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BEIJING (AP) — Famed film director Zhang Yimou and his wife violated China's strict family planning rules by having three children without approval and before they were married, local authorities said Monday.
Zhang, the director of "The Flowers of War" starring Christian Bale, had on Sunday admitted flouting the rules by having three children with his wife but refuted reports that he had fathered seven children.
A family planning bureau in Wuxi city in eastern Jiangsu province said on its microblog that their investigation had found that Zhang and Chen Ting flouted family planning policies and that the case was being handled according to laws and regulations.
Reports had circulated online since May that Zhang, 62, had fathered seven children from two marriages and relationships with two other women. The People's Daily newspaper, the ruling Communist Party's mouthpiece, had reported that Zhang could face a fine of up to 160 million yuan ($26 million). People caught breaking China's family planning policy must pay a "social compensation fee" based on their annual income.
In his first response to the reports, Zhang's office issued an open letter through its verified microblog account on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo site late Sunday denying that the director had seven children but admitting that he and his wife have two sons and a daughter in violation of China's one-child limits.
Zhang and his wife "expressed their sincere apology to the public for the negative social impact that this has created," the letter said.
The letter said Zhang and his wife were willing to be investigated by the family planning committee in Chen's hometown, the eastern city of Wuxi, and would accept whatever penalty the couple might incur. It did not provide details on how the couple had been able to evade family planning authorities thus far.
The family planning office of Wuxi's Binhu district said in their online statement that the couple had had three children — in 2001, 2004 and 2006 in Beijing — without first seeking approval from family planning authorities, and out of wedlock. They obtained a marriage certificate in 2011, the statement said.
Family planning policies and the fines for breaking them vary from city to city. Some consider unmarried childbearing illegal.
The statement quoted an unnamed spokesman as saying the office hoped Zhang and Chen would continue to cooperate with family planning authorities and truthfully report their income at the time.
Zhang's office rejected reports that he had fathered more children. It said unidentified individuals with "ulterior motives" had sent people to follow Zhang's children and photograph them and that Zhang's office reserved the right to take legal action.
Known to many as China's one-child policy, the rules limit most urban couples to one child and allow two children for rural families if their firstborn is a girl. The government introduced the policy in 1979 as a temporary measure to curb a surging population, but it is still in place despite being reviled by many citizens.
Last month, the party announced that it would allow couples to have two children if one of the parents is a single child, the first substantial easing of the one-child policy in nearly three decades.
Zhang's 25-year career has made him one of Chinese cinema's top names. He is part of China's "fifth generation" of directors — those who gained attention in the West as their country emerged from economic and political isolation in the 1980s. Many of his films portray gritty rural life. In recent years, he has experimented with big-budget blockbusters, such as the 2011 "The Flowers of War," with an estimated $94 million budget.
Zhang also designed the opulent opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
AP writer Louise Watt contributed to this report.


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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Rod Rucker scored 17 points, grabbed seven rebounds and UAB nearly blew a 24-point first half lead but held on to beat Tulsa 70-63 on Wednesday night.
The Blazers (10-13, 2-6 C-USA) took a 37-13 lead after Rucker hit a jumper with 4:45 remaining in the first half but Tulsa responded with an 18-6 run to end the half and eventually cut UAB's lead to four in the second half when Pat Swilling Jr. hit a lay-up to make it 56-52 with 9:04.
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Big-spending Paris Saint-Germain want Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.
Boss Laurent Blanc has identified Blues star Ivanovic as the man to replace Gregory van der Wiel, who looks set to join Inter.
The French club are ready to pay £8million plus add-ons and offer Ivanovic a four- year contract and a huge pay hike – and they like the fact he can play right-back and centre-half.
Ivanovic has been outstanding for Chelsea but PSG's interest will be a gauge as to whether Jose Mourinho sees him as part of his plans.
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The route was first explored in the 1930s by teams from the YMCA. Clinton Clarke and Warren Rogers lobbied the federal government to provide a corridor. The PCT was eventually designated one of the first scenic trails in the National Trails System authorized by Congress in 1968, and was dedicated in 1993.
Useful information about the trail is provided by the Pacific Crest Trail Association http://www.pcta.org/
To understand the trail it has been divided in many guidebooks into 3 sectors.
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Most hikers travel South to North, but a few start from Canada.
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I guess it's always going to be a dilemma. What kind of book do you take with you to the Hospital to read while your other half is having a camera put somewhere unpleasant? Topiary? Chess? micro nutrients in the reef aquarium? All very tempting, but in the end I went with Luftwaffe Fighter Aces.
And very interesting it was too. What startled me most is the high number of kills that the Luftwaffe's top aces had – over 200 in many cases. Whereas in the western allies – RAF, USAAF for example – any pilot who shot down 5 or more enemy aircraft was considered an ace. The RAF's leading ace, Pat Pattle, accounted for 51 enemy aircraft. The difference is partly that German Jagdwaffe pilots spent a lot more of the war in combat, from Poland in 1939 onwards, but also that many of them were in action in Russia during Barbarossa, when the hordes of poorly trained, poorly equipped Russian fighters provided rich pickings. Erich Hartmann might have shot down an incredible 352 enemy aircraft, but all but seven were Russian. Men such as Adolf Galland and Werner Molders, renowned as among the greatest, actually scored very low compared to some of their compatriots.
The book is structured chronologically, looking at the development of the Luftwaffe, the Spanish Civil War as a proving ground, the early campaigns, the Battle of Britain, Barbarossa, North Africa, and then the Allied Bomber Offensive later in the war. Spick has looked admirably at the technical issues, the tactics involved (including some nice diagrams of dogfighting maneouvres), and woven into the narrative details of the careers of some of the Luftwaffe's greatest pilots. Also of note are the considerable political problems that the Luftwaffe had to overcome, not the least the interference of the Fuhrer, and the refusal of Goring to accept that air combat had changed since he was in action over the Western Front in 1918.
Two Luftwaffe aces I have a particular interest in are Helmut Wick and Hans Wolfgang Schnauffer. Helmut Wick is believed to have shot down Flight Sergeant Hubert Adair in his Hurricane over Portsmouth on 5 November 1940. Wick is also believed to have shot down Flying Officer James Tillett near Fareham on the same day. Wick himself was killed on 28 November 1940, when he was shot down over the English Channel. He had claimed 56 victories – low in the context of the war, but very succesful considering most were gained within a year of flying, and were against the RAF rather then the Red Army Air Force.
Hans Wonfgang Schnauffer is renowned as the Luftwaffe's greatest night fighter pilot, with 121 victories. This is even more incredible, when we consider that he only began flying in June 1942, straight from flight training school. Schnauffer shot down the Halifax Bomber of 35 Squadron, in which Sergeant Francis Compton was a tail gunner. On the night of 29 June 1943, Schnauffer intercepted Halifax HR812 over Belgium.
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EducationWatch: NAMM 2008 Report
Creativity, education, health, imagination and technology highlight industry convention
Laurel Fishman
Expanding its commitment to music education, NAMM, the International Music Products Association, placed a widening focus on this area during the organization's recent annual trade show in Anaheim, Calif. During the convention, NAMM's Music Education Day offered a full agenda, including the presentation "Perspectives On Music Education Advocacy" and a panel discussion, "New Trends And Tools In Music Learning For California And The Nation."
At the NAMM show's Idea Center, Music Education Day participants attended specialized music education sessions on the convention floor including "Building Local Alliances: Keeping Music Education Strong In Your Community," "Far Out Strings: Going Beyond The Traditional School Orchestra Program," "More Music In Schools: Now, Everybody Play" and "Teaching Music With Technology: New Tools For The Music Room." The sessions were open to all convention-goers, as were several related NAMM University sessions covering a variety of topics including developing and sustaining successful in-store music lesson programs, as well as hand, wrist and elbow fitness for musicians.
Providing students of all ages across the United States and Canada with year-round, free hands-on opportunities to make music, produce video projects and shoot digital photos in its mobile recording studios, the new state-of-the-art John Lennon Educational Tour Bus was open to all NAMM show visitors. Equipped by many NAMM member manufacturers, the bus featured two recording and video production studios, a green-screen room, isolation booth, presentation/demo room, and living quarters for three staffers. The nonprofit mobile Pro Audio and HD video recording facility bus will eventually tour beyond North America, starting with Western Europe and Japan.
NAMM and video game publisher Activision/RedOctane announced a partnership to link NAMM's "Wanna Play?" campaign with the "Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock" video game franchise. The public awareness campaign strives to encourage people of all ages to experience making music and strengthen the connection between virtual and real-world guitar playing, while promoting the enjoyment of both.
Also announced were the winning non-music industry companies of the second annual "Wanna Play?" Awards, recognized for promoting music making in their product advertising and promotional efforts by using playing an instrument to convey positive messages. Award recipient Converse highlighted children's natural enthusiasm for making music in a TV commercial featuring Sophie Kasakove, 12-year-old lead singer and guitarist of the band Care Bears on Fire, communicating the simple message, "Learn three chords. You'll know 1,000 songs." Care Bears on Fire also performed at the NAMM show.
Grant winners in one of NAMM's newest initiatives, Disney's High School Musical: The Music In You Grant Program, were announced at the convention. Co-sponsored by the Disney Channel, the program is designed to support music and the arts in schools and help fund school theater productions of "High School Musical." Grants were awarded to 10 middle and high schools across the United States, which will stage their own productions of Disney's "High School Musical."
At the NAMM show, an announcement was made regarding the Music Education Software and Hardware (MESH) initiative, which joins hardware, software, sound content and curriculum to provide solutions for music educators. In addition to aggregating these major components of music education technology, the MESH alliance — consisting of MakeMusic, manufacturer of software and systems for music educators and musicians; Garritan, manufacturer of sound libraries for the educational market; musical instrument manufacturer Yamaha, the world's largest musical instrument manufacturer; and Yamaha-owned Steinberg music production software — is providing relevant training to U.S.-based music teachers.
With ongoing sponsorship from Shure Inc. and NAMM, the House Ear Institute, provided free hearing screenings, hearing protection, literature and education to NAMM show attendees and exhibitors.
In honor of more than two decades of dedicated service as co-founder of Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers (H.E.A.R.), Kathy Peck received NAMM's Believe In Music award at the conference, presented by NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond. Among her accomplishments in promoting hearing education and safety, Peck has collaborated with The Recording Academy in a H.E.A.R. research survey study and with MusiCares at health fairs.
MusicCares had its own presence at the NAMM show, with a booth displaying materials and information on the resources MusiCares provides to members of the music community, from health care and human services to addiction recovery. This included content from the Starkey Hearing Foundation, which recently partnered with the GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares. The Starkey Hearing Foundation promotes hearing health and hearing education, provides personal listening devices to those in need, and supports and conducts research and education in hearing breakthroughs and technologies. In teaming with MusiCares, the foundation is providing hearing instruments to musical artists and others, including approximately 150 Los Angeles area children as part of the recent National GRAMMY Career Day. The Recording Academy was also a booth exhibitor at NAMM 2008 and serviced conference attendee inquiries regarding membership and the organization's programs and initiatives.
(Laurel Fishman is a writer and editor specializing in entertainment media. She reports regularly for GRAMMY.com and GRAMMY magazine, and she is an advocate for the benefits of music making, music listening, music education, music therapy and music-and-the-brain research.)


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Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi has been named chairman of the International Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
The group supports the U.S. federal government in insurance trade issues.
"It is essential that the U.S. insurance industry operate on a level playing field and that foreign-based carriers that do business here are financially stable enterprises," Leonardi said. "The end result is a robust, competitive market that provides greater consumer choice and a strong insurance sector that helps drive our economy."
He's also on the executive committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors. In February 2012, Connecticut's insurance department became the first U.S. insurance regulator to join the multilateral framework that establishes a formal basis for global cooperation and information exchange among insurance regulators.


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compressor fan stopped working.
Mean while while the coils get cold all the food should that needs to be cooled will go bad, that seems like a really stupid set up.
I need to test the defrost thermostat and see if it is closed when the evap coils are cold. Right?
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WILMINGTON, Mass. — After their hard-fought loss to Pittsburgh yesterday, the Bruins hit the ice today at Ristuccia Arena for about 30 minutes of practice.
The best news was that injured defenseman Mark Stuart joined the team for the second time on his road to a return and recovering forward Milan Lucic practiced with the squad for the first time since he departed the lineup earlier this week.
According to head coach Claude Julien, neither player has been medically cleared for Monday's TD Garden matinee with Carolina but decisions will be made on both on game day.
Lucic tested his upper-body injury after the formal practice by letting Johnny Boychuk ram into him a few times while the winger carried a puck. Stuart said he had no limitations.
As for rookie defenseman Steven Kampfer, he wore an extra large face shield to protect the broken nose he suffered yesterday against Pittsburgh. Kampfer said he's having trouble breathing out of his nose, but that he should OK to play against the Hurricanes.
Boston practiced it's power play extensively during the short session, with Johnny Boychuk re-joining the man-advantage fray in place of Dennis Seidenberg. Boychuk and Kampfer manned the points on one quintet, while Michael Ryder, Nathan Horton and Marc Savard skated up front. The other group featured Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron, Tyler Seguin, David Krejci and Mark Recchi.
The Bruins' power play was 0-for-4 against against the Penguins, but was 3-for-13 in its previous three games.
"We've got to be careful we don't explode everything every time we have a bad night," Julien said of the power play, which just needed some fine-tuning.


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It looks like Uno Pizzeria and Grill is no more In Dutchess County.
The restaurant, located at 832 Main Street in Poughkeepsie, has locked its doors with a sign that says "Closed For Rebranding." The restaurant has been removed from the list of locations at the company website.
This was the restaurant's only Dutchess location. There are two restaurants in Westchester (in White Plains and Yonkers) and one in Orange County (in Central Valley).
Banta Management Services, which runs the Poughkeepsie Uno, was not available for comment.
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The yen climbed the most in almost three months versus the dollar as risk appetite shrank, with Japanese stocks tumbling after a technical signal that they had gained too much, too fast.
Japan's currency surged 2.7% versus South Korea's won and 1.7% against the Mexican peso amid speculation the U.S. may reduce monetary easing that's helped support global markets and as data showed China's manufacturing contracted. The Swiss franc climbed the most against the euro since the nation's central bank imposed a currency floor in 2011. The Dollar Index fell after reaching an almost three-year high.
"You have a selloff in equity markets that contributed" to yen gains, Geoffrey Yu, a senior currency strategist at UBS AG in London, said in a phone interview. "Given the correlation, it's simply risk-off in Japan, yen stronger."
The yen strengthened 1.4% to 101.73 per dollar at 1:54 p.m. in New York after climbing as much as 2.3%, the most since Feb. 25. It slid to 103.74 yesterday, the weakest since October 2008. Japan's currency rose 0.8% to 131.63 per euro. The dollar dropped 0.6% to $1.2939 per euro.
The Dollar Index, which IntercontinentalExchange Inc. uses to track the greenback against currencies of six major U.S. trading partners, fell 0.8% to 83.692 after climbing earlier to 84.498, the highest level since July 2010.
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Trading in over-the-counter foreign-exchange options totaled $28 billion, compared with $52 billion yesterday, according to data reported by U.S. banks to the Depository Trust Clearing Corp. and tracked by Bloomberg. Volume in options on the dollar-yen exchange rate was $9.9 billion, the largest share of trades at 30%. Australian-U.S. dollar options were the second most-actively traded, at $3.3 billion, or 10%.
Dollar-yen options trading was 56% above the average for the past five Thursdays at a similar time in the day, according to Bloomberg analysis. Aussie-U.S. dollar options trading was 60% above average.
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock gauge slid 7.3% after closing yesterday at the highest since 2007. The index's 14-day relative strength index climbed yesterday to 82.6, exceeding the 70 level some traders see as a signal an asset has risen too far, too quickly. The MSCI World Index dropped 1.3%. U.S. stocks pared losses as data showed sales of new homes climbed to a three-month high of 454,000 homes at an annualized pace. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 0.5%.
Yields on Japan's 10-year government bonds reached 0.996%, a 13-month high, before trading at 0.86%.
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A fixture in the Brockton public school system since 1976, Bill Devin is retiring as athletic director, a post he's held since the start of the 2011-2012 school year.
BROCKTON – Brockton lifer Bill Devin is retiring from his position as the Brockton High athletic director.
Devin took over for former AD Tom Kenney before the start of the 2011-2012 school year and had been a fixture in the Brockton public school system since 1976 after graduating from Amherst College.
"When you reflect back, I've worked with great people, good athletes and a good staff," said Devin. "We almost won the state championship in basketball a few years back."
Devin, who graduated from Brockton High in 1972, spent time coaching baseball, soccer, hockey and football during his nearly 40-year stint at Brockton.
Devin said he reached his full pension last year, but returned for this season anyway.
"It was really enjoyable," said Devin. "You reflect back on different stages and it was rewarding."
Devin came to his decision to retire on June 20 and informed the Brockton school board, but plans to officially file the paperwork with the state in the coming days.
Devin initially planned to come back for another year, but changed his mind in June.
"It's hard to think back and reflect," said Devin. "If I knew (last year), I would've said this is my last fall, my last winter, et cetera.
"I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing (that I didn't know it was my last year). It will probably hit me in a month.
"It is a little bittersweet. I will miss working with kids and the staff at Brockton."
Devin doesn't have his next step lined up, but he would be open to following in the footsteps of some past Brockton High ADs who returned to the same position at smaller schools.
"I'd be open to almost to any opportunity that came across to me," said Devin. "Previous guys like Tom Kenney, he's at East Bridgewater, and Tom Pileski is at Coyle-Cassidy."
When Devin took over, Kenney was there to help him ease into the transition of a new position. That's something Devin would be open to doing with Brockton's next AD.
"I'll be willing to mentor or do whatever," said Devin. "I'm willing to help (the next AD) out as Tom Kenney helped me when I took over."
Devin called the position a "12-month" job.
"There's a lot more to the job than people think," said Devin.
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This is by far the most action that I have had in a while at the Planet.
There was a time where you looked the threads and it was a board meltdown.
Nothing wrong in being critical of the team that you most likely spend a lot of money on.
Having said that there were only so many "........ sucks!" posts with zero substantiated facts that the quality made you not even want you to discuss.
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America continues to struggle with a postal system that modern technology has left behind. Since President Reagan attempted to privatize much of the U.S. Postal Service in 1988, the large postal unions have fought almost every reform. Meanwhile, email, texting, Twitter and other new technologies took away most of the Postal Service's main business of delivering personal missives.
Reform finally might be delivered by Congress. On July 24, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed H.R. 2748, the Postal Reform Act of 2013. The vote was 22-17 and, unfortunately, along party lines, with Republicans supporting and Democrats opposed. Bipartisanship is going to be needed to solve this problem. The head of the committee is Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, who has been working for several years on the reform and sponsored the bill.
The reform certainly is needed. Last November, the USPS posted a $16 billion deficit. "The Postal Service is hemorrhaging money at a rate of $25 million a day," said Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., a co-sponsor of the reform bill.
The bill includes several worthy reforms, as described by the congressional analysis:
•"This plan will give the Postal Service new tools to cut costs and restructure its finances, while ensuring it has the capital necessary to do so."
•Saturday service would be modified, maintaining "delivery of packages and medicine while phasing out the Saturday delivery of mail-like bills and advertisements." Yearly savings: $2 billion.
•"To the door" delivery that only 30 percent of Americans now receive would be phased out in favor of curbside and "secure clusterbox" delivery. While "to the door delivery" is a convenience, it no longer is affordable. Yearly savings: $4 billion.
•"The legislation immediately eliminates the ability of the national and state political committees to use the nonprofit mail rate." Taxpayers shouldn't have to subsidize political discourse.
•The reform "allows USPS to sell advertising space on vehicles and facilities and offer state and local services, such as the sale of fishing licenses."
•The "prefunding" of future USPS pension payments would not be used to offset USPS deficits in other areas; and more accurate actuarial assessments would be made of employees to modify pension obligation assumptions.
H.R. 2478 now goes to the full House for consideration. Rep. Issa also will be working with the Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee in the Democratic-controlled Senate, which passed its own reform in April, with 62-37 bipartisan support.
"While we differ on approach in many areas, the Senate Postal Reform Act importantly includes provisions allowing for five-day delivery of mail and delivery-point modernization," Rep. Issa told us. "In the House, Democrats decried these commonsense reforms as 'extreme' and 'partisan.'"
He said he looked forward to "working further" with the Senate committee's chairman, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., and the ranking Republican, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., "as they advance and improve this legislation. I hope that Oversight Committee Democrats [in the House] will change course and drop their partisan opposition to these bipartisan provisions."
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) Ndamukong Suh was back with his teammates at practice, and he was almost done talking to reporters when he made an odd reference to the beginning of his career with the Detroit Lions.
Suh says he could have played elsewhere when he entered the league. The Lions took him with the second overall pick in the 2010 draft.
''Probably a lot of you guys don't know, I could have gone elsewhere when I was drafted. I had that decision in my hands,'' Suh said. ''I chose not to take it, because that's just the way I saw it.''
Suh was responding to a question about whether he wants to stay with Detroit long term - his point was that his decision to play for the Lions in the first place was evidence of his commitment. But he did not elaborate much when asked how, exactly, he might have ended up elsewhere four years ago.
''There's many ways to do things,'' Suh said. ''You can drop down in the draft, you can move up in the draft. People can come get you. There's a lot of things that happen that you guys don't know. ... It is for sure my choice, but like I said, that's water under the bridge, I'm here in Detroit. I'm happy to be here in Detroit, and I'm going to continue to play my heart out, as I've always done.''
Suh is entering the last season of his contract, so his future with the Lions is unclear. He skipped the team's voluntary minicamp last month, but he's stayed away from voluntary workouts before in his career. He is taking part in organized team activities now, and was at practice Wednesday. The two-time All-Pro has always gotten himself physically ready to play.
''This is the same time I came last year,'' Suh said. ''I've been in a great program, one that's dialed in exactly to me and what's best for my body, to have longevity, which has been proven. I haven't missed many games, if any at all. So that's what I do. I stayed close to that program.''
Suh said his absence had nothing to do with contract talks.
''If it was about my contract, I wouldn't be here now,'' he said.
Suh says he's not putting a timetable on his contract negotiations.
Suh said he was probably one of the first players on the team to meet with members of Detroit's new coaching staff. The Lions fired Jim Schwartz and replaced him with Jim Caldwell after last season.
And Suh isn't buying the idea that his absence during the offseason affects his ability to be a leader. Suh became a captain last season.
''Last year I came in at the same exact time,'' Suh said. ''I showed that I was worthy of wearing a `C' at that point in time.''
As for Caldwell, he seemed happy to move on from the constant questions about whether Suh would be participating in the team's offseason work.
''He looks good, obviously. He's in very fine shape, as always,'' Caldwell said. ''He's one of those guys - he knows how to take care of his body. He's certainly done a great job with that, and he's fit and excited about being here.''
Indeed, Suh looked ready to practice Wednesday, at one point knocking two blockers back almost into the quarterback during a drill.
''He's back and he's in full swing, and doing everything above and beyond,'' center Dominic Raiola said. ''I don't know if you guys watched practice close, but you can see him doing extra steps, taking extra conditioning measures, finishing down the field 40 yards. We see all that. If I see all that, I know everybody else sees all that.''
NOTES: Caldwell said WR Golden Tate was absent because he was with the Seattle Seahawks for their presidential visit. Tate played for the Super Bowl-winning Seahawks last season.
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"While retail sales are dropping, retail real estate appears to be holding steady, for the simple reason that new stores are being built to meet the needs of the growing population."
"The office, R&D and industrial real estate markets are especially hard hit, with San Francisco's office vacancies zooming from 2% in June to 10% a year later."
California is definitely moving up in the world. According to the California Department of Commerce, the state recently overtook France to become the fifth largest economy in the world. Even regions within California have achieved international stature. On its own, the Los Angeles metropolitan area ranks No. 10 among world economies, while the San Francisco Bay Area ranks No. 16.
At the same time, California in 2001 is not nearly so well off as California in 2000, due largely to a drop-off in the various high-tech sectors and the well-publicized energy crisis. A recent survey by out-placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reveals that California leads all other states in the number of job cuts, with 106,834 cuts from January through June.
Of course, as the most populous state, with nearly 35 million residents, California could be expected to rank at the top of almost every category involving numbers of people. Nonetheless, economists consider the rising number of layoffs definite cause for concern.
Though the population stabilized during the early 1990s, it has since picked up steam again, growing 1.8% last year, according to the California Department of Finance. A similar gain was projected for this year, though the unexpectedly large number of job cuts may in fact slow growth by discouraging in-migration from other states and encouraging some Californians to move away.
The population increase is probably the state's biggest attraction as far as retailers are concerned. "The growth out here in major metropolitan areas is a catalyst for rapid change, unlike the more stable environments of the Northeast. It's not just more numbers but changing demographics creating new opportunities," says Keith Browning, vice president of leasing/Western states for Cleveland-based Developers Diversified Realty Corp. (DDR).
At this point, it is very difficult to measure the effects of the economic downturn on the state's retail market. The most recent compilation of taxable sales by the California Franchise Tax Board dates from mid-year 2000, a time when analysts were still euphoric over the supposed economic miracle wrought by the so-called Internet revolution.
They had ample reason for euphoria. Taxable transactions in California for second quarter 2000 exceeded $110 billion, a full 13% higher than the figure for the same period in 1999. By comparison, 1999's second-quarter taxable transactions were only 5% above those for the preceding year, which were less than 7% higher than a year earlier. Most analysts anticipate a sales decline for 2001 but only because last year's results were so spectacular.
While retail sales are dropping, retail real estate appears to be holding steady, for the simple reason that new stores are being built to meet the needs of the growing population. Though some stores are of course closing, the number of closures appears not to be that significant, for while declining sales may reduce individual store revenues, the declines primarily make the stores less profitable, not unprofitable.
Furthermore, many areas of California remain significantly understored. Matt Krupp, a broker with Orion Partners Ltd. in San Rafael, Calif., calls Marin County immediately north of San Francisco probably the most understored market in the country. Other brokers put most Bay Area submarkets in the shortfall category, and the same is true for many submarkets from Los Angeles south.
The reasons for the shortfall include the inability of builders to keep pace with rapid population growth, the double whammy of high land costs and limited site availability and local growth restrictions that constrain development. Many developers consider the latter the most significant of the three.
"Entitlements continue to be a fundamental obstacle," says Patrick Donahue, executive vice president, asset management for Donahue-Schriber, a Costa Mesa, Calif., retail REIT with 9 million sq. ft. of space in Southern California and 3.4 million sq. ft. in Northern California. "They seem to get stricter every day no matter which city you're working in."
As evidence of this, it took Cincinnati-based Madison-Marquette five years to reach the construction phase of Bay Street, a mixed-use project in Emeryville at the foot of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. Delaying factors included heavily contaminated soils, the discovery of a Native American burial ground on the site and opposition from various anti-growth groups. The city actually spent 10 years on the project.
"Entitlements continue to be a fundamental obstacle," says Donahue. "They seem to get stricter every day, no matter what city you're working in."
Bay Street exemplifies another significant trend sweeping California, along with the rest of the nation: the return to traditional urban patterns. When the project opens in fall 2002, it will have 380,000 sq. ft. of retail combined with 270,000 sq. ft. of residences and a 200,000 sq. ft. hotel, all squeezed together on a relatively compact site.
Browning, whose company has its own mixed residential and retail project under way in downtown Long Beach, says cities throughout California are coming back to life, or in some cases coming to life for the first time. He points to San Francisco and San Diego as the progenitors of the movement, noting that land values have risen dramatically in the heart of both cities. He anticipates a similar rise in Long Beach.
DDR's project, CityPlace, replaces a failed suburban-style enclosed mall with 475,000 sq. ft. of retail space, structured parking for 2,600 vehicles and residential units. Unlike most other urban village projects, however, CityPlace will feature big-box and promotional retailers such as Nordstrom Rack and Ross Dress for Less, as well as the state's first downtown Wal-Mart store and one of only a few in the nation. Another innovative aspect of the project is the inclusion of a "community strip center" anchored by Albertsons and Sav-on.
Browning says the project demonstrates that downtown locations do not require glitz and glamour to succeed. As more people move into center city areas, the demand for grocers, drug stores and other more prosaic retailers will also grow. Furthermore, he adds, discount and promotional retailers are looking for ways to reach these underserved markets. "The only quantum leap for them [at CityPlace] would be structured parking," he says. "Otherwise the mix is very familiar."
At the same time, Browning emphasizes, glitz and glamour do have their place, as evidenced by another DDR project in Long Beach, the Pike at Rainbow Harbor. It will have 450,000 sq. ft. of entertainment-oriented retail and restaurant space along with a 14-screen Crowne Cinema. Both projects are scheduled for completion by late 2002.
Another factor greatly influencing retailer decisions in California, says Jeff Kellogg, a retailing specialist in the Long Beach office of Newmark of California, is the growing competition among cities for sales tax revenues, which have replaced property taxes as the most important source of local government funding. "Retail dollars are what run cities now," he explains, "and the competition for retailers is the small-scale version of trying to attract a major league sports franchise."
Northern California
More than any other region, the San Francisco Bay Area is suffering from the high-tech industry's reversal of fortune. The office, R&D and industrial real estate markets are especially hard hit, with San Francisco office vacancies zooming from 2% in June 2000 to 10% a year later and other submarkets suffering only slightly less damage, according to several brokerages. Companies such as Intel Corp., Hewlett-Packard Corp., Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems have laid off thousands of workers throughout the region and more layoffs are announced weekly, if not daily.
None of this appears to have deterred retailer interest, however. Vicki Johnson, a partner in Johnson Hoke Retail Leasing & Development who works the Union Square and Embarcadero Center markets in San Francisco, says retailers have become more cautious about opening new stores, with the number of retailers looking at each available space down from a year ago. Nonetheless, there are still enough to make the market highly competitive.
One sign of the market's strength is the caliber of tenants seeking space around Union Square. Johnson's firm recently completed deals for Yves Saint-Laurent and Boucheron, both of which will be opening their first San Francisco stores. Prada is also coming to the city, along with Prada-owned Fendi, Church & Co. and Helmut Lang, while Hérmès is expanding from 3,000 to 12,000 sq. ft.
The influx of fashion retailers has transformed Grant Avenue from a second-tier address to premier status in just a couple years. Seth Nodelman, a broker with Cushman & Wakefield, says annual rents on the street have climbed to $300 to $350 per sq. ft., numbers that used to be reserved for properties directly facing Union Square.
Also moving up in status are Market Street and the Yerba Buena Gardens area. New York-based Millennium Partners and San Francisco-based WDG Ventures are wrapping up construction of the Millennium Tower on Market below Fourth Street, which combines million-dollar-plus condominiums with a Four Seasons Hotel and a 100,000 sq. ft. of retail. Nodelman, who is leasing the project, reports St. John's Knits became the first tenant to sign, taking 10,000 sq. ft. The rent, he points out, is comparable to that paid by many Grant Avenue tenants, an incredible feat for a Market Street address.
A half block west on Market, the California division of Cleveland's Forest City Enterprises has most of the approvals needed to launch the redevelopment of the historic Emporium building into a 1.5 million sq. ft. complex with retail, dining, entertainment and hotel components. Perhaps the most significant aspect of the project will be placing the entrance to the city's first Blooming-dales on Mission rather than Market. The presence of the 275,000 sq. ft. department store is expected to transform what had been a tertiary location at best into prime territory.
The urban village trend has clearly taken hold in Northern California, with large mixed-use projects in Oakland, San Jose and Sacramento as well as Emeryville and smaller versions in at least a dozen other cities. Rockville, Md.-based Federal Realty Investment Trust has a development in construction in San Jose that Federal senior vice president and CIO Ron Kaplan claims will be the epitome of such projects. Santana Row, which is rising on the site of a former open-air shopping center, will have 680,000 sq. ft. of retail and restaurants, a 20-screen theater, a 200-room Hotel Valencia and 1,200 rental apartments, lofts and townhomes.
What makes it significant, he says, is that it is rising in one of the most suburb- and car-oriented areas in the nation. "The planning of Santana Row was the culmination of our early recognition of the Main Street trend. What we're doing is creating a community not just a project," he says.
As to retail in general, local market reports from CB Richard Ellis reveal almost no community with greater than 7% retail vacancy throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and few elsewhere in Northern California areas surveyed by the brokerage. Most major submarkets registered at under 5%, though small pockets with higher vacancies do exist.
Development is so tightly constrained throughout the Bay Area that overbuilding is rarely more than a temporary problem, but according to Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co., Sacramento may face a glut of space in the coming year, with 2.5 million sq. ft. slated to come on line.
Marcus & Millichap reports rents rose at least 7% in Northern California markets last year, with San Francisco leading the way at 11.5%. It forecasts an average 3% rise for 2001. During the past three years, total increases have taken pushed monthly rents into the $2.25 to $2.50 per sq. ft. range even in secondary markets such as Petaluma and Santa Rosa, with $3 to $4 per sq. ft. common in many communities, including some residential districts of San Francisco.
Southern California
Perhaps the most noteworthy trend in the southern half of the state is the quickening revival of central cities. "Retailers are always going to look for where the new market is, and that's where the re-emerging markets come into play," explains Jeff Kellogg, a retail specialist with Newmark of California.
Los Angelenos look forward to the fall opening of Hollywood & Highland, a 645,000-sq.-ft. retail and entertainment project by TrizecHahn Co. designed to bring the sparkle back to a still-bedraggled but improving Hollywood. The San Diego-based developer also has a major project in development in downtown Pasadena. Paseo Colorado will feature 565,000 sq. ft. of retail and entertainment tenants combined with mid-rise residential. Major renewal projects are also coming to Westwood Village, Mid Wilshire and West Hollywood.
Completion of Staples Center, an indoor sports and entertainment arena, has given a great boost to downtown L.A., though so far the effect is more psychological than material. According to Marcus & Millichap, downtown vacancies are running in the 10% to 12% range. However, a large entertainment-oriented development is scheduled to rise adjacent to Staples and redevelopment schemes for Little Tokyo, Olvera Street and Union Station promise to make the city core more attractive to tourists and locals alike.
Much of the change downtown is occurring below radar. A recent article in The Los Angeles Times notes that six commercial projects nearing completion in the Fashion District will add 200 stores to the area by mid 2002. The article says the vacancy level is less than 5% and monthly rents average about $3.50 per sq. ft. Some projects, it reports, are getting $5 to $10 per sq. ft. per month, equivalent to what is being charged for space off Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.
Los Angeles saw 5.23 million sq. ft. of retail construction starts the past year and is scheduled for at least 5 million sq. ft. this year as well, according to Marcus & Millichap. The brokerage pegs vacancies at just over 5% but says new completions are likely to drive the rate up 2 to 3 points. Los Angeles has a leg up over other cities because it provides its own energy, which has spared it from rising electricity prices.
Orange County continues to register single-digit vacancies and positive absorption, according to CB Richard Ellis, though current numbers don't match last year's. The brokerage pegs average monthly rent at $1.72 per sq. ft., more than 10% above last year's rate. With the pace of construction slowing — 1.3 million sq. ft. for first quarter 2001 compared to 2.3 million sq. ft. for first quarter 2000 — the vacancy level should hold. Rent continued to rise about 2% per quarter through the first two quarters of 2001, but CB expects a leveling off for the remainder of the year.
In San Diego, the population climbed to 3 million last year, and developers added some 2.5 million sq. ft. of space, according to Marcus & Millichap. This year's total should approach 3 million sq. ft., but vacancies remain under 6% and the average monthly rent is approaching the $2.75 per sq. ft. level for top-tier locations, though the overall average for new space is closer to $2.25 per sq. ft.
The Inland Empire is the state's fastest growing region. Riverside County grew 3.3% last year, according to the state Finance Department, placing it second to Placer County for growth. San Bernardino County had a slightly slower pace. Marcus & Millichap calculated 2.5 million sq. ft. of new retail construction in 2000, with 3 million sq. ft. slated for 2001. Despite this, vacancies are down a few tenths of a point from last year, though still fairly high at about 10%. The brokerage predicts a 3% rise in the average rent this year to $12.60 per sq. ft. annually.
John McCloud is a San Francisco-based writer.


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Tour and events showcase N.D. Germans from Russia history
Experience the rich history and culture of North Dakota's Germans from Russia at events scheduled as part of NDSU's 201l Dakota Memories Heritage Tour, Sept. 15-18. The three-day tour through south central North Dakota will feature a variety of activities from a choir recital of traditional German songs to tastings of homemade German-Russian cuisine, in addition to a variety of presentations prepared for tour participants and the general public. The tour will make stops in Jamestown, Streeter, Napoleon, Lehr, Wishek, Zeeland, Hague, Strasburg and Ashley.
Prior to departure, Thursday, Sept.15, the Dakota Memories Heritage Tour will kick off with a welcome reception from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the NDSU Main Library (1201 Albrecht Blvd. on NDSU's main campus). Attendees will hear opening remarks by Clifford Canku of NDSU's North Dakota Studies Program, and presentations on the NDSU Libraries' Germans from Russia Heritage Collection and on the Institute for Regional Studies and University Archives. Refreshments will be served.
On Friday, Sept. 16, at 10:45 a.m., Donald Schwert, NDSU professor of geology, will present "A Heritage of Landscapes: The Geologic Setting of Settlement" at the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown, N.D. (http://buffalomuseum.com). At 6:45 p.m. that evening, Homer Rudolf will present "The German-Russian Brauche (Faith Healing) Tradition: History and Practice" at Rueben's Restaurant in Napoleon.
On Saturday, Sept. 17, the public also is welcome to attend the "History – Heritage – Culture" event at Wishek's historic Civic Center (www.wishek-nd.com/cityinfo/civic-center.html). A German-Russian meal, including strudels, will be served at 6:30 p.m. Wishek High School students will provide musical entertainment, and Ronald Vossler will present "All in One Sack: Humor and Tragedy of the Germans from Russia." The presentation is funded in part by the by the North Dakota Humanities Council, a nonprofit, independent state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. A silent auction will be held, with proceeds going to Tri-County Tourism Alliance. The entertainment and presentation are included in the cost of the tour, but dinner – available for $15 – must be purchased separately by Sept. 1 from Acacia Stuckle.
For more information about the Dakota Memories Heritage Tour or related events, visit http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/dakotamemories/heritage/index.html or contact Stuckle at (701) 231-6596 or email@example.com.
In addition to the NDSU Libraries, tour sponsors include the NDSU Extension Services' Center for Community Vitality and Prairie Public Broadcasting.


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The world's future filmmakers got a preview of the kind of Hollywood glamour and glory that could be theirs someday as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented its 40th annual Student Academy Awards.
Sixteen college students from around the globe were honored at the Saturday night ceremony, held at the academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills and hosted by onetime Student Academy Award winner Bob Saget. Presenters included writer-director Kimberly Peirce and actors Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman and Quvenzhane (kwuh-VEHN'-juh-nay) Wallis.
This year's student honors included two each from the University of Southern California, Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida and the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive eight Oscars and 46 Oscar nominations. Could Saturday night's winners be far behind? Remember these names:
— Brian Schwarz, University of Texas at Austin, Narrative category for "Ol' Daddy."
— Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida, Animation category for "Dia de los Muertos."
— David Aristizabal, University of Southern California, Documentary category for "A Second Chance."
— Rafael Cortina, Occidental College, California, Alterative category for "Bottled Up."
— Kristina Yee, National Film and Television School, United Kingdom, Foreign Film category for "Miss Todd."
— Jonathan Langager, University of Southern California, Narrative category for "Josephine and the Roach."
— Eusong Lee, California Institute of the Arts, Animation category for "Will."
— Rachel Loube, School of Visual Arts, New York, Documentary category for "Every Tuesday: A Portrait of The New Yorker Cartoonists."
— Perry Janes, University of Michigan, Alternative category for "Zug."
— Talkhon Hamzavi, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, Foreign Film category for "Parvaneh."
— Mauro Mueller, Columbia University, New York, Narrative category for "Un Mundo para Raul (A World for Raúl)."
— Kevin Herron, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida, Animation category for "Peck Pocketed."
— Daniel Koehler, Elon University, North Carolina, Documentary category for "Win or Lose."
— John Mattiuzzi, School of Visual Arts, New York, Alternative category for "The Compositor."
— Wouter Bouvijn, RITS School of Arts, Erasmus University College, Belgium, Foreign Film category for "Tweesprong (Crossroads)."


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VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2W-0L-0D) go on the road for the first time this season as they travel to Texas for what could be an epic clash with 2012 MLS Cup runners-up Houston Dynamo (1W-1L-0D) this coming Saturday, March 23 at BBVA Compass Stadium.
This will be Vancouver's first match at BBVA Compass Stadium, where the Dynamo have never lost. In fact, Houston are currently riding a 32-match home unbeaten streak in all official competitions. The 'Caps will look to do what 18 teams have failed to do before them, beat Houston at home and extend their own winning start to their third MLS campaign.
Saturday's match between Whitecaps FC and Houston Dynamo kicks off at 5:30 p.m. PT and is live on Sportsnet Pacific, Bell mobile devices and MLS LIVE (live.mlssoccer.com). 'Caps fans can also listen to Saturday afternoon's match live on TEAM 1410 radio and teamradio.ca, starting with the pre-game show at 3:30 p.m. PT. TEAM 1410 will also have a two-hour post-game show, which will begin following the match.
*Fans are invited to attend the Official Whitecaps FC Viewing Party on Saturday at the Lamplighter Pub in Gastown. The event will begin at 5 p.m. and will be hosted by 'Caps legend Carl Valentine. Come down, join your fellow Whitecaps FC supporters, and win some great prizes! More info at: http://ow.ly/jih9o
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Whitecaps FC continued their winning start to the season in their last match, a 2-1 win over Columbus Crew at BC Place two weeks ago. Japanese attacking midfielder Daigo Kobayashi was named Budweiser Man of the Match for a performance which featured the newcomer looking particularly influential on the flow of the 'Caps attack as he scored an incredible goal on an impressive distance strike. In what appeared to be an ambitious attempt, Kobayashi took a powerful shot from 30 yards out and captured MLS Goal of the Week as a result of his effort.
WATCH: Whitecaps FC look ahead to Houston
In their first away fixture of the season, the 'Caps will look to end Houston's home undefeated streak in their first visit to BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo's streak stands at 32 unbeaten matches in a row at home (not including friendly matches) and dates back to a 2-0 loss to the Columbus Crew on June 11, 2011. In MLS play, the Dynamo are unbeaten in 26 matches at home, three behind Real Salt Lake's MLS record of 29. RSL also hold the MLS record of going 34 matches unbeaten in all competitions.
Whitecaps FC will be without striker Kenny Miller, as he is away on international duty with Scotland. The team will also be without captain Jay DeMerit indefinitely due to a left Achilles tendon tear and winger Omar Salgado due to a sore left foot.
Houston will be looking to rebound following a 3-2 defeat to Texas rivals FC Dallas during MLS Rivalry Week. After going down 2-0, Houston found their way back into the match after two late second-half goals from winger Andrew Driver and captain Brad Davis, but a last-minute goal by Kenny Cooper in the dying minutes gave FC Dallas the victory.
Despite last week's loss, Houston again look like a team built to make a run at MLS Cup. With the likes of goalkeeper Tally Hall, set-piece specialist Davis, and striker Will Bruin, the Dynamo are expected to be a force in the Eastern Conference.
WATCH: Houston's 5 things to watch
The Orange will be missing several key players this weekend due to international duty. Davis was a late addition to the United States men's national team, while starting midfielder Boniek Garcia is with Honduras and starting centre back Jermaine Taylor is with Jamaica.
There is a chance Bruin will also not be available for Saturday's match due to a hamstring injury, but if he is on the field the 'Caps will have to keep a keen eye on him. Last season, the St. Louis native set a franchise record with 16 goals in all competitions.
Striker Calen Carr remains out with a knee injury. However, Dynamo striker Omar Cummings will likely make his first appearance of the season after undergoing surgery on January 25 to repair a right knee injury.
Saturday's match is the fourth all-time MLS meeting between the two clubs, with the Blue and White holding a 2W-1L-0D record against the Orange. Both victories for the 'Caps came at home - one at Empire Field in 2011 and the other at BC Place in 2012. Vancouver's lone loss was in the club's only visit to the Dynamo's former home at Robertson Stadium, a 3-1 defeat in 2011.
In the last MLS meeting between the 'Caps and Dynamo last season, Vancouver claimed a 3-1 win with two goals coming from Darren Mattocks and one from Jordan Harvey.
Earlier this year, Whitecaps FC took on the Dynamo twice in preseason, with each team claiming a 2-1 win.
Prior to the MLS days, the 'Caps lost 1-0 at home to Houston Hurricane on June 2, 1979. Saturday will mark the 53rd time that Whitecaps FC play a club from the Lone Star State. Overall, Vancouver have a record of 30W-18L-4D against Texan clubs, including a 7W-15L-2D record in Texas.
On Saturday, March 30 Whitecaps FC head to California to take on Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT and is live on Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet ONE, City, and Bell mobile devices. 'Caps fans can also listen to the match live on TEAM 1410 radio and teamradio.ca.


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Police say Manchester woman arrested for punching ex-boyfriend during custody exchange in Walmart parking lot
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HOOKSETT -- Police arrested a Manchester woman Monday night after she punched him in a Walmart parking lot during a custody exchange, according to a press release.
Police said they responded to the report of an assault at 11:13 p.m. Monday at the Hooksett Walmart. Police said a man told them his ex-girlfriend, Emily Hendrie, 19, had assaulted him while they were in the parking lot trying to exchange custody of their child.
Police said that after further investigation, including viewing surveillance footage provided by the store, they determined Hendrie had "driven to the parking lot and assaulted her ex-boyfriend by punching him in the face," according to the press release.
Hendrie was charged with Domestic Violence Simple Assault and released on $2,000 personal recognizance bail. She is scheduled to appear in the Hooksett Sixth Circuit Court on Aug. 6.


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Every Spring, farmers plant; every Fall, they harvest. In so doing, they make their land productive and feed the nation. So important is the bedrock role of farming in our culture that even Congress, when it established the onerous wetland permitting requirements of the federal Clean Water Act, expressly and clearly exempted farming. The reason is clear: a nation that would require its farmers to spend, on average, two years and $270,000 to get a federal permit to plant and harvest crops would not long be able to feed itself.
But despite that clear exemption, and without a hearing, the Army Corps of Engineers has shut down a farm in Northern California's Tehama County, on false charges that it should have applied for a wetlands permit.
In late 2012, Duarte Nursery planted a winter wheat crop on farm ground south of Red Bluff. Then, a year ago, with no prior notice, the Army Corps issued a cease and desist order to Duarte Nursery and its president, John Duarte, finding them both in violation of the Clean Water Act for farming without a wetlands permit, and ordering them to halt further farming.
The stop order is based on the Army Corps' false assertion that Duarte deep-ripped the property, which in California requires a Corps permit. But the farm has not been deep-ripped, and if the Corps had provided Duarte a hearing before shutting the farm down, it could have learned that fact and there likely would not have been a stop order.
But now the Corps says that Duarte is obliged to live with the error, and leave the property fallow. According to the federal bureaucrats, the only way to lift the stop order now is for Duarte to go through the long and costly process of applying for a permit (which it does not need), so that it can then legally contest the need for the permit. As a not-so-helpful alternative, Duarte can wait for the Corps to take further enforcement action (for something that never happened), which could give Duarte an opportunity to contest the need for a permit.
If it sounds like the Corps forgot something, it did. In America, we call it due process. Under our Constitution, the government cannot deprive you of your property or liberty without first giving you a hearing. One reason for that, among many, is that bureaucrats sometimes make mistakes. Hearings allow property owners to provide information that can correct the government's mistakes before regulators issue orders, property is taken, and the damage is done.
Duarte is suing the Army Corps in federal court in Sacramento for violating its due process rights and to get the stop order set aside. The first hearing in the case is Feb. 10, on the federal government's attempt to get the case dismissed — which would leave Duarte in a regulatory maze with no exit. Farmers throughout the West, and indeed, nationwide, will want to watch this case; if a federal bureaucracy can shut down one farm on a false basis without a hearing, it can do it to all of them.
Tony Francois is an attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation and represents Duarte Nursery and its president, John Duarte, in challenging the federal government's denial of their due process rights.


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NBA Capsules
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James' jumper with 15.1 seconds left put Miami ahead for good as the Heat rallied from 16 points down in the second half to beat the Orlando Magic 101-99 on Saturday.
Dwyane Wade scored 27 points in his return to the lineup after missing two games to rest his knees, James added 22 and Chris Bosh had 15 for the Heat, who have won six straight.
Glen Davis, playing for the first time since Jan. 30 because of a broken left foot, scored 20 points for the Magic, who fell to 0-5 on the road. Arron Afflalo and Victor Oladipo had shots in the final 5 seconds, but neither fell and Miami escaped.
Afflalo scored 18, Oladipo added 17 and E'Twaun Moore had all of his 14 points in the first half for Orlando, which let one slip away.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Paul scored 22 points, hitting a go-ahead free throw with 2.5 seconds left, to help the Clippers beat the Sacramento Kings after Los Angeles blew a 20-point lead in the first half.
DeAndre Jordan had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Blake Griffin finished with 16 points and 10 boards for the Clippers, who have won 11 of their last 13 against the Kings. J.J. Redick added 15 points.
Paul's NBA-record streak of 13 straight games with at least 10 points and 10 assists to start a season ended when he finished with nine assists.
DeMarcus Cousins had 23 points and 19 rebounds for the Kings, who had won two in a row.
Isaiah Thomas added 22 points, making 11 of 13 free throws, and Patrick Patterson scored 21 points off the bench, combining to outscore the Clippers' reserves.
OAKLAND, California (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge had 30 points and 21 rebounds as Portland beat Golden State for its 10th consecutive win.
Aldridge made 11 free throws in the fourth quarter to highlight his sixth double-double this season. Wes Matthews scored 23 points before getting ejected, one of three players tossed out following a fracas between the teams in the third quarter.
Bay Area native Damian Lillard added 20 points and nine assists for Portland, which overcame a double-digit deficit for the second straight game.
Klay Thompson scored 30 points for Golden State. The Warriors, who played without the injured Andre Iguodala, have lost three straight.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Danny Green had 17 points as San Antonio had a season-high 16 3-pointers, rolling past Cleveland for its 10th straight victory.
Patty Mills had 15 points, Tony Parker added 12 points and Tiago Splitter and Marco Belinelli each had 10 points for San Antonio (12-1), which tied the best start in franchise history.
The Spurs never trailed while scoring a season high in points.
Andrew Bynum had 16 points, Kyrie Irving added 15 points, Matthew Dellavedova had 14 points and Dion Waiters 11 for Cleveland (4-10). Anthony Bennett, the top overall draft pick, had a season-high nine points.
The Spurs were 16 for 24 on 3s while remaining undefeated at home.
DENVER (AP) — Randy Foye made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:11 left as Denver hung on to beat Dallas.
Ty Lawson scored 20 points to lead the Nuggets, who won their fifth straight at home while ending Dallas' four-game winning streak. Kenneth Faried had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Foye finished 17 points.
Dirk Nowitzki had 27 points but missed a shot at the end that would have sent the game into overtime.
Monta Ellis added 25 points and Vince Carter had 16 for the Mavericks, who were without coach Rick Carlisle for most of the game after he drew two technical fouls in succession and was ejected by referee Tony Brothers with 5:14 remaining in the second quarter.
HOUSTON (AP) — Aaron Brooks scored a season-high 26 points to pick up the slack for the injured James Harden as Houston beat Minnesota.
The Rockets led throughout, and Omri Casspi, Jeremy Lin and Brooks made consecutive 3-pointers in a 9-0 run to start the fourth quarter and extend the lead to 91-74.
Harden, who leads the Rockets with 24.2 points per game, sat out with a sore left foot. Lin started in his place and scored 19, but it was Brooks who shined.
Brooks, who entered the game averaging 2.8 points, had a big second quarter, making four 3-pointers and scoring 16 points. He finished with six 3-pointers.
Kevin Love had 27 points and 15 rebounds, and Corey Brewer scored 22 for the Timberwolves.
ATLANTA (AP) — Brandon Bass had 17 points, seven rebounds and two key blocks as Boston surged past Atlanta.
Jeff Green had 16 points and Jared Sullinger scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Celtics snapped a six-game losing streak.
Al Horford led the Hawks with 18 points and seven rebounds, and Jeff Teague had 13 points and 10 assists. Atlanta had won four of five games before losing for just the second time this season at home.
The Celtics outrebounded the Hawks 47-38 and held the Hawks to 38.7 percent shooting.
Trailing 85-84 with 3:17 to play, the Celtics scored seven straight to take a 91-85 lead with 46 seconds to play.
Jordan Crawford scored five points during the run, which came during a quarter in which the Celtics outscored the Hawks 30-13.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Roy Hibbert had 27 points and 13 rebounds, Paul George added 19 points as Indiana beat Philadelphia.
Michael Carter-Williams scored 29 points and Evan Turner had 21 points and 11 rebounds for the short-handed 76ers. Spencer Hawes, the team's second-leading scorer, didn't dress because of a sore left knee and Tony Wroten (back) and Thaddeus Young (personal) didn't travel with the team, leaving the Sixers with just nine players in uniform.
Lance Stephenson added 18 points and David West had 17 points and 11 rebounds in Indiana's third straight win, while George Hill finished with 11 points. The Pacers (12-1) are 7-0 at home.
James Anderson scored 13 in the Sixers' fifth loss in six games and fourth straight road loss.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking their poor play at home with them on the road, the New York Knicks allowed Washington's John Wall to score 31 points and dropped into a last-place tie in the Atlantic Division with a loss to the Wizards.
Wall registered at least 30 points in consecutive games for the first time in his NBA career, after scoring 37 in a loss to Toronto on Friday. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 draft also had seven assists and a soaring block on Iman Shumpert's layup attempt in the closing seconds.
Washington has won three of four games and is 5-8. The Knicks fell to 3-9, the same record as the Brooklyn Nets.
Marcin Gortat added 16 points and 17 rebounds for the Wizards, while Martell Webster scored 19, and Bradley Beal 18. That made up for a paltry six points from Washington's reserves.
Carmelo Anthony led New York with 23 points and 12 rebounds, and J.R. Smith scored 15.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Al Jefferson scored 19 points, Gerald Henderson added 17 as Charlotte handed Milwaukee its eighth straight loss.
Jefferson, in his second game back from an ankle injury, added seven rebounds for Charlotte, which has won two of three.
Khris Middleton had 20 points for the Bucks, who shot just 35 percent. Milwaukee's losing streak is its longest since closing out the 2007-08 season with eight consecutive losses.


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Golden Eagle freshman class now features 11 signees
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - A catcher from Illinois and a pitcher from Tennessee are the latest signees to join the Tennessee Tech University softball program. Head coach Tory Acheson announced the addition of catcher Callie Schmidt from LaSalle, Ill., and pitcher Stacey Dampf from Dickson, Tenn., to the Golden Eagle roster.
"We are excited about adding two quality players late in the recruiting calendar," Acheson said. "Callie is going to come in and make an immediate impact for us behind the plate. She is an all-around athlete who knows what it takes to be a winner. She is very competitive and understands what it takes to win, and she is willing to put in the work.
"Stacey has unlimited potential and has a chance to make herself into a dominating pitcher in our program," Acheson added. "She has all the tools and work ethic we are looking for. I'm really looking forward to seeing her develop."
The daughter of Russ and Christie Schmidt, Callie Schmidt will major in special education. She is a 2007 graduate of LaSalle-Peru Township High School and spent her freshman season at Heartland Junior College in Illinois.
After producing a stellar career at LaSalle-Peru High School, Schmidt was the starting catcher last season at Heartland JC in the program's inaugural season. She continued to receive post-season honors while helping the Hawks place third in the NJCAA National Championships.
She was named second-team all-conference and was selected MVP of the Region 24 Tournament. She also earned a spot on the 12-player all-tournament team at the NJCAA Nationals after batting .333 and recording the highest fielding percentage in the tournament.
Over the final 42 games of the season, she hit .382 with seven home runs, 17 doubles, and 49 RBI.
She was a three-sport standout in high school, earning four letters in volleyball, basketball and softball. On the softball diamond for coach Carrie Swanson, she helped LaSalle-Peru post a school-record 29-4 record and capture the conference championship for the first time since 1979.
The starting catcher for three seasons, Schmidt posted a .487 batting average with 18 doubles and two home runs as a junior. In her senior campaign, she hit .398 with 16 doubles, one home run and 21 RBI. Defensively, she threw out 25 runners attempting to steal bases during the past two seasons.
Stacey Dampf is the daughter of Tom and Lisa Dampf of Dickson, and plans to enroll in sports medicine. She lettered four years on the softball diamond for coach Shane Buchanan and also earned three letters as a post player on the Dickson County High School basketball team.
A pitcher who was well-decorated during her prep career, Dampf was an MTSCA All-Star, two-time All-Academic winner, and was voted both all-district. After becoming a starter late in her freshman season, Dampf was a fixture in the lineup for the remainder of her career. She missed much of her junior campaign with a shoulder injury, but returned late in the year to pitch in the team's biggest games. As a junior, she posted a 4-2 record with a 1.47 ERA, working 43 innings and getting 49 strikeouts with only nine walks.
She returned to full-time action last season for her final year and posted impressive numbers for the Lady Cougars, going 13-7 with a 0.97 ERA. She struck out 154 batters in 122 innings while walking only 18.
Schmidt and Dampf join nine student-athletes who inked with the Golden Eagles during the early fall signing period: Brooke Basten of Oneida, Wis., Whitney Cummings of Tuttle, Okla., Erin Cutlip of Acworth, Ga.; Samantha Everett of Chattanooga, Tenn., Jordan Leff of Rowlett, Tex., Jacqueline Ristow of Seal Beach, Calif., Cassidy Skeen of Powell, Tenn., Holly Thomas of Chattanooga, and Kimmie White of Burbank, Calif.
Acheson adds Callie Schmidt, Stacy Dampf to softball team
Golden Eagle freshman class now features 11 signees


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You coud always insert steel sleeves in oversized holes in all your pin locations.Thin your epoxy with denatured alcohol,that may allowit to soak into the wood more readily.Or use a high strength CA.
Since DSA forgings are on back-order,I picked some up from Tactical Innovations for $21.99 each.
+1 on that
Whether or not there is any failure, as quickly as you turned this out so far, I for one would like to see a complete AR from wood . Maybe a couple kinds of wood to set off the different parts .
You need to post a video of the first test firing!
I hope it works.
Of course, you could use the wooden receiver as a way to make a mold, then fill the mold with bondo. That should be stronger than wood anyway.
Perhaps you should consider using "Iron Wood". Now, that just might work.
No it wouldn't! Bondo is worthless for strength, it is too brittle. If you ever dropped it, it would shatter.
You could make this far stronger using thin plywood like they use for model airplanes and laminating it. Then you wouldn't have all the splits and slivers and you might stand a chance where the pins go through to keep it from splitting.
no reason why this wouldn't work if you use a better wood, and machine the upper receiver to stock mating surface tight. adding the steel tube inserts around axis pins would also help with durability (common trick in older wood stocked subguns).
i would trash this pine abortion and make a better receiver/stock out of black walnut, which machines more cleanly and is stronger, as well as finishing nicely. would also consider adding a steel or aluminum machined bearing surface between the wood and the rear of the upper.
limit this to 5.56.
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Deadlock graph is an event class that first appeared in SQL Server Profiler for SQL Server 2005 and remains essentially unchanged in SQL Server 2008. Because of the many important new features introduced in SQL Server 2005, Deadlock graph didn't get a lot of attention. Consequently, this useful feature isn't as well-known as it should be—which is unfortunate because it makes monitoring and fixing deadlock problems much simpler than it was in earlier versions of SQL Server.
If a deadlock occurs while you're running a SQL Server Profiler trace that includes Deadlock graph, SQL Server Profiler displays the deadlock information in an easily readable graphical form. It also generates an XML document containing additional data about the deadlock. Most of this information could be extracted in versions of SQL Server prior to SQL Server 2005 by using a clumsy process of setting trace flags and reading the text results in the SQL Server error log; Deadlock graph makes it much simpler to capture the data, and the graphical presentation makes it much easier to quickly interpret the results. In this article, I'll discuss and illustrate Deadlock graph in SQL Server 2008, but the details also apply to SQL Server 2005.
Creating a Deadlock Graph Trace
The next time you're chasing a deadlock problem, try using Deadlock graph by following these simple steps. Open SQL Server Profiler from the Start menu or by selecting it from the Tools menu in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). If SQL Server Profiler doesn't display a login dialog box automatically, select New Trace from the File menu. Log in to the SQL Server instance that has the deadlock problem.
On the General tab of the Trace Properties dialog box, select Blank from the Use the template drop-down menu. You might also consider saving the trace output to a file using the Save to file option on the General tab. However, this is only one of several options for saving the output of Deadlock graph; I'll discuss other options later.
On the Events tab, select the Deadlock graph event under Locks as Figure 1 shows. Accept all the default columns for this event. I typically run this event in its own trace without adding other events because tracing deadlocks puts a significant load on the server.
When you select the Deadlock graph event, a new tab titled Events Extraction Settings appears on the Trace Properties dialog box. As Figure 2 shows, you use this tab to select the location and mode for saving the XML output. The Deadlock XML section of this tab gives you the options available for saving the Deadlock graph XML, but the wording can be a bit confusing. The Save Deadlock XML Separately check box is selected by default, and you should leave it that way. By separately, it means that the XML data is saved in a file separate from any file you might have chosen on the General tab to save the entire output of the trace. With the Save Deadlock XML Separately option selected, you can specify the path and filename for the XML output in the box below.
The radio buttons at the bottom of this section let you save the XML output from all the Deadlock graph events into a single file or save each deadlock graph event in its own distinct file. The correct selection here depends on how you want to view and work with the data.
The graphical view. SQL Server appends the file extension .xdl to the file you create for the XML output. SSMS recognizes the file extension and automatically renders the XML content in graphical format when you open the file. However, only the first deadlock in the file is displayed. If you want to view each deadlock in the graphical view in SSMS, you'll need to save the Deadlock graph events to distinct files.
If you saved the entire trace to a trace file using the options on the General tab, you have another option for viewing the information in graphical format. You can open the saved trace file in SQL Server Profiler and view each Deadlock graph event in the file.
Viewing the XML directly. If you want more detail and are comfortable with reading a little XML, you can change the file extension of the .xdl file to .xml and open the XML document using SSMS or an XML editor such as XML Notepad. Viewing the XML document gives you considerably more information than is available in the graphical view. If you choose to use this method, you might want to save all the deadlocks into the same file for convenience.
When you've made your selections for saving the output, run the trace until you've captured some deadlock events.
The Graphical View vs. the XML View
As Figure 3 shows, graphical rendering in SQL Server Profiler or SSMS provides an intuitive view of the most important information in the file at a glance. There's a node for each process involved, and the node shows the details of the deadlock. When you hover your mouse over one of the process nodes, a text box appears showing the code executed by that node that led to the deadlock. You can view this graphical representation directly in SQL Server Profiler when it encounters a deadlock or you can open the resulting .xdl document later with SSMS.
However, the graphical view doesn't show everything you might need to know to resolve complex deadlock problems. Often, you'll want to see more details about the problem, and the easiest way to do that is to use the XML file. Figure 4 shows an example of an XML file displayed in XML Notepad. You'll discover your own preferred work method. I use the graphical rendering for a quick first look. You can often find enough information in the graph to resolve your problem. For more difficult problems, I prefer working with the XML document directly because of the additional information it provides.
An Overview of the Data and What It Means
The deadlock document produced by Deadlock graph contains three nodes that are especially useful for troubleshooting problems:
- The victim node contains the ID of the process that was killed by SQL Server.
- The process-list node has at least two process nodes below it, one for each process involved in the deadlock.
- The resource-list node has at least two nodes below it describing the resources (i.e., database objects) owned by the processes involved in the deadlock.
Browsing these nodes can give you a good idea of the data you have to work with. Let's look at some of the data points I've found most useful within each node.
Victim node. The ID in the victim node is derived from the process ID of the process that was killed. (For some reason, Deadlock graph prefixes the word process to the hexadecimal form of the process ID.) Before digging into any other details, find out which of the processes was killed by SQL Server and which completed. Compare the victim process ID to the ID in the process nodes that follow.
In the graphical view, the victim node is shown with a large X drawn across it, and the process is identified by the server process ID (SPID) rather than by the process ID.
Process-list/process nodes. The process node includes many more items than I can cover here, but I'll highlight some that are especially useful for troubleshooting.
- Inputbuf—The inputbuf attribute shows the code that each process was executing when the deadlock occurred. You should view it for all nodes. When you know what code is causing the problem, the solution is often obvious. In the graphical rendering, hover your mouse over the node to see this information.
- Isolationlevel—This attribute tells you at what isolation level the process is running. You can use it to identify processes that might be running at unnecessarily elevated isolation levels, which could be a source of deadlock problems.
- Lockmode—The lockmode attribute tells you what mode the lock is in: S for shared, X for exclusive, U for update, and so forth. You can look up lock mode values you don't know in the Microsoft article "Lock Modes."
- ClientApp, Hostname, LoginName—These attributes can help you identify where the deadlocked code is coming from if it needs to be modified.
Resource-listResource nodes. Here are a couple of the resource node items that you'll find useful in troubleshooting deadlock problems:
- Objectname—This item shows the fully qualified name of the resource involved in the deadlock, often in the form dbname.schema.table. However, other types of objects can appear here in the db.schema.objectname format, depending on the nature of the lock.
- Indexname—The indexname attribute shows the index where the lock is occurring. Knowing exactly where the problem is happening opens up a lot of options for resolving it.
Learning More
As I mentioned, troubleshooting deadlocks can be a complex problem. It's beyond the scope of this article to cover the fundamentals of locking and deadlocking that must be understood in order to fix deadlocks. My focus here is to introduce you to a tool that simplifies the collection of the necessary information. If you would like to improve your understanding of the issues involved in troubleshooting deadlocks, Microsoft has good articles available on the subject. For instance, try "Deadlock Troubleshooting, Part 1" from Bart Duncan's SQL Weblog or "Troubleshooting Deadlocks in SQL2005" from SQL Server Storage Engine.
Fixing deadlocks is never easy, but Deadlock graph makes it much easier than it used to be. To read more about Deadlock graph, check out the Microsoft article "Analyzing Deadlocks with SQL Server Profiler."


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SANTA CRUZ — A 71-year-old Los Gatos man died Wednesday in a motorcycle crash on Granite Creek Road.
The motorcyclist, who authorities have not yet identified, was riding north on Granite Creek Road near Blair Ranch Road about 1 p.m., said California Highway Patrol officer Leland Adkins.
A 43-year-old Santa Cruz man was headed south on Granite Creek in the 2005 Ford, and they collided. The motorcyclist was sent about 15 feet down a hill, Adkins said.
The motorcyclist was wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers continued to investigate the cause of the cause of the crash Wednesday evening.
Granite Creek Road was closed for about two hours as authorities investigated. The area is between Scotts Valley and Happy Valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Scotts Valley police sent a Nixle alert to subscribers that asked drivers to avoid the area.
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