ABC NEWS: Scientists report that arctic ice the size of the state of Florida has melted in the last six days. In just the last six days, researchers say 69,000 square miles of Arctic ice has disappeared, roughly the size of the Sunshine State. Scientists say the rate of melting in 2007 has been unprecedented, and veteran ice researchers worry the Arctic is on track to be completely ice-free much earlier than previous research and climate models have suggested. “If you had asked me a few years ago about how fast the Arctic would be ice free in summer, I […]
CONTEST: WRITE A CLEVER CAPTION AND…
Win Tickets To See THE MEKONS At The World Cafe Live! The City of Philadelphia’s photo archive contains over 2 million images that date back as far as the late 1800s, i.e. the last time a Republican won in this town. In all seriousness, this is an INCREDIBLE visual record of the city’s evolution and a relatively new web site, PhillyHistory.org, is making it available for online consumption and purchase. To date, some 27,000 BILLIONS AND BILLIONS of images have been digitally scanned, at a rate of roughly 2,000 images a month. So, if you’ve been wondering why the line […]
MAILBAG: ‘The Truth About WHYY’
DEAR PHAWKER, We are a group of employees who wish to state the truth about WHYY. This five-page letter must come from a small number of individuals, and we are writing to tell you that the majority of us at WHYY do not share those expressed sentiments. We, the majority of WHYY employees, do not suffer from low morale. On the contrary, we are bullish about WHYY, and completely support the leadership of our President, and his Executive staff. We wonder how many other media entities enjoy the benefit of a leader who is able to integrate political astuteness, for-profit […]
TALKING HEADS: Psycho Killer
RELATED: A man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1975 killing of his roommate and the man’s 4-year-old son disappeared from a mental hospital in Camden County yesterday. Police from the Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Winslow Township were joined by state and local police in the search for William Enman, 65, who had unsupervised grounds privileges at the 80-acre campus, according to two law-enforcement sources.
HOT DOCUMENT: Spinal Meningitis Got Me Down
From: University Notification To: REDACTED Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 2:33 PM Subject: Public Health Notice for University Community September 9, 2007 We regret to inform you that one of our students, Anne Ryan (C ’10), was hospitalized on Saturday with a critical illness and passed away early this morning. The University Chaplain and other Penn administrators were with the family and close friends last night and our collective thoughts and prayers are with them at this time. We are sending this e-mail as general public health notice to all members of the University community as Anne is now confirmed […]
VIET NOW: Local Heroes
INQUIRER: Interactive Map Of Local Iraq War Dead [click image to activate]
FRINGE DWELLER: Recommended
In DiversCity Indigenous Pitch Dance, 90 minutes Hot on the heels of last year’s Fringe comes this season’s fiercest group of dancers. With expertise in hip-hop, funk, modern, and hoofin’, this multi-ethnic consortium will deliver a dazzlingly diverse program. “Muscular, acrobatic, witty choreography: (Philadelphia City Paper) by Stephen Welsh’s Swerve, Illadelphlave, DaBoom, Surge, Underground Dance Works, DanceTron. Click Here for Showtimes * Late Night at the Tiki Bar Little Bunny Voodoo Presents Puppetry, 45 minutes Your swanky neighborhood tiki bar from the ’50s is in jeopardy. A powerful coffee chain has bought the building and plans a takeover within the […]
KILLADELPHIA: 5 More Dead Since U Went To Bed
BY MARI A. SCHAEFER INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Another violent weekend in the city has left five people dead and six injured in an 18-hour span. Two shootings involved on-duty Philadelphia police officers. As of last night, there were 291 homicides for the year.Around 1:15 a.m. yesterday, police responded to a 911 call after a woman threatened passengers on a SEPTA bus in North Philadelphia with an 8- to 10-inch butcher knife. Officers found a woman, identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as Reora Askew, 38, address unknown, in Norris Square Park near Howard and Susquehanna Streets. As police approached, Askew […]
SPORTO: The Life Comcastic
BY MIKE WOLVERTON SPORTS GUY The Phading Philthies have lost 5 of the last 6, but are still in the race as we head down the stretch. Just last week things seemed so good. The four game sweep over the Mets was Amazing, especially the late inning heroics in the final contest. I’m not even a Phillies fan, but seeing the Mets lose is sweet. Too bad I missed the whole thing. Fuck You, Comcast! Now, I love baseball. I pay $159 per season for the MLB Extra Innings package on DirectTV. That means I get virtually every major league […]
FRINGE ANTI-REVIEW: Principles Of Uncertainty
BY ALLAN SMITHEE FRINGE CORRESPONDENT Was denied entry last night to Java Drama. Wasn’t on any kind of list plus the place was packed (sold out) which is a good thing; talking about the packed crowd not entry refusal. Also had problems getting into the Flamingo/Winnebago show the previous night but was finally allowed entry. Went to the box office (National Headquarters) last night and got everything straightened it out. Have tickets in hand for the rest of the shows I plan to attend. Happened to be walking down 2nd street after avoiding the First Friday art crush when I […]
HEAR YE: Animal Collective Strawberry Jam
NOW PLAYING ON PHAWKER RADIO * PET SOUNDZ: Animal Collective Waves The Freak Flag BY JONATHAN VALANIA Back in college — which was longer ago than I care to admit, so let’s just say some time after the Earth cooled but before the Internet — I lived in an old Victorian house that the college owned and subdivided into separate apartments. It was a gathering house for all the freaks and geeks who didn’t quite blend in with the frat-boy-cheerleader-chug-a-lug-date-rape ethos of the main campus. Across the hall my neighbors had set up a de facto commune of 24/7 hacky-sack […]
We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
PLEASE DON’T FEED: Panda Bear, First Unitarian Church, June 25th BY JONATHAN VALANIA FOR THE INQUIRER The great advantage of our shiny white iPod-abetted Information Age, where the far-flung chaos of recorded music has been organized and arranged into the orderly feng sui of alphabetized and easily-accessed mp3s, is that innovative music-makers like Panda Bear can connect the dots and create unexpected and stunning constellations of sound that cross the once un-breach-able barriers or time, space and genre. I can think of no better explanation, barring something being in the water, for the way that Panda Bear’s Person Pitch combines […]