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Simon Cowell has described new X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos as a "lippy brat".
The former reality show judge handpicked the N-Dubz singer as a replacement for Cheryl Cole because he finds her "bolshy" and entertaining.
According to reports in the Sunday Mirror, Cowell said:
"[Tulisa is] a lippy brat. I like that. She's bolshy. She's got a good ear."
Cowell also puts his opinions across about the other new judges, Gary Barlow and Kelly Rowland:
"Gary's like a producer and he knows how
to spot a star. He'll want to come in on his first year and win.
"Kelly, she's like an athlete and it's this American professionalism - she's always, always on it."
An X Factor insider also put an end to rumours that Cheryl was to return to the live shows, telling the tabloid that Cowell would never allow her to return:
"Simon thinks all the judges have done an absolutely amazing job this year.
"Cheryl became the nation's sweetheart... but the past few weeks have proved there is a lot of talent just as capable. Now Simon has decided it would be a backward step to reinstate her.
"He gets annoyed if anyone suggests Kelly Rowland or Tulisa may have to make way for her to return. That is categorically not going to happen."
This series of the X Factor currently airs on both Saturday and Sunday evenings on ITV1.
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According to this article, Web 2.0 consists of web applications that help in information sharing and collaboration. Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, hosted services, and web applications.
Some of the really good examples of Web 2.0 are tools offered by Google; tools that are very useful to the individual, organizations and Internet community.
What are these tools? How can you use them effectively? How can you improve your productivity with these tools? What can you learn from and about these tools? How can these tools be effective in organizations? These are some of the questions that this project is designed to answer.
This project is based on student-centered learning where each student or student group is assigned a Web 2.0 tool to master and then required to train fellow students in that tool. This is a "learning by doing" project.
There is a second part to this project which reinforces this one. After this first part is completed, students will use all of the tools in real life in their work as students and will demonstrate how these tools have been used.
|Understand all components of Web 2.0 tools. What they are, what can you do with them and how they can be used to improve your daily productivity.
|Learn and use Web 2.0 tools like an expert. These tools are effective in many disciplines such as Marketing, Research, Retail and also for group collaboration. In fact, understanding and using these tools will enhance your job skills.
|Learn how to create a training plan. This will help in understanding courses such as project management where tasks, sub-tasks, timeline and project resources need to be identified.
|Learn how to train rather than present. This is a valuable skill in organizations and one that can be added to a CV.
|Enhance project management skills. The ability to create a plan, follow that plan and deliver on time is an extremely valuable skill for organizations as it keeps costs under control.
Instructions - After the first class
|Download Google Chrome and make it your default browser. If you don't like Chrome, you are free to uninstall it after the project is finished. Make sure to download it from the link (or download the English language version)
|Create a Google Account. If you have a gmail account, you can use that as your account. You MUST have a Google account for this project and be able to login.
|Create a Dropbox account. Use your Google Account details (email address, etc)
|Create an account at prezi.com. Select the "free" option.
|Start researching your topic and understand it like an EXPERT. If you need ideas, type in "cool things to do with [your topic]" or similar as a Google Search. This will give you a start on what you need to do.
|Start using your assigned tool using what you have learned from #5. Don't worry about making mistakes. The more you use your tool, the better you will understand it.
Instructions - During the Independent Learning periods
|If your topic is a group topic, meet with your group immediately and regularly to discuss what you need to do.
|Research your topic and understand it like an EXPERT. If you need ideas, type in "cool things to do with [your topic]" or similar as a Google Search. This will give you a start on what you need to do.
|Start writing a training plan immediately including hands-on training guidelines or materials (if any). The training plan should have a detailed list of activities and approximate time for each activity. This will help you plan better.
|Discuss your training plan and training guideline with your instructor as often as you need to.
|You MUST discuss your complete or near-complete training plan with your instructor at least once to show that you have been working on your topic.
|Prepare your training session. Remember, a training session is "hands-on" which means your trainees are actively participating. You may have to create training materials or Powerpoint slides but this is OPTIONAL. Your training needs to be INTERESTING and CREATIVE to get good grades!!
|Your instructor will send you a training schedule with the dates and times. Please check this and discuss if you need changes such as time, date or length of the session.
|If you need your trainees to be prepared for your session or to create accounts for your product before you actually train, you will have to send them emails with instructions or materials. These should be sent well before your actual training session. If you do setup type activites during your training session, it will cause you to perhaps waste time, exceed your time limit and/or do a less-than-useful training session.
|Submit your training plan. Your instructor will let you know the date. See this section on the assessment for this item.
Guidelines for Trainers
For all trainers and training sessions:
|Deliver your training. Total time of the session is between 20 - 25 minutes excluding set up time, breaks, and pauses unless approved by your instructor. A 5% penalty will be applied for all trainings that go overtime without approval.
|* You must do the training session on your scheduled date and time. If you cannot do your session on the date and time you have agreed to, it is up to you to rearrange session timings with your fellow trainers during one of the scheduled training days. Failure to do this will cause you to lose marks.
|On the day of your training, please have a printed copy of your training plan available to hand to me before your training session.
|After your training session, you will receive a 360° performance evaluation and your training plan will be used as part of this process.
|If you are training as a team (more than 1 trainer), make sure that everyone speaks for approximately the same time. This makes sure that everyone is participating equally for this project.
Guidelines for Trainees
|Part of your overall grade for this project depends on your presence in class during the sessions. If you are absent for ANY reason it will affect your overall grade for this project.
|Bring a working laptop to class as all sessions require a laptop. Otherwise, you will be considered absent for those sessions.
Suggested Training Plan Format
The thing to remember with the training plan is to keep it simple yet detailed so you and I will know the approximate length of time for your training session. Here is a suggested format:
|Item #
|Detail of Activity
|What is the activity?
|Give full details of the activity with screenshots. The activity detail should also answer the "why" of why you are doing this activity
|The time that this activity will take (e.g. 45 seconds or 1.5 minutes, etc)
Total Training time
|Add all the time for all your activites and enter the total time in MINUTES (e.g. 15 or 16.5; etc)
Copy and paste this table in MS Word and create your plan.
Time Frame
Please check the Semester Calendar for dates and deadlines but here is a rough outline of what you need to do with your time:
|Calendar Week
|Topics are assigned and your research starts. You may have an informal meeting with your intructor to share your ideas on the training content. By the end of the week, you have an excellent idea about your topic. You have also started to write down some activities in your training plan.
|By the end of this week, you will have finalized and prepared your hands-on activities and any other materials and be ready to deliver your training. You will hand in your completed training plan and any materials you have developed.
|Training starts, wrap-up, and reflection
|Training plan of what each person/group will cover during the training including materials for hands on activities.
|Upload softcopy
|Powerpoint presentation of lesson if needed. Since this is a training session, a Powerpoint is generally not needed.
|Upload softcopy
|Training plan printed and handed to me
|Hardcopy in class
|Training session
|Presence during training sessions
The main resources for this project will come from Google.com. Other secondary resources are your instructor and the internet. In addition, please read the following required articles on Web 2.0 terms and technology:
|Background on the Web 2.0 Project
|Textbook, p. 300-304
|On Google
|Textbook, p. 184-186; 317-319
|On Blogs
|Textbook, p. 420-422
|Article on Web 2.0
|Tracking the business benefits of Web 2.0. Please register for free on the site
|McKinsey Article
|Interactive Survey on Web 2.0
|McKinsey Survey
Assessments and deductions
This training sessions will be assessed in the following manner:
|Training Assessment Criteria
|Training has all of the required elements – training was fun, interesting and creative with excellent activities and kept the attention of every student. Students learned from training. Individual trainers were superbly well prepared and knew their material. It should look like you spent a great deal of time in preparing/delivering your training. There were no equipment problems or malfunctions and the training was perfect and met and exceeded expectations. This is a "wow" training session. No absences during other training sessions.
|Training has all of the required elements but training is weak. Activities are not interesting, somewhat interesting or not very well thought out. Trainers can demonstrate expertise in their subject matter but not beyond expectations. Trainings that do not meet the time criteria for speaking time will only be eligible for a "B" as the highest grade! Trainings that go over the allotted time without prior discussion with your instructor will fall in this category.
|Training is structured more like a presentation. Training lacks a few of the required elements but it looks like some effort has been made. Trainers are not well-prepared and cannot demonstrate expertise. Any training session that is 18 minutes or less. Major equipment malfunction.
|Training lacks a few of the required elements and it looks like little effort has been made. Trainers are not well-prepared and do not show expertise. Training plan is not complete. Major equipment malfunction that takes up a large percentage of training time.
|Training does not meet criteria or student was absent. Training plan also does not meet criteria and/or was not submitted.
Absences or late entries to the training will be assessed in the same percentages as the attendeance policy percentages. The percentages below refer to the 20% overall project grade in case of any absence from any of the training sessions.
|Absence Criteria
|0% - absences
|0.9 % - 2.9% absences
|3.0%-3.9% absences
|4.0%-4.9% absences
|5.0% -9.9% absences
|10% and over absences
Web 2.0 Tools
This is an approximate list and topics within your subject. That means that I've given you some (but not ALL) of the things you could use in your training. It's up to you to work on your assigned subject to find out more things you could use during your training. If you just use what I have given you below, you will get a lower grade than if you expand on my suggestions.
Hint - Makes sure to click on the links below for your topic! For the training dates and times, please see the group and topic assignment list.
|# of students
|Google Chrome *, add-ons, themes, icognito page, customizing, adding extensions or apps for all of the apps for this project
|Blogs *(creating, setting up, themes, embedding video, customizing, making private, etc)
|Google Sites * (creating, setting up, themes creating, setting up, themes, embedding video, customizing, making private, horizontal and vertical nav bars, adding, deleting and reordering pages, etc). Check out this Google Sites tutorial.
|Google+ * (google's social media platform; start a hangout, videochat, voicechat, circles, +1, upload photos, update your stream, start a debate, share content, write an About page)
|Google Docs * (using Google Drive, creating surveys, creating quizzes, linking with Google Drive; documents and revision history; collaborators vs viewers...
|Diigo.com (social bookmarking)
|Google Calendar (synchronizing with smartphones, group calendars, events, recurring events, appointments...) *


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Venous Leg Ulcers
Pain, decreased quality of life
Approximately 16% of the population
Female Predominance; (approx. 62%)
Majority have ulcers > 1 year (54%)
As the population ages, Venous Ulcers are more common
Recurrent ulcers are seen in 72% of the population
*Importance of support or compression therapy for life
Medial aspect of the leg (Gaiter area) in 61%
History of DVT in 37%
History of Varicose Vein Surgery in 37%
History, Diagnosis & Treatment
Deep Venous System
Superficial System
Communicating Veins (connect deep to superficial)
In supine pressure in the deep veins is zero
Standing pressure at the foot increases to 80-90 mmHg
Walking contraction of muscle helps the flow to the heart
Venous Hypertension
Damaged or leaky Venous valves or faulty calf muscle pump action (check dorsiflexion) will reduce the fall in Venous Pressure.
The sustained high Venous Pressure is referred to as
Venous Hypertension
1. Obtain history to determine the venous characteristics and R/O other diagnoses. Assess pain and identify the systemic and local factors that may impair wound healing.
2. Determine the cause(s) of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) based on etiology: abnormal valves (reflux), obstruction, or calf muscle pump failure.
Quick reference guide to the 12 recommendations for best practices in the prevention and treatment of VENOUS LEG ULCERS
3. Perform ABI test to help R/O significant arterial disease.
4. High compression bandaging if the ABPI is 0.8 or >.
5. Graduated compression stocking to manage and prevent Venous Leg Edema. Wearing stockings to decrease the frequency of ulcer recurrence is important.
6. Intermittent pneumatic compression therapy and/or elevation of the leg as an added benefit.
7. Consult PT to maximize activity and mobility. Consider appropriate adjunctive therapies.
8. Assess for infection and treat if indicated.
9. Local wound healing environment: debridement, bacterial balance, and moisture balance. Consider Biological agents.
10. Implement medical therapy if indicated for CVI (superficial and deep thrombosis, woody fibrosis).
11. Consider surgical management if significant superficial or perforator vein disease exists in the absence of extensive deep disease.
12. Communicate with the patient, the family, and the caregivers to establish realistic expectations for (non)healing. The presence or absence of a social support system is important.
Venous Hypertension
may be due to 3 causes, either alone or in any combination:
1) Valve Dysfunction; Reflux, deep, perforators, or superficial.
2) Obstruction from either complete or partial blockage of the veins (e.g. DVT)
3) Failure of the calf muscle pump function.
Reasons: decreased activity, paralysis, decreased range of motion in the ankle or ankle deformity.
Clinical History
Predisposing Factors:
Prolonged standing or sitting
Multiple pregnancies
History of major leg trauma
Previous DVT
Diagnosis of
Venous Disease
First sign of Venous disease is the presence of a dilated long Saphenous Vein on the medial aspect of the calf.
Pitting edema around the ankle toward the end of the day.
Hemosiderin/Hyperpigmentation around the gaiter area - due to red blood cell leakage.
Atrophic blanche-smooth white-ivory
Scale& Erythema - may indicate co-existing Stasis Dermatitis.
In long history will develop "wood" hardness that is non-pitting and sclerotic. Cause a inverted champagne bottle appearance with edema above and below.
Skin may be thin with loss of hair follicles and sweat glands.
Ulcer Appearance
Ulcers primarily situated around the medial Malleolous. Other sites include lower 1/3 of the calf, around the gaiter area.
Venous ulcers typically have a yellow base, but with treatment, evolves into healthy granulation tissue
Seldom black escar.
Shallow (partial thickness)
Irregular Shape
Differential Diagnosis
The absence of signs of ulcer healing in four to twelve weeks despite adequate treatment should alert the clinician to biopsy the edge for unsuspected diagnosis
Mixed Arteriovenous
Pyoderma Gangrenosum
General Treatment
Provided the ABI is greater or equal to 0.8, the cornerstone of Venous ulcer treatment is high compression therapy.
1 Layer
2 Layer
3 Layer
4 Layer
All patients should be advised to elevate their legs above the level of their heart while sitting
Local wound care; debridement, moisture balance and bacterial balance
When ankle joint mobility is reduced, physical therapy; (e.g. mobilization, stretching)
Adjunctive therapies
7 - The cornerstone of Venous Ulcer treatment is:
a) OFF loading
b) Compression Therapy
c) Diuretics
8 - It is safe to compress a lower extremity if the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) is at or above:
a) 0.8
b) 0.4
c) 1.0
d) A and C
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OAKLAND – THE DAY AFTER Christmas, 14-year-old Desiree went shopping at the mall with her friends, missed her curfew and never went home.
Desiree's family grew concerned and filed a missing person's report with the Oakland Police Department.
The girl, who stands 4 foot 11 and has an olive complexion and long, wavy dark hair, disappeared for days. Then an uncle was shocked to come across a nude picture of Desiree in the shower posted on the Craigslist Web site.
He called the telephone number listed looking for his niece. She answered and, recognizing his voice, hung up.
Desiree was among the hundreds of children under 18 advertised on the site's erotic services section. With one click on a blue link, girls called"Sexy Blonde Bombshell," "Asian Rockstar Gone Wild" and "Ebony Playmate" appear on the screen wearing thongs and lacey bras.
Technology and cell phones have given pimps greater reach and the ability to solicit pedophiles from all over the country who are willing to pay top dollar for sex with children.
Demand is great, and the profits are huge. But Desiree and many young girls who turn tricks typically don't take in any of that money.
On a busy night, Desiree — who turned 15 on Saturday and is home again with her family in Oakland — said she had sex with as many as four men and made $600 a night, which she turned over to her pimp. But by the end of her one-month stint of being pimped on the Internet, Desiree was out $1,000 and had a busted lip and an excruciatingly painful pelvic inflammatory disease. She also was arrested on charges of possession of drugs and truancy.
On the streets
It was last winter when Desiree went to the mall with some high school girlfriends who, after telling her how much money they could make as prostitutes, recruited her.
"It was good money," she said in an interview last week. "So, I just went with them."
Desiree agreed to share her story because she wants others to know what she experienced as a teen prostitute. She said she is not ashamed and hopes her story will raise awareness of the issue.
Desiree thought a life on the streets would be better than living at home with her mother, who spent a decade addicted to crystal meth. Desiree said she also felt comfortable around older men because when she was 12 her father forced her to touch his penis. He was later sent to prison for that — convicted of lewd acts with a child — and other charges.
"I think that really affected me," she said. "It made me think it was OK to serve tricks."
Experts say Desiree fits the profile of underage girls who end up turning tricks — many of them have run away from unhappy home lives.
Besides advertising herself on Craigslist, Desiree said she and her friends also hunted for tricks by walking the "track" — as the girls call the street — any time they needed money. They looked for men who were willing to pay for sex or take them joyriding around town.
"I felt like it was my vacation away from my family and I could do my thing," she said.
She stayed with a friend's family, who Desiree said didn't know what the girls were up to.
One night in November, Desiree, dressed in fitted jeans and a tight T-shirt that read "I'm Bossy," was busted by the police who saw her soliciting sex from a man in a car.
"I was hecka scared and I never thought this would happen," she said. "I thought I should try to run, but they (the police) already had me in handcuffs."
Desiree also got caught with Ecstasy pills in her purse. She said the police told her the man had a machete in his car and could have killed her.
"It was really risky because you never know what people are up to," Desiree said.
'He kinda made me feel comfortable'
After that incident, Desiree decided she would be better off working for a 19-year-old pimp she met through her friends.
She said he helped her and gave her a place to stay.
"He kinda made me comfortable and feel like I was going to be safe and cool with him," Desiree said.
One day while she was in the shower, Desiree said her pimp took naked pictures of her to post on Craigslist. She said she worried because she didn't want her face in the pictures.
"He told me that no one would notice me," Desiree said. "He said he would make my face look blurry."
As soon as the ad was posted, the phone calls came in.
Desiree said she worked around the clock and charged johns by the minute. For 30 minutes, it cost $50 and for one hour it cost $200.
"He (her pimp) used to make me work, work, work," Desiree said. "I got the money first, then I served the trick."
Desiree said she had sex with four or five men a day and hardly got any sleep.
After one too many times of her pimp sending her on dates on an empty stomach, Desiree decided she'd had enough. In addition, she developed pelvic inflammatory disease and had to resort to giving massages to make money instead of having sex.
"My vagina was hurting and I was sitting on my knees, holding myself and crying," Desiree said. "I hated it, I was in so much pain and it made me rethink prostitution."
After a month of turning tricks on the "track" and on the Internet, Desiree asked her pimp to take her back home to her family.
He dropped her off in her East Oakland neighborhood with $40 in her hand. Desiree had become a less valuable commodity to her pimp because she was unable to serve tricks with her health conditions.
She said her pimp still owes her about $1,000, but she is not in contact with him anymore.
"I'm just going to forget about the money," she said. "It's bad money anyway."
A fresh start
When Desiree returned home in January, her relatives called the police.
Jim Saleda, an officer with the Oakland Police Department Child Exploitation Unit, said the FBI also informed them of the case and of Desiree's photos on the Internet.
"If you look at the pictures on Craigslist you can tell the girls are not of age," Saleda said. "The Internet has kicked up the level of prostitution."
Desiree said she is glad to be home, healthy and making a fresh start. She is re-enrolled in school and said she maintains a 3.25 grade point average. She also works an after-school job at a cafe.
Desiree said it's been a difficult adjustment living in her neighborhood again because many men and pimps in the area still solicit her for sex.
"It's kind of hard," she said. "I just tell them that I'm busy and I have to go to work or go to school."
Several times a week, Desiree attends Project Re-Connect and MISSEY — Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth. Through the Alameda County probation department and courts, high-risk youth are referred to these programs to help transition back to their families, school and society.
"Going to the classes with a bunch of other girls made me feel like I'm not alone," she said.
Desiree said the programs also have helped her realize why she was attracted to a life of prostitution.
"I was trying to find someone that would really, like, like me or love me or something," she said. "I just wanted to be happy."
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Jamshedpur,Apr 29 (UNI) A bandh was observed in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district today in protest against the killing of a BJP leader in Chakradharpur, a subdivisional town, yesterday.
Official sources said all shops and markets remained closed in Chakradharpur and the district headquarters Chaibasa.
Educational and financial institutions also remained closed while local and long-distance buses did not ply.
Mr Sao (45), a local BJP leader, was killed when four miscreants hurled seven bombs at Mr Sao's car near Charkradharpur railway level crossing yesterday. The bombs ripped through the vehicle killing the BJP leader on the spot while three others, including the driver, were severly injured. They were rushed to the Chakradharpur railway hospital.
Meanwhile, BJP leader and the former Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda rushed to Chakradharpur. He demanded immediate arrest of the culprits and removal of the subdivisional police officer.


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Dahlman Rose Reiterates Hold on Westlake Chemical Corporation
Dahlman Rose reiterated its Hold rating on Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) event though the rating agency updated its model to reflect higher prices and margins for some of Westlake's products.
In a research report published today, Dahlman Rose states, "We have updated our model to reflect higher prices and margins for olefin and polyolefin products. We are maintaining our Hold rating, however, given that price and margins for key products may have hit a near-term peak and may weaken with global cost pressures."
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A MOURNING daughter was "left black and blue" after being "man-handled" by hospital security for asking about her mother's sudden death, she claimed today.
Julie Hurst said Wigan's hospital security staff had left her with two bruises on her arm
Julie Hurst, 53, visited Wigan Infirmary following frustration over the lack of answers she received from doctors.
Her late mother Betty Lythgoe died in March after being taken from her care home into hospital with flu.
Julie's desperate search for answers began when she complained to Patient Relations about how her mum was cared for.
She alleged that the 85-year-old was "not given the right level of treatment".
Julie has become increasingly frustrated after being denied answers about the circumstances surrounding Mrs Lythgoe's death.
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"I informed the police but nothing has happened. There were no cameras, so it is my word against theirs."
Julie Hurst was forced out of the Wigan Infirmary Hospital by force
Greater Manchester Police have knocked down the complaint, saying "security staff exercised common law powers to deal with a woman who was causing a disturbance."
Julie has since been banned from Wigan Council's social services' offices.
Liv Bickerstaff, of the Wigan Council, said: "We appreciate this has been a very distressing time for Mrs Hurst.
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EDITIONS of Top Of The Pops featuring disgraced presenter Dave Lee Travis are to be mothballed the BBC confirmed today.
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Phillies Rally from 5-0 Deficit to Beat Braves
Just one day after coming back from 6 runs down on Saturday, the Philadelphia Phillies came back from a 5-0 deficit to best the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. A nearly 2-hour rain delay in the bottom of the second inning ended Jorge Campillo and Joe Blanton's starts, and sent both clubs scrambling for replacements. Philadelphia chose Adam Eaton, who gave up 3 runs to make it 5-0 Braves.
The Braves sent in Jo-Jo Reyes, whose disastrous 4th inning would tie it back up. Phils' catcher Chris Coste hit a two run homer, followed by a 3-run blast by Shane Victorino later in the inning. Julian Tavarez came in to relieve Reyes, and was promptly greeted by a Pat Burrell solo shot.
The Phils opened up the game in the bottom of the sixth, scoring five runs on timely hits by Victorino and Ryan Howard, as well as a 2-run shot bu Jayson Werth. The Braves would get three back in the 8th, but closer Brad Lidge pitched a solid ninth inning for his 24th save of the season.
The Phillies are currently one game behind the Mets in the NL East, with the Florida Marlins a game behind them. Philly opens up a 3-game series at NL-worst Washington on Monday night. East contenders Florida and New York will play the first of three at Dolphin Stadium.
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Release Date: 2001
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During her divorce proceedings, Liz Garnett (Monika Schnarre) implicates her husband in an unsolved robbery scheme, resulting in his imprisonment. Shortly afterward, she's assaulted in a deserted parking garage. Shaken by the attack, she accepts an invitation by her best friend, Barbara Cates (Erika Eleniak), to a vacation cabin in the Canadian wilderness. But when the two women are stranded by a huge blizzard, they realize that Liz's stalker may have followed them into the countryside.
Cast: Erika Eleniak, Monika Schnarre, Peter Dobson, Jann Arden, Bill Mondy, Guillaume Depardieu, Serge Riaboukine, Blanchette Brunoy
Director: Ruben Preuss
Genres: Thriller
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Hi i'm Tw2easy and i play ADC or as they now changed it to Marksman. My IGN is IBashBoobs and I am currently in silver and this is the first guide I have ever done. I will be going over the season 3 Ezreal build. The season 3 Ezreal build change all the time and people find new things that make it better. The build that i put is what i found to be the best from playing in ranked solo queue and ranked 5's. Ezreal is a great way to carry your team through solo queue seeing no one really peels you can just Arcane Shift, kite and get penta kills! This champion is very fun to play and gets the job done for sure.
Greater Mark of Attack Damage
Greater Seal of Armor
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist
Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage
Greater Quintessence of Life Steal
These runes are pretty standard to most that you will see. 4% life steal will help you sustain in lane for a long time with still having a good amount of early damage. I suggest trying out 6% life steal and the 4% that works the best for me.
In the masteries you see that i take 2 points off fury seeing that with this blue build attack speed really isnt needed. I then put the 2 points into butcher and this will help you farm under tower early game. I put 9 points into defense because with this build you dont need any mana seeing you will be building iteams like Muramana and Iceborn Gauntlet that give you a ton of mana.
Pros / Cons
Ezreal is a great champion to climb the solo queue ladder but he does have some things that make him tough to play and could lead to you losing.
Pros - why you should play ezreal
- He does an insane amount of damage with his Q
- Can kite all day
- Easy to farm with early game
- hard for tanks to get to you in team fights
- great in long team fights
Ezreal is a great pick and is good all game. This build doesnt have a weakness and scales very well all game long. His damage is great with his Mystic Shot and his ult Trueshot Barrage is good in team fights and can clean up weak enemies from across the map early game.
Cons - What makes him tough to play
- his laning phase isnt great
- need to hit skill shots
- hard to play well
- other team will focus you
Ezreal has a few cons that make him hard to play well. you can get crushed early if you dont have an aggressive like Thresh and they pick someone like Caitlyn that out ranges you and will poke you down to where you cant fight or farm. You need to hit skill shots to play Ezreal well and if you cant hit the skill shots you will do almost no damage. Champions like Kassadin can jump on you in team fights and silence you so you cant Arcane Shift away and this will lead to you dying instantly.
Since your running 4% or 6% life steal you dont need any health pots and a doran's blade will help you sustain in lane and do good early damage.
In the early game you want to get the tear stacked as soon as you can so on your first time back to base you should pick up Tear of the Goddess. After you get that you want to get The Brutalizer and this will give you good damage and cool down reduction to shift into the mid to late game. Going with The Brutalizer will help you shift to late game faster than going with The Bloodthirster because it doesnt cost a lot and gives you cool down reduction to spam spells and good armor pen. If you are farming really well or getting a lot of kills i would suggest going with The Bloodthirster. If you get this item early you will be putting out a ton of damage and it gives you great life steal.
When you finish these mid game items you hit a big power spike and this is when you should tell your team to group and start team fighting or pushing objectives. These items that you get in the mid game give you a lot of cool down reduction and when you finish the Iceborn Gauntlet you are crazy strong and can chase and kite with Mystic Shot all day. the boots Ionian Boots of Lucidity are very important to the mid game because of the cool down reduction that lets you spam Mystic Shot and all other spells.
This is the final items you should be getting. Last Whisper will add a lot of damage to your Mystic Shot and you can just keep poking them down with the slow from the Iceborn Gauntlet. When you finish The Black Cleaver you will have more health and can last longer in team fights. The final item you get is Blade of the Ruined King this item helps a lot for the late game because it gives you a lot of life steal, adds on to your kiting and chasing potential, and helps your auto attacks do way more damage plus attack speed when you have none before this item.
Lane Phase and Supports
Ezreal is generally a very safe laner because you can last hit from afar and poke down the ADC/ support with Mystic Shot. Trading and all ins are hard for Ezreal before 6 because if the enemy is smart they will be in there minions which will make it so your Mystic Shot will hit minions and not the enemy so they will win the trade. This is the tricky part about laning with Ezreal if you can poke them with your Mystic Shot then all in you will win 100% of the time but if they stay in creeps you will most likely lose trades and all-ins. When you hit level 6 and get your Trueshot Barrage your burst is great. If you hit a couple Mystic Shot you can set up your Trueshot Barrage and if you hit that you can Arcane Shift in and they will pretty much be dead. The bust is great and will help you get kills right when you hit 6.
Ezreal is great with many different supports. He is good with non aggressive supports like Janna, Lulu, and Soraka because he can poke with Mystic Shot and farm just fine with these supports. He may be fine with these supports but playing him with more aggressive supports is what i like doing. Supports like Thresh, Blitzcrank, and my personal favorite Sona. The burst that you get at 6 with Sona Crescendo and Ezreal Trueshot Barrage is insanely strong. if you do this combo they are probably dead but if not you can easily just Arcane Shift to catch them and they will be low enough that they are dead. I suggest trying Ezreal with Sona and Thresh to have to most success and kill potential.
Team Fights and objectives
As an ADC in general you will want to position your self in the back but before the start fights trying to poke people down with Mystic Shot but dont get to close to where you can be caught. It is pretty easy to position with Ezreal because if tanks try to jump on you, you can just Arcane Shift away and keep kiting back with your Mystic Shot and slowing them with Iceborn Gauntlet. When you see a good opportunity or when the other teams champions are clumped together or crowd control use your Trueshot Barrage to add to the damage your team is putting out in the team fight.
When you group as a team and try to take towers or fight for dragons or do the good old baron dance ezreal is really strong. When fighting for dragons early in the game you should be poking as much as you can with Mystic Shot and putting out a lot of damage. Ezreal isnt the best at sieging towers seeing that his auto attack range is pretty short but you are always safe to hit the tower with your team there because you can Arcane Shift away. Ezreal is a really safe and forgiving ADC because if you miss position you can Arcane Shift away and you will be safe. Taking objectives isnt easy with Ezreal and is better and poking at barons and dragons.
I hope you all found my Ezreal guide helpful! Ezreal is one of my personal favorite champions and is played all over solo queue and competitive play. His skill set is great and if you learn how to play him you will have a ton of fun!
I'm Tw2easy and i hope you all enjoy playing Ezreal with this guide. If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me some. Thanks for reading this guide and i wish you the best on the rift with Ezreal the prodigal explorer!


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On Tuesday March 22, 2016, 11:00am, at York City Hall – 2nd Floor, 101 S. George Street, York, PA, Mayor C. Kim Bracey will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony welcoming immigrant service organization CASA into their new location at York City Hall. CASA, the largest immigrant rights organization in Maryland and Virginia, has been on the ground in South-Central PA for almost two years. Their Pennsylvania work, centered in York, has focused on engaged local residents in campaigns for family unity and integration. CASA will hold office hours for local community members at City Hall and services will focus on providing systems navigation and referrals, legal consults, and assistance with applying for citizenship.
"I am grateful for the partnership with CASA and the wealth of services and programming that they will provide to our New American population, making the City of York, a more welcoming community for all," states Mayor Bracey.
CASA's many York members who have lived for years in the community expressed gratification that their City government was welcoming their presence and input and will be present for the opening ceremony.
"York is a great place to raise a family," said Leobigilda Castro. "In some places in this country immigrants are not welcome. I am gratified to live in a place where neighbors respect each other and proud to be represented by a Mayor that celebrates immigrant culture."
As of the last census, almost 30% of the City's population of almost 50,000 residents were Latino, a number that officials are certain has grown by leaps and bounds since.
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Officials from the Justice Department and the city of Baltimore announced an agreement Thursday which, pending approval from a federal judge, would have far-reaching implications for how police officers operate in Baltimore in the coming years.
The consent decree signed by federal and city officials would implement several reforms aimed at correcting a litany of abuses outlined in August by the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. A 163-page report detailed the ways in which the Baltimore Police Department "engages in a pattern and practice of conduct that violates the First, Fourth and 14th Amendments of the Constitution as well as federal anti-discrimination laws."
The DOJ launched the investigation after 25-year-old Freddie Gray, a black man, died from injuries sustained while in BPD custody in April 2015, sparking riots in the city and nationwide outrage. Thursday's agreement comes after weeks of around-the-clock negotiations aimed at finalizing the decree, with both the DOJ and BPD fearing the efforts would fail if left up to President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming team.
Both Trump and his nominee for attorney general, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, have expressed skepticism of the consent decree process.
"One of the most dangerous, and rarely discussed, exercises of raw power is the issuance of expansive court decrees," Sessions wrote in a 2008 report. "Consent decrees have a profound effect on our legal system as they constitute an end run around the democratic process."
In November 2015, Sessions went even further during a Senate hearing.
"There is a perception, not altogether unjustified, that this department, the Civil Rights Division, goes beyond fair and balanced treatment but has an agenda that's been a troubling issue for a number of years," Sessions said, according to NBC News.
For the current DOJ, the decrees are a tool used to inject reforms into departments it deems to be in violation of the Constitution.
"The decree's requirements focus on building community trust, creating a culture of community and problem-oriented policing, prohibiting unlawful stops and arrests, preventing discriminatory policing and excessive force, ensuring public and officer safety, enhancing officer accountability and making needed technological upgrades," reads a news release from the DOJ announcing the agreement.
Maryland state Sen. Joan Carter Conway says the efforts are estimated to cost the city about $30 million to implement, according to the Baltimore Sun. The reforms will reboot the department's civilian oversight, adopt an approach which focuses on community-oriented policing, see to it that officers use de-escalation techniques and proper use of force, and ensure full and fair investigations into allegations of employee misconduct, among other efforts.
"Training, training, training, training," said Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh as she announced the 227-page decree alongside Attorney General Loretta Lynch Thursday.
"The agreement is robust and comprehensive," said Lynch. "It will help BPD gain the cooperation it needs from residents to fight and prevent crime. Most importantly, it reflects significant input from the people of Baltimore."
Despite the high praise and claims of significant input from Lynch and other officials, the police union representing most rank-and-file officers in the BPD — the men and women subject to the reforms — said they didn't have any input on the process.
"Despite continued assurances by representatives of the Department of Justice that our organization would be included in the consent decree negotiations, no request to participate was ever forthcoming and we were not involved in the process," the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 said in a statement, according to the Baltimore Sun.
Still, the agreement has to be finalized by Judge James K. Bredar, a federal judge appointed by President Obama in 2010. Bredar will review the agreement and determine whether it's fair and would adequately serve the public. He can make changes to the decree and call hearings, and the police union could get involved by filing motions to intervene in the case.
The Civil Rights Division of the DOJ boasts 20 such agreements with law enforcement agencies nationwide, with investigations into five other departments pending. On Friday, the department announced an investigation into the Chicago Police Department found "a pattern or practice of using force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution."
Still, not every DOJ investigation yields such conclusions. Six investigations of law enforcement agencies in the last six years failed to find any constitutional violations, including the Austin Police Department in Texas, and the Schenectady Police Department in New York.
The decree in Baltimore comes a day after a Pew Research Center survey found that most officers feel high-profile incidents between police and black people — for instance, Freddie Gray — make their jobs harder, making them more concerned about their safety, and less willing to stop suspicious-looking people.
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, the head of the Civil Rights Division at the DOJ, hopes Thursday's decree helps ease such concerns for both citizens and police.
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By CHARLYNN SPENCER PYNE
Since 1998, the Library's Public Service Collections and Center for the Book have sponsored a spring "history lesson" for Washington schoolchildren to introduce students and teachers to the Library's collections. The series, which focuses on the themes of childhood and education, brings to life topics in United States history through the presentation of photographs, maps, letters, poems, biographies, speeches, journals, diaries and other material housed in the Library's rich and varied collections.
This year's program, "Discovering Hidden Washington: A Journey Through the Alley Communities of the Nation's Capital," held on May 22 in the Coolidge Auditorium, was attended by more than 400 students and teachers from J.O. Wilson, Watkins, Janey, and Shepherd elementary schools; Capitol Hill Day School; Sharpe Health School; and Stuart-Hobson Middle School. (A cybercast of the program can be viewed on the "Discovering Hidden Washington" Web site at www.loc.gov/loc/kidslc).
Presented in collaboration with the Washington Revels, the program featured material from the Library's collections blended with music and themes from the 1998 "Shepherd's Alley" Christmas Revels performance. Ms. Kresh served as emcee, and Library participants included John Y. Cole, director of the Center for the Book; Adrienne Cannon, African American history and culture specialist in the Manuscript Division; Judith Gray, coordinator of reference services in the American Folklife Center; and Marvin Kranz, American history specialist in the Manuscript Division. Technical support was provided by Beverly Brannan, of the Prints and Photographs Division, Elizabeth Miller, of the Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Colleen Cahill and Diane-Schugg-O'Neill, of the Geography and Map Division. The Washington Revels performers included lead baritone Charles Williams, Andrea Blackford, Joicey White Granados, Lisa Leak, Milan Pavich, Mary Swope, Harold Blackford, Terell Izzard, Brian Moore, Riki Schneyer, Michelle Terrell-Long, Leroy Campbell, Curtis Jones, Keith Moore, and Christina Speaks. Songs performed included "So Glad I'm Here," "Run Mary Run," "We've Come a Long Way" and "Amazing Grace."
In opening the program, Ms. Kresh noted that this year's presentation was also part of the Library's "Telling America's Story" reading promotion program. She said: "The Library of Congress is the nation's library, it is your library, it is the place where we collect stories of communities. For the next hour you will be a member of the Shepherd Alley community of the 1880s."
"Do you know why people lived in alleys?" she asked. "Lots of people moved North after the Civil War looking for jobs and opportunities, and the cities became overcrowded; so people began creating communities wherever they found themselves. They began creating cities within the city of Washington, D.C. … During that time there were 275 alley communities housing more than 16,000 people."
James Borchert, in his landmark study, Alley Life in Washington: Family, Community, Religion, and Folklife in the City, 1850-1970 (Urbana, 1980), notes that while residential directories in the 1850s list 50 alley communities that were probably built by owners of street-front properties for servants and laborers in their employ, Washington developers responded to the post-Civil War population influx by building on both the street and the alley simultaneously with the assumption that the middle-class would live on the streets, and the working-class would live in the alleys. He also observes that in 1880, 93 percent of the alley residents were black, and 91 percent of the street residents were white.
Mr. Kranz then asked the students to "imagine that we are traveling to Washington in a time machine that goes backward." He continued: "You wouldn't recognize the Washington of 1880. The Capitol was built and the White House, and a stump for the Washington Monument because they stopped building it from 1840 to 1880. … The city was much smaller then, extending only as far as Boundary Street, which today is Florida Avenue. Much of the Mall was a swamp and there were trains and locomotives and railroad tracks running across the Mall."
On an 1887 map of Washington Mr. Kranz noted a marker labeled "site of the Congressional Library," where the Jefferson Building now stands. He also discussed a city school map that cites Sumner, Miner, Anthony Bowen, and other schools; and an insurance map of streets and alleys.
Ms. Gray, in her discussion of 19th century children's games, said: "Children like you have their own folklore. …Who here has ever jumped rope? Played hide-and-seek? Played ball in places other than a baseball diamond? Played hopscotch? Repeated a saying about what will happen if you step on a crack in the sidewalk? Sang 'Happy Birthday' at a party? All except one of these activities were part of children's lives in Washington more than 100 years ago. The one exception is singing the birthday song, the melody was known then, but the words were, 'Good Morning to All.'"
She continued "What's really interesting is how we've learned those games and songs. … I'll bet we all picked up most games, songs or rhymes directly from older brothers and sisters or from other kids at school. They weren't trying to teach us anything; we just imitated what they did. And that's a major way traditions are passed along, from children to children. And since we know so many activities that children of the 1880s knew, it's clear that passing along traditions is a very effective way of preserving them."
The Washington Revels then led the audience in a rousing rendition of the 19th century children's hand-clap game "Juba."
The program continued with photographic slides, narrations and songs depicting life in the alley communities—life that was hard, in dwellings that were dreary, in communities viewed by many as breeding grounds for crime, disease and despair. But, nevertheless, communities in which people "made a life for themselves—raising families, going to work and to church, and providing a loving environment for the children" flourished, said Ms. Kresh. She explained that Congress embarked on a long and controversial campaign to "bring light to dark places" and eliminate alley communities.
Ms. Cannon said, "The people who lived in the alleys were not alone. There were strong women who dedicated their lives to improving the lot of families, women and children in Washington's alley communities." She then introduced two such figures (played by Washington Revels): Nannie Helen Burroughs, who organized the Women's Convention—auxiliary to the National Baptist Convention—and founded the National Training School for Women and Girls; and Mary Church Terrell, who taught Burroughs at the M Street High School and later founded the Colored Women's League of Washington, D.C., and the National Association of Colored Women). In dramatic monologues Burroughs and Terrell told their life stories (available on the "Discovering Hidden Washington" Web site at www.loc.gov/loc/kidslc/sp-burroughs.html and www.loc.gov/loc/kidslc/sp-terrell.html, respectively).
With several more songs in which the audience joined in and closing remarks, the performance came to an end. The schoolchildren then peppered the Library staff and Washington Revels performers with questions about the Library, the production, local history and alley life in Washington before filing out of the Coolidge Auditorium to return to their schools. Ms. Kresh encouraged the students to collect stories from their communities and to e-mail them to the Library or submit them via the form on the "Discovering Hidden Washington" Web site, to help the Library in "Telling America's Story."
Ms. Pyne is a network specialist in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office and editor of Library Services News, a staff newsletter.


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Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.1. John Northey Posted: January 29, 2013 at 06:20 AM (#4357170)
Nice to see an ex-player not trying to demonize the PED group for a change.2. Ray (RDP) Posted: January 29, 2013 at 11:23 AM (#4357376)
Understandable why he is confused by the voting - it would be frustrating to think you are a lock due to setting a record in a popular stat (saves) then seeing other relievers get in who didn't get anywhere near as many saves (Sutter, Gossage) Wonder if he got that Cy Young 1991 (forgot he came in 2nd to Tom Glavine that year) or 1992 (4th place) if he'd have made it since that seems to help a bit (4 of the 5 relievers in won it). Not that he should've won the Cy or should be in the HOF, just an interesting question. 4 times getting Cy Young votes, 4 times MVP votes (the 8 times getting votes were over 5 different seasons stretched from 1983 to 1994) yet few think of him as dominate like Gossage, Sutter, Fingers, Eckersley were...of course, he really wasn't that dominate just interesting to see how voters viewed him over the years.
"They talk about steroids with people like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro," Smith said. "But those guys could hit, let's face it. Steroids aren't going to make you a good hitter and they could flat out hit. Barry Bonds was the best hitter I've ever seen."
I'm confused. He is supposed to be attacking the steroids guys as worse-than-baby-killer cheaters. Did he not get the memo?
Steroids aren't going to make you a good hitter
Will this testimony by a major league player count for anything? Or should we instead defer to Mike Lupica who, armed with his little league playing experience, disagrees?
Damn....5. Misirlou doesn't live in the restaurant Posted: January 29, 2013 at 01:29 PM (#4357503)
Now, it turns out I do have to find room for Smith on my ballot.
There's a lot of guys in the Hall of Fame who I had more votes than originally like Andre (Dawson), Bert Blyleven, guys like that and Bruce Sutter. Now I don't really understand the voting. I'm not upset at the guys because it's a tough thing to do."
Not quite sure what he's saying here, but he never had more votes than Dawson or Sutter on the same ballot. he did have more than Blyleven his first 2 years.
He means he debuted at a higher vote than those guys. Haven't checked it yet but it sounds right.7. Walt Davis Posted: January 29, 2013 at 04:43 PM (#4357735)
Checking ...8. BDC Posted: January 29, 2013 at 05:00 PM (#4357746)
Smith is odd in that he debuted at a very solid 42% and has made basically no progress in 10 votes. Dawson actually debuted at 45 but he might be thinking of Rice (debuted at 30). Gossage debuted at 33 and Sutter at 24 and of course Blyleven and Morris at low numbers too.
Nearly half the voters thought he was an HoFer the first time on the ballot ... and it's still about half. In contrast Rice, Blyleven and maybe Morris went from 2/3 or more not considering them an HoFer to 3/4 voting for them. That's gotta be kinda tough to watch.
I'll remain agnostic on whether Smith actually belongs in the HOF. It seems to me mainly a matter of how many relief pitchers you want to have in a Hall of its current size. And perhaps that's why his vote has remained so "flat": either you think a higher number of relievers should be in, and therefore Smith is pretty obvious, or you're holding the line against more, and so he's not. Whatever your assessment of the value of his role, he was awfully good at it for a long time.9. Walt Davis Posted: January 29, 2013 at 08:13 PM (#4357853)
Pretty much my feelings too. I wouldn't have put in any relieve but Wilhelm. I'd have considered Eck for his total pitching perhaps -- good starter, great reliever, that's a lot of value.* But once Sutter and Gossage went in, well now the HoF accepts that sort of reliever and the HoF standard has changed for me. I still wouldn't vote Smith but it's awfully close -- I don't think he was substantially worse than Gossage, I think he's probably better than Sutter (enough career to make up the peak disadvantage), I'm still not sure what Fingers is doing there. He looks to me like he'd be pretty much middle of the pack among those guys. But the border has to be somewhere and it will always be pretty arbitrary as to who falls on which side of that border.
* This is farther than I went at the time. According to WAR, Eck the starter compiled 43 WAR which is a lot more than I'd have thought. It puts him at 59 for his career. I'm not a big fan of WAR for pitchers but that's enough to make me take a second look. Or it would be if he hadn't sailed into the HoF long ago.
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