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CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 10, 2012 2:00pm-4:00pm EDT
. here what he is we know. seven-time tour de france winner lance armstrong and his cycling team today being accused of running and let me just quote this here, quote, the most sophisticated professionalized and successful doping program the sport of cycling has ever seen. those are the words of the u.s. anti-doping agency. the usada, about to release 1,000 pages, 1,000 pages of evidence in this long running effort to prove that the cycling great cheated by using performance enhancing drugs. don redell with me, he anchors world sport on cnn international. we have bill stricklin, editor at large, bicycling magazine. bill, i want to begin with you. because i want you to explain to me in terms of specifics, if -- i read the statement from the usada ceo pointing to undeniable proof of this doping conspiracy. what kind of evidence is there? >> we know there is testimony from -- riders. they released the names of 11 of those. one of those is george hamby, the long time -- the most loyal -- and george earlier today had a -- announcement, basically confirming he gave testimony -- >> bill, forg
. here what he is we know. seven-time tour de france winner lance armstrong and his cycling team today being accused of running and let me just quote this here, quote, the most sophisticated professionalized and successful doping program the sport of cycling has ever seen. those are the words of the u.s. anti-doping agency. the usada, about to release 1,000 pages, 1,000 pages of evidence in this long running effort to prove that the cycling great cheated by using performance enhancing drugs....
CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 11, 2012 12:00pm-2:00pm EDT
, revelation from former teammates of superstar cyclist lance armstrong. one says we hid from doping tests. he said armstrong had & his teammates, they were part of the most sophisticated and successful doping program in cycling history. the agency says 11 cyclists came forward to admit their use of banned performance enhancing drugs. we'll have more on that later in the hour, but, first, a new jobs report that really surprised a lot of folks, including a lot of economists who just found out this morning the number of americans filing new unemployment claims plummeted last week. fell by 30,000. that is 339,000. it is the lowest level in the past four and a half years. many economists predicted the number of claims would actually go up. >>> there are a number of names on the ticket, but the spotlight, of course, on congressman paul ryan and vice president joe biden tonight. they are going to spar. their first and only debate. of course, pressure may be on biden after president obama's underwhelming debate performance last week. here's a new photo. we just got this. this is of biden. essentially
, revelation from former teammates of superstar cyclist lance armstrong. one says we hid from doping tests. he said armstrong had & his teammates, they were part of the most sophisticated and successful doping program in cycling history. the agency says 11 cyclists came forward to admit their use of banned performance enhancing drugs. we'll have more on that later in the hour, but, first, a new jobs report that really surprised a lot of folks, including a lot of economists who just found...
CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 11, 2012 9:00am-11:00am EDT
pages. the agency found lance armstrong was part of the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen. armstrong's attorney, tim herman responded, calling the findings a one-sided hatchet job and government-funded witch hunt. pedro pinto joins us now. his ex-teammates tell some really shocking stories about gaming the drug testing system. tell us what they're saying. >> don, it's unbelievable, this report released really sheds light on the dark world of cycling at the time when lance armstrong won seven straight tour de france titles, talking about hotel rooms being transformed into blood transfusion centers and lance armstrong freezing his blood to use it later. he still maintains his innocence. according to testimonies from 11 of his former teammates, there's no doubt that drug supplying, drug taking was going on during the years that lance won all these titles in france. and it really paints a picture that is incredibly dark and that shows that they were doing everything possible to beat the system. incredible and sordid details in
pages. the agency found lance armstrong was part of the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen. armstrong's attorney, tim herman responded, calling the findings a one-sided hatchet job and government-funded witch hunt. pedro pinto joins us now. his ex-teammates tell some really shocking stories about gaming the drug testing system. tell us what they're saying. >> don, it's unbelievable, this report released really sheds light on the...
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see if they hit the mark. we'll do that next hour. >>> plus, new fallout for lance armstrong amid the mounting controversy over his cycling career. those details are ahead. anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistant's pc in new york. and before i reached the top, the board meeting became a congrats we sold the company party....
. >>> pretty tough week, you could say, for lance armstrong, after big time sponsors drop him. armstrong is expected to make his first appearance today. will he talk about this doping scandal? those details are next. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around the country, around the corner. us bank. so i brought it to mike at meineke. we gave her car a free road handling check. i like free. free is good. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> talk about burning a bridge, that's exactly what greg smith did just a couple months ago. now goldman is fighting back. christine romans has more on what the firm is saying about smith. christine. >> brooke, goldman sachs hitting back at former employee gregg smith. smith resigned through a critical op-ed through the "new york times"
. >>> pretty tough week, you could say, for lance armstrong, after big time sponsors drop him. armstrong is expected to make his first appearance today. will he talk about this doping scandal? those details are next. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities...
the gunman. >> lance armstrong expected to make his first public appearance since the mountain of doping evidence. armstrong will be part of the live strong 15th anniversary event in austin. several sponsors have bailed on him including nike. >>> and another strike against the federal government's defense of marriage act for the second time a federal appeals court has declared the law unconstitutional because it denies marriage benefits to same sex couples. joining me now is reverent bryant in baltimore, he is the pastor of a church that opposes same sex marriage. welcome. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm good. this issue will be decided in the u.s. supreme court. it does seem that you're on the losing side. do you see it that way? >> i'm always on the winning side when i'm on god's side. but i feel like culture seems to be outwinning our faith. we are going to have to really do a call for the church to step up on its principles and values because it is our responsibility to impact culture, not for culture to make us a just faith. >> the issue of same sex marriage has split th
the gunman. >> lance armstrong expected to make his first public appearance since the mountain of doping evidence. armstrong will be part of the live strong 15th anniversary event in austin. several sponsors have bailed on him including nike. >>> and another strike against the federal government's defense of marriage act for the second time a federal appeals court has declared the law unconstitutional because it denies marriage benefits to same sex couples. joining me now is...
CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 20, 2012 10:00pm-11:00pm EDT
won their hearts and their money. now some big donors to lance armstrong's cancer foundation want their money back. we ask them why. >>> from cheating in the bedroom, a growing number of people say it's okay and even helping relationships and marriages. would you allow your better half to sleep with someone else? >>> election day is almost here, people. and some of you still can't make up your mind. are you undecided or just uninformed? >>> bet nobody will mess with that bus driver again. he stood up to a passenger behaving badly. some say he went too far. but we speak with someone who says it's time we all do the same and stop coddling people who act like jerks. >>> plus, more hulk hogan sex tapes. tom hanks' filthy mouth. and brad pitt creeps us out. >>> okay, think you had a bad week? not as bad as lance armstrong's. the same group that banned him from ever competing in a bicycle race, the group that took away his tour de france titles published a report saying he ran, quote, the most sophisticated and successful doping program the sport has ever seen. poof. poof, went his spon
won their hearts and their money. now some big donors to lance armstrong's cancer foundation want their money back. we ask them why. >>> from cheating in the bedroom, a growing number of people say it's okay and even helping relationships and marriages. would you allow your better half to sleep with someone else? >>> election day is almost here, people. and some of you still can't make up your mind. are you undecided or just uninformed? >>> bet nobody will mess with...
. >>> lance armstrong, he was defiant last night as he took center stage at his cancer charity's 15th anniversary gala. it was the first time that the seven time dur at the frantour r has taken the stand. we were there. >> reporter: he's been accused, disgraced, and humiliated. but in his hometown of austin and within the cancer community in particular, lance armstrong is still very much loved. >> i've been better. but i've also been worse. thank you so much for your support. it means the world to me. >> reporter: speaking publicly for the first time since he was engulfed by a doping scandal, armstrong admitted it was a difficult two weeks. 14 days in which he's been branded as a cheat and a liar. dropped by almost all of his sponsors and forced to resign as chairman of his own charity, livestrong. >> you've been a proud supporter of this organization for many years. has anything changed for you in the last days? >> in the last days? no. i think it's an organization that's developed by somebody who's been an enormous inspiration to so many and to myself and has done an incredible
. >>> lance armstrong, he was defiant last night as he took center stage at his cancer charity's 15th anniversary gala. it was the first time that the seven time dur at the frantour r has taken the stand. we were there. >> reporter: he's been accused, disgraced, and humiliated. but in his hometown of austin and within the cancer community in particular, lance armstrong is still very much loved. >> i've been better. but i've also been worse. thank you so much for your...
grazed her brain. the taliban said they plan on going after the girl again. >>> lance armstrong was defied in his first public appearance after a report accusing him of running the most sophisticated doping report in history. high was at the charity of his charity, livestrong. he stepped down this week as the organizers chairman. he didn't address the doping allegations, but he did thank reporters and the employees. >> this mission is bigger than me. it's bigger than any individual. there's 28 million people around the world living with this disease. martin luther king said once, he said we must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. >> coming up in about a half hour from now, i'm going to be talking to bill strickland. he's the editor of "bicycling" magazine. and he's known lance armstrong since they were both in their early 20s, and he's got some thoughts on what lance armstrong will say when he finally does address his current situation. again, that will be about a half hour from now. should be very interesting. >>> more politics next. you can check out the f
grazed her brain. the taliban said they plan on going after the girl again. >>> lance armstrong was defied in his first public appearance after a report accusing him of running the most sophisticated doping report in history. high was at the charity of his charity, livestrong. he stepped down this week as the organizers chairman. he didn't address the doping allegations, but he did thank reporters and the employees. >> this mission is bigger than me. it's bigger than any...
myself. and has done an incredible amount of good. and i expect it will continue. >> lance armstrong can still count on his a-list friends to stand by him for now, at least. >> and tomorrow, lance armstrong makes another public appearance at a cycling event to support fellow cancer survivors. and i want you to stay with cnn, because becoming up later tonight, a big donor to the livestrong organization says he filed ripped off and wants his money back, a fascinating conversation right here on cnn. >>> and the presidential race, neck and neck right now. and if you feel like you have election anxiety, you are not alone. and? >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tickets for their concert sellout in minutes. but some of the stones managed the make time for cnn. this looks amazing! that's a good deal! [ man ] wow! it is so good! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15, seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. you so fascinated by the prices, you keep rambling on! i know! -that pork
myself. and has done an incredible amount of good. and i expect it will continue. >> lance armstrong can still count on his a-list friends to stand by him for now, at least. >> and tomorrow, lance armstrong makes another public appearance at a cycling event to support fellow cancer survivors. and i want you to stay with cnn, because becoming up later tonight, a big donor to the livestrong organization says he filed ripped off and wants his money back, a fascinating conversation...
, directly from the sheriff. again, our thanks to the sheriff here. >>> moving on now, lance armstrong does not want his supporters to stop fighting cancer, even though he's no longer the face of the group he founded 15 years ago. the group is called liv eed liv. the seven-time tour de france winner stepped down as the live strong chairman just this week as his doping scandal got louder. and at about the same time, most of his biggest sponsors cut their ties. nike, radio shack, trek, anheuser-busch, they all jumped off the armstrong bandwagon this week. but support for the live strong foundation remains very high now. let's go live now to austin and cnn's victor blackwell is there. victor, you are with people who are sticking by the livestrong organization. how are they keeping separate support from the group, from the scandal that disgraced the man behind it? >> reporter: don, for the women i just spoke, it's not difficult at all. in fact, they all call themselves lance armstrong supporters, whether he indeed doped or not during the tour de france competitions. they're all members of an or
, directly from the sheriff. again, our thanks to the sheriff here. >>> moving on now, lance armstrong does not want his supporters to stop fighting cancer, even though he's no longer the face of the group he founded 15 years ago. the group is called liv eed liv. the seven-time tour de france winner stepped down as the live strong chairman just this week as his doping scandal got louder. and at about the same time, most of his biggest sponsors cut their ties. nike, radio shack, trek,...
assassination. >>> and watching this event in texas today, you would never know that lance armstrong is a man disgraced and might be banned from the sport that he dominated for so many years. supporters of the livestrong charity rallied around armstrong today, many of them telling us they're able to separate the cancer-fighting group from the doping scandal that cost the cyclist his champion legacy. >>> take a look at this. i bet nobody will mess with this bus driver again. he stood up to a passenger behaving badly. some say he went too far. up next, i'll talk to someone who says it's time we all do the same and stop coddling people who act like jerks. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. ♪ ...mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built
assassination. >>> and watching this event in texas today, you would never know that lance armstrong is a man disgraced and might be banned from the sport that he dominated for so many years. supporters of the livestrong charity rallied around armstrong today, many of them telling us they're able to separate the cancer-fighting group from the doping scandal that cost the cyclist his champion legacy. >>> take a look at this. i bet nobody will mess with this bus driver again....
CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 21, 2012 1:00am-2:00am EDT
bad as lance armstrong. the same group that banned him from ever competing in a bike race, the group that took away his tour de france titles will publish a report that says "he ran the most sophisticated and successful doping program that the world has ever seen," poof went his sponsors, nike gone, poof with his foundation gone. that is a bad week, last night in austin, lance armstrong spoke in public for the first time it went down, and he got a bit emotional, listen. >> this mission is bigger than me, it is bigger than any individual. there is 28 million people around the world living with this disease. martin luther king jr. said is once, he said we must accept disappointment, but never lose hope. >> there he is on the screen, before i tell the audience who you are, i want your reaction to lance armstrong, what he just said is, just quoting martin luther king jr. about not losing infinite hope, what do you think? >> i think it is a great quote. but the thing is, he is still standing there as the one guy talking to everybody. and for me, that -- that is a conflict. >> yeah. >> a m
bad as lance armstrong. the same group that banned him from ever competing in a bike race, the group that took away his tour de france titles will publish a report that says "he ran the most sophisticated and successful doping program that the world has ever seen," poof went his sponsors, nike gone, poof with his foundation gone. that is a bad week, last night in austin, lance armstrong spoke in public for the first time it went down, and he got a bit emotional, listen. >> this...
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. martin, it's been a very bad week, very bad couple of weeks for lance armstrong. he's been stripped of his tours day france titles, accused of the most sophisticated doping operation that sport has ever seen, steps down the head of the cancer foundation he has been in charge with. big-money donors are asking for their money back, listen. >> and he completed and cheated beyond many people's ba leaelie imagination for the results in the tours de france, so the whole thing is built on a lay. and that's wrong. >> during that interview, the vice president of livestrong called in and wanted to respond, and she's going to tell you if they're considering giving the money back at all. plus we're going to be talking about what happened in wisconsin, that shooting we are finding out now, martin, that three of those victims are believed to have died and our affiliate is reporting that the gunman has now been found and the gunman, they believe the gunman has died. we'll be reporting that at the top of the hour. >>> it may are made people around the world stay up all night and stare at the sky. we h
. martin, it's been a very bad week, very bad couple of weeks for lance armstrong. he's been stripped of his tours day france titles, accused of the most sophisticated doping operation that sport has ever seen, steps down the head of the cancer foundation he has been in charge with. big-money donors are asking for their money back, listen. >> and he completed and cheated beyond many people's ba leaelie imagination for the results in the tours de france, so the whole thing is built on a...
CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 22, 2012 11:00am-12:00pm EDT
firmly in control. whoa! [ male announcer ] the all-new cadillac ats. >>> lance armstrong from cycle and uci will strip him of his seven tour de france titles. lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >>> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. strong words from the president of the international cycling union today as he announced that armstrong has been stripped of all seven tour de france titles. all of this in the wake of a u.s. anti-doping agency report that accused him of leading a sophisticated doping program within the united states cycling team. cnn's viktor black joins us live from austin, texas, the site of the headquarters for the livestrong campaign. this is not entirely unexpected, and, yet, it's still shocking. >> reporter: still shocking. you know what is unexpected is that there's been no official response. as you said, we're standing outside of the headquarters for the livestrong foundation, and livestrong has told us that they will not have a response to what we heard from the international cycling union this morning. we contacted lance armstrong's attorneys. they
firmly in control. whoa! [ male announcer ] the all-new cadillac ats. >>> lance armstrong from cycle and uci will strip him of his seven tour de france titles. lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >>> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. strong words from the president of the international cycling union today as he announced that armstrong has been stripped of all seven tour de france titles. all of this in the wake of a u.s. anti-doping agency report that accused him...
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in texas today, you would never know that lance armstrong is a man disgraced and might be banned from the sport that he dominated for so many years. supporters of the livestrong charity rallied around armstrong today, many of them telling us they're able to separate the cancer-fighting group from the doping scandal that cost the cyclist his champion legacy. >>> take a look at this. i bet nobody will mess with this bus driver again. he stood up to a passenger behaving badly. some say...
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in texas today, you would never know that lance armstrong is a man disgraced and might be banned from the sport that he dominated for so many years. supporters of the livestrong charity rallied around armstrong today, many of them telling us they're able to separate the cancer-fighting group from the doping scandal that cost the cyclist his champion legacy. >>> take a look at this. i bet nobody will mess with this bus driver again. he stood up to a passenger behaving badly. some say he went too far. up next, i'll talk to someone who says it's time we all do the same and stop coddling people who act like jerks. >>> what would you do if someone grabbed you and spit on you? would you do this? so that is a cleveland bus driver decking a belligerent woman who came aboard his bus. it was all over tv. it went viral online. lz granderson felt compelled to write an article for it for cnn.com titled stop coddling people who behave badly. dr. wendy walsh is back to keep us in line. >> that's right. >> are you advocating violence here? >> absolutely not. you know, the thing that really tripp
morning for "starting point." >>> happening now in the "newsroom." >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> lance armstrong is stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned from cycling. >>> gas prices dropped eight cents and could tumble another 30 cents. why some analysts say many of us could soon be paying less than 3 bucks a gallon. >>> a heated debate over same-sex marriage in maryland divides the african-american community with the naacp on one side and the african-american clergy on the other. >>> thou shall not tebow. the quarterback makes a move to keep people from profiting on tebowing. tebowing. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning to you. happy monday. i'm carol costello. we start with breaking news this morning. cycling's governing body today handed down a so-called death sentence to lance armstrong. the group stripped armstrong of his seven tour de france titles and banned him from the start. it follows the anti-doping agency finding of overwhelming evidence that armstrong doped. >> we are here to answer your que
morning for "starting point." >>> happening now in the "newsroom." >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> lance armstrong is stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned from cycling. >>> gas prices dropped eight cents and could tumble another 30 cents. why some analysts say many of us could soon be paying less than 3 bucks a gallon. >>> a heated debate over same-sex marriage in maryland divides the african-american...
jerseys, at least the titles, the tour de france titles, from lance armstrong, and i'm wondering -- i am feeling there's some nuanced language in terms of how much action you are prepared to take? are you going to file a lawsuit for all of the money over the years that you have paid out in bonuses to mr. armstrong? >> well, ashleigh, i don't want to necessarily telegraph what the company's legal moves may be, but i can tell you that we've made demand for return of the bonus money paid to mr. armstrong and his agent, and if they don't comply with that demand, sca is prepared to take all necessary legal actions, including filing a lawsuit, to have those funds returned. >> is that something we might see today? >>. >> they're want willing to wait a long period of time to have mr. armstrong return those funds. it will be in the near future that sca takes those actions. >> when you are talking about money that seems by my math, and correct me if i'm wrong, upwards of the $11 million range, you know, a long time can be a week terms of interest and legal fees. that's why i'm trying to pin you
jerseys, at least the titles, the tour de france titles, from lance armstrong, and i'm wondering -- i am feeling there's some nuanced language in terms of how much action you are prepared to take? are you going to file a lawsuit for all of the money over the years that you have paid out in bonuses to mr. armstrong? >> well, ashleigh, i don't want to necessarily telegraph what the company's legal moves may be, but i can tell you that we've made demand for return of the bonus money paid to...
given us the answer. no one. that's because the body has decided that those titles won by lance armstrong but stripped away are not going to be reassigned to anybody else in that race. moreover, they are repeating they want the earnings, the winnings, the money that armstrong got for those wins back. they have not said yet how they intend to get that money back, whether it's by asking or suing. >>> a man hired to conduct voter registration drives in virginia is in some big trouble. collin small who lives in pennsylvania is facing allegations that he just tossed in the trash eight completed voter registration forms. he's been charged by the local county prosecutor. now three virginia congressmen, bob ji scott, jerry connolly, jim moran who you see here, they have asked the justice department to go a little further and get involved and look into this case. all three of the people i mentioned are democrats. virginia's republican attorney general says he's also expanding this probe. the state republican party hired small's employer, a firm called pinpoint to run the registration dri
given us the answer. no one. that's because the body has decided that those titles won by lance armstrong but stripped away are not going to be reassigned to anybody else in that race. moreover, they are repeating they want the earnings, the winnings, the money that armstrong got for those wins back. they have not said yet how they intend to get that money back, whether it's by asking or suing. >>> a man hired to conduct voter registration drives in virginia is in some big trouble....
won by lance armstrong which were stripped away are not going to be reassigned and he wants armstrong to give back the money that he earned. cnn "newsroom" continues right now. >>> all eyes today on hurricane sandy barreling northward. we have to talk about florida, because parts of florida now, under this tropical storm warning, also in virginia, the governor there already declaring a state of emergency. so in just a moment we'll give you the brand new update of the storm's path. but first we have to talk politics here. the latest poll numbers confirm this will be a nail biter of a kpgs election. today the two campaigns were all about this one specific number. that number? 2%. that is the annual rate at which the nation's gdp grew from july until september. it's really the broadest grade on how the economy is doing. if you talk to the president about this, he says it's more proof of the recovery. since it was last 1.3%. but his challenger is also using 2% in his favor. no surprise. mitt romney just gave an economic speech in ames, iowa at a small construction business that
won by lance armstrong which were stripped away are not going to be reassigned and he wants armstrong to give back the money that he earned. cnn "newsroom" continues right now. >>> all eyes today on hurricane sandy barreling northward. we have to talk about florida, because parts of florida now, under this tropical storm warning, also in virginia, the governor there already declaring a state of emergency. so in just a moment we'll give you the brand new update of the storm's...
the man leading that organization and leading the fraud within his own team was lance armstrong. i don't think there's any doubt of that at all. >> quenton, do you think that armstrong will ever admit to cheating or do you think he will die insisting he was clean? >> i think when you look at the sworn deposition that he gave and the fact that he repeatedly again and again and again apparently lies, if all the evidence which has been presented so far is to be believed -- and i think most people do now believe that evidence -- he lies again and again and again and he's built up this enormous edifice of lies which he inhabits now. so i think in fact it is possible unlikely that he will ever actually come clean although of course it will be good for the sport if he did so and it would probably be better for him if he did as well. >> the tour de france organizers say no one will be declared winners for the years that armstrong finished first and many see it as an admission that there were many more people in line behind lance armstrong who were doping as well. is that an admission by th
the man leading that organization and leading the fraud within his own team was lance armstrong. i don't think there's any doubt of that at all. >> quenton, do you think that armstrong will ever admit to cheating or do you think he will die insisting he was clean? >> i think when you look at the sworn deposition that he gave and the fact that he repeatedly again and again and again apparently lies, if all the evidence which has been presented so far is to be believed -- and i think...
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. >> meantime, we're going to talk about lance armstrong coming up. he's been banned from professional cycling. he's lost his tour de france titles, but are his biggest battles still ahead? >>> and coming to terms with the heartbreaking murders of two children in new york. [ man ] in hong kong, on my way to the board meeting... anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure...
according to lance armstrong. this is the way many of us remember him, an athlete without equal. in that documentary first shown in australia, the disgraced cyclist denied cheating to win seven tour de france titles. but former friends and teammates say armstrong is a liar. the documentary investigation was led by reporter quenton mcdermott. he joins us from sydney, australia. thank you for joining us. you have seen the evidence and heard armstrong's denial. what do you think after it? did he cheat? >> i don't think there's any doubt whatsoever, don, that he cheated. this was indeed the biggest heist ever carried out in sport. it was the biggest fraud ever carried out in sport. and it was highly organized. and the man leading that organization and leading the fraud within his own team was lance armstrong. i don't think there's any doubt of that at all. >> quenton, do you think that armstrong will ever admit to cheating or do you think he will die insisting he was clean? >> i think when you look at the sworn deposition that he gave and the fact that he repeatedly again and again and again
according to lance armstrong. this is the way many of us remember him, an athlete without equal. in that documentary first shown in australia, the disgraced cyclist denied cheating to win seven tour de france titles. but former friends and teammates say armstrong is a liar. the documentary investigation was led by reporter quenton mcdermott. he joins us from sydney, australia. thank you for joining us. you have seen the evidence and heard armstrong's denial. what do you think after it? did he...


Today at four o'clock, the Joint Review Board is scheduled to review Whitewater's tax incremental districts. Views of tax incremental financing – especially in a place like Whitewater – are a good test of someone's basic understanding of economic development.
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Notice how revealing Kachel's remarks are: he touts tax benefits to investors (who are often outside the city), but is silent on income benefits to residents who actually live here.
If one cannot show meaningful wage growth for individuals and families, after a generation of project spending, how has there been meaningful 'community development' for Whitewater?
Immediately below, see the fifty-seven pages signifying generational failure that will be before the Joint Review Board later today. Thereafter, see a sound analysis of tax incremental financing, in the place of one-too-many unsound local press releases.


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La estación de esquí de San Isidro, inaugurada en 1974, está situada en el puerto homónimo de la cordillera Cantábrica, en la zona norte de la provincia de León, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León, España. Sus instalaciones se encuentran en los términos municipales de Puebla de Lillo y Valdelugueros, que se corresponden con los valles del Alto Porma y del Alto Curueño. Es propiedad de la Diputación Provincial de León, la cual se encarga de su gestión, al igual que la también leonesa Leitariegos.

La estación, que cuenta con grandes posibilidades de ampliación, tiene 27,5 kilómetros de pistas esquiables, distribuidas en cuatro sectores: Requejines, Riopinos, Cebolledo y Salencias-La Raya, perfectamente comunicados entre sí. El nivel de las pistas es desde principiante hasta experto, con 5 pistas verdes, 9 azules, 13 rojas y 4 negras, sumando un total de 31 pistas, además de un circuito de fondo balizado, permitiendo la práctica de cualquiera de las modalidades de esquí moderno.

Historia

Los antecedentes
La historia de San Isidro comienza cuando en los años sesenta el gobierno leonés decidió entrar en el negocio de la nieve, reservando fondos para la inversión en la estación invernal de Pajares. El presidente de dicha estación, Jesús Suárez Valgrande, declinó aceptar dichos fondos. Debido a ello, surgió la idea de la estación invernal de San Isidro, ya que León decidió invertir dichos fondos en construir una estación propia en su territorio. En principio, se crearían dos proyectos para crear dos estaciones de esquí, una en el puerto de San Isidro y otra en el puerto de Tarna; a pesar de que sería la primera la que se llevaría finalmente la inversión, el gobierno leonés no se olvidó del proyecto de Tarna, llegando a instalar en la zona dos remontes en lo alto del puerto.

Los comienzos de la Estación Invernal de San Isidro se vieron obstaculizados por problemas de lindes con el Principado de Asturias, retrasando el inicio de las obras hasta la década de los setenta. Como consecuencia de ello, la actividad en el puerto se quedó en un segundo plano frente a la estación de Pajares, debido a las precarias comunicaciones que conectaban el puerto de San Isidro con León y Asturias; esto no obstaculizó que el puerto comenzase a tener cierta actividad montañera no ligada al esquí, construyéndose a lo largo de la década de los sesenta dos albergues de montañeros en el alto del puerto.

Poco a poco, el desarrollo del esquí llegó al puerto de San Isidro, con una escasa afluencia de esquiadores al principio debido al desarrollo de la vecina Pajares, que ya contaba con dos remontes. A finales de los sesenta, la estación de San Isidro inauguró su primer remonte en la zona de Salencias, que no era más que un telesquí que funcionaba con un motor de gasolina y tenía únicamente dos perchas. Los artífices del inicio de la estación fueron Diego Mella, responsable de la instalación del remonte, y Felipe Moreno, a quien se debe el primer edificio de la estación, construido en 1969, y que actualmente es la cafetería de la zona de Salencias.

1970-1980

En el año 1972, la estación invernal de San Isidro vio la instalación del primer remonte por parte de la Diputación Provincial de León en el área de Salencias, el denominado Salencias I. Al año siguiente, en 1973, se procedió a la apertura del telesquí de debutantes y La raya, que ampliarían la superficie esquiable de la estación a los 5 km. Finalmente, en 1974, se inauguró de forma oficial la estación con la incorporación del primer telesilla de la estación, el antiguo telesilla de Cebolledo. Unos años después la estación seguiría creciendo con la construcción de los telesquís de Salencias II y Las Piedras.

La estación continuó su desarrollo y fue recibiendo cada vez una mayor afluencia de esquiadores, pero por la juventud de sus instalaciones, San Isidro no contaba con máquina pisapistas, algo que complicaba hacer ciertos descensos. La morfología de pistas existente difería de la configuración actual, ya que Cebolledo sólo contaba con dos pistas, de las cuales la principal ocupaba la hoya de Cebolledo, terminando en una cortada donde se practicaban algunos saltos. En dicha cortada, la pista se dividía en dos, la que seguía el telesilla, a la derecha, y otra a la izquierda. Estas pistas tenían una dificultad elevada y hacían de Cebolledo una zona destinada a esquiadores experimentados. La menor dificultad de las pistas de Salencias hacían entonces que las mayores afluencias se centrasen en dicha zona y en la de Las Piedras, conformando dichos lugares el núcleo de la estación.

Con la expansión del dominio, la Diputación de León planificó San Isidro como una estación con un tamaño equiparable a las estaciones del Pirineo y con un modelo puesto de moda en los Alpes franceses, el cual definía una estación dividida en zonas con una para debutantes apartada del resto para evitar las aglomeraciones y redundar en una mejora de la calidad en toda la estación. De esa manera, se eligió Salencias como la zona de debutantes principal, instalando allí la Escuela de Esquí. Siguiendo el citado modelo, se procedió a instalar, en 1975, el telesquí de Requejines, diferente al actual, ampliando la estación hacia esa zona. Se instalaría además otro telesquí para debutantes en la zona, convirtiendo a Requejines en la alternativa a Salencias para los principiantes cuando en esta última escasease la nieve. En 1976, continuando con la expansión, la cual ya hacía peligrar la hegemonía de Pajares, se instalaría el telesquí de Cebolledo, diferente al actual, para dar acceso a la zona llana del sector y sustituir el obsoleto telecuerda existente. Este año también se procedió a la compra de la primera máquina pisapistas, que haría dar un salto cualitativo a la estación.

Entre 1977 y 1980, la crisis económica paró en seco, aunque momentáneamente, las aspiraciones de San Isidro. A pesar de ello, en esos años se procedió a remodelar Cebolledo, con vista a poner en servicio nuevas pistas, siendo la primera de ellas la de La Travesía, de una dificultad bastante elevada que se haría famosa al crear el dicho de "Quién esquía en San Isidro, esquía en cualquier sitio".

1980-1990
La década de los ochenta supuso para la estación una auténtica era dorada, ya que durante toda ella se abrieron en San Isidro un elevado número de nuevas instalaciones. Al comenzar la década, en 1980, se instaló el primer telesquí de Riopinos, se alargó el existente en Cebolledo y se planteó alargar el de Requejines. Gracias a estos nuevos remontes, la estación cubrió todo el dominio esquiable actual.

No obstante, la idea de los gobernantes siguió siendo la de crear una estación a la altura de otras del país. Por ello, en 1982 se construyeron dos nuevos remontes, Peñanevares y Riopinos II, cuyo objetivo era conectar con futuras zonas esquiables. Gracias a estas dos nuevas instalaciones, la idea de San Isidro como estación destacable cobraba forma, pero una vez más, problemas con Asturias supusieron una traba al desarrollo. El problema era que el telesquí de Riopinos II conectaba con zonas que pertenecían al Principado, el cual no estaba dispuesto a desarrollar dichas zonas para la estación leonesa (actualmente esa zona está ocupada por la estación de Fuentes de Invierno). El otro telesquí, el de Peñanevares, también quedó en un segundo plano al no cuajar la ampliación de la estación por el valle contiguo, a pesar de que este tenía unas características idóneas para su desarrollo. En 1983 se amplió el telesquí de Requejines.

El crecimiento de la estación, que hacía peligrar su buen funcionamiento con una saturación no prevista, hizo que se llevase a cabo en 1984 la ampliación del aparcamiento de Cebolledo y la instalación del telesilla Onofre-Quintanilla. Con estas mejoras, San Isidro desbancaba a Pajares y se convertía en la mayor estación de esquí de la Cordillera Cantábrica. En 1985, para intentar subsanar aún más la saturación que aquejaba a la estación, se abrió el telesilla de Riopinos. Gracias a estas instalaciones, San Isidro pegó un salto cualitativo que la hizo aumentar en servicios, en pistas y en capacidad. A finales de la década, la estación sobrepasó por primera vez en su historia los 100.000 visitantes anuales.

La estación, no obstante, vio truncado su apogeo cuando en 1988 se presentó el invierno más cálido de la historia, haciendo que San Isidro apenas pudiera abrir en toda la temporada. En dicho año también se desmontó el telesquí de Las Piedras, que después pasaría largo tiempo apilado en la zona de Saliencias. El año siguiente, la situación fue la contraria y hubo nevadas históricas, haciendo que la estación permaneciese abierta hasta el primer fin de semana de junio. Todo ello parecía indicar que los noventa serían años tan buenos como lo fueron los ochenta.

1990-2000
A pesar de los problemas que seguirían después, los noventa comenzaron con copiosas nevadas en los años 1990, 1991 y 1992. Es a partir de 1993 cuando la nieve comienza a escasear. Esto no impidió que se desarrollasen algunas obras, como la remodelación de pistas en Cebolledo, mejorándose la pista La Travesía.

Los cambios en la estación eran necesarios ya que ésta estaba sobresaturada por una afluencia que no paraba de crecer y que era incapaz de soportar y por la nula inversión por parte de la Diputación Provincial de León.

Esto hizo que se llevara a cabo una modernización total de la estación, abriendo el telesilla desembragable, que sustituyó al antiguo telesilla de Cebolledo, y el telesilla cuatriplaza de Requejines. Sin embargo, esta modernización no se vio correspondida con la meteorología, que hizo que tuviese lugar una de las peores temporadas de la estación, ya que la nieve escaseó desde el principio.

A finales de los noventa, los accesos a la estación desde San Isidro mejoraron sensiblemente con la adecuación de la carretera del puerto en su vertiente asturiana. Esta obra, que mejoraba sensiblemente la competitividad de la estación, se vio acompañada poco tiempo después por la apertura de los cañones de nieve artificial, que fueron los primeros en una estación de la cordillera Cantábrica y que en un principio innivaron una superficie de aproximadamente un kilómetro de longitud en la zona de Cebolledo.

Siglo XXI

En el , la estación continúa viendo crecer la afluencia a sus pistas. Oficialmente cuenta con 24,8 kilómetros de pistas, aunque a esos kilómetros hay que descontar los provenientes de las pistas del valle del Silencio, que nunca han estado abiertas.

En los últimos años, San Isidro está viviendo una época de expansión, con un aumento sostenido de los forfaits vendidos y una mejora del número de días en los que está abierta la estación. Ésta es también una de las que más ha crecido en cuanto a número de usuarios y es de las que más abonos de temporada venden en el territorio nacional.

Todo ello hace que el futuro de la estación de San Isidro actualmente pase por la ampliación de las plazas hoteleras en la zona, algo que se está llevando a cabo, pese a cierta paralización por problemas con la línea eléctrica que abastece al complejo, con 400 nuevas plazas hoteleras a pie de pistas, 200 de las cuales se corresponderían a un hotel de cinco estrellas. Junto a ello, la desestacionalización también es importante, algo que la Diputación planteó en su momento con un polideportivo y un campo de golf, actuaciones que, no obstante, se encuentran paralizadas por problemas legales en el primer caso y políticos en el segundo, por la falta de acuerdo sobre la línea eléctrica. Sin embargo, lo más importante para la estación pasa por el aumento de los remontes, de los sistemas de innivación artificial y del dominio esquiable, sin olvidar la conexión con la estación asturiana de Fuentes de Invierno.

Accesos a la estación
Debido a su situación en la comarca del Alto Porma, situada en el norte de la provincia de León, en el límite entre esta y el Principado de Asturias, es de fácil acceso desde ambas vertientes

 Desde León

Desde León hay dos accesos: el primero de ellos a través de la LE-331 a partir de Boñar y la LE-332 a partir de Puebla de Lillo. El otro acceso se encuentra por el valle del Curueño, desde La Vecilla, usando la carretera LE-321 hasta llegar al Puerto de Vegarada, donde hay una carretera de acceso a la vertiente de Riopinos.

 Desde Asturias

Desde el Principado de Asturias también existen dos accesos. El primero de ellos usando la A-66 hasta la salida por la AS-112, a la altura de Ujo, carretera que sigue hasta el pueblo de Cabañaquinta, a partir de donde se toma la AS-253 hasta el puerto de San Isidro.

El segundo sería el de la vertiente de Riopinos, a la cual se puede acceder usando la autovía A-66 hasta Campomanes, donde se toma el desvío por la N-630. A la altura de Villamanín se abandona para entrar en la carretera de Cármenes y desde aquí se continúa por las carreteras LE-313 y LE-321, a partir de las cuales se accede al Puerto de Vegarada, donde se encuentra el acceso.

Actualmente, y por problemas de lindes, el ayuntamiento de Valdelugueros ha comenzado las gestiones para la construcción de un nuevo acceso, que por el valle de Casomera y el puerto de Vegarada, comunicase San Isidro con Asturias por la vertiente del Curueño.

Zonas esquiables
La estación invernal de San Isidro se encuentra dividida en cuatro zonas esquiables : Cebolledo, Requejines, Riopinos y Salencias - La Raya.

Cebolledo

La zona de Cebolledo se encuentra en el circo glaciar del mismo nombre, dominado por el Pico Agujas. Cuenta con un total de siete pistas distribuidas entre los 1680 y los 2010 metros de altitud y que se clasifican en dos verdes (Rebeco y Debutantes), dos azules (Cebolledo y Travesía), cuatro rojas (los Sentiles, el Circo, el Toneo y Gran Cañón) y dos negras (la Solana y la Collada). Dispone de cuatro remontes mecánicos, que son un telesilla cuatriplaza desembragable, un telesilla biplaza, un telesquí (cerrado y fuera de funcionamiento) y dos cintas transportadoras. Cebolledo se considera el centro de la estación por su nivel de dificultad medio-alto, su zona de debutantes y por ser el acceso a los sectores de Requejines y Riopinos. Tiene un dominio esquiable de 8,245 km, 3 de los cuales se encuentran innivados por los 53 cañones que se encuentran en funcionamiento en la zona.

En las pistas de Sentiles y Gran Cañón se celebran los campeonatos regionales de esquí alpino.

Requejines

La zona de Requejines se encuentra junto al Pico Agujas. Cuenta con un total de cinco pistas distribuidas entre los 1810 y los 2040 metros y que se clasifican en una verde (debutantes Requejines), una azul (las Liebres), tres rojas (Peñanevares, Respina y las Fuentes) y una negra (El Silencio). Cuenta con tres remontes mecánicos, que son un telesilla cuatriplaza, un telesquí y un telebaby. Requejines es una zona de iniciación por el predominio de las pistas fáciles intercaladas con otras de mayor dificultad. Desde este sector se accede a otras rutas fuera de pista muy conocidas entre los esquiadores expertos, como las de Peñanevares-Valle del Silencio y la del Pico Agujas. Tiene un dominio esquiable de 4,950 kilómetros, ninguno de ellos innivado.

Por su situación, a una mayor altitud que el resto de la estación y su orientación, es donde más tiempo se conserva la nieve de toda la estación, siendo la última en cerrar en casi todas las temporadas.

Riopinos

El sector Riopinos cuenta con cinco pistas, situadas entre los 1675 y los 2000 metros de altitud y clasificadas en una verde (debutantes Riopinos), dos azules (del Oso y Curueño), dos rojas (el Valle y Vegarada Exprés) y una negra (los Cazadores). Cuenta con tres remontes mecánicos, un telesilla biplaza, un telesquí y una cinta transportadora. Desde esta zona se accede además al fuera de pista de los Tubos del Toneo, que después de 500 metros de desnivel termina en la zona de Salencias. Tiene un dominio esquiable de 5,225 kilómetros, ninguno innivado.

Este sector cuenta desde el 2003 con el segundo acceso a la estación, efectuándose éste a través del puerto de Vegarada. Cuenta con un aparcamiento con capacidad para 150 vehículos y un edificio de servicios múltiples con taquillas para la venta de forfaits, cafetería y aseos, entre otros servicios. Gracias a este acceso, la estación invernal ha dinamizado el valle del Alto Curueño.

Salencias - La Raya

Salencias es la zona más baja de la estación, cuenta con ocho pistas distribuidas entre los 1500 y los 1640 metros de altitud y clasificadas en una pista verde (debutantes de Salencias), dos azules (los Piornos y la Tortuga) y tres rojas (las Lomas I, las Lomas II y la Perdiz). Cuenta con 3 remontes mecánicos, dos telesquís y un telebaby.

Ya en el Principado de Asturias, y dentro de la misma estación, se encuentra la zona de la Raya, que cuenta con una pista azul (la Raya) y dos pistas rojas (F-1 y F-2) teniendo como remonte un telesquí.

Salencias - La Raya es el lugar preferido para los que se inician en el deporte del esquí y no quieren aventurarse a coger un telesilla para iniciarse en Requejines. Es una zona separada del resto de la estación con un dominio esquiable de 5,820 kilómetros que, con el Plan Director, se unirá al sector de Cebolledo mediante una nueva pista y un telesilla.

Expansión de la estación

Plan Director
El Plan Director de San Isidro fue recibido por la Diputación en abril de 2006.

El plan establece que en un plazo de seis años la estación recibiría una inversión aproximada de 40 millones de euros solamente en los equipamientos invernales. El plan estaría centrado en varios puntos: el crecimiento de la estación en ocho kilómetros de pistas en las zonas de Riopinos y Requejines, a sumar a los 24,8 ya existentes, conformando una estación de 32,8 kilómetros de esquí alpino; en la innivación de todos los sectores de la estación, que permitiría una sustancial mejora del enclave a la hora de afrontar las campañas de climatología adversa; y en la renovación de los remontes, que serían sustituidos por sillas cuatriplaza y cintas transportadoras, lo que haría que la estación contase con ocho nuevos remontes, sin contar los necesarios para la puesta en marcha de las pistas de Riopinos y Requejines.

Otros puntos de este plan serían la creación de una pista que conectase la zona de Salencias y Cebolledo eliminando los dos telesquís, que serían sustituidos por un telesilla cuatriplaza que recorrería 1070 metros, distancia a partir de la cual se iniciaría la pista hacia la zona de Cebolledo. Por otro lado, el Plan Director apuesta por un snowpark, que se construiría en la zona conocida como la Plaza de Toros, para dar así cabida a un grupo de esquiadores que se ha incrementado en los últimos años. Por todo ello, el Plan basaría el crecimiento de la estación en las zonas de debutantes, para acceder al mercado con mayor potencial del sector y en la adecuación de la zona de Riopinos para impulsar el acceso desde el puerto de Vegarada por la comarca del Alto Curueño.

Ya en otro plano, los alrededores de la estación tendrían un desarrollo urbanístico para potenciar las plazas hoteleras a pie de pista. De este modo, la estación contaría con 500 nuevas plazas hoteleras, provenientes 180 de ellas de un hotel de cinco estrellas. Junto a él, se promocionaría un total de 400 nuevas viviendas, 93 de ellas en chalets prácticamente a pie de pista. El desarrollo de estos equipamientos hoteleros y residenciales se encuentra paralizado debido a la demora en la construcción de la línea de alta tensión que abastecerá los complejos invernales de San Isidro y Fuentes de Invierno.

Unión con Fuentes de Invierno

El acercamiento de posturas entre Asturias y León ha posibilitado un principio de acuerdo para la fusión de las estaciones de esquí de San Isidro y Fuentes de Invierno. Esta fusión comenzará a dar sus pasos con la finalización de la línea eléctrica soterrada que desde la vertiente leonesa suministrará electricidad a ambas estaciones.

La fusión, que no se ha concretado en fechas, se llevará a cabo con la construcción de un remonte entre ambas estaciones, remonte que en San Isidro se encontrará en el dominio de Riopinos, en la vertiente del Curueño. El objetivo de la fusión es ofrecer una estación a la altura de las estaciones del Pirineo y que se consolide como la más importante de la cordillera Cantábrica, ya que después de la ampliación de San Isidro en 8 km, hasta los 32, la estación pasaría a contar con 40 kilómetros o 52 con el máximo desarrollo de Fuentes de Invierno.

Alrededores de la estación
La estación se encuentra rodeada por espacios naturales de gran valor medioambiental, como los valles del Alto Curueño y del Alto Porma, el cual forma parte del Parque Regional de Picos de Europa, que se corresponden con los municipios de Valdelugueros y Puebla de Lillo respectivamente.

Vertiente del Porma

El pueblo más cercano a la estación es Isoba, enmarcado en el municipio de Puebla de Lillo. La cabeza de dicho municipio, de nombre homónimo, es un pueblo de montaña de 709 habitantes (INE 2008), donde se refleja la influencia del complejo invernal, ya que el pueblo cuenta con un gran número de servicios, surgidos a raíz de la estación y destinados a satisfacer las necesidades de los usuarios de la misma. El pueblo destaca por su torre medieval, del , que ha tenido diversos usos: primero como torreón defensivo del valle, función que desempeñaría hasta que en 1913 pasó a ser la casa consistorial del municipio leonés. Actualmente es el Centro de Interpretación de la Naturaleza del Parque Regional de Picos de Europa.

Otros atractivos que ofrece la zona, alternativos a la práctica del esquí, son los lagos glaciares del Ausente y de Isoba, este último también llamado Presente. El primero de ellos se encuentra cerca de la estación y será el punto final de la primera pista de fondo con que contará la estación mientras que el segundo se encuentra en las proximidades del pueblo de Isoba, junto a la carretera LE-332.

Según reza la leyenda popular, el lago de Isoba se formó cuando un peregrino que se encaminaba hacia el Salvador intentó en vano recibir cobijo en el pueblo de Isoba, siendo recibido únicamente por el cura y la pecadora del pueblo, cuyo pecado era ser madre soltera del religioso. Viendo esta situación, el peregrino lanzó su proclama de «¡Húndase Isoba, menos la casa del cura y la de la pecadora!», ante lo cual comenzó a manar agua hasta que el pueblo quedó totalmente sepultado por las aguas del nuevo lago, exceptuando las casas del cura y de la pecadora.

El lago del Ausente también tiene su leyenda, que trata de una vieja ávara que vivía en un pueblo enclavado entre peñas. Ante su egoísmo, los habitantes de dicho pueblo lo abandonaron, dejando allí sola a la anciana. Un día, una tormenta de nieve le sorprendió y, sin que pudiese huir, el pueblo quedó sepultado. Dicen que en las noches de invierno aún se oyen los llantos de la anciana que vivirá para siempre en el fondo del lago Ausente.

En esta vertiente se encuentra también el pantano del Porma, lago artificial creado en 1968 tras inundar el valle donde se encontraba Vegamián, antigua cabecera comarcal de la zona. Es el segundo embalse de la provincia de León, tras el de Riaño. El pantano, que es un importante reclamo turístico para la zona, acoge varias competiciones náuticas. Junto a él se encuentra el Museo de la Fauna Salvaje de Valdehuesa, abierto recientemente y que tiene una amplia colección de animales disecados de todas partes del mundo.

Vertiente del Curueño

La vertiente del Curueño acoge los pueblos del municipio de Valdelugueros, que desde que en 2002 se abriese el acceso a la estación por Riopinos, ha convertido al valle en la ruta más corta desde la capital, iniciando un proceso de transformación de su economía desde la ganadería al turismo. Esto se deja ver en los cada vez más frecuentes establecimientos turísticos entre los que destacan las casas rurales, tanto por cantidad como por número de plazas ofertadas, y  la rehabilitación de los numerosos inmuebles abandonados.

El valle, debido a su peculiar aislamiento, ha sabido conservar el tradicional aspecto rural de la montaña leonesa, y sus pueblos enmarcan su atractivo con un valle como es el del río Curueño, que fluye encajonado entre las peñas y que es salvado por puentes de arco como el de Lugueros o Cerrulleda, legado romano y medieval de la calzada de Vegarada que atravesaba estos valles.

A medio camino entre la capital provincial y la estación se encuentran también las cuevas de Valporquero y las Hoces de Vegacervera.

Véase también
 Leitariegos
 El Morredero
 Fuentes de Invierno

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos
 Portal web oficial de Nieveleon - San Isidro Estación Invernal y de Montaña
 Sitio web de la estación de esquí
 Reportaje sobre San Isidro

San Isidro
Puebla de Lillo
Valdelugueros

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In this part I'm going to talk about the three main things you need to prepare yourselves for when you get to college.
As you probably know college is very different from high school and the three main differences you might not be ready for (I know I wasn't ) so, let's begin.
You may have fewer subjects in college than you did in high school but that doesn't mean the work is any easier or any less. In fact It's expected of me to do 3-4 hours work outside of lesson time for each of my three subjects and the work isn't always set by the teacher but you still need to do extra work to stay on top of things with your subjects.
I suggest that you use some time in your free periods to do work, this may seem unfair since they are called 'free' periods but it will give you more time to relax and do whatever you want to do in the evenings. Also if you are struggling with an assignment, its best to talk to your subject teacher since you can't learn what you don't understand.
Yep that's how it goes, at college you're expected to be able to take responsibility for doing your work and getting yourself to lesson, your teachers are not going to waste their time on you if you clearly aren't willing to work. So my advice is be prepared to work or be prepared to leave.
Its best to start revising for your exams at the beginning of the year, even though your proper exams may not be until May or June, mocks will be held throughout the year and these are not "just mock exams" they are tests to see how well you are doing in your subject, to see if you need any extra help. Mock exams are taken seriously at college, I remember failing one of my mock exams last year and my teacher sent a concern letter to my mum and extra support time for that subject was arranged for me (not fun).
Also over the year the work can really pile up, especially if you take more than one subject, this will mean that you're constantly busy cramming in loads of revision a month or so before the exams (believe me that is stressful as stress can get) So my advice is to start revising in September, even if it just means spending 10 minutes reading over your notes, it will help.
Anyway, I hope this information will be of some use to you, that's all from me today.


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QueryState::QueryState(Context& context, std::vector<std::string>& extensions) {
    /* Create implementation */
    #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
    if(context.isExtensionSupported<Extensions::GL::ARB::direct_state_access>()) {
        extensions.push_back(Extensions::GL::ARB::direct_state_access::string());
        createImplementation = &AbstractQuery::createImplementationDSA;

    } else
    #endif
    {
        createImplementation = &AbstractQuery::createImplementationDefault;
    }

    #ifdef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
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namespace Microsoft.Azure.Management.Network.Fluent.HasPublicIPAddress.Update
{
    using Microsoft.Azure.Management.Network.Fluent;
    using Microsoft.Azure.Management.ResourceManager.Fluent.Core.ResourceActions;

    /// <summary>
    /// The stage definition allowing to associate the resource with a public IP address.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="ReturnT">The next stage of the update.</typeparam>
    public interface IWithPublicIPAddress<ReturnT> :
        Microsoft.Azure.Management.Network.Fluent.HasPublicIPAddress.Update.IWithExistingPublicIPAddress<ReturnT>,
        Microsoft.Azure.Management.Network.Fluent.HasPublicIPAddress.Update.IWithNewPublicIPAddress<ReturnT>
    {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// The stage of the update allowing to associate the resource with a public IP address,
    /// but not allowing to create one with a DNS leaf label.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="ReturnT">The next stage of the definition.</typeparam>
    public interface IWithPublicIPAddressNoDnsLabel<ReturnT> :
        Microsoft.Azure.Management.Network.Fluent.HasPublicIPAddress.Update.IWithExistingPublicIPAddress<ReturnT>,
        Microsoft.Azure.Management.Network.Fluent.HasPublicIPAddress.Update.IWithNewPublicIPAddressNoDnsLabel<ReturnT>
    {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// The stage of the update allowing to associate the resource with a new public IP address.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="ReturnT">The next stage of the definition.</typeparam>
    public interface IWithNewPublicIPAddressNoDnsLabel<ReturnT>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new public IP address to associate with the resource.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="creatable">A creatable definition for a new public IP.</param>
        /// <return>The next stage of the definition.</return>
        ReturnT WithNewPublicIPAddress(ICreatable<Microsoft.Azure.Management.Network.Fluent.IPublicIPAddress> creatable);

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new public IP address in the same region and group as the resource and associates it with the resource.
        /// The internal name and DNS label for the public IP address will be derived from the resource's name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <return>The next stage of the definition.</return>
        ReturnT WithNewPublicIPAddress();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// The stage of the update allowing to associate the resource with a new public IP address.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="ReturnT">The next stage of the definition.</typeparam>
    public interface IWithNewPublicIPAddress<ReturnT> :
        Microsoft.Azure.Management.Network.Fluent.HasPublicIPAddress.Update.IWithNewPublicIPAddressNoDnsLabel<ReturnT>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new public IP address in the same region and group as the resource, with the specified DNS label
        /// and associates it with the resource.
        /// The internal name for the public IP address will be derived from the DNS label.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="leafDnsLabel">The leaf domain label.</param>
        /// <return>The next stage of the definition.</return>
        ReturnT WithNewPublicIPAddress(string leafDnsLabel);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// The stage of the update allowing to associate the resource with an existing public IP address.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="ReturnT">The next stage of the update.</typeparam>
    public interface IWithExistingPublicIPAddress<ReturnT>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Removes the existing reference to a public IP address.
        /// </summary>
        /// <return>The next stage of the update.</return>
        ReturnT WithoutPublicIPAddress();

        /// <summary>
        /// Associates an existing public IP address with the resource.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="publicIPAddress">An existing public IP address.</param>
        /// <return>The next stage of the update.</return>
        ReturnT WithExistingPublicIPAddress(IPublicIPAddress publicIPAddress);

        /// <summary>
        /// Associates an existing public IP address with the resource.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="resourceId">The resource ID of an existing public IP address.</param>
        /// <return>The next stage of the definition.</return>
        ReturnT WithExistingPublicIPAddress(string resourceId);
    }
}


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KETTY LESTER
While studying to be a nurse at City College in San Francisco during the mid-1950s, Revoyda Frierson joined the school's choral group. Any thoughts of permanent employment in the medical field went by the wayside; the singing voice she was born with couldn't be denied. Soon she was involved with a theatrical group at the University of California, Berkeley. Later in the decade she was hired as a singer at the trendy Purple Onion nightclub in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood and performed there regularly for over a year using the stage name Ketty Lester. In the early '60s she joined Cab Calloway for an extensive tour of South America. One unexpected turn of events followed another for this deeply moving singer from Hope, Arkansas. Oddly, her time in the music business was relatively brief. Who could have guessed that she would have a much longer career as an actress?
After her tour with Calloway, Ketty worked as a demo singer and made some recordings for the Everest record label. Ed Cobb (of The Four Preps) and Lincoln Mayorga (a pianist and arranger at Capitol Records) had recorded together as The Piltdown Men (making noise in the summer of 1960 with "Brontosaurus Stomp") and as The Link-Eddy Combo (known for the 1961 instrumental "Big Mr. C"). Lester auditioned for them and they were immediately struck by her emotional delivery of almost any type of song. They succeeded in getting her a five year contract with Los Angeles-based Era Records. In late 1961, the label released her first single, "I'm a Fool to Want You," but radio programmers preferred the flip side, "Love Letters."
Written by Victor Young and Edward Heyman, the title tune from the 1945 film Love Letters starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten received an Oscar nomination for Best Song, though the film version was strictly instrumental (Young picked up an additional nomination for the motion picture score). Crooner Dick Haymes had a minor hit with the song in the fall of that year. The song was ripe for a remake in the '60s and Lester's version fit the bill; the session was held at Armin Steiner's infamous bedroom-turned-studio above the garage at his parents' house in L.A. The setup was so cramped there was barely room for the drums, bass, organ and piano (beautifully played by Mayorga in an understated jazz-styled arrangement), while Ketty performed the vocal in Armin's bathroom! Her delivery of the lyrics pierce the heart with warmth and passion; the finished take should be required listening for anyone with plans to forge a career singing romantic ballads.
Stations in Southern California were first to play the song; it hit number one in Los Angeles in early March, then entered the top ten of the national pop and R&B charts at the end of the month. Everest Records made an attempt to capitalize on Ketty's newfound success with a single release in June of "Queen For a Day," one of the recordings she'd made for the label the previous year, but nothing came of it. Era followed the hit with George and Ira Gershwin's "But Not For Me," originally performed by Ginger Rogers in the 1930 Broadway musical Girl Crazy and by Judy Garland in the 1943 film of the same title. The song's arrangement was identical to "Love Letters," a risky move, but it had a respectable run, peaking just shy of the top 40.
Next came the midtempo "You Can't Lie to a Liar," a folkish lament from the pen of Paul Hampton. It made a brief appearance on the charts in October '62. Several weeks later, Era released her recording of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land," which charted the same week as the better-known version by The New Christy Minstrels. In 1963 she appeared in the British film Just For Fun singing "A Warm Summer Day," a song that appears to have been released only in the U.K. At about the time the film was in theaters, she found her name on the short list of nominees for a Grammy Award in the category Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female (she lost to Grammy fave Ella Fitzgerald).
In December 1963, Era Records president Herb Newman threw in the towel and sold Lester's contract to RCA Victor. During the next two years with the major label she had limited single and album releases; one song, "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid," showed up on national singles charts in the spring of '64. She put the theatrical preparation of her college days to use in the Off-Broadway revival of Cabin in the Sky and received a 1964 Theatre World Award (given for outstanding debut performances on the New York stage). Ketty kept plugging away at her music career with releases on Tower and the oddly-named "Records by Pete" label. In 1966, Elvis Presley revived "Love Letters" using a near-identical arrangement; it reached the top 20, but Lester's version still stands as the most popular and best-selling recording of the song.
With her singing career at an impasse by 1968, Ketty focused her efforts on acting, starting with Jules Dassin's feature film Uptight. There were small parts in a vast array of television series, including The F.B.I., Green Acres, That Girl and a semi-regular stint on the 1969 NBC series Julia with Diahann Carroll. More TV roles followed: The Bill Cosby Show, Here Come the Brides, Room 222 and others. An appearance in the 1972 horror film Blacula gave her a footnote in the history of 1970s "blaxploitation" cult cinema. From 1975 to 1977 she was a regular on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives, followed by her long-running role as Hester-Sue Terhune on Michael Landon's beloved NBC series Little House on the Prairie. Literally dozens of films and television appearances followed her five-year run on the show from 1978 to '83, but for many she will always be Hester-Sue; some, it seems, don't even realize she was the same person who sang that fabulous 1962 hit "Love Letters." Ketty Lester enjoyed a steady presence in show business for four decades and can boast no less than two accomplishments for which she'll forever be fondly remembered.
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Clifton, Bristol
About Bristol Zoo Gardens
Bristols Zoo Gardens on Guthrie Road are a marvellous family day out, featuring a host of flora and fauna conservation programmes that make Bristol Zoo Gardens both an educational and a fun family attraction. A ticket to Bristol Zoo Gardens opens a door into a plant collections boasting unusual and rare trees and shrubs, such as the monkey puzzle, Kashmir cypress, oblong woodsia and flax lily, as well as two national collections of Caryopteris and Hedychium. Bristol Zoo Gardens has also set up a three-year national garden performance trial for Hedychium and contains Tree Register 'Champion trees' in the Trithrinax campestris (by the entrance to Zona Brazil) and Crataegus laciniata (opposite the herbaceous border).
As for fauna, the family attraction has over 400 species, most housed under cover, meaning a grand family day out whatever the weather. A ticket to Bristol Zoo Gardens includes access to the Aquarium, Bug World, Avon Gorge & Downs, Gorilla Island, the Monkey Jungle, Reptile House, Seal & Penguin Coast, the Aviary, the Watervoles enclosure, and Zona Brazil.
Among the animals on show at the family attraction are invertebrates including black widow spiders, the giant African snail, Hercules beetle, scorpions, ants, coackroaches, leeches, the red-kneed bird-eating spider, train millipedes and the Sri Lankan tiger spider. For those with a spider phobia, Bristol Zoo Gardens runs a 'Living with spiders' course (details at the website).
On the sea front, there are clownfish, gourain, pufferfish, catfish and piranha – making for a family day out with added bite! If birds get you in a flap, then the Aviary is just the ticket, with its penguin, magpie, lovebirds, ibis, doves, numerous ducks, flamingo, kea, pheasants, pelican, partridge, hornbill and toucan.
Bristol Zoo Gardens stages feedings through the day and those for mammals include African lions and gorillas, while other members of the family at the family attraction include various types of monkey, plus aye-aye, tamarin, bettong, capybara, mongoose, lemur, langur, fruit bat, saki, otter, okapi, pygmy hippopotamus, loris, sandcat, meerkat, seal, tapir, pudu and sloth.
A ticket to the family attraction allows ticket holders to challenge animal record breakers in the Zoolympics, while Group Tours include a guided walk and talk on the History of Bristol Zoo Gardens and its role in conservation. Discovery Days for Brownies and Cub Scouts run in autumn 2008, and Trails include Conservation Quest; Hot and Cold, exploring how animals survive extreme temperatures; What's in a name?, about classifying animals; Out of Africa; Steamy Jungles; and Endangered Species.
Bristol Zoo Gardens additionally caters for Birthday parties with animal entertainment and an out-doors fun book for each guest, while Wedings, conferences and corporate events can be booked at the Grade II Clifton Pavilion on the edge of the Downs, two miles from the city centre.
The Bristol Zoo Gardens Pelican Restaurant, a covered picnic area, Shop and wheelchair-friendly paths mean that the family attraction is a family day out that everyone can savour – just the ticket!


Welcome to Foundations of Models and Languages for Data and Objects. This website has been created to provide detailed information on the various FMLDO workshops to be held at locations to be announced in their respective sections.
This international workshop series was initiated by members of the working group. Currently, the working group functions as "standing committee" for the workshop series.
Foundations of Databases (information only available in German) can be found at www.informatik.uni-giessen.de with relevant instructions and detailed information as required.
Workshops of this national series are usually organized by members of the Executive Committee. This workshop series provides a forum mainly for presenting and discussing Ph.D. work in progress in an informal atmosphere. A separate but related projects can be found at Java High Performance Computing and is well worth reviewing, as is the British Web Design and Marketing Association to gain a better understanding on how this area of the Internet and website design and application is created and promoted.
In keeping with current trends in social and academic behavior and communication, the necessary level of tolerance is observed with reference to PC Chap and the intelligent use of written, virtual and verbal sharing. There is much to cover in the workshops and it is important to keep all parties happy and community minded in order that everyone get along well.


As Alibaba prepares for its IPO and Tencent aggressively pushes its WeChat messenger all over the world, it's easy for folks in the west to forget that there's another Asian internet giant gunning for a broader global presence – Japan's Rakuten.
Founded in 1997, the Tokyo-based firm earned a name for itself domestically with Rakuten Ichiba, a marketplace that sells virtual store space for vendors looking to reach online customers. Rakuten Ichiba's success helped it gain the reputation as "Japan's Amazon," the firm quickly proved to be about more than ecommerce – it successfully branched into the banking, securities, and travel industries.
Now, the company is betting on startups with a new US$100 million fund under its Rakuten Ventures investment branch.
In an effort to understand the Rakuten Ventures and its relationship to its domestic parent company, Tech in Asia sat down with Ahn to discuss Rakuten's legacy in Japan, it's global ambitions, and why an e-commerce firm might invest in a messaging app.


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package fi.seco.saha3.web.control;

import java.util.Locale;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;

import fi.seco.saha3.model.IModelEditor;
import fi.seco.saha3.model.IModelReader;
import fi.seco.saha3.model.configuration.IConfigService;

/**
 * Controller for the main view of SAHA, where the project class hierarchy is
 * shown and the instances can be listed for each.
 *
 */
public class SahaController extends ASahaController {

	@Override
	public ModelAndView handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, IModelReader reader,
			IModelEditor editor, IConfigService config, Locale locale, ModelAndView mav) throws Exception {

		mav.setViewName("saha3/saha3");

		mav.addObject("rootClasses", reader.getClassTree(locale));

		String type = request.getParameter("type");

		if ((type != null && !type.isEmpty())) {
			int from = parseInt(request.getParameter("from"));
			if (from < 0) from = 0;

			int to = parseInt(request.getParameter("to"));
			if (to < from) to = from + 500;

			mav.addObject("result", reader.getSortedInstances(type, locale, from, to));
			mav.addObject("typeResource", reader.getResource(type, locale));

			mav.addObject("from", from);
			mav.addObject("to", to);
		}

		mav.addObject("type", type != null ? type : "");

		return mav;
	}

	private int parseInt(String s) {
		if (s == null) return -1;
		if (s.matches("\\d*")) return Integer.parseInt(s);
		return -1;
	}

}