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My bicycle is our second car. I love to bicycle in all weather, for all distances, and on all routes. Bicycling has brought so much joy to my life, and I want to share it with anyone who is interested. I will use my soapbox to tell you about the joys, the freedom, the benefits, and, yes, the challenges of bicycling and walking for transportation.
Over spring break Alex Tetlak and I taught "Bicycling with Traffic". For a while I thought we might have to cancel, until one more person registered. As long as we have 2 students I am happy to teach it! And what great students they were. They both bicycle for transportation, so they want to know everything that we have to teach them, especially bicycle maintenance.
We taught the 9-hour class over three days: You know that warm spell we had? We missed it entirely. Every day we held class was cold! The first day was both cold and rainy. We hurried through our parking lot drills and went for a short ride, then warmed up in the classroom. On the ride we encountered a large puddle. I watched the students scan and move into the left lane to go around it, without prompting. Perfect!
The cold weather gave us opportunity to talk about how to dress. They had already discovered how easy it is to overheat, how cold your face gets, and that breathing cold air generates snot. The solutions are to wear layers, wear a balaclava or scarf, and tuck a hanky in your glove.
The second day was still cold but dry. Since class was in the evening, we turned on all our lights and did a night ride. We even practiced left turns on and off Baltimore. They handled it like pros.
Amanda ("In Your Own Backyard") bought her bike less than a month ago and had ridden it to work a couple times. She is already fielding questions about bicycling from people who think she is an expert. She thought she had better pay attention in class so that she would have answers for them!
The last day, we reveled in the (comparatively) nice weather: gray and gloomy, but not quite as cold. The students aced the road test, scanning frequently and using assertive lane positioning to discourage right-hooks and left-hooks. They did well on the written test which provided a couple other learning moments.
Less than an hour after I got home from our last session, snowflakes began falling!
We'll be teaching again the 2nd week of May. It's likely to be warmer, but folks, this is Missouri. Whatever the weather brings, we'll bike in it!


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Computers For Learning Program
The Computers For Learning (CFL) program evolved as a guide for implementing Executive Order 12999, Educational Technology: Ensuring Opportunity for all Children in the Next Century. The CFL website enables schools and educational nonprofit organizations to obtain excess computer equipment from federal agencies.
Federal agencies can report their excess computers and related peripheral equipment to GSA through the GSAXcess® website. Eligible recipients can view and request the available federal excess property at the CFL website.
In order to register, recipients must serve some portion of the pre-kindergarten through grade-12 population and operate primarily for the purpose of education. Schools must provide a valid National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) number. Educational nonprofits must provide a 501(c) tax identification number.
Once registered, eligible recipients can view and request available excess computers and related peripheral equipment. The federal agency that reported the property can then allocate the property to the school or educational nonprofit organization of its choice. After allocation, the receiving school or nonprofit organization must pick up the property within a certain time period. The school or educational nonprofit organization is responsible for the shipping and handling costs.
Want an overview of the Computers for Learning program? To learn more, watch this video
Note: This video is hosted by a nongovernment website.
To learn more about the background for this program, see Executive Order 12999.
The shortcut to this page is www.gsa.gov/cfl.

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EXCLUSIVE: Deadpool Dons the Venom Symbiote in "Back In Black" #1 First Look
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In case you hadn't already read, cartoonist Kyle Baker on Tuesday casually made put up on his website free digital versions of eight of his creator-owned graphic novels. That includes acclaimed works like Why I Hate Saturn, Nat Turner and You Are Here. You can read them through an embedded reader on his site, or download them. Sometimes the digital files aren't the best, but all the more reason to go for the print version if your interest is piqued; each page has links to Amazon listings. While most are out-of-print, re-sellers are offering new and used copies for less than cover price in most cases.
This is a veritable feast for readers, but it's an interesting and unexpected move by the artist. As mentioned, only three of the eight downloadable graphic novels appear to be in-print: Nat Turner, The Bakers: Babies and Kittens and Special Forces. As this doesn't appear to be a promotional campaign to boost sales, it may be a way to prove audience interest to a publisher. Baker mentioned on Twitter last night that he's negotiating for a new publishing deal, which could include a sequel to Why I Hate Saturn.
So if he doesn't really have to worry about cannibalizing print sales (even though we know that doesn't happen; we've seen time and again evidence to support the theory that digital sales actually help boost print sales), why just give them away?


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Chancellor Timothy P. White
Timothy P. White is chancellor of the California State University system, the largest four-year system of higher education in the United States. As chancellor, he oversees 23 campuses, nearly 474,000 students, and 49,000 faculty and staff. The CSU, which spans the entire state of California, has an annual budget of more than $5 billion. It is one of the most diverse and most affordable university systems in the country.


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The Ohio Department of Transportation is replacing its old traffic information website with one where drivers can see real-time updates about road closures and other delays.
The website, ohgo.com, was unveiled Tuesday as a more user-friendly site developed for use on computers and other devices, including mobile phones and tablets.
Users can view information about accidents, current highway speeds, road closures and construction areas. Winter road conditions also will be available from November to April each year.
Department Director Jerry Wray says the site could save drivers time and money by helping them pick the best route to travel so they can avoid sitting in traffic.
The site replaces BuckeyeTraffic.org.


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Reflections from the decades interview with Robin Richardson
November 20, 2012
Robin Richardson interview with Sharon Duncan
Robin Richardson was the first director of the World Studies Project, 1973–79, set up by the One World Trust in London. He then became an adviser for multicultural education in local government (1979–1985) and the chief inspector for education in a London borough (1985–1990). From 1991 onwards he was director of the Runnymede Trust, a think-tank specialising in issues of race equality and cultural diversity.
Since 1996 Robin has been an independent consultant. His publications over the years include Learning for Change in World Society (1976), Daring to be a Teacher (1990) and Holding Together: equalities, difference and cohesion (2009). His most recent books are Pointing the Finger: Islam and Muslims in the British media (2011), co-edited with Julian Petley, and Changing Life Changes: projects and endeavours in schools (2012).
There is information about Robin's recent and current work at http://www.insted.co.uk. He is interviewed here on behalf of the International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE) by Sharon Duncan.
Sharon Duncan: Before we begin, I would like to thank you on behalf of the IAIE membership for agreeing to do this interview. As someone who continues to have an important influence on radical educators in the UK and further afield, this interview will provide intercultural educators with a privileged opportunity to reflect on issues that are central to our world vision. I would like to start, however, by asking you about your formative years; where you grew up, your family, your schooling and whether it is possible to identify a key experience or person (a turning point) that might have influenced the educational path for social justice you were to follow later in life.
Robin Richardson: I was born in 1936 in Birmingham. My father at that time was a bank clerk, and we lived in the small flat above the branch where he served each day behind the counter. He and my mother lived modestly and frugally, but they certainly weren't poor and they spent money on private education for their three children, of whom I was the eldest, until the age of 11. My father had been a keen sportsman in his youth – rugby, cricket, swimming, boxing, tennis – and throughout my teenage years he was the men's singles champion at a local tennis club. My mother, for her part, was the ladies champion at a church badminton club.
They were prudish in their attitudes to sex and related matters, and socially conservative in most of their opinions, and voted Conservative in all elections. The principal intellectual influence on them was Charles Dickens. My father had a complete set of Dickens's novels and would often take down a volume and read a passage aloud to his children for their entertainment and moral instruction. Alas, the children were not as appreciative as they should have been, and this is one of the regrets I have about my childhood, looking back. Another regret is that I didn't inherit any of my father's sporting prowess. Read more of this post


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Long before Newsweek called her a "tarted-up floozy," way before she married and had babies and adopted babies, and a lifetime before she opened an Instagram account, Madonna was a young woman in New York determined to make it big.
That ambition -- and a good bit of innocence -- can be seen in a collection of photos, drawings and other art that will go on the auction block Feb. 9 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The collection is owned by the parents of Martin Burgoyne, an artist, Studio 54 bartender and Madonna's best friend before she became famous.
Burgoyne and Madonna were roommates, and he played a huge role in Madonna's early career. He managed her first tour and drew the cover image of her for the cover of her 1983 EP, "Burning Up." They partied with artists Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and others. Burgoyne was raised in England but moved to New York to study art at the Pratt Institute.
Madonna and Burgoyne also supported each other emotionally and financially during hard times -- after she was raped, and when Burgoyne contracted AIDS.
Burgoyne died in 1986 after battling that disease. He was 23. Madonna wrote a song about him called "In This Life"; she recorded it on her 1992 album, "Erotica."
For decades, his parents kept Burgoyne's memorabilia from that era private -- until now. Mary Dowd, co-owner of Myers Fine Art, says his parents, now in their 80s, live in the Tampa Bay area. They are selling the collection at auction.
"I think they came to a point in their lives where they figured that it was time to do something with the collection," Dowd says. "And so they phoned us up and asked us if we would take a look at it, which we did. We saw the breadth of the collection; it was really pretty incredible."
It includes an original hand-drawn portrait of Burgoyne by Andy Warhol and an original invitation to a fundraiser for Burgoyne by Keith Haring -- a party written about in the New York Times in September 1986, when AIDS was devastating a generation of mostly young gay men, including Burgoyne. The story is heartbreakingly sad, not only because of its foreshadowing of Burgoyne's death, but of prevalent attitudes in that era toward those with HIV and AIDS.
Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell noted in the story that "people could be in the same room with someone infected with the AIDS virus without contracting it." Madonna was at that party, the Times said.
But Burgoyne's collection includes no photos from that party, only from the earlier, happier years.
And then there are the Madonna photos. Some are candid Polaroids of her making goofy faces with Burgoyne. Others are black-and-whites, intended for an album cover, of Madonna looking poised and fragile. There are also numerous photos of Burgoyne, a handsome young man in a white shirt and suspenders.
Some of the photos were taken by Burgoyne himself, says Dowd; it's unclear who took others. She says it's possible that Andy Warhol took some of the Polaroids, since they date to the same years that he was experimenting with Polaroid portraits.
Dowd says one of the more remarkable items in the collection is Burgoyne's sketchbook, in which he inked photo booth sessions of Madonna, and a full-color sketch for her "Burning Up" EP album cover. The image is totally '80s -- all bright block colors. Madonna sports short hair and thick eyebrows.
"If you're an enthusiast of entertainment back in the early '80s ... this is kind of a real step back in time to that period," Dowd says.
She isn't sure how much the pieces will sell for. The original Warhol portrait of Burgoyne should fetch a good price, she predicts. She's hoping Madonna will hear about the auction and bid on some items.
"It seems like it's something she should have for her historical archives," says Dowd. "It's a big part of her life, from the beginning."


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AURELIUS Twp.-He's 82 years old now, but Charlie Schob still sojourns into the hills of Adams and Aurelius townships to visit the graves of German ancestors buried in two cemeteries there.
"I've come here at least once every year since I was discharged from the military after the Korean War," Schob said Thursday as he climbed the long narrow trail to Liberty Hill Cemetery near Highland Ridge Road.
At the top of the hill a rusted gate from the fence that used to surround the graveyard now leans against a nearby tree. The cemetery itself, consisting of about 70 graves, seemed fairly well maintained, although there is no discernible road leading into the property.
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SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
Charlie Schob stands by one of his German ancestor's gravestones Thursday in the Hill Grove Cemetery in Adams Township.
"I think most of the people buried here probably had to be hauled up by a horse and cart," Schob said.
None of the graves are recent, with most dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Schob pointed out one of the larger gravestones bearing the names of Joseph and Emily Dixon.
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- Hill Grove Cemetery is located along the right side of Dixon Ridge Road, about five miles northeast of Lowell in Adams Township.
- Liberty Hill Cemetery is located atop a hill near Highland Ridge Road, just south of the intersection with Wickens Road in Aurelius Township.
"They were my great grandparents, most of the family were basically farmers," he said. "My grandfather said years ago there was farm after farm after farm that belonged to the Dixons in this area."
The family name now graces nearby Dixon Ridge Road, where the much smaller Hill Grove Cemetery is located.
Hill Grove contains approximately 20 graves, most related to the Schob and Dixon families.
One of the taller monuments bore the names of another set of Schob's great grandparents-Traugott Gottlieb Schob, who was born in 1824 and died in 1882, and his wife Ernestine Schau Schob, who was born 1836 and died in 1908.
"My ancestors were probably all born in Germany," Schob said. "I once did some research at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., to find out what part of the country they were from, and I was told most had come from far eastern Germany in an area that is now part of Poland."
He tried to further trace the family origins through the Polish Embassy, but didn't have much success.
Those buried in the cemeteries were long gone when Schob was born, but he still feels a connection to them-fostered mainly by his father, Earl D. Schob, who served as mayor of Marietta from 1940 to 1948.
"My father wasn't a religious man in the spiritual sense, but he was religious in attending to the final resting place of his ancestors," Schob said. "I think he appreciated their lives and what they did for him."
As a youngster Schob accompanied his father on annual visits to the cemeteries.
"He would often bring the county auditor along, too," he said. "It was his way to be sure the cemeteries were kept in good shape."
If a cemetery was not being properly maintained, the township officials would no doubt hear about it from the auditor.
Schob admits that, as a young man, visiting the graveyards wasn't a favorite pastime. But now he enjoys carrying on his father's legacy, and making sure their ancestors continue to rest in peace.


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Elmira Little Theatre, 1000 Laurel St., Elmira, will host auditions for its fall musical, "Company," at 7 p.m. June 11-12.
Callbacks will be held at 8 p.m. June 12.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, passed away this weekend at the age of 82. As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, he changed the course of history as he and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin took "one small step for man… one giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969.
He will forever be remembered as one of the greatest American heroes of all time.
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Book your room at Castille Paris - Starhotels Collezione
Get an overview of this hotelParis hotel in Rue Cambon fashion district
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We carefully hand-picked this hotel based on its dedication to service and excellent guest reviews.
Expedia +gold members receive free room upgrades and +gold and +silver members get other perks upon availability at check-in.See details
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This Paris hotel is set amongst the fashion boutiques of Rue Cambon in the centre of Paris, 200 metres from Place Vendome.
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Venetian cuisine is served in the hotel's the Assaggio restaurant, which opens onto a Florentine courtyard to offer al fresco dining.
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Castille Paris - Starhotels Collezione33-37 Rue Cambon Paris Paris 75001
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Guests at the Castille Paris - Starhotels Collezione can enjoy an invigorating workout at the fitness center. The 24-hour business center houses a computer rental desk. Wireless Internet access is complimentary for low-speed connectivity. A surcharge applies for high-speed Internet.
Guests can also ask the concierge for sightseeing advice or update their sightseeing itineraries using the hotel's wireless Internet access. In the evening, guests can enjoy fine food and wine in the decorative courtyard. The 6-floor hotel also provides breakfast options, banquet services, and onsite parking (surcharge). Pets are welcome.
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of floors - 6
- One meeting room
- Restaurant
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 108
- Tours/ticket assistance
Family Friendly Amenities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Soundproofed rooms
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( EUR 21 per day )
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Minibar
- Pay movies
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Room service (24 hours)
- Satellite TV service
- Shower/tub combination
- Soundproofed rooms
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
The Assaggio - Guests can sample the restaurant's Venetian cuisine in the picturesque courtyard. Closed on Saturday, Sunday, and bank holidays
The hotel bar - Serves Italian food in an informal setting.
Please check the Rooms and Rates page to see which rates include breakfast.
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A running track is located 200 metres from the hotel.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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Check-out time is noon
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- Pets stay free
- Dogs and cats only
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
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Pets allowed (no fees)
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- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.30 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: EUR 30 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 21 per day (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 195 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Self parking fee: EUR 38 per day
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800 University WaySpartanburg, SC 293031-864-503-5000
Following is a list of some of the services provided by the Facilities Management Department. Please click the link for information relating to that service.
How do I ...
Request funding for a major capital projectComplete the Capital Funding Request Form and click Submit.
Notify you of an emergency facility issueCall ext. 5500 during normal University workdays between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. At other times, or if you cannot reach anyone at ext. 5500, call University Police at ext. 7777. An emergency is a situation where there is an immediate need to rectify a situation.
Request non-emergency workClick here to fill out a work request form. If you are asked for the organization account number, it is 548279921. (This happens sometimes if a computer is worked on after the link has been saved). If you do not have access to submit work requests, the appropriate dean, department head, or division director should contact Fred Scott or Kent Orr. Include the name, email address and phone number of the person you desire to have access. Requestors can track the progress and status of the work request at any time online.
Request a key or keysFill out the Facilities Key Request Form. With increased emphasis on security of spaces, this process must be followed. Note that for buildings controlled by electronic card access, we no longer issue keys to exterior doors. Access to these buildings is controlled by University Police. (If there is a problem with the lock itself, please submit a work request online.)
Request a lock be changed or repairedSubmit an online work request form. If you are asked for the organization account number, it is 548279921.
Request to change use of a spaceSubmit the request for Change in Facilities Space Use form. It can be completed, printed, signed by the appropriate parties, and submitted.
Request telephone or network linesContact Information Technology and Services at ext. 5257. Facilities Management does not install these.
Request any type of work for the Greenville campusSubmit your request to the Vice Chancellor's office at the Greenville campus. The Vice Chancellor will coordinate with us.
Request any type of work for the George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and EconomicsUse the same process for work as if you were on the main campus.
Request any type of work for the residential buildings (Palmetto Villas, Palmetto House, Magnolia House)Contact the Residential Life office at ext. 5422.
React if fire alarms are activatedTREAT EVERY FIRE ALARM AS IF IT IS A REAL FIRE!!You should immediately leave the building even if you think it is a false alarm. Once you are out of the building, call the police at ext. 7777 and/or us at ext. 5500 to ensure we are aware. Both police and facilities staff respond to investigate immediately. Do not go back in the building until directed to do so by University Police.
Find the Facilities Management office if I want to hand deliver a request or meet with someone in facilitiesWe are located at the far north end of the campus. Turn off of North Campus Boulevard on American Way (the road between the tennis courts and the forested area) and follow that road all the way past the water tower. Then bear to the right into our parking lot. Our location is shown on the various campus maps available at the bottom of the University home page.
Order furnitureContact us before ordering by using the online work request form. Depending on the situation, we may already have what you need. If new furniture has to be ordered, we may be able to assist with funding. In all orders, besides the actual furniture, the purchase order must include a requirement for the vendor to assemble on site, remove all packing material, and deliver to the room where it is to be set up. While most furniture is available under various state contracts, we also know other vendors with quality furniture and service and reasonable prices. We will not assemble furniture that you have ordered unless these procedures have been followed, nor will we deliver it.
Ensure that there will be heating or cooling in rooms I am using during hours the rooms are not normally in useOur source of information for this is the event schedule published by Special Events and Facilities Scheduling. During normal working hours, most spaces are heated or cooled in accordance with the University Energy Policy. For room use not during normal working hours, you need to ensure you have scheduled the room through Special Events and Facilities Scheduling.
Get copies of:Floor plans; room numbers, capacities, or sizes; building names or building numbers; street addresses; leases; acreage; ownership; capital plans; or other building or facilities related dataCall us at ext. 5500 or email us with specifics about your request.
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Contact UsPhone: (864) 503-5500
Fax: (864) 503-5542
Facility EmergenciesDuring working hours:
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After working hours (University Police): (864) 503-7777
Housing Facilities:
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Mailing Address:
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800 University Way
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Physical Address:
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Spartanburg, SC 29303
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Operational Services864-503-5539
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Building and Landscape Services864-503-5514
Pat Moss
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The University of South Carolina Upstate is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate and masters degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia, 30033 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of USC Upstate. Comments or Complaints?


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In Hudson Valley Mediterranean, Laura Pensiero, master chef, nutritionist, and creator of Gigi's Hudson Valley, offers 150 magnificent recipes from her famed restaurant (Gigi Trattoria in Rhinebeck, NY) and market (Red Hook's Gigi Market and Catering). A celebration of the produce and the people who grow it in this uniquely fertile region of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />New YorkState—often called "the East CoastNapaValley"—Hudson Valley Mediterranean presents delicious interpretations of traditional Italian dishes made with healthy ingredients that highlight the bounty of the Valley's farms, gardens, and artisans.
A renowned chef and nutritionist has the recipe for delectable meals with a healthy Mediterranean focus, featuring more than 100 recipes for flavorful, seasonal local food
Hailed as the Napa Valley of the East, New York's Hudson Valley has become a major hub for local foods and agriculture—and Laura Pensiero's acclaimed restaurants are at the center of it all. Customers from near and far flock to Gigi Trattoria in Rhinebeck (named one of Hudson Valley's best restaurants in Hudson Valley Magazine) and Gigi Market and Catering in Red Hook to dine on Laura's interpretations of traditional Italian dishes that highlight the bounty of the farms, gardens, and artisans of the Valley.
A celebration of the food of the Hudson Valley and the people who grow and produce it, Hudson Valley Mediterranean shows how to use seasonal ingredients to create delectable, nourishing meals. Here are more than 100 easy-to-prepare and cost-effective recipes made with the best ingredients and a touch of Mediterranean flair, including:
Gigi Potato Gnocchi with Northwind Farm Chicken and Pea Ragu
Baked Macaroni and Cheese with Cauliflower and Chard
Fava Bean and Fregola Salad
Spring (and Every Other Season) Lasagna
Seared Salmon over Spring Trifolati
Mr. Mink's Panzanella Salad with fresh herbs
Strawberry Mascarpone Tart
This local and seasonal food movement is happening throughout the country, and Pensiero invites everyone to bring these foods into their own kitchens and communities using regional resources—because cooking with fresh food harvested nearby brings pleasure to eating and connects people to their family, friends, and community.
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Critical Praise
"People long for more flavor, better nutrition, and beauty on their dinner plates. Laura Pensiero delivers at Gigi Trattoria and she delivers in this book. And you don't have to live in the Hudson Valley to reap the benefit of Hudson Valley Mediterranean." — Amy Goldman, author of The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table and chair of the board of Seed Savers Exchange
"a collection of about 150 recipes with a distinct voice—one of balanced eating, locally sourced foods and fuss-free, straightforward dishes that showcase seasonal ingredients, like the candy-like sweetness of a rustic onion tart in autumn." — Albany Times Union
Honorable Mention, Publishers Weekly Best Food Books of 2009 — Publishers Weekly
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- Imprint: Morrow Cookbooks
- On Sale: 08/18/2009
- Trimsize: 7.375 in (w) x 9.125 in (h) x 1.09 in (d)
- Pages: 336
- List Price: 30.00 USD
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Penguins Report: Game Day at Florida
Friday, 01.13.2012 / 10:00 AM ET / Penguins Report
By Sam Kasan
- Full transcript of Crosby's comments (1:20 PM).
- Video of the "Sea of Cs" (1:12 PM).
- Pens show solidarity for their captain (12:18 PM).
- Your Verizon Game Day Report (2:42 PM).
- Latest news on Crosby (10:00 AM).
- GM Shero's take on the 6-game losing streak (9:50 AM).
- Malkin named All-Star (9:40 AM).
- Pens morning skate lines (3:01 PM).
- Scouting the Panthers (9:10 AM).
- Bylsma, Orpik, Neal & Michalek spit knowledge (2:37 PM).
- Park & Kennedy drop in (9:30 AM).
- Roberts released from the Vault (9:20 AM).
- Pens pics (4:30 PM).
- Panthers pics (10:53 AM).
- "Straight game face, it's game day…" (9:00 AM).
The Pens players aren't the only ones wearing a "C" to support their captain. The move has exploded on Twitter. A few devoted tweets have led to a #C Revolution (full details here).
Here some more pics from practice (full photo gallery here)...
Crosby skates after team's practice
Sullivan (left); Adams (right)
Park (left); Neal (right)
Kunitz & even Fleury with a #C (left); Orpik (right)
Martin (left); Malkin goes with the Russian version with a #K (right)
Despite everything that was going on, Sam somehow still managed to get the lines in addition to getting pics, practice footage and player interviews. There's a reason why he's the boss! -Meesh
Yet another slow news day. I have no idea what Mearsy is going to talk about in his Game Day Report...
Sounds heard around the locker room, in video form...
Here is the full transcript of Crosby's comments to the media from this morning...
On how he felt on the ice:
I felt pretty good. It's nice to get back out there. It's the first time, so I'll take it in stride, but it's nice to get back out there.
On where he's at in his recovery:
Symptoms are getting a lot better, but I wouldn't say I'm symptom-free. I'm allowed to lightly exert. That's positive when you're sitting around for a bit. It's nice that the symptoms have been better and it's nice to get that step out there on the ice. So we'll see how it goes.
On if headaches and balance problems are the main symptoms:
A little bit less, but yeah. Those are kind of general things. That'll be the real test. The motion stuff has kind of been the issue, both the time before and now going through it for a bit now. The good thing is that I have a pretty good handle on it and I'm always able to improve that. That was a big help in August when I went to Atlanta. So I know I can handle that if I need to and if it comes to that.
On getting those treatments again:
Yeah, if need be. I think, like I said, I have a handle on it. It's not like I'm guessing as much at this point. I know that's something that can be fixed. I'm more worried about getting rid of the symptoms.
On if he's likely to go back to Georgia:
Hopefully not. The motion stuff is still a little bit iffy, so I want to make sure I give it a fair shot. But at the same time, it's something I know I can improve.
On when it was first decided he could make this step:
A couple days ago. It's nice to get out there. Obviously there's some restraints, too. But with that being said, it's better than being on a bike or sitting around. I'd much rather be on the ice.
On if it's more frustrating this time around:
It's different, but I wouldn't say more, no. I mean, I think at different points when I was going through it, it was so new and there were so many questions and not a lot of answers, either. This is kind of a tough injury; it's not clear-cut all the time. Now I think I know a lot more about what I'm feeling and how to improve it. So I think being a little more familiar actually probably helps a bit. At the same time though, it's tough to come back and then be out. But I think I've got a bit of a better handle on it right now.
On the guys wearing homemade "C"s:
(Laughs) Yeah, that was a nice gesture, especially at a time like this when things are tough and there is adversity with the injuries and with a few losses. We need to stick together. That was a good sign right there of sticking together. Whenever you have adversity I think there's always times when your team and character is in question. I don't think there's ever been a point (like that) with our group. So it's good to see everyone sticking together. I think we'll see the results on the ice.
On the importance of him coming on the road trip in support of his team:
The fact that I'm able to skate is good, but you always want to be around them. I think when you're winning, obviously you want to be a part of that, but when you're losing too, you want to be there and go through it. I think for me to be here is hopefully good for both. I think it's good for me to be around the guys and hopefully support them. Hopefully they can see that I'm getting closer and closer, so that's a good thing, too.
On if there's more he'd like to see from the league in preventing head injuries:
I think they're doing a pretty good job. They can only do so much. At the end of the day, it's up to us as players. That being said, it's a quick game. There are things that can happen. But at the same time, I think they've done a lot of good things to prevent it from happening. Obviously, there have been some instances but I think if that effort and that caution toward those things is there consistently, I think we're going to see a change.
On his response to what the media has been writing:
It's tough to even answer it because it's so far-fetched. I would say that I'm not surprised that it's when we've lost five or six in a row. If we would have won five in a row, I don't think any of that stuff would have started. And let's be honest, the Steelers are out and the Penguins are what there is to talk about. And anything that can be brought up or started, especially given the situation, is a pretty easy fit. I've been around hockey long enough to know that this stuff seems to come out when you're losing. So as long as guys don't get caught up in it, I think we're much better off not even listening to it.
On if he has any indication that anyone in the organization is questioning his situation:
No. It's too bad we even have to sit here and talk about it, to be honest with you. It's not even really worth talking about.
On how much easier it is recognizing the symptoms through this time around:
It's easier having gone through it. But I don't think, as far as knowing what's going on, it's easier. I don't think it's ever easy watching or going through this. But it's nice to have somewhat of an idea. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, that's just the way it is. With these things, a lot of times there aren't a lot of answers. So to have some idea is obviously a positive.
On if he'd had a concussion before last year:
I'm sure every kid has probably fallen and bumped their head at some point. Whether they got a concussion from that or not, there's a lot of guys in the league who seem to survive through bumps to the head when they were little.
On if he's sensitive to the balance of keeping the media informed and not being a distraction:
Yeah, 100 percent. First and foremost that's the most important thing, not being a distraction. That's No. 1 on the list. I understand my responsibility. I think I've been doing this long enough to know that if there's information to give, it's part of my role and the responsibility that comes with what I do to provide that. And I've always been willing to do that. But I think if there's no information to be given, I'm not going to give any. I'm not going to make something up. And on top of that, I'm not going to cause distractions or create distractions because of that. So that's always my thought. That's the most important thing. Whether it's trying to come back to help the team or doing what I have to do handling that stuff, that's the most important. So that's something that I'm pretty conscious of.
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Here's video of the guys wearing the "C"s and of Crosby himself out on the ice...
An absolutely amazing scene unfolded at this morning's skate, as all of the Pens hit the ice wearing homemade "C"s on their chests in solidarity for their captain Crosby.
Well, except for Evgeni Malkin...he opted to go with the Russian version "K."
Anyone questioning the Pens locker room just got their answer. Goosebumps.
Panthers are on the ice for their morning skate...
As I first reported Wednesday, Pens captain Sidney Crosby joined the team for this 3-game road trip and will skate on his own later today for the first time since suffering concussion-like symptoms in early December.
The Pens will hold their morning skate at 11:30am at BankAtlantic Center. At the end of the morning skate Crosby will hit the ice. He will speak with the media following his on-ice session. Stay tuned to PittsburghPenguins.com for more on Crosby's skate.
In a related Crosby note, I spoke to GM Shero Thursday about Crosby. Shero said that Crosby has not been cleared to play and that it's good for everyone to have Sid on the trip.
"He wanted to join our team because we're in a tough stretch," Shero said. "He badly wants to play and be out there. But he's not cleared to play. We want to be very careful. Once he's cleared to play, he'll be the most excited guy on the ice."
More of Shero's comments on Crosby here.
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On Thursday I spoke with general manager Ray Shero about the state of the Pens, who are trying to snap a 6-game losing streak.
While Shero is happy with the way the team is competing and showing character, he also wants the players to have a sense of urgency. The team has slipped out of a playoff spot in the standings .
Shero praised the leadership being shown by several players in the locker room, especially Evgeni Malkin, whom Shero said is "the best story of the year so far."
Get all the details from Shero on the Pens here.
The NHL announced the lineups for the 2012 All-Star Game in Ottawa later this month. The Pens representative will be forward Evgeni Malkin, who is no stranger to All-Star contests.
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On Monday, Pens forwards Richard Park & Tyler Kennedy "dropped in" on a local youth hockey practice at Castle Shannon. Check it out below...
It's Friday, so it's time to delve into the Pens Vault. Today we have a tribute video to the legendary Gary Roberts (by the way, Roberts was in Pittsburgh last week to take part in the Mario Lemieux Fantasy Camp, more on the camp here). Even Katie O asks, "WWGRD?"
The Panthers have been one of the NHL's big surprises this season. Meesh tells you what to look for in tonight's matchup. Below is her scouting report on the Panthers.
Good morning from Florida! Tonight the Pens hope to stop their six-game skid in a showdown with the Southeast Division leading Florida Panthers.
The Pens made a few roster moves Thursday. They re-assigned forward Colin McDonald to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Also, Steve MacIntyre cleared waivers and will report to WBS.
Stay here at the Pens Report for all the news to come out of today's morning skate (and be sure to follow us on Twitter at @pghpenguins and @PensInsideScoop for updates throughout the day).
Since we are in Florida, it's only fitting to open the day with some Flo Rida (not to be confused with the great rapper Ver Mont). We'll go with "Good Feeling" because it's an upbeat song to get you pumped up for the game, and one of the lyrics in the song are "Straight game face, it's game day." Perfect.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Angel Pagan has no problem making bold statements at the start of spring training: He's calling a repeat championship for San Francisco in 2013.
With nearly the same roster returning from last fall's special run to the title - the second in three years for the franchise - Pagan figures, why not?
"I think we're going to repeat," he said upon arriving at spring training Friday. "We're positive about this team. We're going to get lucky again, like people said."
Along one clubhouse wall at Scottsdale Stadium are the lockers for Pagan, Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez - all in a row. The three are connected in a rare scenario in which Torres and Ramirez were traded to the New York Mets for Pagan before last season, and now both are back with San Francisco alongside Pagan after they helped the Giants win the 2010 World Series.
"We may have to break that group up," manager Bruce Bochy joked.
Longtime equipment manager Mike Murphy put them together on purpose "so they can talk about what happened." Murphy also made a point to split up the close-knit Latino players throughout the clubhouse.
Pagan and Torres also will play together in the World Baseball Classic for Puerto Rico.
"It fills my heart to go out there and play in front of my countrymen," Pagan said.
Pagan kept in touch with second baseman Marco Scutaro during the offseason, then both wound up re-signing with the Giants as they had hoped.
Scutaro reached agreement on his $20 million, three-year deal with the Giants a day after Pagan was rewarded with a $40 million, four-year contract. He wanted stability for his family, and he got it.
Pagan insists nothing will change now. He plans to play with the same passion despite all the dollar signs.
"The peace of mind is there," Pagan said. "My bank account did change, but my passion for the game didn't change. I just want to leave my heart on the field. ... I signed this contract and the expectations are really big, as well as to myself."
Pagan, the team's leadoff hitter, batted .288 with eight home runs, 56 RBIs and a San Francisco-best 15 triples in his first season with the Giants.
Scutaro, 37, hit .362 with three homers and 44 RBIs in 61 regular-season games with the Giants after he was acquired in a July 27 trade with Colorado. World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval expects to stay healthy after injuries slowed him last season.
"I think that's the best thing we have, the chemistry's the same," Pagan said. "There are some additions but the atmosphere is going to be the same. The way we got along last year, it doesn't get any better than that."
For Bochy, having so many familiar faces back for 2013 makes his job easier in terms of players knowing what to expect from him and how he runs a club.
"I think it's fair to say we're as set as we have been in recent years," Bochy said.
Right fielder Hunter Pence is among the position players who showed up early, eager to get going in his first spring training with San Francisco after getting traded by the Phillies last summer.
He offered some wisdom Friday morning:
"Enjoy this day because you never know when an exploding meteor's going to hit," he said.
The quirky Pence is another key part of this winning group. The Giants know even with two trophies in three years, many will expect the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers to win the NL West.
And, that's OK with these guys.
"This team, you don't need anything else, when you have a championship team," Pagan said. "I don't need the credit. When you don't get the credit, that's what makes you hungry to go out there and prove people wrong. It's not good to be the favorite."
Villalona rejoins Giants
Angel Villalona is back in the dugout, back in uniform, eager for a new baseball life 3 1/2 years after he was charged with murder in his native Dominican Republic.
The San Francisco Giants' former top first base prospect declined to address his legal past - specifically, exactly what happened.
"I'd rather not talk about it," he said through an interpreter Friday. "I just want to concentrate on playing baseball. ... I'm here to get back to playing baseball. I'm thankful they gave me a second chance."
Villalona was charged in the September 2009 death of a 25-year-old man at a bar. He was freed on bond that November after the family of the deceased asked a judge to drop the case, but Villalona was also stripped of his U.S. visa at the time.
"I never doubted myself. I never thought that (I couldn't get back here). I always thought I could do it, just like people here have confidence in me," Villalona said.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy envisions few issues or distractions with the arrival of Villalona, who has dropped from 290 pounds to 250 in preparation for his comeback.
Young Bochy joins Dad in Arizona
A little bit of playful razzing comes with the territory for Brett Bochy. He gets it.
The pitcher is in his first big league camp for the San Francisco Giants. And, his dad's the manager.
"It's pretty special to have your son here, I'm not going to lie," Bruce Bochy said Saturday.
Reliever Jeremy Affeldt plans to remind the right-hander about it regularly - good-naturedly, of course.
"Only seven or eight times a day," Affeldt said. "We're going to ask him every day: 'Where do we go? Who we putting in today, Boch?'"
A quick poll around the clubhouse will tell you that Bochy's teammates know the pitcher earned this opportunity.
He has made an impression on the Giants' brass nearly three years after elbow ligament-replacement surgery. He went 7-3 with a 2.53 ERA and 14 saves in 41 appearances and 51 1-3 innings last year for Double-A Richmond. Fatigued down the stretch last season, the coaches plan to closely monitor his workload this spring training.


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In Egypt, America's Influence Appears Limited
In Egypt, a country where the U.S. has wielded enormous influence for the last four decades, the most striking aspect of the current upheaval there is that Washington appears to have relatively little left.
President Barack Obama, who is traveling far to the south of Egypt in sub-Saharan Africa, called Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi late Monday night, a call the White House said conveyed a message that the U.S. isn't supporting any particular group or party in Egypt and that the Egyptian president should be "responsive" to the hundreds of thousands of people filling Cairo's streets to protest his rule.
Notably, in the wake of a threat by Egypt's army to take matters into its own hands within 48 hours unless the situation calms down, the White House didn't explicitly warn against such a move by the military. Its statement describing Mr. Obama's phone call said merely that the crisis "can only be resolved through a political process."
As the Journal's Jay Solomon notes, U.S. responses so far appear to have left those in Cairo's streets confused over whether Washington is still backing Mr. Morsi, embraced by the Obama administration after he came to power in the wake of Egypt's 2011 Egyptian revolution, or whether it is tacitly backing a military coup to get rid of him.
The broader question may be whether it makes much difference. The situation today stands in stark contrast to the one the prevailed in 1976 when an earlier Egyptian leader, Anwar Sadat, broke Egypt's long-standing ties with the Soviet Union to begin a relationship with the U.S. The late Mr. Sadat said then that the U.S. held "99% of the cards" in the Middle East.
That's hardly a claim anyone would make today. The U.S. gives Egypt a significant amount of aid, including nearly $2 billion a year in military assistance, but it isn't the most important financial backer of Mr. Morsi's government. That would be the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, which recently sent a $3 billion lifeline to keep the Morsi regime afloat.
Nor has the U.S. marshaled much regional support for Mr. Morsi; Saudi Arabia, America's other powerful friend in the Arab world, has little use for Mr. Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood ruling party, which it views as a long-term Islamist threat to the region. Secretary of State John Kerry has been busy in the region — focusing not on the crisis in Egypt, however, but rather on another attempt to relaunch peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The Palestinian authority with which Mr. Kerry is negotiating doesn't even represent all of the Palestinians; the radical Hamas group controls those in the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, the U.S. has tentatively begun giving military aid to the rebels seeking to oust Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, but Washington is far from the most important backer of the opposition forces. In none of those places, including in Egypt, does the U.S. any longer appear to be in control of events.
For critical perspectives on politics and the economy from Jerry Seib & David Wessel, visit Seib & Wessel and follow them on Twitter @GeraldFSeib and @davidmwessel.


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Julianne Hough told Cosmopolitan she was abused as a child.
The 24-year-old plays a domestic abuse survivor in "Safe Haven," due out Feb. 14. She said she suffered her own physical and emotional abuse as a child dancer in London, after moving from Utah at 10 to pursue her career as a dancer.
"I was 10 years old looking like I was 28, being a very sensual dancer. I was a tormented little kid who had to put on this sexy facade because that was my job and my life," Hough said. "While I was in London, I was abused, mentally, physically, everything," she said, adding, "I'm a very forgiving person, and I don't want to hurt anybody. What's past is past."
The "Dancing With the Stars" dancer said she's opening up about her own experiences to be a voice for those who don't have one. Hough declined to go into details about the abuse, but said that it got much worse when she hit puberty, and her abuser began threatening her, according to the Huffington Post.
"I was told if I ever went back to the United States, three things were going to happen. One: I was going to amount to nothing. Two: I was going to work at Whataburger. And three: I was going to end up a slut. So it was like, 'I can't go back, I have to be this person,'" she said.
The February issue of Cosmopolitan comes out Jan. 8.
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November 01, 2007
Federal Energy and Water Awards Honor Federal Agencies' Energy-Saving Efforts
On November 1st, DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman awarded the 2007 Federal Energy and Water Management Award to 25 individuals, teams, and organizations within the federal government, whose efforts resulted in more than $18 million in energy cost savings over the last year. The agencies that received the awards included the United States Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy; the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Health and Human Services, Interior, and Veterans Affairs; Environmental Protection Agency; General Services Administration; and the U.S. Postal Service. Additionally, the Energy Saver Showcase Award was awarded to federal facilities at the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the General Services Administration for their superior sustainable building construction.
The Federal Energy and Water Management Awards have been held annually since 1981, and work to recognize federal agencies and their attempts to be both energy efficient and to meet executive and congressional standards. The 2007 award winners were selected from nominations from 17 federal agencies. The awards recognize accomplishments such as making use of renewable energy systems, upgrading building management and HVAC equipment, and improving internal energy security. See the DOE press release and the complete list of this year's Federal Energy and Water Management Award winners.
Overall, the federal government has decreased its overall energy consumption by 6.4% per square foot in fiscal year 2006, as compared to fiscal year 2003 consumption rates. The federal government has also reported purchased 12.9 trillion Btu of renewable energy, which is equivalent to 6.9% of their total electrical use.


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Acer Plans to Launch $99 Tablet
Can Acer's $99 Tablet Compete?
Acer is planning to launch an Android tablet priced around US$99 early next year, a person with direct knowledge of the project, said.
The world's fourth-largest PC maker by shipments hopes to be the first big-brand company to launch a tablet priced to jostle with Chinese white-box tablet makers for consumers in developing countries.
At seven inches with a 1024 x 600 resolution screen and 1.2GHz dual-core processor, the so-called Iconia B1 tablet will have somewhat similar specs to Amazon.com's Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble's Nook Color. But Acer plans to undercut those best-selling tablets' $139 price tag by offering the Iconia B1 for around $99, the person said. The final shelf price will be determined country-by-country.
There is a caveat, of course: It's aimed at emerging markets. While the device has been submitted to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for clearance, it's uncertain whether it will actually be sold stateside.
Plans for the low-cost tablet began hastily this fall, in response to aggressively priced offering by competitors, the person said. It marks a strategy tilt for Taipei-based Acer, which has been working most of this year to boost its profit margins with high-end products.
"In the past few months, we've made project roadmap changes in response to big changes in the tablet market," the person said. "The launch of the Nexus 10 (made by Google and Samsung Electronics with a US$399 starting price) has changed the outlook for what makes competitive pricing."
The blue-edged Acer Iconia B1′s pictures surfaced this month on a Serbian forum. They were confirmed as authentic by a person familiar with the project and also comes partly as a response to Acer's crosstown rival Asustek Computer, which has been rumored to be brewing up a similarly low-priced Android tablet for next year, the person said.
Asustek spokesman David Chang said the company is not making a $100 tablet and declined to comment further on its product pipeline.
Aside from the Iconia B1, another person with direct knowledge of Acer's tablet products said the company is also planning to launch a low-priced version of its Intel-based Windows 8 tablets early next year, as its current ones are "too pricey."
Acer's pursuit of lower-priced tablets will cut into its margins, but will help it secure a stronger foothold in the rapidly growing China market, said Daiwa Securities analyst Christine Wang.
"Chinese white-box tablet makers are expected to sell some 60 million tablets next year, so it is a really big market," she said. "None of the major PC brands sells a tablet right now priced to compete with them right now."
The 7-inch tablet market has been getting increasingly crowded this year, with Apple launching the $329 iPad Mini and Google partnering with Asustek on the $199 Nexus 7 to challenge Amazon's and Barnes & Noble's popular devices of that size.
Acer slipped out of the top five tablet makers in the third quarter, with its share of global shipments below 1.4%, according to IDC.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Coming off of a 4-1 win over No. 30 BYU earlier in the day, the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Men's Tennis team earned a gritty 4-2 win against Louisiana – Lafayette in a match that featured three singles matches reach a third set to reach the finals of the 47th Annual HEB Tournament of Champions. The finals will be held at 12 p.m. on the courts at Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center, with the Islanders facing No. 34 Middle Tennessee for the tournament championship.
The Islanders (3-5) used solid efforts from the top of the lineup, getting wins at No. 1, 2 and 3 singles to take an early 3-0 lead. ULL (6-6) rallied with wins at No. 4 and 5 to make it close, but Ricardo Mayagoitia closed it out with a third-set win at No. 6 to send his team to the finals.
Being the second match of the day, the teams played singles first and would only go to doubles if necessary. Gergo Weidinger started the run for the Islanders, earning a 6-2, 6-2 final at No. 3 for the early lead. Peter Nagy followed quickly with a 6-1, 6-3 final at No. 1 to put his team two points away.
After Matt Westmoreland earned a 6-4, 6-1 final at No. 2 singles to put Texas A&M – Corpus Christi on the brink of clinching, things got tight as Javier Pujol lost a tough 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 match at No. 5 after cramping during the match. Guillaume Rauseo fell in a third-set tiebreak by a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6) final to make it 3-2, but Mayagoitia came through with the big win by taking his third set, notching the 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 final to clinch the win for the Islanders.
The win setup the finals matchup between two teams that played a year ago in the HEB Tournament of Champions, with the Islanders winning a 4-1 contest against the Blue Raiders in the opening round of the tournament. It is a much-improved MTSU team however, with the team reaching No. 34 in the ITA National Rankings in the latest poll released this past Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, the Islanders played their most complete match of the season, earning a 4-1 win over No. 30 BYU, the No. 1 seed in the tournament, in the first round. The win was highlighted by Nagy win over the No. 47 singles player in the nation at No. 1 singles.
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Tennis Match Results
Louisiana-Lafayette vs Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
3/1/2013 at Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 4, Louisiana-Lafayette 2
Singles competition:
1. Peter Nagy (AMCC) def. Jake Wynan (ULL) 6-1, 6-3
2. Matt Westmoreland (AMCC) def. Rick de Groot (ULL) 6-4, 6-1
3. Gergo Weidinger (AMCC) def. Hunter Johnson (ULL) 6-2, 6-2
4. Jarred Wynan (ULL) def. Guillaume Rauseo (AMCC) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6)
5. Edgar Lopez (ULL) def. Javier Pujol (AMCC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
6. Ricardo Mayagoitia (AMCC) def. Damian Farinola (ULL) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Doubles competition:
1. Rick de Groot/Jake Wynan (ULL) vs. Peter Nagy/Odon Barta (AMCC) no result
2. Edgar Lopez/Jarred Wynan (ULL) vs. Andrew Maingot/Matt Westmoreland (AMCC) no result
3. Hunter Johnson/Yates Johnson (ULL) vs. Gergo Weidinger/Guillaume Rauseo (AMCC) no result
Match Notes:
Louisiana-Lafayette 6-6
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 3-5
Order of finish: Doubles (); Singles (3,1,2,5,4,6)
Islanders reach finals of 47th Annual HEB Tournament of Champions


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Baby Steps in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center provides developmental evaluations and nutritional assessments of former premature infants or term infants with complicated newborn courses.
Baby Steps is a multidisciplinary clinic staffed by a developmental and behavioral pediatrician, occupational therapists and a dietitian. In addition, we have two family outreach advocates who perform home visits and link families to community-based services and resources.
Baby Steps works collaboratively with Child Neurology and Pediatric Gastroenterology for the management of complex patients.
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29.10.2012 - It is a significant upgrade for Italian basic research: British-Swiss Shire collaborates with Telethon Foundation on rare disease drugs.
It is a company first for British Shire Pharmaceuticals plc. Despite having had strong ties with academia for a while, the pharma firm has also finally partnered up in a public-private partnership (PPP) with an academic institution for the first time. Last week Swiss Shire Human Genetic Therapies – Shire's stock corporation from Nyons – and Italian Telethon Foundation entered a long-term collaboration in discovering new medicines against rare diseases. In particular, Shire will spend over the next five years €17m on research on 13 mainly undisclosed indications. The only thing known is that a number of different lysosomal storage disorders and neurodegenerative disorders are among them. With this long-term collaboration, the British hope to boost their early stage pipeline. The terms for Shire picking up a ripening project and eventually bringing it through mid and late clinical stages are still under discussion.
Telethon general manager Francesca Pasinelli underscored the importance of the deal for her foundation: "For a not-for-profit organisation like ours, this alliance represents an opportunity to fulfil the promise made to patients and donors who have been supporting us." Most of the research will be carried out at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) in Naples. The institute's research strength lies in gene therapeutics.
Earlier this year Shire launched another early-stage programme together with zinc-finger-technology torchbearer Sangamo Bioscience (tackling haemophilia). While Shire now enters virgin soil with a public-private partnership, Telethon already has some experience in this respect. Since 2010 the foundation – together with GlaxoSmithKline – has been developing a gene therapy for the devastating immune deficiency ADA-SCID.
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Making just his second career start, In Trouble reeled in favored front-runner Corfu with a sixteenth of a mile to run and bounded to a 2 ¼-length victory in the 123rd running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Futurity on Sunday at Belmont Park.
It was the second Futurity win for trainer Tony Dutrow, coming 13 years after Burning Roma's triumph in 2000, when the race was contested at one mile.
"Having done this a long time, I was looking forward to today," said Dutrow. "I was feeling that we have a talented horse, and I'm not surprised at what I saw. I wasn't predicting this, but I'm not surprised. He's pretty good."
Under jockey Joe Rocco, Jr., In Trouble ran six furlongs in 1:09.64 and returned $7 as the 5-2 second choice in the field of five. Favored at 9-5, Corfu was second, a length in front of Big Sugar Soda, who was followed under the line by Financial Mogul and Sound of Freedom. Wired Bryan was scratched.
Owned by Team D Stable, In Trouble was similarly professional in his 5 ½-furlong unveiling last month at Saratoga Race Course, where he rated just off the pace before getting up to win by three-quarters of a length. The second, third and fourth-place finishers in that race all came back to win their next starts.
"I'd say within a week after his [maiden] race, [we pointed for] this race," said Dutrow of In Trouble, who is based at the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland. "It shows you a lot. This was the second race of his life and he was able to relax and give up the lead and finish up against quality horses. I think that's a big statement for him."
Breaking from post position 1, Rocco and In Trouble tracked Corfu along the inside behind a torrid quarter-mile in 22.09 seconds and a half in 44.75. Rocco then steered In Trouble outside Corfu to launch his bid, entering the stretch in a drive with 3 ½ lengths to make up and steadily advancing on the leader down the lane.
"He broke really sharp, and I'd rather be outside dictating when we can move than be inside and be under someone else who can force us," said Rocco. "It worked out when I saw I could get behind [Corfu] and get outside of him, that's when I went outside and did it. So we had options. I didn't pull him back; I just didn't ask him any more. He was very gentle to rate and did it kindly."
Todd Pletcher, who trains both Corfu and Sound of Freedom, was pleased with the way Corfu, winner of the Grade 2 Saratoga Special in August at Saratoga, rebounded from his ninth-place finish in his subsequent start, the Grade 1 Hopeful.
"He stumbled a little bit leaving there," said Pletcher. "The ground kind of broke away from him and it took him a minute to get his legs back underneath him, but he finished up pretty well. Second-best. A very solid effort. We were pleased with his try."
As the high weight of 122 pounds, Corfu gave up four pounds to In Trouble.
"The first eighth of a mile, I had to use him to clear the other horse and then I came up a little bit short down the lane," said Corfu's Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez. "It was a very good effort, very good."
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USA, 2012, 78 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: American Indie, Dark Comedy, Drama, Family Issues, Medical/Health
Program: New Directors ShowcaseLanguage: English
DIRECTOR: David Fenster
Editor: David FensterScreenwriter: David FensterCinematographer: David FensterPrincipal Cast: David Nordstrom, Dietmar Franosch, Paul Fenster, Christy Idavoy
Pincus Finster (David Nordstrom) would rather be smoking weed, drinking, chasing girls—or doing nothing. Instead he is the sole caretaker for his dad, Paul (Paul Fenster), who is suffering from the effects of Parkinson's disease. On top of that, he has moved into his father's home and taken over his remodeling business.
But it isn't all work for Pincus—in fact he badly neglects his worksite responsibilities, shunning his dad's former clients and letting his only friend, an undocumented alcoholic German named Dietmar (Dietmar Franosch), sleep in the houses they listlessly work on together. And while Pincus doesn't neglect his dad, he isn't overly enthusiastic about his newfound role as a caregiver.
Pincus eventually enrolls in a yoga class, mostly in an awkward attempt to hit on the instructor, Anna (Christi Idavoy). When she resists his initial come-ons, he develops the pretext of seeking her help to find alternative therapies for his ailing father. But in his halfhearted quest, Pincus begins to glean some wisdom that he can apply to his own life, though perhaps as much from Dietmar's burnt-out babble as from Anna's new-age therapies.
Director David Fenster drew extensively on his own experiences as a young man helping to care for his father, who had been diagnosed with Parkinson's for 13 years when the film was made. In fact, Fenster cast much of his own family and many of his friends—including his father—to make a kind of fictionalized documentary about their relationship, and the challenges they face together living with a progressive neurological disease. The result is a funny, authentic, and deeply personal film.
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Scholarships, better known as free money, are an important part of many students' income and a cornerstone of their collegiate financial planning strategy. There are lots of scholarships out there, but with hundreds of applicants for each good one, actually winning the scholarship or grant you want isn't a sure thing no matter how qualified you are. But keep in mind a few simple guidelines when you're applying for scholarships and you could go straight to the head of the class.
1. Work as hard on apps for small scholarships as you do for the big ones. Many students don't even bother to apply for small scholarships because they feel that it's a waste of their time. But when you're in college, every penny counts. And while winning a $250 scholarship won't cover your room and board, those tiny little awards – whether for $100 or $1000 – have a way of adding up.
2. Be organized. You'd think that this would be obvious, but people lose potential scholarship awards all the time because they forgot when their app was due or left out an important document. Invest in a calendar or use an online planner so that you can keep track of due dates, chart your progress, etc. Make sure the info you have for each scholarship is complete. Read the instructions and follow them to the letter. For example, if the essay assignment is to write about your community service efforts, don't write about why people should be active in their community.
3. Be honest. A high GPA isn't everything. Don't exaggerate your grades, memberships, skills, or qualifications. In this day and age, it's easy for scholarship sponsors to check your claims – and they will. Besides, many sponsors are more interested in well-rounded students who will add value to campus life through their involvement in the local community or school affairs; their interest in clubs, fraternities, and sororities; or their participation in team or other sports.
4. Be thorough. Remember, the people who'll be reviewing your scholarship application don't know how wonderful you are. And in early review rounds, when the panel will be looking for any excuse to winnow their list of applicants down to a manageable level, a simple typo or a misspelled word could land you in the reject pile. Proofread everything. (Consider asking a friend, teacher, or parent to read over your application packet with fresh eyes.) Spend quality time on the concept and execution of your essays. Create a CV to go along with your app, even if it's not requested. It shows initiative and is a great way to highlight your activities and special interests. Make copies of everything and send your application packet by registered mail.
5. Be selective in asking for letters of recommendation. Choose people not only on the basis of how many great things they'll have to say about you, but because of their standing in the community or school and their own reputation, especially as it relates to your areas of interest.
6. Watch out for scams. Remember the old adage that "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Don't pay to search online for a scholarship or pony up dollars to pay for the chance to be awarded a scholarship. As one online website counsels, "Sponsors want to give YOU their money, they don't want yours."
Spending hours – or days – applying for scholarships might seem like a waste of time, especially with everything else that's on a college-bound student's plate. Tempted to take a few shortcuts? If you want a successful outcome – in other words, if you want to win that scholarship or grant – don't. As with anything in life, you'll get out of the scholarship application process exactly what you put into it.
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HOUSTON – In the second day of the Rice Galleria Fall Invitational that featured numerous rain delays, Peter Nagy came through with another huge victory for the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's tennis team on Saturday night. Nagy beat Idan Mark of Tulane by a 6-3, 6-3 final to reach the finals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association-sanctioned event hosted by the Rice Owls.
After the teams played until 10:30 p.m. the night before, play started at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium on the Owls campus before being forced indoors to the Metropolitan Racquet Club in Houston.
"I thought Peter showed a lot of poise and made very good adjustments as his matched moved from outdoors to indoors," said Director of Tennis Steve Moore. "I thought he played the right style, made key adjustments and showed a lot of grit and determination throughout the match."
A day after beating Peter Frank from host Rice in the first round, Nagy came through with another big win in the semifinals. He took down Idan Mark by a 6-3, 6-3 score to move into the finals. Tulane's Mark is the No. 1 singles player on the team and was ranked as high as the No. 76 spot in the ITA national singles rankings during the spring of 2012.
Nagy will face Joe Young, also of Tulane, in the finals on Sunday.
The Islanders sophomore won his first fall tournament of the year in the Marco & Co. Catering Islanders Open against teammate Matt Westmoreland, and will be looking to repeat the feat with another ITA-sanctioned tournament win.
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Sunday, March 17, 2013
KEYSVILLE, Ga. (WRDW) -- Two families in Keysville are not with their loved ones right now -- with one woman dead and her boyfriend charged with her murder.
The Burke County Sheriff's Office responded to a call around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. When they arrived at the trailer off of MLK Road, they found 24-year-old Charlotta Lockhart unresponsive on a couch. Her live-in boyfriend has been charged with her murder and is currently in the Burke County Jail.
The Burke County Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Dexter Alexander Anderson could be in jail for a long time, and murder won't be his only charge.
He'll also be facing felony obstruction of a police officer and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Sgt. Sean Cochran is one of the investigators in the murder of 24-year-old Charlotta Lockhart. He says Anderson would have not been charged with the additional crimes if he only would have let deputies do their job when they arrived at the trailer.
"He fought with officers their on the scene while they were trying to help her and calm him down. They ended up taking him into custody and he was transported to Burke Medical Center," Cochran said.
Anderson had to be taken to the hospital for his outburst when deputies arrived.
"He was very extremely aggressive. Very violent at the time. He was knocking windows out of his home," Cochran said.
Something his grandmother says is hard to believe.
"Very surprising because he was always a clean young man. I don't know what could have happened," said the suspect's grandmother, Mary Smith.
And while Smith is trying to figure out what happened, deputies say they have a pretty good idea.
"She was pronounced dead from at least one gunshot wound to the head, that we know of," Cochran said.
And while investigators are putting the pieces together of what happened, Anderson's grandmother says she's hurting for her grandson and has a message for the victim's family.
"You have our sympathy and I love Nuck [the victim's nickname]. She was a wonderful person. I'm sorry," Smith said.
The Burke County coroner told News 12 that Lockhart's body will be taken to the Crime Lab in Augusta Monday morning and the official cause of death could come soon after that.


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OAKLAND -- City officials say their settlement with attorneys seeking police department reforms will prevent an embarrassing federal takeover, but a close review of the agreement suggests otherwise.
If the deal is approved, as expected, by a federal judge next week, a "compliance director" will be hired at city expense to institute reforms mandated by a previous agreement that settled the infamous Riders police brutality scandal.
That director will have broad powers, similar to a federal receiver, to force the police department to make reforms. Those powers include firing the police chief, demoting command staff, changing policies and practices and spending up to $250,000 at a time for items the director deems necessary for reforms.
"In our view, there is not much difference at all," said John Burris, one of two attorneys who forced the reforms. "We call it something else, but the responsibilities are the same."
Police Chief Howard Jordan said Wednesday that the agreement gives the city the ability to "help shape the new police department" but details show that ability is scarce.
The only chance the city has to shape the department is to object to decisions made by the compliance director. And even then, the city "will bear the burden of persuading the Court" that the compliance director is wrong.
"I think it is fair to say that the mayor has lost control of the police department," said Frank Zimring, a criminal justice professor at Berkeley Law School.
Sean Maher, spokesman for Mayor Jean Quan, maintained Thursday that the city will be better off with the deal than with a federal receivership and reiterated Jordan's opinion that it will allow for collaboration.
"This is an order that involves a lot of collaboration," Maher said. "It involves a lot of close work between the city and the compliance director."
Zimring, however, said that close work will depend on the relationship between Jordan and the person hired to work as a compliance director.
"The question is, what is the relationship between this new actor and the current police chief?" Zimring said. "If they get along well and form an alliance, that may strengthen the capacity of the two of them."
If they don't, the agreement allows the director to fire the chief and institute a host of changes to a wide range of police department functions from personnel decisions to the procurement of equipment.
The agreement calls for the city and the attorneys to propose candidates to federal Judge Thelton Henderson.
Burris said he and attorney Jim Chanin want a candidate who has experience working as a chief or in the top command staff of a police department who also has worked for the U.S. Department of Justice helping to institute reforms in other police departments.
Burris said finding common ground with the city in selecting a compliance director should not be a problem.
The cost of implementing the new agreement remained a mystery Thursday.
Maher said the mayor has proposed setting aside $5 million for the next five years to cover all costs associated with meeting the reforms. Over the last two years, the city has spent almost $2 million for the federal monitor who reviewed police compliance issues and reported to Henderson.
Outgoing City Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente said he believes the city will spend millions it shouldn't have to because of the agreement. De La Fuente said he voted against the deal and believes the city gave up more power with the agreement than it would have with a federal receiver.
"Instead of fighting receivership, we basically caved and negotiated everything away just to avoid it being called a receivership," he said. "The cost of this is going to be immense."


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All Apologies: A Viewer's Guide to Lance Armstrong on Oprah
Lance Armstrong's confessional drama seems about right for Oprah Winfrey's programming: a hyper-privileged celebrity exercising his status to gain access to a spectacular media event in order to advance his interests while audiences tune in for a fix of pathos, schadenfreude, or both.
Sometimes public apologies warrant our attention because the stakes are so high for humanity, for example when Chisso executives confessed to knowingly poisoning Minamata Bay or when Bill Clinton failed to accept any personal blame but offered regrets on behalf of "the international community" for the Rwandan genocide. Here, by contrast, we have a figurehead of a sport finally admitting to enhancement when anyone paying attention seems to have known about the doping all along.
Sometimes apologies interest us because we care about or otherwise identify with the wrongdoer. However unlikely, we hope that the apology will be the person's finest hour as she rises to the occasion, turns her life around, and provides public benefit. In these cases we root for the apologizer. Armstrong, however, has becoming increasingly difficult to support. He maintained a superhuman image as a cancer survivor who went on to inspiring athletic achievements, but he burned a lot of goodwill with years of aggressive cheating, lying, and using his power to destroy the careers of those who dared to question him. He now looks less like a hero and more like a sociopathic villain. The kingpin of the Bicycle Mafia lied to us for years, lorded over a spandex wall of silence, and now confesses on Oprah. Fool me once….
Having said that, this could indeed be the beginning of Armstrong's redemption. He is a fairly young, rich, high-profile figure with an impressive record of charity service. These could be the first steps in a genuine moral transformation. Issues of human enhancement will only become more prominent in the coming years—both for professional athletes and for everyone else. Armstrong could become a respected leader in this field, like the reformed gang members who work on Chicago's streets as Violence Interrupters. Armstrong deserves healthy skepticism at this point, but sometimes humans amaze us. Like Eliot Spitzer's fall from grace, all of this could be a middle chapter in Armstrong's public life rather than the conclusion.
Apologies provide many, many different kinds of meanings and we should avoid oversimplifying by asking whether the apology is "good" or "bad" or classifying it according to some other binary notion. Instead, I'll watch with a few questions in view that provide insight into the kinds of meanings that Armstrong provides and what he leaves out. These questions include:
Does Armstrong explain what he did with an appropriate degree of specificity and set the record straight? Armstrong has a serious credibility problem, as he once claimed that he had "zero tolerance for anyone convicted of using or facilitating the use of performance-enhancing drugs." He even used his battle with cancer as a shield to deflect any challenges to his character. Explaining for the first time what he did wrong would go some way toward rebuilding trust. Armstrong needs to explain the specifics of at least two classes of wrongs: the cheating and the systematic lying about the cheating. Many want to know the details regarding how the enhancements worked. When did it start for him? What led him down this path? How did he hide it? We should look for similar specificity regarding the lying about the cheating. Cheating has been endemic to cycling for some time and Armstrong's persona significantly raised the profile of the sport and made a lot of money for a lot of people. Who else was in on the cheating? Did officials look the other way? By analogy, imagine if MLB officials knew that its home-run hitters were using steroids but colluded to hide enhancement because historic record chases increased viewership and revenues.
Does Armstrong accept blame, and if so for what exactly? Does he offer sympathy—"I'm sorry for all of the pain people are feeling because of this"—rather than identify precisely how and why he was wrong? Can he explain the tactical decisions that led him to cross the line into knowingly cheating? Does he attribute blame to being young and seduced by a corrupt sport, thereby reducing his culpability? Why does he now realize that those decisions were wrong? Does he really think that doping should be disallowed? If so, why does he believe this and why did he not honor these beliefs? Again, he deserves blame for both the cheating and the lying about the cheating. Are such behaviors wrong only because he was finally caught, or because he realizes that one should not be a liar? Does he recognize the particular wrongness of betraying friends and colleagues who tried to come clean about the cheating and thereby protect future generations of riders? We should have a sense after the broadcast for how he feels about the people he rather viciously took down and whether he intends to apologize to each of them.
How does Armstrong plan to remedy this situation? How will he repair cycling's reputation? How will he make right with all of the individuals he wronged? Just how much of his fortune was proximately caused by his cheating? How much of what remains will he claim he still deserves and how much will he devote to redress?
Do we trust him? Banned from competition, he will not have an opportunity to demonstrate his reform by resisting temptation and racing clean. But should we trust him to tell the truth, to work for reform, or to run an organization? Just six months ago Armstrong filed a claim against the USADA to prevent it from sanctioning him. His legal efforts failed. Governing bodies banned and stripped him of his victories. Armstrong still claimed innocence, describing the process as a "witch hunt" founded on "outlandish and heinous claims." What has changed in Armstrong since then? Has he merely recalculated his media and legal strategy, or has he begun the process of moral transformation because he finally gets it?
We likely will not have a definitive answer to most of these questions at the conclusion of the interview. We might have clues, but the truth will lie in gray areas that will become clearer as Armstrong carries this burden for the rest of his life. Apologies are promises to change. Like promises, we cannot judge them fully in the moments they are spoken. Wrongdoers need time to search for the deepest values that orient their lives and to begin rebuilding their futures with habits that honor those principles. Although it may not make for good television, this sort of persistent growth creates good people. Moral development does not occur within a news cycle.
Nick Smith, J.D. and Ph.D., is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of New Hampshire and author of "I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies."