$350KAmount spent eachmonth by former Six-ers star Allen Iversonto pay creditors andpurchase clothing, gro-ceries, dry-cleaningand entertainment, ac-cording to divorce doc-uments obtained byTMZ. Iverson has amonthly income thatamounts to a mere$62,500, plunging himfurther into debt, thewebsite reported.
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Boy, 4, injured bygunfire MondayGRAYS FERRY. A 30-year-old manand his 4-year-old son are bothhospitalized after being struckby gunfire Monday night.
Police said the bullets beganto fly shortly after 7:20 p.m. onthe 2700 block of Daly Terracenear the Philadelphia HousingAuthority’s Wilson Park Apart-ments.
The father, who was report-edly loading the child into theback of a minivan, was shot inthe arm and back and suffered agraze wound to the head,according to investigators. He is
in stable condition at the Hospi-tal of the University of Pennsyl-vania.
The man’s 4-year-old son wasshot once in the stomach andrushed to the Children’s Hospitalof Philadelphia, where he is alsoin stable condition.
Police could not say if theadult victim was the intendedtarget of the shooting. There isno word on a motive, and no ar-rests have yet been made.
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Dead, mistreatedhorses taken fromPhilly stableNORTH PHILADELPHIA. Humaneofficers with the PennsylvaniaSPCA yesterday removed onedead horse and rescued three
mistreated horses from whatthey say is an illegal stable onthe 3200 block of North 11thStreet.
The PSPCA said officers havebeen investigating the stable,whose owner allegedly rentedout stall space illegally and kepthorses in “a series of ramshacklestructures.”
The rescued horses were tak-en to PSPCA headquarters forveterinary care. Animal crueltycharges are expected to be filedagainst both the owner of the
property and the owner of thedead horse, according to thePSPCA. METRO/AW
Nutter re-affirms‘Sister City’ statusTIANJIN, CHINA. Mayor MichaelNutter signed a memorandum ofunderstanding yesterday re-af-firming a relationship with this“Sister City” as part of his five-day trip. The agreement encour-ages trade development, educa-tion cooperation and anexchange program. Drexel Uni-versity, Fox Chase Cancer Center,White and Williams LLP, and thePhiladelphia Orchestra signedsimilar agreements with partnerinstitutions.
Nutter, who also visited Bei-jing, is expected to return to thecity tomorrow. METRO
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A rescued horse
Killer mom’s toxicologyreport reveals PCP, potToxicology results revealingPCP and marijuana in the sys-tem of 34-year-old ChevonneThomas, who in August decapi-tated her 2-year-old son andplaced his head in a freezer be-fore slitting her own throat,raised more questions aboutwhy the Camden woman wasentrusted with the child’s careafter he was twice removedfrom her custody due to sub-stance abuse.
Zahree Thomas was takeninto state custody twice, buteach time he was returned af-ter eight months.
“I think we would questionwhat happened during thoseeight months,” said Cecilia Za-lkind of nonprofit Advocatesfor Children of New Jersey.“What did the state do to main-tain and monitor the relation-ship between the child and par-ent?”
The New Jersey Departmentof Children and Families saidThomas last tested clean fordrugs in June. She was visitedby a DCF worker in July, after
which the department waspreparing to close the case, ac-cording to the agency.
“That’s one area where wewould have a lot of questions,”Zalkind said.
She said Advocates for Chil-dren has more questions thananswers, in part because theDCF denied their requests forinformation regarding thetreatment provided to Thomas.
Report confirms initial claims of what led togruesome murder-suicide Prosecutors close case Timeline
before a tragedy
According to a statement re-leased by the DCF in August:
Zahree was first taken intostate custody on Nov. 28,2010, after the DCF receivedallegations that Thomas hadleft Zahree unattended in acar while under the influenceof PCP-laced marijuana.Thomas regained custody onJuly 11, 2011, after success-fully completing substanceabuse, mental health andother forms of counseling.
Thomas again lost custody onAug. 2, 2011, after testingpositive for PCP during a ran-dom drug screening. Zahreewas returned on April 3, 2012,after Thomas tested negativefor drugs during several ran-dom tests and participating intherapy, visitation and med-ication monitoring programs.
Thomas’ last clean urine testwas on June 28, and she waslast visited by a DCF case-worker on July 3, the monthbefore the slaying.
The DCF was preparing toclose Thomas’ case after re-viewing it on July 23.
‘Our work is done’“PCP can, in general, lead topeople having delusional, ag-gressive behavior,” CamdenCounty Prosecutor’s Officespokesman Jason Laughlin said
yesterday. “That’s somethingwe’ve seen on a pretty regularbasis.” He said that Thomas’drug use appears to have beenchronic. “We know through in-vestigation that she did have aPCP habit.” Laughlin said the
prosecutor’s office is notinvolved in that review. “It’s aclosed case,” he said. “Thecrime was a homicide and theperson that committed it isdead, so unfortunately ourwork is done on it.” ALEX WIGGLESWORTH
The DCF has declined to comment on an internal investigation into Thomas’ case.
“What were theassurances the childwas safe and thestate could step outcompletely?”ZALKIND
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Missing Radnorteen soughtDELAWARE COUNTY. Police arelooking for a 13-year-old Radnorgirl who may have disappearedwith a man she met online.
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William Penn, BCGsubject of complaintPHILADELPHIA. The NAACP andtwo parents groups said theyplan to file an ethics complaint
against the William Penn Foun-dation and private donors whofunded a controversial school re-structuring plan from BostonConsulting Group.
The groups accuse donors ofhiring BCG to lobby the SchoolDistrict of Philadelphia toexpand charters and proposethe closure of 60 schools. Thefoundation’s former chiefresigned last week citing differ-ences of opinion. METRO
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Council again OKs digital signA City Council committee yesterday gave preliminaryapproval to a seven-story wall wrap that would envelop theElectric Factory at Seventh and Callowhill streets in a giantdigital billboard. Mayor Michael Nutter previously vetoedlegislation allowing the sign, but building owner MyronBerman is now offering to donate 20 percent of its advertis-ing revenue to three nearby schools. METRO/AW
Politics. Advertising
Opponents called the sign a form of blight and said its placement may jeopardize federal highway funding because of its proximity to both I-95 and I-676.
Sandy slowsdown Deltarefinery
Delta Air Lines said Tuesdaythat superstorm Sandy had re-duced November revenue byabout $30 million as it dentedearnings by about $25 million.
The No. 2-ranked U.S. air-line behind United Continen-tal canceled thousands offlights in wake of Sandy.
While unit revenue, alsoknown as passenger revenueper available seat mile, rose2.5 percent in November froma year earlier, Delta said thatkey industry measure wasabout 1 percentage point low-er than it would have beenwithout the impact fromSandy.
Delta also said that Sandy,which barreled through the
U.S. Northeast in late October,had caused problems with thestart-up of the Pennsylvaniarefinery it purchased earlierthis year, slowing output andefficiency levels.
As a result, Delta said it ex-pected its fourth-quarter fuelcosts to be $3.20 to $3.25 a gal-lon, compared with the rangeof $3.15 to $3.20 it projectedlast month. REUTERS
Newly purchased Delco fuelrefinery saw a decline in output
Earnings down for No. 2 carrier
$25MDelta Air Lines earningsdecline in Novemberbecause of HurricaneSandy
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Students illfrom drinkNEW JERSEY. Several studentsat William R. Satz School inHolmdel fell ill on Friday af-ter drinking Marley’sMellow Mood, a relaxationbeverage sold by school ven-dor Chartwells Dining Servic-es. Officials said yesterdaythe product should neverhave been available at themiddle school.
“Marley’s Mellow MoodDrinks and Teas are an unau-thorized purchase of a bev-erage product not approvedfor sale in schools managedby Chartwells,” Mid-AtlanticVice President Nancy Quinnsaid. “The product in ques-tion has been removed fromschools completely and willnot be available. The on-sitemanager has been removedpending our further investi-gation.”
Marley Beverage CEOKevin McClafferty stressedthat the drink is not intend-ed for children. METRO/AW
It was about 18 years ago whenRev. Mark Hatcher Sr. first hadwhat he calls a vision to movehis small congregation into theMetropolitan Opera House onNorth Broad Street, a buildingthat had long sat vacant andfallen into disrepair.
Hatcher hadn’t even seenthe inside of the historic the-ater when a judge gave him 30days to stabilize the property ifhe wanted to use it.
“It was uninhabitable,” saidthe 49-year-old pastor of HolyGhost Headquarters, standinginside the facility, which datesback to 1908. “We had to justcome in and we had maybeabout 20-, 40-, 60-yard Dump-sters just hauling stuff out ofhere. It was ruined.”
After investing an estimated$10 million, mainly from pri-
vate fundraising, and purchas-ing the massive edifice, Hatch-er and his congregation arethinking even bigger. Amid aresurgence on North Broadnear City Hall, Hatcher said hewould like to incorporate resi-dences, retail and other usesinto underutilized parts of thebuilding that sit walled off bytarps and aging stairwells – aconcept he calls “Met City.”
Hatcher said he has spokenwith developer Eric Blumen-feld, who is responsible forother recent developments on
North Broad, about a partner-ship that would bring thestructure close to its formerglory.
“[We want] a one-stop shopthat we can actually cater tothe total needs, the total man,”said Hatcher, who also acted asgeneral contractor for the ren-ovation of the first floor. “Itlooks impossible, but basicallyit’s just cosmetic work thatneeds to be done.”
Hatcher had experience,having renovated two otherold North Philadelphia build-ings before relocating to theMet.
“One was the bear, one wasthe lion and this was the Go-liath, the giant,” he said.
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Above the sanctuary, parts of the Met still need serious repair.
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Congregation hopes to further renovate historicconcert hall on North Broad Lots of work remains
1908The Metropolitan Opera House dates back to 1908.
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Gene links to teenbinge drinkingScientists have unpicked thebrain processes involved inteenage alcohol abuse and saytheir findings help explain whysome young people have moreof a tendency to binge drink.
A study published in theProceedings of National Acad-
emy of Sciences journalfound that a gene known asRASGRF-2 plays a crucial rolein controlling how alcoholstimulates the brain torelease dopamine, triggeringfeelings of reward. “If peoplehave a genetic variation ofthe RASGRF-2 gene, alcoholgives them a stronger senseof reward, making themmore likely to be heavydrinkers,” said Gunter Schu-mann, who led the study.
Alcohol and other addic-tive drugs activate the brain’sdopamine systems. REUTERS
Your brain on booze; GOP fights ... with itselfHome price jumphighest in six yearsHome prices posted their biggestannual jump in more than sixyears in October in a sign thehousing sector continues torecover, data analysis firm CoreL-ogic said yesterday.
CoreLogic’s home price indexrose 6.3 percent
compared to Oc-tober a year
ago, thebiggest in-
crease sinceJune 2006and the
eighth consecutiveincrease in home prices nationallyon a year-over-year basis, CoreL-ogic said.
Home prices fell 0.2 percent inOctober from September but thiswas due to seasonal factors as thehousing market enters the off sea-son, CoreLogic said. REUTERS
Belcher violence maynever be explainedThe murder/suicide committedon Saturday by Kansas City Chiefsfootball player Jovan Belcher leftthe National Football League, itsfans and health professionalsstruggling to understand whatdrove him to do it.
Belcher, 25, shot and killed his22-year-old girlfriend KasandraPerkins, the mother of his 3-month-old daughter, in front ofhis own mother at home beforedriving to Arrowhead Stadiumwhere he shot himself dead in theparking lot. REUTERS
Fiscal cliff promptsGOP infightingRepublicans in the Congressattacked each other yesterdayover their leadership’s “fiscal cliff”offer to Democratic PresidentBarack Obama as a group of gov-ernors visited the White House tovoice concern about the impacton the states of the year-end tax-and-spending deadline. The disar-ray in Republican ranks over howfar to compromise the party’s an-ti-tax stance could complicatewhat are expected to be intensenegotiations between HouseSpeaker John Boehner and Oba-ma. Each will need the backing oftheir respectivetroops in Congressin orderto bar-gain credibly.REUTERS
Homes going greenThe real teenage wasteland: Your brain Have cliff, will fight Life on Mars?NFL tragedy
Rover finds carbonhints on MarsNASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, dis-patched to look for the chemicalingredients and environmentsfor microbial life, has foundhints of carbon, thoughwhether this building block forlife on Earth has played a similarrole on Mars is unknown, scien-tists said.
“Just finding carbon some-where doesn’t mean that it hasanything to do with life, or thefinding of a habitable environ-ment,” said lead scientist JohnGrotzinger. Even with carbonand water, life needs otherchemicals, such as sulfur andoxygen, to form. REUTERS
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Swiss warn US, UKabout huge spy leakSecret information on count-er-terrorism shared by foreigngovernments may have beencompromised following amassive data theft by a seniorIT technician for the NDB,Switzerland’s intelligenceservice, European national se-curity sources said.
Intelligence agencies in theUnited States and Britain areamong those who werewarned by Swiss authoritiesthat their data could havebeen put in jeopardy, said oneof the sources, who asked foranonymity when discussingsensitive information.
Swiss authorities arrestedthe technician suspected inthe data theft last summeramid signs he was acting sus-piciously. He later was re-leased from prison while acriminal investigation by theoffice of Switzerland’s FederalAttorney General continues,according to two sources fa-miliar with the case.
The suspect’s name was notmade public. Swiss authoritiesbelieve he intended to sell thestolen data to foreign officialsor commercial buyers.
A European security source
said investigators now believethe suspect became disgrun-tled because he felt he was be-ing ignored and his advice onoperating the data systemswas not being taken seriously.
One of the sources familiarwith the investigation said thatintelligence services like theU.S. Central IntelligenceAgency and Britain’s Secret In-telligence Service, also knownas MI6, routinely shared dataon counter-terrorism and otherissues with the NDB. Swiss au-thorities informed U.S. andBritish agencies that such datacould have been compromised,the source said. REUTERS
The headquarters of Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency in London
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Investigation
Swiss news reports and thesources close to the investi-gation said investigatorsbelieve the techniciandownloaded terabytes, run-ning into hundreds of thou-sands or even millions ofprinted pages, of classifiedmaterial from the Swiss in-telligence service’s serversonto portable hard drives.He then carried them outof government buildings ina backpack.
Iran says it hasdrone, but USdenies losing one DUBAI. Iran said yesterday ithad captured a U.S. drone inits airspace over the Gulf in
the last fewdays, butthe UnitedStates said
there was no evidence tosupport the assertion.
The U.S. Navy said it hadnot lost any unmanned air-craft in the area. The four-foot surveillance drone is de-ployed in the region by theUnited States military but al-so by other countries.
In Washington, WhiteHouse spokesman Jay Car-ney said, “We have no evi-dence that the Iranian claimsare true.”
The incident highlightedtensions in the Gulf as Iranand the United Statesdemonstrate their militarycapabilities in the vital oil ex-porting region in a standoffover Iran’s disputed nuclearprogram. REUTERS
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1Log on to www.metro.usand look for the MetroMagic logo at the top left.
2One click on the logo willtake you to a “wish list”we have set up via a
secure link on Toysrus.com.Once there, you can see all thetoys we’ve already requested,with more added daily.
All the gifts purchased will besent directly to Metro’s office.It’s the third year of MetroMagic, where we ask our read-ers to go online to buy toys for
underprivileged children.The response so far this year
has outshone our readers’ pre-vious efforts, with dozens oftoys being delivered to ourNew York, Boston and Philadel-phia offices daily.
In the next few days, we’llbe working with our local chari-ty partners to make the first de-livery of holiday toys to under-privileged children in our cities.Our photographers will bethere to record the little ones’delight — and we’ll publish theimages before the holiday sea-son so Metro’s readers can seefor themselves just what joythey are bringing this year. Be-low is an image of some of thetoys delivered to our office yes-terday. METRO
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2Checking in with
some of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve been upto — in their ownwords, in 140 characters or fewer.
Today, Alec Baldwin isfeeling inspired, KathyGriffin is speculating,Paris Hilton is on themove and Rebel Wilsonis thinking about herhealth.
@ABFoundation: I’mgonna write a book. Anovel. It’s called A PRI-VATEMISUNDERSTANDING.Can you guess what it’sabout? Can you guesswhat happens?
@kathygriffin: I betJustin Bieber can blowa mean whistle
@ParisHilton: Justlanded in Dubai. Nextstop New York City.
@RebelWilson: I amgoing to go on a newcleanse - my weekendcleanse of cuttingeverything out of mydiet except for choco-late DID NOT WORK!
The feed ...
THEWORDMetro’s Dorothy Robinson shares her take on the world of gossip @dorothyatmetro [email protected]
The news of Will and Kate’s im-pending arrival has the tabloidsin a tizzy — and scrambling foranyone, anyone at all to bequoted about it. I’ve compiled asampling of the best of theserandom, mostly anonymoussources, all of whom state howKate and Will will be good par-ents (as if anyone is going to saythat she’s going to become a ba-by-smacking alcoholic and he’s
planning on raising the baby asa racist). The best of the bunch,with an added bonus of Snooki(say what?) commentary:
“Kate will be a firm but fairmother. Kate will let her childrenhave fun and freedom, but shewill also make sure they do whatis best for them.” A “PAL” OF THEDUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, PER USWEEKLY
“I can see William wanting totake time off in the modern pater-nity-leave style, so that he bondswith his child.” A “FAMILY FRIEND”TO WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK
“[Kate and Will] both try to be
as normal as possible in their pri-vate lives. ... Everyone’s alwayssaid what great parents they’llbe, since they are such a caringcouple and very relaxed. Theywill lavish love on their children.”JESSICA HAY, A “CHILDHOODACQUAINTANCE” OF KATE’S, TO AUS-TRALIAN TABLOID NEW IDEA
“This couple want to raise theirbaby just like us.” JANE RIDLEY ANDDANA SCHUSTER
IRS seized Lohan’sbank accountsMore trouble for LindsayLohan: The IRS has reportedlyseized the “Liz and Dick” star’sbank accounts because of heroutstanding debt, according toTMZ. Lohan previously hadliens filed against her forunpaid taxes from 2009 and2010, totaling more than$233,000, but the governmentapparently got tired of waitingfor her to make good on thedebt. She is said to also owemoney for 2011.
Travolta’s allegedlover sues starA man who told the NationalEnquirer that he had a “steamyaffair” with John Travoltawhile working as his pilot from1981 to 1987 is now suing theactor, insisting he never signeda confidentiality agreementthat would bar him from talk-ing to the media about histime with the actor, accordingto TMZ. The man, DougGotterba, claims Travolta’slawyer, Marty Singer, threat-ened a lawsuit after the storywas published.
The scene outside King Edward the VII Hospital in London where Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, is resting after suffering from severe morning sickness.
Hollywood’s mostoverpaid actorsPoor Eddie Murphy: He’s justnot drawing in the bucks like he
used to. Thanks to such bombs as
“Meet Dave,” “Imagine That”and “A Thousand Words,” he’snow Hollywood’s most overpaid
actor, per Forbes. In its annuallist, determined by thedifference between star salariesand their films’ box office take,Murphy displaced Drew Barry-
more for the No. 1 spot. Kather-ine Heigl came in at No. 2, withOscar winners ReeseWitherspoon and Sandra Bul-lock in the Top 5.
Random sourcesstate the obviousabout Will and Kate
“I’m sure she will be an amazingmom.”SNOOKI TO THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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Holidaywindowdecorationsfrom aroundthe world1. Polar Bears love Louis Vuitton(they make a lot of money,apparently). This furry beast is the star of the holiday window atthe Louis Vuitton departmentstore in Paris.
2. French department storePrintemps Haussmann partneredwith The House of Dior indesigning their Christmaswindow display which features 74handcrafted dolls wearing iconicDior outfits.
3. Did you know that Macy’s wasthe first store to feature a holidaywindow in the early 1870s? Hereis their 2012 holiday window attheir Harold Square location.
4. The holiday window at HenriBendel in New York City.
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A ‘Celebration’ for twoJapandroids say fewer members means fewer problems But figuring
out how to entertain more fans in bigger venues can be a bit of a challenge
Japandroids’ success withtheir second album, “Cele-bration Rock,” has foundthem graduating from the
smaller clubs — from whichtheir stage-dives and bro-hugsaesthetic was born — intomuch larger rooms, on an ex-haustive tour that will bringthem for the first time to Aus-tralia, Korea and, of course,Japan. “I feel like we live on theroad,” drummer and vocalistDave Prowse says from Tampa.“We just tend to tour prettyhard, and not really take a lotof breaks. ... Because we werekind of a struggling local bandfor two years, as soon as we gotthe opportunity to tour ... wehad a hard time saying no.”
In the early days, working asa duo made that sort of sched-ule more feasible, he says: “In asix-piece, it’s probably harderto convince six people to go onthe road for two years.”
Prowse says the higher pro-file has brought with it biggercrowds, and a new set of logisti-cal concerns for such an inti-mate-punk venue style act: “Abig thing for us as a two-piece istrying to fill that space on astage that big. ... That’s definite-ly part of the reason why webrought someone in to dolights, just to help give peoplesomething to see, especiallywhen you're a little furtherfrom the audience.”
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Japandroids play Union Transfer on Saturday. For more info, visit www.utphilly.com. LUKE O’NEIL
“In a six-piece, it’sprobably harder toconvince six peopleto go on the roadfor two years.” PROWSE
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‘American Horror Story’DRAMA. Santa Claus is the oneon the naughty list when aterrifying St. Nick visits theresidents of Briarcliff. 10 p.m., FX
‘Arrow’DRAMA. Oliver’s still a little newto this whole vigilante thinghimself, which hasn’t stoppedhim from mentoring revenge-seeking Helena, aka theHuntress. 8 p.m., The CW
‘Suburgatory’DRAMA. Tessa misses the ’burbs— but mostly dad, we think —
when she spends Christmas inthe city with her mom.8 p.m., The CW AMBER RAY
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Stephen Amell stars in “Arrow.”
Santa Claus is comingto town on “AmericanHorror Story.”
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Gaga goes shoppingin Jackson’s closet Lady Gaga purchased 55 itemsbelonging to late singerMichael Jackson in a weekendauction that raised more than$5 million, a portion of whichwill be donated to charity,
Julien’s Auctions said.Highlights from the saleincluded the late singer’s “BAD”tour jacket, raising $240,000,and a white glove selling for$192,000.
Following Sunday’s auction,Gaga told her 31 million Twitterfollowers that “the 55 pieces Icollected today will be archived& expertly cared for in the spirit& love of Michael Jackson, hisbravery, & fans worldwide.”REUTERS
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Avoiding thecartoon claptrap
From a certain perspec-tive, video games alreadyare cartoons. Sure, manyof them may be muscle-
bound cartoons with a pen-chant for gun violence but theyare cartoons nonetheless. So,then, playing a game based onyour favorite preexisting car-toon character makes perfectsense. Let’s review a couple!
‘Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!’
System: Nintendo 3DSPublisher: WayForwardRating: ����As a games reviewer, nothingbrings upon more dread thanthe prospect of reviewingsomething based on a currentTV show or movie. They usual-ly suck the suck of a thousandsucks. Thankfully, “AdventureTime” breaks this curse.
In short, this game is a“Zelda” clone populated by lo-cations and characters fromthe “Adventure Time” uni-verse. If you are a fan, you’ll geta kick out of how well the de-signers preserve the cartoon’sheart. If you aren’t, you’ll justlike exploring, fighting mon-sters and collecting items. Theonly downside is the adventuretime it takes to complete“Adventure Time” is awfullyshort.
‘Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion’System: Nintendo 3DSPublisher: Disney InteractiveStudiosRating: ����The good? Mickey runs andjumps through famous loca-tions almost as well as a certain
mustachioed plumber. Thegame also features cameosfrom just about every Disneycharacter ever. The bad? Thedesigners shoehorn in a lot ofneedless touchscreen function-ality that gets old fast.
Sidescroller
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Metro does not endorse the opinions of theauthor, or any opinions expressed on its pages.
The beast of “Beauty and the Beast” makes a cameoin “Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion.”
It’s “Adventure Time.”
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EATING IN A WINTERWONDERLAND
Cheese plates and cocktails and cookies, oh my! Make a plan and stick with it this party season
Holiday parties can befun, but they’re tor-ture for anyone who’strying to lose weight.
Mental toughness coach SteveSiebold, who is the author of“Die Fat or Get Tough: 101 Dif-ferences in Thinking BetweenFat People and Fit People,” of-fered Metro some tips on avoid-ing the dreaded extrapoundage that can creep onthis holiday season.
Set your intention: “Write down
your goals,” Siebold says. “Thebiggest part of sticking to a dietis making the decision. With-out that, you will pile theweight back on.”Make a list, check it twice: “Havea plan before you walk in thedoor,” he advises. “Be preparedfor which foods you will eat.Take a long look at the foodand ask, ‘Is it good for me, orwill it harm me?’ We get hun-gry every three or four hours.Plan for that.”Have a snack beforehand: “Eat
something healthy before yougo out. Then you won’t be sohungry that you eat the badparty food.”Nix the worst culprits: Cakes,cookies and candies — takethem off your plate. “Avoid any-thing that is made with refinedsugar,” he says. Watch the booze: “If you drinktoo much, your judgment getscompromised,” Siebold cau-tions. “You start eating all thefood you shouldn’t. Beer isprobably the worst for calories.
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Snacking before a partycan help you avoid thecookies once you’re there.
DIGITAL VISION
47%Of women admit thatthey gain an average offour to five pounds overthe holidays in wintermonths. Source: Jenny Craigand FITNESS magazine
Break out theChristmas sweaters Stand Up to Cancer’s UglySweater Holiday Campaign isan excuse to wear your tackiestgarb this holiday season. First,pick how many days betweennow and Dec. 31 you’ll wearyour ugliest holiday sweater.Then, create a fundraising pageat www.su2c.org/ugly for thedays you don yours. You alsocan throw an ugly-sweater party and haveguests donate. Allproceeds go back to thefoundation.
Back away fromthe food courtThese new bars are
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Nutritionist JoyBauer’s picksfor slimmingholiday drinksRich, creamy eggnog, indulgent
hot cocoa and fancy champagnecocktails are as much a part of hol-iday fun and tradition as the deli-cious food. But here’s the not-so-merry part: Many of these season-al libations pack in more calories, fat and sugar than the cake, cook-ies and fudge. As my holiday gift
to you, I’ve created these celebra-tory sippers that deliver all of thegood cheer without weighing youdown. Bottoms up!
Slim-Style EggnogEggnog is definitely at the top ofSanta’s naughty list. An 8-ouncepour, made with a “triple threat”ingredient list of cream, wholemilk and egg yolks, will cost youa shocking 350 to 450 calories —and overload your system with 12grams of saturated fat and morethan 14 teaspoons of sugar. Myslim-style version, made withlow-fat milk and vanilla puddingmix, satisfies your holidayhankering for half the caloriesand sugar — and a fraction of thefat.Directions: Combine 5 cups ofcold 1-percent milk, one packageof vanilla instant pudding mix, ¾teaspoon rum extract and ½ tea-spoon ground nutmeg in ablender; pour into a pitcher andrefrigerate for at least 20 minutesto allow the eggnog to set up.When you’re ready to serve, pour
into glasses and sprinkle on a lit-tle extra nutmeg. Makes five (1-cup) servings; 175 calories perserving
Peppermint Hot CocoaGet cozy on the couch with mylightened-up take on this holidayclassic. It has half the calories ofcoffee-shop hot cocoa but tastes
every bit as rich and chocolaty.Directions: Heat 3 cups of skimmilk in a small saucepan overmedium-high heat until the milkis hot and starting to steam. Re-move the pan from the heat andwhisk in 4 teaspoons sugar, ¼ tea-spoon each peppermint andvanilla extracts, a pinch of koshersalt and ¼ cup semisweet choco-
late chips. Continue to whisk untilthe chocolate is completely melt-ed. Pour into mugs and garnishwith whipped cream if desired.Makes three (1-cup) servings; 175calories per serving
— For more holiday health tips,visit www.joybauer.com and fol-low Joy on Facebook and Twitter
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This waist-friendly eggnog is about half the calories of a traditional pour.
PHOTOS: JOHANNAH SAKIMURA
Enjoy a small squirt of whipped cream on your holiday hot cocoa for just 20 calories, Bauer says.
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Leo July 23-Aug. 22. This is likelyto be an unusually good day to sortout any disturbing financial affairs.Your budget can be improved uponby trimming needless expenses.
Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22. Althoughyou may feel that you can easilycome out ahead in a competitive sit-uation, don’t underestimate youradversaries. They could be strongerthan you think.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23. It behoovesyou to keep all of your endeavors asbasic as possible. Be careful not tofurther complicate situations thatare already a trifle trickier than you’dlike.
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Thank you for actsof kindness; they are never forgottenRE: “PHOTO OF COP GIVINGSHOES TO HOMELESS MAN GOESVIRAL” (METRO, NOV. 30-DEC. 2)NYPD officer Larry DePrimoproved once again that NewYork’s Finest cares about itscitizens. Officer DePrimowhile on duty in the TimesSquare area came upon ahomeless man without shoesor socks. He went to a shoestore and bought him a pairof all-weather boots and than
went to another store andbought him socks. What real-ly got to me: He went to putthem on him, a true act ofkindness. Now there are somewho don’t know what itmeans to be homeless, but Ido. I was homeless for a timein the winter of ‘75 after theVietnam War and found my-self roaming the streets ofHempstead. I was just out ofthe Navy and had few friendsor family members who couldnot help. It was a kind act of astranger from Nigeria namedCyril who saw my plight andgave me shelter. Officer DePri-mo is an example of a fine po-lice officer who went aboveand beyond the call of duty,like many of our police offi-cers do on a day-to-day basis.Officer DePrimo, saw a fellowhuman being hurting and didlend a helping hand. Now to
all police officers you see tellthem this: Thank you for allthat you do.FREDERICK R. BEDELL JR., VIA E-MAIL
As I was running some Christ-mas errands during lunch yes-terday in Boston, I stepped offthe train at Charles MGH. Thetrain started to pull awayfrom the station, but thenstopped. The conductoropened his window, stuck hishead out and shouted,“Where are you heading?”Just then, I saw an elderlyblind man walking alone,hugging the wall andstruggling to find his wayalong the platform with a red-and-white striped walkingstick. He replied, “DowntownCrossing.” “Follow my voice,”the conductor instructed,“this is your train.” The blind
man, who was obviously fear-ful of falling onto the traintracks, slowly walked towardthe conductor’s voice andstepped onto the train.Thank you to the conductorwho helped the blind man to-day — we notice your actsand are grateful.BILL GOTFREDSON, VIA E-MAIL
I’m a boy, I’m a boy!But society won’tlet me act like it RE: “PAGING GLORIA STEINEM?”(METRO, DEC. 3) Patti Stangermentions that “men are get-ting more passive and[women] are gettingstronger.” ApparentlyStanger wasn’t paying atten-tion in the 1990s, when theeducation system began pun-ishing boys for acting like themales they were. Now wehave a whole generation ofdrones who seem to have nodirection or ambition. The an-ti-male crowd got what theywanted, but was it reallyworth it? I don’t think so.ROB DONNER, VIA E-MAIL
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Eagles rookiesworth the priceof admission
All eyes on Foles, Brown down stretch Breakoutperformances may determine future Up next: BucsTo quote the great RussellCrowe in “Gladiator,” “Are younot entertained?”
The Eagles might not haveanything to play for in theselast four games, but watchingthe development of two rook-ies, Nick Foles and BryceBrown, should be enough tokeep the tailgates going.
Yes, it isn’t the desired out-come anyone wanted. Therewill be no Super Bowl parade,not even a single playoff peprally. Yet there is some smallsatisfaction to be had fromwatching two guys who couldbe counted on heavily in 2013.
For Foles, it’s a chance toprove he can play in the NFL.After two shaky starts, thethird-round pick impressed inDallas. His 793 passing yardsare the most for a rookie sinceDonovan McNabb in 1999.With a few more solid perform-ances, he’ll at least put himselfin the mix to be the Eagles’starting quarterback whentraining camp opens.
“Each week he’s come inand he’s kind of been the re-placement guy. Now he is thestarter, and we’ll see how hedoes with that on his plate andsee how he handles it,” coachAndy Reid said. “I don’t expectmuch to change with him. He
handles things in a pretty coolmanner, and I think he’ll con-tinue to do that.”
Brown — aside from hisfumbling epidemic — is gash-ing opponents for huge chunksof yardage. His 347 yards in twostarts leads the entire NFL dur-ing that span and marks thesecond-highest total for an Ea-gle in consecutive games. He’salso the first rookie in franchisehistory to score at least two
touchdowns in back-to-backgames.
“I know that I can play, Iknow that I can contribute,”Brown said. “Coach is going torely on me and Dion [Lewis] tokind of take the pressure off ofNick [Foles] a little bit. So we’vegot to prepare and [be] readyfor it.”
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Metro’s NFL power rankings | by Mike Greger
BRONCOS (9-3) DemaryiusThomas is newReggie Wayne,
doubling his yardage and TD totals from 2011. Think that hap-pens with Tebow under center?
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TEXANS (11-1) It seems like everyoneagrees Houston is thebest team in football, yetno one is picking them towin the Super Bowl — especially when they winwith Arian Foster touch-ing the ball just 14 times.Kind of odd. Texans havealready clinched a post-season berth and set fran-chise marks for wins.
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SEAHAWKS (7-5) Russell Wilson isflying under radarwith so many tal-
ented rooks. He has three fourth-quarter comebacks, same as Luckand one better than RG3.
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GIANTS (7-5) Lost opportunityto slam door onNFC East, but
moved the ball well, just settledfor too many field goals. If we’velearned anything, never countEli out when weather gets colderand Tom Coughlin’s face redder.
949ERS (8-3-1) We’ll chalk uploss to inferior St.Louis as case of
familiarity (remember, these twotied earlier). Colin Kaepernick isgoing to make mistakes — butwill good outweigh the bad?
4PATRIOTS (9-3) Look at Pats icinggame by grindingit out on ground
—16-play, 7-minute drive, led byStevan Ridley — instead of put-ting it in Tom Brady’s hands.
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RAVENS (9-3) Inexcusablehome loss to aCharlie Batch-led
Pittsburgh team. Missed out onchance to sew up division titleand crane kick the Steelers outof postseason party.
6PACKERS (8-4) Green Bay is miss-ing star powereverywhere you
look and still tied for NFC Northlead. If they ever get healthy,watch out. And if they don’t gethealthy, this isn’t a team youwant to see in the playoffs.
7BEARS (8-4) Hard-luck injuriesto Brian Urlacherand Tim Jennings
threaten to derail what could bea special season in the WindyCity. Dec. 16 game at SoldierField looms large.
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BENGALS (7-5) Andy Dalton has10 touchdowns(vs. just two
interceptions) in his last fourstarts, all Bengals wins.
11COLTS (8-4) After another im-probable winColts interim
head coach Bruce Arians said,“Some teams find ways to win.Others don’t.” It’s pretty simple,really. Some teams have AndrewLuck. Others don’t.
12REDSKINS (6-6) Who would getthe bigger ova-tion in our
Nation’s Capital right now …RG3 or Barack Obama? Youknow the answer, and it’s notclose. (And we mean that withno disrespect, Mr. President).
13STEELERS (7-5) If Big Ben can endure a strongweek of practice,
he may start Sunday. If that happens, we’ll jump back on thebandwagon — as long as CharlieBatch isn’t driving it.
14BUCCANEERS (6-6) Eleven penaltiesis killer againstanyone, not to
mention Denver. Luckily, Bucsget cupcake this week, in ahome game vs. Philly.
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FALCONS (11-1) Some Saints playerswere beating theirchests and telling
the Falcons they were the teamto beat in NFC South. Not true.Defense collected five picks andsecond title in three years.
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Boston isn’t messing around atthis week’s winter meetings inNashville, as the Red Sox madetheir second significant signingin as many days yesterday byreportedly inking free-agentoutfielder Shane Victorino.
The contract is for threeyears and $39 million, the samenumbers given to Mike Napoli.Victorino will likely be theteam’s starting right fielder, al-though he’s spent much of hiscareer in center.
Victorino, 32, has played inthe big leagues for nine sea-sons, most notably the Philliesfor eight years before beingshipped to the Dodgers at lastseason’s trading deadline.
The Flyin’ Hawaiian was ru-mored to be on Ruben Amaro’sradar this offseason as hesearches for a center fielder.However, there was no report-ed offer from the Phillies.
Best known for his defenseand speed, Victorino has alsobeen noted as a good club-
house guy, which is an attrib-ute Red Sox brass have saidthey are looking for.
In nine seasons, Victorino isa career .275 hitter, while bat-ting .279 and .255, respectively,the past two seasons. As aswitch-hitter, he gives the Red
Sox more of a left-right lineupbalance but hits better fromthe right side. He is a career.301 hitter against lefties, andjust .267 against righties.
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Phils GM shoots downUpton-for-Lee rumorsThe first bombshell rumor in-volving the Phillies fell yester-day when a report claimedthey were discussing a CliffLee for Justin Upton swap.
The report, filed by ESPN’sPedro Gomez, stated that thePhils would acquire the 25-year-old right fielder in ex-change for Lee, cash consider-ations and prospects. Howev-er, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. shotdown the proposed deal.
“I don’t comment on ru-mors, but that one is absolutely
and unequivocally false,”Amaro told reporters at theWinter Meetings.
Amaro has repeatedly saidthat the Phils are interested inadding a center fielder first.Problem is, there aren’t manyleft. With B.J. Upton, Angel Pa-gan and Shane Victorino offthe market, the Phils are basi-cally down to Michael Bourn(free agent) or Josh Hamilton(free agent) — unless they pur-sue the Rockies’ DexterFowler in a trade. METRO
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Last week, after failing to quali-fy for a bowl game in his firstyear guiding Temple in the BigEast, Steve Addazio promisedthat 2013 would be different.
“This offseason won’t be abox of chocolates,” Addaziowarned. “It’s 2013 in my mindright now.”
Well, when the calendarturns to 2013, it will be com-pletely different for Addazio.The head football coach atTemple resigned yesterday andaccepted the same position atBoston College. He takes over astruggling BC program thatwent just 2-10 last season.
Addazio leaves Temple aftercompiling a 13-11 record in twoseasons, including the school’sfirst bowl win in 32 years. Priorto that, Addazio won two na-tional championships whileserving as Florida’s offensive-line coach.
“Steve Addazio has done atremendous job with Temple
football in his two years at theuniversity, and we wish himnothing but the best,” saidTemple athletic director BillBradshaw. “Temple football hasnever been stronger, and I amconfident we will be able to at-tract a high-level pool of candi-dates for the position and theprogram will continue its up-ward momentum.”
Upward momentum was ev-idenced by Temple’s 2012 re-cruiting class (ranked No.1 inthe Mid-American Conference)and by having three Owls(Bernard Pierce, Evan Ro-driguez, Tahir Whitehead) getselected in the 2012 NFL Draft.
The school indicated asearch for Addazio’s replace-ment will begin immediately.The team opens the 2013 sea-son on Aug. 31 at Notre Dame.
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Temple tohonor LearTemple basketballannounced it will retire HalLear’s No. 6 jersey in a half-
time ceremony on Jan. 30 atthe Liacouras Center.
Lear will become just thefourth player (and the firstsince 1999) to have his num-ber retired in the 115-yearhistory of the men’s basket-ball program. METRO
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In the wake of such cata-strophic weather events, shesays a storm economy springsup. Firstly, the rental marketbooms: “Rental rates go up.The reason is simple — peoplehave to rent a home whiletheir home is being repaired,”she says. Next, the home mar-ket slows down. “The first sixmonths are a recovery time.
Homes will sell, but at a slowerpace.”
After six months, however,home sales boom. “The sellersthat were going to sell havenow fixed their homes, and thebuyers are ready to make amove. The pent-up demand isunleashed,” says Lappin.
The long-term prospects forthe coastal real estate market,however, are not good.
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Fairmount Parkdecks the historic halls When it comes to Christmasdecorations, Philadelphia hasplenty of houses that go aboveand beyond, from SouthPhilly’s infamous light showsto inflatable Santa lawn infesta-tions in the Northeast. Andwhile no Philly decor tourwould be complete without atwo-story animatronic Grinch,nestled in Fairmount Park aresome lower-key gems that arejust as much a part of the city’sfestive fabric.
Running through this week-end, the Charms of FairmountPark Holiday Tours invite visi-tors into five of the park’s his-toric houses, which are deckedout for the holidays.
“People forget that thesehistoric sites were once livelywith children and families andcelebrations,” says BillGehrman, marketing directorfor The Historic Houses of Fair-
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The Charms of Fairmount ParkHoliday Tours will take placeSaturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. -4 p.m. Admission to eachhouse is $5 (children under 12are free) and free parking isavailable at each site. Guidedtrolley tours ($40) will departfrom the Art Museum on Fri-day, Saturday and Sunday. Formore info, visitwww.parkcharms.com.
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