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Elizabeth Smart engaged, will wed in April

Break out the Martinelli’s.

Elizabeth Smart, whose kidnapping and survival story has captivated the state and nation, is engaged to be married.

And the nuptials of Utah’s semi-celebrity are likely to be the sparkling cider toast — and talk — of the town.

The 24-year-old Smart, a senior at BYU, plans to marry in the summer after becoming engaged last weekend, Chris Thomas of Intrepid Communications confirmed Friday.

Thomas declined to identify Smart’s fiance or provide details about how the two met, but wedding registries online at Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn list a July 1 wedding date for an Elizabeth Smart and Matthew Gilmour in Utah.

Gilmour is from Scotland. The two apparently met while Smart was serving an LDS mission in France last year.

Those clamoring for information on whether the blushing bride-to-be will wear her hair up or down, choose lilies or roses for her reception, and if she will say yes to a dress designed by Vera Wang, Monique Lhuillier or local designer Maggie Sottero may be disappointed.

Smart plans to keep her wedding plans close to the vest, Thomas said.

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“While she plans to be very publicly involved with her public advocacy work, she has decided she wants to keep the details of her personal life private,” Thomas said.

“She is going to be involved in child advocacy work for a long, long time and really decided that she wants to keep her husband and [future] children out of the public spotlight.”

With Smart’s devotion to the Mormon faith, it’s a good guess that she and her fiance will likely be married in an LDS temple.

That means a modest wedding gown that won’t be strapless or sleeveless.

With the family’s penchant for privacy, the wedding celebration probably won’t be a big splash reminiscent of William and Kate’s royal affair. But it’s not likely the reception following the temple ceremony will take place in a ward gym, with crêpe paper flowing from the basketball hoops, either.

Smart has become increasingly visible as an advocate for crime victims following her nine-month kidnapping ordeal at the hands of Brian David Mitchell in 2002 and 2003.

In November, Smart held a press conference at the state Capitol in the wake of the Penn State sexual abuse scandal, suggesting the Penn State victims could have benefited from a program Smart would like to see implemented in elementary schools called radKIDS [Resist Aggression Defensively]. The program teaches children about calling 911 and making defensive moves against attackers.

Smart has also implored President Barack Obama to appropriate more resources into investigating sexual abuse crimes against children.

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MMA News April 28: UFC 129, UFC 133, Matt Hughes, Gilbert Melendez and More

Bleacher Report’s MMA News recap for Thursday, April 28:

Dana White thinks Lyoto Machida’s decline was due to money.

UFC 133 fight card taking shape.

UFC 133: Phil Davis not guaranteed title shot with victory over Rashad Evans.

Matt Hughes and Diego Sanchez targeted for later in 2011.

Dana White supports Gilbert Melendez in the UFC.

Bleacher Report’s Mike Hodges:

t’s safe to say we won’t be seeing any Strikeforce fighters in the UFC for the time being.

UFC President Dana White has made it clear that Strikeforce fighters must fulfill their contract obligations prior to joining the UFC. However that has not stopped the UFC boss from voicing his opinion on certain people, including Strikeforce lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez.

Melendez, who has been preparing training partner, Jake Shields for his upcoming title bout against Georges St-Pierre at UFC 129, is one of those fighters who White has admired for quite some time. 

“Gilbert’s one of the top guys in the world, no doubt about it,” White said during the UFC 129 press conference.

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Bleacher Report’s Mike Hodges:

According to MMAJunkie.com, a welterweight bout between UFC hall of famer Matt Hughes and Diego Sanchez is scheduled for a soon-to be announced UFC event, expected to be held in the fall of this year. 

“A matchup between two welterweight fan favorites has been verbally agreed to as Diego ‘The Dream’ Sanchez will face former UFC welterweight champion and Hall of Famer Matt Hughes,” UFC president Dana White said. 

Since transitioning to welterweight last year, Sanchez has had a comfortable run at 170lbs.

His debut saw him lose to John Hathaway but he has since rebounded with two consecutive wins, earning victories over Paulo Thiago and Martin Kampmann.

Sanchez will now meet Matt Hughes in what is sure to be an intriguing matchup.

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Bleacher Report’s Sal DeRose:

If you thought Phil Davis would earn the top contender spot with a win over Rashad Evans at UFC 133—think a little harder.

Evans hasn’t fought since last May when he beat Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

Evans since then has held the top contender spot in the light heavyweight division, and instead of fighting, opted to wait for Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to heal and fight him for the title.

Well Evans waited and injured himself a month before his title shot with Shogun was supposed to happen. Jon Jones then stepped in and dethroned Shogun and became the youngest UFC champion.

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Bleacher Report’s Sal DeRose:

UFC 133 has now become a hot card this summer with its big main event that now pits young up-comer Phil Davis against the likes of Rashad Evans.

Jon Jones had to pull out of his late summer/early fall bout with Evans due to an injury sustained in his hand.

So with a big main event like Davis versus Evans, UFC 133 has gone other routes to compliment the bout.

On the UFC 133 card is also a bout between light heavyweight UFC veterans Rich Franklin and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.

Also set for UFC 133 is a bout between middleweights, Vitor Belfort and Yoshihiro Akiyama. Belfort had previously been making a push to appear at UFC 134 later in August in his home country of Brazil. 

The UFC 133 card is expected to take place in Philadelphia on August 6.

Michael McDonald was previously expected to face Nick Pace at UFC 133, but an injury to Kid Yamamoto led McDonald to fill in for him at UFC 130.

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Bleacher Report’s John Heinis:

How important is it for Lyoto Machida to beat Randy Couture at UFC 129?

Machida legitimately looked like he was going to be the poster child of MMA two years ago.

He went 14-0 as a professional fighter before winning the light heavyweight championship from Rashad Evans. 

This was Evans first career loss, and it really wasn’t even close.  Machida controlled the pace of the fight and eventually knocked out the fellow undefeated fighter in the second round.

However, from there things began to go south for “The Dragon.”

At UFC 104, Machida won a unanimous decision over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, but this was a match many felt that Machida lost. 

While he managed to still do some damage with his elusive striking style, Rua legitimately hurt Machida for the first time in his career with his powerful Muay Thai work. 

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DSM – repurchase of shares (26-28 April 2011)

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, hasrepurchased 435,987 of its own shares in the period from 26 April 2011 up to andincluding 28 April 2011 at an average price of EUR 45.33. This is in accordancewith the repurchase, covering existing option plans, announced on 23 February2011. The consideration of this repurchase was EUR 19.8 million.

The total number of shares repurchased under this program to date is 3,631,669shares for a total consideration of EUR 156.7 million.

DSM – Bright Science. Brighter Living.(TM)

Royal DSM N.V. is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition andmaterials. By connecting its unique competences in Life Sciences and MaterialsSciences DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and socialadvances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders. DSM deliversinnovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in globalmarkets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed,pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical andelectronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials. DSM´s22,000 employees deliver annual net sales of about EUR 9 billion. The company islisted on NYSE Euronext. More information can be found at www.dsm.com

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White IPhone 4 to Arrive, Finally, April 28

The iPhone 4 first dropped into customers’ hands on June 24, 2010, more than ten months ago. But something was missing: When Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the latest revision of Apple’s smartphone earlier that month, he said that it would be available in black or white. The white version never materialized, though — until now. On Wednesday, Apple announced that the white iPhone 4 will finally be launching on April 28, at Apple Stores, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores, and certain Apple Authorized Resellers.

“The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it’s beautiful,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, in a statement on Apple’s website. “We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we’ve worked to get every detail right.”

It’s been a long and arduous journey to get to this point, one that would frankly make even Odysseus pale. When the iPhone 4 first went up for preorder, Apple’s online store wouldn’t allow customers to preorder the white version, saying only that it was “currently unavailable.” Just before launch, Apple announced that white iPhone 4 wouldn’t ship until late July, citing manufacturing problems. That led to a slew of theories — everything from suggestions that white phones were cracking more easily than their black counterparts, or that light was leaking through the plastic and affecting the camera, or even that the white iPhone 4 had been faked all along. (Well, maybe not that one.)

When July rolled around, Apple CEO Steve Jobs reiterated — during Apple’s press conference about the iPhone 4′s antenna issues — that the white iPhone 4 would be available later that month, but all that surfaced was another delay, pegging the phone’s availability as “later” in 2010. In October, the company said the white iPhone wouldn’t appear until Spring 2011 — subsequently, all trace of it vanished from Apple’s online store.

As the weeks went on and the white iPhone continued to remain unseen, it attained almost mythic status. There were those who wondered if it would ever really appear, whether Apple might have quietly scrapped all intentions to bring it to market. Although I could personally confirm the device’s existence with my own eyes and hands — I used one at WWDC 2010 in the press area — there was a time when I began to question my own sanity: Had I really seen it? Had it been just a trick of the light? Breathless spottings were reported in the wild, along with repeated rumors that it had shown up in retail stores’ inventory systems only to disappear again. Like the Flying Dutchman, the white iPhone 4 seemed doomed never to make port and to bring only doom to those who saw it.

But the portents surged this past week when a white iPhone 4 was reportedly acquired by a Vodafone UK customer, followed by spy shots of retail boxes that seemed to suggest such a release was imminent. And then, finally, Wednesday’s word from on high that the white iPhone will finally descend to earth on April 28 — which, I may note, is uncoincidentally my birthday. Thanks, Apple, but you really shouldn’t have. No, seriously — I bought a black iPhone 4 months ago.

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Racing results: Friday 15 April

Sat, 16 Apr 03:39:00 2011

All the day’s racing results from the UK and Ireland.

AYR

1:45

2 Tonic Mellysse 1/10 F

1 Mason Hindmarsh 14/1

5 Ran

2:20

7 Remember Now 11/2 Jt F

1 Sure Josie Sure 6/1

5 Teenage Idol 20/1

9 Fujin Dancer 10/1

17 Ran

2:50

8 Arctic Court 11/2

6 Lively Baron 5/1

5 Master Fiddle 7/2

10 Ran

Non Runners: Golfer’s Crossing

3:25

2 Watch My Back 11/1

1 I’msingingtheblues 5/2 F

7 Door Boy 5/1

10 Ran

4:00

6 Kosta Brava 4/1

2 Mister Stickler 4/1

6 Ran

4:35

3 Bunglasha Lady 13/8 F

7 Catleen 7/1

8 Easter Vic 20/1

8 Ran

5:05

3 Aibrean 14/1

13 Aghill 12/1

14 Seven Is Lucky 16/1

13 Ran

Non Runners: Snake Charmer

BRIGHTON

4:30

1 Prince Apollo 15/8 F

2 Wily Fox 11/2

7 Ran

5:00

4 Polly Holder 3/1

2 Lilli Palmer 13/8 F

5 Ran

5:30

6 Princess Lexi 9/1

4 Collect Art 4/5 F

5 Ran

Non Runners: Sunrise Lyric

6:00

5 Buxton 15/8

4 April Fool 5/6 F

3 Ran

Non Runners: Swiss Cross, Stefanki

6:35

9 St Ignatius 13/2

1 Mandhooma 10/1

10 Set To Go 14/1

10 Ran

Non Runners: Jonny Ebeneezer

7:10

6 Freckenham 7/4 F

7 Mixed Emotions 14/1

7 Ran

7:40

4 Native Picture 11/4 F

3 Shostakovich 7/2

8 Majestic Ridge 12/1

8 Ran

CHEPSTOW

4:40

2 Lion On The Prowl 5/4 F

1 Awesome Freddie 11/8

11 Satou 25/1

14 Ran

Non Runners: Be True

5:10

13 Not So Sure Dick 16/1

5 Spanish Cruise 12/1

6 Timetoring 15/2

15 Ran

Non Runners: Seymour Eric

5:45

6 Down The Stretch 4/1

5 Double The Trouble 3/1 Jt F

6 Ran

6:20

2 Ethiopia 9/1

4 Midnight Diamond 6/4 F

7 Kiltimoney 5/1

8 Ran

6:55

6 Thelobstercatcher 9/1

7 Five Star Wilsham 11/8 F

10 Jaunty Journey 22/1

9 Ran

Non Runners: Sir Kezbaah, Mister Hyde

7:25

3 Bobs Law 13/2

8 Pathian Prince 8/1

1 Oca De Thaix 11/10 F

10 Ran

7:55

9 There And Then 25/1

13 Varkala 14/1

4 Bob Lewis 18/1

11 Ran

Non Runners: Thorney Rose, Alfie Brown

DUNDALK

6:30

6 Ishvana 6/1

1 Bible Black 2/5 F

7 Ran

7:00

3 Colour Of Love 16/1

7 Extra Steps 10/1

5 Style Margi 12/1

14 Ran

Non Runners: Celestial Flyer

7:30

4 Giving Orders 11/2

6 Laughing 16/1

8 Oh What A Kitten 11/2

12 Ran

8:00

5 Stephen’s Green 9/4

6 Swing Pattern 2/1 F

3 Honest And True 50/1

14 Ran

Non Runners: Almuricus, She’s Our Luck, Silver Soldier

8:30

5 Printmaker 10/3

2 Red Shaheen 6/1

6 Ran

Non Runners: Brown Pete

9:00

5 Casbah Rock 4/1 F

6 Five Two 14/1

2 Hassanali 9/2

14 Ran

Non Runners: Accompanist, Zinawar, Try Freedom

9:25

6 Mount Athos 6/1

13 Dreamy Gent 16/1

12 High Importance 66/1

14 Ran

Non Runners: Rocky’s Pride

NEWBURY

1:35

7 Magic City 4/1 Jt F

11 Signifer 33/1

5 Commissar 4/1 Jt F

14 Ran

Non Runners: Sixx

2:10

5 Sikeeb 8/1

7 Attracted To You 11/2

1 Rigolleto 16/1

11 Ran

2:40

6 Hezmah 4/1 F

1 Cheherazad 11/1

9 Misrepresent 6/1

16 Ran

3:15

7 Imperial Pippin 7/1

2 Caraboss 8/11 F

9 Stella Point 11/1

11 Ran

Non Runners: Arizona Jewel

3:50

4 Dancing Rain 7/2

7 Highest 7/1

11 Tasheyaat 5/2 F

11 Ran

4:25

3 Cai Shen 8/1

1 Al Kazeem 5/2

5 Ran

4:55

1 Noble Storm 6/1

2 Rain Delayed 8/1

10 Captain Carey 20/1

12 Ran

Non Runners: Cheveton

5:25

14 Warne’s Way 16/1

2 Zakatal 7/2

13 Albeed 12/1

13 Ran

Non Runners: Pocketwood

WEXFORD

4:35

15 Mayo Mystique 10/3 F

1 Coral Creek 33/1

10 Mr Shahady 10/1

16 Ran

Non Runners: Acclaimed Piper, Blaze Of Fire, Banyan Tree

5:05

3 Salesin 16/1

6 Red Key 10/1

4 Vital Plot 25/1

13 Echo Bob 11/4 F

16 Ran

Non Runners: Captain Declan, Royal Luck, In The Haven

5:40

5 Turnonthegas 12/1

12 Carrigeen Eile 12/1

17 Van Wyck 9/4 F

1 Clan Music 16/1

16 Ran

Non Runners: Lady Perspex, Newcastle Blaze, Like The Da

6:15

8 Whatsabillion 14/1

2 Model County Lass 10/1

4 Miss Mary Mac 16/1

10 Refrain Celtique 33/1

16 Ran

Non Runners: Ballygill Gale, Old Magic, Regal Ambition

6:45

2 Baily Rock 12/1

13 No One Tells Me 3/1 Jt F

7 Rubert 50/1

15 Ran

Non Runners: Media View, Andrea’s Answer, Carmun

7:15

8 The Hard Hat 10/1

3 Warhead 13/2

16 Red Basil 4/1 F

15 Ran

Non Runners: Miss Pepperpot, Wright Flyer, Mountain Lough

7:45

10 Social Benefit 20/1

1 Andunowhat 7/1

13 The Bog Road Girl 9/2

16 Ran

Non Runners: Lordanlane Lady, Lady Annellie, Mini Shan

WOLVERHAMPTON

2:30

1 Khandaq 18/1

3 Copperwood 5/1

9 Katmai River 9/4 F

8 Ran

Non Runners: Not My Choice

3:00

6 Roodee Queen 5/4 F

1 Lough Corrib 4/1

6 Ran

3:35

4 Roninski 1/6 F

3 Wishformore 6/1

5 Ran

4:10

4 Magical Macey 3/1

6 Garstang 8/1

7 Ran

4:45

3 Mcbirney 11/4

6 Broughtons Paradis 3/1

6 Ran

Non Runners: Laura Land

5:20

1 Forward Feline 11/2

4 Aldo 11/2

5 Kammamuri 3/1 F

10 Ran

5:50

3 Barton Bounty 9/4 F

8 Marino Prince 8/1

9 Corrib 12/1

11 Ran

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