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LODI – The Lodi Boys & Girls Club did not renew the contract of Chief Executive Officer Paul Bonell, ending his one-year tenure at the club after it was revealed he consulted for a federally indicted medical marijuana dispensary.
Bonell, a former banker, was hired in December 2011 for his financial expertise at a club that had struggled to make payroll in recent years. Bonell said he was successful in restructuring debt and increasing the club's cash flow.
The club's Board of Directors had been surprised to learn Bonell performed consulting work for a Stockton medical marijuana operation run by Matt Davies, who is under federal indictment for drug trafficking.
Just more than a week after the surprise revelation, the contract was not renewed.
For more on this story read Tuesday's Record.
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Hello -
For those that may remember me it's Rob Markut! I haven't been in the scene since 2003 but played CR league during its glory days with John Clark Ang Tschiggfrie and Rick Tschiggfrie.....
Not sure if my old PDGA number would be still available to renew but it was/is #17020
Ran into Matt Fritz the other day and he got me pumped to play again so I am excited for that!! I opened my disc bag 2 weeks ago and it was like looking into a time capsule ahaha I had a Tank putter, an old whippet taco'd up disc, an EXP ahaha .
Anyways I look forward to run into some familiar faces and play in some upcoming tournaments!! I think Intermediate division is calling my name!!
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Gift Planning
A Legacy of Promise
Help UCR students and faculty to fulfill their promise by investing in a planned gift. UCR has been served by planned gifts in a variety of ways – from scholarships and program support to preservation of treasured places on campus. Whether you establish a bequest or a life income gift, you will benefit scholars at UCR for generations to come.
For in-depth information on planned giving options, please visit our Gift Planning website. It features up-to-date information on the best giving options to meet your financial goals.
For more information, contact the Office of Gift Planning by phone at (877) 249-0181 toll-free or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Life income gifts pay income to you and loved ones while providing future support to UCR. These gifts also provide a charitable deduction and other tax advantages.
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Charitable gift annuities pay a fixed sum each year to you or anyone you name (up to two individuals) for life—unaffected by market fluctuations. UCR Charitable Gift Annuities are issued by the UC Regents and are backed by UC systemwide assets. Higher rates took effect on July 1, 2010!
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IDA vote gives Kansas City developer clear title to 1,600 acres at old Concord
MONTICELLO — The bid to build a $600 million resort in the Town of Thompson moved forward Thursday when the Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency ended its old agreement with Westchester developer Louis Cappelli.
The IDA's vote covers nearly 1,600 acres at the former Concord Hotel site that are now owned by Kansas City-based Entertainment Properties Trust. Steve Vegliante, an attorney for EPT, gave the IDA a $156,958 check for costs due under the former agreement.
"That grants us clear title to the property," Vegliante said of the IDA's vote.
Under the project's first phase $300 million would be spent building a 250-room hotel, a racino with 2,150 video lottery terminals and a harness track on 200 acres leased by Monticello Casino & Raceway owner Empire Resorts.
The initial phase also calls for a $150 million indoor water park and 400-room hotel, as well as a redesign of the Monster golf course.
Work could begin in spring
Each project is part of a master plan whose other elements include an entertainment village with retail, dining and a movie theater and apartments and town houses.
"We're looking at beginning to move earth in the early spring," said Tom Kelly, an attorney with Empire Resorts.
Entertainment Properties is still waiting for the town to complete its environmental review and still has to get approval for land-use permits. But it has moved ahead, recently spending nearly $2 million to buy land near Exit 106 of Route 17, which is seen as a gateway to the development.
"It's a project that has a lot of potential, and we're going to realize that potential," said Empire Resorts Executive Vice President Charlie Degliomini.


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Definition of agglomerate in English:
Collect or form into a mass or group: [with object]: companies agglomerate multiple sites such as chains of stores [no object]: these small particles soon agglomerate together
More example sentences
- Otherwise, it is difficult to ensure consistency in checking for data availability or agglomerating multiple occurrences of the same event when the handler is executed.
- The two patent claims refer to the action of the cyclone as providing 'means for progressively agglomerating particles in the whirling stream leaving the tuyere'.
- Under Jiang Zemin, the leadership announced it would follow the chaebol and kereitsu models of Korea and Japan where protected industries agglomerated into massive enterprises.
1A mass or collection of things: a multimedia agglomerate
More example sentences
- These form all kinds of agglomerates and aggregates, including fibrils, in a precise morphological hierarchy.
- As an alternative, he developed a process using high-pressure homogenization, which breaks down the starch-protein agglomerates and separates them without changing their nutritional properties.
- Based on scanning electron microscope images of the failed nanotube films, we attribute the ultimate failure to agglomerates in the film (point defects that act as stress concentrators).
1.1 Geology A volcanic rock consisting of large fragments bonded together.
Example sentences
- Rocky material formed by the accumulation of large ejecta is classified as agglomerate.
- Quartz stretching lineations in the shear zones are down-dip and rotated clasts in the agglomerates suggest top-to-the-NE shearing or thrusting of the volcanic series over the Delb Khairkhan melange.
- The volcanic strata consist of sheet-like flows of andesite, dacite, basalts, and trachybasalts that are interbedded with agglomerates and tuffs.
Collected or formed into a mass.
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- A short agglomerate cork suggests that the bottler had little regard for the ageing ability of this wine, while a particularly long cork is indicative at least of ambition or optimism.
- The agglomerate formulation of MF successfully deagglomerates into particles of respirable size during patient inhalation.
- This invention provides an abrasive article comprising abrasive agglomerate particles and a bond system.
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- Scott concluded his 1996 study by presenting his vision of a twenty-first-century production complex in which agglomerative forces accelerate through time as actors seek to increase the total stock of agglomeration economies.
- The agglomerative, or grouping, schedule provided by Ward's method indicated a notable flattening of the curve of squared Euclidean distances after the five-cluster solution.
- Its mode is agglomerative - discrete pieces of information are gleaned and corroborated through firsthand experience.
Words that rhyme with agglomerateconglomerate
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HAYWARD -- As Amador Valley High's Jena Pianin crossed the finish line Saturday in the North Coast Section Division I girls race, a smile came across her face.
During a driving rainstorm, Pianin had adamantly refused to give up the lead. She moved into first in the first 200 yards of the three-mile race at Hayward High and fought off challenges by Berkeley's Diribe Abdo and San Ramon Valley's Christine Bayliss to defend her title in a time of 17 minutes, 56 seconds.
"My strategy was to win at all cost," said Pianin, who did not get separation from Abdo until the final mile. "I wanted to find hard ground and use it."
Bayliss was second (17:59) and Abdo was third (18:01).
Acalanes' Annie Marggraff led her team to an historic victory. The Dons won their first NCS girls cross country team title since 1985.
Marggraff, a senior, led the lead Division III pack at the one-mile mark and increased her advantage to seven seconds by the two-mile point. She ended up winning by two seconds with a time of 18:25.
"I'm overwhelmed. I worked so hard this season to get to this point," said an emotional Marggraff after the race. "I wanted to run my own race and not follow other people.
"I did it for Tad (Beach) and Manny (Myers)," said Marggraff, referring to the Acalanes co-coaches who are retiring from cross country coaching at Acalanes after this season.
The fastest time of the day was turned in by Campolindo's Aidan Goltra, who won the Division III boys race in 15:30. Goltra was second at the one-mile mark, but by the two-mile point he was in first, one step ahead of Redwood's Fred Huxham.
Goltra made a move on a flat portion of the final mile to win by 20 seconds. Huxham was second (15:50).
"I'm shocked how well it went," said Goltra, a junior. "I didn't expect the first two miles to feel so easy."
Berkeley's Tariku Abdo, Diribe's brother, won the Division I boys race in an upset. Tariku, who finished sixth in the West Alameda County Conference championship race Nov. 3, made a major move in the second mile and led by nine seconds at the two-mile mark. He ended up winning by 12 seconds in 15:48.
Besides Acalanes, other East Bay schools which won team titles included San Ramon Valley (Division I boys), Granada (Division I girls), Miramonte (Division III boys) and St. Joseph Notre Dame (Division V boys).


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The Eagle County Commissioners will host a public work session next week to discuss the final design concept for the expansion of Eagle River Center at the Eagle County Fairgrounds.
The county has been debating the Eagle River Center for a couple of years. In its current condition, the center only generates income to cover one-third of its operating costs. The commissioners and others would like to change that scenario and make the facility a regional amenity that could attract equine events from around the nation. That goal is anticipated to cost about $3 million and require a massive overhaul that would include construction of 200 horse stalls and a practice arena along with development of RV hookups. Parking and access issues also must be addressed.
The meeting slated for Tuesday, Feb. 5, is the last of the three contracted sessions for facility expansion design concept with the architectural group, Populous, Inc. The design that will be presented was programmed through public workshop input held in October and November 2012. The discussion will include projected costs to construct the design and recommendations for progression of this project plan.
The work session will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Eagle County Building in downtown Eagle.


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To share the policy and guidelines on the use of chemical fuels by the membership of the Boy Scouts of America
There are three factors that influence the establishment of
Scouting's policy on the use of fuel other than natural wood: (1) the
basic purpose of Scouting and its camping program, (2) the protection
from hazards of chemical fuels, and (3) the necessity of safely
adapting to local conditions and practices.
First, it is essential to Scouting's purpose that a boy learn and
practice the skills of primitive living. A boy develops a personal
confidence, initiative and preparation for life as he advances through
the Scouting program.
In building a fire, a boy needs to learn the care and use of tools;
he must know about tinder, types of fuel and how to prepare the fire.
The correct principles of building a fire to cook his food and warm his
body, containing fire and putting it out are essential for his training
in campcraft, self-reliance and preparedness.
The need for adapting to special circumstances, such as lack of
natural wood for fuel or the regulations of specific areas where open
fires are prohibited for safety or environmental reasons, makes it
necessary for Scouts and Scout leaders to learn the skills and safety
procedures in using chemical fuel stoves.
Convenience is one of the joys of modern life, but with it goes the necessity of precaution against many hazards.
When any chemical fuel is used for cooking and lighting, it is the fuel that is dangerous - not the stove and lanterns.
For safety reasons, knowledgeable adult supervision must be provided
when Scouts are involved in the storage of chemical fuels, the handling
of chemical fuels in the filling of stoves and lanterns, or the
lighting of chemical fuels.
Battery-operated lanterns and flashlights should be used by Scouts
in camping activities, particularly in and around canvas tents. No
chemical-fueled lantern or stove is to be used inside a tent.
Kerosene, gasoline, or liquefied petroleum fuel lanterns may, when
necessary, be used inside permanent buildings or for outdoor lighting.
When used indoors, there should be adequate ventilation. Strict
adherence to the safety standards and instructions of the manufacturers
in fueling and lighting such stoves and lanterns must be carried out
under the supervision of a responsible and knowledgeable adult.
Both gasoline and kerosene shall be kept in well-marked approved
containers (never in a glass container) and stored in a ventilated
locked box at a safe distance (minimum 20 feet) from buildings and
Empty liquid petroleum cylinders for portable stoves and lanterns
should be returned home or to base camp. They may explode when heated
and therefore must never be put in fireplaces or with burnable trash.
The use of liquid fuels for starting any type of fire is prohibited,
including lighting damp wood, charcoal and ceremonial campfires.
Solid-type starters are just as effective, easier to store and carry,
and much safer to use for this purpose.
All types of space heaters that use chemical fuels consume oxygen
and must be used only in well-ventilated areas. When used in cabins,
camper-trucks and recreational vehicles, there is not only a fire
danger, but also lives can be lost from asphyxiation if not well
ventilated. Use of charcoal burners indoors can be lethal by causing
carbon monoxide poisoning.
Storage of bulk supplies of any chemical fuels (especially volatile
fuels) is a camp maintenance function. Storage and issue of such fuel
must be controlled by a responsible adult. It must be kept under lock
and key in Scout camps. Quantities of gasoline in long-term camps must
be stored in a properly installed underground tank with pump and/or
must be in compliance with local safety standards and regulations. Camp
officials must be especially alert to prevent violation of these
principles by Scout leaders and their units.
Filling tanks for motor vehicles, outboard and inboard motors, and
gasoline-powered saws and motors shall always be handled by someone
qualified by age and training for the responsibility. All motors are
turned off during filling. Enclosed bilges on boats equipped with
inboard motors in enclosed spaces must be ventilated by blower for not
less than four minutes (federal law) to remove fumes before engines are
started. All hatches and ports should be closed during fueling and the
boat re-ventilated when fueling is completed. No smoking or open flames
are permitted while filling any fuel tanks.
Liquid petroleum storage tanks at permanent camps should be
installed by experienced technicians and changed only by the gas
distributors. These installations must conform to local regulations.
Fuel containers should be surrounded by a chain-link fence in a cleared
Local councils through round tables and volunteer training courses
should make every effort to train unit leaders and assistants in the
proper techniques and procedures necessary to safely operate
chemical-fueled stoves and lanterns. These leaders, in turn, train and
supervise youth members in these same skills and procedures.


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NEW ORLEANS — The 49ers and Baltimore Ravens are on the biggest stage in sports, and Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo is eager to take advantage of it.
Ayanbadejo, a Santa Cruz High alum, is an outspoken supporter of same-sex marriage, making him an extremely rare figure among professional athletes.
"I'm just doing what's right in this day and age, and you really shouldn't be applauded for doing the right thing," Ayanbadejo said Tuesday. "We're headed in the right direction."
Still, Ayanbadejo knows better than most that the cause has a long way to go. His story became known nationally earlier this season when Baltimore politician Emmett C. Burns Jr. sent a letter to the Ravens complaining that one of their players had publically endorsed same-sex marriage. Ayanbadejo said he is grateful that the Ravens organization backed him then and is so active in the community, and at Tuesday's media day session, Ayanbadejo used the platform to talk at length about his support for same-sex marriage.
"Timing is everything -- sometimes you're ahead of your time and sometimes you're behind the times," he said. "We're trying to be right on time."
The timing couldn't be better for Ayanbadejo. A day before media day, it was reported that former 49ers lineman Kwame Harris faced felony charges after an altercation with his ex-boyfriend. The charges publically outed Harris, a former first round pick, and Ayanbadejo said he believes the NFL would now be accepting of an openly gay player.
"I think if you're a great person and you play high-caliber football, we're ready for it," Ayanbadejo said. "Teammates might disagree with same-sex marriage, but they should still treat you equally as a player."
Ayanbadejo, 36, hopes to continue as an advocate for several causes when his playing career is over. He has contributed to the NFL's Play 60 initiative for 10 years, helping encourage active and healthy lifestyles for future generations. Ayanbadejo also has pushed for further ALS research and is involved in anti-bullying campaigns.
For now, however, his focus is on beating a team he grew up rooting for. Ayanbadejo has been cheering for the 49ers from afar all season long and referred to Jim Harbaugh's group as the "sibling organization" of the Ravens. While he's eager to keep speaking out in support of issues he is passionate about, Ayanbadejo hasn't been able to change minds when it comes to this week's game.
"All my friends back home are still cheering for the 49ers, they're not rooting for me," he said, laughing. "So I didn't invite any of them to the game."


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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Monday, March 18, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- On Tuesday, members of the Augusta Interfaith Coalition will ask the full commission if they can be part of the solution.
"We're hearing so many people say, 'I want to take it. I want to go the mall and downtown,'" said Denise Traina, transportation chairman for the Augusta Interfaith Coalition.
Mobility could be rolling out and that means the city has to either run the bus service itself or let a private company do it.
"I think the major goal is to expand and provide a current level of service. It may take us a little while to get there," said City Administrator Fred Russell.
"He said this wasn't falling on deaf ears. We are going to take this and look at it, but still, nothing's changed. We think the next best thing is to have a working group with the commissioners," she said.
Traina is addressing the group on Tuesday.
"We've seen the failure of the privatization effort recently with Mobility. We think the city is capable of making opportunities available," Traina said.
Traina and her group have been working for more than a year, talking with bus riders who tell her the buses are always late and even drive by passengers on the street.
The Augusta Interfaith Coalition wants to form a board to work with commissioners to fix the city's transit issues.


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By her own admission, Jackie Copple can be firmly assertive. As a senior marketing consultant at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, she doesn't let people roll over her.
So when Copple found out that a witness had spotted the thieves who stole a package from her elderly mother's Willow Glen porch, she wasn't about to let it be forgotten.
The story that unfolded has no heroes or villains. It does tell you something about the battle over police resources in a financially pinched San Jose.
Copple's mother, Barbara, 93, has lived in the same large house on Cherry Avenue for 60 years. Barbara's husband, Jack, was a major builder and civic booster before his death.
The theft was not a big one. Barbara Copple's granddaughter had sent her a couple of paperbacks via Amazon.com.
But a witness named Jeremy -- at his request, I've left off his last name -- was driving down Cherry when he spotted a green Jeep Cherokee slow down in front of the house on Friday, Dec. 21.
Jeremy saw the Cherokee's passenger -- he isn't sure whether it was a man or woman -- jump out and grab a package from the Copple porch. Jeremy followed and got a license number.
When Jackie Copple heard about this -- Jeremy had sent a note to the neighbor email list -- she called the San Jose police dispatcher around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 22.
"She said, 'Call back tomorrow,' '' Jackie remembers. "I said, 'All I want to do is give you a license plate number.' She started talking about resources.''
Jackie called back around 10 p.m., and this time, with a new shift, a dispatcher sent out two officers. One of them, "a good-looking Italian guy'' by Jackie's recollection, spent an hour at the house talking about Willow Glen and the short-handedness of the force.
"I'm kind of plain-spoken,'' Jackie remembers. "I said, 'Mom, he's giving us politics.' ''
I couldn't reach that officer, although the police acknowledge that low-level crimes are given less priority than violent crimes. But the talk wasn't the whole story. The second officer went to interview Jeremy that same night.
"He and I talked for a good hour or so,'' Jeremy told me. "He told me that if he could track these guys, we would be in touch. I think they took it very seriously.''
What's to be learned from this little tale? Well, first, the squeaky wheel principle: Jackie says she got attention after getting a little angry.
The officer's point about being short-handed, however, is correct. San Jose once had 1,400 officers. It now has just more than 1,000, with 930 available for street duty.
In a situation like that, some property crimes will go un-investigated. The police have to give precedence to violent crimes. And there are plenty of those. In 2012, there were 46 homicides, a 20-year record.
Yet I know from working in a downsized environment that manpower pressures don't shape every moment. If there is a good guy here, it is probably the officer who took time to interview Jeremy. "He stepped up,'' Jackie said.
We can hope that someone is able to make the case: Mail theft is too prevalent, particularly at holiday season. And this is no an isolated case.
"To me, this is a microcosm of what's going on,'' said Jim Copple, Jackie's brother. "You see the heavyweights -- the unions or the mayor -- battling it out in public. But this is how it's affecting people.''
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About the Book
From the experts behind the New York Times bestseller The Spark and the creators of SparkPeople.com comes The Spark Solution, a breakthrough two-week diet program deemed one of the "Best Diets" by U.S. News & World Report. Designed to help you lose weight and optimize your health, The Spark Solution is a dynamic, comprehensive, and proven program.
With an introduction by Chris Downie, founder and CEO of SparkPeople, this day-by-day guide combines the latest data and strategies on nutrition, incredibly delicious recipes, and essential workouts. The experts at SparkPeople designed this easy-to-follow regimen to deliver effective and sustainable weight loss.
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Mary Ann NISWANGER of Mineola has recently joined the society. We are delighted to have her as a member. Surnames she is researching are RAGSDALE, PARMER, SWAIN, BENNETT, HARRISON, UNDERWOOD, and DUGGER. Her email and other contact information will be added to the member contact list on the member only site at the next update to that file. In the meantime, if you have help to offer on those surnames, feel free to post something here in the comments.
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Bebo Valdes, Mucho Sabor
CD (Essential Media 15912),Re-Issued 2008;
Alabao, what an album!!! This is the classic Cuban sound from start to finish. The great Pío Leyva is on vocals for a lot of these tunes, and what a groove these guys cooked up. Merengues No, in addition to being my anthem in life (my other anthem is "Techno is one of the warning signs of the Apocalypse", but that's another story), is a great uptempo guaracha. Bebo's version of the tune Celia made famous, Canto a La Habana, is excellent in its own right, with a rollicking arrangement and another great vocal by Pío. Other standout tunes include Tirando Tiro, a classic 50s simple song with a dubious message (hey bartender, give me more rum) and great music behind it, plus Pon Por Mí, another nice guaracha, and the pretty boleros Insensible Corazón and El Destino lo Quiso Así. This is by far my favorite Bebo album, and a must for serious collectors.
Category: Dance Traditions => Tropical Dance: Various=> Cuba
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Tito Rodriguez, Back Home In Puerto Rico
CD (WS Latino 4177),Re-Issued 1989;
"This is another recording that merits an ¡alabao! At first, you'll probably only notice how Tito's smooth vocals caress economically written, melodically-rich numbers like Chévere, Cara de Payaso and Cuando Cuando, not to mention his usual stellar work on the boleros. But after a while, you'll notice that his band, which on this recording features a young Eddie Palmieri, is playing the hell out of this finely arranged material, with crisp, precise percussion breaks and flowing horn lines. This is required listening for all neophytes. And if you know this music and don't own this album, your penance is to buy this album and do some salsa soul-searching to find out where you've gone wrong."
Category: Dance Traditions => Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, Pachanga
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BRECKENRIDGE - The initial design for Breckenridge Grand Vacations' proposed time-share development on Peak 8 hit some resistance in the first of a series of planning hearings Tuesday night.
Breckenridge planning commissioners asked developers to scale back the height and density of the project to fit within the 2003 master plan for the Peak 7 and 8 base areas, and neighbors spoke out against the proposal as presented, saying it would block views from adjacent properties.
"It's a process," BGV co-owner Rob Millisor said. "We're going to respond to the requests of the commissioners and change the design to make a development that works for the town."
The proposal presented to the commission Tuesday envisioned a three-phase, 80-unit development rising six-and-a-half stories on the site of the now-defunct Bergenhof, which is set to be torn down.
The master plan called for the building at the core of the Peak 8 base area, One Ski Hill Place, to be the tallest, with all other developments tapering down around it. BGV's design proposed a building that would stand taller than One Ski Hill at a slightly higher elevation.
"Skiwatch is absolutely dwarfed by this massive structure right in front of it," said Brenda Culhane, a neighbor who spoke on behalf of dozens of owners at the neighboring Skiwatch Condominiums. "Skiwatch owners look out of the window and all they see is a building right in front of them. I think we should try to stick to the master plan."
Other citizens spoke in support of the development, saying it would be an economic boon for Breckenridge.
The new development will help continue more than 100 jobs that would otherwise be cut when BGV's current time-share resort, the Grand Lodge on Peak 7, sells out in the next few years.
Planning commissioners directed developers to revise the proposed design, but warned neighbors the Peak 8 base area imagined in the master plan always involved large-scale developments.
"Skiwatch should not expect that they'll have an uninterrupted view," commissioner David Pringle said. "I don't think anybody should go away thinking that the buildings at the base of Peak 8 are going to be small. We made that decision years ago, that we wanted this to be a prominent, a very stately looking area with timeless architecture."
The project is on a strict timeline. With final approval from planning, developers hope to start utility work and the Bergie's demolition next summer. Full-scale building will follow, possibly starting as early as March 2014, with the first phase of timeshares available by December 2015.
As part of their continuing business plan, BGV executives say they need the construction of the new development to coincide with the projected sell-out of the Grand Lodge on Peak 7.
"It's kind of a machine," BGV co-owner Mike Millisor said. "On some Tuesday we'll close the Grand Lodge sales center and we'll bring in the signs and the model for the Peak 8 project. We might take a day off and then on Thursday we'll have our clients come in to tour that."
Owners say the new building will pay tribute in some way to the fallen Bergenhof, possibly through the name of a cafe or other feature and the preservation of Bergie artifacts.
Regardless of future development, the master plan calls for the Bergenhof to be torn down.


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How about "beautifying" some of the other streets in town? IE: Latrobe St? The sidewalks are barely usable and forget riding a bike or wheelchair on it. You can't even walk comfortably on it as it is so broken up you constantly trip or fall. That is probably why so many people walk in the street there.
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Makes sense doesn't it? Mandate bicyclists to use the sidewalks, then make the sidewalks more narrow.
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Sounds like a good solution.
The problem: large areas of pavement (& roof) cause rain to run off rapidly. & carry pollutants.
One solution is pervious pavement, a.k.a. permeable pavement or porous pavement. This allows water to flow or seep through the pavement into the ground.
The other is to allow the water to run off the pavement in the usual way, except onto the ground (bioswales) instead of into storm sewers.
Either way, the water goes into the ground.
Either approach has upsides & downsides.
The main disadvantage of bioswales is they take space -- in this case half the sidewalk.
Pervious pavements tend to not get along well w/ road salt or sand, & not have as smooth a surface (yet pervious concrete can become slick as it ages). However, there is an astonishing variety of pervious paving materials available, & if designed & installed competently they can work well.
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Homicide detectives were summoned to a north Stockton apartment complex after a man was shot to death Saturday night.
The shooting occurred about 9:05 p.m. at the Westpointe Apartments complex. The victim, described only as an adult male, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Oh Deer.... (Almost Wordless Wednesdays)
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- Design Wine and Dine said...
They really are beautiful and for as common as they are becoming, I am still taken aback when I see one. :)
- February 16, 2011 at 7:19 AM
- June said...
Lovely pics Mags. They are gorgeous aren't they? (You know who'd be saying something about dinner...shame on him)
- February 16, 2011 at 8:50 AM
- PlumpNotFat said...
Years ago I had the foolish thought that I could plant flowers amongst the areas where the deer were. Despite them constantly eating all the flowers within a few months, I continued to try. Then one day I unloaded an entire truck full of flowers to be planted, went to sleep and woke up to find them all eaten - I didn't even have time to plant! That was the last time I bought flowers ;)
- February 16, 2011 at 9:40 AM
- Barbara said...
They ARE beautiful...but they do love a garden!
- February 16, 2011 at 12:17 PM
- Nanan said...
Beautiful - I miss the antelope herd we had in our neighborhood in Billings... We have raccoons here in Cut Off hehehehehe!
I have to agree with June's big guy - venison is my favorite!
- February 16, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- Barbara @ Modern Comfort Food said...
Just lovely, Mags, although I don't envy you all that snow. My garden critters are ibises, egrets, raccoons, and a sneaky feral monkey that likes to steal our tangerines and star fruit!
- February 16, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- The Mom Chef said...
They really are gorgeous. We get the occasionally in our yard, but since I have no sun anyhow, there's no garden so they can wander freely.
- February 16, 2011 at 4:58 PM
- Haden News said...
They are soo beautiful....but...the damage they do to a yard :(
- February 16, 2011 at 6:58 PM
- redforever said...
I am surprised they don't jump over that fence?
I live in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and we have at least 6 frequent our yard daily.
I used to have a fence that height, but it never deterred the deer at all. In fact, they claimed my garden as their garden, and got so possessive of it, they put our dogs on the run if they tried to chase them away!!!
And they're very ingenious, they could even pick beans with their tongues, leaving the bean plant intact. At least they were very careful when in the garden, not stepping or pooping on everything like a cow would.
Three years ago, my husband had to rebuild the fence as the summer before, the deer had harvested 90% of what I grew. The garden fence is now 8 feet tall... and I have now reclaimed the garden.
- February 17, 2011 at 1:29 AM
- Kat said...
I would love to see some on our land. They are so beautiful. Enjoy. Yes, they can destroy a garden!
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Your fence isn't that high, surprised they don't just jump. They are beautiful but can be very destructive.
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The man accused of killing a Camdenton woman in a two vehicle accident in Cole County waived a formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Dennis Leporin, 29, of Columbia, will be back in Cole County court June 26. Leporin is being held on $250,000 on charges of second degree murder, assault, drunk driving persistent offender, driving while revoked in connection with the death of Chelsea Fredrickson, of Camdenton.
Fredrickson was killed in a two-vehicle accident the evening of March 6 at Highways 54 and 179 south of Jefferson City in Cole County. A passenger in Fredrickson's car, Jasper Richmond, was taken to University Hospital in Columbia.
According to the Jefferson City Police Department, Leporin was headed the wrong way on southbound Highway 54 when he hit Fredrickson.
Leporin was taken to Capitol Region Medical Center for treatment before being charged and held without bond.
Leporin was charged as a persistent offender on the DWI. According to court records, Leporin had a prior DWI conviction in 2011 in Camden County. Leporin has a history of other traffic related charges in other counties.
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DUNDEE | Polk County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Winter Haven man Monday accused of stealing more than $267,000 from a Dundee business.
The State Attorney's Office issued a warrant for William Rerucha II, 45, who, according to a complaint affidavit, began stealing money from Cypress Water Sports in 2009.
Rerucha and Josef Hajek of Orlando started the boat brokering company in 2008, but the company was forced to shut down in November 2011 because of outstanding debts, records show.
The affidavit states that Rerucha, whose authorized salary was $2,000 a month, stole $35,656 in 2009, $80,252 in 2010 and $199,264 in 2011. Soon after closing, and with the assistance of an outside audit, it was found that money generated by sales had been systematically diverted, and that entries to the company books were falsified.
According to SAO documents, Rerucha wrote numerous unauthorized checks to himself between 2009 and 2011, made multiple unauthorized ATM withdrawals, and also issued fraudulent checks to vendors, which he then cashed.
A bookkeeper for Cypress Water Sports told an SAO investigator that she "observed routine checks being made payable to 'cash' and ATM withdraws being made from the company," and that Rerucha "would rarely provide any receipts associated with these transactions."
According to the affidavit, Rerucha would personally tell her how to record the fraudulent transactions in the company books, many of which were filed under "boat details."
On top of cash transactions, records show Rerucha wrote a total of 125 checks to various vendors over the years, but only 56 of them were legitimate. SAO investigators said Rerucha forged the vendors' signatures on the other 69 checks and cashed them himself.
According to the affidavit, Cypress Water Sports records showed 71 checks and numerous cash payments written out to one detailing company totaling more than $58,000, but the owner of the detailing company told investigators they had done only about $13,000 worth of work, and that his signature had been forged on 45 of the checks.
Rerucha is charged with scheming to defraud, grand theft over $100,000, forgery, money laundering over $100,000 and criminal use of personal identification.
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Several House Democrats are feeling heat for their connections to a centrist think tank that has called for cuts to federal entitlements, highlighting fissures within the Democratic Party over the direction of economic policy.
The lawmakers are being criticized by progressive groups due to their association with Third Way, a centrist think tank whose positions on issues are more conservative than those in the Democratic base. For instance, Third Way advocates some cuts to entitlement programs to help shrink the federal deficit.
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The piece criticized Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., N.Y.) and New York's newly elected mayor, Bill de Blasio, accusing them of promoting a "reckless" agenda of refusing to contend with the cost of federal entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. In a hard-hitting essay, Third Way President Jon Cowan and Jim Kessler, its senior vice president for policy, said the politics were unlikely to be successful and, even more, the policies are ill-advised.
"The political problems of liberal populism are bad enough," they wrote. "Worse are the actual policies proposed by left-wing populists." The pair accused these liberals of relying on a "`we can have it all' fantasy."
Progressive groups who oppose cuts to entitlement programs quickly pounced. They accused the think tank of being beholden to Wall Street interests and criticized several lawmakers who serve as honorary co-chairmen of Third Way.
The first Democrat to feel a sting was Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D., Pa.), who is running for governor of Pennsylvania. She quickly distanced herself from the op-ed but did not sever her ties to Third Way.
Mark Bergman, a spokesman for Ms. Schwartz's campaign, said the lawmaker "thought the op-ed was outrageous. She strongly disagrees with it and told Third Way that."
On Thursday the liberal groups Social Security Works, Progressives United and Progressive Change Campaign Committee criticized three more lawmakers with ties to Third Way, calling on Rep. James Clyburn (D., S.C.) Rep. Joseph Crowley (D, N.Y) and Rep. Jared Polis (D., Colo.) to disavow Third Way's position and resign from their advisory role there.
"Democrats must choose whether they stand with the American people or with Wall Street and its bankers," Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works said in a statement.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Crowley said: "Congressman Crowley has worked with Third Way on a range of issues, such as immigration reform and the Affordable Care Act, but on this matter they strongly disagree. The Congressman has and will continue to fight to protect Social Security and Medicare. "
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SANTA CLARA -- The San Francisco 49ers and the city of Santa Clara are ready to take out a new mortgage, and they expect to spend a lot less than previously thought -- perhaps saving $90 million over the long run.
The project's financial advisers Tuesday laid out a game plan to refinance the $850 million public loan taken out 14 months ago to pay for the bulk of the team's new stadium.
Big fees and interest costs will add hundreds of millions of dollars to the $1.2 billion construction cost while the city and team pay back the loan over the next three decades. But since construction began a year ago, interest rates have dropped. In addition, officials need to borrow less money because fans have gobbled up costly seat licenses quickly, giving the Niners and city officials a chance to take on less debt.
The exact long-term debt won't be known until after Goldman Sachs, which is leading the financing process for the team and city, finishes negotiating with lenders in June. But officials are planning to lock in interest rates that will be about 1 percentage point lower than expected -- and that adds up to about $90 million in savings over a 26-year repayment span.
"The stars have aligned," Gregory Carey, managing director for Goldman's investment banking division, said Tuesday at 49ers headquarters, next to the stadium site. "The market is roaring, construction is going great; (seat) sales are going as well, if not better, than expected."
Still, the construction cost -- which has grown hundreds of millions of dollars since the project was proposed in 2006 and approved by voters in 2010 -- remains unchanged, as will the plan to pay for it. There will just be less total money to pay back over the long term, which is good news for the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, the public agency created to take on the debt and build the stadium.
Critics had feared the stadium would not create enough revenue to pay back the debt and tried, unsuccessfully, to place a referendum on the ballot that would have stopped the loan.
"I'm sure it'll make our residents feel better that we actually have a successful financing plan for the future," Councilwoman Lisa Gillmor said Tuesday before the City Council, which acts as the Stadium Authority board, heard a presentation on the refinancing from Goldman Sachs. "It's a super-favorable economic window for us now."
The board will have final approval of the new deal in June.
It will cost at least $69 million in initial financing costs to refinance the loan, plus much more in interest and fees over the long run.
The new projections show the project debt will fall by about $216 million, to roughly $634 million, by the time the stadium opens in summer 2014. That's mostly because fans continue to submit advance payments faster than expected for seat licenses, which allow Niner faithful the opportunity to buy season tickets at a cost of $2,000 to $80,000 apiece. Fans have committed to buying more than $410 million in seat licenses so far.
By the time fans finish paying off their seat licenses in 2022, the loan is expected to shrink to less than $350 million. The remaining debt will be paid off with revenue from naming rights -- a corporate sponsor is still in the works -- ticket fees and rent from the 49ers, which is expected to be in the neighborhood of $30 million a year.
Most of the debt will be 25-year, fixed-rate bonds, while the rest will be five-year, variable-rate bank loans. Carey said the projections show that debt will be gone by 2039, and that includes a buffer of several million dollars per year to pay for stadium operating costs and other expenses.
Although the stadium is 40 percent complete, project officials say the construction cost is unlikely to rise since the riskiest and most expensive portions of the development -- the steel and concrete frame -- are mostly finished.
"They're making a decision now that will be beneficial to them over 30, 40, 50 years," said Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone, a supporter who helped locate the project site next to Great America. "I can't think of a more opportune time to refinance."
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The U.S. willingness and ability to conduct expeditionary warfare far from American shores were major factors in the success of the containment strategy and the victory in the Cold War.
The U.S. armed forces have been practicing expeditionary warfare from the dawn of the republic. 1 With few exceptions, these operations required concentration of sizeable naval and military forces in the United States and then their deployment overseas. Secretary of Defense Harold Brown observed in 1980, "The United States has been in the rapid deployment and power projection business for a long time. If you doubt that, ask the Marines who five years ago celebrated their 200th anniversary." 2
Expeditionary warfare during the Cold War, however, was different. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor convinced the U.S. security establishment that the country could no longer spend many months cobbling together forces in the United States before deploying them thousands of miles across the oceans in response to attacks on American interests or on America itself. After atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, strategists recognized that an enemy's first shot might be the last for many U.S. cities and millions of citizens. American strategists concluded that to discourage, or if need be defeat, a Soviet nuclear attack on the country, U.S. forces had to operate on the very borders of the Soviet Union and its allies. Ironically, those powerful forces concentrated around the borders never had to engage their main foe, but they did conduct expeditionary warfare against Soviet allies.
With the dawning of the ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, U.S. leaders also recognized that military power concentrated in America would have little impact on the global competition for influence. During the Cold War, U.S. expeditionary forces were routinely positioned far from the continental United States and mounted operations from forward-deployed military concentrations or shore bases in proximity to threatened populations.
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Creative Director of famed jewelry house Garrard & Co and eponymous founder of the revolutionary designer jewelry manufacturing company, the young Stephen Webster from Kent, South England is becoming a living legend in the jewelry making industry. The name is a familiar favorite among Hollywood stars and music celebrities, from Elton John to Pink to Christina Aguillera, and is frequently featured in style magazines such as InStyle. This year, Stephen celebrates the continuously growing fame of the brand, not only among stars but also among jewelers themselves and the society as a whole. On top of being featured – again - as one of Professional Jewelers' Top 100, the acclaimed designer also received his MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) from His Royal Highness Prince Charles for his services and contribution to the training and skills of Britain's jewelry industry. When you get your hands on a Stephen Webster piece, you know you are holding a work of the world's best.
Find Stephen Webster's creations at Shreve & Co. in Palo Alto.
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LONDON (AP) -- An official with Human Rights Watch says it would be a shame if one of two Saudi women competing in the Olympics won't be allowed to compete because she wears a hijab (hih-jahb), the headscarf worn by some Muslim women.
Human Rights Watch global initiative director Minky Worden says the ruling could hurt efforts to ease restrictions against women and girls engaging in sports in Saudi Arabia.
The International Judo Federation says it won't allow the scarf to be worn during competition because it does not meet with "the principles and spirit of judo" and that "the hijab could be dangerous" because Judo includes the use of strangleholds and chokeholds.
Asian judo federations have previously allowed Muslim women to wear the hijab during major competitions.
Saudi leaders only agreed to send women to the games for the first time on the condition they be allowed to wear appropriate clothing for Muslim women. Headscarves are allowed in taekwondo because the World Taekwondo Federation changed its rules in recent years to accommodate Islamic traditions. But all taekwondo fighters also wear a head guard which covers any headscarves.
Saudi Arabia's other female Olympic athlete is expected wear a headscarf when she competes in distance running.


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Re: The Stubbs Family
Entry for January 19, 2008
Jim is still at Hopkins enjoying the new beds. Hoping we can transfer him on Monday to a Rehab center. Carole went home to Delaware to check on the house, the cat, and to get the mail. But dad is not alone, he has quite a few visitors coming in over the weekend to keep him company.


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BEVERLY HILLS -- In "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," a spinoff of Disney's blockbuster movie, "The Avengers, " Agent Phil Coulson lives again and Clark Gregg, the actor who plays him, couldn't be happier.
Coulson was thought to be dead -- the victim of a fatal stabbing at the hands of Loki in the big-screen film. So Gregg was thrilled to get a call from executive producer Joss Whedon telling him that the character would be resurrected for the TV show.
"My next-to-last day on 'The Avengers' involved this certain Asgardian fellow impaling me quite convincingly," Gregg told reporters at the TV critics press tour. "I was surprised how emotional it was to me to give up the character and the long-term job. I made jokes like: 'Is there going to be a rewrite?' ... 'Do you want to shoot (a scene) where he just grazes me a little bit?' ... But it was really clear that I was dead."
Until now. Whedon said that Coulson's revival will be explained over "several episodes."
Whedon, who has his hands full with the next "Avengers" film, said he was drawn to "S.H.I.E.L.D." because of the humanistic elements embedded in its team of misfit agents.
"The thing that appealed to me is the idea of people who didn't have superpowers -- the person who didn't get the hammer," he said. " ... The thought that everyone matters."
Meanwhile, Ming-Na Wen, who plays agent Melinda May, is enjoying the chance to get physical.
"I am so proud to show off these guns," she said, flexing her muscle. "It's wonderful to raise the bar, to work out and do the training really needed to carry this character off. I think I'm going to be in the best shape of life. I hate to work out, but I do like kicking ass."


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Troop B of the Missouri State Highway Patrol has announced the results of Operation S.T.O.P. enforcement activities conducted during November. Operation S.T.O.P. (Stop, Think, Observe, and Proceed) is a traffic enforcement program aimed at reducing traffic crashes at intersections having a higher rate of traffic crashes.
On Nov. 15 Operation S.T.O.P. was conducted in Randolph County on U.S. 63 at Routes B and P; on Nov. 27, in Macon County on U.S. 63 at Route M; and on Nov. 28, in Shelby County on U.S. 36 at Route FF.
As a result of the operations, troopers assisted by a Patrol aircraft issued a total of 22 traffic citations and issued 21 traffic warnings. The following citations were issued: 13 citations were issued for stop sign violations; five citations were issued for seat belt violations; one citation was issued for a child restraint violation; three citations were issued for insurance violations.
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"Let the show begin," declared Asian Art Museum director Jay Xu as he welcomed guests to a preview tour of "China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy." The next day a Twitter post put it even more succinctly: "OMG! They're Here."
Yes, they're back, 19 years after the Asian Art Museum, then located in Golden Gate Park, was among the first to present a smaller selection of the terracotta warriors to American audiences. This time, there are eight life-size warriors, two horses and more than 100 other artifacts -- all over 2,000 years old.
There's been plenty of hoopla, including the appearance of a performer dressed as a warrior, complete with brown makeup, who "escaped" from the collection to roam the streets of San Francisco.
But for all the anticipation, the exhibit itself is not circuslike or overwhelming. It's a thoughtful, scholarly, yet often dramatic survey of ancient Chinese art and history.
The museum's renowned stagecraft comes into play in the stunning display of the terracotta figures in the largest of the three galleries for touring exhibits. The collection arrived from 13 museums in China via the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, which organized the show.
"You'll never get so close to these warriors, no matter how often you see them," Xu said. Indeed, you could reach out and touch the figures -- of course you won't -- grouped together in the darkened gallery, as if they were protecting the first Chinese emperor's afterlife in his ancient tomb.
The armored general, military officer, cavalrymen and archers are, up close, both intimately detailed and mysteriously distant. The superb installation puts visitors into the midst of the scene. On one wall is a photograph of the burial mound of the first emperor's tomb. Facing it, behind the warriors, a wall-size video presentation swoops across and into the excavation of the burial complex, where more than 2,000 warriors have been unearthed.
It may be the closest experience to being there.
There's more to discover. Most striking is a digitally restored image of one of the warriors, which would have been brightly painted originally, with a uniform of red, gold, purple, blue and green.
Yet the terracotta figures on display, a deep gray-brown after centuries of burial, are more haunting than the pageantlike painted images. As visitors to their "encampment," we can read more into them.
Interactive displays offer more details about the discovery of the burial complex in 1974, when workers found shards of terracotta as they were digging a well. Eventually unearthed was the colossal burial complex of Emperor Qin Shihuang (259-210 B.C.)
Well beyond the scale of the Egyptian pharaohs' burial sites, the complex covers more than six acres. The "army pits," meant to provide protection to the emperor in the afterlife, are estimated to contain at least 7,000 warriors, 140 chariots, 560 chariot horses and 1,243 cavalry horses. Thousands of weapons have been unearthed, some still razor sharp.
Wall texts and videos explore ancient Chinese metal technology and military weaponry, the discovery and excavation and how the pits and their contents were crafted. The emperor had quite a labor force -- an estimated 800,000 workers over 40 years.
There was an army to protect the emperor in the afterlife, but what would he do for pleasure? Among the recent discoveries is what appears to be a royal park or sacred water garden, complete with menagerie. The Asian Art Museum show includes some of these artifacts, notably a bronze crane, a swan and two wild geese parading diagonally across the exhibit's first gallery.
The terracotta warriors display makes up only a third of this exhibit. There is far more to explore from Emperor Qin Shihuang's era, and even earlier, in the other galleries.
There's a remarkable balance in the selections. Tiny harness ornaments contrast with the big terracotta horses. An elaborate gold and turquoise sword handle makes up one display, the worn fragment of a bronze roof support another. The sword, by the way, is one of the few objects on display that suggests Chinese aristocratic splendor.
Many of these pieces were unearthed from the emperor's complex, many from other burial sites, which may explain how they have survived for more than 2,000 years.
A cavalryman on a horse, a mere 8 inches tall, is remarkable for its simplicity and its suggestion of similar earthenware figures from other cultures. Painted ceramic vessels, some with flamboyant and fragile detailing, were ritual objects created to mimic more expensive bronze. Many of the ceramics look surprisingly modern.
The bronze survivors are superb, among them a stunning, 27-inch-tall bell with an elaborate decorative pattern and four openwork flanges depicting intertwined dragons. It is one of a set of three discovered in 1978 in the region that served as the Qin capital as long ago as 714 B.C. On display nearby is a delightful ritual water kettle, with a spout and handle in the form of animals and a puzzled-looking bird perched on top as a lid.
Some of the more intriguing artifacts are the least "splendid." They were discovered in the 1970s among a cluster of palace foundations in that Qin capital. (A drawing shows a palace reconstruction.) On display are floor tiles, the decorated ceramic endpieces from tile roofs, and a bronze fitting that would have held together horizontal and vertical wooden building supports. It's the kind of design that's still being used today.
Amid all the art and artifacts, don't miss the five-sided earthenware drainpipe, about 20 inches wide, which, according to the exhibit catalog, suggests a drainage system "with unprecedented sophistication."
Not meant for the afterlife, it was one of the day-to-day necessities underground at the royal palace.
'china's terracotta warriors: The First emperor's legacy'
Through: May 27
Where: Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday
Admission: $8-$22; $10 Thursdays after 5 p.m; 415-581-3500, www.asianart.org


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Research In Motion Shares Surge; Hype Builds Around BB10
No, your screens aren't lying to you Research In Motiones are jumping on optimism surrounding the upcoming launch of a new BlackBerry device.
Hard to believe, sure, but the latest move higher in RIM shares over the last few weeks has been fast and furious.
RIM shares are up 15% to $11.77. Despite Friday being a holiday shortened session, trading in RIM shares has already exceeded more than three times the average daily trading volume.
The stock is now up 39% since Nov. 14, as analysts have expressed optimism that the BlackBerry maker's looming BB10 launch won't be a total dud.
RIM is essentially betting the farm that the new device will boost its turnaround chances and entice consumers and corporate buyers alike to start buying BlackBerrys again.
Yesterday, National Bank was the latest firm to issue a bullish outlook for RIM. Our friends at Canada Real Time have the details:
RIM is scheduled to introduce its BB10 phones in multiple countries Jan. 30, and start shipping the devices soon after. The launch date is good news because RIM could see sales from the devices sooner than expected. Many analysts' earnings estimates for RIM likely reflect a March launch date, National Bank Financial said in a note Thursday.
The bullish commentary comes after Jefferies & Co. said earlier this week its survey of telecom operators revealed "a much more positive view of BB10 than we expected."
The deal with RIM is these stock spikes have happened time and again throughout the years, while each time proving only to be trading opportunities as opposed to longterm sustainable moves higher.
For RIM's part, it appears to be taking a different approach with this launch compared to previous products. Again from Canada Real Time:
RIM, long criticized for its ineffectual marketing efforts, has been doing a better job of creating buzz around the upcoming BB10 launch. It got the ball rolling at the end of October when Chief Executive Thorsten Heins said the
company had delivered its next line of smartphones to more than 50 carriers to test for certification.
Since then, RIM executives have been giving interviews talking about the upcoming launch and demonstrating the new phone's features.
Nevertheless, RIM finds itself in a crowded market, with the likes of Apple Microsoft and Google, among others elbowing their way for market share.
RIM has been touting a turnaround to its shareholders for years. Whether the BB10 really can turn the ship remains to be seen.
For now, a lot is riding on this one product.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – After not fielding a complete squad in nearly three weeks, the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi cross country teams will get back in action in a big way, as they head to Terre Haute, Ind., to compete in the NCAA Pre-National Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 19.
Both teams are coming off first-place finishes in the Islander Splash the last time they competed, but will have to work extremely hard to finish toward the top on Saturday, as the meet plays host to several of the top teams around the nation.
In all, the men's race features 11 teams in the top 30 in the National Coaches Polls, while the women have even more with 13 teams featured in the national rankings.
The field is also the largest the Islanders have competed in, as the meet has been broken up into two different races to accommodate the 75 men's teams and 86 women's teams. Both Islanders teams will run in the Blue Race, with men's 8k starting at 10 a.m. CT while the women's 6k will start at 10:40 a.m. CT.
Every team in both of the blue races are ranked in their respective regions, while the men's race features 16 of the top-100 individual finishers from the 2012 NCAA Championships including five All-Americans.
The A&M – Corpus Christi men and women are both set to have seven runners in the meet. Both teams are among the top 15 in the South Central Regional rankings with the men cracking the top 10 at No. 8, while the women are sitting at No. 12 in the region.
This will be the Islanders' final tune up before they head to Lake Charles, La., to compete in the Southland Conference Championships.
For the latest results for the race and information on the teams, follow Islanders Cross Country on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersTFXC) and Facebook (Texas A&M Corpus Christi Track & Field/Cross Country).


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Monday's letters: A bit mixed up
Published: Monday, October 22, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 19, 2012 at 6:01 p.m.
To the editor: I think the author of the letter Lack of trust (Oct. 8 edition) must be confused. His letter is against the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan ticket, but one of the points he uses to support his distrust in this ticket is: I cant afford to take the word of two politicians, especially if they have served in our present Senate or House.
Since Romney is a retired businessman and former state governor and Ryan is a young congressman, the letter writer appears to more accurately refer to the Barack Obama/Joe Biden ticket. It consists of career politician Obama who was a senator when he ran for president in 2008, and Biden who has been a senator for 37 years one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history!
Julie Gooden
Deep contempt
To the editor: Impoverished children getting lunch at school. Disabled veterans receiving pensions. Needy students getting federally subsidized loans to attend college. Seniors on Medicare. These are the freeloaders Mitt Romney wants to jettison so that millionaires like himself can pay even lower taxes!
Rob from the needy, give to the greedy! Ignore the young, forget the old! Give bigger tax breaks to millionaires and big oil companies, but take away the safety net for the poor. Since when is it OK to take food away from poor children and old people to give more tax breaks to the rich?
Romney claims hes a Christian, but his words reveal his deep, shameful contempt for the disadvantaged.
The Romneys proudly publicize their charitable donations, yet their 2010 tax return shows not one thin dime for anything recognizable as helping the poor or disadvantaged! They claimed tax-deductible charitable donations of $1.5 million to Romneys own charitable foundation, $100,000 to Friends of George W. Bush Library, $20,000 to U.S. Equestrian Foundation, and $10,000 to Harvard Business School.
A victory for Retroactive Romney and Paul Vouchercare Ryan will guarantee that school budgets suffer deeper cuts, Medicare gets dismantled, and Social Security is destroyed! Vote for President Barack Obama.
Linda Harney
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Bear encounters
To the editor: Encounters between bears and humans rarely have happy endings.
Nature is a balancing act of survival, whether plant or animal. For animals, from ants to whales, this means eat or be eaten. Until man intervenes, the balance mostly works (i.e., with enough bats, mosquitoes are not in control; towhees and brown thrashers in my yard seriously limit the ant population, making both bird and me happy).
Cherokee and black bears thrived in our area before they were run out to make room for white settlers. The ensuing spread of housing without regard to habitat brings trouble for both wildlife and humans. As people built in what was open field or woodland then landscaped with tasty ornamentals, they railed against the deer. Presumably the same goes for blueberry bushes and bears.
When well-meaning but naïve people within city limits even indiscriminately feed wildlife or leave filled birdfeeders that tantalize bears getting ready to den up, the stage is set for risk and misery. One recent morning, I was stunned to witness a black bear ambling barely 15 feet from my porch where a cat lay dozing. She was, no doubt, researching neighborhood feeders. I live four minutes from Fresh Market.
Charlotte Wolf
Key to success
To the editor: Hayden Rogers is a strong proponent of public education and has been endorsed by the N.C. Association of Education. He is the product of North Carolina public schools. He paid his way through college with the help of federal student aid.
Hayden knows the key to success in America is a high-quality education. Hayden supports local control of education but believes we must have federal standards to ensure that all students have the same opportunity to obtain a high-quality education.
Haydens opponent, Mark Meadows, believes we must eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. He said in a forum that he made the conscious and costly decision to keep his children out of public-funded schools because he did not want to rely on the government or allow it to influence his childs education.
Marks focus is on home schooling and charter schools. While these might be options for some families, most families in Western North Carolina rely on public schools. We need an education system that benefits all children, not just a privileged few.
We need leaders who will fight for our public education system and our teachers!
Sandra Cook
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This week Aziani welcomes Eva Angelina. This tall, perfectly proportioned beauty is exactly why you keep coming back to Aziani week after week. In this photo set she finds a secluded spot at the Aziani mansion to pull up her barely there denim skirt and reveal the fact that she's arrived today without bothering to wear panties.
Eva Angelina looks phenomenal in this set of photos.Eva has an intense body with curves that are sure to drive you mad with desire. Her sexy dress hugs every one of those curves to perfection. The only thing more perfect is when that dress comes off and that delicious body is put on full nude display for you!