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The first Fénix Iberoamerican Film Awards, (Phoenix Awards) highlighting and celebrating cinema made in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal as well as applauding the professionals involved was inaugurated by Cinema 23 this October 30th, a couple days before Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, one of the most important holidays in México. The event brought together hundreds of figures from the Iberoamerican film community who celebrated the well-deserved recognition to their work and to their dedication. At the same time, the event served to strengthen relationships among the diverse industries and will continuously help forge the region's identity.
Aside from enumerating the awards here, we wish to show how the films' dissemination throughout the world is, in fact succeeding by showing sales agents and commercial distributors, some of many festivals the films played, and some of the awards won.
Nominees in twelve categories were chosen from a shortlist of 58 feature films and 16 documentaries in the region and awarded by a jury made up of – among others – Luis Tosar, Wagner Moura, Daniel Hendler, Selton Mello, José María Yazpik, Maria de Medeiros, Paulina García, Amat Escalante, Fernando Meirelles, Rodrigo García, Sebastián Lelio, Rodrigo Pla.
Feature Film category
Winner: "The Golden Cage" ("La Juala de oro") by Diego Quemada-Díez, a coproduction of Guatemala, Spain and Mexico, since its debut at the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard in 2013 where Quemada-Díez won A Certain Talent Award for his directing work and the ensemble cast has received a total of 67 awards, including 9 Ariel awards by the Mexican Film Academy: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best First Feature, Best Actor, Best Upcoming Actor, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Music. It also won Best Picture, Best Editing and Best Sound at the Fenix Awards. Producers sold to Benelux – Wild
Bunch Benelux, France – Pretty
Pictures , Mexico – Canibal
Networks,, Portugal – Legendmain
Filmes, Spain – Golem
Distribución, Taiwan – Maison
Motion, U.K. – Peccadillo
Other contenders:
"Club Sandwich" by Fernando Eimbcke, a Mexican production, screened in Toronto International Film Festival 2013, San Sebastian 2013 among many others. International sales agent (ISA) Funny Balloons sold the film to Benelux – ABC – Cinemien, Brazil–Esfera Filmes, Mexico–Cine Pantera, Poland–Art House, Turkey–Filma Ltd.
"Heli" by Amat Escalante, a Mexican production premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. ISA NDM sold to U.S.–Outsider
Pictures, Belgium–Film
Fest Gent, Brazil–Zeta
Filmes, Canada–K
Films Amerique and A-Z
Films, Denmark–Ost
For Paradis, France–Le
Pacte, Greece–Ama
Films, Hungary–Cirko
Film Kft., Netherlands–Amstelfilm,
Gruppen As & Europafilm As, Poland–Spectator,
Puerto Ric–Wiesner
Distribution, Serbia–Mcf
Megacom Film, Spain–Savor
Ediciones, S.A., Sweden–Njutafilms
and Maywin
Films Ab, Taiwan–Pomi
International, Turkey–Filmarti
Film, U.K.–Network
"Jauja" by Lisandro Alonso, a coproduction of Argentina, Denmark, France and Mexico and winner of the FIPRESCI Award in Cannes' Un Certain Regard 2014 where it debuted. It also played in Toronto and Busan among many other festivals. ISA NDM, sold to U.S. — The Cinema Guild; Argentina–Distribution
Company Sudamericana S.A.; Spain–Noucinemart-
Festival Internacional De Cinema D'autor De Barcelona; U.K.–Soda
"Bad Hair" ("Pelo Malo") by Mariana Rondon, a coproduction of Venezuela, Peru,
Germany and Argentina premiered in Toronto 2013. FiGa sold it to U.S. – Pragda,
Cine, Brazil–Esfera
Filmes, Bulgaria–Sofia
International Film Festival – Art Fest Ltd., France–Pyramide
Distribution, Hungary — Cirko, Italy–Cineclub
Internazionale, Latin America–Palmera
International, Portugal — Nitrato
Filmes, Serbia–European
Film Festival Palic, Switzerland —Look
Now! Filmdistribution, U.K.–Axiom
Films International, Venezuela–Centro
Nacional Autonomo De Cinematografia
Documentary Feature category
Winner: "Sobre la Marxa: the Creator of the Jungle" by Jordi Morató from Spain debuted at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Other Contenders:
"Letter to a Father" of Edgardo Cozarinsky, a coproduction from France and Argentina screened at Mar del Plata, Cinema du reel 2014 (Competition), Vienna and Jerusalem among other festivals. Doc and FIlms has the international rights.
"Echo Mountain" ("Eco de la montaña") by Nicolás Echevarría, a coproduction of U.S. and Mexico, premiered at Guadalajara Film Festival and Cinema du Reel in 2014.
"And Now? Remember Me" ("E agora? Lembra-me") by Joaquim Pinto from Portugal premiered at Locarno Film Festival 2013, has won 16 awards and 3 nominations and is distributed in France by Epicentre and by Midas in Portugal.
"Watch & Listen" by José Luis Torres Leiva
Best Female Role:
Leandra Leal ("A Wolf At the Door" from Brazil premiered at Toronto FF 2013. ISA: IM Global/Mundial sold to U.S.–Film Movement and Outsider Pictures, Benelux—CDC United Network, Canada–A-Z Films, Israel–United King Video Ltd., Latin America–Palmera International, So. Korea —Korean Film Art Center Baekdu-Daegan Films Co., Ltd, Portugal–Vendetta Filmes, Spain–Betta Pictures, Turkey–Moviebox)
Other Contenders:
Marian Álvarez ("The Wound" aka "La Herida" – ISA: Imagina, premiered San Sebastian FF where the Special jury prize / Silver Shell for best actress went to Marian Álvarez), Samantha Castillo ("Bad Hair")
Paulina García ("Illiterate" – ISA: Habanero, screened at Guadalajara FICG 2014, SANFIC – Santiago International Film Festival – Best Picture Audience award , Venice Film Festival – Settimana della Critica – Closing Film, Chicago International Film Festival – New Directors Competition, Sao Paulo International Film Festival – New Directors Competition )
Karen Martinez ("The Golden Cage")
Best Male Role:
Viggo Mortensen ("Cockaigne" aka "Jauja")
Other Contenders:
Fernando Bacilio ("Mute" aka "El Mudo" by Daniel Vega premiered at Toronto in 2013. UDI sold it to Encore for airlines)
Alex Brendemühl ("Stella cadente" aka "Falling Star" by Luis
Miñarro from Spain screened in BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2014 Panorama, San Sebastian 2014 Made in Spain, Gent IFF 2014 Feature Films, Rotterdam IFFR 2014 (Tiger Competition). ISA: NDM sold it to Germany–Salzgeber
& Co. Medien Gmbh Puerto Rico–Wiesner
Distribution, Spain–Vercine)
Brandon Lopez ("The Golden Cage")
Antonio de la Torre ("Cannibal" by Manuel Martin Cuenca, a coproduction of
Spain, Romania, Russia, France premiered at Toronto and San Sebastian 2013. ISA Film Factory sold it to U.S. – Film
Movement, Belgium–Film
Fest Gent, Hong Kong–Encore
Inflight Limited-, Japan–Broadmedia
Studios Corporation, Latin America–Palmera
International, Spain–Mod
Producciones, Taiwan–Creative
Century Entertainment Co., Ltd.)
Four special awards were also presented:
The Latin American Festival Award, decided by the Advisory Council Cinema23 went to the Havana Film Festival (Festival de Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano). On December 3, 1979, over five hundred film professionals, mainly from Latin America, met in Havana, Cuba, for the inaugural Festival of New Latin American Cinema, which in its own words, "sought to build a space to identify and disseminate films whose significance and artistic values enrich and reaffirm American and Caribbean cultural identity where rich dialogue between film professionals, students and the informed public and critics gather". For decades and through its multiple realities Havana has played a role in community building around film as an art form and as an incentive for social reflection.
The work of more than three decades by a team led today by Ivan Giroud and which survives the noble and generous spirit of its founder, Alfredo Guevara, and those like Santiago Alvarez and Gabriel García Márquez, who have accompanied him from his beginnings, deserves to be recognized by those who think that culture is a way that allows us to approach, meet, recognize and move away from violence towards a better world. "With this award go our admiration and our gratitude to the Festival of New Latin American Cinema of Havana."
The Critics' Award, selected by FIPRESCI (Federation International Film Critics) went to the Brazilian writer José Carlos Avellar for his critical work. An admired and appreciated writer, critic, teacher and programmer, Avellar worked for over twenty years for the newspaper Jornal do Brasil, and has published six books on Brazilian and Latin American cinema. The former vice-president of FIPRESCI is also Berlinale's delegate in Brazil. More information and examples of his work can be found in his website www.escrevercinema.com.
Recognition of the Exhibition Sector, awarded by the leading exhibitors in the region went to Mexican actor and producer, Eugenio Derbez, for "No se aceptan devoluciones" ("Instructions Not Included").
The resurgence of Mexican films which began in 2001 with the all-time
hit "Amores Perros" by Alejandro González Iñárritu and
which also introduced Gael Garcia Bernal to the public (U.S. box office
worldwide $20,908,467) and "El crimen del Padre Amaro" in 2002 (U.S. box
office $5,717,044, worldwide: $26,996,738) up until the hits, "Nosotros
los Nobles" and "No se aceptan devoluciones" had the highest number
admissions than any other Mexican film. Twelve years later, in six
weeks "No se aceptan devolucions" outgrossed both "Amores"
and "El crimen" combined. México Televisa's
Videocine Mexican box office was US $44,882,061 and U.S. box office was $44,143,000. This is truly an exhibitor's dream movie.
sooner had "Los Nobles" swept the Mexican box-office off its feet than
another Mexican movie, independently produced by Monica Lozano's México
City-based Alebrije Cine y Video, "Instructions Not Included" was
released — first in the U.S. by Pantelion on August 30, 2013, almost
three weeks before its Mexican release on September 20, 2013. The two
countries grossed an equal amount. Moreover, Videocine released the film
on 1,500 prints similar to a major release of a film such as "Batman".
Through the Cinepolis chain's use of satellite, these 1,500 prints were
able to show on 2,500 screens. This represents both a new release
pattern and a new type of Mexican film.
Mexican films which were meant for the Mexican and Mexican-American
audience (as opposed to those targeted to the art house audiences) were
perceived as too Mexican by their U.S. target and they were released in
the U.S. only after the Mexican release, and by that time, piracy had
done its work in the U.S. and the film lacked the prestige of an
"American" film. This film and the previous film, "The Noble Family",
are not typically Mexican. Their storyline could be transposed
anywhere, and in fact "The Noble Family" remake rights have been sold to
U.S. In addition, releasing the film first in the U.S. changes the
perception of the film in México. Being such a success in U.S. paves
the way for its success in México as if it were validated as a "good"
Added to these two elements is the third key to success, Eugenio
Derbez, the director and star of "Instructions", is a major TV comedy
star in México and is known by all Mexicans wherever they reside.
Mexican TV is quite powerful, it has a duopoly made by Televisa and TV
Azteca. Derbez comes from Televisa. The film was also shot in English
and Spanish and takes place in the U.S. Finally, Derbez himself and
former head of production at Pantelion, Ben Odell, have now established a
production company, 3 Spas, pronounced "Tres Paz" which funnily enough
sounds like "tripas" or "guts". Reese Witherspoon whose film "Wild"
opened the festival said that she had approached Derbez for a film she
was producing already, but he was busy. However, she hopes they will
soon find a project to do together. How great that will be for the
exhibitors, the distributors and the audiences around the world!
The Phoenix Lifetime Achievement Award,
which is awarded by the different academies and film associations in
all the differenct countries of the region and announced by the Mexican
Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences, went to Arturo Ripstein.
Recognized as one of the great masters in the history of Mexican
cinema, Ripstein said, "I'm glad to say that a lifetime achievement
award is usually given when one is finished with everything. But I am
pleased to say that I still need a bit of experience, because next week I
start my new film. I've been practicing this craft half a century, and
this (the Phoenix Award ) symbolizes what it has really cost me over the
past 50 years."
List of all winners include:
Narrative Film: Diego Quemada-Diez ("La Jaula de Oro")
Documentary Film: Jordi Morato ("Sobre la Marxa")
Screenplay: Amat Escalante y Gabriel Reyes ("Heli")
Director: Amat Escalante ("Heli")
Photography: Julián Apezteguia ("El ardor")
Art Design: José Luis Arrizabalaga y Arturo García ("Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi")
Editing: Paloma López Carrillo y Felipe Gómez ("La Jaula de Oro")
Costume Design: Chris Garrido ("Tatuagem")
Sound Design: Matías Barberis, Raúl Locatelli y Jaime Baksht ("La Jaula de oro")
Music: Joan Valent ("Las brujas de Zugarramurdi")
Lead Actor: Viggo Mortensen ("Jauja")
Lead Actress: Leandra Leal ("A Wolf at the Door")
Diego Quemada-Diez Receives the Award for Best Narrative Film for "La Jaula de Oro"
Amat Escalante Receives the Award for Best Director for "Heli"
Viggo Mortensen Receives the Award for Best Lead Actor for "Jauja"
Leandra Leal Receives the Award for Best Lead Actress for "A Wolf at the Door"
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With the launch of CNBC's fifth annual edition of "America's Top States For Business ," we decided to take a look at the cost of a variety of items in the nation's ten most expensive states. In the CNBC study, states are ranked using a 50-point scale—the lower the score, the higher the cost of living, and vice versa.
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I've been attending the Greek Orthodox church for a while. And I realize that Greeks are not very friendly people with people outside their race (nationality). So I like this Greek Lady at the church, but here is the problem, I have no problem talking to the girl, in fact, I have plenty of experience in talking to ladies, however what is difficult about talking to a greek women, not only do I have to convince the lady but I have to convince the family.So how do I convince the family??? Are there books on how to convince a greek family that you are good enough to marry their daughter???
So how do I convince the family??? Are there books on how to convince a greek family that you are good enough to marry their daughter???
Be like a son to her father and like a son to her mother.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Schultzie read my mind...
You know I just watched that movie, my big fat greek wedding. It goes to show when you marry a greek woman, you are not just marrying the greek woman but her family. I don't think most americans are accustomed to that.
Greek parents usually like to control there children's lives. If you are the Alpha male type than you have no chance. Submission is your best chance. And if you are a real Soulbrother. That makes things even worse.
Foreign people tend to think they own their children.
I am not sure about "own," but Ukrainians do most certainly have different idea about parent-children relationship compared to modern politically correct "progressive minded" Americans. My wife and I liev in the US; we are both over 50, but we cannot imagine not calling our mothers, who live in Ukraine, on the phone every week. We also cannot imagine not calling our 24-y.o. daughter on the phone, and she cannot imagine not calling us. It's just normal. We never restricted her in anything, but we worry and care about her more than about anything else in the world, and she knows it and she does not mind. Again, it is so normal to us. When our daughter was in high school, though, one of her classmates ran away - just for the heck of it, kind of like to "test" herself, can she do it. She was away for 3 weeks, rode buses, never called home. Her father had a heart attack, was in a hospital. But our daughter's school teacher told the kids in her class that this classmate of theirs just had to go through a "right of passage," and that it is so normal, so good for her... I just can't imagine this could ever happen with a Ukrainian kid. And I can't imagine a Ukrainian adult, let alone a schoolteacher, say that this kind of cold, heartless attitude to parents is "normal."
I would feel - and this, as a person who grew up in Greece with Greeks - that someone who attends a Greek Orthodox Church is very close to my culture already, although knows little about it.
George this rite of passage thing is crazy! In our Greek household if I did this my father would throttle me and you also know i'm greek because I can so nonchalantly put a smiley face after talking about throttling children.
In our Greek household it would not even cross our mind to run away, let alone considering it our right, hehe! I live in Spain and talk to my parents in Greece on the phone every other day or every couple of days and to my sister practically every day.I think this thread is being systematically hijacked...
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The Minnesota Timberwolves fell to the Clippers 120-116 in overtime Sunday night at Staples Center. Kevin Love led the Wolves with 45 points and 19 rebounds, but it was not enough to overcome the Clippers.
Blake Griffin led LA with 32 points and ten rebounds to help the Clippers to improve to 20-9 on the season, while Minnesota falls to 13-15 and just 5-11 away from home.
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The second I swung my leg over the bike I knew it was right. Maybe it's what people mean when they say they fell in love at first sight. I am not so sure if that has happened to me ever. Maybe it has and in cynical retrospect my memory has merely adjusted to match the outcome of the at-first-sighted-and-believed-then-it-was-love-but-now-i-know-it-was-actually-hate-relationship. my memory can't help but be colored by the big box of crayons called the truth.
But the motorcycle hasn't disappointed me yet. Those beautiful two wheels haven't lied or hurt me purposefully or tried to shame me or control me. They've only propelled me forward, cooling my hot neck with the joyous feeling of flight, wind rushing through my DOT approved Arai helmet (yes that's an endorsement – the arais are expensive but really, how much is your head worth?).
Of course there was a lot of lurching forward abruptly when I released the clutch too quickly, and I was thrown off a lot, and then that sickening feeling of not being able to balance the bike, 500 lbs of metal and rubber and plastic and glass and gas giving way to gravity underneath your ass as it falls over and crashes to the ground, bending back the handlebars into a beginner's grotesque, marking up the neon yellow paint job with the evidence of your inexperience. but it's all ok.
I spent the last 5 days in class and on the range with 8 other prospective bikers in the fantastic Rider's Edge program, which is about 25 hours of intense education on how to ride safely, and this morning, after a night of fitful pre-test tossing and turning, I went to the downtown LA DMV and got my M1 license, which gives me the right and privilege to operate a two-wheeled vehicle. The motorcycle license never expires in California, and so I have the whole of my life to learn.
I haven't been to the good old DMV in about 20 years. I am happy to say it's exactly the same as I remembered it. I was there before 8am, and there was a line snaking around the block of people breathing thick clouds of mist into the cold air as they held different configurations of partial and complete filled out forms in their hands.
The cold in Los Angeles is unbearable to me, most of all in the morning, and especially when I have to pee really bad. We stamped our feet and shook and some suckled dunkin donuts coffee sippy cups as others looked on with blank midmorning stranger faces.
Finally at 8:01, a security guard opened the inoperative automatic doors in a painfully slow reveal, like he was Gypsy Rose Lee, first slipping one coy leg out of the doors, then the other, then his whole body – a government office seduction, his arms spreading the edges of the fingerprinty glass doors like he was singlehandedly holding back the inner sanctum of desks and partial barricades and tired underpaid and underlaid workers – a fluorescent light tsunami of boredom and endless queues and jaded and frustrated people who wield a seemingly small yet actually pretty significant amount of power over the general population – to tantalize and tease us, the horny would be drivers with paper in our fingers.
I was concerned about the eye test (I don't know why, I have excellent vision, but it's a trial whenever your body is tested), but that didn't turn out to be a problem. I had to take the written motorcycle test twice, along with an extra driver's test thrown in for good measure. I failed both and thought momentarily I would get my driver's license revoked as well, but then there was another chance thrown at me, and I suddenly passed and before I could say "unflattering picture" I had an M1 license in my still freezing cold hands.
When I tell people I am going to ride a motorcycle, I get squints of concern. It's a fearsome and dangerous hobby I know, but I am so Mary Poppins/Miss Jane Hathaway about the whole thing. I don't know why anyone imagines that I would ever go faster than 8 or 10 mph in an abandoned parking lot. Frankly I could just do that and it would be enough. I am no daredevil by any means, but there are certain things that are thrilling. Tattoos, guitars and motorcycles – they seem to all make sense together. You rarely see one without the other and then the third creates a harmony that makes everything music. The sum is worth more than its parts. The sum is a life well lived.


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Nats hope to repeat feat of '24 DC baseball champs
They stormed to the top of the league the year after a losing season, had a star pitcher who was the subject of intense national discussion and won praise from the president of the United States for their performance.
Like this year's Washington Nationals, the 1924 World Series champion Washington Senators generated excitement in a city starved for a baseball winner. The Nats launch their quest for the city's second championship Sunday when they begin the division series at St. Louis
The Nationals finished 80-81 last year, 21 1/2 games behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East. The Senators were coming off a 75-78 season, 23 1/2 games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the American League (there were no divisions then). But both Washington teams came into spring training the following season with some swagger.
Nationals manager Davey Johnson said in February he expected to make the playoffs, and "they can fire me" if the team missed out.
Nearly 90 years earlier, Senators owner Clark Griffith predicted: "Those boys are going to get somewhere this year."
At 69, Johnson is the oldest manager in baseball. Griffith chose youth over experience, selecting his scrappy 27-year-old second baseman, Bucky Harris, as player-manager. Critics panned the move as "Griffith's Folly." By the end of the season, Harris was known as "Boy Wonder."
This year, the Nationals' decision to shut down star pitcher Stephen Strasburg's season early brought debate among fans, sportswriters and players, even leading to a supportive Washington Post editorial. The team made the move to limit the number of innings Strasburg pitched in his first full season following Tommy John surgery.
In 1924, there was also a national buzz about Washington ace Walter Johnson, one of baseball's greatest pitchers. Fans were pulling for the good-natured right-hander to finally get a chance to play in a World Series in his 18th season.
"There is more real genuine interest in him than there is in a presidential election," Will Rogers wrote in a syndicated column in September titled "Everybody is pulling for Walter."
"Today the entire baseball world is not pulling for Johnson the pitcher; they are pulling for Johnson the man," Rogers wrote. Fans across major league baseball – which at that point didn't extend west or south of St. Louis – jumped on the Johnson/Senators bandwagon.
Strasburg and Johnson, at opposite ends of their careers, both had excellent seasons in helping their teams reach the postseason. Strasburg, 24, went 15-6 with a 3.16 ERA, and struck out 197 in 159 1-3 innings. At the time the Nationals ended his season in early September, he was among the league leaders in strikeouts, ERA, winning percentage and wins.
In 1924, the 36-year-old Johnson led the American League in several categories, including wins (23), ERA (2.72) and strikeouts (158). Johnson and Strasburg were both good hitters, too, and had nearly identical batting lines: .283 for Johnson, .277 for Strasburg, with one homer apiece.
The Senators marched to the pennant in the middle of the Roaring `20s, a time of rising prosperity when Americans became enamored of jazz, drank alcohol at illegal speakeasies during Prohibition and drove cars in greater numbers. As the Senators battled the Yankees in the final weeks of the '24 pennant race, Washingtonians went nuts over their team.
"Base ball in the National Capital no longer is a national game," declared the now-defunct Washington Evening Star. "It is a disease, a flaming epidemic, and if something doesn't happen soon to ease the strain on the faithful fans half the population of the District of Columbia will be dead of heart failure."
Something did happen soon – the Senators (aka Nationals) clinched the city's first pennant by defeating the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park on Sept. 29, the second-to-last game of the season. The Boston crowd, caught up in the excitement of the popular team, gave the Senators a homestyle celebration. Hundreds of fans mobbed the Washington players, and thousands more cheered from the stands, tossing straw hats into the air and waving handkerchiefs.
"The champions are not Washington's alone," wrote sportswriter John B. Keller. "They belong to the country, as typified in its National Capital, and the entire Nation insists upon sharing with Washington the joy and pride that follows the Griffmen." That nickname was a tribute to team owner Griffith. Sportswriters also called the team "Bucks," for player-manager Bucky Harris.
When the Senators returned to Washington, 100,000 people honored them on a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue featuring mounted policeman, a U.S. Cavalry Band and red-coated members of the Washington Riding and Hunt Club. At the Ellipse near the White House, President Calvin Coolidge told the victorious players that they had "made the national capital more truly the center of worthy and honorable national aspirations."
He also joked that the city's productivity had suffered because of the Senators' success: "When the entire population reached the point of requiring the game to be described play by play, I began to doubt whether the highest efficiency was being promoted."
And that was before fans could check scores on their smartphones.
This year, President Barack Obama congratulated the Nationals when they clinched a playoff, saying at a campaign event in Virginia, "You guys are looking very good."
The 2012 Nationals will bring considerably more muscle to the postseason than their '24 forebears. This Nats' lineup features four players with at least 22 home runs. The entire Senators team hit 22 home runs, last in the American League, and less than half of Babe Ruth's 46 that year. Only one Senator, Goose Goslin, hit more than three.
Instead, the '24 team generated runs by getting on base, with three regulars hitting at least .324 – outfielders Goslin (.344 with 17 triples and 129 RBIs) and Sam Rice (.334), and first baseman Joe Judge (.324). Goslin, Rice and Walter Johnson were all future Hall of Famers.
But they faced a daunting opponent in the World Series. The New York Giants had won their fourth straight pennant, and their lineup was packed with six future Hall of Famers, including rookie Bill Terry, who later became the last .400 hitter in National League history.
Most fans were pulling for Johnson and the Senators.
"Outside of the most rabid of Giant partisans, fans throughout this country will root for him in unison," predicted The Associated Press.
"All the sentiment of sentimental Washington is built around Johnson," declared The New York Times, adding that the country was rooting for the Senators because they are "young and dashing and enthusiastic. New York is hated because it has won too many pennants and possesses too much money and is too powerful."
But Johnson didn't have his best stuff in the series. He went the distance in a 12-inning, Game 1 loss in Washington's Griffith Stadium, surrendering four runs on 14 hits and six walks. Then he lost game 5 at New York's Polo Grounds, giving up six runs (four earned) on 13 hits, and the Senators fell behind three games to two. Johnson said after the game he would probably retire, and with no scheduled starts remaining, it looked like he'd end his career with two World Series losses.
"Giant bats penned one of the saddest stories ever known to baseball yesterday," the Times reported. "After the name of Walter Johnson they wrote `finis,' for it was Johnson, before the second greatest crowd of the series, who tried again and failed again. When Johnson's own world's series finally came along he couldn't win a single game . Even for (New York fans) it was a tragic affair and Johnson the most tragic figure that ever stalked through a world's series."
The series returned to Washington for the final two games, and the Senators won Game 6 to tie the series. In the seventh and deciding game, the Senators fell behind 3-1, but tied it in the eighth on a ground ball by player-manager Harris that scooted over third baseman Freddy Lindstrom's head, sending the crowd into delirium. As Washington's fielders trotted out for the top of the ninth, fans continued to cheer when they saw none other than Johnson come in as a relief pitcher.
Things didn't go smoothly for the Big Train. He gave up a one-out triple, putting him in danger of losing his third World Series game. But Johnson got a crucial strikeout and then ended the threat on groundout. When the game went to extra innings, Johnson kept pitching in and out of trouble, working around a leadoff walk in the 10th, two men on base in the 11th and a leadoff single in the 12th.
In the bottom of the 12th, the Senators put runners on first and second with one out. Earl McNeely, an expensive late-season acquisition ($50,000), hit a grounder to third. Incredibly, the ball took a bad hop over Lindstrom's head, just as it did in the eighth inning, and Muddy Ruel raced home from second with the winning run. Fans stormed the field and danced on dugouts, and police had to rescue players from the adoring masses.
Had fate intervened to send those balls careening the Senators' way?
"Perhaps the millions of fans pulling for Washington to win its first World Series championship influenced the usually fickle goddess of luck to give a little lift to the gallant Nationals," wrote famed sportswriter Fred Lieb.
The Giants losing pitcher, Jack Bentley, looked higher than that: "The good Lord just couldn't bear to see a fine fellow like Walter Johnson lose again."
EDITOR'S NOTE – Frederic J. Frommer is the author of the book, "The Washington Nationals 1859 to Today: The Story of Baseball in the Nation's Capital," (2006, Taylor Trade). Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ffrommer


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If you have pain, the severity and prevalence of your pain may depend on many factors, including the type and stage of your cancer, your treatment plan and your tolerance for pain. You may experience pain from the cancer itself, or as a side effect of cancer treatment. Those with advanced cancer are most likely to have severe pain. Cancer pain may result from:
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What are our responsibilities towards refugees?
11 November 2013
An international immigration expert will explain why he thinks democratic states, including Australia, ought to do more to help protect refugees at a special Sydney Ideas event tonight at the University of Sydney.
In his talk The Dispossessed: The Ethics of Refugee Policy, Professor Joseph H. Carens from the University of Toronto, will take a look at the justifications nations offer for restricting asylum seekers, what a just refugee regime would look like, and why he remains pessimistic that such a regime would be adopted.
"The existing refugee regime is morally unsatisfactory because it does not provide protection to all those who ought to receive it," said Professor Carens.
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He will also argue that the signing of an official international convention has not necessarily led to policies that uphold its guidelines.
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"[Australia] shares the failings of many democratic states in its use of visa controls and carrier sanctions and it has gone further than almost any other state in diverting refugees seeking asylum to other places and in denying them access to a refugee determination system that it has promised to respect," Professor Carens said.
This event is co-presented with the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights at the University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney.
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It took seven years, but Evan Moore of Boy Scout Troop 518, chartered by the Mancos Hose Company No. 1, reached a goal by earning his Eagle Scout badge.
The final step in the process was his Eagle project, refurbishing the walking bridge at Mancos State Park.
Evan began his tenure with the Boy Scouts as a Tiger Cub in first grade in Cub Scout Pack 516, chartered with the Methodist Church in Dolores. In fifth grade, he completed Cub Scouts by earning the Arrow of Light and transferred to the Mancos Troop, since there was not a Boy Scout troop in Dolores.
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Revocation is the termination of your privilege to drive. It is required by law upon conviction of certain driving offenses. After your revocation period has ended, your driving privilege will remain revoked until an investigation of your driving record is completed, if applicable, and a new license is issued.
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The Connection
We call it The Connection, but you'll call it the post office. And that's just what it is...a full-service post office under the existing guidelines of the United States Postal Service. True to it's name, there are several ways it connects you: UPS and FedEx services, a color copy machine, passport photos, notary public and self-service mailing options. Of course, this is also where you'll get your mail. Look for the rows of mailboxes on the bottom level of Bennett Campus Center, and you're there.
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Is that Facebook post claiming 'Friends' is returning real?
Is that Facebook post claiming 'Friends' is returning real?
The one where everyone fell for a Facebook post claiming "Friends" was returning.
Unfortunately, that post claiming that the group of six from the 90s that we all enjoyed hanging out with are coming back is fake.
A page called "David Schwimer" postedthis message, which sent Friends fans into a frenzy.
"It has just been made official! All 6 cast members have signed on and we're back for ONE more season!!#Theonewheretheycomeback #Friends2018"
Keep in mind that the act who played Ross is actually named David Schwimmer.
So far, NBC has not come forward to verify this statement nor have any of the actors, including Schwimmer whose actual handle on social media is here.


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LAKE FOREST – The Bears returned to the practice field Wednesday at Halas Hall, albeit in sweat pants and long-sleeved shirts instead of helmets and shoulder pads.
Bears coach Lovie Smith decided to conduct a walk-through instead of his typical two-and-a-half hour practice to start installing the next week's game plan.
"We have a lot of guys banged up today, and just felt like we could get more work done [with] meetings," Smith said. "We're going to walk through. We're just not going to have a full-fledged practice that we would normally have on a Wednesday."
The light workload allowed extra rest time for more than a dozen players who appeared on the Bears' midweek injury report. Eleven players would not have participated if practice had been conducted, including Jay Cutler (neck), Brian Urlacher (hamstring), Tim Jennings (shoulder), Lance Briggs (knee/hip), Shea McClellin (knee) and Henry Melton (chest).
Cutler said he appreciated the gesture. He remained confident that he would play Sunday against the Green Bay Packers despite neck stiffness.
In the mix: Rookie offensive lineman James Brown is expected to compete for playing time at left guard this week, offensive coordinator Mike Tice said.
Brown split playing time with starter Edwin Williams on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. At 6-foot-4 and 306 pounds, Brown is athletic but unpolished.
"We like James," Tice said. "He's a big guy. When he hits you in the pocket, you stay hit. There's no more movement. You're not pushing the pocket back.
"He made some mistakes, but that's anticipated. We felt like we would live with those mistakes as long as they weren't a bucket full of them."
Familiar face: The Bears re-signed defensive tackle Amobi Okoye to fill the roster spot that was left vacant by the release of offensive lineman Andre Gurode.
Okoye (6-2, 292) appeared in six games with the Bears this season before he was released Nov. 27. He has started 59 of 84 career games in parts of six seasons with the Bears and the Houston Texans.
Bears bits: Stephen Paea (foot), Chris Spencer (knee) and Charles Tillman (shoulder) all would have been able to participate fully in practice Wednesday. … Israel Idonije has zero sacks in 16 career games (six starts) against Green Bay.


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Dustin Lynch, 'Dustin Lynch' – Album Review
At his best, Dustin Lynch falls in line with the George Strait tradition of good, solid country music sung with enviable ease. The newcomer doesn't have a dynamic voice, but he's certainly not a hum-drum bore. Highlights from his self-titled debut album are melodic and in control.
The Top 10 single (close enough) 'Cowboys and Angels' is an example of what the Tennessee native does well. His more pensive, thought-provoking lyrics stand out above the party songs.
"Not sure why her path crossed mine / Accident or grand design," he sings on the single. "This is my white flag wave / This is me handin' you the reins," he adds on the bonus track, a conversation with God called 'Your Plan.'
'Waiting,' 'Rock You Sweet' and 'Dancing in the Headlights' are three others that find Lynch's sweet spot. The last two are a warm cup of coffee at sunrise, a cold beer at sunset or whatever other comforting metaphor one feels like embracing. He's capable of that friendly arm across the shoulder, bringing you in with a smile in his voice.
'Last Lap,' 'Sittin' Pretty' — and to a lesser extent, 'Yeah Yeah Yeah' — feel like Jason Aldean leftovers. Despite Lynch's ability to look deep within for inspiration, he doesn't do nostalgia with much conviction. To be fair, not many 27-year-olds do nostalgia well without irony. He gets credit for approaching a range of subjects, and the effort will no doubt be better for it next time.
Lynch's sturdy voice could hold up the album from start to finish, but it's not showcased enough. That's a result of song choice, though — not production. Aside from a few pop flavors, Brett Beavers and Luke Wooten prove themselves once again to be worth the name recognition. There are more highlights than lowlights on 'Dustin Lynch,' an album which shows tremendous potential and at least two more hit singles with 'Waiting' and 'Dancing in the Headlights.'


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This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2012, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
Curtis Michael Allgier stood surrounded by attorneys and armed officers, dressed in shackles and prison orange, his arms and head as much green ink as skin.
In a half-decade of courtroom appearances, the heavily tattooed 33-year-old showed himself unafraid of making brash outbursts, but on Wednesday morning, his voice broke, if only for a second.
"I just want to make clear, the reason I'm doing this is for those people right there," Allgier said, turning his body slightly and flicking his handcuffed wrists toward the rows of people sitting on one side of a 3rd District courtroom.
The family of Stephen Anderson sat quietly, some holding hands and others holding babies too young to have ever been cradled by the slain Department of Corrections officer.
More than five years after Allgier shot and killed the 60-year-old Anderson during a brazen escape, the fallen man's family listened intently as Allgier said the word.
The plea deal reached between defense and prosecution, made official Wednesday, will spare Allgier the possibility of death. Instead, when he is sentenced by Judge Paul Maughan on Dec. 5, he will be imprisoned for life, without the possibility of parole.
In pleading guilty to aggravated murder and four other felonies (Allgier also pleaded no contest to three counts of attempted aggravated murder), Allgier said he hoped to "give the Anderson family closure."
According to the charges against him, Allgier shot and killed Anderson with the officer's own gun on June 25, 2007. Allgier, who at the time was serving a state prison sentence for burglary and forgery, took Anderson's gun from him after being unshackled for an MRI scan.
Defense attorney Dusty Kawai said Allgier has always been willing to plead guilty, but prosecutors offered to take death off the table for the first time only three weeks ago.
"That's something he's been willing to do since June 28 of 2007... Death was on the table since '07,"Kawai said. "If they're going to invite you to dance, you've got to dance. You can't just plead to a death sentence."
Prosecutor Robert Stott said that after more than five years of court hearings, Anderson's family wanted closure rather than having to endure a trial and years of potential appeals that make for "constant, relentless uncertainty, strain and stress, publicity and a constant reminder of their loss."
"They want to get it over," Stott said. "They want it resolved now, not 25 years from now."
Outside the courtroom, Kawai read a statement Allgier had written by hand.
"Mr. Allgier did this out of respect for Millie, Shawn, Michelle and the rest of the Stephen Anderson family, not for his own behalf," he wrote.
After the shooting, Allgier stole an SUV outside the clinic. He changed clothes at a girlfriend's home and led police on a high-speed chase. During the chase, Allgier tried to run over a sheriff's deputy waiting outside his car to disable Allgier's stolen vehicle with a tire ripper.
When a rear tire went flat, Allgier ran into an Arby's restaurant near 1700 South and Redwood Road, where Eric Fullerton had just ordered a ham-and-cheese croissant and orange juice for breakfast.
According to testimony at a 2010 preliminary hearing, Allgier pointed the gun at Fullerton and then grabbed an employee, Alejandro Gomez, around the neck and put a gun to his head.
"I thought, 'This is it,' " Fullerton said.
Allgier dragged Gomez into the kitchen area. Gomez either tripped or struggled and Allgier fired a shot that barely missed the employee's head. Then Allgier beat him with the butt of the gun.
Fullerton, then 59, who is 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds, "went into action," grabbing the much larger Allgier's arm and trying to pry his fingers from the weapon. Allgier punched Fullerton and then slashed his throat with a knife.
"I didn't feel pain," Fullerton has said. "I did feel the coldness of the blade and I heard the sound."
Moments later, the Vietnam veteran said he pried loose the fingers of Allgier, a self-described "white-power skinhead" and member of the white-supremacy gang Aryan Empire Warriors. The gun dropped to the floor and Fullerton grabbed it.
Fullerton testified in court: "He's got the knife, I've got the gun contest over."
Soon after, police found Allgier in an office in the restaurant.
His freedom had lasted just 45 minutes.
At the time of his escape, Allgier was serving a state prison sentence for burglary and forgery while awaiting federal incarceration for weapons violations. He had previously absconded from parole in August 2001 and May 2003. While on parole in October 2006, he was charged by federal prosecutors for possessing a 9 mm handgun.
As Allgier was brought into the courtroom, Maxine McNeeley stood out of respect for the prisoner. A slight woman in her 70s with long white pigtails, McNeeley met Allgier through letters the two have exchanged since his arrest and, aside from his defense team, has been his lone supporter in court.
"I'm happy they took the death penalty off the table," McNeeley said. "Life in prison in a little box is suffering enough. I'm sorry for the Anderson family, for their loss. And I'm going to miss Curtis. He's been a joy to me. He's lifted me up when I've been down, and I've just seen him through different eyes."
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said there were "competing interests" that pushed for a death penalty, but Anderson's immediate family wanted life without parole.
"When you have a case like this, which is so important, which is so tragic in the experience of our community, it's understandable why that's there," he said of those who wanted the death penalty for Allgier. "But there is no way a third-party or fourth-party interest should ever be able to trump the needs of the family, of the victims who are here. If we start doing that, we will start to completely lose any measure of justice we can retain. The system isn't perfect, but today, in this courthouse, with this family, we retrieved the best measure of justice we could, and justice was served."
In a prepared statement, Anderson's family said the plea deal will mean Allgier "can never hurt another innocent person again."
"Stephen Anderson's influence and example are missed every day by his family and those who knew him, and these memories will never be lost," the statement said. "Stephen was a kind and generous man who served his family, his church, and his community with kindness, dedication, and honor. This has been a trying time for everyone who knew Stephen. This senseless act of violence is a constant reminder that we live in a less than perfect world with less than perfect people."
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Anderson family statement
Today our thoughts are focused on a great husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Stephen Anderson's influence and example are missed every day by his family and those who knew him, and these memories will never be lost. Stephen was a kind and generous man who served his family, his church, and his community with kindness, dedication, and honor.
This has been a trying time for everyone who knew Stephen. This senseless act of violence is a constant reminder that we live in a less than perfect world with less than perfect people.
Throughout the legal process and during the past five plus years, our family has been kept apprised of any developments pertinent to the case. We have met with the Salt Lake County District Attorney's office a number of times and have felt that our concerns and questions have been met with courtesy and appropriate responses. A number of weeks ago, we were invited into a meeting with the District Attorney and his team of prosecutors. We were told what a trial would include, and the three possibilities if the accused was found guilty. One of those possibilities was a sentence of life in prison. The question at that time from the family was that if a plea were to be offered, would the accused ever be eligible for parole? The assurance was given that no plea would be accepted if that assurance could not be guaranteed. While the ultimate decision of accepting a plea or taking the case to trial was that of the District Attorney's office, our family was given the opportunity to have our voices heard.
The Anderson family's acceptance of a plea in this case is in no way a reflection of any concern or trepidation that our family has regarding the case or its merits, or that the accused would ultimately be found guilty of Stephen's murder. Nor is this acceptance a reflection of the personal beliefs of the family regarding capital punishment. We believe that the preponderance of evidence in a trial would clearly result in a conviction. At the same time, we stand unified in accepting the decision of the court today, knowing that the accused can never hurt another innocent person again.


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In "Silver Linings Playbook," the latest film from David O. Russell ("The Fighter"), People magazine's reigning "Sexiest Man Alive," Bradley Cooper will show audiences another, more complicated side. Rachel Dodes has details on Lunch Break.
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by Robert J. Shusterman
Editor's Note: The following letter was sent to Chestnut Hill College President Sister Carol Jean Vale. We run it here at the request of neighbors unedited.
Dear President Vale:
At this moment when we are moving toward confrontation rather than negotiation, it is appropriate to make clear to the college and the community what we have offered and the context of our offer.
We have worked over the last eighteen months to find a way to accommodate the college's expansion. As with any battle, before shots are actually fired there is often a chance to stand down and consider the potential losses to each side. This offer to reach a global agreement with the college remains on the table – only if the college slows the pursuit of its legislative re-zoning route so that a permanent agreement can be reached. If negotiations are truly going well, then it should be possible to slow the legislative course with the knowledge that there is all next fall to proceed. If this is merely a stratagem to run out the clock, then there will be other venues and costs for both sides.
I am writing to you on behalf of North Chestnut Hill Neighbors, Inc. ("NCHN") and the Northwestern-Wissahickon Conservancy ("NWC"). We want you to know that despite the ongoing difficulties in negotiations we continue to support a new campus for CHC at Sugarloaf, and we support the addition of a student center and other academic facilities at the college's main campus. You and your negotiating team were told that on March 11, 2011 at the meeting with the NWC representatives and Jim Kise representing the Houston heirs. Although we support growth of the college, because of inherent difficulties with the proposed zoning method and environmental issues inherent in the current masterplan, we strongly oppose both the current IDD Zoning proposal and Master Plan that CHC submitted to the Philadelphia City Planning Commission on March 11, 2011, which is currently Bill number 110302 before City Council. We also oppose the current masterplan that is attached to the zoning Bill. (That masterplan can be found at http://legislation.phila.gov/attachments/11388.pdf.)
While we still support CHC development at Sugarloaf, what is now being proposed is not consistent with the negotiations we have had over the past eighteen months. The surrounding neighbors have offered substantial concessions to the college in exchange for reduced elements in its 2008 master plan. Under the present zoning, only about 19 single-family houses could realistically be developed on Sugarloaf because of the inherent difficulties of steep slopes and limits created by the Wissahickon Watershed Ordinance. As you will see below, our organizations, collectively the Near Neighbors, are willing to accept and welcome the new campus being negotiated for Sugarloaf but only if there are suitable safeguards for the community.
NCHN and NWC, as well as the rest of the negotiating parties, have always required that that permitting the change of use and the increased density for the Sugarloaf property must be based upon a global resolution of a number of items. These items include: 1) An acceptable Community Development Agreement that gives standing to the near neighbors and protects the community's rights as well as those of the college ("CDA"); 2) An acceptable form of zoning that can be reversed in the event of future changes of ownership; 3) An acceptable development plan that is in accord with the Wissahickon Watershed Ordinance; 4) An acceptable agreement with the Houston heirs that protects their goals and values and 5) Perpetual conservation easements on portions of Sugarloaf that are held by an acceptable and professional easement organization with the will and ability to enforce the easements. Moreover, contrary to your letter of March 11, 2011, the insistence on perpetual easements is not new. The request was made from the beginning by a number of people/groups including Richard Snowden, Friends of the Wissahickon and by me on behalf of NCHN and by the NWC.
Subsequently, in the negotiations between CHC and the community, the college decided to include additions to its main campus in the zoning and masterplan. The community agreed to support additional growth on the main campus but again requiring the same type of global agreement governing that can be developed and an agreement to manage and limit the impact.
We are not unreasonable. With a global agreement, we have indicated that we would accept 370,349 gross square feet of buildings that has been agreed within the negotiated masterplan and an additional 89,365 gross square feet of parking garage structure. That is a garage bigger than the Chestnut Hill Hospital parking garage and the complex of college buildings is far larger than the hospital.
Similarly, with a global agreement we would accept a new academic building and new student center on the Main campus of 141,000 gross sq. feet, as well as a 72,000 gross square feet of structured parking.
However, we oppose any increase in the development beyond the limits previously stated for this fragile site that is designated the as most sensitive category of land in the Wissahickon watershed, the source of Philadelphia's water supply. We further oppose any variance you might seek to the Wissahickon Watershed Ordinance that would allow you to disturb or build on steep slopes, increase the impervious coverage of your development, have an adverse impact on the contiguous cover of the tree canopy for migratory birds and other species in this ecosystem or in any way create an impact on the Wissahickon with your stormwater system. Offers that have been made of additional square footage were based on the college slowing the process so that we could reach a global agreement before any final re-zoning bills were offered to city council. The college has refused that offer and therefore we are not able to agree to the additional square footage which can only damage the site and the Wissahickon.
We continue to encourage you to seek options such as car share programs or limiting the number of cars allowed on campus that will reduce the number of parking spaces, garage development and increased traffic this entails.
Further we oppose any attempt to circumvent the spirit of the Houston Deed Restriction that limits the use of the property to residential by building garden apartments and calling them dormitories. We support building with the lightest impact on the land and not inflating a dormitory room into an apartment or building against the spirit of the single family residences that are the referenced community.
In addition we oppose the zoning mechanism of an IDD unless there are development-limiting protections for the community that are held by an independent easement holder and not a City Council ordinance that can continue to be changed/increased at any time by a political body. We remind you that we wrote a zoning overlay tailored to your development that you supported in place of the IDD.
What is proposed is a great deal of development that far exceeds what has existed for a century and that is referenced in both the Greenfield and Houston deeds. Such development will certainly aggravate the existing traffic congestion and noise. We are not saying build it elsewhere. We are saying you may build it here, but when you do, build it in strict accordance (not variances) with the Wissahickon Watershed Ordinance controls, build it in accordance with an agreed upon Community Development Agreement that will enable the college and community to manage change over time, use a zoning mechanism that can not turn the property into a development the size of the King of Prussia Mall, and place perpetual conservation easements over the land that is not planned to be used.
You have told us that CHC will not be ready to build on Sugarloaf for about 5 years. There is no need to rush into this IDD zoning. We once again urge you to stop the CHC request to change part of our neighborhood to IDD zoning and to find a means that protects both the college and the community.
The level of compromise discussed above is contingent on your having the IDD rezoning withdrawn from City Council and formally deferred before May 18, 2011.


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This past Wednesday, the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois hosted a benefit for BandWagon 2, an endowment for middle school music programs in District 205. The event was held at the University Club, which graciously donated their space. Five extraordinary students from Eisenhower Middle School provided the music.
For me, listening to the young musicians crystallized BandWagon 2's purpose. Exceptional arts programs are not a supplement to high-quality education; they are its essence.
That's why I'm so pleased to announce that the BandWagon 2 event raised more than $2,500 from local music enthusiasts. Because these funds will go toward an endowment, they will continue to support middle school music programs in our community for generations to come.
BandWagon 2 is a partnership between Rockford Public Schools and the Community Foundation. Both institutions have committed $100,000 to BandWagon 2. It is our shared goal to raise an additional $100,000 from the community. So far, generous donors have given more than $35,000 to the endowment. It's a great start, but we still have work to do. To learn more about BandWagon 2 or to donate online, please visit BandWagon2.com and keep the music in our public schools. We need your support.
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Rhiwbina Farmers' Market
December 8, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Rhiwbina Farmers' Market was set up in the summer of 2010 in a local pub car park, the Butcher's Arms at the invitation of the owner, and has received massively strong and enthusiastic support from local residents, who make a special effort to shop there.
Originally run as a one-off trial during the 2010 Rhiwbina Festival, there was such a strong demand from local people for it to continue that the Market has operated every fortnight since then, subsequently becoming a weekly market. All stallholders must abide by the RCMA rules and only sell what they have raised, grown or made themselves. We are confident that this lovely market will continue to grow and grow. And you can always pop into the Butchers Arms for a refreshing beverage!
For more details see: http://www.riversidemarket.org.uk/rhiwbina/