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First, Bam Margera was a skateboarding impresario. Then he found a second calling in the alternative genre — which he also helped create — ofamateur daredevilry made famous in the “Jackass” series and movies. The local guy turned MTV star now has a third calling: paint on canvas. {page 02}

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Art. Bam Margera

The former “Jackass” daredevil from West Chester opened his first exhibition in Center City on Saturday evening.

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1Bam Margera — reality TVpersonality, ex-professionalskateboarder, former “Jack-ass” co-host and infamousWest Chester resident — ismaking his entry into thegallery art world.

And he’s chosen Philadel-phia for his debut.

“Bam Margera & Friends,”which opened Saturdayevening at Center City’s JamesOliver Gallery, features water-colors by Margera alongsideprofessional photographersGeoff “Red Mohawk” Blake,Ryan Gee and Justin Muir.

Margera revealed his artis-tic motivations in a recent in-terview with ESPN. “I’d saymostly I paint hot chicks,” hesaid. “But other than that, I’vepainted my buddy who’s freshout of jail and I have so manyfunny quotes from him.”

Gallery owner James Oliverwas quick to downplay the un-cultured language. “That’s justhow he approaches the me-dia,” Oliver said. “I think hisstyle is to say off-the-wall stuffto keep things loose and enter-taining. We’re a recognizedand reputable gallery, andwe’re willing to show himeven though he doesn’t have ahuge track record as a visualartist.”

Most of the paintings thathave been released to thepress feature writing scrawledover crudely drawn femalenudes, including one that ap-pears to be a reference to ParisHilton. Others do indeed uti-

lize quotes from a recent con-vict: “Mom, it’s me Novak! I’mfresh out of jail. Where’s myneedle?”

“Over the past two years,I’ll show up at his house at 10a.m., and he’s already out onthe porch painting five differ-ent paintings at one time,”said Blake. “So he’s taking it alot more seriously.”

“He’s completely un-trained,” Blake continued.“One hundred percent self-taught … I think this is justthe start. It’s going to be a lit-tle bit of a traveling circus. It’sall based around him. Hiswork kind of opened this upfor the rest of us.”

Asked if it bothered himthat the least experiencedartist is at the top of the bill,Blake unveiled some of thegang’s characteristic levity.“Dude, I could give a s—, man.It’s all a bunch of friends get-ting together to have fun.”

Culture from a ‘Jackass’West Chester’s well-known

daredevil takes his talents tocanvas On exhibit at Center Citygallery with photographer friends

Margera enjoyed a packed house at the exhibition opening Saturday night.

Photographer Geoff Blake also has artwork on display.

Man, woman killed inWest Philly bar gunfireWEST PHILADELPHIA. A man anda woman were fatally shotaround 1:40 a.m. Friday at abar on the 5200 block of Mar-ket Street, police said.

The incident happened atThe Corral Bar, a notoriousnuisance spot beneath the Eltracks featured in the 2007edition of Philadelphia Week-ly’s ever popular compendium“Top 10 Drug Corners.”

Crystal Shadding, 43, diedon the scene and TroyWimberly, 38, died less thanan hour later at the Hospital ofthe University of Pennsylvania.

Police said they believe thehomicide was drug-related,but are not sure if Shaddingwas a bystander or target.

No arrests have yet beenmade.

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Woman allegedly tried,then failed ‘cop fantasy’PENNSYLVANIA. A pantslesswoman allegedly told a statetrooper she had a “cop fanta-sy” and tried to seduce himwhile he questioned herabout a DUI, the Altoona Mir-ror reported.

State troopers visited thehome of Monica Barnhart, 40,to ask her about a March 20incident in which a motoristsaw a car swerving across

both lanes of I-99 in LoganTownship at high rates ofspeed. After calling police, thedriver followed the car toBarnhart’s home and saw awoman fitting her descriptiongoing inside. When police vis-ited the residence to followup, Barnhart allegedly stoodin her doorway clad only in ashirt and underpants, reekingof alcohol. METRO/AW

“I think he’s a goodpainter. He has a lot of natural rawtalent. I wouldencourage him tokeep doing it.”OLIVER, GALLERY OWNER

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Child shootshimself withmom’s gunA 4-year-old is in criticalcondition after he acci-dentally shot himself inthe chest with a .38 cal-iber gun he found un-der his mother’s pillow,police said. Theincident happened Sat-urday around 7 p.m. onthe 6200 block ofCardiff Street inMayfair. The child wasin critical condition af-ter surgery. No chargeshave been filed.

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UK robber strikesKYW Newsradioreporter HadasKuznits was robbednear Eighth and Mar-ket streets last Mon-day when, while shewas riding her bike, aman pedaled up nextto her and took herwallet, CBS Philly re-ported. He isdescribed as a small-framed white man inhis 20s with a Britishaccent and an extralarge backpack.

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The “Bam Margera &Friends” show opened Satur-day and runs through April21 at the James OliverGallery, 723 Chestnut St.,fourth floor. The gallery willbe open noon to 8 p.m.daily.

The first public exhibition byMargera, according to thegallery’s website, “exploresedgy, satirical and contempo-rary punk imagery on topicssuch as social reform, sex, re-ligion and law.”

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After a fairly quiet winter oforganizing and strategizing,Occupy Philadelphiareemerged into the publicconsciousness with a small en-campment on IndependenceMall this weekend.

The issues that first drewthem out — record levels of un-employment, unequal concen-tration of wealth and a host ofsocioeconomic ills — remain,participants said.

“Things are not better andthey’re not going to be,”Michael Mizner said in front ofthe smattering of three to fivetents yesterday. “Nothing’schanged to impact that de-cline.”

Though the movement’score issues haven’t changed,organizers said the time out ofthe public spotlight gave thema chance to regroup.

“I think they spent all win-ter trying to figure out whatthe current and future agendashould be,” homeless advocateDennis Payne, who set up therecently dismantled Camp Lib-

erty One in Port Richmond,said. “They’re back out toshow they’re still here, stillstanding and still willing tohelp.”

“I think the external emer-gence of Occupy Philly in pub-lic spaces on a regular basiswill go a long way toward af-firming that,” Mizner said.

It’s unclear how long thisparticular occupation will last,as the group does not have apermit for the space and de-cided not to apply for one.Pressure from the NationalPark Service seemed to bemounting yesterday. “There’snot really been any pressure[to apply for a permit], but Ithink as of today, it’s beingturned up,” Payne said.

The $75 document wouldhold whoever signs it account-able for the cost of liability in-surance, monitoring, cleaningup and repairing the eventarea.

Occupy tentspitched atIndy Hall

Guitarist Daniel Brouse took part in yesterday’s Occupy Independence Hall and was involved in the Dilworth Plaza encampment.

No new permit PHILADELPHIA. OccupyPhiladelphia voted Saturdayto coordinate a four-daycommunity-building confer-ence featuring participantsfrom across the countrystarting June 30 and culmi-nating in an Occupy nation-al gathering onIndependence Mall July 4.

But the movement alsovoted not to apply for a per-mit from the Independence

National Historic Park forthe event or for its currentencampment.

Currently without a per-mit, Occupiers are notallowed to sleep on thegrounds or to congregate ingroups larger than 25. Notents are permitted onsitefor more than 48 hourswithout prior approval, ac-cording to a permit applica-tion. The National Park Serv-ice did not return a messagefor comment. METRO/AW

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The Schuylkill Expressway wasshut down for several hoursyesterday morning as policeinvestigated an incident inwhich a driver was shot andkilled on the highway.

State police said the victim,identified as 26-year-old Ka-reem El of Philadelphia, wasdriving a silver Buick LeSabreeastbound on I-76 around 2:50a.m. As he reached mile mark-er 341 just east of the City Av-enue exit, another car droveup alongside him and firednumerous shots through thepassenger side.

The driver was struck,sending the car coasting untilit crashed into a median. Apassenger flagged downPhiladelphia Police, whocalled medics and turned theinvestigation over to State Po-lice. El, who was shot at leastonce in the head, was pro-nounced dead inside his car.

There is no word on a mo-tive and no arrests have yetbeen made. It is unclear if thedriver or passenger were tar-

geted, though police said it isa strong possibility and thatthe incident does not seem tobe random or a road rage-mo-tivated attack.

Gunfire shut down I-76.

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Cops: Bathsalts causecloset attackPENNSYLVANIA. A MonroeCounty man high on bathsalts forced his way into aneighbor’s home Friday,barricaded himself insidea child’s playroom and at-tacked the closet with asamurai sword, WFMZ-TVreported yesterday.

Bradford Cole, ofEffort Township, report-edly began hallucinatingthat people were attack-ing and shooting at himafter ingesting the drugs.He ran to the house onLakeside Drive claiminghe was being chased.

Cole allegedlydestroyed the playroombefore stabbing throughthe closet, according tothe report. State policesaid he was uncooperativeand had to be tased beforeofficers could arrest him.

Police allegedly foundbath salts in both of hispockets. METRO/AWALEX WIGGLESWORTH

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The New York Times, in its arti-cle “Welfare Limits Left PoorAdrift as Recession Hit” Satur-day, brought attention to aneasily ignored reality: The ideo-logical space between Democ-rats and Republicans can bethin enough to squeeze a wel-fare check through while main-taining contact at both ends.

It was, after all, revered Pres-ident Bill Clinton who passedbipartisan legislation to reformthe welfare system in 1996,moving away from the NewDeal-era Aid to Families withDependent Children programin favor of the unfortunately lit-eral Temporary Assistance forNeedy Families program.

Republican titans supportthe measure. Budget maestroPaul Ryan calls TANF “an un-precedented success.” Presiden-tial front-runner Mitt Romneyhas proposed extending cuts to“all these federal programs.”Rick Santorum even borroweda line from the Obama play-book, arguing that the federaltough love “gave them [thepoor] something that depend-ency doesn’t give: hope.” How’sthat working out, exactly?

Not well, it turns out,though don’t go asking Obama.The president, who seems tohave banked his re-electioncampaign strategy on high-lighting the differences be-tween the two parties, has amixed record on the welfare is-sue. Candidate Obama, on thecampaign trail in 2008, touted

his role in passing the reform— though he did say he was“concerned” that it might have“disastrous results.” (Really cov-ering all our bases, aren’t we,Obama?) “It worked betterthan, I think, a lot of people an-ticipated,” he said.

We think not, Mr. President.But perhaps you should take itto the “roughly four millionwomen and children” living“jobless and without cash aid”quoted by the Times.

“Today, we are ending wel-fare as we know it,” Clintonproclaimed in 1996. “But I hopethis day will be rememberednot for what it ended, but forwhat it began.” Indeed, todaywe dwell on what our vauntedbipartisanship has wrought.

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DETROIT. When Slows Bar-B-Q opened in Detroit’s Cork-town district seven yearsago, the neighborhood wasso neglected that the streetlamps no longer worked.

The restaurant sits in theshadow of Detroit’sabandoned central train sta-tion, a few blocks from thevacant lot where Tiger Sta-

dium once stood. “Peoplesaid we were nuts,” recalledco-owner Phillip Cooley.

Today, Slows has two De-troit locations that pull in ahealthy $6 million in salesannually. REUTERS

Shale oil may helpsave East CoastrefineriesNEW YORK. A new kind of oilfrom Texas and NorthDakota may rescue someEast Coast refiners from thebrink of oblivion, providinga local alternative to thecostly imported crude thathad threatened to put themout of business.

While it appears too lateto spare Marcus Hook,which has been shutteredsince December, evidence ofnew buying interest hasemerged this week for twoother major plants — poten-tially saving the Northeastregion from a summer fuelsqueeze that had unnervedpoliticians all the way to theWhite House. REUTERS

News in briefVeteran CBS journalistMike Wallace dead at 93 Mike Wallace, the grand in-quisitor of CBS’s “60 Minutes”news show who once declaredthere was “no such thing as anindiscreet question,” has diedat the age of 93, the networksaid yesterday.

Wallace died on Saturdayevening with his family byhis side at Waveny Care Cen-ter in New Canaan, Conn.,where he spent the past fewyears, CBS said in a state-ment and on its Sundaymorning news broadcast.

“His extraordinary contri-bution as a broadcaster is im-measurable, and he has been aforce within the television in-dustry throughout its exis-tence. His loss will be felt byall of us at CBS,” LeslieMoonves, president and CEOof CBS Corporation, said inthe statement.

Wallace left his full-timerole at “60 Minutes” in 2006

after 38 years and was giventhe title correspondent emeri-tus and a part-time contribu-tor role. His last interview waswith Roger Clemens, the starbaseball pitcher accused ofsteroid use, in 2008.

Just about anyone whomade news during the past sixdecades — in the United States,but often abroad too — had tosubmit to a grilling by Wallace.

In almost 40 years on “60Minutes,” the groundbreakinginvestigative journalism pro-gram, he worked on some 800reports and developed a re-lentless on-air style that wasoften more interrogation thaninterview.

Wallace interviewed everyU.S. president since John F.Kennedy, with the exception ofGeorge W. Bush, and dozens ofother world leaders like YasserArafat, Ayatollah Khomeini andDeng Xiaoping. REUTERS

Wallace, pictured here at a book signing in 2005, never asked an “indiscreet question.”

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Since 2009, the city of Chesa-peake, Va., has cut its workforce twice. This summer, near-ly three years after the reces-sion ended, the city of 222,209has plans for a third round oflayoffs.

“We’re not seeing the recov-ery we want to see,” said Budg-et Director Steven Jenkins, whois hoping many of the 20 peo-ple will move into other jobs.

The city’s revenues are stillfeeling the concussions fromthe housing market downturn,which started in 2006, even asoverall growth in the UnitedStates has improved.

While Friday’s report ofweak growth in U.S. March pay-rolls raised concerns about thepace of private-sector hiring, lo-cal government jobs remain adrag on the recovery, one that

is not anticipated to end soon. State and local govern-

ments for a time were able toshield public safety and educa-tion work forces from harmfulcuts as the recession deep-ened. The 2009 federal stimu-lus fund helped offset lost taxrevenue, but that money isgone.

Now, many cities and coun-ties nationwide are facing thesame dilemma as Chesapeake.Squeezed by depressed proper-ty tax revenues and cuts instate aid, they are chippingaway at their work forces.

The result? The last threeyears of job losses at the stateand local government levelhave been the most dramaticsince Labor Departmentrecords began in 1955, aReuters analysis found. REUTERS

Public employees stillface layoffs while restof economy improves

“We are heavilyreliant on theresidential realestate market.”STEVEN JENKINS, CITY OFCHESAPEAKE BUDGET DIRECTOR

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Trash worth up to $40 billionWaste Management Inc. estimates the $12.3 billion it gets forcarting off rubbish to landfills may be worth more than $40billion a year in energy. That’s the value of fuel and chemicalsthe Houston-based company estimates could be extractedfrom the 112 million tons of trash it collected last year if theentire waste stream was diverted from landfills, said CarlRush, senior vice president of Organic Growth unit. BLOOMBERG

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Waste Management has bought stakes in eight companies that gasify, ferment or digest trash, turning it into a source of heat, power, transportation fuel and specialty chemicals.

Jobs recoverysuffers setbackin MarchEmployers hired far fewerworkers in March than inprevious months, keepingthe door open for the Fed-eral Reserve to providemore monetary supportfor a sluggish economy.

The report was seizedupon by Republicans hop-ing to make the weakeconomy the centerpieceof their campaign for No-vember's presidential andcongressional elections.

Even as the unemploy-ment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.2 percent,job growth slowed to120,000 last month, theLabor Department said onFriday, the smallestincrease since October.REUTERS

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2THEWORDMetro’s Dorothy Robinson shares her take on the world of gossip @dorothyatmetro [email protected]

Nickelodeon star AmandaBynes, 26, showed she isn’t thatinnocent by pulling a very Lo-han-esque move over the week-end: She drunkenly careenedinto a police car in the weehours of Friday morning.

According to People maga-zine, the “Hairspray” actresswas arrested for driving underthe influence in Los Angeles af-ter colliding with a police car ataround 3 a.m. on Friday, afterpartying at L.A.’s GreystoneManor Club. “A Los AngelesCounty Sheriff’s Deputy in amarked black and white radiocar was stopped at the intersec-tion of ... Robertson Boulevardand Santa Monica Boulevardpreparing to turn right ontoSanta Monica Boulevard whena black BMW driven by actressAmanda Bynes attempted topass the right of the radio car,colliding with the right rearquarter panel of the radio car,”the West Hollywood Sheriff’soffice said in a statement.“There was minor paint trans-fer damage to both vehicles.Amanda Bynes was subse-quently arrested for driving un-der the influence and bookedat West Hollywood Sheriff’sStation.” The actress sported

pink-highlighted hair in hermug shot, and after posting$5,000 for bail, she was spottedthe next day in the same leg-baring outfit to retrieve herBMW from an impound lot, ac-cording to TMZ.

Look on the bright side,Bynes: The “I’m not drunk. I’mjust kinda over it and bored”face you’re trying to work inyour booking photo is some ofthe best acting work you’vedone in years.

It’s official: Klum,Seal are divorcedThere goes any hope for a rec-onciliation: Three months af-ter announcing their separa-tion, Heidi Klum has officiallyfiled divorce papers againsthusband Seal in California, cit-ing “irreconcilabledifferences,” according toTMZ. The couple’s prenuptialagreement reportedly ensuresthey’ll retain separate proper-

ty and assets, and Klum isseeking primary custody ofthe couple’s four children,

with visitation rights for Seal.

Will ‘Games’ directorhelm the sequel?After introducing theblockbuster franchise, direc-tor Gary Ross will reportedlynot be returning to helm thesecond “Hunger Games” film,according to the Playlist. Rossand the franchise’s studio, Li-onsgate, were involved in a“tough” back and forth overthe deal for “Catching Fire,”the second installment inSuzanne Collins’ book series.Ross was reportedly paid $3million for the first film, plus

5 percent of its profits. Dead-line’s Nikki Finke, however, in-sists the reports arepremature and that Ross hasbeen on vacation.

Klein thanks dog for recovery“American Reunion” star ChrisKlein knew he had a problemwith alcohol thanks to his Ger-man shepherd, Chief. “Hewould get agitated that the al-cohol was coming out, and Iwill be forever grateful to himfor that,” Klein, who has beensober for 19 months followinga DUI arrest and rehab, tells

People. “Anybody that has ameaningful relationship witha dog will understand that thedisappointment that I saw inhis eyes [was]insurmountable.”

Talking points

Jason Trawickto share legalcontrol overBritney SpearsPoor Britney Spears. Sure,she’s a famous millionaire,has two cute kids (we canoverlook for a moment withwhom she had them), and akiller body. But she’s still ap-parently incapable of look-ing after her own affairs. Itwas announced over theweekend that her fiance, Ja-son Trawick, has reportedlyfiled a petition to beadded as one ofher conservators,according to E!News. Ifapproved,Trawickwould bein chargeof Spears’general

well-being, while thesinger’s father would still bein charge of hermultimillion-dollar fortune.Per People, a conservatorlike Trawick has the legal au-thority to make decisionsover a person’s food, cloth-ing and medical care. Since2008, Spears’ father has heldlegal control over her, hercareer and her fortune afterthe singer suffered a psycho-logical breakdown.

Sad. Usually you hope amarriage will be an equalpartnership in all affairs,but it seems like Spears, 30,

is still so medicated/sick that she’s inca-

pable of self-suffi-ciency. This iswhat we do toour famousyoung women,America.

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Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve been upto — in their ownwords, in 140 characters or fewer.

Kelly Osbourne ischecking in with Ozzy,Rihanna has a new takeon old advice, SteveMartin is trying to get afresh start and SethMacFarlane is worriedabout America.

@MissKellyOI love it when my Dadcalls me up just for achat!

@rihannaIf u love something letit go...if it doesn'tcome back, hunt itdown and kill it

@SteveMartinToGoI thought yesterdaywas the first day of therest of my life but itturns out today is.

@SethMacFarlaneThis country is soasleep it’s kind of ashock that the rest ofthe world doesn’twrite on us.

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Mark Wahlberg in a tank top for your Monday1. Mia Tyler and dad Steven Tylerchecked out Mia Tyler’s photo ex-hibit at the Viper Room on Satur-day in West Hollywood, Calif.

2. Host Kelly Osbourne spoke on-stage at Logo's “NewNowNextAwards” 2012 at Avalon on Thurs-day in Hollywood, Calif.

3. Max Weinberg, Bruce Spring-steen and Stevie Van Zandt per-formed at Madison SquareGarden on Friday night in NewYork City.

4. A super-buff Mark Wahlbergwas sighted on the set of his newmovie with The Rock, “Pain AndGain,” on Wednesday in Miami.

5. Diplo attended the “128 BeatsPer Minute” release party andphotography exhibition at theMilk Gallery on Saturday night inNew York City.

6. Nicki Minaj teamed up withNokia to perform live in front of30,000 people in Times Square onFriday for the launch of the Win-dows Phone-based Nokia Lumia900. The entire show was filmedas a backdrop for the music videofor the exclusive Nokia Lumia 900remix of Minaj’s “‘Starships.”

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Movie blockbuster “TheHunger Games” topped U.S.and Canadian box office chartsfor a third straight weekend,holding off fresh competitionfrom a 3-D remake of “Titanic”and comedy sequel “AmericanReunion.”

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not going to say cut. I claim tobe an actor, I better do it.”We’ve never really seen you getangry about anything, butthere must be something thatpisses you off. Yeah. When someone’s rude toservice staff, I get furious. Thatcould just as easily be you. Whothe f--- are you to tell a waiter to

hurry up? I hate it. That’s mybig one. Why are you treatingsomebody like a jerk? JesusChrist, you think they want tobe there serving you your food?I hate it. So I hate that, I hate in-tolerance — racism and sexismstuff really bothers me. Andthen I would fight like a lion for my friends and my fam-ily. That’s about it. I don’t reallycare about that much anymore.If you didn’t have an answer, Iwas going to ask you to say awful things about kittens.Anyone who would say, “I don’thave anything [that I hate]” is aliar. I am not a big fan of cats.I’m going to be controversial. Ithink they’re entitled little bas-tards. You come home and adog greets you at the door andis so happy to see you. A cat isjust lying on your bed, has justdone nothing all day, like, “Oh,hello.”

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Yeah, Nick [Stoller, “Muppets”co-writer] and James [Bobin,the director] are going to doit. I worked very hard on thisfor half a decade. I justwanted a little Muppet breakfor a minute. Someday I maycome back and do something,but I felt like I did what I setout to do.

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Jim Thome is thrilled thathe’ll be part of another homeopener as a Phillie todayagainst the Miami Marlins.

“That first game at home isalways pretty special,” Thomesaid. “I remember what it waslike back when I was part ofthe home opener when Ijoined the club [in 2003].”

Thome received a massiveovation when he was intro-duced before the Philliesplayed the Pittsburgh Piratesthat day at Veterans Stadium.

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Citizens Bank Parkpreparing for Phils2012 home opener

Diapers and garden gnomes top new merch Tacos,paninis added to menu Concession stands now openThere have been changes onthe field at Citizens Bank Parkdue to injury. There have beenchanges in the Majestic Club-house Store and the conces-sion stands due to choice.

You might have a Philliescap and jersey, but does yourtoddler sport Phillies diapers?Now, they’ll have the chanceto accent their Phillies outer-wear with a new favorite un-dergarment.

The “pillow pets” have in-vaded the ballpark. You canhave the Phanatic Pets inmega- or mini-sized. And gar-deners will no longer be ig-nored. Phillies solar lights andwooden signs are available.The items range from Philliesstones to garden gnomes.There are also yoga mats, Pha-natic hats and piggy banks.

And then there is the newgrub. Food is an obsession formany fans. How else can youexplain those who miss an in-ning-and-a-half waiting in lineat Ashburn Alley?

Check out the nachos andtacos at section 122, and thechicken pesto panini soundslike a winner. Get your pani-

nis behind sections 125, 204and 321. The black bean burg-ers are topped with gua-camole and salsa. The burgerscan be scored behind section128, 140, 206 and 323.

Harry The K’s, the Phillies’sit-down restaurant, has ex-panded its menu. There arewarm federal pretzels, withcheese fondue and beer mus-tard. Try the Texas Tommy(wrapped in bacon, toppedwith chili and Americancheese sauce).

And who can ever getenough fries? There are discofries (served with browngravy, melted mozzarella and

bacon), Philly fries (toppedwith chopped steak,caramelized onions andcheese sauce) and salt-and-vinegar fries (togarashi-spicedfries with malt vinegar).

Much has changed in theballpark, but little will changewhen it comes to attendance.The Phillies figure to duplicatetheir sold-out 2011 season, sothe Majestic Clubhouse Storewill be packed and the conces-sion lines will be long onceagain — but it should beworth the wait.

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Flyers, Penguinseye bloody seriesThe Flyers uneventfully —save for a first-period fight —wrapped up the regular seasonSaturday with a 4-2 loss inPittsburgh. Claude Giroux andIlya Bryzgalov didn’t even suitup for the Orange and Black.

While that one was rela-tively tame, expect a lot morejam once the playoffs begin.The Flyers will head right backout to Western Pennsylvaniaon Wednesday to play the Pen-guins in the first round of theStanley Cup Playoffs.

“It’s going to be a blood-bath,” Scott Hartnell said.

“Wednesday will be a dif-ferent animal,” Flyers coachPeter Laviolette said.

The Penguins own home-ice advantage, but the Flyersare 5-1 all-time in the building.They also finished with 25road wins this season, whichtied Boston for the NHL lead.

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Sitting over there in the race-track pits is a $140,000 Porsche911 GT3 RS, one of the mostfearsome street-legal sportscars in the world. Yet it sits un-used and unloved, like a child’scastaway toy.

That’s because I’mstrapped into a Porsche GT3Cup car, which can’t be legallydriven on streets. Rather it’sfound competing in some ofthe world’s most hard-coreracing events. It won thisyear’s Rolex 24 Hours at Day-

tona in the GT class.This is the big time, the step

up from the minors, the leapfrom a common band instru-ment to the Stradivarius, thejump from the community the-ater to Broadway. It’s $250,000of pure race car.

Over the years I’ve attendedevery class level offered by thePorsche Sport Driving Schoolhere in Alabama. It starts with abasic sessions of one or twodays, and progresses to thethree-day “Masters Plus”

course. Only then are you readyfor the GT3 Cup Experience. Itcosts $10,000 and is the equiva-lent of a doctoral dissertation,except a failing grade couldmean pricey parts strewnacross the tarmac. Students,limited to six for the two-daycourse, must have completedall previous advanced training.

Rolling onto the track now,I’m mostly calm and, for thefirst time, completely alone.Another student has alreadyspun the Cup car twice.

I finally return to the pits,take off my helmet, pull out myearplugs and get the news. Iclock my fastest lap in 1:36.3. Iam inordinately pleased. A verygood lap driven by an instruc-

tor is closer to 1:32.And so begins weeks of in-

cessant day dreaming about thevery unlikely possibility thatone day I’ll get another shot ata 911 GT3 Cup car. BLOOMBERG

Too hot for street, but not for trackBloomberg’s automotive critic Jason H. Harper gets

rare turn behind wheel of Porsche’s award-winning race

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