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By Sonya Dowsett and Chen Aizhu
MADRID/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Sinopec Group said Friday it plans to buy 40 percent of Repsol'sdeepwater oil assets in Brazil for $7.1 billion as the Asiangiant expands its presence in resource-rich Latin America.
China has invested heavily in natural resource projectsoverseas to feed its surging domestic economy and is now ontrack to be the biggest foreign direct investor in Brazil for2010 -- underscoring the trend of growing investment flowsbetween big emerging economies that are now less reliant ontraditional partners like the United States.
Sinopec announced the multibillion-dollar agreement justtwo days before Brazilians go to the polls to elect a newpresident. Dilma Rousseff, the handpicked successor of outgoingPresident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is widely forecast to winthe election.
The deal would help Repsol Brasil, a unit of Spain'slargest oil company, develop costly subsalt depositsthat were discovered in 2007 and comprise one of the world'sbiggest petroleum frontiers. Experts believe the vast subsaltarea may hold 50 billion barrels of crude.
"Oil demand should grow, with the global economy recoveringin the coming years," said Erick Scott, an analyst at SaoPaulo-based brokerage SLW. "Brazil is one of the countries withthe most potential for growth because of the subsalt reserves,so that's why they're coming here."
Sinopec is also bidding for oil and gas assets of Brazilianstartup firm OGX worth a potential $7 billion,sources told Reuters last month.
A source at OGX, controlled by billionaire Eike Batista,told Reuters on Friday the deal with Repsol has no effect onnegotiations with potential buyers for assets in the Camposbasin, where most of Brazil's oil output comes from.
"One thing has nothing to do with the other. We should havesomething on that soon," the source said.
Repsol Brasil had filed to sell shares in an initial publicoffering in Sao Paulo, but with the Sinopec deal, the IPO hasbeen canceled, said Miguel Martinez, chief operating officer ofRepsol.
With stakes in 16 offshore exploratory blocks, the companyhas had seven discoveries so far, all of them in the Santosbasin off the coast of Sao Paulo. Repsol Brasil's stakes givethe company control over reserves of 1.16 billion barrels ofoil equivalent (BOE) from the discoveries, according to an IPOprospectus.
More broadly, mergers and acquisitions in Brazil's oilsector could flourish in coming months as global oil companieslook to get a piece of the deepwater reserves.
Licensing rounds to explore oil in the country have beensuspended since 2007 and with voting on Brazil's new oil law onhold for now, the only way for companies to get in on thesubsalt wells appears to be through mergers and acquisitions.
But concerns that changes to Brazilian oil regulationscould spook overseas investors may have been overdone.
The sector has seen a series of deals in recent months,including the purchase by China's Sinochem Corp of a 40 percentstake in the Peregrino field owned by Norway's Statoilfor $3.07 billion in May. Oil majors such as France's Total, Royal Dutch Shell and Britain's BG Group have unveiled plans to invest billions of dollars to tapoil in Brazilian offshore fields.
Repsol shares rose 5.6 percent to a 2-year high of 20.0euros while construction firm Sacyr-Vallehermoso,which holds a stake of about 20 percent in Repsol, jumped 12.7percent. The Chinese stock market was closed for a nationalholiday. <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Under the terms of the deal, Sinopec wouldsubscribe to a $7.1 billion capital hike in Repsol Brazil.
Merrill Lynch analysts in a note said the implied value of$10.7 billion for the 60 percent Repsol stake compared toanalysts' consensus value for the whole unit at $8 billion to$10 billion.
"It's clearly positive, not only for Repsol but for all oilcompanies that have interests in Brazil," said Jordi Padilla atMadrid-based fund manager Popular Gestion Privada. The firm,with 1.4 billion euros ($2 billion) of assets under management,holds Repsol shares.
Sinopec said the company was targeting the production of200,000 barrels per day oil equivalent from the mostly offshoreblocks.
"It's a large-scale asset of premium quality andpotentially with more discoveries to be made in the future," aSinopec official told Reuters.
Repsol expects production of more than 50 million barrelsper year by 2018-2020 from the Brazil deposits it currentlyholds, Chief Operating Officer Miguel Martinez told ReutersInsider.
The deal, which will require approval from competitionauthorities, is on a par with Sinopec's acquisition of Swissoil and gas explorer Addax for some $7.24 billion, with assetsin Nigeria and Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Repsol, in partnership with Brazilian state-run oil companyPetrobras, has a stake in some of the largerdeepwater subsalt blocks off Brazil's southern coast, includinga 25 percent stake in BM-S-9 which holds the Guara and Cariocafields.
Guara holds 1.1 billion to 2 billion barrels of recoverableoil. Carioca is considered a promising field as well but hasnot yet yielded production estimates. (Additional reporting by Tracy Rucinski in Madrid, ElzioBarreto in Sao Paulo and Denise Luna in Rio de Janeiro; Writingby Elzio Barreto; Editing by Terry Wade, Gary Hill)


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The fight over Chuck Hagel's fitness to be the next secretary of defense has now triggered a bagel battle.
Maybe it was inevitable, since much of the debate about the Republican former senator from Nebraska has focused on whether he is sufficiently supportive of Israel.
The anti-Israel charge stems largely from a single remark Hagel made in 2008 to author Aaron David Miller, that "the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here."
The Emergency Committee for Israel, a group led by William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard magazine, already has run a TV ad on Washington area cable stations attacking Hagel.
Now comes J Street, which describes itself as "the political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans." Coming to Hagel's defense, the advocacy group has a new slogan and petition campaign on its website:
"Smear A Bagel, Not Chuck Hagel."
Here's part of the petition's pitch: "For every 18 people that sign, we'll send bagels to local food banks in honor of Bill Kristol to fight the smears."
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Rodeos are organized cruelty to animals. That's all they are.
Throwing Christians to the lions was a tradition, too. Selling black people as slaves was a tradition.
Not all traditions are worth saving.
Deliberate cruelty is unforgivable.
Six horses died this week at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo.
How many animals were abused, beaten, bruised, terrified at your carnival of cruelty?
Who gives you the right to abuse any animal?
Every living being has the right to live with respect and fair treatment.
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Mark Dantonio has job security, but he might have a losing 2009 record after Saturday. (Dale G. Young / The Detroit News)
Geez, the college football season has barely started, and already I'm confused. Let's see, where do we begin?
Two weeks ago, Notre Dame was making plans to win multiple national championships in a single season. Michigan State was busy seizing control of the state and extending Mark Dantonio's contract to 2078. And Michigan, poor Michigan, was just hoping to stay close against MAC teams, while nodding politely and buying drinks for the NCAA enforcement geeks.
Now? Now, the Irish and Spartans get to decide whose season is ruined Saturday, while the Wolverines are digging out their dusty Pasadena travel logs. All of a sudden, Michigan State and Notre Dame are teetering and Michigan is tittering and everyone except me is twittering, and I have no idea what to think.
(Esteemed Congressman Joe Wilson: "You lie!")
OK, I did lie. I have an idea what to think, and I think the Wolverines are back from the abyss, or wherever they went last season. I also think the Spartans' visit to South Bend is the biggest game ever for Charlie Weis, who's being asked to confirm or deny his genius status once and for all.
Echoes of futility
In case you missed it, Notre Dame's march to glory was temporarily derailed by Michigan, which unveiled college football's real Golden Tate. I know, I know, these star-is-born stories get way overblown, so it's silly to suggest Tate Forcier launched the first of four consecutive Heisman Trophy bids in the Wolverines' 38-34 victory. Three, max.
Obviously, Rich Rodriguez found his quarterback, although the truth is, Michigan is only really good if Notre Dame is really good, and we don't know if Notre Dame is really good at all. We do know Weis got full of himself (not easy to do) and called too many passes late in the game, then explained his strategy by pointing out the officiating was lame.
I'm not saying Michigan's turnaround is complete. I am saying the idea of changing Schembechler Hall to Rodriguez Ranch isn't entirely ludicrous. Actually, it is entirely ludicrous and I apologize to the Schembechler family for mentioning it.
But you'd have to possess the football insight of asparagus not to recognize the Wolverines are clawing back. As it turns out, according to my math, the Spartans had complete control of the state for exactly 15 days, nine hours and 37 minutes before stepping aside with a very gracious loss to Central Michigan.
Spartan hospitality
Michigan State players are wearing a silver decal of our state on their helmets, a touching gesture during trying times. But there was no need to make the Chippewas feel even better by handing them a 29-27 victory.
Sure, it was a nobler gesture than Michigan's unnecessary loss to a MAC team from Ohio last year, but where does the Spartans' charity stop? Why not just give opponents two chances on every field-goal attempt? Why not provide complimentary fruit-and-cheese platters on the opposing sideline? (Wings and sliders when Notre Dame visits, please.)
There was a Same-Old-Spartanishness to the loss, even though Dantonio has worked very hard to eliminate that malady in our lifetime. Now, it's imperative he sustains one key element of S.O.S.ishness -- beating the Irish.
Michigan State has won six straight at Notre Dame, which is amazing until you realize the Irish haven't been very good since Lou Holtz was stalking the sidelines, mulling his future as a wacky and inaccurate prognosticator. A few more losses and there could be room in a broadcast booth for Weis, with appropriate expansion and renovation.
Pick: Notre Dame 35-20.


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Joe Crosby of Merritt Island purchased astronaut Neil Armstrong's 1967 Corvette Sting Ray and is in the process of documenting and restoring the car. / MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY//
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Aiming a swivel-lens digital camera, Roger Kallins meticulously captured close-up images of the Corvette's wheel well, brake assembly and front coil spring.
Kallins, a photojournalist, is collecting hundreds of images documenting the restoration of one of America's most unique vehicles: former NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong's 1967 Corvette Sting Ray.
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Jockeying to replace Jackson Jr. begins
CHICAGO — The jockeying to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. began before the ink was dry on the former congressman's resignation letter.
Among those expressing an interest: Chicago aldermen, a former NFL linebacker and a defense attorney who represented R&B singer R. Kelly and former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
But as the field of would-be successors grows to a dozen or more names — one of whom may be another member of the Jackson family — party leaders and political analysts say a stampede of candidates could pose risks for the Democratic stronghold. Spread the field of candidates too thin, they say, and it becomes easier for a more conservative candidate — or anyone else party leaders don't want — to pull off a win.
The possibility so worried Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush, a close friend of the Jacksons, that within hours of the resignation he had these words for anyone thinking of running: "Cool your jets."
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Dwarf planet has no atmosphere
WASHINGTON — Astronomers say Pluto's icy more distant sister seems even more alien than thought because it doesn't have an atmosphere.
Scientists gained that bit of new knowledge about the dwarf planet Makemake by measuring light from data gathered by several large telescopes. Researchers report in the journal Nature that the small planet may simply have some pockets of atmosphere from methane ice turning into gas.
Makemake is one of four dwarf planets in our solar system beyond Neptune. It is so far from the sun its temperature is about 400 degrees below zero. Scientists compare it to getting warmth from a 100-watt light bulb 33 feet away. It was discovered in 2005.
5 people die in apartment fire
WHEATON — Five people, including a child, died after a fire broke out early Thursday at an apartment building in southwest Missouri, authorities said.
Bob Lombard, chief of the Wheaton Fire Department, told The Associated Press that the fire was reported about 3:20 a.m. Fire crews arrived at the apartment within minutes of getting the call and found the victims in two separate units at the building. The fire was fully involved when firefighters arrived from the fire station located a few blocks away, Lombard said.
"We lost five people," Lombard said. Two adults and the child were found in one apartment and the two other adults were found in a nearby apartment in the eight-story building, he said.
The victims' identities hadn't been released, and the cause of the fire was under investigation, Lombard said.
Wheaton is located about 70 miles southwest of Springfield and has about 700 residents.
The Red Cross of Southern Missouri said it was providing 16 people with emergency lodging, food and clothing. It has opened five cases for financial assistance.
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As much as I love Nike running shoes, I would never expect to find these little numbers at a fashion event. I have never seen them before and I must say… they needed to be photographed.
So girls… are you in love with these shoes?
Lee x
As much as I love Nike running shoes, I would never expect to find these little numbers at a fashion event. I have never seen them before and I must say… they needed to be photographed.
So girls… are you in love with these shoes?
Lee x
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So weird! But they are cute and they are probably more comfortable than regular heels
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Not in love, but I like it:)
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Not my type, but cute.
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they are cute but not my style. but I know plenty of women who'd wear them!
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Mmmmm…pretty weird…. but cool!
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WOW! Fair play for pulling these off, would be good to see the whole outfit that went with the shoes. In all honesty, she can pull them off, but I couldn't! – WMS.
Can't say I'm in love but they don't look like a disaster either. In difficult times fashion's always outrageous, you know, and that's good.
Maybe couple of years ago I'd have said they should keep sportswear out of high fashion, but then Karl Lagerfeld started designing for Nike, MqQueen for Puma and Jeremy Scott for Adidas. But these were mostly sneakers, so I'd say that these Nike heels are rather suffering some kind of identity crisis.
Not my cup of tea but they sure will get everyone's attention which I think is the main point of them – to get people talking about the brand.
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love the color, hate the style. very interesting look though… <3shelby
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I have a pair of wedges that look sort of sporty, but these are too much, I think!
I'd love to see the rest of the outfit…
I have a very funny feeling about this, Lee!! I was just talking about how I think sneaker wedges are going to be really hot, but I had no idea it was going to be this wild! Good snaps 😉
hmmmm not my favorite shoe in the world.
damn those are hawt! Shame they won't fit into my work ensembles but present much fun for the weekend.
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I like them! Though they have been around for a while … May be not by Nike but they have
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i appreciate the trend but i wont be taking it on!! im a girly girl. i bet someone with a little spunk could pull it off tho
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I don't think high-heeled sports shoes of any kind are every a good idea, but kudos to her for having the courage to wear these. I have seen far worse though. I remember when the high-heeled first emerged a few years ago with a chunkier heel.
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Funky indeed! I don't know if my preppish style would accommodate these but then again why not…
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Haha! These shoes are not my style but great nonetheless!
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OMG. I don't think these work as a sporty heel or a runner. Two thumbs down (although I love Nike in general). Man. What a crazy shoe!
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Wow! They are definitely not for me. But I can imagine that they can be pulled off by some.
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Those are definitely interesting…a new spin on sneakers. haha!
Now those are cool! Not much of a sneakers kind of girl but can't deny they are flashy!
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Those Nikes are amazing!
Great shot, Lee!
I'm not sure if I could rock them; but I definitely love them!
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sportwear i think is the tendence for the new season here,hope to meet you next time in milan,i follow your great blog even on bloglovin
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Wow definitely different but very unique!
I like it…but I am not sure I would wear this!
Thanks for sharing
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Eh.. I like my high tops (:
i still havent decided if i like them or not… hehe… i love teh fact that they break the rules of normal…but i dont know if i think they r ironically cool or just stupid…hehe
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Very unique and definitely one of a kind…. but sorry no just not into these!
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Hhhmmm… Not my style, however; I'm sure someone out there can pull them off!!!
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To be honest,i like them and i would wear them but without Nike sign,my eyes don't find this visually attractive!:))lol
Kisses,enjoy your day Lee!!
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The high heeled sneaker was super disco in the 70s and resurfaced in the early 80s. So funny that this time around it's with a stiletto. Guess that reflects the zeitgeist of the times. Sexy but sporty–haha! Great pic!
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it does look sorta cute. i will have to try it on myself and all will depend on rest of the outfit.
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Awesome !
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Amazing shot!
Hmmmm, they are definitely a statement maker! I don't know if I could pull them off, but I can absolutely appreciate anyone bold enough to try them out!
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Well, sportswear is definitely a trend, albeit in subtle colours this season. These flashy numbers are a little in-your-face. I wonder what she was wearing on top. Would be interesting to see the rest of her outfit.
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i've never seen anything like these before either, but do i find them to be cute. these are probably perfect for a sporty girl who wants to incorporate her usual sense of style when she has to dress up.
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These shoes are really great. The design is a cool sport mix of some futuristic and avant garde elements and chic ones, wow!
So So Soooo in love with them. I definitely madly in love with those.
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OMG!!!! I would never ever expect to see anything like! I'm between like and dislike. However, it is a fashion trend so I think I will keep as smth that a few can wear and those few who wear it I'm absolutely sure they will look great in it.
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I'm not a sneaker gal but put a heel on them and I'm sold! So original!
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i hold alexander wang responsible for sparking this trend! one would've thought it would make fashion comfier.. but no, they managed to stick high heels on nikes! haha
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Can't say I'm a fan of these. xoxo
these guys definitely needed to be photographed for sure…just not sure I can roll with em!! xo
Whoa! They just want to put a heel on anything these days. I am willing to try some pretty crazy trends but Nike's with a heel? I'll take a pass on this one 😉
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You are so right they really needed to be photographed. I would love a pair of these. Xxxx
I would never wear them because they are not my style. Aesthetically I find them very pleasing as long as they are well done, and these I really like.
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Tbh a lot of people have died this season, Pastor Young + council members. Connor, 12 hybrids, Chris and the convict turned vampire, Mayor Lockwood, a barfull of innocent people turned into vampires, Kol+his whole line of vampires and no one really reacted lol, what's one more......
At this point I think every death is predictible in this show, no one important to the storyline ever dies and if they do we know they will be resurrected in a whiff! Carthatic effect=none whatsoever lol.
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Ruling: Highlands violated Sunshine Act
A three-judge appeals panel ruled Thursday that the Highlands School District violated state law when it held a closed-door session with shopping center representatives last year to talk about a tax assessment appeal.
In the order, Commonwealth Judge Patricia A. McCullough wrote that the private meeting with Heights Plaza Shopping Center representatives "has the odor of favoritism that the Sunshine Act does not tolerate."
The order reverses an Aug. 6, 2009, Allegheny County Court ruling by Judge Joseph James.
The case involves a June 8, 2009, school board executive session -- or non-public -- meeting.
The Valley News Dispatch and its parent company, Trib Total Media, filed suit soon after alleging the meeting violated the Sunshine Law. When Judge James ruled in favor of the board, the newspaper filed the appeal that was announced Thursday.
The McCullough order states that the meeting with the shopping center representatives in closed session "destroyed the confidentiality of the communications" between the board and its solicitor and made the closed door meeting improper."
McCullough dismissed the board's argument that including the Heights officials was "necessary to carry out the purpose of the meeting."
She also rejected the board's argument that denying the shopping center, or anyone in litigation, the closed-door conversation will have negative consequences, prevent the board from making informed decisions and "frustrating the use of alternate dispute resolution."
Citizens have the right to know when the board and other public entities meet and the right to attend those meetings.
"This clear and specific right is not diminished by general policies and trends favoring negotiation, settlement and alternative dispute resolution," McCullough wrote.
Even if the judge agreed with the district, McCullough said expanding permissible reasons for holding an executive session is a matter for the Legislature, not the court.
Highlands School District Solicitor Ira Weiss said he is disappointed with the decision.
"We believe at the time that the Sunshine Act permitted the meeting with a client and other parties of litigation to discuss litigation. Commonwealth Court saw it otherwise."
Weiss said he is considering whether to appeal to the state Supreme Court or if the Commonwealth Court will be asked to reconsider.
Weiss said he will discuss the matter at the school board's meeting Monday evening.
Melissa Melewsky, media law counsel for the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, pointed out that a state Supreme Court appeal isn't automatic. The court has to accept the appeal, and it accepts only a few of the thousands of requests it receives, she said.
Melewsky said the ruling will help courts in similar cases across the state.
"We hear about this type of thing all the time," she said.
The "plain language" of the Sunshine Act explains the types of legal exceptions that allow a governmental body to meet behind closed doors, she said.
"It's a great victory for public access when the court steps in protect the public's right to monitor and participate in their government," Melewsky said
Trib Total Media attorney David Strassburger said Thursday's ruling is important.
Public meetings on matters concerning the public must be open to the public, he said. When that doesn't happen, he said, it "casts suspicion" on public officials and "erodes the public's confidence of the work of elected officials."
Strassburger "hopes the Highlands School Board will be strongly committed to transparency in government in the future."
Jeff Domenick, editor of the Valley News Dispatch, said he was surprised the newspaper lost at the county level.
"We understand the Sunshine Act and knew what Highlands did was contrary to the law," Domenick said. "Commonwealth Court's strongly worded opinion demonstrates it fully agrees that what Highlands did was wrong."Additional Information:
What about the appeal?
The school board executive session was held to discuss the Heights Plaza Shopping Center's property tax assessment appeal. On Thursday, Allegheny County officials said the appeal is still pending and that a canceled July 9 negotiation has yet to be rescheduled. Shopping center officials didn't return calls for comment.
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Zeke O'Connor made a finger tip catch on a pass from Nobby Wirkowski in the fourth quarter and ran for an easy score to give the Toronto Argonauts a 21-11 win over the Edmonton Eskimos in the 1952 Grey Cup. Toronto's Ed Soergel intercepted a pass at the Edmonton 36, setting up O'Connor's game-clinching touchdown.
The Argonauts broke from recent tradition and faced the Eskimos in the annual classic before more than 27,000 fans at Varstiy Stadium in Toronto. Although the Argoswould hold on to win the game and their 10th Grey Cup championship, it was a passing of the torch as the Eskimos would end the decade with three titles of their own. Toronto would not sip from the silver mug again until 1983.
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Toronto's Red Ettinger booted a field goal to put the Argos up for good. Before the end of the second quarter, Billy Bass scored to put the Argonauts up 15-5.
The Eskimos drew within four points in the third quarter. A goal line stand held the Argonauts on the Edmonton two-yard line. A fake kick from behind their own goal line allowed Jim Chambers to race to the Edmonton 35. Rollin Prather and Rollie Miles carried the Eskimos to the Toronto eight-yard line before Kwong reached the end zone for his second touchdown.
With six minutes to go and trailing 15-11, the Eskimos began from the Toronto 54 and marched their way towards the end zone. Miles carried for 14 yards, Pantages for 11 and Miles again for 13. With the Eskimos deep in Toronto territory, Claude Arnold couldn't find an open receiver on a pass attempt and threw to the ground, which was ruled a fumble in the early 1950s. Shortly after, Soergel made his interception, setting the stage for O'Connor.
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The data also suggests that customers bought higher capacity iPhones in the June quarter -- a period where customers are typically looking to save money with less storage.
And finally, Milunovich noted that consumers have been embracing the full-size iPad Air, which starts at $499, which reverses a trend toward the cheaper iPad mini starting at $299 without a high-resolution Retina display.
The analyst sees those trends improving margins not only in the near-term, but also headed into Apple's fiscal year 2015. He has increased his forecast for next year's gross margins from 36.6 percent to 38.1 percent, citing four key reasons:
- Waning of pressure from step-up in deferred revenue along with lower warranty expenses
- Better fixed cost absorption than Apple saw with the iPhone 5
- Strong mix of high-end iPhone
- Speculation that margins on a so-called "iWatch" could be greater than 40 percent
He sees Apple posting 15 percent revenue growth in fiscal 2015 to $211 billion, including sales of a rumored "iWatch." His forecast calls for the company to see a 19 percent gain in earnings per share to $7.63.
Milunovich's new 12-month price target of $115 is an increase from his previous projection of $100. UBS joins a parade of investment firms that have upped their targets, with Barclays ($110), Evercore ($115), Morgan Stanley ($110), J.P. Morgan ($108), and Needham ($97) revising their projections upward in the last month alone.


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Eleven jurors who condemned Melvin Knight to death testified on Thursday they were sworn in before last year's sentencing hearing.
But two members of the judge's staff insisted that no oath was ever administered as they testified during a hearing on Thursday on a defense request for Knight to receive a new sentencing hearing.
Knight, 23, formerly of Swissvale, pleaded guilty last year to first-degree murder for taking part in the February 2010 torture slaying of Jennifer Daugherty, a 30-year-old mentally challenged woman from Mt. Pleasant.
Knight's defense team said failure to swear in jurors is a flaw that would vacate his death sentence, which was determined by the jury on Aug. 30. Judge Rita Hathaway made no ruling.
All 12 jurors and two alternates who sat through the nine-day trial in August testified during the five-hour hearing. Their names were not disclosed.
"I remember thinking this is serious, and oh, we're in it now. I remember clearly that we did it," juror No. 3 testified.
Juror 12 said he had no doubt he took an oath prior to hearing testimony in the case.
"I remember vividly raising my right hand and being sworn in," the juror testified.
Three jurors said they could not recall taking an oath.
In August, the jurors deliberated just two hours before they determined that Knight should be sentenced to death by lethal injection rather than life imprisonment.
Police said Knight was one of six Greensburg roommates who held Daugherty captive for more than two days, beating her and torturing her before she was stabbed to death. Witnesses said Knight raped Daugherty and stabbed her in the heart. Daugherty's body was later bound with Christmas lights and garland, stuffed into a trash can and left under a truck parked at Greensburg Salem Middle School.
Knight pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, and the jury heard testimony to determine his sentence.
The issue of the jury not being sworn in arose the day after the jury's verdict was announced. Court officials checked the official transcript and found no indication that an oath was administered.
Court reporter Kathy Sileo testified that she was in the courtroom at the start of the trial, but the oath was never given.
Assistant District Attorney Leo Ciaramitaro questioned Sileo if she could have been out of the courtroom at the time or just missed the oath.
"No, I don't believe so. I would not have missed the jury being sworn in," Sileo testified.
Hathaway vigorously questioned Sileo about the transcript she prepared and entries that appeared in a rough draft of that document, which lacked specifics about when the jury was brought into the courtroom.
Betty Mansour, Hathaway's minute clerk, testified she first suspected there was a problem with the oath on the morning before deliberations started. Mansour said she did not follow up on her concerns until the next evening, after the verdict had been announced.
Jurors testified it was Mansour who administered the oath to them on Aug. 20, the first day of the trial.
Mansour testified her court records failed to show that jurors were sworn in.
Defense attorney Jeff Miller asked if it was possible Mansour just didn't record the oath.
"Anything is possible, but I don't feel I missed it," she testified.
Miller also renewed his request from last week, seeking to have Hathaway recuse herself from the case so another judge could make a ruling on the issue.
"I believe I can be fair," Hathaway said in denying the motion.
Hathaway ordered lawyers to submit legal arguments before she decides the case.
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This story was originally published on June 11, 2011. Physically, Nicole Zardo is thousands of miles away.
But distance doesn't stand a chance at keeping her heart and spirit away from her hometown over the next 24 hours.
The 28-year-old Salinas native is recovering from successful surgery in New York City to remove 20 percent of her liver after spots which later tested positive for mesothelioma, a form of cancer were discovered.
While she's recovering, she'll be missing the 14th annual American Cancer Society Salinas Relay For Life at the Salinas Sport Complex which begins today. Since her diagnosis with cancer 3 1/2 years ago, the Salinas Relay has become a vital part of her daily life.
"It's going to be tough," Zardo said. "It's become my baby. I invest so much time with the event, it's certainly a year-round process. It's really hard knowing I'm not going to be here."
While she won't be sharing the day with survivors and other participants, the 2001 Salinas High School graduate will be exchanging text messages and making phone calls to her sister, Belinda Sanchez, who has filled in to captain Zardo's team, The CUREsaders.
"She'll be texting me pictures," Zardo said. "I'll be following the Relay For Life."
"December 2007, that's when the journey began," Zardo said.
That's when the then 24-year-old was diagnosed with cancer.
"I didn't even know I was sick," she said. "I had a pain in my side and I thought my appendix was rupturing or something. At that age you don't think something major like that is going to happen to you."
Zardo said after having several tests and a basic surgery, doctors wanted to continue to explore.
"They opened me up," she said. "And things were a lot more serious than they thought."
Zardo was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and underwent surgery and chemotherapy. In December 2008, she had a second surgery, and in the beginning of 2009, after more tests, it was discovered that the original diagnosis was incorrect.
Zardo was found to have peritoneal mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the lining of the abdominal cavity.
With it being a rare form of cancer, Zardo's sister, whom she calls one of her biggest advocates, began searching for doctors who specialize in mesothelioma treatment and came across one in New York.
After a visit and another test confirmed it was mesothelioma, the doctor told Zardo he was going to treat her. That was in 2009, and after a second surgery that year and more chemotherapy, she was clean for two years.
Recently, doctors began monitoring some spots on her liver. When the spots began to grow, the decision to have a liver resection was made.
Zardo said they were able to save a "clean margin," which means the pathology report showed no cancer cells near the edge of where the tissue that was removed.
"This is a journey I'm going to be on for the rest of my life," Zardo said. "It's never ever going to go away. But with the research and advancement in medicine, and there's been so much advancement out there that can help, it doesn't have to be a scary journey."
While Zardo, who works as a home mortgage consultant with Wells Fargo, was undergoing those initial chemotherapy sessions she reached out to Relay For Life.
She felt she had an opportunity to share her message with a young audience, and being involved with the organization gave her that voice.
"I wanted to spread awareness to young people that it can happen to 24-year-olds," she said. "I wanted to tell them if anything is wrong with your body or something isn't right, go to the doctor.
"I wanted to set myself as an example, and in doing that it helped me get past some of the sadness of what I was going through. It was an outlet for me. I had a lot of time on my hands, so I could sit around and say 'poor me,' or I could get out there and do something."
Zardo, who lost her stepfather to cancer, eventually joined the Salinas Relay's executive committee as the Fight Back chairperson.
Her photo as a Salinas Relay torchbearer in 2009 is now displayed on 5,000 Relay For Life Web pages throughout the nation, and someday she wants to be in charge of the event.
Zardo said taking this journey has helped "awaken the fighter inside her."
"I wouldn't have thought I was as tough as I've realized I am," she said. "People would look at me and know I might be struggling, but I'm still smiling."
Zardo said she owes a lot of her strength to her family for being by her side when she woke up after surgeries and treatment.
"That support system will always be there for me," she said.
What will also be there are the physical scars of all she has endured. But Zardo sees them as all part of the path she's made her own.


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For Carolina goaltender Cam Ward, who turns 28 by normal standards, it's the seventh time he gets to celebrate his birthday on the right day -- Feb. 29.
"In the early ages I got made fun of for being so young," Ward told NHL.com. "Now being 28, I'm sure I'll get some 7-year-old cards."
Asked when he celebrates his birthday in non-leap years, Ward said he opted for earlier rather than later.
"I typically would celebrate on the 28th of February, just to keep it in the same month," he said. "It's unique and fun."
A day to remember
Feb. 29, 1980, was a historic day for two of hockey's most famous families, who were at vastly different stages of their careers.
In Hartford, Gordie Howe scored the 800th goal of his legendary career during the Whalers' 3-0 victory against St. Louis. The 51-year-old took a feed from Greg Carroll and beat Mike Liut for the milestone goal, the next-to-last of his career.
"That was great," he told the media after the game. "I was especially glad it happened at home."
In Winnipeg, "Miracle on Ice" team member Dave Christian made an instant impact in his first NHL game. Christian, whose father and uncle were members of the 1960 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team, scored seven seconds into his first NHL game for the Winnipeg Jets -- 32 years later, it's still the fastest goal ever by a player in his NHL debut. It was the first of his 340 goals during an NHL career that saw him play for five NHL teams.
Even Wayne Gretzky has a connection to Leap Day. In 1996, the Great One made his debut with the St. Louis Blues on Feb. 29, scoring a goal in a 2-2 tie against Vancouver.
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Sanguinetti has played fewer NHL games than any of the eight Feb. 29-born players -- though he needs only seven more to equal James Dobson, who played 12 games with the Minnesota North Stars and Colorado Rockies in the early 1980s.
Sanguinetti and Kari Eloranta, who played 267 NHL games from 1981-82 to 1986-87, all but 12 with the Calgary Flames, are the only defensemen born Feb. 29. Eloranta, who also is the only non-North American among the eight Feb. 29-born players, had 13 goals and 116 points before returning to his native Finland to conclude his career.
By far the most famous (and accomplished) member of the NHL's Feb. 29 club is its oldest member. Hall of Famer Henri Richard was born on this date in 1936 and joined the Montreal Canadiens in 1955-56, just in time to be a member of the team that went on to win a record five consecutive Stanley Cups. The younger brother of the legendary Maurice "Rocket" Richard is by far the best offensive player among the eight Feb. 29 players, with 358 goals, 688 assists and 1.046 points in 1,256 games.
Richard also is the only one to make a postseason All-Star team -- the "Pocket Rocket" was a First-Team All-Star in 1957-58 and made the Second Team the next season.
Richard is one of only two Feb. 29 players to win a Stanley Cup -- but he leads all players, regardless of birthday, by winning 11 of them. When he won his 11th Cup in 1973, Richard actually had more championships than "birthdays"; Feb. 29 had come around only nine times.
The other Cup-winner is Ward, who not is only the only goaltender in the group, but also the only one to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. The Edmonton native did both as a rookie in 2006, when his goaltending sparked the Hurricanes to the only Stanley Cup in franchise history.
Richard's 80 points in 1957-58 are the most in one season by any Feb. 29-born player, but Gagne is the only one to break the 40-goal mark. He did it twice, scoring 47 times in 2005-06 and posting 41 goals the following season. Gagne's 761 games, 283 goals, 298 assists and 581 points all are second to Richard -- and far ahead of third-place Daniel Daoust, who had 87 goals, 167 assists and 254 points in 522 games between 1983 and 1990.
Though Lyndon Byers played less than a quarter as many games as Richard in his 10 NHL seasons, he's taken more penalty minutes than anyone else in the Feb. 29 octet -- Byers piled up 1,081 penalty minutes in just 279 games, mostly with Boston.
Gagne has been sidelined with a concussion, leaving Ward as this season's only active Feb. 29 player. He said his birthday will be a little happier after his performance Tuesday -- he returned from a lower-body injury to make 26 saves as Carolina held off Nashville 4-3.
"You've got to wait every four years to get one," he said of his true birthday, "so it's going to be fun to celebrate knowing we got a win."
NHL.com correspondent Kurt Dusterberg contributed to this story


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Salt Lake City firefighters quickly douse house fire
Published November 21, 2013 6:57 am
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Salt Lake City firefighters quickly doused a house fire Wednesday afternoon before it managed to spread beyond one room.
The fire began about 3:34 p.m. in a home at 1382 S. Major St. (50 East), according to Salt Lake City Fire spokesman Jasey Asay. Fire crews were on scene within two minutes and had the blaze under control about 15 minutes later.
Asay did not know what caused the fire but said it did not cause any injuries. Firefighters managed to keep the blaze contained to one room Asay did not immediately which one though there was some damage to the attic as well.
By 4:30 all fire units had either left the scene or were preparing to leave.
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Adobe Youth Voices Live - Kampala Event
Congratulations to the iEARN/SchoolNet Uganda Adobe Youth Voices team for successfully hosting the first ever Adobe Youth Voices Live-Kampala Event on June 24, 2012.
In attendance were over 200 Adobe Youth Voices youth participants from Gayaza High School the Host Site, St Henry's College Kitovu, PMM Girls School, Kampabits Digital Design School, SchoolNet Uganda, Shadow Idol Club from Jinja, and Guests from other organizations and representatives from the press.
As one of the organizers, Henry Sempangi Sanyulye, reported, "the celebration was full of Dance, Music, Inspirational, thought-provoking films and colorful, meaningful designs produced by young people through Adobe Youth Voices all over the country."
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Adobe Youth Voices is Adobe's global philanthropic initiative that empowers youth worldwide to comment on their world using multimedia and digital tools to communicate and share their ideas, demonstrate their potential, and take action in their communities. iEARN is one of five founding non-profit partners that helped to launch the Adobe Youth Voices program in 2006, and is currently administering Adobe Youth Voices programs 23 countries.


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La Sierra Homecoming brings back memories for alums
They converged upon La Sierra University April 25-27 from regions near and far, more than 500 alumni, their spouses and families gathering for Homecoming 2014.
They came to celebrate their alma mater, to recall inspiring teachers and fun college pranks, and to rekindle friendships of bygone days during a weekend of activities organized under the theme, "Possibilities +."
Participation swelled as the weekend commenced. "Our Homecoming attendance was larger than expected," said Alumni Director Julie Narducci. "We made over 400 pre-registered name tags and we ran out of blank name tags for all the walk-up attendees. We had over 500 lanyards and ran out."
John Brunt, a member of the 50th anniversary class of 1964, addressed the reasons La Sierra is home during a morning sermon on April 26 at a packed La Sierra University Church. He serves as senior pastor of the Azure Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church in Grand Terrace and is a collaborating Divinity School faculty member at La Sierra. "It can't be the campus that makes it home. It can't be the curriculum. It can't be the people," because faculty and students change, Brunt said. "It is its commitments that give it character and continuity, [commitment] to its values, those values God has said He is looking for," to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God.
He added that it is La Sierra's stories "that give shape and flesh to those commitments." Brunt recalled William Landeen, who served two stints as president of La Sierra College during the 1960s, and Landeen's decision during a political campaign to be fair to the candidates in the face of opposition. He recalled the influence of religion professor and La Sierra alum Royal Sage during Brunt's time at La Sierra. "He gave me a love not only for Greek, and later for Hebrew, but for scripture," Brunt said. Sage developed multiple sclerosis and taught from a wheelchair until his retirement in 1971, an example, Brunt said, of walking humbly with God.
And Brunt cited the stories of Service-Learning students who visited a nursing home and painted the nails of the women who lived there, likening their kindness to the humble ritual of foot washing during communion. "These stories made La Sierra what it was, and make La Sierra what it is today," he said.
Brunt also recalled La Sierra's deep impact on his life in other ways – he met his wife, Ione at La Sierra while they were both grading papers in the office of religion professor Fritz Guy. "I proposed to her 50 years ago yesterday," Brunt said. "I owe my very existence to La Sierra. My folks met here, too."
The memories and stories carried on throughout the weekend in conversations during Friday's festive banquet and vespers, Saturday church services, afternoon open house activities and much-anticipated Wedgwood Trio concert, and on into Sunday morning's pancake breakfast.
Koklian Lim, also a member of the class of 1964 and retired medical group administrator for Kaiser Permanente's Riverside Medical Center talked about the friendships he forged during his studies at La Sierra, ties that formed through a faith heritage transcending racial and cultural differences. "There was a common bond that drew us together," said the former theology major during a Saturday afternoon visit to the newly renovated Gladwyn Hall. Lim, who lives in Rancho Cucamonga with his wife, Carol, has two adult children. He earned a degree in physical therapy from Loma Linda University and a Masters of Public Health. The spiritual lessons he learned while at La Sierra he deemed "foundational" and later incorporated them into a management model he called 'Galilean' in reference to the teachings of Jesus.
Maryland resident Emita Miller Rich who attended La Sierra between 1950-52 remembered her communications and speech instructor who led a dramatic production of end-time events in which Miller Rich participated. The group gave a performance at Paulson Hall at the White Memorial Medical Center campus in Glendale. "It was very meaningful and Friday night after rehearsal we went to her house for supper. She had fresh-baked cookies," Miller Rich said with a smile. She also recalled a dean who supplied the dorm girls with cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate as a Sabbath morning treat. "It's good to remember that," she said.
Miller Rich and her husband, Ellis Rich attended the Wedgwood Trio concert Saturday afternoon at the La Sierra University Church. University President Randal Wisbey introduced the legendary Adventist music group by holding up three vinyl records of their early recordings and recalling their concert at La Sierra in 1967 at old college hall. "The cavernous gym was filled to the rafters and the atmosphere was electric. The Wedgwood Trio had come to town," said Wisbey. "They changed Adventist music forever." He recalled that their music was one space where he and his parents were in agreement.
Vicki Ludders attended La Sierra between 1960 and 1962 and is now an Idaho resident and devout Boise State University Broncos fan along with her husband and alum Darrell Ludders. The couple had a first date during college at a community concert, then went down separate paths. "Twenty-three years later we had a second date," Darrell quipped during the alumni weekend pancake breakfast on Sunday.
Vicki had lived near La Sierra since the age of 5 and remembered when Palmer Hall functioned as a grade school until it burned, and when the School of Education and its grounds housed a campus swimming pool and physical education facilities. She played flute in the band and orchestra and studied Spanish and pre-nursing. "It's beautiful," she said of the current and expanded campus. "They've done a beautiful job of keeping it up."
Darrell, a 1964 graduate and musician who later became a physician in obstetrics and gynecology was the university's second math graduate. He remembered studying with program and department founder Hilmer Besel. "He was very bright, and a very nice person," Darrell said.
"We did a lot with the teachers and students. It was like a family. We used to fill old college hall up there," said Bill Napier, famed coach and physical education degree program founder at La Sierra who brought the likes of 7-foot-1-inch basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain to campus and as well as Olympic gymnasts seeking a workout facility. The gymnasts liked La Sierra's vegetarian cuisine. "They raved about the food here," Napier said.
Napier said he and his wife are writing down their La Sierra stories to pass along to their grandchildren. "We remember so much more than we thought we did," he said.
Carole Sue Van Noty Bowes, a nearby Riverside resident and 1967 alum, remembered when former First Lady Nancy Reagan visited and provided her family recipe for Rancho California rice during a conversation with students who were providing refreshments for her appearance. The recipe was included in a cookbook that was sold during a 1967-68 fundraiser.
Her husband, Ron Bowes also a 1967 alum and former La Sierra public relations director recalled other campus events involving political candidates including Ralph Nader's speech in the new Alumni Pavilion around 1970. Bowes described his efforts through a young newspaper reporter to inspire Nader's involvement in a local water contamination issue, an effort that ultimately proved successful, and his invitation to George Christopher, a 1966 Republican Primary rival of gubernatorial candidate Ronald Reagan, to speak to the students.
For the Harding family, attendance at La Sierra is a long-standing tradition. Jo Ann Loveless, class of 1947, married Loma Linda psychiatrist and 1949 La Sierra alum George T. Harding IV. Jo Ann said the two met while she was studying nursing. "He had three brothers and one sister who came here also," she said. Her brother, Phil Loveless, father of La Sierra University English professor and drama director Marilynn Loveless, also attended La Sierra College.
The Hardings' five daughters attended La Sierra as well – Pamela in communications, Mary Ann in pre-medicine, Carolyn in English, Julie in education, and Elizabeth in business. This June, the Hardings' grandson will also graduate from the family's university.
George Harding recalled the student Republican group started on campus the year Thomas Dewey and Earl Warren were among those vying for the Republican presidential primary. The group held mock elections. "We developed a college Republican club on campus, Warren Johnson, Marshall Horseman and I. We thought it was of interest to let the students have some sense of what a presidential election was about," Harding said. He and other students heard Dewey and Warren speak at respective events in San Bernardino and Riverside.
"We had some wonderful times, learned a great deal and developed friendships that endure," Harding said.


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It was a mixed bag with our local athletes day one of the high school portion of the 102nd Running of the Drake Relays yesterday. Knoxville Derek Seddon finished fourth in the discus with a throw of 165 feet five inches which was a new school record. The Knoxville 1600 medley relay came in sixth, and Knoxville's Alex Edwards was 14th in the 800. More relay events happened last night as three girls 4×100 teams were on the Blue Oval. Pella Christian timed in at 52.14 seconds good enough for seventh in the Eagles heat. Pella finished third in its heat in a time of 52.24 and P-C-M was fourth in its heat with a time of 52.70. Neither of the 4×100 girls teams were able to qualify for the finals. The boys 4×100 teams took to the track next and Knoxville was able to time in second in its heat with a time of 44.83 seconds, Pella Christian was a tick faster in its heat while finishing third at 44.58 seconds…and Pella was listed as a did not finish. None of the boys teams were able to make it into the finals. The final local racers of the night was the Pella girls four-by-400 meter relay team and they were eighth in their heat in a time of four minutes six-point-zero/one seconds which was not good enough for the finals. Today is the final day of the Drake Relays and the boy four-by-800 meter relay teams race at 11:06 this morning with Knoxville and Pella taking times.
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HOLLAND – Hope College will present its annual Concerto/Aria Concert on Friday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The concert is presented each January to highlight students from Hope College who have successfully passed the audition process.
Organist Sara Bolkema, a senior from Flushing, will be performing "Concerto for Organ and Orchestra" by Alexandre Guilmant. Pianist Laura Ellis, a junior from Aurora, Ill., will be performing "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra" by Dmitri Kabalevsky. Violinist Jennifer Rigotti, a junior from Rudyard, will perform Henry Vieuxtemps' "Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra."
Clarinetist Laura McLaughlin, a sophomore from Ann Arbor, will perform "Concert for Clarinet and Orchestra" by Carl Maria von Weber. Soprano Sarah Blankenship, a sophomore from Hoffman Estates, Ill., will sing the aria "Batti, batti, o bel Masetta" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Pianist Joe Turbessi, a junior from Nunica, performs the "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra" by Felix Mendelssohn. Saxophonist Derek Brown, a sophomore from Lakeview, performs the "Prelude, Cadence et Finale" by Alfred Descenclos.
The judges this year were retired Hope faculty members Joan Conway and Robert Ritsema, and Holland Chorale director Gary Bogle.
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Aurora Australis nears Casey station, says AAD, with ETA in Hobart about January 22
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- January 08, 2014
THE rescue of 52 people from an icebound Russian tourist ship has set the Australian Antarctic program back at least two weeks, Australian Antarctic Division director Tony Fleming says.
The division revised its shipping schedule after the rescue of passengers from the beset vessel Akademik Shokalskiy.
The Aurora Australis last week took part in the rescue of scientists, journalists and tourists aboard the ship near Commonwealth Bay, 2700km south of Hobart.
A Chinese icebreaker Xue Long, which also took part in the rescue and had been stuck, last night broke free.
China's official Xinhua news agency, which has a reporter on board the vessel, said last night the Xue Long "pulled free of the ice and navigated into the open waters".
The Shokalskiy remains stuck and is awaiting the arrival of the US Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star.
Dr Fleming said he expected the Aurora to reach Casey station overnight and return to Hobart about January 22.
The Antarctic Division would then complete the resupply of Casey station.
"This will include discharging the remaining cargo and loading material for return to Australia," Dr Fleming said.
"It will unload about 500,000 litres of fuel and, if weather permits, hopefully allow the completion of some programs interrupted.
"The ship should be ready to head back to Tasmania around January 13, arriving in Hobart on or about January 22.
"This is about two weeks behind schedule and will mean delays to the rest of the season."


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Q&A: Michael Nesmith on Solo Tour and Being the 'Difficult Monkee'
Q&A: Michael Nesmith on Solo Tour and Being the 'Difficult Monkee'
Michael Nesmith just launched his first U.S. solo tour in 20 years, with a set list emphasizing his post-Monkees career through elegantly performed pop, cosmic cowboy blues and storytelling. At his recent show at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California, Nesmith stood with a 12-string guitar and his four-piece band to link the songs of his four-decade career, both emotionally and thematically.
"It's not really that long for me," Nesmith told Rolling Stone backstage of his long absence from the stage as a solo artist. "I just don't go out in public, but I play with these guys."
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During his nearly two-hour set, Nesmith said the songs "play out like little movies in my head," opening with "Papa Gene's Blues," from the Monkees' 1966 debut. He followed with early country-folk solo hits and later conceptual works (including 1974's The Prison) before signing off with a one-song encore of "Thanx for the Ride," which included a sample of an eerie but exciting pedal steel solo by his late collaborator O.J. "Red" Rhodes.
Also backstage afterwards was fellow Monkee Micky Dolenz, smiling beneath a black cowboy hat. "I love his stuff. It's just so beautiful – he's a poet," Dolenz told Rolling Stone. "I think my next CD is going to be Dolenz Does Nesmith."
We caught up again with Nesmith, 70, by email to talk about the tour, his long career in music and film, and his ongoing role as a Monkee.
This is your first U.S. solo tour since 1992. Why did you stay away from touring as a solo artist for so long?
For me, touring takes a mindset that I wasn't in for many years. A couple of years ago I had an idea that I could see was only realizable on stage in a live performance. And with that thought came the idea that I would like to be out and performing again. So both of those roads led to where I am now.
You seemed to be enjoying yourself onstage.
I am particularly happy with this tour. The technology and tools make this show special and allow me to do things I have never done, so it is more fun by an order of magnitude than the shows that went before.
Though you haven't toured in many years, you said after your Agoura performance that you actually work with these musicians all the time. What have you been working on?
I have been writing songs mostly and we have been acquainting ourselves with the tech of the times. There are more ways to make music now than ever and sounds and ideas that can be realized that were out of reach. So I have been marching up that learning curve – and writing to the new forms.
You opened your show with a Monkees song, "Papa Gene's Blues."
It was one of the first songs I ever wrote and it has an idea at its core and a structure to the chords that spontaneously assembled in my mind. I also like the idea that it was acceptable to the producers of the Monkees show who were mainly interested in commercial hits. It was all a learning experience that taught me lessons I still use.
Storytelling was an important part of your performance. What inspired that?
Storytelling is an important idea for me and it is not limited to a narrative – for me a story only needs a point of view, and perhaps a point, in order to unfold the deeper meanings of events. Stories are expanded metaphors in a certain sense. I have never shared that sense of a story with an audience before. I was scared away from it because I didn't think people would be interested.


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A stint with the 49ers has allowed kicker Phil Dawson, the last original Brown, to experience a playoff run.
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One day, in what seems like a past life, I was standing in the shade at Cleveland Browns training camp, notebook, pencil and recorder in hand.
In my stint covering the Browns, I used to hear people talk about how much fun the camp and everything related must be. Well, if you've ever watched football practice in heat better fit for frying a steak on a block of ice for days straight, you get the general way training camp works.
So, on one ridiculously hot day of watching Ted Washington get down to playing weight simply by standing still, I wondered what it was like for Ryan Pontbriand, Dave Zastudil and ...