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Nestled on the beach, this Layyah hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Port Khalid, Sharjah Aquarium, and Al Qasba. Sahara Centre and Al Jazeera Park are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
Catch some rays at the beach or spend the day relaxing at Royal Beach Resort & Spa's full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants.
Room Amenities
All 85 rooms provide 24-hour room service, minibars, and satellite TV. Hair dryers, phones, and desks are among the other amenities that guests will find.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Royal Beach Resort & Spa features an indoor pool and an outdoor pool. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at one of the 2 coffee shops/cafés. The property also has a snack bar/deli. This 4.5-star property offers access to a business center and a meeting room.
A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. This luxury hotel also offers a children's pool, a health club, and a spa tub. Complimentary self parking and valet parking are available on site.
Royal Beach Resort & Spa is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 85
- Business center
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Meeting rooms
- Luggage storage
- Free self parking
- Spa tub
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor pool
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Number of coffee shops/cafes - 2
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Full-service spa
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Computer station
- Pool umbrellas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Laundry facilities
- Spa treatment room(s)
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Free valet parking
- Garden
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Snack bar/deli
- Number of restaurants - 3
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Children's pool
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Indoor pool
- Children's pool
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( AED 10 per hour ), Wired high-speed internet ( AED 10 per hour )
Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Dolphin Restaurant - This beachfront buffet restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available. Open 24 hours.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, an outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna.
Children under 8 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, health club, fitness facility, or spa tub without adult supervision.
Spa Services
Time 2 Relax has 12 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Massages are available on the beach and in the spa; other services include facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is equipped with a mud bath, a sauna, and a spa tub.
Children under 8 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
- Number of treatment rooms 12
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Massages on beach
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Mud bath in spa
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 12:30 PM
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 5 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for AED 100 per night.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18 years old.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Parking height restrictions apply
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: AED 50 per person (approximately)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: AED 10 per hour (rates may vary)
- Fee for wired Internet in public areas: AED 10 per hour (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: AED 120.00 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: AED 100 per night
Hotel Name
- Royal Beach Resort Sharjah
- Royal Beach Sharjah
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 5 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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On Saturday evening, April 30th, one of the most highly anticipated concert events of the season took place at Burlington's Flynn Center. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma joined Jaime Laredo in a performance with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Our own Walter Parker hosted the pre-concert "Musically Speaking" session.

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I will agree with other posters that when it comes to contracting, the more experienced and better workers will have a higher price. I also think it is very important to network! I will go with a recommended contractor from a friend or acquaintence over a random one in the yellow pages. This is a good time for you to start building a good reputation. Have business cards made up and leave a few to each customer and say that you would appreciate a reference if they were satisfied with your work.
When you eventually hire more workers, make sure they are skilled and don't take short cuts. As long as you are invested in your business and quality work, then you should flourish! Good luck to you!
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If I may pose another question regarding referals. Would you as a homeowner be offended if a contractor offerred a "referral rebate" to you? Lets say for every referral that turns into a job the contractor gives you $50 cash or $100 off your next job?
Just go with it!
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I've had a few contractors here lately (new to me, old house with lots of things that need doing) and the one thing that is turning me off totally is whining.
My assumption is I am hiring a trained professional who has worked in all sorts of circumstances during their career. I also assume they have worked in much more difficult homes than mine but I am getting the impression that some are just not happy if things aren't perfect or easy.
Example: old bathroom needs new wall tile around new bathtub/shower. Some contractors are fine. They come in and look, measure, and give me a quote. Then there's the one who comes in and says 'oh it's plaster...sigh...the walls aren't square....sigh...we'll have to do a lot of prep...sigh...then we'll have to put up durock and that means trying to cut it to fit and make holes for the plumbing...sigh sigh sigh...do you know how difficult this type of job is?'. Well, yeah I kinda do which is why I don't want to do it myself but it's a basic bread and butter type job that's not being done by them that is for sure.
Another was really a great electrician in all respects but he whined a bit because he had cut an outdoor cable too short. Could he just put it over the top of the door instead of up in the eaves? Well, no because over the door was just too visible and exposed to the elements. So he whined for a minute or two because of the cost of the cable and and it was lucky it was the last thing he needed to do because that last bit dissappointed me. I don't expect to be made to feel someone is hard done by when they made a mistake and are only being asked to do what they said they would do to begin with. Sure ask me if I mind a change, but don't whine when I don't agree to it and want what we originally agreed to.
I am self employed so understand a lot of what contractors run up against, but I have zero patience when someone doesn't maintain their professional attitude. They are hired because they have the training, tools, and experience and should be able to handle average and more difficult jobs. If it's too hard for them, they should bow out beforehand.
About the referral rebate...not sure about this one but it is nice to get some acknowledgment or thanks for referring someone. A rebate is usefull if you will use the service again but otherwise a note or card or something simple (maybe related to the work?) probably wouldn't be out of line.
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Dusty, great input. I have been guilty of this one. You are dead-on and I will never make that mistake again. It comes across as completely unprofessional and makes the homeowner feel like he is doing something wrong or burdening the contractor in some excessive way.
I think what happens is, many contractors feel abused by homeowners that want Lord and Taylor quality on a Walmart budget. In my case, when I make comments regarding the job severity, it is to plant the seed that this may cost much more then you expected Mr Homeowner. I see now that this approach is a neagtive one and can give a homeowner a bad taste. Again, thank you for your insight.
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I don't mind if someone explains the costs to me (maybe because I am used to doing it with my clients) or tells me that because of this or that some extra time or materials will come into it. It's all in the way it's done. Explaining (vs whining) helps me get my expectations in place because I may have no idea at all what the work should cost. Thank TV shows and their $1000 budgets that do not include labour for that I guess. Sheesh, it's a shock to the system to realize what things cost in reality, but you don't know until you get some quotes and education from the tradesperson.
I do much prefer when someone comes in, shows me where there's an issue, says 'takes more time/materials but no problem just added cost'.
Also, if it's any comfort, there are hard to deal with clients in pretty much every business. It's a universal issue when it comes to dealing with them so everyone is happy (and sometime that isn't going to happen either).
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oh have i got a good one for you, im not upset at all contractors but this one lied to me about pricing and i made the mistake of not having legal assistance with me through my construction of my home, but please please make sure if your doing any changes for someone that you make sure to set up on paper the costs of those changes!!!
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Problems with Contractors
Get out your notebook! We recently had our bathroom gut-renovated. We live in the upper floor of a duplex - 4 small rooms and only ONE bathroom! (luckily we could borrow the one downstairs)
Problems started immediately: the contractor brought a boom box, which he proceeded to blast without even bothering to ask me if I would mind. I did. Very much, since I work at home! I had to ask, TELL him every darn day to turn it off! Very rude!
They did not cover the heating vents (forced hot-air heat) and now I have to get my ducts cleaned, due to construction debris falling in.
I specified greenboard for the walls and ceiling of the entire bathroom - they only put it up in the walls - NOT in the shower! Since we have low ceilings, moisture is a major problem. But the walls were up and there was nothing I could do about it.
Then I specified (and all of this was in the contract, mind you) cement board for the floor. They put in 1/2" plywood and tried to tell me it was 1". But I could see about a 1/2" gap under the door, so I knew it was BS. ( we had to be away during a few days of the renovation, so this is how they got away with it)
Worst to me was that they put up the wrong color tile!!!!!! I specified a particular color for the field tile, as well as the trim. I gave them a second choice on the trim, which was fine, but absolutely said that I wanted my color choice in the field tile. They said that they could not get the color I ordered for another week, and didn't want to wait that long, so they went to a different supplier who had something close. It wasn't. And there was no excuse for not telling me, because he had my cell phone number and I checked in several times while we were away. We walked back in after being away - and the wrong color was already up! If I hadn't been so furious, and never wanted to see them again, I would have demanded that they rip out the walls and start again. But this was after 11 days of noise, dust, tromping through my house, having to re-arrange my furniture so they could leave their tools, etc., etc., etc. They didn't even cover my stairs or floors with drop cloths - and I have parquet and hardwood!
I am still steaming, and every time I walk in the bathroom, I want to scream. Oh, and the wax ring under the toilet failed, and yellow gunk started oozing out from underneath. When I called the contractor, he said he'd never heard of anything like that and didn't know what to tell me. He said maybe the dog piddled on it. I said, "The wax ring has failed. Come over here, pull off the toilet and re-install it!" He did, and it seems ok so far.
Please don't treat your clients like this. And don't assume that women know nothing about home improvement. We do. If I'd had the physical strength, I would have done it myself. (my husband knows nothing about home repairs and works long hours, so he could not have helped) Treat all you clients as if they were family - imagine if someone had treated your wife or mother or daughter like that.
(to be fair, the quality of the work was very good.)
Good luck to you. And thank you for being so conscientious as to ask for opinions - you sound like a very decent person.
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O.K. So I have this PT on my head again. Here is what I did.
1 1/8 tsp gelatin (1/2 a packet)
1/8 c water
1/8 tsp ACV
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1/4 mashed banana
squirt of conditioner (maybe 1-1 1/2 tsp)
This was just enough for my thin, fine, chin length hair. It gelled before I got around to using it. I popped it in the microwave for a few seconds and it was liquid again. So I'm guessing if you wanted to save some for another time, that might work. The consistency seemed less drippy. This could be because I had a larger ratio of banana. I froze mashed banana in 1/4 banana portions, so I just used all of it and it seems fine. I skipped the honey because I add some to my rinse out and it seemed redundant.
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All this week we've been celebrating Women's History Month, in collaboration with the Vermont Commission on Women.
Wednesday afternoon, a group of four women will be part of a panel examining Women's Legal Rights in the 1970's and 80's.
Sandy Baird will be one of those women, and will speak from first-hand experience on the legal reality of those decades.Baird is a lawyer and professor at Burlington College, and by her own account took an unusual path to becoming an attorney, passing the bar after working as a clerk at Vermont Legal Aid for five years.
Baird tells VPR's Mitch Wertlieb one of the first things that struck her when she became a lawyer was how little recourse there was in Vermont's civil court system for women being abused at home.
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Voices from the ruins of Tacloban:
"[It was] hell. We knew it was coming but not on this scale. The wind took the roof off. We were under the mattress, [pinned] against a concrete wall. Then suddenly the water started to rise. It was black. You looked out of the window and it was white like there was snow there. [The sound] was, 'Bang, bang, bang!' All around the coconut trees went, 'Crrr, crrr, crrrr,' cracking like matches" — Marcel Stutz, a farmer from a small village outside Tacloban, who was able to lead his wife and two daughters to safety
"I was so scared, but my father held me and told me to be strong and that we would live … We expected the wind and the rain, but this was like a tsunami. I said to my father this is the end of our lives. We were so lucky. Just as we were thinking we would have to swim away, it all ended. The water just left" — Delma Rosel, 30, who was inside her wood-framed house near Tacloban airport when the typhoon hit
"They said it would be OK. They said it would just be wind and no flooding. [Bilfried] was a papa's boy. We had high hopes for him. He was so good in class. The teachers always appreciated him" — Cristina Maceda-Militante, 37, mother of the 12-year-old boy who was swept away along with his father Gilberto and most of the men in their village of Candahug
"People are just scavenging in the streets. People are asking food from relatives, friends. The devastation is too much … The malls, the grocery stories have all been looted. They're empty. People are hungry. And [the authorities] cannot control the people" — Joselito Camoy, a 42, a truck driver in Tacloban
"It really breaks your heart when you see [the corpses]. We're limited with manpower, the expertise, as well as the trucks that have to transport them to different areas for identification. Do we do a mass burial, because we can't identify them anymore? If we do a mass burial, where do you place them?" — Major General Romeo Poquiz, commander of the 2nd Air Division
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MANILA — Hundreds of thousands of people were spending their fifth night sleeping in the open in the Philippines Tuesday as soldiers and aid workers struggled to deliver help to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
Almost half the estimated 660,000 people left homeless by its devastating wind and waves were still without shelter as tropical weather brought more heavy rain and forecasters warned of the risk of a second typhoon later this week.
Anger across the Philippines was continuing to rise at what seemed to be the slow response to the crisis, with many areas yet to receive aid on the scale needed.
The number killed remains unclear, with the United Nations estimating at least 10,000.
Benigno Aquino, the Philippines' president, said he believed the true figure was lower — between 2,000 and 2,500 — but many of the worst-affected towns and islands have yet to provide reliable death tolls.
As the world scrambled to send aid to those who survived, there was still little to show for it on the ground.
Along the road running through the storm-battered far north of Cebu island, aid workers said shivering children stood in the rain with arms outstretched begging for food and water. Some held up signs that simply said "Help Us".
Water is so scarce here people are drinking from wells contaminated by the storm surges that swept ashore and destroyed almost every building in the region. Food supplies are almost exhausted.
"We are running out of food," said Gilberto Arrabi Jr., vice-mayor of Daanbantayan, the small town at Cebu's far northern tip. "We don't have enough to last the rest of the week."
Elsewhere in the disaster zone, the security situation in the hardest-hit areas such as Tacloban City and Guiuan in eastern Samar province is increasingly volatile.
People live in fear of being robbed for what little they salvaged from their homes. What started out as widespread looting has become ever more vicious as survivors grow more desperate. So severe is the disorder, the authorities have imposed a nine-hour nightly curfew in Tacloban night and deployed commandos from the elite Special Action Force.
There is limited capacity at Tacloban airport for the giant C130 transport planes bringing aid and they cannot fly at night because of there is no power or lights.
Shops and homes have been ransacked; now the few relief convoys reaching the most broken cities are being targeted.
Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippines Red Cross, told how a relief column heading to Samar was forced to turn back after being attacked, apparently by communist insurgents.
"A fire fight broke out as one of our aid convoys attempted to cross into Samar from Leyte province," he said.
Aid agencies said delays of up to five days in getting help to survivors were "inevitable," given the conditions on the ground.
The U.S. Navy has sent USS George Washington, which has 5,000 sailors and 80 aircraft, while Britain is sending a warship, HMS Daring.
Neither vessel is expected to arrive in the area for two to three days. Substantial aid has yet to reach Tacloban's suburbs, let alone outlying areas or the smaller settlements in the Philippines' 2,000-island archipelago.
Aid workers said the scale of the destruction, combined with the remote location of the affected islands, meant delays could not be avoided.
"I can understand people asking, 'Where is the aid?' but access to that part of the Philippines is normally only by air or fairly slow ferries anyway, and at the moment most of the airfields have been affected by the storm surge which has left a layer of muck that is dangerous to land planes on," said Paul Valentin, international director of Christian Aid.
"Things are inevitably patchy in the first few days after a disaster, but overall the international community is rising to the challenge and within a week or so we may have some kinds of recognizable system in place."
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Attempting to hail a cab in the Big Apple, Kristen Wiig was spotted out on the busy streets of New York City on Tuesday (June 19).
The "Saturday Night Live" funny woman sported a casual look in skinny jeans and black booties as she seemed unhappy about her unsuccessful attempt at hitching a ride.
Although the "Bridesmaids" actress recently called it quits on her weekly NBC hit show, it looks like the comedian had quite the monumental year in terms of earnings.
Raking in big from her hit film, along with all of her other ventures, Kristen nabbed the number nine spot on this year's Highest Paid Actresses list.
The 38-year-old tied her earnings with Meryl Streep at a whopping $12 million, just above Jennifer Aniston who rounded out the list with $11 million.
Other A-listers who also made the cut were "Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart who earned the top spot with $34.5 million along with her "Snow White and the Huntsman" co-star Charlize Theron who grabbed the number five spot with an impressive $18 million.
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I would Timesert all the head bolt threads. The threads in the aluminum blocks are too damn weak to risk not installing inserts. Don't risk a 2nd head gasket job to save a couple hundred bucks.
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No new posts yet. I am checking my friend's 330i. It overheated and they ran it a little ways overheated. Some of the problems with overheating can be caused (if thermostat is opening, waterpump is moving coolant, radiator not clogged and there is no debris between condensor and radiator) by a bad fan clutch or bad electric cooling fans. One good indication of overheating besides looking at your gauge is that your air conditioning will stop cooling.
My friend's engine is bad. On cold starts, if you removed the radiator cap, it would start bubbling and spitting coolant out in spite that the vehicle is cold. One of the comments read about checking compression and if the head is warped, then this will be reflected on compression. This is not always the case as I have tested many overheated engines and i have encountered overheated engines with still good compression.
The best way to check your engine would be with a cylinder leak tightness test. This is done with a cylinder leakage tester. Pull out the plugs and when the piston is at TDC in the compression stroke have the tool installed and with compressed air, check the difference. If you put 100psi into the cylinder and the second gauge is reading 60psi, then you have 60% leaktightness and you are leaking 40%. Then it is a matter of listening for air. If you hear air comming out of the exhaust, you have compression leaking thru exhaust valves. If you feel and hear air thru the intake, then you are leaking compression thru the intake valves. If you feel and hear air thru the dip stick or from the oil cap, then you are leaking thru the piston rings. And last, if you see bubbles in the cooling system, then you are leaking either thru a warped cylinder head or, least likely, cracked cylinder head.
My friend's E46's head is warped 0.004in and block is warped 0.006in. Repair is possible and will be a lot of work and money for machining, and not only that but you have to be able to trust your machine shop to resurface the head and block correctly. If they do this right, then all you need is to purchase a repair gasket to compensate for the amount of resufacing. Used engines on ebay are around 3k and who knows how well maintained the engine is.
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The Polish officer whom Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis died shielding from a suicide bomber in Afghanistan, said he and Ollis had stood back to back shooting at attacking insurgents.
"We protected each other," Polish 2nd Lt. Karol Cierpica told Army Times. "I fought front. Michael, my back."
"Michael stayed between the terrorist and me," Cierpica said.
Cierpica, a 38-year-old husband and father, said he dreams of taking his family to the United States to visit the grave of his new "brother," Ollis.
On Tuesday, Ollis' parents, Robert and Linda, met Cierpica for the first time at an emotional ceremony honoring the American at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City.
Ollis, 24, of Staten Island, N.Y., was with the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), of Fort Drum.
Ollis' parents embraced Cierpica, and in a private meeting before the ceremony, they asked him about their son's final moments and told them they feel a special bond with him.
"We have a tremendous amount of respect for him," Robert Ollis said. "I told him, 'I love you because you were with my son, shoulder to shoulder.' "
Many times, Cierpica thought about what he would say to his savior's parents, but he was speechless when the time came. And then found the words, "Thank you, thank you so much for your son."
Ollis received the Afghanistan Star from the president of the Republic of Poland and the Army Gold Medal from Poland's minister of defense. He had posthumously recieved the Silver Star, the U.S. military's third highest award for valor.
Tuesday's ceremony, attended by Ollis' platoon mates, Army officials and Polish dignitaries, was a mix of sadness, pride and a celebration of the friendship between the allied nations personified by Ollis' final sacrifice.
"It's a symbolic act, very painful, and I share the feelings of the parents," Polish Ambassador to the U.S. Ryszard Schnepf told Army Times. "I'm a father, too, and I can only imagine the situation and what it means to lose a son."
Ollis met Cierpica during the Aug. 28 attack on Forward Operating Base Ghazni. Ollis accounted for his men in a bunker and ran toward the danger, where he linked up with Cierpica in spite of the language barrier.
A massive truck bomb had breached the base's eastern wall, and 10 suicide bombers flooded through. Cierpica caught shrapnel in his leg from an insurgent's grenade earlier in the firefight, and shrapnel in the other leg after he met Ollis, knocking him down.
Ollis stepped between Cierpica and an advancing insurgent, fired from five meters and killed him. But as Ollis moved to clear the downed insurgent, the suicide vest detonated and its blast mortally wounded him.
Cierpica recalled emotionally that after they were taken for medical care he lay in a bed next to the unconscious American soldier who saved his life.
Ollis' sisters, Kimberly and Kelly, were grateful Cierpica shared the story, offering them a new measure of closure and his friendship.
Cierpica invited the Ollises to visit his family in Poland, and the sisters were excited to bring their husbands and children.
"I told him that he's part of our family now," Kelly Ollis said. "We already made that connection in a short period of time."■


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Lobo Volleyball Travels to Savannah State for Tiger Invitational
Aug. 29, 2012
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Friday, Aug. 31: Lobos vs. UNC Asheville (0-4), 9 a.m. MT; Lobos vs. Maryland-Eastern Short (3-0), 5 p.m. MT
Saturday, Sept. 31: Lobos vs. Kennesaw State (3-0),11 a.m. MT.; Lobos at Savannah State (0-3), 5 p.m. MT
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Week 2 Notes - Lobo Volleyball at the Tiger Invitational (Savannah State)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The University of New Mexico volleyball team travels to Savannah State to take part in the Tiger Invitational, Aug. 31-Sept. 1. The Lobos (3-1) will face tough competition while on the east coast, particularly Maryland-Eastern Shore, a 2011 NCAA tournament participant who returns five of its top scorers, including three all-conference players from last season and the 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year in Saitaua Iosia. Iosia was picked as the MEAC 2012 Preseason Player of the Year and was named Sports Imports Division I National Player of the Week by American Volleyball Coaches Association on Aug. 28 for her play last weekend in the St. Francis Terrier Invite.
"We'll play four matches while out on the east coast," head coach Jeff Nelson said. "Maryland-Eastern Shore will be a bit of a test of where we're at and what we've got. We'll be tested in terms of a high-quality player (in Iosia) that we'll have to handle, and in terms of a team that is experienced and competitive."
Nelson saw some great things from his Lobos last weekend in the Sheraton Airport/LA Boxing Lobo Classic.
"Alijah Gunsaulus played really well for us," he said. "She was steady and consistent. Another new face, Hannah Johnson, a redshirt freshman, had a really good weekend setting for us. Lena Skipper (junior transfer) also started last weekend and what we saw from her in the back row was exactly what we needed. She was really tough and was our best passer all weekend.
"Overall, the newcomers did a great job and the players that needed to step up, particularly Chantale Riddle, did, and then the rest of the group followed that lead."
Last time out
The Lobos won their season-opening tournament, the Sheraton Airport/LA Boxing Lobo Classic, finishing the weekend with a 3-1 record -With it's 3-0 win over Southern on Aug. 24, UNM improved to 6-0 in season-opening matches since the arrival of Jeff Nelson in 2007, and 20-12 since 1980 -The Lobos lost to Duquesne, 2-3, on Aug. 24 -On Aug. 25, UNM defeated Southern, 3-0, and beat Duquesne, 3-1
On UNC Asheville, 0-4 (Ashveville, N.C. - Big South Conference) - First Meeting
-The Bulldogs finished 15-14 (7-7, fourth in Big South) in 2011 -UNC Asheville returns eight letterwinners players from last year's squad, including five starters -The Bulldogs were picked to finish fourth in the Big South and are 0-4 after opening with the Gamecock Invitational hosted by South Carolina, dropping matches to East Tennessee State (2-3), Akron (1-3), Temple (0-3) and South Carolina (0-3) -Senior MB Holly Shelton leads the Bulldogs at the net, averaging 2.93 kills/set and connecting with .229 accuracy -Freshman MB Christine Lakatos adds 2.13 kills/set and RS junior Anna Moore is averaging 1 block/set -Freshman Katie Davis handles setting duties, averaging 7.53/game
On Maryland-Eastern Shore, 3-0 (Princess Anne, Md. - Mid-Eastern Atheltic Conference) - First Meeting
-The Hawks are coming off their most successful season in career history, finishing 24-7 overall and 12-0 in the MEAC to earn a trip to the 2011 NCAA Tournament -UMES returns its five top scorers, including three all-conference players from last season -The Hawks won the St. Francis (NY) Terrier Invite last weekend with victories over NJIT (3-1), St. Francis (3-1) and Radford (3-1) -The team is led by 2011 MEAC Rookie of the Year/2012 MEAC Preseason Player of the Year OH/RS Saitaua Iosia who is averaging 5.33 kills/set -The sophomore outside hitter was named National Player of the Week by AVCA for her play last weekend, earning a double double in all three matches, leading off with 21 kills and 14 digs on Friday against NJIT -The next day, she followed up with 19 kills and 16 digs against St. Francis, and ended Saturday hitting .408 against Radford, tallying 24 kills and 17 digs -In total, Iosia hit .359 over the weekend with 64 kills and 47 digs and seven blocks
On Kennesaw State, 3-0 (Kennesaw, Ga. - Atlantic Sun Conference) - First Meeting
-The Owls finished 13-16 (8-5, fourth in A-Sun) in 2011 -KSU returns nine letterwinners from last year's squad, including fours starters -The Owls are 3-0, having picked up wins against Louisiana-Monroe (3-1), Jackson State (3-1) and Miss. State (3-2) -Junior setter Sarah Metroka averages 10.54 assits/set while RS senior OH Turea Jones leads the Owls with 3.77 kills/set
On Savannah State, 0-3 (Savannah, Ga. - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) - First Meeting
-The Tigers finished 0-27 (0-9, MEAC) in 2011 - Savannah State returns 10 letterwinners and all of its starters from last year -The Tigers are 0-3 after the Hilton Invitational (hosted by UT-Arlington), having dropped matches to UT-Arlington (0-3), Stephen F. Austin (0-3) and UT-Pan American (0-3)
-New Mexico won the Sheraton Airport/LA Boxing Lobo Classic in its opening weekend, defeating Southern twice by 3-0 marks and splitting with Duquesne, 2-3 on Friday night and topping the Dukes, 3-1, on Saturday night -RS sophomore RS Chantale Riddle leads the Lobos with 4.31 kills/set, hitting with a .320 clip -Senior S Jordan Russell and RS freshman S Hannah Johnson split setting duties and after four matches, Russell is averaging 4.33 assits/set while Johnson averages 6.20 -The Lobos are outhitting opponents, 13 kills/set to 8.6 kills/set and are hitting with better accuracy than opponents, .284 to .094
Double-Double time
-Senior setter Jordan Russell recorded her first career double-double -- 24 assists and 11 digs -- on Aug. 24 in the Lobos' 2-3 loss to Duquesne -Russell doubled her double-double total the following night in UNM's 3-1 victory over Duquesne, tallying 26 set assists and 12 digs -Chantale Riddle also recorded a double-double on the weekend with 20 kills and 13 digs in UNM's 2-3 loss to Duquesne on Aug. 24
Nelson Nears a Milestone
-With a 3-1 weekend in the Sheraton Airport/LA Boxing Lobo Classic (Aug. 24-25), head coach Jeff Nelson's record at New Mexico improves to 95-56, just five shy of his 100th Lobo victory -Nelson's all-time record is 338-201 -His 100th career win came on Sept. 12, 1999 when he was coach at Texas Tech when the Red Raiders defeated his alma mater Ball State, 3-1, in the Nanook Classic in Fairbanks Alaska -Career win No. 200 was recorded while he was with San Francisco, when the Dons defeated Portland, 3-0, on Nov. 6, 2004 -His 300th career win came on Nov. 27, 2009 when the Lobos topped New Orleans, 3-1
Feel that freshmen impact
-A few of New Mexico's freshmen are seeing plenty of court time and are making an impact for the Lobos -Redshirt freshman Hannah Johnson played in every set in the Lobos' opening weekend, recording 92 set assists for an average of 6.20 per game -Johnson also had two kills, two aces and seven total blocks -True freshman Alijah Gunsaulus saw action in every match last weekend and started three matches, posting double-digit kills in New Mexico's 3-1 win over Duquesne on Aug. 25, connecting on 11 of 25 attempts -Gunsaulus also had 12 digs in the Lobos' 2-3 loss to Duquesne on Aug. 24 -Skye Gullatt, another true freshman, played in both of the Lobos' matches against Southern and recorded 12 kills and hit with .647 accuracy (12k - 1e - 17ta) -Gullatt finished the weekend with 13 kills on 21 attempts (.476)
Career weekend for several Lobos
-All six of the Lobos' returners from last season recorded and/or tied personal bests in UNM's opening weekend -Riddle recorded a career-high 20 kills on Aug. 24 in the Lobos' 2-3 loss against Duquesne and then topped that performance for a new career high of 22 in the Lobos' 3-1 win over Duquesne on Aug. 25 -Riddle also topped her career-high for points in a match, recording 22 on Aug. 24 against Duquesne followed by a 26-point performance on Aug. 25 against Duquesne -Russell set new career highs for set assists and digs, tallying 26 assists and 12 digs against Duquesne on Aug. 25 -Lexi Ross had a career-high 13 kills in the Lobos' 2-3 loss against Duquesne on Aug. 24 and tied her career high for total blocks in UNM's 3-1 victory over Duquesne on Aug. 25, recording five -Elsa Krieg recorded seven block assists, which translated to seven total blocks and two new personal bests in the Lobos' 2-3 loss to Duquesne on Aug. 25 -Ashley Newman tied her career high for kills with 13 in New Mexico's 3-0 sweep of Southern on Aug. 25 -Junior Miquella Lovato recorded a new career high for digs, tallying 26 in New Mexico's 2-3 loss to Duquesne on Aug. 24 -Lovato also recorded a kill in New Mexico's 3-1 victory over Duquesne on Aug. 25
ProView Networks to Broadcast Lobo Home Matches
-ProView Networks will be streaming Lobo home matches live online and showing matches on tape delay on local channel 27 -Free live streaming can be viewed at www.ProViewNetworks.com -Monday and Tuesday evenings are tentatively reserved on Ch. 27 for tape delay matches


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Anti-doping chief tells Australia to come clean
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The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, says Australia's reputation as an international leader in the fight against drugs in sport has been compromised by its refusal to release details of an investigation into five cyclists.
Mr Pound has called on the Australian Sports Commission to open its books on the riders accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. The five were cleared of any wrongdoing, but Mr Pound said yesterday: "I would have thought that if athletes were exonerated, it would be quite easy to say why they are exonerated.
"The rest of the world is going to say how is it that Australia deals with all these things in secret?"
Mr Pound said in a radio interview that he had been denied a copy of the independent report into the claims despite repeated requests, and he would complain to the Australian Government.
However, the commission's chief executive, Mark Peters, said the anti-doping agency had been kept up to date with all the latest developments, but the report could not be made public because Mark French, the rider at the centre of the scandal, was appealing against his ban.
"Mr Pound should be aware that Australia, like his home country Canada, has binding privacy legislation that prevents the release of information given in confidence without the approval of the individuals who gave that information," Mr Peters said.
He said Mr Pound would have learned that his agency had been kept informed since last year, had he "checked before making ill-informed media statements".
Australian Customs has launched an inquiry into how a supplement at the centre of the scandal, Testicomp, got into the country. Traces of the supplement were found in French's room at the Australian Institute of Sport's cycling base in Adelaide.
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If you haven't heard of the hit puzzle game "Angry Birds" then it's very likely you have been spending a lot of time under a rock somewhere, as it's taking the world by storm. Angry Birds was developed by Finland based developer, Rovio, founded in 2003 by Niklas Hed, Jarno Väkeväinen, and Kim Dikert, and is one of Europe's leading independent developers of wireless games with an ever-growing portfolio of award-winning titles.
Since its release for Apple's iOS devices in December 2009, over 50 million copies of Angry Birds have been downloaded, and versions have appeared for other touchscreen-based smartphones and tablets.
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The mobile gaming space is heating up, and with Tencent's recent investments and acquisitions making waves in the past month with their purchase of US based Riot games, it's not unlikely to see more investments or acquisitions from Chinese Internet players of US gaming comapanies.
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El Houssine Is Big East's Freshman of the Week
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Valerie El Houssine is a big reason the Bulls are on a roll and the Big East has noticed.
The outside hitter from Belgium was named the conference's freshman of the week on Monday after she helped USF win three straight matches and capture the UCF Invitational crown this past weekend.
"Valerie [El Houssine] was vital to our success over the weekend as well as vital to the start of this winning streak, starting with Bethune-Cookman," head coach Claire Lessinger said. "She is well deserving of the recognition and I am proud of her. Val is extremely humble which makes it very easy for everyone to respect her. She quietly does her job and continues to do it better and better everyday."
El Houssine was named the tournament's most valuable player after she recorded double-digit kills for the sixth straight match against UCF in Sunday's finale. She averaged 4.2 kills per set last week with a .243 hitting percentage.
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Shares in Broadcast Services Australia jumped 28 per cent yesterday after the telecom and broadcast services contractor announced a deal with Telstra that will contribute up to $48 million in revenues over the next two years.
BSA shares gained as much as 41 per cent during the day before closing up 5c at 23c.
The deal hands BSA a major portion of Telstra's telephony services installation and maintenance business for Sydney and Brisbane. BSA will handle new phone connections, extensions and fault repairs for Telstra customers.
"BSA can immediately meet the contract through our existing infrastructure with which we are already servicing Telstra," said BSA's joint managing director Mark Foley.
The new business will provide a significant boost to BSA's revenues, which were forecast to reach $100 million for the year ending June 30 and deliver earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $7 million.
The Telstra contract starts in May this year and finishes in June 2006.
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The company is also a Telstra-registered training provider, meaning it can train new people and improve the skills of existing contractors to meet demand for services.
BSA also handles satellite installations for the pay TV industry and supplies equipment and infrastructure services to the broadcast industry.
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I started seriously bicycling only recently when I moved to Pittsburgh, which is a heck of a place to start considering all of the hills here. It's also surprising considering that while I was growing up I watched my role-model-dad bike to work every fair-weathered day.
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Most days I walk to work. It's just a quick jog up Millvalle, and a right on Penn. Within fifteen minutes, I'm there.
Well, that's only true if I manage to catch the first traffic light, and this morning I'm left waiting. I linger patiently with plenty of company though; my corner also serves as a popular bus stop for folks commuting to Oakland, and the Southside.
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Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP)
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Bloomsburg, PA
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Earlham College
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Mathematics, Physics
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Sign me up to be Google's Street View Trekker. Job description: Hike scenic trails with a 40 lbs camera (equivalent to the Google Street-View Car Camera, but a bit smaller). Go here to learn more: http://bit.ly/18jH1GL
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Rachel Carson, but Smokey the Bear and Captain Planet are tied for second.
- If I were a shape-shifter, I'd turn into…
an otter. They are so playful.
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Two years ago, I joined a trail crew cutting tread along the Continental Divide. For weeks we switch backed our way up the side of Park View Mountain. The work was satisfying and tangible, and each day I was able to break a new record for highest I had ever climbed. The day we summited the mountain, taking in the view from both our side and now the other, I felt elated! We were working at over 13,000 ft. I have climbed higher peaks since, but sharing that view with the good people on my crew has been hard to top.
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Immobilization of Enzymes and Cells
Volume 22 of the series Methods in Biotechnology™ pp 65-76
Practical Protocols for Lipase Immobilization Via Sol-Gel Techniques
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Lipases can be efficiently entrapped in the pores of hydrophobic silicates by a simple and cheap sol-gel process in which a mixture of an alkylsilane [RSi(OCH3)3 and Si(OCH3)4] is hydrolyzed under basic conditions in the presence of the enzyme. Additives such as isopropanol, polyvinyl alcohol, cyclodextrins, or surfactants enhance the efficiency of this type of lipase immobilization. The main area of application of these heterogeneous biocatalysts concerns esterification or transesterification in organic solvents, ionic liquids, or supercritical carbon dioxide. Rate enhancements (relative to the traditional use of lipase powders) of several orders of magnitude have been observed, in addition to higher thermal stability. The lipase immobilizates are particularly useful in the kinetic resolution of chiral esters, enantioselectivity often being higher than what is observed when using the commercial forms of these lipases (powder or classical immobilizates). Thus, because of the low price of sol-gel entrapment, the excellent performance of the lipase immobilizates, and the ready recyclability, this method is industrially viable.
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Kris32 said
djwd saidSo, who is wrong?
Kris32 saidWell fortunately that author cleared it all up, now I can safely ignore 17 pages discussion thread, Collis and other staff's posts.
I'm a little bit confused, I just contacted the author of the "Layer Slider WP" and he said that if we (authors) buy an extended license for (example) slider plugin, we can redistribuite that slider into an our theme. He said that this feature hasn't changed yet.
Some of the staff can explain me this??
I guess the Layer Slider's author doesn't understand (yet) the new "extended" license. No you can't redistribute CC item inside your item, unless you've bought the plugin before the new license applied. Correct me if I'm wrong
@PrimeThemes – I would suggest to read whole thread and you'll get the answer. It was mentioned thousand times.
OK so we're also confused:
We – as an author – CANNOT give permission to our customers about including our products in their themes (if they purchased an extended license of course)?
Thanks for all your input guys! For the authors still wondering about the use of items in other stock files, please refer to my post on page ten and any of the posts before that that answer these questions.
Corius saidInteresting. I'd love to talk more about this. If we need to adjust what's considered a tool, we can. Shoot me an email through my profile.
Hi, I have a remark about the tool definition in the tool license: "An installable software application designed to perform specific tasks in order to create other works. Tools include fonts, extensions, 3D software scripts, 3D software plug-ins, and graphics software add-ons." I think this definition is too restrictive: I develop some flash stuff on Activeden, among which some AS3 class. Basically AS3 class are nothing more than scripts, but not 3D ones, they are not really 'installable' as I don't make real flash component out of them. They are not real software add-ons as you can not only use them with Flash (of course), but also with any AS3 coding tool. The way you describe a "tool" (in the 'tool license' way of it), sounds like the list of tool is exhaustive, but I think any item consisting of a piece of code could be considered as a tool whatever its language and not only 3D software scripts. There is another problem: when I make an item consisting in a standalone swf stuff (menu, full site template, loading anim, ... whatever stuff). My final product is this swf file. As a standalone item it doesn't need the source code to be used. BUT, when I submit the item, the reviewer asks me to supply all the sources with the item. If all the sources are mine, fine (well, I'm still reluctant, but at least no license problem), but what if I used a purchased as3 class ? I don't have the right to include it in my own item, AND my item doesn't need the purchased file as it works fine as a swf, but the reviewer will still asks for it: regarding the license, my item is legal and can be selled, but because you request the source code, it will be breaching the license.
Beside this problem, I personally think that requesting to include the source code of a standalone swf is absurde as it make it simpler for the buyer to make illegal use of the source code (well, since he has it in clear code, doesn't even need any decompiler)A long time ago we had to decide whether we'd lock down the code or allow buyers to completely customize their work. We decided that this marketplace is far more useful to buyers if they're able to do what they want with the end product. Does that make it easier for people to steal stuff? Sometimes, but that's far outweighed by the increase in sales. Luckily, most people are honest. Even if they can steal, they tend to go the legal route. If that wasn't the case, these marketplaces probably wouldn't exist.
kreatura said
OK so we're also confused: We – as an author – CANNOT give permission to our customers about including our products in their themes (if they purchased an extended license of course)?
Probably if you give us your permission. I was about to buy an extended licence of your Layer Slider but I'm waiting for something clear. Otherwise I think we, as TF authors won't buy extended licences but regular licences just for presentation…
I know I ain't no moderator or anything, but since I 'lost' 30 mins to read the whole thread, I suggest people interested in topic to do the same to avoid polluting this already 'hot' thread with the same questions over and over again and making it hard to follow.
-Hey, Awesome plugin author, I want to use your plugin within my theme, but envato tells me to get a partnership with you, because extended licence does not cover that from now on.
-OK, here's my partnership proposal: buy my plugins extended licence + gimme 0% of your theme sales. Interested?-Cool! Agreed.
The end.
kreatura saidOf course what? Do you mean that if an extended version were purchased you would allow the item to be part of a new work? Believe it or not, literally thousands of people believed or "mis understood" the extended license to mean just that. I'm holding off on further purchases for a brief time until an option for a developer is offered.
(if they purchased an extended license of course)?
Under the extended license, is it okay to use a Videohive AfterEffects element, not just as part of a video reveal, but as part of the logo itself? If so, can that logo (either still or in motion) be trademarked?
supermindapps said
Under the extended license, is it okay to use a Videohive AfterEffects element, not just as part of a video reveal, but as part of the logo itself? If so, can that logo (either still or in motion) be trademarked?
No. Currently the only categories that allows use in logos is the Logos category on GraphicRiver. Even then, because it's a non-exclusive license, you can't actually trademark the logo.


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Eastside tennis teams begin state competition
Published: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 8:46 p.m.
Today's matches
Class 4A girls
Individual Competition
Site: Sanlando Park, Altamonte Springs
Singles: No. 1 Kendal Wilby, Buchholz
Doubles: No. 1 Kendal Wilby and Courtney Cribb, Buchholz
Defending champions: Singles - Gabriela Castaneda, Everglades; Doubles - Gabriela Castaneda and Samantha Gonzalo, Everglades
Tournament starts: Today at 8 a.m, first round individual singles begin when courts become available; individual doubles teams check in, 11 a.m.; first round individual doubles matches begin when courts become available
How they got here: Both won district titles at the No. 1 seed in singles (Wilby) and doubles (Wilby and Cribb)
Class 2A Boys
Team Competition
Site: Red Bug Lake Park, Casselberry
Teams: Eastside, Tallahassee Rickards, Ponte Vedra, Merritt Island, Tampa Jesuit, Naples Bishop Verot, Plantation American Heritage, Pinecrest Gulliver Prep
Defending champion: Pine Crest
Tournament starts: Today at 8 a.m., two rounds of singles, one round of doubles; Thursday: Singles team finals start at 8 a.m., followed by team doubles semifinals and finals
Eastside participants: Boys singles- No. 1 Hyunsoo Joo, No. 2 Samuel Cockey, No. 3 Camille Kima, No. 4 Maxwell Curtis, No. 5 Tabong Kima; Doubles- No. 1 Joo and Camille Kima; No. 2 Cockeyy and Derek Lee
How Rams got here: Eastside def. Dade City Pasco, 5-2 in the Region 3 finals; def. Brooksville Nature Coast 7-0 in the regional semifinals
Passing shots: This is the second straight and third in the last four years trip to state for the Rams, who under coach Dave Horner, finished sixth in 2012 and fourth in 2010 (Class 3A). Eastside last won a boys state title in 2000 (3A). Although defending state champion Pine Crest didn't make it back to state, four others besides the Rams did — Gulliver Prep (second in 2012), Ponte Vedra (3rd), Jesuit (4th) and Bishop Verot (5th).
Class 2A Girls
Team Competition
Site: Red Bug Lake Park, Casselberry
Teams: Eastside, Panama City Arnold, Jacksonville Bolles, Orlando Lake Highland Prep, Tampa Holy Names, Englewood Lemon Bay, Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest, Pinecrest Gulliver Prep
Defending champion: Bolles
Tournament starts: Today at 8 a.m., two rounds of singles, one round of doubles; Tuesday: Singles team finals start at 8 a.m., followed by team doubles semifinals and finals
Eastside participants: Girls singles- No. 1 Emily Louie-Meadors, No. 2 Alexandra Sourakov, No. 3 Toni Veitcheva, No. 4 Murielle LeMaire, No. 5 Anqi Liu; Doubles- Louie-Meadors and Sourakov, No. 2 Amaleah Mirti and Christine Pu
How Rams got here: Eastside def. Belleview 6-1 in Region 3 finals; def. Brooksville Hernando 6-1 in the regional semifinals
Passing shots: This is Eastside's first state finals berth since 2005, when the Rams tied with Lakeland George Jenkins for fourth place in Class 3A. In winning both regional matches, the Rams only lost in No. 2 doubles. Freshman Emily Louie-Meadors has not given up a game in the postseason. Tina Bassi is in her first season as coach.
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Some owners straddle that line, others clearly fall on one side or the other. And different people might use either one of those terms, or different ones, to describe Dallas Cowboys' boss Jerry Jones, or New York Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner.
In MLS, there are many ownership groups that prefer to say in the background. And then there is Dave Checketts, majority owner of Real Salt Lake and chairman of SCP Worldwide, who is negotiating to sell a 49-percent ownership stake in RSL to a local real estate developer, Dell Loy Hansen.
Five years after joining the league, RSL - which won just five games as an expansion team -- has reached MLS Cup, and plays in its own facility, Rio Tinto Stadium. SCP also owns the NHL St. Louis Blues, and is pursuing ownership of the NFL Rams. Whether or not the Rams' acquisition is driving Checketts' efforts to sell off part of RSL, he could be selling at just the right time.
Shock and surprise greeted the news in 2004 that Checketts had put down a non-refundable $1 million deposit on an expansion franchise, for which he eventually paid $10 million. With those fees having escalated to $35 million, plus a shiny new stadium as part of his holdings, and RSL in the title game, his timing seems perfect. SCP invested about $65 million in private money to build Rio Tinto, which seats 20,000 and has already hosted non-soccer events, including an Eagles concert, since it opened 14 months ago.
Checketts gets under the skin of people rankled by his drive and a brazen, aggressive manner of doing business. He isn't beyond using all weapons at his disposal. A threat of moving RSL to St. Louis, while never a viable possibility, made for good copy. Political opposition derailed a stadium project until he found the right blend of community and location in nearby Sandy, Utah, and a much publicized ground-breaking before all the pieces were in place drew criticism. He took a radical path by hiring Jason Kreis as a head coach, but again, his boldness has paid off.
"Dave is a great owner and a good friend of mine," says MLS commissioner Don Garber, who during his decade in charge, with a mantra of soccer passion and business sense, has helped lure men like Checketts into the league. "His [New York] office is near our office and we're personal and professional friends. He's shown incredible courage in managing his teams, be it the Blues or RSL. He's a great owner."
That he gets things done can't be questioned, nor his insistence on following his instincts no matter what. He quickly dropped conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh from the Rams' potential ownership group when bad publicity and hostility started piling up. When MLS and SUM stepped in to block SCP's attempted purchase of GolTV, citing a non-compete covenant amongst league ownerships regarding certain properties, the deal fell through. Financial problems were blamed, though surely his bid to buy the Rams will be significanlty larger.
He's a symbol, if not a cozy and cuddly one, of how the league is growing up, of how novelty and idealism are learning to coexist with reality and competition, not just on the field, but from the dozens of other entertainment and sporting options available. Being liked is not as important as being better than the other guy.
Prior to RSL's conference semifinals series against Columbus, he gently hinted in a television interview that just getting back to the playoffs in dramatic fashion for the second year in a row wasn't enough and defending champion or no defending champion, his expectations remained high.
His coach and players have answered that challenge. A year after sneaking into the playoffs on the final day and upsetting Chivas USA in the first round before losing a conference final to New York, RSL has gone a step further. It vanquished the Crew, 4-2, in the conference semifinals on aggregate by winning in Columbus, 3-2, and last weekend knocked off the Fire in Toyota Park on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of goalless play.
Nick Rimando, the hero of that game with a superb save in regulation and three stops in the penalty-kick tiebreaker, says the players appreciate the nerve and ambition of their owner, who isn't averse to taking a very personal approach. Whether that falls into the category of motivator or meddler or right on the line doesn't so much matter as what has been accomplished.
"He's sparked us as a team," says Rimando. "You want to play for him because he believes in you. I can totally understand how an owner can be around too much and say too much, but he has that balance with the players and the coach.
"He's very personal with the team. He's always in the locker room giving talks. That's good when you have an owner who really wants to win and actually knows your name. You want to fight for them as well."


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Fog lights are designed to throw a "puddle" of light low & close to the front bumper, LEDs are better suited for lights with more "throw", like driving lights. Driving around with fog lights on when it`s not foggy is generally considered to be the domain of 16-year-olds and knuckleheads....
I live in a rural area that is heavly populated with deer. Fog lights help illuminate the shoulder of the road and give you just a little better chance of seeing Bambi. It apears you may not have all the facts, and yes, I drive with my fog lights on, I have not yet hit a deer, and I suppose that either makes me a 64 year old knucklehead or a smarter driver than those you are so quick to judge.
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MISSION: Through tourism, education, hands on experience and cultural activity, to address the issues of food insecurity, sustainable agriculture, and the issues faced by the small family farm.
The Gardens (opened in summer 2013) showcase over 250 varieties of rare, endangered, heirloom and world food plants - over 10,000 plants in all-and that's just Phase One. Now, Rome wasn't built in a day and our project is and always will be a work in progress.
We are inviting you to experience something uniquely Canadian. We will offer you an experience the first of its kind in Canada. In our very rustic setting, you will learn about ancient plants, plants from countries all over the world, plants with crazy names, and plants from seed arks-some so rare they are in danger of becoming extinct.
You will reconnect with food.
You will learn of the important relationship with food our society has lost and the impact it has had on us.
You will learn of the challenges of food production by our farming communities, and the unique value that developing our spaces in a sustainable way can bring to our recreational experiences.
In addition, we recycle just about anything....There aren't many places you can go where the fencing, benches, and even the front gates are made out of reclaimed bed springs!
Food Security.
Having ready access to affordable, healthy, nutritious, safe, and culturally acceptable food at all times to sustain an active lifestyle.
Being surrounded by farmland, it is hard to believe that almost 10% of the Canadian population lives in a food insecure household-including households within this very farmland.
And we are all just one step away! It is often caused by lack of income which can come at a moment's notice:
That's when decisions have to be reached-do you pay your monthly bills? or buy healthy food? Lack of food education is also a risk of food insecurity and it can cross all boundaries. We want to fix that.
Besides presenting food production in an exciting way that will interest visitors to the region, a goal of the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens will be to educate its guests on the issues surrounding food insecurity and teach them about sustainable production of food and the plight of the small family farm. We will provide new opportunities to enjoy learning about food preparation, and engagement with the arts and new cultural activities.
We hope you will join us in our journey and visit this site often to see what's happening (check our our Projects page and our Blog)!
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Ayurveda is found in India's sacred scriptures, the Vedas.
Not only the ancient Indian science of preventative health and healing, Ayurveda is a philosophy of living. Ayurveda cures by removing the cause of the dis-ease.
Known by the great sages, the Rishis, it is transgressions against Nature's laws, against our own inner wisdom, which causes all dis-ease. Ayurveda removes the cause of disease by resolving these transgressions, restoring balance to one's blessed system.
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Miranda-Montes Public Workout
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Former WBO flyweight world champion Julio Cesar "Pingo" Miranda (37-8-1, 29 KOs) and Juan Jose "Goofy" Montes (23-3-1, 14 KOs)appeared before fans at an outdoor public workout on Wednesday in Cuidad Hidalgo, Michoacan, Mexico. They will collide Saturday at the Monumental Plaza de Toros in an event organized by Promociones del Pueblo and broadcast of Televisa Sports
Both Montes and Miranda were extremely fast and sharp in their presentations. In another bout, former WBC world champion Tomas "Gusano" Rojas (39-14-1, 26 KOs) will face the Jaderes Padua (8-1-1, 5 KOs) and KO artist Marco "Dorado" Reyes (26-1, 21 KOs) meets 43-year-old Eric "Murder" Mitchell (23-9-1, 11 KOs).


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Ex-Orioles player Eddie Murray is part of insider trading inquiry
By Emily Flitter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hall of Fame baseball player Eddie Murray is one of several former professional athletes under investigation by federal authorities in a U.S. insider trading case stemming from the buyout of a medical device company, people familiar with the three-year-old probe said.
Federal prosecutors and securities regulators are trying to determine whether Murray, a star slugger for the Baltimore Orioles, traded on inside information that Abbott Laboratories was about to announce a deal in January 2009 to acquire Advanced Medical Optics for $2.8 billion, the sources said.
Reuters previously reported on the investigation by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, but did not identify any of the players under scrutiny.
Murray, who has not been charged with any wrongdoing, could not be reached for comment. Michael Proctor, a lawyer who is representing Murray in the matter, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Diane Hock, a lawyer who represents Murray in his post-baseball marketing deals, said she had heard about an investigation, but declined to comment further.
The investigation involving Murray is related to the probe that led to the filing of a civil insider trading case against former Orioles player Doug DeCinces. In August 2011, DeCinces settled with the SEC, agreeing to pay $2.5 million in fines, while neither admitting nor denying wrongdoing in the trading of Advanced Medical Optics shares.
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Stanley's "hanging" in France!
When Stanley Lambchop is asked to help catch an art thief in Paris, he's thrilled! Posing as a painting in the Louvre museum on a wall across from the famous Mona Lisa? - c'est magnifique! But Stanley soon grows bored - until he meets Etoile, an art student who shows him around the City of Light.
Then when Stanley goes back to the museum, he soon realizes that the Mona Lisa looks…different. It's been switched for a fake!
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I have been wanting to put in a new door out the back of my garage, a mower door, I framed in a 6'W X 7"H door frame all done on the inside of the garage, the siding is untouched. I want to frame up doors thet will swing out. (2- 2'11 3/4" X 6' 11" doors).
Question: Do I remove all the siding install the j channel then cut and fit the siding or do I cut the hole then add the j channel? I hope this makes sense:no:
Remove the siding [I'm assuming its vinyl] back to the first break and finish installing the outside of the door. This will give you enough room to flash and mold around the door properly.
Then install your track around the door and cut the siding to fit.
A zip tool to undo/rezip the siding is a must have and they are only a few bucks at the big box.
Sammy, got a link to a "zip tool" so I know what I'm looking for?!
Sammy, I found out how to use it and what it looks like here http://homerepair.about.com/od/exter...ng_ziptool.htm
Thank you
Thats it!
Makes it real easy to pop off the siding and put it back on. :thumbup:
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Doom Promo
Created in just a few days, a small banner to promote a poster we made for school about John Carmack. I choose to create a Doom mini-game and when finished, it shows the link to the poster. Just a fun short project with a good result.
Players: 1
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