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The of New York signed an exclusivw trading card deal with Iverson earlierthis month. The deal grantw Topps exclusive rights to Iverson within the NBA trading card categoryt forautographed cards, memorabilia cards, insert cards and the use of Iverson's image on packaging and "Iverson has a major followinvg in the basketball card categor and his autographed cards are some of the most soughg after in the industry," said Warren Friss, Topps vice president. "We are thrillexd to be able to include him inour products." Toppsa last week sold out of its first set of Iverson-autographedr cards, limited to 150 on its Web site ( ). The carda were offered at $199 each.
Iverson autographed cards will appeat in the remainder ofTopps 2005-06 basketball products startingv with Topps "Big Game which will be released the second week of Topps is featuring with Hip Hop icon Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, on its "2005-0 6 Topps Basketball" packaging. In addition to Iverson, Topps has exclusivwe deals with Jay-Z and baseball players Barry Bonds andAlex Rodriguez. Usuallyh the brunt of jokes, as in the Sure Kill and drinkingy Schuylkill Punch at your own the Schuylkill River is gettinvg its own destinationname -- Schuylkill Banks.
The unveiled Thursdauy the new name for the area along the Schuylkillp River that Philadelphia officials and privat e developers have targeted as an untapped resource in the city and The Schuylkill Banks identity will be enhanced by speciap banners and the first SchuylkillBanka Regatta, scheduled for Oct. 22. The regatta will be held on the lowere Schuylkill below theFairmount Dam. It is being coordinatedc by theSchuylkill Navy, which is the governing body for amateue rowing in Philadelphia.
Toll Brothers, which is developinvg Naval Square alongthe river, is the The SRDC is hoping that "Meet at the will become a new catcnh phrase for people who want to use the new trailxs running along a three-mile stretchh of the river and two docks alongy the waterway. SRDC is a nonprofit overseeinbg the implementation ofa $62 million master plan of the Schuylkilo Banks. Goofy chefs, not! In the hospitalityg industry they say it helpss to learn from Inthis case, at Walt Disney World'sd Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, two Philadelphiw chefs will be doing the teaching.
Susanna Foo, owner of a Centerf City restaurant of the same and CityTavern Chef-and-Proprietor Waltedr Staib, will be featured demonstratords at the festival, which starts this weekend. Staib will show how to prepars one of his signature salmon corn cakes with herbed barley and Pickapeppa Foo is expected to prepare a dish from her new Susanna FooFresh Inspiration: New Approaches to Chinese published Sept. 2 by Houghton Mifflin, her publicist said. Both chefs will also participate in agala "Party for the Senses," to be held Oct. 1. What they bring back from Disney remains tobe seen.