Matt Said...Jay Said...Um...Let Me Get Back to You on Which Number This Is

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjC4K93nO67B4RH-zEZ-_T4fetFZFnTmTkSLTu2x2GGaoyk_h2e0Ll0DxCD7i5blg69bYCZYywYZxvMGCCa1ad_nKeDqAHctChTmT15Sz2MZMawlA6L4s1DQ_GUgbDY8MjwZlZnYFrYs/s1600/asshole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjC4K93nO67B4RH-zEZ-_T4fetFZFnTmTkSLTu2x2GGaoyk_h2e0Ll0DxCD7i5blg69bYCZYywYZxvMGCCa1ad_nKeDqAHctChTmT15Sz2MZMawlA6L4s1DQ_GUgbDY8MjwZlZnYFrYs/s400/asshole.jpg" width="400" /></a>Matt has the kvorka.  Jay has the kvorka.  You sit spellbound…<br /><br />Matt:  Don’t you know it’s 10 o’clock here?<br />Jay:  You told me to call you.<br />Matt:  I didn’t say call me now.<br />Jay:  Yes, you did.<br />Matt:  I must be drunk.<br />Jay:  Of course you are.<br />Matt:  Eh, you’re probably right; I have no idea anymore.<br /><br />Jay:  Y’know…Since we talked about the assholes of the world this week, we should…<br />Matt:  Talk about how you and I have over the years, been assholes ourselves?<br />Jay:  Exactly.  I mean, I’m sure the moments have been few and far between, but...<br />Matt:  Damn right.  We’re great guys.  Always on the up and up, but sometimes…we falter.<br />Jay:  Or something.<br /><br />Matt:  I remember one night when I went out to eat with a buddy of mine, after dinner, I (listen to find out.)<br />Jay:  Ha….I once (listen to find out) to (listen to find out).<br />Matt:  Oh wow!!<br />Jay:  I know, right!?<br /><br />Matt:  Should I talk about the time I said (listen to find out) about (listen to find out)?<br />Jay:  Totally.  Which reminds me; I once said (listen to find out) to (listen to find out).<br />Matt:  Seriously?<br />Jay:  Oh Hell Yeah.<br />Matt:  Damn, that was pretty ghetto.<br />Jay:  Oh yeah, I got some brutha in me from somewhere, mister.<br /><br />Matt:  Should I mention the time that I hurled (listen to find out) at the (listen to find out) in HS?<br />Jay:  That was pretty mean……so yes, you should.<br />Matt:  Uh-huh…Setting me up to be the bad guy are you?  What about when you (listen to find out.)?<br />Jay:  That’s an internet rumor that I can neither confirm nor deny.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1B3iLbgzaTaZeomYlGPPyW1BV_eKNgQw3YYbuqpfFtgESn2mHFS1_e_BeEN5I-_7updMJWH73lkquYGZsV-73sh-vkxFLw8g0rWX2B4p4ACrRhcWNW7UI3PCMT2D3NGLUluwJJo2T_8g/s1600/TheJerkStore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1B3iLbgzaTaZeomYlGPPyW1BV_eKNgQw3YYbuqpfFtgESn2mHFS1_e_BeEN5I-_7updMJWH73lkquYGZsV-73sh-vkxFLw8g0rWX2B4p4ACrRhcWNW7UI3PCMT2D3NGLUluwJJo2T_8g/s400/TheJerkStore.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br />Matt:  Well, we’ll find out Saturday night at 11 PM ET.<br />Jay:  Damn right.  We’ll do the <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/01/20/the-jerk-store" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Jerk Store Show</span></i></a> and call ourselves out on being assholes.<br />Matt:  Can we really fill that up for 45 minutes?<br />Jay:  Ha…You alone could fill up 2 hours of talking about being an asshole.<br />Matt:  That was hurtful.<br />Jay:  I know, but as you said on Twitter…”not untrue.”<br />Matt:  You keep very good records.<br />Jay:  That’s part of being an asshole.<br /><br />Matt:  Word.<br />Jay: (ding)  Oooooooooo, my muffins are done; gotta go!!<br /><br />So…Join Jay and Matt tonight, <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/01/20/the-jerk-store" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Saturday January 19th at 11 PM ET on Blog Talk Radio</span></i></a>.  They are outting themselves as assholes…well, to themselves because you already knew that.<br /><br />To listen to all the frivolity LIVE tonight at 11 PM ET click<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/01/20/the-jerk-store" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;"> HERE</span></i></a>, and enjoy being an asshole with Jay and Matt tonight LIVE at 11 PM ET on Blog Talk Radio.</div></div>

Matt Said...Jay Said...Um...Let Me Get Back to You on Which Number This Is

Matt has the kvorka.  Jay has the kvorka.  You sit spellbound… Matt:  Don’t you know it’s 10 o’clock here? Jay:  You told me to call you. Ma...

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A Great Way to Break Ground

Digging through my blog's "pending" folder on my computer, I came across this rendering of the <a href="http://ci.billings.mt.us/index.aspx?nid=1639">Parmly Billings Library</a> in Billings, Montana, designed by <a href="http://www.willbruderarchitects.com/">Will Bruder Architects</a>. The building broke ground last June and is expected to be done the end of this year.<br /><br /><img alt="grid-billings.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/grid-billings.jpg" title="Rendering of Parmly Billings Library" /><br />[Rendering of Parmly Billings Library | image <a href="http://www.willbruderarchitects.com/">source</a>] <br /><br />What drew me to the project was actually the groundbreaking itself, which consisted of about 300 people forming the footprint of the building on site:<br /><br /><img alt="groundbreaking.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/groundbreaking.jpg" title="Groundbreaking for Parmly Billings Library" /><br />[Parmly Billings Library's groundbreaking ceremony | top image <a href="http://billingsgazette.com/people-outline-the-new-library-building/image_2f68bdd2-d880-5611-aedd-20b6536d1009.html">source</a>]<br /><br />I really like the idea of the groundbreaking, because it links people to the physical aspects of the future building, especially its scale. It also prompts people to use their imagination to envision the building as something they'll occupy. I figured this couldn't be the first occasion of such a groundbreaking, and a quick Google image search for "groundbreaking people outline building" did yield a few more:<br /><br /><img alt="people-outline-building.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/people-outline-building.jpg" title="Austin Baptist Church groundbreaking" /><br />[Austin Baptist Church, Austin, Texas | image <a href="http://www.austinbaptistchurch.com/Arena/default.aspx?page=3526">source</a>] <br /><br /><img alt="Groundbreaking-Outline.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/Groundbreaking-Outline.jpg" title="Waterbrook Bible Fellowship groundbreaking" /><br />[Waterbrook Bible Fellowship, Denton, Texas | image <a href="http://www.dentonslive.com/waterbrook-groundbreaking-hallelujah-hot/">source</a>] <br /><br /><img alt="GroundbreakingSmall.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/GroundbreakingSmall.jpg" title="Heidelberg University Residence Life and Learning Hall groundbreaking" /><br />[Heidelberg University Residence Life and Learning Hall, Tiffin, Ohio | image <a href="http://www.heidelberg.edu/offices/president/plan/newreshall/groundbreaking">source</a>]

A Great Way to Break Ground

Digging through my blog's "pending" folder on my computer, I came across this rendering of the Parmly Billings Library in Bil...

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It's Friday Steak night @LPA

<p>Fillet steak with sweet potato wedges and an ice berg lettuce wedge salad with blue cheese dressing. Steak was cooked rare and was delicious!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8RntbN-dTSwY5yYupAqtRQuh2Kx_r95hm1AKx-K5FbJs8hy16EvM-bR3cJqJ3zjnnZYcqLi7ewaHYM9s6gTO6MUOiqA4_sGEjeJmWbIUn_RPiDlptYB9uXL0lLN2lK-avMOs29aGoHot/s1600/20130118_211156.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8RntbN-dTSwY5yYupAqtRQuh2Kx_r95hm1AKx-K5FbJs8hy16EvM-bR3cJqJ3zjnnZYcqLi7ewaHYM9s6gTO6MUOiqA4_sGEjeJmWbIUn_RPiDlptYB9uXL0lLN2lK-avMOs29aGoHot/s400/20130118_211156.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFktdg1KD4aLVimWP49MoLJDIsFGeCDDhuNOeEltEhTzw-tQ7b2_TfLsKFqs_YbR751TN9gIzGba-mVhb4dcEMG-nPMJoDEEKOcGQRKz7yfKEu-80Y7b1zD_BcXV0s-hInoqdja1BedCe4/s1600/20130118_210854.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFktdg1KD4aLVimWP49MoLJDIsFGeCDDhuNOeEltEhTzw-tQ7b2_TfLsKFqs_YbR751TN9gIzGba-mVhb4dcEMG-nPMJoDEEKOcGQRKz7yfKEu-80Y7b1zD_BcXV0s-hInoqdja1BedCe4/s400/20130118_210854.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnS82RKw8mSvWUquomRpoxeqos7hMMUS5d4HImMPzjFTcFs6ZvPPTtMuejlvPcjtOgChSydA3IoN1pXKiUlvDQAsLDEzaQ6Uh1VbnG_LRpVfZuZk_O5R-QCzebOE-q6Hji7bopMEdeueW5/s1600/20130118_210651.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnS82RKw8mSvWUquomRpoxeqos7hMMUS5d4HImMPzjFTcFs6ZvPPTtMuejlvPcjtOgChSydA3IoN1pXKiUlvDQAsLDEzaQ6Uh1VbnG_LRpVfZuZk_O5R-QCzebOE-q6Hji7bopMEdeueW5/s400/20130118_210651.jpg" /> </a> </div>

It's Friday Steak night @LPA

Fillet steak with sweet potato wedges and an ice berg lettuce wedge salad with blue cheese dressing. Steak was cooked rare and was delicious...

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Half Dose #111: Papillon

<i>The following text and photographs are courtesy <a href="http://www.halingberg.com/">Hal Ingberg Architecte</a> for the Pappilon installation at Les YMCA du Quebec in Montreal, completed in 2012.</i> <br /><br /><img alt="HD111.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/HD111a.jpg" title="Photo courtesy of Hal Ingberg Architecte" /><br /><br /><b>Context</b><br /><i>Papillon</i> (or butterfly in English) is a permanent installation. It is suspended from a concrete block wall that gives onto a substantial parking lot belonging to the new YMCA in the Montreal borough of Cartierville. It was carried out within the framework of the Quebec government "Politique d’intégration des arts à l’architecture." The building was designed by the Montreal architects <a href="http://www.daoustlestage.com/">Daoust Lestage</a>.<br /><br /><img alt="HD111.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/HD111b.jpg" title="Photo courtesy of Hal Ingberg Architecte" /><br /><br /><b>Parking</b><br />The sizable expanse of this tract and the prosaic activity that takes place within it required a spatial gesture that could somehow assert presence and contest set notions of where and how to look at art.<br /><br /><img alt="HD111.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/HD111c.jpg" title="Photo courtesy of Hal Ingberg Architecte" /><br /><br /><b>Mirroring and Stripes</b><br />Towards this end, the work reflects its ever-changing context, by making use of glass panels comprising a delicate filigree of transparent and mirrored stripes.<br /><br /><img alt="HD111.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/HD111d.jpg" title="Photo courtesy of Hal Ingberg Architecte" /><br /><br /><b>Tilting</b><br />The glass panels are tilted downward so that viewers may see themselves and their context reflected in the glass from up close and at a distance. And so people, cars, color, etc. become performers in, and therefore fundamental components of the work.<br /><br /><img alt="HD111.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/HD111e.jpg" title="Photo courtesy of Hal Ingberg Architecte" /><br /><br /><b>Welcome</b><br />The length of the long glass wall also folds inwards at its center, thus introducing a welcoming gesture that further gathers people and setting into the piece. Importantly, the fold also generates complex effects of reflection upon reflection. <br /><br /><img alt="HD111.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/HD111f.jpg" title="Photo courtesy of Hal Ingberg Architecte" /><br /><br /><b>Evening</b><br />The work is lit in the evening by the ambient light provided by preexisting lamp standards. It is also lit and transformed by intermittent flashes of blinking light originating from vehicular head lights.<br /><br /><img alt="HD111.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/HD111g.jpg" title="Photo courtesy of Hal Ingberg Architecte" /><br /><br /><b>Unpredictability</b><br /><b></b><i>Papillon</i> proposes a formally simple yet visually complex experience that is particularly sensitive to a public setting not normally associated with art. Due to changing conditions of natural and artificial light, the shifting of the clouds, rain and snow, as well as the movement of cars and people, the work transforms itself throughout the day, evenings and seasons. This unpredictability creates a richness of experience that is best understood via one’s movement through space in "real time."<br /><br /><img alt="HD111.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/HD111h.jpg" title="Photo courtesy of Hal Ingberg Architecte" /><br /><br /><b>Collaborators</b><br />Damien Heitz, Marco Joubert, Sébastien Riendeau, Elliot Sturtevant, Hal Ingberg<br /><br /><img alt="HD111.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/HD111i.jpg" title="Photo courtesy of Hal Ingberg Architecte" /><br /><br /><b>Structural Engineers</b><br />Luc Dumais of Dessau and Benoît Cloutier of CPA Verre structurel Inc.

Half Dose #111: Papillon

The following text and photographs are courtesy Hal Ingberg Architecte for the Pappilon installation at Les YMCA du Quebec in Montreal, com...

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Pressies for Bones

<p>When we were in Key West we picked up a few presents for Bones.  One of them was a new leash and matching collar.  Look at his collar, it is a Key West one.  It's really nice, lovely, bright and cheery. He looks so stylish wearing it!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8R0euVe5egiCp-7sMcZi-MAHlvXL-W2jonOHfu5cgUk-6Hww5l2YySvigakqX5yA1FuknHhT8kjt-0xlHghryPhizMB1PkCvkY4fhV6AmzYttkdXCEIBAb_3FVBuAucJpauUUIPF2KEb/s1600/20130118_192121.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8R0euVe5egiCp-7sMcZi-MAHlvXL-W2jonOHfu5cgUk-6Hww5l2YySvigakqX5yA1FuknHhT8kjt-0xlHghryPhizMB1PkCvkY4fhV6AmzYttkdXCEIBAb_3FVBuAucJpauUUIPF2KEb/s400/20130118_192121.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YnfNluhqW_JCQMTE5M-EAnyFscv-8Wyd4uY9IBum3yrZqlY8iYLRcwAknrRqhfVzFEfn7QQ8_hPpypvXkKaFdQOef9QcidAC-WXS4w_yvDLNNFNFzs2_K6G9JyjkptOYG7753TM8DNQm/s1600/20130118_192056.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YnfNluhqW_JCQMTE5M-EAnyFscv-8Wyd4uY9IBum3yrZqlY8iYLRcwAknrRqhfVzFEfn7QQ8_hPpypvXkKaFdQOef9QcidAC-WXS4w_yvDLNNFNFzs2_K6G9JyjkptOYG7753TM8DNQm/s400/20130118_192056.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinecJcV_u-9QaPTSQ3Sw4A8yIaf_A34rAInWWbQMp6Zr_9ic4U7xJuEWjpsTG1UO-F2BBt8tzgYYp60OVg5eO3MikHh_IgYtrTy5ZNM0rVsZVi7CTFR17E-Z0LMx4lWdOOKp5AwLoQyz0w/s1600/20130118_185756.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinecJcV_u-9QaPTSQ3Sw4A8yIaf_A34rAInWWbQMp6Zr_9ic4U7xJuEWjpsTG1UO-F2BBt8tzgYYp60OVg5eO3MikHh_IgYtrTy5ZNM0rVsZVi7CTFR17E-Z0LMx4lWdOOKp5AwLoQyz0w/s400/20130118_185756.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Pressies for Bones

When we were in Key West we picked up a few presents for Bones.  One of them was a new leash and matching collar.  Look at his collar, it is...

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Dark and bitter

<p>I have always loved really dark  bitter chocolate.  As you know I am on a bit of health kick at the moment.  When I get the urge to eat chocolate I nibble on little bit of rich dark chocolate (Green & Black's is particularly good). It has really helped me kick my Ben & Jerry's ice cream habit!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPXPBbrrG-afLy2NQTiwxPJKFKipilSwpQzR8jiWA7aunXAnAam0_geFBcqQ01JXHZeW0-RanZu1O5xkSHj84enN8KUiM8SDAtFjMc9FfBkZ0zkrHwEeBLe7L8X-AlmN8LcQ8ekzkzNSh/s1600/20130118_173636.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPXPBbrrG-afLy2NQTiwxPJKFKipilSwpQzR8jiWA7aunXAnAam0_geFBcqQ01JXHZeW0-RanZu1O5xkSHj84enN8KUiM8SDAtFjMc9FfBkZ0zkrHwEeBLe7L8X-AlmN8LcQ8ekzkzNSh/s400/20130118_173636.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Dark and bitter

I have always loved really dark  bitter chocolate.  As you know I am on a bit of health kick at the moment.  When I get the urge to eat choc...

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Hair Loss Breakthrough

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Lance Armstrong to Oprah: Story was 'one big lie'

<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oZ2BIff9kbs?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div class="asset-metabar-wrap" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 20px 0px 23px 70px;"><div class="asset-metabar" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); display: table-cell; margin: 20px 0px 0px; width: 888px;"><span class="asset-metabar-author asset-metabar-item" itemprop="name" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 14px; margin: 6px 0px 5px; padding: 2px 10px; position: relative;">Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY Sports</span><span class="asset-metabar-time asset-metabar-item " style="border-left-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); 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cursor: pointer; padding: 3px; position: relative;"><img alt="armstrong.jpb" class="expand-img-horiz" itemprop="url" src="http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/01/17/ap-armstrong-oprah-4_3_r536_c534.jpg?1b79b3da202957124496e3768cfb7b67cdb10c81" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-height: 131px; vertical-align: middle;" /><span class="toggle" style="background-image: url(http://www.gannett-cdn.com/static/images/sprites/asset-sprite.png); background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; height: 21px; position: absolute; right: 0px; width: 21px; z-index: 200;"></span></div><div class="image-credit-wrap" style="color: #646464; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 6px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;"><span class="credit" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(Photo: George Burns, AP)</span></div></aside><div class="article-metadata" style="position: relative;"><aside class="comp story-highlights " style="clear: left; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 60px; width: 180px;"><h3 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #999999; font-family: 'Futura Today Bold', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px auto; text-transform: uppercase;">STORY HIGHLIGHTS</h3><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; left: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><li style="background-image: url(http://www.gannett-cdn.com/static/images/components/story_highlights_bullets.png); background-position: 0px 17px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #646464; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; padding: 12px 0px 12px 15px;">Cyclist admits to Oprah he used performance-enhancing drugs during all seven Tour de France wins</li><li style="background-image: url(http://www.gannett-cdn.com/static/images/components/story_highlights_bullets.png); background-position: 0px 17px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #646464; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; padding: 12px 0px 12px 15px;">Armstrong says his 'cocktail' was comprised of EPO, re-infusing his own boosted blood, and testosterone</li><li style="background-image: url(http://www.gannett-cdn.com/static/images/components/story_highlights_bullets.png); background-position: 0px 17px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #646464; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; padding: 12px 0px 12px 15px;">He disputes he resumed doping after his comeback, says last time 'he crossed the line' was in 2005</li></ul></aside></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Saying his "mythic, perfect story" was "one big lie," Lance Armstrong admitted that he cheated during most of his famed cycling career and that he bullied people who dared to tell the truth about it.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">After denying doping allegations for more than a decade, he also said he used banned drugs or blood transfusions during all seven of his victories in the Tour de France.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"I will spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people," Armstrong told talk-show host Oprah Winfrey in an interview that aired Thursday night.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><b>LANCE: </b>"I was trying to win at all costs"</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Armstrong, 41, said he started taking performance-enhancing drugs in the mid-1990s and that his "cocktail" of choice was banned testosterone, EPO and blood transfusions using his own boosted blood.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">He disputed that he doped during his comeback in 2009 and 2010, saying the last time he "crossed the line" with banned substances was in 2005, his last victory in the Tour de France.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">But he still said his comeback in 2009 might have doomed him because it gave anti-doping officials a chance to build the case against him. He said the comeback "didn't sit well" with teammate Floyd Landis, who accused Armstrong of doping in 2010.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"We wouldn't be sitting here if I didn't come back," he said.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Instead of telling the truth about his cheating, Armstrong said he kept covering it up because he got swept up in the "momentum" of his own legend. He was the cancer survivor turned superhero, the squeaky clean rider waving the American flag in victory.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"It just gets going, and I lost myself in all that," Armstrong said.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">He also said he didn't think he could compete if he didn't turn to doping because doping was so pervasive in cycling. "I didn't invent the culture, but I didn't try to stop the culture," Armstrong said.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">The 90-minute broadcast was taped Monday in Austin, Texas, Armstrong's hometown. A second portion of the interview will air Friday night.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">It marked the cyclist's first extended public comments since the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released more than 1,000 pages of doping evidence against him October. The evidence included sworn statements from former teammates and friends who detailed how and when he used performance-enhancing drugs.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Armstrong said he rationalized his use of testosterone because one of his testicles was removed in his fight against cancer. "I thought, 'Surely, I'm running low (on testosterone),'" Armstrong said.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">He also admitted to mistreating people as he tried to preserve the cover-up.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"Yeah, I was a bully," Armstrong said.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Not only did he attack those who told the truth about him, he sued them when they did. At one point, when Winfrey asked him if he had sued Emma O'Reilly, a former team masseuse who told of his doping, Armstrong wasn't sure. "To be honest, Oprah, we sued so many people," he said.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">He called his behavior "inexcusable" and described himself as "a guy who expected to get whatever he wanted and to control every outcome."</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">To make amends, he said he has reached out to those he attacked for telling the truth about him, including O'Reilly and Betsy Andreu, the wife of former cyclist Frankie Andreu. He said he spoke with both Andreus in a 40-minute phone call recently but did not make peace with them.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"No, because they've been hurt too badly," Armstrong said.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">He denied pressuring other cyclists into doping, contrary to their testimony in the USADA case. But he acknowledged he has a credibility problem after defiantly lying about his doping for so long.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"I'm not the most believable guy in the world right now. I understand."</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">He even said he thought he could get away with it last year after the federal government dropped a criminal investigation into whether he committed fraud through his doping scheme. The case was dropped without explanation.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"I thought I was out of the woods," Armstrong said.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">But USADA continued to investigate and offered him the opportunity to cooperate. In response, Armstrong said he could not resist his tendency to defend his turf, no matter what. He turned USADA down and fought back, suing the agency in an effort to challenge its jurisdiction – a lawsuit that eventually was thrown out of court.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"I'd do anything to go back to that day," Armstrong said of the day USADA gave him the opportunity to come clean. "Because I wouldn't fight, I wouldn't sue them."</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">USADA banned him for life from sanctioned events and stripped him of his seven titles in the Tour de France. By coming clean, Armstrong hopes to reduce that ban and compete again - a goal that will require much more than talking to Oprah. Anti-doping officials have made clear that he will have to cough up more details under oath.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">After the broadcast, USADA said in a statement, "Tonight, Lance Armstrong finally acknowledged that his cycling career was built on a powerful combination of doping and deceit. His admission that he doped throughout his career is a small step in the right direction. But if he is sincere in his desire to correct his past mistakes, he will testify under oath about the full extent of his doping activities."</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Livestrong, the cancer-fighting charity Armstrong founded 15 years ago, said in a statement it was "disappointed by the news that Lance Armstrong misled people during and after his cycling career, including us."</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Armstrong stepped down from Livestrong's board in November, saying he did not want his troubles to reflect on the charity.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">The Livestrong statement noted he had apologized to the charity's staff earlier this week, "and we accepted his apology in order to move on and chart a strong, independent course. We look forward to devoting our full energy to our mission of helping people not only fight and survive cancer, but also thrive in life after cancer.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"Even in the wake of our disappointment, we also express our gratitude to Lance as a survivor for the drive, devotion and spirit he brought to serving cancer patients and the entire cancer community."</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">In a preview of Friday's part two of the interview, Armstrong described the day in October when all of his sponsors dropped him after USADA's evidence was released to the public. Referring to his loss in income, he called it a "$75 million day."</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">On his mother's reaction to his admission, he said, "She's a wreck."</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"This is too late," Armstrong said of his confession. "It's too late for probably most people, and that's my fault."</div></div>

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Getting Organized

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q8MknL_kl0U/UPkzt9-uVVI/AAAAAAAAFNQ/m8wsy0G8i3A/s1600/organize+stuff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q8MknL_kl0U/UPkzt9-uVVI/AAAAAAAAFNQ/m8wsy0G8i3A/s200/organize+stuff.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year one of my new year resolutions is to be more organized.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So with that in mind I bought these pretty boxes at some craft stores and made a home for the stuff in my closet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I mean seriously it look like someone threw up in it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am also changing my room by adding paint and a new comforter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't wait to start so I bought some stuff to get the ball rolling.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fz1iAkeTcNE/UPk1RIvuo3I/AAAAAAAAFN8/qKSXyn-g2DI/s1600/new+comforter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fz1iAkeTcNE/UPk1RIvuo3I/AAAAAAAAFN8/qKSXyn-g2DI/s200/new+comforter.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the comforter I chose, it's so pretty I love it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0SK4t5lH_Mk/UQRWHX7CiWI/AAAAAAAAFd8/pQJm9fJD2xs/s1600/chest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0SK4t5lH_Mk/UQRWHX7CiWI/AAAAAAAAFd8/pQJm9fJD2xs/s200/chest.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went to the Christmas Tree shop last night and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was practically yelling at me to buy it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So bought it I did!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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#diffimooc Launches next week: Differenting instruction in a MOOC

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="zemanta-img"><div class="zemanta-img"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gastineau_Channel_from_top_of_Juneau_tramway_%28north%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="Gastineau Channel from top of Juneau tramway, ..." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="225" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Gastineau_Channel_from_top_of_Juneau_tramway_%28north%29.jpg/300px-Gastineau_Channel_from_top_of_Juneau_tramway_%28north%29.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 300px;">Do you know that Juneau has some very cool education technology innovation happening? You can join them without moving to Juneau!! - Gastineau Channel from top of Juneau tramway, Alaska (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gastineau_Channel_from_top_of_Juneau_tramway_%28north%29.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;">Update: it is <b>#diffimooc</b> with an "i" after the double "f"! I mistyped and apologize for my mistake. </span> Please note this. A note from Vicki Davis: last week, I saw a professor that I follow, <a href="https://twitter.com/ak_leeg">Lee Graham </a><a href="https://twitter.com/ak_leeg">@ak_leeg</a> tweet about #diffimooc. I was curious and started digging. A mooc? A different mooc? It certainly looked different. But there were educators in this mooc. It is a mooc on differentiating instruction and last week was sort of a "pre" week. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I dug deeper, I found some very progressive exciting professors. People that you could dm on twitter who would talk back. I offered a guest post and it was written in a day. These are the kind of renegades who GET social media who could pull this off. I've found that in this new landscape, sometimes the most progressive people - the innovators - can be from small places like Juneau, Alaska (or Camilla, Georgia, for that matter.)  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">These professors are doing something very cool and I hope some of you will find it fits with your schedule and join in. Meanwhile, we all benefit from #diffimooc hashtag and can see what they are doing. Tweet on, professors and ROCK that MOOC!! There are other moocs cropping up as well and if you'll share them in the comments, others can find one that fits. But not only one that fits, you need to realize that MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses) are still evolving as best practices are being worked out. IT is exciting to be part of that innovation. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">Differentiating instruction is so important and one of the most popular spotlights I give is <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/coolcatteacher/technology-driven-differentiated-instruction">Technology Driven Differentiated Instruction</a> which inspired Chapter 7 (p 158) called "Choices" in my book <a href="http://www.flatclassroombook.com/" target="_blank">Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds</a>. Get inspired to differentiate and reach EVERY Child. Every child matters. Every classroom matters. You matter!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Here's their guest post:</b></span><br /><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span></b><br /><div class=""><b id="internal-source-marker_0.6211695314850658" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next week will be the official start of the Differentiating Instruction through Technology #diffimooc offered by the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=58.3850916667,-134.638611111&spn=0.01,0.01&q=58.3850916667,-134.638611111%20(University%20of%20Alaska%20Southeast)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="University of Alaska Southeast">University of Alaska Southeast</a>. This class is designed to help pre-service, in-service, formal or informal teachers in gaining strategies to differentiate student instruction through the environment, through process and through product. We’ll be exploring ways to collect, aggregate, and manage student information, models for differentiating the classroom process such as the flipped classroom and problem based learning, and giving students a choice of products to demonstrate their content knowledge through technology. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our dream for the Differentiating Instruction through Technology #diffimooc is pretty simple. Each of us believe, even though we teach three separate disciplines (technology, math and science) that the role of any good teacher is to make him or herself obsolete. We also believe that our greatest success will be to see our students achieve more than we have in terms of knowledge and skills! We have built the #diffimooc intentionally to encourage self-regulated (but supported) learning in authentic social environments, to tap into prior knowledge and intrinsic motivation, and to encourage achievement at all levels. Whether our participants are at novice or expert level, we designed the class so that all might benefit from this open network of learners. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We know how quickly technology is moving, and we know that inservice teachers are not served well by traditional professional development. We want to inspire a sea change in our students – to help participants to seek out and find their own mentors, their own resources, and their own professional development geared to their individual needs. Offering this class as an entirely open experience is new to all of us, but we are really excited about exploring this new frontier in online teaching and learning. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The experience is frightening for some of the participants in our class (and we have to admit we were a bit nervous about it as well)! Working in a fully online community in which we both give and take knowledge can be scary! We are so impressed and inspired by the fearlessness of our group. Regardless of the anxiety they feel about operating in an open environment, they are rising to the challenge! Some sent their first tweets yesterday! They have established their first blogs and shared their first videos! It is great to see them becoming citizens of the digital world!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hope by the end of the #diffimooc we will have created a framework for ongoing professional development which will outlast the class, and will serve our teachers well in a fast-moving technological world! Our students are both NetGeners and Baby Boomers. But then so are we who are teaching the class! We hope for a seamless interplay of teaching and learning without regard for formal “roles”. We’re off to a great start as we investigate, during this week, the attitudes we will need for success in our MOOC. Next week, we’ll move into the technology we can use to differentiate instruction for students, and we’ll try to practice what we preach as the class goes on!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="zemanta-img"><div class="zemanta-img"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8623220@N02/2162709629" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Phila. Teachers on Capitol Steps, Wash., D.C.,..." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="174" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2415/2162709629_37c76f8fba_m.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="240" /></a></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; text-align: center; width: 240px;">We no longer have to get together face to face to assemble en masse. #diffmooc is one example of this. - Phila. Teachers on Capitol Steps, Wash., D.C., 5/13/11 (LOC) (Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8623220@N02/2162709629" target="_blank">The Library of Congress</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><b id="internal-source-marker_0.6211695314850658" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b><br /><div class=""><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this class, participants will explore means for managing differentiation in their individual classrooms. Participants are college through kindergarten teachers. We even have some library scientists in the mix! During the first week, participants are setting goals for what they’d like to achieve through the mooc. Assignments include collaborative creation of a wiki to archive and demonstrate managing differentiation in the classroom, collaboration to improve an existing lesson to integrate differentiating the learning process, and creation of rubrics and other tools to assess differentiated products. Of course technology to assist in each of these tasks will be explored throughout the class. It is our hope that teachers will leave the class with “take-aways” that will be immediately applicable in their professional environments. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks to all who have joined us in this adventure, and we hope others will join us as well. You can find us on twitter at #diffimooc on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday at 6:00PM AKST, or you might sign up for the class (or just peruse our materials and interactions) at </span><a href="http://diffimooc.weebly.com/"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://diffimooc.weebly.com/</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. We’re pleased to be teachers and learners along with you!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lee Graham, Associate Professor of Ed Tech and STEM Coordinator </span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/ak_leeg"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@ak_leeg</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:mgraham4@uas.alaska.edu"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mgraham4@uas.alaska.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virgil Fredenberg, Professor of Math Education</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/VirgilFredenber"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@virgil.fredenber</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:virgil.fredenberg@uas.alaska.edu"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">virgil.fredenberg@uas.alaska.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chip McMillan, Professor of Science Education</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/chipmcmillan"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@chipmcmillan</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:cmcmillan@uas.alaska.edu"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">cmcmillan@uas.alaska.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Alaska Southeast</span></b></div><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://fryed.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/what-is-etmooc-and-why-you-should-join-us/" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/137650288_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://fryed.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/what-is-etmooc-and-why-you-should-join-us/" style="display: block; height: 80px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">What is #etmooc? 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Take the hassle out of tough tasks: Make shortcuts to your action steps

A good filing system includes not only the files you need but the action steps, all in one place. Earlier this week, I talked about<a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2013/01/create-checklists-in-evernote-to-save.html"> recording checklists and action steps</a> in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.evernote.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Evernote">Evernote</a>.<br /><br />But what happens when you go to a folder and don't remember where you put those action steps? I create shortcuts to the evernote notecards for that action step.<br /><br />Wherever you put your checklist, you should link to it so it is bundled with the files that will be used. Here's how. But know this, checklists will save you time, mistakes, and I've found they curb my natural desire to procrastinate hard tasks because I know that it is all in one place.<br /><h2>Step 1: Copy the Note Link</h2><div><i>If you can get a shortcut to anything, websites, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://docs.google.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Google Docs">google docs</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://office.microsoft.com/onenote/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Microsoft OneNote">one note</a>. This process will work in other apps, if you just replace the step 1 with however you copy from that resource. I'm an evernote fangirl, so we're using Evernote.</i></div><div><br /></div>a. Go into Evernote and open the card that you want to link to.<br />b. Click on Note<br />c. Click on Copy Note Link as shown in the graphic.<br /><i>The link is now on your clipboard. Immediately do the next step. If you copy anything else. it will write over this link.</i><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJxSs2P5qLTzWKlz-LlWUjSZ2t6SA3WwWVfAeH6OL8dMt_fmUnFE0dSwUg8wgTSz-5-2U1G0j6prZZhqa6BfPgV0WdXH2uVzBCCg70-r8Csh3-qtlsYLKMkaCs9uAx_HbVGYExI49ELil/s1600/evernote-note-copy-note-link.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJxSs2P5qLTzWKlz-LlWUjSZ2t6SA3WwWVfAeH6OL8dMt_fmUnFE0dSwUg8wgTSz-5-2U1G0j6prZZhqa6BfPgV0WdXH2uVzBCCg70-r8Csh3-qtlsYLKMkaCs9uAx_HbVGYExI49ELil/s400/evernote-note-copy-note-link.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click Note --> Copy Note Link </td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><br /><h2>Step 2: Create a Shortcut in the appropriate folder (PC Instructions)</h2>a. Go to the folder where you want your shortcut<br />b. Right Click and select New and click shortcut with the left click button<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sf3SuJvVxPfSfE5Xojihxv2wnotGeL_rrrvvUpRtTsurzd1qEYFnqUCNj5btkHVhToge0ZkEznCps4oXFNbJmRmdB3_cvzzyrEhwXpKd0a2-FwrvXhDYed5ZT4byi5lQKr0LWHjCsQ-p/s1600/evernote-create-shortcut-step2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2sf3SuJvVxPfSfE5Xojihxv2wnotGeL_rrrvvUpRtTsurzd1qEYFnqUCNj5btkHVhToge0ZkEznCps4oXFNbJmRmdB3_cvzzyrEhwXpKd0a2-FwrvXhDYed5ZT4byi5lQKr0LWHjCsQ-p/s400/evernote-create-shortcut-step2a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Right click in the folder --> New --> Shortcut</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />c. Click in the "Type the location of the item" box and press the Ctrl key on your keyboard and the letter "V" at the same time. Click Next.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPMRpMUGiMI1F5R8Ko2sjW8hyphenhyphens9m31aha-iWB-UCyFt-vsEPn4yezdbonNRzs7JD3CFBcCCzrmilCaU0ekEj3_ZrvKL7OZKQwdEhxMCPFBFEBzXkbDgScYSW374JSQG-jO-YPULdcEU0n/s1600/evernote-create-shortcut-step2b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPMRpMUGiMI1F5R8Ko2sjW8hyphenhyphens9m31aha-iWB-UCyFt-vsEPn4yezdbonNRzs7JD3CFBcCCzrmilCaU0ekEj3_ZrvKL7OZKQwdEhxMCPFBFEBzXkbDgScYSW374JSQG-jO-YPULdcEU0n/s400/evernote-create-shortcut-step2b.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Press the Ctrl key on your keyboard and the V key simultaneously to paste in the link.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />d. Type a name that will make it clear what this routine is. Click Finish.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdExv-dzUgam7msIkczwAF7h7pY8MxVSI-bVQginl3TUCpozZdVpr5vBU-ua3wF2KL1JZf-oNmArRXsfZMtIW3Oyqc_QHBOCXrsCbwMoMs4iEsXiHUHzcgW0pNixNRhRzbtnpXVEIrh9SE/s1600/evernote-create-shortcut-step2c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdExv-dzUgam7msIkczwAF7h7pY8MxVSI-bVQginl3TUCpozZdVpr5vBU-ua3wF2KL1JZf-oNmArRXsfZMtIW3Oyqc_QHBOCXrsCbwMoMs4iEsXiHUHzcgW0pNixNRhRzbtnpXVEIrh9SE/s400/evernote-create-shortcut-step2c.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Add a descriptive name</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />e.You now have a nice shortcut to an evernote notecard for the routine.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2XrPQRgUnMAS-FHFeg7U6EuvTlnrzIOxlnw3g-YQ1PDkYlglUCf98AcDIQ9qFPYqg0eiDHPh1BLy_6RXcyeYd-AIkQFJFsHikPJjzF5apDSQuxoQTO2jm-jgBqyKC5aPmGlOn5GMihVY/s1600/evernote-create-shortcuct-step2d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2XrPQRgUnMAS-FHFeg7U6EuvTlnrzIOxlnw3g-YQ1PDkYlglUCf98AcDIQ9qFPYqg0eiDHPh1BLy_6RXcyeYd-AIkQFJFsHikPJjzF5apDSQuxoQTO2jm-jgBqyKC5aPmGlOn5GMihVY/s320/evernote-create-shortcuct-step2d.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>It is now in the folder. You could begin the instructions with a <br />special character to put  it at the front of the folder like a period.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Remember that you can use this for wherever you have the routines. The reason that I like using evernote instead of lots of tiny documents is that within evernote or any notetaking app, you can search and have routines. If you look back at the original card, the tags I use will prompt me for what happens in January and I can lay my hands on it, for example, if I need information or instructions.<br /><br />This is an example of something I do once a year. It took me 2 hours today. 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the perfect navy paint

I'm on the hunt. (imagine me in fabulous riding boots and a wonderful tweed jacket with my beagle by my side)<br /><br />I've got a piece of furniture begging for a paint job. It's true. It <i>told</i> me it wanted to be painted. In a heavy Scottish accent oddly enough. So it's very possible I misunderstood, but I'm certain he said he wanted to be navy.<br /><br />Happy to oblige Scottish furniture, but the problem is there are no fewer than 10,000 different paint colors claiming to be navy. You may remember I've had <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/10/paint-rug-party-week-3-reveal.html" target="_blank">navy paint problems</a> in the past, so I'm still rather nervous about making another navy pick.<br /><br />There is after all a fine line between "that's a really dark royal blue" and "is that black...or blue". I'm going for "hot damn that is one fine piece of navy furniture!".<br /><br />Something like this...<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctdtqbl-hyalxxKrhJMzV2_BQbyR5XNdJyjbuFVWg4UdKZXUxzu_SPk2YmCRkVv7HYJbYwAPQTovidJgMbxeQEJamsnxVEX7dNn_KxujvPRnxo9JUvm7uuRKOLFEd3DwLkmOKSu-H__uu/s1600/tini-table-iv.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctdtqbl-hyalxxKrhJMzV2_BQbyR5XNdJyjbuFVWg4UdKZXUxzu_SPk2YmCRkVv7HYJbYwAPQTovidJgMbxeQEJamsnxVEX7dNn_KxujvPRnxo9JUvm7uuRKOLFEd3DwLkmOKSu-H__uu/s640/tini-table-iv.jpeg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.oomphonline.com/tini-table-iv.html" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPG_2JxjPXWmBNGsiToVraQ4SIgG0QSQxlbAFT6pd5KIl1ihl6gJrzprgZh-tgJtrIeEAihqhEDdQd9am6WC0A5rY3FaWiBt_B_cEAHFqWQ5RkunkcrCxT3oWUWWwXRc1GamIdHX6k03q/s1600/furniture.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPG_2JxjPXWmBNGsiToVraQ4SIgG0QSQxlbAFT6pd5KIl1ihl6gJrzprgZh-tgJtrIeEAihqhEDdQd9am6WC0A5rY3FaWiBt_B_cEAHFqWQ5RkunkcrCxT3oWUWWwXRc1GamIdHX6k03q/s640/furniture.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.handhhome.com/furniture/" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRqbV-YWbuR_48CWwVXJDJfk6OtkK6Ze8YsnuTt1EpuAL-ZAR273_QBD0Ro388gq3upZyETfupZdpbQMX0AqpQ8OvN8SOUQEyU2pZ_uTyc6SGN1VbNfQ4_UO-smyDp_h4NPVeEwPwY5PI/s1600/IMG_7415b.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRqbV-YWbuR_48CWwVXJDJfk6OtkK6Ze8YsnuTt1EpuAL-ZAR273_QBD0Ro388gq3upZyETfupZdpbQMX0AqpQ8OvN8SOUQEyU2pZ_uTyc6SGN1VbNfQ4_UO-smyDp_h4NPVeEwPwY5PI/s640/IMG_7415b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nattybydesign.com/2013/01/before-and-after-campaign-dresser.html" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7qFtLPC8wWU3iv6fjd5t4y2YV2F4SPZirAziGyhQjwqSCNHsd0N4W2iisDffaDQfgCGP6rBwvyqDaG_Ob9F1y8V-h3vBGHHceFZl-Wtin_TGNMV4sVGwBBD4vX1FwoM4wln3QhRNf-8h/s1600/atlanta-market-jan-039.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7qFtLPC8wWU3iv6fjd5t4y2YV2F4SPZirAziGyhQjwqSCNHsd0N4W2iisDffaDQfgCGP6rBwvyqDaG_Ob9F1y8V-h3vBGHHceFZl-Wtin_TGNMV4sVGwBBD4vX1FwoM4wln3QhRNf-8h/s640/atlanta-market-jan-039.jpeg" width="472" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://laurenleonardinteriors.com/blog/market-recap/" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table>So don't hold out on me. Do you have any good navy paint colors in your stash? Please share if you do!<br /><br />Do you have a color you can never seem to get right? Have any talking furniture? For more furniture ideas see my <a href="http://pinterest.com/ladybaum/furniture/" target="_blank">Pinterest board</a>.

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New Bears coach Marc Trestman

<iframe frameborder="0" height="400" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.newsinc.com/single.html?WID=1&VID=24239145&freewheel=69016&sitesection=sechicagotribune&w=600&h=400" width="600"></iframe><br /><br /><div class="small" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #292727; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Chicago Tribune sports reporter Dan Pompei on the potential success Marc Trestman could have as head coach of the Bears. (Posted on: Jan. 16, 2013.)</div><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #292727; display: inline-block; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: -50px; width: 345px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #333333; float: left; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="byline bordered" style="display: block; font-weight: bold;">By Vaughn McClure</span><span class="titleline" style="display: block; font-weight: bold;">Chicago Tribune reporter</span><div class="date" style="color: #757575; font-family: 'Helevetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 2px; padding: 0px;"><span class="timeString" style="display: inline;">2:57 a.m. CST</span><span class="dateTimeSeparator" style="display: inline;">, </span><span class="dateString" style="display: inline;">January 16, 2013</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #292727; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"></span><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #292727; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><strong>Marc Trestman</strong><br /><br /><strong>Most recent position:</strong> Montreal Alouettes head coach (CFL)<br /><a alt="" href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-6176916-10804307?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.groupon.com%2Fdeals%2Fgg-leg-massager" id="e5a799a64d904df73d9116bc96af0218" style="background-color: #333333; color: #005495; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helevetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" title=""><div class="img-bg" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://s3.grouponcdn.com/images/site_images/2915/2486/RackMultipart20130110-24305-16pe31m_sidebar.jpg); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; height: 160px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div></a><strong>Age:</strong> 57 (Jan. 15, 1956)<br /><br /><strong>Hometown:</strong> Minneapolis<br /><br /><strong>Years coaching: </strong>27<br /><br /><strong>NFL coaching stops:</strong> Dolphins (2004, QB/AHC); Raiders (2001-03, OC/QB); Cardinals (1998-2000, OC/QB); Lions (1997, QB); 49ers (1995-96 OC/QB); Vikings (1990-91, QB); Browns (1988-89 OC/QB); Buccaneers (1987, QB); Vikings (1985-86, RBs)<br /><br /><strong>What they're saying:</strong> "With us, he was very hands-on. He knew everything that was going on with the offense. He was very detailed-oriented," former Montreal and Bears running back Garrett Wolfe on Trestman.</div>

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Manti Te'o: A linebacker, a made-up girlfriend and a national hoax

<br /><div class="cnn_stryathrtmp" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 14px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cnnByline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By <strong style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lateef Mungin and Steve Almasy</strong>, CNN</div><div class="cnn_strytmstmp" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">updated 11:03 PM EST, Thu January 17, 2013</div><div class="cnn_strytmstmp" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="The sports world and the Internet are abuzz as Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o says <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/sport/manti-teo-controversy/index.html'>he was the victim of a "sick joke"</a> that resulted in the creation of an inspirational story that had him overcoming the death of an online girlfriend at the same time he lost his grandmother. Here, Te'o leaves the field after a 42-14 loss against Alabama in the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship game on Monday, January 7, in Miami Gardens, Florida. See more photos of Te'o:" height="360" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130116204635-manti-teo-01-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="cnn_strytmstmp" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(CNN)</strong> -- In a little more than three months, Manti Te'o probably will be drafted by an NFL team and sign a multimillion dollar deal.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Before teams sink that much money into players, they have questions.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">With the revelation that the football feel-good story of the year centered on the Notre Dame linebacker's love for a woman who never existed, many people have questions for Te'o -- a lot of questions.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">And as each question in the saga gets answered -- none publicly by Te'o --- it seems another one, or two, or three, crop up.</div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8896966065785019252" name="em2" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><br /><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">For instance, why did Te'o tell reporters before the Heisman Trophy presentation on December 8 that he "lost both my grandparents and my girlfriend to cancer," when two days earlier the woman he thought was dead called him on his cellphone?</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Why did he tell a Sports Illustrated reporter in October that Kekua came to one of his games then issue a statement this week that he never met her?</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Who is now behind the one of the Twitter accounts associated with Lennay Kekua, a woman who apparently never lived, let alone died, in September before Te'o, who called her his girlfriend, played one of the biggest games of the young season?</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">A tweet Thursday purportedly from the fictional girlfriend promised she would have a big announcement that would help sort out details of the story, but the tweet was merely a joke about Te'o.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Two other tweets on the page were retweets from the verified account of Te'o.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"@LennayKay I miss you!" a November 6 tweet from Te'o said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">On September 12, Te'o <a href="https://twitter.com/MTeo_5/status/246020457298550784" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">tweeted</a> "@LennayKay you will always be with me wherever I go!"</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">It was unclear Thursday whether the person Te'o tweeted to in September used it again after reports broke of a hoax or whether someone created a new account with the same user name.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The airing of the bizarre story began Wednesday, when sports website Deadspin <a href="http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">published a piece</a> dismissing as a hoax the existence of Te'o's girlfriend -- the one who he said died around the same time as his grandmother while his team marched toward the BCS National Championship Game.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Then Wednesday, the university held a news conference saying Te'o was the victim of a "elaborate hoax." And Te'o, the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/08/sport/heisman/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Heisman Trophy runner-up</a>, released a statement saying he was embarrassed that he was the victim of a "sick joke."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The bizarre developments left many wondering if they, instead of Te'o, were led on.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"Te'o's story that he is completely innocent in this does not really ring true to us," Timothy Burke, co-author of the Deadspin article, told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Pete Thamel, the Sports Illustrated writer who published a transcript of his interview with Te'o, said he thinks the star linebacker was duped.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"If he was acting he deserves an Oscar nomination," Thamel said. "The depth and the detail of this scam is mindboggling, but I do think Te'o ... he caught the wave of this story, maybe exaggerated the depths of their relationship a little. But at the end of the day, we need to hear from Manti Te'o."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/sport/football/manti-teo-doubts/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Doubters wonder if Heisman Trophy a factor in hoax</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The </strong><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">h</strong><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">oax</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The story of the girlfriend came to light in September as Notre Dame continued its improbable undefeated season, and Te'o, a relentless tackler, was beginning to emerge as a front-runner for the prestigous Heisman Trophy.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">He led the Fighting Irish, amassing double-digit tackle games and becoming the face of one of the best defenses in the nation.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph23" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">In September and October, Te'o told interviewers that his girlfriend and grandmother had died within hours of each other. The girlfriend, a 22-year-old Stanford University student, died of leukemia, he said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph24" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The twin losses inspired him to honor them with sterling play on the field, Te'o said. He led his team to a 20-3 routing of Michigan State after he heard the news.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph25" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"I miss 'em, but I know that I'll see them again one day," he told ESPN.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph26" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">It was indeed a gripping interest story of determination. And the media ran with it.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph27" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">No one bothered to seek out Kekua's family until Deadspin, acting on an anonymous e-mail received last week, started poking around.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph28" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"What do you do when you first want to know something? You Google it, right?" Burke said on CNN. "And Google searches for 'Lennay Kekua' only showed up articles about her dying, and inspiring Manti Te'o.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph29" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"There's no evidence of her existing in any way, other than, you know, after she had allegedly died. And we thought that was a little weird."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph30" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Te'o's grandmother died in September, Deadspin said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph31" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">But there was no Social Security Administration record of Kekua's death. The Birth and Death Registration Office in Orange County, California, told CNN it had no record of Kekua, nor does the county coroner.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph32" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Deadspin called mortuaries and funeral homes in Carson, California, where Kekua was reportedly buried -- but came up empty.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph33" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The website sought out the person whose picture had been presented as that of Kekua and tracked her down.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph34" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/sport/teo-timeline/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Timeline: How the story unfolded</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph35" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">She was alive, didn't have leukemia and had never met Te'o.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph36" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"That sort of opened everything up," Burke said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph37" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The revelation prompted the Notre Dame athletics director to call a news conference Wednesday. There was no way for Te'o to know the relationship was a hoax because it had been conducted strictly online and on the phone, said director Jack Swarbrick.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph38" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The pair had set up several meetings, including in Hawaii, where Te'o grew up -- but Kekua never showed, Swarbrick said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph39" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The university said it did not know how many people were in on the ruse.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph40" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">According to Swarbrick, Te'o received a call from a woman claiming to be his girlfriend on December 6, telling him she was not dead. Those calls continued, but Te'o did not answer, he said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph41" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The Heisman Trophy was awarded two days later, and Te'o made comments about losing relatives to cancer before he finished second in the award voting to quarterback Johnny Manziel of Texas A & M.<i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></i></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph42" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The Stanford University registrar's office told CNN that it has never had a student registered in Kekua's name or using an alternate spelling<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">.</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph43" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"Outside of a few Twitter and Instagram accounts, there's no online evidence that Lennay Kekua ever existed," Deadspin contends. "There was no Lennay Kekua."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph44" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/sport/teo-quotes/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Te'o in his own words</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph45" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Her 'soulful eyes'</strong></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph46" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">So, how did the two fall in love?</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph47" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">According to the South Bend Tribune in Indiana -- the newspaper of Notre Dame's hometown, the two met -- yes, met -- after a football game in Palo Alto, California, in 2009.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph48" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"Their stares got pleasantly tangled, then Manti Te'o extended his hand to the stranger with a warm smile and soulful eyes," the <a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Gsq3BkqY4-oJ:articles.southbendtribune.com/2012-10-12/sports/34419536_1_brian-and-ottilia-manti-te-o-irish-head-coach+brian-and-ottilia-manti-te&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">paper gushed</a>. "They could have just as easily brushed past each other and into separate sunsets. Te'o had plenty to preoccupy himself that November weekend in Palo Alto, Calif., back in 2009."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph49" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The article went on to say: "Lennay Kekua was a Stanford student and Cardinal football fan when the two exchanged glances, handshakes and phone numbers that fateful weekend three seasons ago."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph50" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Te'o's father, Brian, was quoted in the article: "They started out as just friends. Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there. But within the last year, they became a couple."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph51" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The newspaper said Wednesday it based Teo's story on information from the linebacker, his family members and coaches -- and moved the story to its archives.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph52" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">But as Thamel reported Thursday, Te'o said they met through a cousin.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph53" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"The only time he didn't speak with confidence was when I asked how they met," <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130117/manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax-quotes/" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">he wrote</a>. I didn't press him, as it was clearly something he didn't want to share. I suspected they may have met online, understood he wouldn't have wanted that public and moved on."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph54" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Media reports indicate the parents never met Kekua.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph55" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/sport/manti-teo-social-media/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Social media jump all over story</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph56" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Te'o tried to clear things up with a statement Wednesday saying he "developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph57" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her," he said in the statement.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph58" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">"To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating," the statement continued. "It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph59" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Te'o didn't meet with the media Thursday as he prepared for an all-star game in Florida.</div></div></div>

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