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Get a WAR Guild Beta today(Warhammer Guild Beta)!

Mythic Entertainment has announced that more beta keys for Warhammer Online have been sent out. Now hot wire again! Mythic Entertainment posted another news over at the official European Warhammer Online website that they are looking for more guilds to join the European WAR Guild Beta! And check out below, it is the quote from EU forum.



Now that the WAR Guild Beta is underway we are looking for even more fresh recruits to bring the WAR to the battlefields of the Age of Reckoning! If you think your guild is up to the task then pop over to this Freddyhouse thread and raise your standard!



The guilds with the best website and the best recruitment post will be given the opportunity to join us in the Warhammer Guild Beta Test so don't delay, bang your drum and get your comrades into the action!




Did you get a closed beta invite to WAR recently? Guys, just check your Beta Centers and Inboxes as today might be your lucky day!



Let’s go back to some older closed beta news here, according to the press release, 10,000 guilds applied to take part in the WAR Guild Beta. That's around 750,000 applicants. The lucky few who get in will be able to test Guild Public Quests, Heraldy features, new dungeons, scenarios, and user interface updates.



Marc Jacobs, the vice president and general manager of EA Mythic, was very optimistic about the launch of the Guild Beta. Here's what he had to say about it:



WAR Guild Beta is here and some of the world's most experienced MMO players will now get a chance to play one of the most anticipated MMOs of all time. We look forward to seeing them beat, bash and burn their way through the world that we have created for their enjoyment. It's going to be a lot of fun and it's going to be glorious!



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He is very clean and strong

Light and heavy for him, but the original is a contact may be the role of exchanges. She is a volunteer of the Xianren, in this society, there is no exchangeable value. She is not pretty young, or dissemination of collusion with the smell. Without allowing a man so gracious to her value.

Chung-kwong not snobbish, never Choufu. On the contrary, she felt that some 10% of the people there will be a better mindset, a higher spiritual pursuit, but it obviously needs a personal level, not everyone can do. To millions of people through re-Hill, arrived after the mountain top, and then be ready to放低their sense of balance to life, but it can only belong to a consciousness of the people.

This modest flat front men, until now, his face still she was not impressed. He is a Juchongruoqing, Bolanbujing people. This is the best part of his body. He also wear clothes temperament, and his farm. Not all men would choose to grow vegetables planting trees, a species of lotus ponds, regardless of whether they have money or no money. Not all men, all cotton shirt to a total Chuande seems to be a closer in to blinking light. He wore heavy-shirts to attract attention.

Such men are usually early morning infertility. Few see a good man, not very late marriage, even if they right way, the unique taste, and will still early vesting family. And women are exactly the opposite. As-you-so the men, will remain a very good family, love his wife and child care. They married the woman, Blessed are.It is to re-think of the hearts, while he smiled, and the other, turn around public housing.

Disappear

To almost 12-year-old, gradually began expansion of cities, many of the old alley old building plans to be removed, the residents moved to the edge of the city and new residential areas, urban centres on both sides of the road to stay out of commercial use. Big yard and the roads are in the planning, Jiuzhai removed, the road widening. Sidewalks on both sides of the Indus all Beikan-old, large trees Yi Keke sawing down, towed away. This can double the size of the road.
Now there is a wide flat cars to trucks to the cement road, a small roadside tree species. The summer sun exposure. From high-rise buildings standing on both sides, in addition to traffic strike, very few people walking on the sidewalk. It is no longer a narrow Shuying thick asphalt road, the ancient stout Faguowutong, sparrows, insects, courtyards, flowers, parked in drying racks on the dragonflies, hot soy milk Puzi, intensive bustling crowd, were washed away in the dry Clean net. No one is left of the old photo negatives, I just enough time to look at, it will lose on all the clues. Can only use memory to recall it.
A history of the Tang Dynasty was a small town, as one of the world have experienced many elderly people, own a dignified and solemn, 100 to 1,000 packs of temperament. Age Jianchang leave home, I know it seems gradually. When I can understand it when it had it not old. The moss Youyou, water Chan Chan, its white brick Heiwa, camphor wood aroma, and its Zhaizhang stone alley, dark courtyard, it's all things inadvertently, human feelings. Even an ancient city, people will still manoeuvrable its forms. Quickly overthrown, lightly destroyed, clumsy reconstruction, poor and old.
People living in the history of foam Paper on breathing, home, leaving behind buildings, civilization and our way of life, inner conviction, have been gradually from the dim yellow pages of paper erased, discarded. As the large group of ants to build nests, the greater will be up against all the animals. Create an artificial construction, and all, all these, the end can not hold and live a long time.
New cities. The disappearance of the old city. Some people remember the old look like it, some people still remember a little bit, some people will not know. They were cut off and the city's history, the relationship between it and cut off the elegance and conviction of the association. As if they are orphans, not nutrients, live in a new re-start the city's history. It is rich, clean, decent, just and past broken links. Including its traditional and spiritual support, the relationship between clean break, there is no nostalgia in the gross. Pushed all, reform all, as if everything can start again. Start decisive.
Everything is new. Has nothing to do with the past. They built on a desert. The new face of the new people in the world, only flourish ambition, no Feng Yue mood.

KICKS (Kiwanis International Charity Kickball Social)

KICKS
(Kiwanis International Charity Kickball Tournament)
These KICKS are for kids!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
12-6 p.m.
Kendrick Recreation Center
Manayunk, PA

Join the fun!
Help to raise money for disadvantaged and physically challenged Philadelphia children by playing kickball! Get a team together (10 person/3 female minimum) and sign up today at http://www.uckiwanis.com The registration deadline is September 5, 2008.

A $12 registration fee (per person) includes at least 2 playoff games, a BBQ, AND an AFTER-PARTY complete with drink specials at Kildare’s in Manayunk!

Prizes will be awarded to the top teams and the team with the most team spirit.
Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Variety Children’s Charity of Philadelphia and the Kendrick Recreation Center.

*Tournament will be held rain or shine.

Distortion Arts Project Presents Distortion: The Works of Peter Ehlinger

Distortion: The Works of Peter Ehlinger

Peter is an artist who works in watercolors, pen and ink and pastels. He has been exhibiting work since the 1960's with showings in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Upstate New York. Peter participates in many art and craft fairs on the east coast and has won several awards in juried exhibitions. His work has been featured in galleries and in the homes/businesses of clients who have commissioned challenging projects.

Peter's Show Openings this Friday 7/18 with a reception from 6-9 at our home Cafe Mocha 263 S. 10th Street.

Joining us again is AQS Visual Management with "Rock and Roll Royalties" and AXD Gallery is doing their annual "Year in Review" show.

Come out!

“Why OnBlass.com IS NOT just another COMPLAINT-Website”

OnBlass.com Interview with President, CEO OnBlass.com.

People throughout the country are facing new challenges each and everyday by keeping their Personal Identifiable Information out of the hands of identity thieves and criminals. There are a number of agencies at work 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, attempting to prevent these acts from occurring. In the next five years, we suspect that 60 million identities will be compromised due to poor security practices or negligence by businesses. In Aug 2007, OnBlass.com launched its Investigation Division (OnBlassID), to conduct consumer identity investigations which help consumers review their credit activities and assist in locating and prosecuting I.D.Theft Offenders. “We do what the credit card companies aren't doing”, says President, CEO, Joseph Menefee.

Q: Why is OnBlassID so important to consumers?
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Q: Will many people use and watch this site?
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“OnBlass.com IS NOT just another COMPLAINT-Website”

OnBlass.com Interview with President, CEO OnBlass.com.

People throughout the country are facing new challenges each and everyday by keeping their Personal Identifiable Information out of the hands of identity thieves and criminals. There are a number of agencies at work 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, attempting to prevent these acts from occurring. In the next five years, we suspect that 60 million identities will be compromised due to poor security practices or negligence by businesses. In Aug 2007, OnBlass.com launched its Investigation Division (OnBlassID), to conduct consumer identity investigations which help consumers review their credit activities and assist in locating and prosecuting I.D.Theft Offenders. “We do what the credit card companies aren't doing”, says President, CEO, Joseph Menefee.

Q: Why is OnBlassID so important to consumers?
Menefee: Many consumers don’t understand how to identify or locate the I.D. Threats. OnBlassID knows how. There are millions upon millions of consumers in the United States who do not understand how critical it is to protect their identities from fraud. You might think that with such a volume, agencies would be over-worked with credit checks.

Q: What is a OnBlassID benefit?
Menefee: From a consumer’s standpoint, and due to our extensive capabilities, our organization does what many other agencies can’t do. Traditionally, National Credit Reporting Agencies are limited in their ability to render in-depth analysis due to high volume and workload. OnBlassID conducts a thorough data analysis; provide counseling and assists with credit restoration. We also conduct a full investigation on your credit inconsistencies, should there be questionable items on your credit report.

Q: What is the uniqueness and challenge at OnBlassID?
Menefee: OnBlassID is very unique in offering many different capabilities. In-depth data analysis and credit restoration for the consumer are but a few critical areas that many other agencies find as a difficult challenge to meet. Being a relatively new site, it takes time getting consumers to understand our position in the marketplace. It is our belief that OnBlassID is the only consumer site in the market that combines I.D. Theft and Fraud Investigations with Complaints, Comments and Compliments. With reasonable and competitive rates, the “uniqueness and challenge” is definitely in place for consumers to take advantage of.

Q: Will many people use and watch this site?
Menefee: YES! And we are just starting to grow. We observe other sites attempting to compete with us, but cannot. OnBlassID's uniqueness is very hard and difficult to emulate due to our capability.

Our sites: http://www.onblass.com
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If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Mr. Menefee, please call 1800/959-8850 or e-mail at contactus@onblass.com

Winning Souls to Christ in The World of Warcraft Gold

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Billy Houston, a Landover Baptist Senior High youth, has been sharing Jesus in the virtual gaming world for over three years. "I evangelized in Lineage 2, Everquest, Diablo, and a bunch of other games," he says, "but I 商业吧 haven''t seen nearly as many people who are as open to hearing the Gospel message as I have inside the World of Warcraft." Billy has what gamers call, a Level 57 Undead Priest with Holy Focus. "I''m also in one of the largest Christian guilds on our server," he says. "I think the reason so many people 网站推广 are open to hearing about Jesus in the World of Warcraft is because the majority of people who play the game are lonely kids who don''t have any friends.

Christian game enthusiasts around the US are turning the world of Azeroth inside the new video game, "World of Warcraft" into a mission field, where virtual battles are fought and real souls are won to 福州热线 the Lord Jesus Christ.

I doubt any of them play sports so you can pretty much guess that there are lots of gay boys and fat little pale-faced Wiccan girls on the servers who hate themselves and escape into virtual characters so they don''t have to deal with 体育博客 their pathetic lives. When they hear that someone loves them, even if it is just the Lord Jesus Christ, they always want to hear more!"

I also think that wow gold verse applies to Christian astronaut missionaries in the future who will encounter and evangelize unsaved alien life forms on other planets. I believe with my whole heart that Christian gamers are sincerely answering the Great Commission 股票博客 of Jesus and we are able to do it without getting out of our chairs or leaving our bedrooms. I bet the Apostle Paul is so jealous!"

The World of Warcraft is ripe for eager young Christian evangelists to ply their trade. "I''m studying to be a missionary at Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Virginia," says one gamer (who prefers to remain anonymous) and sharing 游戏博客 the Good News of Jesus in Azeroth is a great way to practice soulwinning in Arkansas, where I''m from originally. I think that when Jesus said in Mark 16:15, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, He knew that True Christians? like me in the future, would be called into virtual worlds where we''d be witnessing to gnomes, trolls, night elves and all sorts of other creatures.

I followed some stupid gnome around for 8-hours until he finally told me that he would accept Jesus as his Personal Savior if I would just promise not to contact him anymore. Now that rocks!"

"I really like our guild leader," says young Billy Houston. "He has a strict policy against letting unsaved people join our group. I think he''s from Alabama in real life. In fact, he won''t even party-up with anyone who isn''t a 魔兽博客 Christian. He''s a level 60 Priest, and gets a lot of respect. He can climb right up to the top of the dwarf statue by the gates of Stormwind City and start street preaching to the Dark Elves and they will listen to everything he says. He''s done conversion duels on multiple servers where he challenges other players to duel with him. If he wins, they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. If he loses (which he never has) he will give them 6 pieces of silver."

Young Billy explains that it is very simple to announce the message of God''s love across the World of Warcraft game channels. "I have a hot-key macro that broadcasts, Jesus Loves You! Please Love Him Back or He Will Burn You in Hell! PM Me 考试博客 if you want to learn more! across four channels. I do it right when I log in. I usually get PM''d (Private Messaged) by a few characters who I then add to my buddy list.

Christian gamers are also excited that they are able to live out their faith in the same way the early True Christians? did, before their religion was sissified by liberalism, science, and political correctness. "It is such a rush to kill other players who refuse to accept Jesus Christ as Lord," says one gamer. "I feel like I can really practice my faith the way God intended it. It is like I''m 汽车博客 fighting alongside Christians of old, instead of the pansies and sissies from my Sunday school class."

I follow them around the game, across snow-capped mountains, and blasted wastelands until they accept Christ or persecute me so much that I have to report them to the server administrators for making fun of my religion. I think I''ve been responsible for getting over thirty accounts suspended for bigotry directed at me because of my faith."

Landover Baptist Pastors originally expressed 房产博客 some concern over the game because it looked like it promoted occult activity. "I told Pastor Deacon Fred that every single time I find an item that looks like it has something to do with the occult, I hop on a griffin and head straight to Ironforge where I auction it off. Christian food gamers shouldn''t be carrying that stuff around. We don''t enter places that serve alcohol in the game either. It is just not a good testimony. All the money I make from selling occult items to unsaved gamers, I auction off on E-bay for real cash, which I then put into the offering plate at our church on the last Sunday of each month."

One prospective missionary at the Landover Baptist Christian Academy says, "Most people who are mean, liberal, nasty, lonely, unsaved losers in real life choose to play the Horde (an evil race of characters in the World of Warcraft) and 电脑博客 people and guilds who are conservative, Republican and pretty much easier to win to wow gold Jesus Christ with are found in the Alliance. That''s why the real True Christians? pick the Horde to play as characters and start their guilds in Horde territory because they like the challenge of sharing Christ''s message in a perilous, lava-soaked, environment. Sometimes flower you have to pester people for weeks before they listen to you.

Train the person of the need of the society

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Face the future, train the person of the need of the society in the future. Infancy is the period that development establishes the foundation to grow. Then, we consider future talent society need. What kind of foundation should we establish children at little age stage? For example, independence, creativity, self-confidence and coexistence of cooperation with people,etc., all these are the social requirements for talent in the future. The above has discussed three points, i.e.: 1. Improvement of overall quality; 2.Forming of basic quality; 3.Face the future and train our child.
There are some mistaken ideas, some problems in family education at present. These questions, the mistaken ideas are unfavorable to infant's good quality and take shape. Parents must see clearly this question, on this basis, we discuss how to train good quality. I sum up, as follows, mainly
1.Quite a few of parents are random and great in education to the child in the family, there is no clear goal.
Some parents think, have child can become first parents qualified naturally; Some parents think how my mother educate me, how I educate my child, these views are all wrong. Other parents remember, catch, remember, catch, for the moment this, he is random and very old for the moment. This is that one is often question apt to appear in home education.
2.There is a mistaken idea of education in the home education at present, this mistaken idea is " Heavy light Germany intelligently " ,The intelligence of paying attention to the child is developed, develop intelligence, the development that the behavioral morality of ignoring the child is used to, ignore the development in an all-round way. Parents, to the cultivation of child's body constitution, is a comparative big problem too. A lot of parents often wipe out McDonald taking children from the child's disposition, hardly realize the food of McDonald has been eaten too much, will have a bad impact on child.
3.Stress the child's focal point - -Teach children how to learn to conduct oneself. The adult could become a useful person, can not become a useful person without growing up. Any one all have better morality to social contributory winner.
We call his preschool child, is less than the school age, should not study like this, the child of the little age, studying will have no advantage to the child like this. But we whom energy spend is not in the right place with a large amount of of parentses,so say by mistaken idea of stepping into. It is a mistaken idea that often appears in the family education to only pay attention to intelligence. Moreover, I say it is a kind of mistaken idea loved. Only a child now, become center that all family's members love, concerned center. We have some parents, children in he oily to love too much protecting too much dominating too much. This is a question in the family now, is a kind of mistaken idea loved. Education is a kind of rational behavior, there should be a kind of rational love.

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Pleasant confusion

Civilians take the greatest advantage of the compartment is to reach the real life of India. Very hot weather, the compartment is like Zhenglong, seating is limited, people Jizhe sat together to chat about some irrelevant topic. I train on the whole an exotic face, so they become rare, "the exhibits." The talks are men, women Quansuo on one side only heard neglect, even automatically friendly greetings, they also seem Xiuse unrest.
Strictly in accordance with the demarcation of the two rail tracks on the train, the Federation of people to order, strict, and closed Shou-time impression. India and take the train, may be changed or even to subvert the traditional impression on the train. Laotailongzhong Indian train has an incredible open, free and lax.
Train stop, visitors Fengyongershang, vied with one another on the vehicle, the vehicle did not stand Lieju Yuan invited everyone on the train, passengers who did not line up the concept, each compartment of the car will be staged in front of a riot. Compartments in the provision of services has not Lie Juyuan, all "self-help" - that suffering can not let foreign tourists, the train when no one to go to station, passengers can only have their own Watch what stations, I would be the wrong one,what is the matter ?An early and get off at.
Confusion is the unpleasant, but India train shown by the confusion, the Indians culture, customs, traditions reflect a comprehensive, no wonder it has become world-renowned "pleasant confusion", is the travellers not to be missed A rare experience.

Departure

In Turkey there is a touching symbol of farewell. Do not Wangjiacaice However, this departure has nothing to do with love.
In the "Bible" in the "Ephesians" the famous Ephesus, Turkey in the best-preserved one of the most valuable heritage. Vicissitudes of their time can be traced back in 3000. Old streets, grand temples, the magnificent ancient Roman theater, the first time I understood the draw of Asia Minor in the East and the West of human
The civilization in an irreplaceable position.
But there is a sad sister. This is the famous goddess of the moon and hunting Alpha Artemis Temple, the world-famous ancient one of the seven wonders of human civilization. Aegean civilization of the early laps friends, often because of the gods in Greek mythology in Turkey, and surprised.
I was in the evening arrived at the temple of Artemis. In fact, the twilight of the seven wonders of the ancient world is a ruin. But it can not tell the sad atmosphere, from the other side of the Aegean Sea Greek land, because there are al-site Matutes twin brother Apollo. In Greek mythology, this mother of four with twin brother and sister fled, but it has never been separated. But now the geographical separation.Japanese Flower Arrangement Modern Flower Arrangements Flower Arrangement Flower School

Mauckingbird Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s R&J August 1-23 at the Adrienne, Mainstage

PHILADELPHIA – Mauckingbird Theatre Company will present Shakespeare's R&J by award-winning playwright Joe Calarco and directed by Mauckingbird Artistic Director Peter Reynolds from August 1 – 23, 2008 at the Adrienne Theatre's Mainstage, located at 2030 Sansom Street in Philadelphia. A follow up to the company's sold-out inaugural production of an all-male The Misanthrope, Shakespeare's R&J is also performed by a male cast. Named 1 of the "Five Best Plays" in London by The Independent, Shakespeare's R & J has enjoyed successful, critically acclaimed runs both off-Broadway and on London's West End. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students and are available by calling (215) 923-8909 or online at www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org.

Shakespeare's R&J spins the classic story of history's most famous "star-cross'd lovers" in a modern tale of teenage awakening. Mauckingbird Theatre Company's intimate production explores youthful desires, vulnerability and burgeoning sexuality as four schoolboys at a repressive preparatory school discover William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and find themselves suddenly immersed in the tragic story of forbidden love. As the boys assume the roles of all the play's characters, the classic tale begins to blur with the students' own lives and Shakespeare's verse is heard anew.

Hailed as a "vibrant, hot-blooded new adaptation [that] pulsates with an adolescent abandon" by The New York Times and an "exploration of passion and repression in both Shakespeare's time and our own" by Variety, Joe Calarco's revisionist tale continues to speak to audiences around the globe.

"Joe Calarco's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is inspired. It offers a powerful message of tolerance and acceptance without being didactic," says Peter Reynolds. "New discoveries are illuminated in Shakespeare's original text with the frequent gender changes of the characters, producing a provocative work that continues to remain timely and relevant in our current social and political climate."

The talented young cast of four is led by Evan Jonigkeit as Romeo, whose recent credits include Célimène in Mauckingbird's sold-out hit The Misanthrope, Six Characters in Search of an Author at People's Light & Theatre, Dishwashers at Walnut Street Theatre, and Fox TV's Twice a Hero. Conrad Ricamora portrays Juliet, and his recent credits include USER 927 (Brat Prod.), Ferdinand the Bull (Arden), West Side Story (New Candlelight), Romeo & Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew (NC Shakespeare Festival).

Newton Buchanan and Nicholas Park play the two other students and various characters. Buchanan has worked exclusively with Hedgerow Theatre for the past four years, appearing in over 30 productions as an actor, while Park is a senior musical theatre major at the University of the Arts who has appeared at the Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival.

The Misanthrope production team returns including set and costume designer Marie Anne Chiment, lighting designer Maria Shaplin, and voice and text coordinator Lynne Innerst, with the addition of fight director John V. Bellomo.

Founded by Artistic Director Peter Reynolds and Managing Director Lindsay Mauck, Mauckingbird Theatre Company is committed to producing professional gay-themed theatre, while also exploring classic literature and musical genres and providing affordable productions of infrequently produced works.

Reynolds currently serves as the Director of Musical Theater for the Department of Theater at Temple University. For Temple Theaters he has directed productions of Into the Woods, Ragtime, Company, Pericles, Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery and Beautiful Thing. In Philadelphia, he has directed productions at Act II Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, Hedgerow Theatre, Villanova Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company in their collaborations with Philadelphia Young Playwrights, and he spent two seasons with the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center in New Jersey where he assisted the Producing Artistic Director. Reynolds spent 6 years as Artistic Director of the award-winning HealthWorks Theatre in Chicago and has also worked at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Theatre Building Chicago, Apollo Theatre Chicago, St. Louis' HotCity Theatre, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, and Maples Repertory.

Playwright and director Joe Calarco is the creator of Shakespeare's R&J, winner of the 1998 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Special Achievement in Theatre for an off-Broadway production. Calarco also directed the play's premieres in Chicago (garnering five Jeff Award nominations including Best Play and Best Director), Washington, D.C. (garnering the Helen Hayes Award nominations for Best Play and Best Director), London's West End (named 1 of the "Five Best Plays" by The Independent, honorable mention from the Evening Standard Awards committee for direction), and the Japanese premiere in Tokyo. Calarco's regional credits include Philadelphia Theatre Company's The Last Five Years (Barrymore Award-nominee for Best Director, winner for Best Musical) and Elegies: a song cycle (seven-time Barrymore Award-nominee with wins for Best Musical Director and Best Ensemble of a Musical).

PERFORMANCES:
Fri, 8/1 : Sat, 8/2 : Sun, 8/3 : @ 7:30PM *previews*
Wed, 8/6 7:00pm *OPENING NIGHT*
Thu, 8/7 : Fri, 8/8 : Sat, 8/9 @ 7:30PM
Wed, 8/13 : Thu, 8/14 : Fri, 8/15 : Sat, 8/16 @ 7:30PM
Sun, 8/17 @ 2:00PM
Wed, 8/20 : Thu, 8/21 : Fri, 8/22 : Sat, 8/23 @ 7:30PM

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students and are available by calling (215) 923-8909 or online at www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org.

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Problems with UPS?

Dear Fellow West Phillyites,

If you have recently had a bad experience with the Oregon Avenue UPS Depot, please call central UPS Customer Service and complain. Give them the specifics. The phone number is 1-800 - PICK-UPS. I had a *horrible* experience today, worse than my usual horrible UPS experience.

I recently ordered a new futon mattress from the Internets. When I ordered it, there was a place for shipping instructions. I wrote that the door buzzer to my apartment building was broken and that the driver should call my cell phone when he arrived. I provided my cell phone number. Now, I know from experience that not all of the drivers carry cell phones, so I spent the entire day looking out the window every two minutes. Finally at 3pm I saw it! I ran downstairs to meet the driver, and...

He told me he left my 70-pound package *at the warehouse* because my apartment building buzzer was broken.

I called UPS central customer service. Central UPS says that the driver absolutely did not have the authority to leave a package behind. Of course they are going to call the Oregon Station depot. I told them that I have not gotten satisfactory response from the Oregon Avenue Depot in the past, and the response has been particularly rude and unhelpful when I have spoken to the manager. The man at central UPS said the only way that UPS could do anything about this was if people in Philadelphia who have had bad experiences with the local UPS called central customer service and complained.

Again, the number is 1-800-PICK-UPS.

Free Film Premier and Panel Discussion at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Free the (Schuylkill) River Park Documentary Premier
Followed by Panel Discussion on the Power of Civic Activism

The free viewing of “Free the River Park” will be followed by a panel discussion on the campaign featuring key elected officials and activists. The panel will include Councilman Darrell Clarke, State Representative Babette Josephs and Schuylkill River Park Alliance co-chair Russell Meddin. The movie will be preceded by a light reception.

Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Time: 7:30 pm screening; doors open at 6:30
Location: The Academy of Natural Sciences, main auditorium

The film explores a citizens’ ultimately victorious efforts to create and preserve at grade access to the Schuylkill River Park despite the adamant objections of CSX Railroad. The 15-minute film chronicles the protracted grass-roots fight against CSX and their effort to block the community's access to the Schuylkill river, and serves to inspire and instruct other organizations on how to successfully wage efforts to improve and protect their own communities.

Sidewalk cafes

Have been yearning for in the (Gastown) the steam to stay under a 10-minute video, as can be said to originate in Vancouver's history is - Gastown, a lot of people think that the name will be there and gas What is the contact, in fact, it was just A person only.
1867, a person named John Deighton, with his Indian wife, Jizhi Ji, a few pieces of furniture, dog and a bucket of whiskey landing in Vancouver, from Vancouver's history began. Naturally cheerful, and communication preferences of John Deighton people call Gassy Jack, the Jack Nengshuihuidao is the meaning. He became the streets of celebrities, and by everyone's favorite, so this area will use his name for the Gastown. Maple Tree Square in the Central, also stands a statue of Gassy Jack as a mark.
Gastown from the Eastern Harbour Centre has been extended to Maple Tree Square, is covered with a Yuan Shi, a rich 19th-century style of the street. The most famous landscape here is standing in the Water Street and Cambie streets at the intersection of steam 10 minutes (Steam Clock), so much steam the bell is a very rare. Its power comes from the underground steam, Niaoniaoqingyan, every 15 minutes, 10-minute steam whistle will be in a boat similar to the voice of the Canadian national anthem played, where we stay is not long, but Are still fortunate enough to have heard of it let the ringing.
Gastown Danzhuan the street is that many sidewalk cafes and fine-arts gallery homes, where there are many fine Indian indigenous arts and crafts, planning is a very good shopping and leisure areas. I steam in the vicinity of a 10-minute works of art store to buy a few souvenirs, there are local specialty products: Hong Mei, blueberry, the price is lower than some other places.Flower Hong Kong Flower Arrangements For Weddings Floral Arrangement Flower Clip Art