OTTAWA - Brock Sunderland was named assistant general manager of Ottawas new CFL franchise Wednesday. Hell be involved in all facets of football operations, including scouting and player contracts, the expansion team said in a release. "Im delighted to welcome Brock to our organization," said general manager Marcel Desjardins. "He brings a wealth of experience and a proven eye for talent that will be invaluable to our organization as we evaluate players and build our team for the 2014 season." Sunderland spent the last six years with the NFLs New York Jets in scouting roles, most recently covering college players in the western United States. Before that, he spent three seasons with the Montreal Alouettes. Sunderland joined the CFL team in 2004 as a scout and was later promoted to director of scouting. "I consider myself very fortunate to be able to return to the Canadian Football League and specifically to Ottawa," said Sunderland. 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Vapormax Off White Fake . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Rio de Janeiro Olympics are still just over five weeks away. But they become a tangible reality on Friday when one of their so-called Mega souvenir shops opens on Copacabana Beach.Bring plenty of cash, at least for anything more than a keychain that sells for 25 Brazilian reals ($8). A bikini with the Olympic logo will cost about $100, and a commemorative gold medal at just over $2,000. A bottle of Brazilian wine -- hardly world-famous -- with an Olympic logo lists for $40.Olympic merchandising is big business.Rios head of licensing and retail sales, Sylmara Multini, says organizers hope to sell merchandise worth about 1 billion Brazilian reals ($310 million) to Olympic visitors.Our products are very top quality products and we feel this is a fair price for them, Multini told The Associated Press.Multini said Rio will operate 132 stores around town during the Olympics, many of which will be small kiosks like the six to be set up at the famous Maracana stadium. She said all of the stores are operated by individual companies, which pay royalties to the organizing committee.We dont own the stores, and we dont set the prices, Multini said.Multini talked up the beachwear on sale- the flip-flops, the beach towels, the swimsuits.This is first time in the games that we have such a substantial beach line, she said. It couldnt be anything different. Were in Copacabana. Were in Rio, and we believe these are the products that are really going to fly off the shelf.Brazil is in the midst of its steepest recession since the 1930s. As reporters were shown the souvenir store on Thursday, across town some of the citys soup kitchens for the poor were being closed.The governor of Rio de Janeiro says the state is broke, jeopardizing policing during the games. The completion of a subway line for the games is also in jeopardy. All state-run schools have been hit by teacher strikes. Hospitals are operating, but many workers are not being paid.The show for reporterrs also came a day after a mutilated body washed up on the beach, just a short walk from the merchandise tent and the beach volleyball venue.ddddddddddddAlex Martins, cradling his 9-month-old daughter Camila, stopped by the store during a day at the beach. He said hed probably limit his gifts for Camila to a small stuffed animal for $40.I think this is will be very expensive for regular people here, Martins said. Maybe some will try to buy, but not many will be able to because of the bad economic times. This will be for tourists, I think.The 1,800 square-meter (19,300 square-feet) layout on Copacabana is one of the three largest souvenir stores for the games. The largest store will be a 5,000 square-meter (53,800 square-feet) store in the Olympic Park, while the Athletes Village shop will be 1,000 square-meters (10,750 square-feet).The Copa store could be a windfall for vendors operating kiosks up and down Avenida Atlantica, which runs the 4-kilometer (2.5 mile) length of Copacabana beach.Any Merci works at the kiosk just outside the store -- located between Posts 3-4 on the beach -- and serves up machete-opened coconuts and $4 caipirinhas to thirsty customers. Shes worked around the beach for a dozen years and has never seen business this bad.This last year has been horrible, she said. Im hopeful well do some business, but Im not sure how hopeful we should be.Juliana Mesquita worked alongside Any on Thursday. She senses the possibility for a good few months.Were looking for the foreigners to come by and spend something here, she said. I hope they dont spend it all inside (the store).---This story has been corrected to show that the commemorative gold medal costs just over $2,000 rather than around $3,000.---Stephen Wade on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wade ' ' '