Apparent Doxie One

The Apparent Doxie One offers an unexpected twist on computer-free scanning. Like most scanners in the category, including the Editors' Choice VuPoint Solutions Magic Wand Wi-Fi PDSWF-ST44-VP, it saves scans to memory, which in the Doxie One's case means an SD card. You can then copy the files to your computer's hard disk later. The unexpected twist is software for your PC that lets you easily move the files to cloud apps.

All this makes the Doxie One a computer-free scanner that also manages to link to the cloud, in a once-removed sort of way. That's an obvious advantage if you want to share or store scans in the cloud. Even if you don't care about the cloud capability, however, the software's other features, including saving to searchable PDF (sPDF) format, offer more than some of the competition.

The Basics
Although it's not as small or as portable as a wand scanner like the PDSWF-ST44-VP, the Doxie One is suitably small and light for a portable manual-feed scanner, at 1.7 by 10.5 by 2.2 inches (HWD) and just 14 ounces by itself or an even pound with four AAA batteries. Note that it won't work with alkaline batteries, however, and it doesn't come with either the rechargeable NiMH batteries it needs or a charger.

Key items included with the scanner are a 2GB SD card, a power adaptor, an assortment of plugs that Apparent says will let you plug into wall sockets anywhere in the world, a USB cable that you can connect to a computer to easily copy files from the memory card while it's in the scanner, and a 5 by 7 inch plastic sleeve for protecting photos or other easily damaged originals.

Missing from the list is a soft carrying case, which is a common extra with portable scanners. However, you can buy a protective hard case ($29 direct) from Apparent's Web site, as well as a set of four rechargeable batteries with a recharger ($25 direct), and an assortment of color skins to cover the Doxie One's black case ($10 direct for a pack with seven colors). The site also mentions, but doesn't sell, SD card readers for an iPad, which are available elsewhere with either a 30-pin or Lightning connector.

Setup for scanning consists of plugging the SD card into the back of the scanner, either plugging in the power adaptor or inserting four rechargeable batteries, inserting the supplied calibration sheet in the front slot, and letting the scanner go through its self-calibration step.

Scanning is just as simple. Everything gets scanned to JPG format at 300 pixels per inch (ppi) and in color, so there are no settings to change. All you do is turn on the scanner and insert whatever you want to scan in the front slot. You can move the scans to your computer later, either using the SD card or by connecting to your computer by USB cable, letting the computer recognize the card in the scanner as a drive, and then copying the files.

Software
Although Apparent doesn't include any software with the Doxie One, it offers software you can download from its Web site, a trick that ensures you wind up with the most recent version of the program. If you already have other scan-related software, you can ignore Apparent's utility if you like, but it offers some useful features that are well worth having. For my tests, I downloaded Doxie 2.3.1 for Windows and installed it on a system running Windows Vista.

Like earlier versions of the Doxie software that I've tested, version 2.3.1 is easy to use and also reasonably capable. It lets you rotate images, combine individual scanned pages into a single file with a Staple command (for saving multipage files to PDF format only), and then send the images to various locations, including folders on your own hard drive and to an assortment of cloud destinations. Choices include predefined connectors for Evernote, Dropbox, Flickr, Google Docs, Twitter, and Apparent's own Doxie Cloud, plus the option to define additional choices.

Although the scanner itself saves all files in JPG format, the software lets you save them to JPG, PNG, BMP, or PDF image formats or sPDF format, with text recognition handled by an integrated version of the Abbyy FineReader optical character recognition (OCR) engine. Unfortunately, however, there's no option for saving to editable text format, like RTF or Microsoft Word.

Results and Other Issues
The scanner and the utility worked as promised in my tests, with the Doxie One offering reasonably fast speed. I timed it with photos in the protective sleeve at 8 to 9 seconds. Add in the time it takes to put the photo in the sleeve and take it out after scanning, though, and the real time is closer to 25 seconds each. Letter-size text pages also take about 8 or 9 seconds.

Image quality for photos is acceptable for casual use. I saw an obvious loss of sharpness in my tests, but most people would consider the results suitable as snapshot quality for digital images or even for reprinting the photos. Scanning and saving to sPDF format also worked well enough, and I was able to search for and find text in the files. However, it's hard to judge how well the recognition works, since our approach to scoring for our text recognition tests requires an editable text format.

One last important note is that the Doxie One doesn't give you any way to see how good the scan is until you move the file to a computer, at which point you may no longer have the original to rescan. The same is true for most computer-free scanners. However, it's worth mention that a few models, including the Editors' Choice Visioneer Mobility, let you connect to your smartphone by Wi-Fi so you can spot a poor scan while you can still do something about it.

The Apparent Doxie One would certainly earn a higher score if it offered something similar. However, based on my tests, you should rarely wind up with the unpleasant surprise of a poor scan, which makes this more of a problem in principle than in practice. The lack of common types of application software, with no way to scan to editable text format for example, is potentially more of a concern. But if you don't need additional application programs, or already have the ones you need, that's not an issue either. And if you want an easy way to move scanned images to the cloud, the Apparent Doxie One may well be the portable scanner you want.

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Syrians struggle with shortages as economy buckles

FILE - In this Saturday, March 3, 2012 file photo, Men try to get gasoline at a gas station in downtown Idlib, north Syria. Syrians face extended blackouts amid severe fuel shortages in the middle of winter and now spend hours in line every day for a few loaves of bread or gasoline at soaring prices, highlighting the mounting difficulty President Bashar Assad faces in providing basic services to his people. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

FILE - In this Saturday, March 3, 2012 file photo, Men try to get gasoline at a gas station in downtown Idlib, north Syria. Syrians face extended blackouts amid severe fuel shortages in the middle of winter and now spend hours in line every day for a few loaves of bread or gasoline at soaring prices, highlighting the mounting difficulty President Bashar Assad faces in providing basic services to his people. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 file photo, a Syrian man walks behind two containers full of diesel, left, and gasoline, right, for sale on the side of a street in the Syrian village of Atmeh, near the Turkish border with Syria. Syrians face extended blackouts amid severe fuel shortages in the middle of winter and now spend hours in line every day for a few loaves of bread or gasoline at soaring prices, highlighting the mounting difficulty President Bashar Assad faces in providing basic services to his people. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, file photo, people gather by the window of a makeshift post where Free Syrian Army fighters sell bread, in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria. Syrians face extended blackouts amid severe fuel shortages in the middle of winter and now spend hours in line every day for a few loaves of bread or gasoline at soaring prices, highlighting the mounting difficulty President Bashar Assad faces in providing basic services to his people. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, file photo, Syrian women wait outside a bakery shop to buy bread in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria. As the civil war drags on, Syria's economy is buckling under the strain of severe shortages and Syrians now spend hours in line every day for a few loaves of bread and petrol at soaring prices. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013 file photo, Men make bread at a bakery in the old city of Aleppo, Syria. Syrians face extended blackouts amid severe fuel shortages in the middle of winter and now spend hours in line every day for a few loaves of bread or gasoline at soaring prices, highlighting the mounting difficulty President Bashar Assad faces in providing basic services to his people. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki, File)

BEIRUT (AP) ? Grappling with severe fuel shortages and winter temperatures that drop below freezing, Syrians are spending hours in line every day for gasoline or a few loaves of bread at soaring prices as President Bashar Assad's regime faces mounting difficulties in providing basic services to its people.

Syria's economy is buckling under the twin strains of violence and sanctions that have sapped the government's finances, devastated the nation's cities and left its industry and infrastructure in ruins. A power outage on Monday plunged Damascus and large swathes of the country's south into darkness, providing a stark reminder of how serious the regime's challenges are to keep the economy moving ? and its people fed and warm.

With the fighting settling into a bloody stalemate that looks likely to grind on for months, if not longer, the government's inability to provide basic services is likely to fuel frustration and anger with Assad, even from supporters who are deeply distrustful of the rebels fighting to topple him.

Monday's electricity blackout, which affected upscale areas in the heart of Damascus where rationing is normally less severe, was the latest in a series of infrastructural failures that the regime has blamed on the rebels. Late last year, the Internet and most telephone lines were cut for days as the regime and rebels traded blame. And over the year, the country's oil and gas pipelines, power stations and water pipes have all been attacked.

While Damascus's 2.5 million residents have grown used to frequent power cuts, this week's outage was the first to darken the entire capital since the conflict began in March 2011.

The winter months have brought misery and suffering to new levels, as the scarcity of food and fuel have meant people queuing for hours in cold weather for the most basic essentials, and others freezing inside their homes. In the countryside, people have resorted to chopping down trees and burning furniture to make fires to keep warm.

On a recent day in the poor Damascus neighborhood of Rukneddine, more than a 100 people stood outside al-Ameed bakery waiting to get 1.35 kilograms (3 pounds) of subsidized bread for 15 pounds (16 cents). Nowadays, Syrians can choose between subsidized bread or standard bread known as "touristic," which is abundant but four times more expensive than the subsidized.

With the economy in tatters and work hard to come by as the war grinds on, many families don't have the deep pockets for anything other than the cheapest option. One woman said she waited for four hours to get a pack of subsidized bread.

"I can't afford to pay more than that. My children need every penny," she said, requesting anonymity for fear of reprisals. Wearing a Muslim scarf around her head, the woman said she recently starting working as a cleaning lady to help raise her kids after her husband was killed by a shell last year.

The economic crisis has meant many children are dropping out of school to help their family make ends meet.

Yaman, a 12-year-old boy, quit school after his father was killed and his mother wounded when their home in the Damascus suburb of Douma was hit by a shell. He now makes a living standing in line to get bread, then selling the flat, round loaves to people who don't want to queue.

"Those who don't want to pay the high prices can go and stand in line," said Yaman, dressed in blue jeans, a shirt and flip flops on a cold January day as he held five packs of bread.

"I am not greedy," Yaman said, adding that he was now the only working member in the family. "I only do this for my family."

The government has fixed gasoline prices at about 75 cents per liter, but shortages mean residents must wait up to six hours in lines to fill up.

"There is almost no diesel in the city," said a taxi driver named Wael, who gave only his first name for security reasons.

He gets to the gas station around 6 a.m. and often waits until noon to fill up. Even then, the gas is rationed by the government to no more than 20 liters (5.2 gallons) per person ? meaning he'll have to return the following morning around dawn to wait in line again.

"I hate my job," he said. "I've been trying to find a new one but I can't. How am I supposed to feed my kids?"

Cooking gas, too, has become a precious commodity, and people must wait more than two weeks to replace an empty bottle at the government rate of about $7 or pay as much as four times that on the black market.

"The situation is catastrophic in most of Syria," said Dubai-based Syrian economist Samir Seifan. "The economy is paralyzed. Whole sectors are paralyzed, especially the industrial sector."

Despite the ravaged economy, most analysts say the regime can survive for at least another year at current levels of spending, and perhaps even longer.

Seifan said one reason is the assistance that the regime reportedly is getting from its main regional ally, Iran, which has allegedly provided billions of dollars since the crisis began in March 2011.

"If this assistance stops, there will be an economic collapse," Seifan said.

U.S. and European Union bans on oil imports, which went into effect last year, are estimated to be costing Syria about $400 million a month.

Before the uprising, the oil sector was a pillar of Syria's economy, with exports ? mostly to Europe ? bringing in $7 million to $8 million per day.

This income was a key to maintaining the $17 billion in foreign currency reserves that the government had accumulated from a brief oil boom in the 1990s and maintained until last year. The government has not said what currency reserves it has left, but the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit estimates it to be a little more than $4.5 billion.

Earlier this month, the London-based Business Monitor International said it has revised the 2012 and 2013 real GDP growth forecasts in Syria and projects a contraction of 7.8 percent in 2012 and 3.4 percent in 2013, compared to its previous forecasts of a contraction of 7.1 percent and 2.6 percent 2012 and 2013, respectively.

The U.S. dollar today costs about 95 pounds at the black market compared with 47 pounds to the dollar when the crisis began. The government price is about 79 pounds.

For most of the residents of Damascus, which has yet to see the daily gun battles and shelling of other Syrian cities, the power cuts and fuel shortages are the most frequent reminder of the war that has engulfed much of the rest of their country.

Still, the situation in government-controlled areas is much better than in territories held by rebels.

The situation is markedly worse in the suburbs ringing the capital, some of which are controlled by the opposition and are frequent sites of clashes between rebels and regime troops as well as frequent targets of government airstrikes. Some of these areas have had no electricity for months and have only black-market gas driven in from elsewhere.

But whether in Aleppo or Damascus or the capital's suburbs, Syrians are weary of the strain of a conflict that has killed more than 60,000 people.

"Until when will this go on?" said Saeed, a taxi driver from Damascus. "Death is more merciful than living like this."

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A journalist contributed reporting from Damascus, Syria.

Associated Press

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Seniors in Our Midst - Teton Family Magazine

The Tetons are an incredible place to live out your youth, and they are a wonderful place to grow old. While our elders may not be the most visible or vocal members of our community, they have provided a backbone of support for decades. Families may scatter for much of their members? lives, but they are often drawn together later by choice and/or necessity. As neighbors and family members age, they remain vitally important, and should always be included in our thoughts and activities.

The eldest generation gathered here for several reasons. Some are pioneers or their first-generation descendants, who were born and remained here to witness the transformation of the rugged, rural land. Another large segment of the demographic ventured to the region decades ago as young adults and stayed to build careers, homes, and families. There are also newer, younger residents who have brought their parents or grandparents here from other places to live out their days in this vibrant and beautiful environment.

In Teton County, Wyoming, 9.9 percent of the population, or approximately 2,100 people, are older than sixty-five. According to Ruby Parsons?a founding board member of the Seniors West of the Tetons Senior Center in Driggs?Teton County, Idaho, is home to about five hundred citizens over sixty years old. Available resources for elders have grown as their numbers have increased; opportunities for seniors to get out of their homes and retain vital social relationships abound through local hospitals, church groups, and care agencies. For those more frail and homebound, the network of caregivers, homecare, and hospice services grows ever larger to assist both the elderly and their families.

The Senior Center of Jackson Hole, located at 830 East Hanson, has provided services to 1,315 people so far this year; they served nineteen thousand senior meals in 2011, including three routes of home-delivered meals. The center provides educational and fun activities ranging from fitness classes like yoga, Qigong, and Zumba to Spanish classes, Bible study, pinochle, bridge, cribbage, and bingo. Health-related sessions include blood pressure checks, Medicare assistance, and foot clinics with a podiatrist.

The center hosts two separate caregiver-support groups each month facilitated by professional counselors. They have an equipment closet stocked with walkers, wheelchairs, crutches, shower chairs, and benches to loan. The center mails out more than nine hundred newsletters each month, and a bus is available for pick up and delivery to the center, with assistance available from door to door. For a small fee, the bus is available for shopping and other errands.

Across the street from the Senior Center is Pioneer Homestead Apartments. The three buildings here include seventy-eight units for people sixty-two or older and of limited income, or the disabled of any age. Residents live independently, and the facility honors the federal Grandparents Raising Children program, which means family members may not be denied residence. Companion pets?cats and small dogs?as well as working dogs for the disabled are allowed. About half of the residents have animals. Some additional benefits include laundry facilities on every floor, and a library with books, games, and puzzles. About 60 percent of those living here have moved in from out of the area to be with their children and families, and the waiting list for the apartments remains at about twenty names. Many residents stay for as long as fifteen years.

?These people have much to give,? says Deborah Barnes, property manager at Pioneer Homestead Apartments. ?They are deep wells and [too often] no one draws from them. Our job is making a difference in folks? lives. I think more people need to volunteer to visit with elders. It helps turn people?s heads around.?

Barnes speaks from experience. Most of her career was spent as a child psychologist. And when her nephew was rebellious, having difficulties with relationships and school, her sister had him volunteer to help the elderly in their community. Barnes saw firsthand her nephew?s dramatic transformation to becoming more adaptive and tolerant.

River Rock Assisted Living Facility south of Jackson is another, more opulent option for independent living. The beautiful facility, run by the Oxford Group of Kansas, offers full meal service, housekeeping and maintenance, scheduled transportation, paid utilities, an emergency call system, and group activities. Trained staff, including medical professionals, is available for monitoring and assistance with medications, medical appointments, and personal care such as bathing and dressing.
St. John?s Living Center is a long-term care, skilled-nursing facility connected to the hospital in Jackson. However fragile it may sometimes be, life abounds here. In the Eden Alternative facility a large aviary of colorful finches greets visitors. Three cats reside among the residents. The sixty-bed facility is truly a community within a community, with an average of 10 percent of residents there for rehabilitation and short-term respite care.

?It?s a pretty dynamic place with lots of coming and going,? says administrator Pat Weber. ?We keep moving toward our goal of being resident-centered. Relationships are based on two-way communication. There are three registered nurses and eight certified nursing assistants every day. The staff truly cares.?

Activities include popcorn parties, Sunday services, and a music teacher with guitar that entertains and interacts with residents and their families. Residents find joy in visits with the children from St. John?s Medical Center on-site daycare who come every Monday. The kids grow comfortable around seniors and don?t fear wheelchairs or wrinkled faces. Residents are invited to employee picnics and Karen Connelly, Director of Marketing for St. John?s, was surprised when her young daughter said, ?Oh, there is my friend, I have to go say hello,? and walked right over to greet a frail woman in a wheelchair.
On staff at the Living Center is a social worker that addresses such issues as medications management, safety, nutrition, and preventive health care. Public Health Nursing provides annual flu shots and visits with an audiologist. It is important to acknowledge grieving for the loss of pets, friends, driving ability, and mental and physical capacities in general, and there is guidance for those dealing with the changing roles of parents and their children.

On the Idaho side of Teton Pass, the Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership sponsors the Area VI Agency on Aging, which offers resources for seniors including adult protection and caregiver support; various health, financial, and legal services; participation in the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program; and in-home services to ensure seniors are able to stay in their homes. District VII Public Health Nursing?s services range from legal aid and low-income energy assistance to home care and advocacy programs. Avalon Home Health and Hospice provides health care to seniors in Teton Valley who are unable to leave their home. A nurse can do an initial assessment and help with insurance coverage (100 percent covered by Medicare, others vary) and local caregivers with reliable transportation are assigned to clients. And Teton Valley Health Care provides care and screenings, including services for those in need of financial assistance, through the hospital and clinic in Driggs as well as a smaller clinic in Victor.

After going years without, Teton Valley welcomes the Teton Peaks Assisted Living facility set to open January 2013. The sixteen-bed facility located just north of Driggs offers independent living with twenty-four-hour nurse oversight for folks ready to turn over the keys to their own home. They provide meals, medication reminders, and shower assistance, and have partnered with Avalon Home Health and Hospice for medical caregivers.

Seniors West of the Tetons Senior Center serves lunch to anywhere from thirty to sixty on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday each week (but it?s closed for holidays). They feature Pie Day and Bingo on Tuesdays. The center has a Fit & Fall-Proof exercise session led by a therapist on Mondays and Thursdays at 9:00 am. Sponsored by Eagle Orthopedics and Sports Physical Therapy, this multi-level class is free and open to the public. Blood pressure checks are available on Mondays. Each month the center hosts a speaker presentation called Women of Teton Valley; an additional gathering honors one local citizen each month.
One final regional resource of stellar quality is the Institute for Cognitive Health at St. John?s Medical Center. An affiliate of the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer?s Care, Imaging, and Research, the Institute provides screenings and neuropsychological assessment and directs a continuum of care for those with memory impairment. It offers educational seminars on healthy aging, and maintains a lending library. Three support groups that meet monthly offer guidance for those dealing with the isolation involved in caring for loved ones suffering from mental decline. Each October the institute takes part in National Memory Screening Day.

Every November the Institute for Cognitive Health teams up with the Senior Center of Jackson Hole to host the Brain Game Challenge sponsored by the Alzheimer?s Foundation of America. For this event, the Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation Department and local high school Honor Society students work together to create diverse activities, including a Language Learning Lab in four languages, a Zumba movement class, and lots of puzzles and games. It?s a time for people of all ages to come together, and there is plenty of food and fun for everyone.

There is a sweetness to be shared hanging out with old folks. It is amazing the unexpected things one might learn, or the glimpses of the past one might see, provided by someone who was there. My grandmother, who was born in 1891 and grew up ?back East,? once shared a bit of personal history while she was looking at pictures in a bird book with some visiting children: ?I remember the first time I ever saw a ring-necked pheasant.?
?Really?? the children asked. ?Haven?t they always been here??

?No, they were imported from Korea about the turn of the twentieth century. My dad was sitting with us kids on the porch. Our mother was dying of cancer,? she continued. ?A beautiful pheasant walked out of the cornfield into the yard. Father told us to sit perfectly still while he went inside to carry Mother out to see that marvelous bird.?
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RESOURCES FOR SENIORS IN THE TETONS
Teton County, Idaho
Area VI Agency on Aging/Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership ? eicap.org/opsl/seniors ? 208.522.5391
Avalon Home Health and Hospice ? avalonhh.com ? 208.419.0896
District VII Public Health Nursing ? Sally Coburn ? 208.354.2334
Idaho Commission on Aging ? aging.idaho.gov ? 800.926.2588
Seniors West of the Tetons Senior Center ? City Center Building, Driggs ? 208.354.6973
Teton Peaks Assisted Living ? 208.201.6284 or 208.403.5751
Teton Valley Health Care ? tvhcare.org ? 208.354.2383

Teton County, Wyoming
Institute for Cognitive Health ? tetonhospital.org/cognitive ? 307.739.7434
Pioneer Homestead Apartments ? 307.733.9787
River Rock Assisted Living Facility ? riverrockalf.com ? 307.734.0500
Senior Center of Jackson Hole ? seniorcenterjh.org ? 307.733.7300
St. John?s Living Center ? tetonhospital.org/livingcenter ? 307.739.7450
Wyoming Aging and Disability Resource Center ? swwrap.com ? 877.435.7851
Wyoming Department of Health?s Aging Division ? health.wyo.gov/aging ? 800.442.2766

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Will.i.am, Legend take part in young voters event

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Will.i.am says though he's an active supporter of President Barack Obama, don't expect the Black Eyed Peas leader to become a politician.

"Nope. I like it from this angle," he said in an interview Saturday night.

Will.i.am attended an event for OurTime.org, a non-profit organization that encourages young people to vote. Several hundred people packed the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, where John Legend, Common and T-Pain performed.

The event was just one of will.i.am's inaugural appearances: He's attending the Candle Light Inaugural Ball and Green Inaugural Ball on Sunday and will be a guest at Obama's public swearing in ceremony Monday and at the Inaugural Ball later that day.

He said it "feels good" to lend his hand to the Obama campaign and that he wants to see young voters do more.

"This is important for the youth to realize how powerful they are and to stay active and stay informed, and go out when it's time to vote. And not just for a presidential candidate, but for local government, too," he said.

Common kicked off the live performances with songs like "The People" and "Testify." He even danced and kissed a fan onstage ? and on the lips ? while Beyonce's "Party" blasted in the background.

"Just be whoever you are no matter what they say," Common said to the crowd.

The rapper also hit the stage with John Legend, who played piano as Common performed "The Light." Legend slowed the night's upbeat mood, crooning on songs like "Green Light," ''Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" and "Ordinary People."

Newly crowned Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan, actress Sophie Bush and Arianna Huffington also attended.

Rapper-singer T-Pain closed the night, performing hits like "Bartender" ''5 o'clock," ''Good Life" and "Blame It."

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Report: Manti Te'o admits to 'catered' accounts in girlfriend hoax

Notre Dame's Manti Te'o finally answered questions Friday night about the Lennay Kekua girlfriend hoax, saying in an exclusive interview with ESPN that he wasn't part of it ? although he "tailored" his accounts of meeting the woman ? and that the alleged mastermind of the hoax apologized to him.

The Fighting Irish linebacker and Heisman Trophy finalist at the center of a fake girlfriend controversy that has captivated the sports world for three days spoke to the network's Jeremy Schaap. Te'o gave the interview with a lawyer seated next to him in a conference room at the IMG Training Academy in Bradenton, Fla., where he is preparing for the NFL draft. There were no TV cameras at the 2?-hour interview, which was recorded.

Manti Te'o denies being in on the girlfriend hoax. (AP) Although Te'o came to Notre Dame officials about the hoax in late December, he said a group of people connected to the perpetrators of the hoax showed up at the team hotel in the days leading up to the BCS championship game in Miami. ESPN initially reported during its broadcast that the incident didn't affect Te'o's performance in the championship game, which the Irish lost 42-14. A version of the report on ESPN.com, however, said Te'o told Schaap his play was impacted by the group showing up at the hotel. Those details were later removed from the story. Schaap told Y! Sports on Saturday morning that the discrepancy was caused by a typo made during the transcription of his interview with Te'o.

Before that encounter, Te'o said he got a call from someone claiming to be Kekua on Dec. 6, even though that was more than two months after her supposed death.

"I just got mad," Te'o said. "I went on a rampage ? the Lennay I knew died on September 12."

Te'o denied using the hoax to bolster his Heisman candidacy.

"Well, when they hear the facts, they'll know," Te'o told ESPN. "They'll know that there is no way that I could be part of this."

Te'o said the relationship with the fake girlfriend began on Facebook. He admitted to lying to his father about having met Kekua, prompting his father to tell reporters that the two had met. Several media stories indicated that he and Kekua had met. Te'o insisted they never did.

[Related: Pictures of Te'o's fake girlfriend were of real woman]

Schaap reported there were "occasional contacts" over the following year, and Te'o said he contacted people who said they knew Kekua.

The relationship escalated after Notre Dame's game against Purdue in 2011. It got even more "intense," according to Schaap, on April 25 of last year when Te'o learned Kekua had been involved in a truck crash.

From April until September, Schaap reported, Te'o and Kekua were "inseparable" by phone. It did occur to Te'o that it was strange that they had never met. "I even thought it was crazy that I was with somebody I didn't meet," Schaap reported Te'o as saying.

Te'o admitted lying to his father, Brian, about the relationship, and confessed to embellishing details of their romance.

One of the most pressing questions over the last few days was why Te'o didn't visit the supposedly ailing Kekua in the hospital. Schaap posed that to Te'o, who said, "It never really crossed my mind. I don't know. I was in school."

Schaap said the interview was conducted without cameras because Te'o wanted the discussion to be in a "more intimate setting" and the lack of lights and cameras "probably made him more comfortable."

[Dr. Saturday: Too many questions left unanswered after Manti Te'o's interview]

Te'o told Schaap he still wasn't completely sure Kekua was fake until Wednesday, when Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the reported mastermind behind the hoax, called him to confess and apologize.

Manti Te'o opened up to ESPN in an exclusive interview Friday. (AP/ESPN Images)"This person, whoever it was, made an emotional connection that drew him in," Schaap said.

Te'o met Tuiasosopo for the first and only time when Notre Dame played USC in 2012. He thought he was meeting one of Kekua's sisters, but Tuiasosopo showed up with a child who Te'o thought was Kekua's niece.

Te'o told Schaap he tried to speak with Kekua via Skype and FaceTime on numerous occasions, but the person at the other end of the line was in what he called a "black box."

Schaap said Te'o showed him documentation of online exchanges between himself and Kekua, and called Te'o "very convincing." However, he also said Te'o was "utterly confused" by the ordeal.

Te'o did take issue with one part of the Deadspin.com story that revealed the hoax, a point that alleged a source was "80 percent sure" Te'o was involved in the hoax. Te'o strongly denied this, saying he "never" was part of the ruse.

Te'o said he "catered" his stories so people would think he "met her before she passed away."

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"I knew that ? I even knew that it was crazy that I was with somebody that I didn't meet," he said. "And that alone people find out that this girl who died I was so invested in, and I didn't meet her as well."

Te'o was asked what he thought should happen to Tuiasosopo.

"I hope he learns," Te'o said. "I hope he understands what he's done. I don't wish an ill thing to somebody. I just hope he learns. I think embarrassment is big enough."

He added: "Two guys and a girl are responsible for the whole thing." Asked who they are, he said: "I don't know. According to Ronaiah, Ronaiah's one."

Te'o also shed light on the events of Sept. 12, the day his grandmother died.

"[Me and Lennay] got in an argument. She was saying, you know, I'm trying to be here for you. I didn't want to be bothered. I wanted to be left alone. I just wanted to be by myself.

"Last thing she told me was 'Just know I love you.' "

Later that day, Te'o was informed Kekua had died.Manti Te'o says the hoax influenced his play in the BCS title game against Alabama. (USA Today Sports)

On Wednesday, Deadspin broke the story that Te'o's girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, did not exist. That story set off a national wave of questions, as Kekua's supposed death from leukemia had been a major storyline in Te'o's Heisman campaign and Notre Dame's run to the BCS championship game.

Te'o released a statement Wednesday evening, saying he was the victim of a hoax. Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick followed that with a news conference, announcing Te'o had come to school representatives in late December with the suspicion that someone pretending to be Kekua had duped him.

Swarbrick deferred to Te'o to answer specifics about the relationship, and reporters gathered at the IMG Academy. Thursday came and went without any word from Te'o as speculation grew about when he would break his silence. Then, Friday evening after 10 p.m. ET, an ESPN PR representative tweeted that Schaap was speaking with Te'o without cameras recording the interview.

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Latinos take on bigger role in Obama inauguration

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Latinos are taking a more prominent role in President Barack Obama's second inauguration, from the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice swearing in the vice president to a star-studded celebration of Latino culture.

Eva Longoria, a co-chairwoman for Obama's campaign, is hosting a salute to the president Sunday evening. Antonio Banderas, Rosario Dawson, Marc Anthony and other entertainers are scheduled to appear in "Latino Inaugural 2013: In Performance at the Kennedy Center." The lineup also includes Prince Royce, Frankie Negron, Rita Moreno and Mario Lopez.

Vice President Joe Biden and his family appeared onstage to help open the concert. He said he wanted to thank Latinos for their support in last year's election.

Biden said something profound happened with the enormous Latino support for Obama, and he said the Latino community underestimates its power.

"You spoke in a way that the world ... could not fail to hear," Biden said. "This is your moment. America owes you."

Jose Feliciano opened the show by singing the national anthem.

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who gave the keynote speech at last year's Democratic National Convention, will also address the audience.

Meanwhile, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, an Obama appointee who is the first Hispanic justice on the highest court, administered the oath of office Sunday morning to Vice President Joe Biden.

Latinos have a distinct presence at this inauguration after showing their growing political influence in the 2012 election. Hispanics voted 7 to 1 for Obama over his challenger, Republican Mitt Romney, whose Hispanic support was less than any presidential candidate in 16 years. Analysts said Romney's hardline stance on immigration was a factor.

San Antonio philanthropist and business leader Henry Munoz III, who is coordinating the Latino inauguration event with Longoria and other Obama supporters, said this is a special moment when the Latino community is positioned to take an expanded role in shaping the country's future.

"Without question, the presidential election of 2012 proves that Latinos are perhaps the most important influence from this point forward in the election of the president of the United States," Munoz said. "It's important that the leadership in Washington view us not as a narrow interest group but as a vibrant political force" that carries not just votes, but influence and financial resources.

Organizers planned a series of symposiums, dinners and events ahead of the inauguration to keep people talking about issues that matter to Latinos, from immigration reform to building a Latino history museum on the National Mall. Munoz led a presidential commission that called on Congress in 2011 to authorize such a museum within the Smithsonian Institution, but Congress has not yet passed such a bill.

Munoz said it's important to keep Latinos engaged in the nation's capital to push for their policy priorities through the inauguration and beyond.

"Our work is not done. It doesn't end," he said. "We have a tendency to look at this phenomenon as ending on Election Day, when the reality is now it's time to get to work."

Longoria said this is her first inauguration. She has taken on a new role as political advocate since her days on "Desperate Housewives," helping to push for a Latino museum and co-chairing Obama's re-election campaign.

Even though this is Obama's second inauguration, Longoria said there is still much to celebrate, including Sotomayor's role swearing in the vice president.

"I think there's something beautiful to a recommitment to the people of this great nation," Longoria told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.

Longoria said she hopes to help influence policies, including immigration reform, and that Obama will make that his top priority as an economic issue.

"I'm trying to do my part as a citizen and my part as a Hispanic and as a woman and as an American," she said. "I think everybody should be civically engaged in a level that would affect policy. That's the point; that's how our government is set up."

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