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The first day of Tampa's new ban on street begging mostly cleared city medians of panhandlers, but some could soon return to sell a "street newspaper" geared toward the homeless.
As the six-day-per-week ban went into effect Tuesday, police were ready to give everyone one warning, then start arrests.
But by 2:30 p.m., police had spoken to only one panhandler, a man at the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Nebraska Avenue. He said he didn't know about the ban and left. Officers took his name to be logged into police computers.
Outside the Faith Cafe, a Kennedy Boulevard soup kitchen, Stanley Harrell, 55, said he would have to cut his spending.
Harrell said he panhandled for about five years. He used to make $60 some days, but in the past year, as panhandling became more competitive in Tampa, that dropped to about $6 or $8 a day.
"It'd still help," he said, adding that he would use it to buy food and clothes. Now he'll rely solely on the $600 in disability payments he gets each month.
Donna Crider, who is homeless, said she didn't panhandle Tuesday, not because of the ban but because she takes Tuesdays off. She said she might continue to stand with her sign, telling drivers to have a blessed day.
"I never did ask for money," she said. "If they want to give me money, that's their business."
She would usually make $20 to $25 a day in food money.
"How will I survive now? I don't know," said Crider, 54. "I'm going to have to rely on the Lord."
Police consider Tuesday a success. They say their education efforts beforehand worked and likely spread by word-of-mouth.
"The last thing we want to do is arrest somebody who's legitimately out there trying to ask for donations, who's down on their luck," said police spokeswoman Laura McElroy.
One alternative to panhandling could come in the form of the Tampa Epoch, a monthly "street newspaper" expected to debut in mid November.
While Tampa's ban prohibits panhandling every day but Sunday, it allows street-corner newspaper sales seven days a week.
Bill Sharpe, publisher of the South Tampa Community News, said he got the idea after someone told him about a similar newspaper in Nashville, Tenn., in response to a column he wrote.
Sharpe is seeking sponsors for the newspaper, which would include paid ads as well as content featuring and geared toward helping the homeless.
A $25 sponsorship would allow the Epoch to provide a vendor with 25 free newspapers, a T-shirt, a name badge and a supervisor to help establish the business. After that, vendors could buy papers for 25 cents each and keep 75 cents from reselling them.
Sharpe said he has talked to nonprofit groups about recruiting vendors and hopes eventually to field 100 to 150 hawkers.
"It's a help for some people," he said. "They might be homeless, but they're somebody who's trying to be a responsible business entrepreneur on their own."
Tampa's ordinance defines what a newspaper is and requires a vendor to have an established relationship with it.
If the Tampa Epoch and its vendors meet the requirements, "I'm not sure that would be any different than if they went out to sell the (Tampa) Tribune and the (St. Petersburg) Times," City Attorney Jim Shimberg Jr. said.
It's an interesting idea, said the sponsor of Tampa's ban.
"From my understanding, it would be allowed under the ordinance," City Council member Harry Cohen said. "We'll just have to see where it goes."


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The broad field of African research is divided across the different languages in and through which empirical realities are represented in African studies. These include French, English, other European languages such as German, Dutch, Portuguese as well as African languages. Issues to do with Western languages in African studies do not exhaust the diversity of conceptual, methodological and practical problems pertaining to language differences in researching Africa but they are useful a lens through which to start apprehending language/power connections in configuring patterns of knowledge production in and on Africa. We seek papers that tackle language as an 'ontological thing' in and of itself, as well as a social and political process through which epistemic communities are constructed and reproduced, as they organise understandings of the realities we seek to explain.
In this sense we want to problematise the compartmentalisation of, and relations between different historical-linguistic communities, the ways which they arise as disparate and more or less permeable clusters of research, and the implications for representation politics in African studies. As such, particular emphasis is laid on historical dynamics of decolonisation and post-coloniality as well as the assessment of the contemporary relevance of these dynamics. The linguistic divide allows us, in particular, to examine reflexively research and publication networks as particular epistemological niches, and more crucially to map out the power dynamics that dictate choice and trend in African Studies.
We are particularly interested in papers that situate the language divide at the conceptual level, on the assumption that language, as an analytical anchor point, underscores a variety of material and theoretical issues pertaining to the opportunities and constraints for research in and on Africa on the one hand, and the resilience of conceptual entrenchments and power hierarchies within African research on the other. Crucially, addressing the language divide is also about addressing the displacement of categories of thought and the ghettoisation prevalent within African studies as much as it is about addressing the decolonisation of African Studies as an urgent task. How much of a historical and epistemological continuity do these linguistic communities still denote? How might they still represent different ways of "imagining" Africa and Africans (in Ranger's understanding) in different discourses and narrative conventions? In other words, to what extent are these linguistic communities the products of particular colonial legacies, and how does cross-fertilisation across linguistic divides provides the basis for creative research and collaboration?
Papers may explore the following topics:
– Language, epistemic communities and the objectivation of African realities
– knowledge production and language-based ghettoisation in African studies
– Postcolonial perspectives on African academia – European language divides, and research innovation
– The prominence of English and conceptual diversity in African Studies
– The contribution and limits of language based organisation (e.g. OIF) in African research
– Problem-framing, research funding and publishing across linguistic communities
– The role of language in Euro-African research cooperation and marginalisation
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U.S. Military Waste to Energy & Fuel Gasification Prototype V2.0
U.S. Military scientists have made revisions to a prototype mobile waste gasification system which can produce power and fuel, the Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery.
07 December 2012
U.S. Military scientists have made revisions to a prototype mobile waste gasification system which can produce power and fuel, the Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery (TGER).
Developed by the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), the first two systems were initially deployed for 90 days at Camp Victory in Baghdad back in 2008.
The army said that the deployable machine tactically designed to convert military field waste into immediate usable energy for forward operating bases.
The biorefinery system is a trailer-mounted hybrid technology which the army said said support a 550 person unit generates around 2500 pounds (1130 kg) of waste per day, and converts paper, plastic, packaging and food waste into electricity via a standard 60 kW diesel generator.
"We picked a forward operating base in Iraq because we wanted to really stress the system," explained Dr. James Valdes, a senior technologist at the U.S. Army ECBC.
"All other energy systems had been tested in laboratories or under ideal conditions and temperature climates. What we really wanted to do was stress it with heat, sand and real world trash in a low infrastructure environment," continued Valdes.
"We learned an awful lot over there about what works, what doesn't work and what'll break," he added.
As ECBC project director for TGER, Valdes is responsible for leading a team which has implemented the necessary re-engineering of the new prototype, TGER 2.0.
Among the modifications is an automated interface which uses a touch-screen panel, to make it easier for operators to input information and monitor every part of the machine, from oxygen levels in the gasifier-to-ethanol production and power output.
According to the ECBC while the machine used to take three technicians to operate it now takes two - one to feed the waste and another to monitor the progress.
But Valdes hopes that as the prototypes advance, TGER could eventually be used by one technician or Soldier.
The ECBC said that one of the most valuable lessons it learned while the TGER was deployed in Iraq was the realisation that the downdraft gasifier had a tendency to get clogged if there was too much plastic in the fuel pellets. Additionally, a large%age of the synthetic gas was inert and could not be used as viable fuel.
To fix the problem, Valdes' team developed a horizontal gasifier with an auger device that rotates the waste, eliminating the mechanical step of pelletising the trash. The TGER 2.0 prototype also enables steam to be injected into the gasifier, which allows a larger conversion of output gas to become energetic.
According to Valdes, the old system produced 155 BTUs (British Thermal Unit)/cubic foot of gas, whereas the new TGER 2.0 prototype produces 550, more than tripling the amount of usable energy.
The ECBC also claimed that the new TGER 2.0 is environmentally friendly with its zero-carbon footprint.
"We think of garbage in terms of volume, not weight. There are things that take up a lot of space in landfills but they don't weigh much, like Styrofoam," explained Valdes.
"TGER reduces the volume of waste in 30 to one ratio. If you start off with 30 cubic yards of trash, you end up with one cubic yard of ash, and that ash has been tested by the Environmental Protection Agency. They call it a benign soil additive. You could actually throw it on your roses," he added.
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The advanced prototype was shipped back to the manufacturer for modifications after undergoing a final field trial in September where the technology was tested to see how long it could run at the highest levels of garbage input before breaking down.
According to the ECBC, within two hours of powering on, TGER 2.0 can make synthetic gas which enables a generator to be run on about 75% power. Within 12 hours, alcohol is produced and blended with the synthetic gas to run on full power at a steady state if the machine is continually fed.
One of the innovations Valdes said he would like to capitalise on is recapturing the excess heat that the machine produces with a heat exchanger that can apply the energy to field sanitation and heating water.
Valdes added that the new TGER prototype could also be transitioned into the commercial sector.
"Longer term, we will be talking to project managers about transitioning it but we'll also be talking to some companies that do things like support oil and gas operations in places such as Mongolia and parts of the world that are difficult to have camps in," he said.
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BARNARD, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the single-car crash that seriously injured former FBI director Louis Freeh.
Meanwhile, the New Hampshire hospital where Freeh was taken following the Monday crash in Vermont say they can't acknowledge that Freeh is a patient there.
Freeh, who led an investigation into the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State and issued a scathing report, was alone in his SUV and wearing a seatbelt when he drove off the road shortly after noon Monday. He struck a mailbox and a row of shrubs before coming to a stop on the side of a tree.
The accident happened in Barnard, a small town about 120 miles northwest of Boston.
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"The North American commercial aviation market improved for a second consecutive year with passenger traffic growth at a modest 3 percent," said Randy Tinseth, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of marketing. "The region's airline industry is poised for long-term, moderate growth. Airlines are expected to continue focusing on capacity discipline and improving financial performance."
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Meanwhile, long-haul international traffic will continue to grow at an average annual rate of approximately 4.5 percent, said Boeing, resulting in a demand for an another 1,180 new twin-aisle airplanes.
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Swain Build Guide
Master Tacticianing with Swainwritten by berzerk_dragon
Swain Build
Table of Contents
|Masteries + Runes
|Summoner Abilities
|Skilling Order
|Sample Builds: AP Swain
|Sample Builds: Support Swain
|Sample Builds: Tank Swain
|Early Game
|1v1 (mid or top)
|1v2 (top or afk/leaver)
|2v2 (top or bot)
|2v1 (top or bot)
|Mid Game
|Late Game
|Bad Matchups
|Psychological Warfare
|Post Game
Why hello there. I am berzerk dragon and I love playing as Swain. Swain is a tanky caster with a dash of support. His laning phase is to be feared, and he can easily snowball into a nigh unkillable monstrosity with a few kills. As a DoT based champion, Swain's damage output is often underestimated. A good Swain will think ahead and press any advantage he can get.
Got a buff on Swain's passive.
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* Carrion Renewal now restores mana instantly
*Removed "Build Example" section, replaced with 3 "sample build" sections to showcase a larger variety of item paths.
*Fixed some typos
*Added a note in Psychological Warfare. I just don't like inadvertently offending people without some kind of explanation.
OMYGAW Sweet new AP items! They're very good, so expect to see them a lot.
*Wrote a new Introduction
*Updated builds to include new items, too bad the builder links are broken. Guess I'll have to make do with listing down the example builds until it's fixed v.v
*Added a "Bad Matchups" section. Still a WIP, so I'll add stuff as I think of it :)
Just a couple changes to the items section. A small clarification on whether to get Rylai's or RoA and the addition of Void Staff. I still can't believe I forgot about it for so long -_-'
Updated the items section to reflect Doran's changes. I've also bumped up Deathcap priority; you should be getting it before DFG. I'm sorry I didn't say so before, but I didn't realize how good the OPcap was.
Carrion Renewal Roadkill? DELICIOUS. This passive gives you great harass sustainability early game, lets you lane forever mid game, and makes your creep farming effectively free late game! As long as you have even mediocre last hitting skills, you will love this passive.
With patch v18.104.22.168, mana is now restored instantly instead of over time. Now you don't have to space out your farming when low on mana, just kill away. On the other hand, it loses the synergy with Chalice of Harmony, but that wasn't too important in the first place.
For reference, Carrion Renewal returns 9 plus your level mana per kill.
Decrepify The people at Riot call this skill "Laserbird." I do too.
Honestly, there's not much I can say about this skill. It's technically Swain's most damaging skill, but can be easily broken by walking away. At least it has a great total AP ratio of .9
Nevermove Nevermore is your biggest utility spell. It's not much, but an AoE root is surprisingly versatile. Enemy running? Nevermore. Enemy on your (or an ally's) heels? Nevermore. Ganking? Nevermore. Poking? Nevermore. Checking bushes? Nevermore. Extra initiation wtfbbq? Nevermore.
You should be using Nevermore all the time. If you've never done so, read Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" and take note of how often he uses Nevermore. Make Mr. Poe proud with gratuitous abuse of your W key.
Torment Do you know know what's better than damage? MOAR DAMGE!!1! *ahem* Torment is your main damage spell. Not only does it deal respectable damage by itself, it boosts the output of all of your other damage sources. ALL OF THEM. Ravenous Flock Swain's ultimate turns him into a Giant Demon Bird, and grants Swain a new taunt and a new set of 3(!) jokes. OP. Seriously though, Ravenous Flock has 3 purposes.
1) Restore health. This, combined with your passive, keeps Swain in lane until he gets that shopping bug or gets 5-man ganked.
2) Staying alive in fights. Without his ult Swain crumbles like a soggy piece of styrofoam in any real fight. Be sure to turn it on so you don't die. If you have a Zhonya's Hourglass, Ravenous Flock still works even in stasis. That gives you 2 seconds of free health!
3) Farming. It's on a 10 second CD. Just use it.
Now, if you aren't careful, Ravenous Flock will suck your blue bar dry faster than an addict drinking coffee. If you don't want to have mana problems, you need to learn how to manage your ult. For beginners who are having trouble hanging on to their mana pool, I present a few guidelines:
For farming: no longer than 3 seconds.
For recovering: no longer than 5 seconds.
For teamfights: no longer than 7 seconds. Be wary of stuns and silences, since they can lock you in your ult and make you waste mana.
Masteries + Runes
For Masteries, I like to go 9/0/21, standard caster fare.
For Runes, I run
9x Greater Mark of Insight
9x Greater Seal of Clarity
9x Greater Glyph of Warding OR Greater Glyph of Focus
3x Greater Quintessence of Fortitude
Once again, pretty standard for casters.
Summoner Abilities
I'm pretty set with what a Swain player should pick for Summoner Spells.
Ignite This is a must. Ignite meshes with Tormet very well and will help you melt squishies. Also handy for gimping Mundo and other Swains.
Flash OR Ghost Swain needs some mobility, as he has none himself. While Ignite helps you kill stuff, Flash or Ghost lets you do it with impunity. Both work, so it's up to personal preference.
Other Summoner Spells
Exhaust Probably your best bet if you somehow hate both Flash and Ghost with a passion. The reason I don't use Exhaust is because it only affects one target, and it's not you. Swain is a caster that likes to get in the thick of things then jump out before he gets nuked to oblivion, and stopping one dude just won't cut it.
Cleanse OK. You un-CC'd yourself. Great. Too bad you're still in the middle of the enemy team with no efficient way of getting out.
Teleport Serviceable if your team is going for a push oriented strategy, but even then I'd rather have Ghost.
Clarity Swain's passive doesn't take that long to refill mana. Unnecessary.
Clairvoyance I honestly love Clairvoyance, but Swain has no room for it. Use Nevermore to pseudo-scout bushes instead.
Smite You shouldn't be jungling, and you farm decently well...Although it does get boosted by Torment if you decide to troll with jungle Swain (please don't)
[spell=Rally], Heal, Revive, [spell=Fortify] Just...No
Skilling Order
Start off with Nevermove and Decrepify to get your CC up and running as soon as possible. The order you get them in isn't too important. You want to max Torment first because Torment is your best skill. By "best skill," I mean that Torment's damage booster increases with rank. Therefore, leveling Torment is like leveling all of your spells at the same time. How many other champs can do that?
After Torment, max Nevermove. Nevermove is the spell you should be using the most often, and the CDR you get from putting ranks in it is nothing short of amazing.
Of course, get your ult whenever it's available.
Since the Doran items have been changed, I'll offer a few options to start off with now. You can start with Doran's Ring, Dorans Shield, or boots+3 health pots. I suggest trying all 3 before deciding on which one you like best ;)
On your first trip back, aim for a fresh set of Sorcerer's Shoes or Mercury's Treads. However, if you can afford Boots of Speed and Giant's Belt or Catalyst the Protector, buy those instead.
After boots, build either [item=Rylai's Scepter] or Rod of Ages. Rylai's is my personal choice, while Rod of Ages is a great pick if you're having mana problems. This is your core.
From here on, you should build situationally.
If you had a good early game, and want to get some snowball action going >:D
Deathfire Grasp is an amazing. Having another damaging spell (Torment is happy) is great. Just be sure to remember the active, or it's a waste.
Rabadon's Deathcap...It gives over 200 AP on it's own, Hot Damn! This should be your first non-core AP item.
Abyssal Scepter reduces enemy magic resist while boosting your own. Good when the other casters start catching up.
Lich Bane is a "this game is taking forever" item. Get it as a last item to help knock down buildings better.
Void Staff is a must if your enemies start stacking MR. If you do get this, don't bother with Abyssal Scepter due to how penetration is applied.
[item=Rylai's Scepter] or Rod of Ages, whichever you didn't get first. Extra AP and extra survivability make these viable choices for nearly any situation. Watch out for % based damage though.
Another caster is getting his/her own snowball on -_-
Spirit Visage The extra healing works with your ult. Need I say more?
Abyssal Scepter should be gotten much sooner than if you're doing well.
Banshee's Veil is a great magic defense item. Nothing is wasted here.
Guardian Angel provides both Armor and Magic Resist. The passive helps sometimes, but don't count on it.
[item=Rylai's Scepter] or Rod of Ages see above.
Their physical carry frightens me T.T
Zhonya's Hourglass is the new go-to Armor item for Swain. 50 armor + 100(!) AP + health reset button = win.
Frozen Heart gives armor, mana, and the ever loved CDR. A great armor item to get.
Guardian Angel see above.
Thornmail BREAK YOURSELVES ON ME FOOLS! Thornmail can exert enough damage for you to actually out heal a carry. Only works in a small fight setting near minions though, it's just a crapload of armor in teamfights (which is still good, mind you).
[item=Rylai's Scepter] or Rod of Ages see above.
Sample Builds: AP Swain
Don't be fooled by the name, Swain should always be built tanky. AP Swain is "my bird is no longer hungry because I got fed" Swain. The focus here is to pump out as much damage as possible so you can maybe carry your team to victory.
Sorcerer's Shoes
[item=Rylai's Scepter]
Deathfire Grasp
Rabadon's Deathcap
Zhonya's Hourglass
Abyssal Scepter
Generally, you want your build order to go: core->Deathfire Grasp->Rabadon's Deathcap->defense items with some offensive stats, such as Abyssal Scepter or Zhonya's Hourglass. You could also build a Rod of Ages after Deathfire Grasp if you feel you need more health. You will probably be focused with this build, so be cautious about roaming alone.
Sample Builds: Support Swain
I know what you're thinking, "WTF this item build is all over the place. Swain isn't support ffs!!!!" Hear me out. Swain has a great supportive CC spell in Nevermore, and Laserbird is helpful too. If we stack auras, Swain can become a serviceable CC/debuff mage with a dash of tank. Items like Abyssal Scepter and Will of the Ancients make it easier to take down the enemy team before your CC wears off while items like Aegis of the Legion, Frozen Heart, and Shurelya's Reverie make it more difficult to take down your team in turn. Although you won't be carrying the team yourself, you make the job a heck of a lot easier for that Vlad who crushed mid.
You might also consider changing your skill build to R>W>Q>E or R>Q>W>E when deciding to go Support Swain, since damage is not your focus.
Sample Builds: Tank Swain
Swain was not designed to be a maintank, but he can act as one in a pinch. If your team needs a tank, do not pick Swain to be that tank. On the other hand, Swain can be a good secondary tank if you feel your team needs it.
Mercury's Treads
Rod of Ages
Aegis of the Legion
Guardian Angel
Zhonya's Hourglass
Abyssal Scepter
Heavy Magic
Heavy Physical
Sorcerer's Shoes
[item=Rylai's Scepter]
Aegis of the Legion
Zhonya's Hourglass
Frozen Heart
Building tank is all about building to counter the enemy team. Look at their items, and especially look at your death recap whenever you die. Pick items that will help defend against the type of damage that does the most to you. As tank Swain, you might actually want to hold off on using Nevermore and waiting to drop it in the middle of the teamfight instead of at the beginning.
Early Game
From my experiences, Swain can handle any kind of lane, be it 2v2, 1v1, or even 1v2. For best results, you want to be able to constantly shift between passively last-hitting, actively hiding from harassment, and going on the offense. Another thing to note is that if you have a jungler, the second solo lane should be top so that bot has better dragon control.
1v1 (mid or top)
First off is solo mid. As a player, I don't like going mid and I'm super great when I do go mid. However, Swain can really put the hurt on a lot of mid champs. From the start, hang back and last hit. Only use Nevermove if the opposing mid takes the offensive. At level 2, make some expeditionary pokes with Nevermove to figure out how your opponent will react. Once you hit level 3, the real harass begins. Your basic combo is:
Nevermove-> Torment+ Decrepify
Remember this combo, it's your bread and butter. You lock the enemy in place with Nevermove, then drop Torment and Decrepify on his/her head then back off and return to last hitting. Most squishy mids will have around 1/4 to 1/3 of their health eaten by this combo. Add Ignite if you're sure it can net you a kill.
If you haven't been dominated by level 6, look for overextending enemies and gank dem sidelanes.
1v1 top (if both teams have a jungler) is similar to solo mid except that most solo top champs are a bit easier to handle and you can only really gank mid.
1v2 (top or afk/leaver)
1v2 top is all about tower hugging. Your goal is to survive until you hit level 6, then call for a gank from your jungler. You should only be using Nevermove unless they pseudo-dive you, in which case you should bring the pain. At level 6, your ult allows you to quickly recover from enemy fire. This lets you start harassing yourself. If your jungler is a responsible player, he'll respond favorably to the gank opportunity you present and a double kill is definitely feasible.
2v2 (top or bot)
2v2 is my favorite scenario, and Swain really shines here. I find that Swain is a lot like a caster version of Garen (I'll get to that soon enough), and he can really capitalize on early game dominance.
Quick! Run to your lane and facecheck your bushes...NOT. Never Ever enter the brush at the start of the game without some way of checking it. Nevermove kinda works, but only if they happen to be standing at the edge of the bush when you cast. Instead, stand next to your tower and dance. His dance is silly enough to make many players dance alongside you and not become DEMACIAAAA bait. If your lane partner is stupid and goes to facecheck anyway, drop Nevermove in the bush before he/she gets there. If it's safe, follow him in. Otherwise, resume dancing.
Once minions arrive on the scene and your enemies are outside the bushes, the fun begins. Remember when I said Swain is like Garen? This is because he bush camps well. You sit in the bush for a bit then
Nevermove-> pop out -> Torment+ Decrepify -> back in the bush
This allows Swain to take out large chunks of health from relative safety. Where Garen quickly regens health, Swain simply doesn't get hit thanks to having ranged harass.
Not all bushes are equal though. If you're on the blue team, go bot if you can, top for purple team. The reason for this is because in those lanes, the bush closest to the enemy tower is at a chokepoint where it becomes impossible to approach the minions without getting in range of Nevermove. If your lane partner is smart, you can even deny exp!
If you get some early kills and mid is tower hugging, let your partner beat on the tower while you take a short ganking trip mid. Even if you fail to kill mid, you probably forced them to retreat and/or provided your own mid an opportunity to port back to base while you hold the lane.
2v1 (top or bot)
Very similar to 2v2, but actively try to get your lane partner to help you deny exp. If you can keep their second solo underleveled, you basically ruin half the reason to take a jungler. Try to get a kill if you can, but don't get greedy. Remember that denying exp is the most important part. Besides, greedy is feedy.
Mid Game
Mid game is where you capitalize on your strong early game. If your early game went well, and you have some kills and items, press your advantage. Search for enemies who are still wandering on their own and teach them how that's a bad idea. Push lanes, gank like a mofo. You want to end the game before the carries start getting farmed up if you can help it. Teamfights might occur now, and you want to be a presence. In a teamfight, pick a squishy and unload all of your spells on him/her. Turn on your ult and run in circles around random enemies, this can annoy them and get them to attack you instead of the Ashe behind you. When your spells go off cooldown, unload them on the next squishy and retreat to turn off your ult. Try to get some auto attacks in if you're being ignored. After a successful teamfight, PUSH! Push as if you're giving birth to a fully grown wooly mammoth. Too many times have I lost a game because my teammates thought that finishing Frozen Mallet is more important than knocking down an inhibitor turret. Don't be that teammate.
If your early game was rough, build as a secondary tank/CC mage. Now, your job is to keep people in place so your team can clean their clocks. Most players will become a bit cocky when they have the advantage. Use that to engage them in small skirmishes where Swain is more useful. An important thing to note is that your team will probably lose an all out teamfight, so try to avoid those until you've beefed up a bit.
Late Game
You don't really want the game to last this long because those AD carries are getting strong. Fast. If you've been doing well, consider Lich Bane to aid with building destruction. Otherwise, you want to bulk up your defenses so you can switch to more of a utility/tank role. At this point in the game, you are no longer the force to be reckoned with. It doesn't mean that you are suddenly useless, but your carries are now far more essential to your victory. Don't be afraid to throw away your own life if it will save your carry.
Bad Matchups
This section is to identify the champions who will make your game a living hell. Be extra careful when playing against them. Instead of going over each champ individually, I'll bunch them up into a few key groups and address them from there.
Long Range
Examples: Lux, Caitlyn, Ashe
These champs have either very long range spells or auto attacks, making closing in a risky move for you. Be prepared to take a few shots when you unload your combo on the ones with high attack range. The ones with high spell range will try to stay back out of danger, so landing Nevermore is even more important than before. Outside of the laning phase, your best bet is to get the jump on them by ganking from unusual angles to lessen the distance you have to close.
Healing Debuffs
Examples: Tristana, Katarina, Gangplank
These champs are only mildly annoying before level 6. The problem is that they can neuter your ability to tank damage in fights. What you should do is either play like a glass cannon, or wait for them to blow their debuff on somebody else. Ignite and Executioner's Calling aren't champions themselves, but any champ can get them and fall in this category. Executioner's Calling is especially nasty, because it can be used on you every. Single. Fight. Never fight these people on your own.
High Sustainability
Examples: Mordekaiser, Taric, Nidalee
These champs are a real pain to bring down in lane. Through the use of heavy shielding or frequent heals, they force you to work a lot harder to eat away at their health. Healers in particular have an interesting feature; Their health bar might say 700 or whatever, but it's actually infinity. Here's the cool part: once you hit level 6, you have infinity health too! The even cooler part? You also have infinity mana, they don't. Play smart, and it shouldn't be too difficult to outlast them.
Long Duration CC
Examples: Sion, Rammus, Kassadin
These champs can prevent you from unleashing your inner badass. Although your health bar might cry a little, try to bait their CC and back off until it wears off before unloading your combo before they get back off cooldown. In the case of stunners, turn on your ult beforehand. It will still run through the stun and possibly keep you alive.
Psychological Warfare
You wanna know a secret? Swain has a hidden fifth spell! It's called all-chat, and it's very fun to use even if it does not work on the enemy.
Soviet Swain
This strategy only works if you are using the Northernfront skin. Although it won't have many effects on the enemy team, it's very silly and rather funny to employ. NOTE: Soviet Swain is not meant to be offensive to Russians, communists, or any other group of people. It is all in good fun and I apologize for anybody offended as a result of my posting this.
How it works is you talk like a stereotypical Russian from 50 years ago. Refer to people as "comrade," heck, use it to end your sentences (delayed is even better). Call out your opponents whenever they make a bad move, occasionally belting out insults like "Stupid Capitalist pigs." Comment on how your opponents keep dying to "Real Soviet damage!" If they have their own Swain (not Northernfront) be sure to belt out "Soviet Swain is the only Swain!" every time you kill him.
Hopefully, this should enrage the enemy team and decrease their gameplay accordingly.
Gank Indicator
Whenever you're about to gank someone, say something along the lines of "My bird is hungry" or "Let's just morph and eat them." Sooner or later, the enemy will realize that whenever you say one of those lines, a gank is incoming. What you can then do later on is randomly say your gank phrase when you're not actually going to gank. Some people will actually react and retreat, giving you a free Fortify.
Another opponent, another disappointment
Only use if you're doing very well. Taunt you enemy whenever they fail to do something to you. Failgank? "You do not mess with Swain." (increase the intensity every time you reverse a gank without getting killed) Juked an enemy? "I'm five steps ahead of you" (even better if you saved an ally in the process). Things like that are sure to make you a prime target from miffed opponents, allowing your team to work magic on them without fear of retaliation.
Da Boids
This doesn't actually do much, but it's absolutely hilarious. You need a Fiddlesticks and an Anivia on Vent with you to pull this off. What happens is you 3 go to gank some guy. Fiddle ults over a wall while you (in ult form) and Anivia flash over the same wall while spamming "CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW" in all-chat. Almost guaranteed to produce lulz.
Post Game
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Ricardo Nunes looks set to go straight into Bafana Bafana's starting XI for Friday's friendly against Poland, if Wednesday morning training session here is anything to go by.
A day after reporting for his first Bafana camp in this Polish capital, Nunes was handed a place in what looked to be Gordon Igesund's starting team, and the leftback was also given some free-kick responsibilities as the South Africans practiced in cold conditions at the Znicz Pruszków ground.
"I enjoyed it… very nice," Nunes said after training. "Everybody gave me a chance to fit in. I was welcomed warmly and I like wearing this jersey. It looks nice on me, doesn't it?" the left-sided defender said, pointing at his Bafana kit.
The Johannesburg-born player, who headed to Portugal aged just eight, confessed he'll be quiet when the national anthem is sung before kick-off on Friday night.
"Man, it's too difficult. Only one bit is in English and the first part I can't understand at all. But it sounds very nice. I will get to know it someday," he said.
While memorising Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika is expectedly proving difficult for Nunes, getting to know the names of his teammates has been easier.
"Some of them I already know. Like (Siphiwe) Tshabalala. But I now know a few more – Dino (Ndlovu), Dean (Furman) the midfielder, the goalkeeper (Moeneeb) Josephs. Some names are too difficult but I'm sure I will know everyone by the time this camp is over."
Nunes, 26, played for Portugal at youth level but is now looking forward to donning the Bafana jersey. He plays for Slovakia side MSK Zilina. "If I'm picked I'll be grateful. I'm here to help and add value."
Meanwhile, striker Bernard Parker has promised to continue his excellent scoring run as he's expected to lead Bafana's attack at the National Stadium (8.45pm).
"I have trust in my teammates that they can make me score again," the Kaizer Chiefs striker said.
Parker netted a brace in his last international – a 2-0 victory over Mozambique last month – continuing his great start to the season.
"It was a great comeback for me to the national team, scoring those two goals and I want to continue scoring. I want to hit the back of the net all the time. I'm highly motivated because we have a good team."
A win against Poland is critical, Parker said, in order for Bafana to improve their dismal away record – in the last two years they've beaten only Tanzania on the road.
"It's important to win away. The conditions don't suit us as it is a bit cold, but as professionals we need to know how to handle these types of situations. When we play qualifiers in Africa, it's even worse because the pitch is not always up to scratch. But that's where we should test ourselves.
"We should know what kind of football we have to play away. We can't continue playing the ball on the ground when the pitch doesn't allow it."
The pitch at the 58 000-seater National Stadium is in top-notch condition, however, and Bafana won't have cause to blame it should things go awry tomorrow.
But Igesund and his men will be looking beyond Poland, as they eye next year's Africa Cup of Nations. "We have to do well in that tournament. It's not good that we are known to qualify only as hosts and not through proper tests. We have to reach the final to prove that we deserve to be there," Parker said.
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McDonald and Mclain were each indicted on a murder charge.
Anthony Liddell, 19, a sophomore, was shot in front of University Place apartments and died of a gunshot wound to the chest.
At an arraignment for Mclain, Solicitor Jimmy Richardson informed him of the penalty the charge of Murder carries, which is 30 years to life in prison.
The arrest warrant for McDonald says McDonald agreed to meet Liddell at the residence hall. It says Mclain shot Liddell three times.
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StudioWorks, New York, New York, 1996
This exhibition explores the possibilities of interactive learning, using computers with CD-ROMs, videos, projections, games, puzzles, and models to engage visitors of all ages. The interconnection of the global problems addressed by the World Summits is symbolized by the interlock-shaped tables themselves, decision making and planning. Everything from lighting to trafic flow is given this kind of consideration, creating an information architecture that allows for a non-linear storyline. Visitors are able to move freely throughout the exhibit and learn about how the United Nations conferences work, about the issues addressed, like women's rights and the environment, and what role they as individuals can play in shaping the future. One contemplates the six tables apart and imagines the day when they will all come together.
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Posted by Flying Scotsman in Communication | Feb. 20, 2013 | 0 Comments
Apk file size: 4.3 MB
Send Morse code signals via the camera flashlight.
This application has the following features :
Detect if camera flash can be detected correctly.
Change WPM (Word per minute) this can range from 5 to 100 minimum proficiency is normally 20 WPM.
To Send a message :
Click in the edit space, the keyboard will appear.
Type the required message, with spaces between the words.
Press the "SEND" button.
To close the application press the green on button.
Whats new
Add a tablet interface.
Re-engineered the flashlight to be operated in a Async task to allow the user interface to interact at the same time.
Flying Scotsman part of our Communication and have average installs from 100 to 500. Last Update Feb. 20, 2013. Google play rating is 73.3333. Current verison is 1.0. Actual size 4.3 MB.


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Greco speaks; PolitiFact checks
TAMPA -- In an interview published in Sunday's St. Petersburg Times, former Tampa Mayor Dick Greco outlined his thoughts on city finances, baseball and how he would approach a fifth term, if elected. To see the article, go to:
Also over the weekend, the Times' PolitiFact Florida examined an assessment Greco offers about his last administration's record managing the city's debt. Find that at:


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Singing + Rhinoplasty Q&A
Will Rhinoplasty Affect my Singing?
To correct deviated septum, will it effect a person singing? READ MORE
Will Rhinoplasty Affect my Voice?
Does rhinoplasty change the voice? The job is going to work inside the nose. It is very importance for me because I'm a vocalist and it is very... READ MORE
This is Very Important for Me. When Can I Start Belting out Songs After Rhinoplasty?
When can I start hardcore training singing again, hitting all the high notes and mouth opening wide. I dont want to distort my would be new nose.... READ MORE
Singing after rhino surgery?
Thank You all doctors who take time to help us:-) almost 3 weeks post Septorhinoplasty, been going back in singing training slowly, could this damage... READ MORE
Should I have rhinoplasty ? I want a smaller nose
I want a smaller nose..but I'm not sure i need rhinoplasty and it changes the singing voice? READ MORE
Will a Nose Implant Mess Up my Singing?
Or the procedure to make my nose bigger has no effect? And why? Thank you. READ MORE
Is that normal to develop hoarseness after Septorhinoplasty surgery?
Thank You all doctors who make time here for us. Is that normal to develop hoarseness after rhino surgery? I'm a month post trying get back to singing... READ MORE
Did I damage my rhinoplasty results after singing?
I had rhinoplasty done 9 days ago. My cast was taken off 2 days ago. A lot of work was done my bridge was lifted with cartilage and my nostrils were... READ MORE
Will I suffer from functional problems after nose job? (Photo)
I am contemplating a rhinoplasty for cosmetic reasons, however I need to know the long term risks this might pose to the functionality of my nose.... READ MORE
What procedure(s) could fix a nose that looks pointed and flared, especially when singing? (photos)
I am an opera singer and I notice that when I sing my nostrils elongate and my nose becomes very prominent, like a beak on an animal. In resting... READ MORE
Does rhinoplasty affect singing?
One thing I for got to ask the MD during my consultation - resonance in my nasal area, face, and head in general are all important in singing. Would... READ MORE
Could singing damage rhinoplasty results?
I had a closed rhinoplasty 5 weeks ago & i sang today for 5 minutes could that affect my result? i felt a sort of pressure inside my nostrils READ MORE
Singing voice. Problems with rhinoplasty
I have a bone bridge, the tip is bulbous and protrudes outwards. I can't breathe well and It's slightly crooked on the right side of my nose (I can... READ MORE
When to sing after Rhinoplasty?
Its my 1st week and 5 days of post rhinoplasty, I would like to ask if I can sing again? Because my long time friends asking me to have karaoke. Can I... READ MORE
When I sing I can feel the vibrations in my nose. Will this subside in time? Septorhinoplasty.
I am a singer and have the correct breathing and singing technique but as you can imagine to sing certain words or sounds, there is a buzz/humming and... READ MORE


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Lunchroom Lite
Dietitian Vanessa Carter's job was to strip School District 51's school lunch recipes to the core and rebuild them piece by piece, accounting for the nutritional content of each ingredient.
The results can be found in this year's school lunch menu. Each student in the district who buys lunch is offered a tray every day with up to a cup each of fruits and vegetables, an ounce or more of meat and plenty of whole grains.
Each lunch has a limited target for sodium and saturated fat and the average lunch must not exceed 650 calories for elementary students, 700 calories for middle-schoolers and 850 calories for high school students.
The new standards are part of this year's implementation of school lunch requirements outlined in the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
School breakfasts will be revamped next year, and sodium guidelines will gradually become more strict over the next 10 years.
The district started work early on new lunch requirements by ditching whole and 2 percent milk three years ago and using only whole grains now, two years before it's required in U.S. schools.
That makes the transition easier, according to District 51 Nutrition Services Director Dan Sharp, but there still was work to be done. He wanted a professional with experience in nutrient analysis to make sure the district followed new nutritional guidelines.
So the district contracted with Primary Care Partners, where Carter works as a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, to borrow her expertise for up to eight hours a week beginning in April.
"She spent a good deal of time with us last summer working on nutrient analysis and was able to provide feedback for suggested changes to recipes or new dishes," Sharp said. "The kids for the most part are responding pretty well unless they're used to processed food at night or fast food at night because those foods are heavily laden with sodium.
"If they're used to white bread at home, it takes a few tries to get used to whole grain. Our pizza has whole grain crust and low-sugar, low-sodium sauce. Our pizza will taste different if a kid is used to Domino's," Sharp said.
Carter said she hopes the new meals and flavors will appeal to kids and help the district increase school lunch participation from last year's mark of 50 percent. She sees local children on an individual basis at Primary Care Partners and hopes to make a larger impact on the nation's childhood obesity epidemic by reshaping school meals.
"There's a big childhood obesity problem, and Mesa County's not immune to that problem. I see a lot of kids for inappropriate diets, lots of liquid calories, not enough fruits, veggies, or whole grains," Carter said.
"Hopefully this is going to help, at least for one meal five days a week. And hopefully parents look at the menu and get some ideas (for home dinner offerings)."
Carter said she relies on feedback from students and kitchen staff to learn which recipes may have to be fine-tuned throughout the school year.
More complex recipes and food preparation helped Sharp decide to reorganize his department after a couple employees left and hire two new managers this year, Diana Tarasiewicz and Ann Ahern, to oversee all district kitchens.
Tarasiewicz, a culinary professor at Western Colorado Community College, will help kitchen staff fine-tune ingredients and seasoning without going over nutrient limits.
Kitchen staff will undergo "culinary boot camps" during parent-teacher conference days Oct. 25-26 through a partnership with LiveWell Colorado, according to Sharp. The sessions will teach culinary skills, from knife skills to how to pair recipes.


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After some UEFA news concerning male football referees only, here are the new Referee Categories for female football referees and male futsal referees.
Elite Group
Jana Adamkova (CZE), Teodora Albon (ROU), Sandra Braz Bastos (POR), Cristina Dorcioman (ROU), Stéphanie Frappart (FRA), Gyöngyi Krisztina Gaál (HUN), Riem Hussein (GER), Katalin Kulcsar (HUN), Pernilla Larsson (SWE), Thalia Mitsi (GRE), Kateryna Monzul (UKR), Monika Mularczyk (POL), Sara Persson (SWE), Morag Pirie (SCO), Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS, promoted), Esther Staubli (SUI), Bibiana Steinhaus (GER), Carina Susanna Vitulano (ITA), Olga Zadinova (CZE, promoted).
First Group
First Group
Linn Andersson (SWE), Esther Azzopardi (MLT), Floarea Cristina Babadac (ROU), Vesna Budimir (CRO, promoted), Petra Chuda (SVK), Lorraine Clark (SCO, promoted), Rhona Daly (IRL), Amy Fearn (ENG), Florence Guillemin (FRA), Kirsi Heikkinen (FIN), Sofia Karagiorgi (CYP), Zuzana Kovacova (SVK), Marija Kurtes (GER), Eleni Lampadariou (GRE), Lina Lehtovaara (FIN), Karolina Radzik-Johan (POL), Sharon Sluyts (BEL), Marte Sørø (NOR), Eszter Urban (HUN), Severine Zinck (FRA).
Second Group
Second Group
Julia-Stefanie Baier (AUT, promoted), Sabine Bonnin (FRA), Paula Brady (IRL), Tania Fernandes Morais (LUX), Sarah Garratt (ENG, promoted), Marta Frias Acedo (ESP, promoted), Elia Maria Martinez Martinez (ESP, demoted), Simona Ghisletta (SUI), Kseniya Goryacheva (RUS), Knarik Grigoryan (ARM), Gordana Kuzmanovic (SRB), Justina Lavrenovaite (LTU, promoted), Ivana Martincic (CRO, promoted), Ana Minic (SRB), Lois Otte (BEL, promoted), Vivian Peeters (NED, promoted), Barbara Poxhofer (AUT, promoted), Ivana Projkovska (MKD, promoted), Tanja Subotic (SVN, promoted), Zuzana Valentova (SVK), Kateryna Zora (UKR).
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Green Screens: Cinema Planeta
Green Screens is proud to present a collaboration with Cinema Planeta, International Environmental Film Festival of Mexico.
The twelve films explore the different ways we live on this planet and interact with our environment. From the disappearing traditional ways of life seen in Silvestre Pantaleón, Canícula and Within the River, Among the Trees, to people coping with the pressures of developing modern societies in Yatatso and Solar Eclipse to global problems we have created living a fully realized consumer culture in The Crisis of Civilization, Nuclear Savage, The Light Bulb Conspiracy and Keep on Rolling.
Don't 'miss the exciting family films Bacalar, Chandani: The Daughter of the Elephant Whisperer and Among Wolves!
Cinema Planeta has been dreaming for four years about a change in our relationship with the planet, the beings with whom we coexist with, its natural resources and among ourselves. The festival understands cinema as a vehicle of transformation, as a promoter of a culture oriented towards environmental conservation.
Silvestre Pantaleón
Preview Screening! Directors Roberto Olivares Ruiz and Jonathan Amith in person for Q&A!
A luminescent study of a man still versed in traditional rope making and religious ceremonies in a village not far from Acapulco.
Director José Álvarez in person for Q&A!
Canícula lyrically weaves together the daily routines in the American Indian village of Zapotal, showing us traditions that endure in despite the encroachment of the modern world.
12-year-olds Santiago and Mariana discover a dangerous group of animal traffickers operating in their area and set out to save the wolves in this children's film festival favorite.
The Lightbulb Conspiracy
Planned obsolescence was born in the 20s to sell more light bulbs and continues today. Can our consumer economy change and still be viable?
Keep on Rolling: The Fantasy of the Automobile
A spirited look at our addiction to the automobile and the way it has changed our living environment. Screening with: Ciclovia, Bogotá, Columbia (Clarence Eckerson Jr., 2007).
Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1
Director Adam Horowitz in person for Q&A!
A remarkable documentary study of U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, which willfully used the native inhabitants as guinea pigs for the effects of radiation.
Within the River, Among the Trees
Bodanzky collaborated with 35 Amazon basin communities to create this documentary about their fragile and threatened way of life. They tell their own stories and express concerns for their future in a region threatened by social and economic forces.
Chandani: The Daughter of the Elephant Whisperer
Chandani wants to be an elephant trainer like her father and grandfather before her, but no woman has even had the job. This engaging documentary follows Chandani as she breaks new ground in following her dream.
Among Wolves
Based on a true story, a boy is sold by his impoverished family to work with a goat herder in the mountains of Cordoba. When the goat herder dies, 7-year-old Marcos is left to raise himself.
15-year-old Bebo and his two younger cousins are part of a family of cartoneros, people who earn their living sorting through garbage and selling it to recyclers. Paralluelo's first documentary feature offers a candid view of lives lived in poverty and the insistent dreams that accompany them.
Solar Eclipse
Cultural differences set off many humorous encounters in this documentary about two Czech electricians return to the Zambian village to repair and upgrade the solar energy system they installed there five years earlier.
The Crisis of Civilization
Addressing the major problems of climate change, financial failure and depletion of natural resources as parts of one failed system, author Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed takes apart our economic structure to show how our assumptions brought us here today.


text: Science & TechnologyGuatemala victims of US experiments to appeal Dismissal of lawsuit by locals infected with STDs by US scientists in the 1940s to be contested. 19 Aug 2012 11:48 GMT | Science & Technology Guatemalan victims of medical experiments conducted by American researchers have said they will appeal against a recent decision to dismiss their lawsuit. More than 1,300 people were infected with sexually transmitted diseases in the 1940s without their knowledge. Al Jazeera's David Mercer reports from Guatemala.Source: Al Jazeera


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Due in two weeks and having the hardest time settling on a name. What do you think of the name Lux Josephine. We have another daughter named Domino as well.
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I actually love it! Not totally sold on the first and last together without the middle to add the flow. But overall, I say go for it.
Lux Josephine...
Lux is a cool, spunky name that projects a spirited attitude. I also think Lux, works with Domino as well. Lux and Domino have a similar edge, they both look edgy and intriguing along with sounding daring. Domino is a very unusual, daring choice that has bags of attitude. You need a name as equally as funky as Domino which Lux is. Lux is has similar qualities to Domino and they look very electric together. I also love Lux with Josephine which is a gorgeously vintage choice. I love the name Josephine. Lux Josephine sounds lush.


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Ann Taylor Loft: credit card racket alert!
We like that Ann Taylor Loft is cheap. But are they fair?
I have one of their Loft cards (not the Mastercard that they always try to pitch you, but the lower, in-house one that awards you points, etc. to use later at Loft only).
So, anyway, my balance is due today. I thought I'd pay it online. But it costs $10 to pay it TODAY, the day of. If I click that I'd like the payment to go through tomorrow (past the due date) it's free.
There's also a fee if I call and pay it by phone. So, the only way I can pay my balance without being charged a fee is to GO INTO the store and pay directly.
WHAT A RACKET! Especially since I REALLY have a hard time going there and not buying something.
I know I could have paid it ahead of time, or sent it through the mail for free, but I specifically planned to pay it on the due date because it lined up with payday.
Any Ann Taylor Loft credit card holders out there know of a better solution?
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Marc Makholm looked at the young man in jail scrubs, sitting at the front of the courtroom with a defiant look in his eyes.
He wasn't Makholm's client. But he reminded him of someone.
"It's always a pleasure seeing you here, Mr. Makholm," Pinellas County Judge Dee Anna Farnell said.
Makholm cleared his throat as he gathered his files. He looked up.
"I just want to mention that I just lost one of my clients last month," Makholm said. "He died from an overdose. It was my 13th that I lost."
The courtroom went quiet. Makholm's eyes watered. Then he tucked his files under one arm, put his head down, hurried past the stares of defendants and out the door.
Makholm, 39, has a business to run. He's a Tampa lawyer who defends people accused of DUI and drug-related crimes. Many are addicts, and death is sometimes a symptom of addiction.
It's still tough to accept when one dies, Makholm said. Especially when he's the one who kept him or her out of jail or rehab.
Makholm doesn't keep a list, just the number. He feels bad that he has forgotten some of their faces and stories over time.
He does remember the name of the first client who passed away while he was still on the case but asked the St. Petersburg Times not to publish his deceased clients' names out of respect for their families. That first client who died got his third DUI, then overdosed on prescription drugs as Makholm was working on his defense. It was 2002, six years after Makholm began practicing. It affected him deeply, he said.
He had no way of knowing this would become a regular thing.
The second was a drug dealer who overdosed. The third was charged with DUI, a man Makholm said suffered from depression and abused pills. He had a heart attack while on probation.
Over the next few years, 10 more died on Makholm's watch. The latest happened in February, when a man in his 30s died from a prescription drug overdose.
Makholm mailed a letter to the man informing him of an upcoming court date, and the man's grandmother called with the sad news. Then she mailed Makholm a death notice, a photo with the man holding his young daughter.
Even after dealing with this a dozen times already, the loss weighed heavy on Makholm, who is also a father.
"I got him a great deal, too," Makholm said.
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Makholm always wanted to be a lawyer. His father and his older sister are lawyers.
Graduating in 1996, Makholm spent four years as a prosecutor before doing what he really wanted to do: defend people. In 2000, he joined a law firm that specialized in DUI and drug-related criminal charges.
A couple of years later, Makholm's first client died. It wasn't unheard of in his line of work. In fact, the law firm he worked for, owned by lawyer Barry Taracks, used to keep track of the number of client deaths. Taracks thought it was "well over 20" for the entire firm over 18 years.
"I think Marc just continued keeping track of his number," Taracks said. He thought 13 sounded like a lot, and understood Makholm's struggle to deal with it.
"Our position to defend the client might clash with what's in the best interest of the client morally," Taracks said. "That might be pleading guilty and committing to drug treatment, but people never want to admit they have a problem.
"You always wonder later if there was more you could do."
There really isn't, said University of Florida Law School professor Bob Dekle, who teaches legal skills.
"Sometimes you see a client going down the wrong path and you want to grab him by the neck and shake him," said Dekle, who practiced criminal law for 33 years. "But it's not your job. You can make suggestions, but you cannot make them straighten up and do right."
Dekle said he could recall dealing with only a couple of client suicides during his 33 years. Makholm seems to be in rare company.
But he still likes what he does. He still feels like he's helping.
"I enjoy defending people," he said. "I know I'm good at it and I know I care."
Maybe too much sometimes.
Makholm doesn't know why he felt compelled to announce the number of his dead clients that day in the courtroom. He felt embarrassed that he had to fight back tears in front of his colleagues.
All he knows is he looked at the young guy sitting in Farnell's courtroom and was reminded of the client he lost just a week earlier.
The young man intended to opt for a criminal trial to avoid drug court and a drug treatment program.
As Makholm walked out of the courtroom, he hoped the young man would change his mind.
He did.
Emily Nipps can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (727) 893-8452.


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Rolls-Royce has received awards valued at $16 million for its participation in the FAA's Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions & Noise (Cleen) technologies program, the company announced today.
Under the terms of the contract, Rolls-Royce will perform engine test demonstrations specifically focused on reduced fuel burn technologies and evaluating alternative aviation fuels. Cleen program goals center on achieving a 33-percent reduction in fuel burn against a baseline of current performance technology and advancing sustainable alternative aviation fuels by 2015.
Rolls-Royce expects to perform the fuel-burn segment of the Cleen program in concert with undertakings already established under the Environmentally Friendly Engine program. The engine maker plans to evaluate alternative product designs to achieve gains in cycle efficiency and, hence, fuel burn cuts through reductions in turbine cooling airflow. It plans to design and manufacture the alternative parts at its plant in Indianapolis and conduct testing in Bristol, UK.
The company plans to conduct component, engine, rig and flight testing of alternative fuels using accepted ASTM International procedures on a Rolls-Royce AE3007 engine and a Cessna Citation X. Rolls-Royce has committed to carrying out testing at its Indianapolis facility and Cessna at its Wichita plant.
Meanwhile, a complementary alternative fuels program of laboratory-scale, rig and engine testing will take place in a controlled environment at Rolls-Royce facilities in Derby, UK.
The company aims to assess various characteristics of alternative fuels, including suitability, environmental sustainability and industrial and commercial viability. Rolls-Royce will further endeavor to build on the fundamental scientific understanding of the roles of alternative fuel properties and composition.
Rolls-Royce's collaboration in the Cleen program complements its efforts to meet Acare (Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe) established targets of reducing CO2 and noise by half and NOx by 80 percent by 2020, compared with a baseline established in 2000.


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Thursday, June 20, 2013 | 5:40 p.m.
A Metro Police raid on an illegal brothel Thursday afternoon in the northeast valley led to one arrest, officials said.
Detectives from Metro's vice section began investigating the brothel, located at 2404 Kirk Ave., after receiving an anonymous tip, said Lou Pascoe, director of the Southern Nevada Human Trafficking Task Force. That location is near Eastern and Washington avenues.
Miguel Barahona, a man found at the home, was arrested in connection with operating the brothel, Pascoe said. One male client and several potential female victims were located in the home as well, Pascoe said.
Authorities have not determined the females' ages, Pascoe said.
"We're going to be actively policing any nexus to human trafficking and these illegal brothels," she said.
Authorities did not release other information, citing the ongoing investigation.


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Meet The Star Of The National Spelling Bee, Jacob Williamson! [Video]
Jacob didn't win the event, but he won over America's hearts when he told everyone "he's got this", when in fact, he didn't.
We've all been there, haven't we? We think we know something, or we think we can handle something, and then, when push comes to shove, we don't.
So here's Jacob, on national television, sure of his answer, confident in his knowledge, until the bell rings and stuns him with defeat.
Hats off to you, Jacob, you were the shining star of Spelling Bee 2014!
Oh, in case you didn't know —
13-year old Ansun Sujoe of Texas correctly spelled "feuilleton" to be crowned co-champion with 14-year-old Sriram Hathwar of New York.
This was the third time in the history of the Scripps Spelling Bee that there has been a tie. The last time was in 1962.


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Federal Grant to Battery Cell Maker Squandered
February 19, 2013
An Obama administration grant for a South Korean advanced battery maker to scale up production in the United States did not yield any results despite $142 million in funding. The Holland, Michigan, factory slated to build the battery cells is owned by LG Chem Ltd., a subsidiary of LG Corporation. Instead, the LG Company used federal funds to pay idle workers, says the Wall Street Journal.
- To avoid layoffs, the LG Chem factory paid idle workers $1.6 million to play board games, watch movies and volunteer at local animal shelters during regular work hours.
- The plant was half-funded by a government grant because it was estimated to add approximately 440 jobs building battery cells for General Motors' Chevrolet Volt.
- President Obama attended the groundbreaking ceremony and heralded the plant expansion as the future of America and a stellar example of private sector growth.
Today, the factory employs 150 workers, some of whom are hourly employees and are furloughed one week a month. LG Chem continues a trend of federal grants for alternative energy being wasted at taxpayer expense.
- Solar panel maker Solyndra filed for bankruptcy in 2011 after receiving federal funds.
- A123 Systems is another recipient of federal funds that filed for bankruptcy after receiving about $250 million.
- Still, President Obama calls for continued efforts to invest in alternative energy.
Kathleen Hogan, the Department of Energy's (DOE) deputy assistant secretary in charge of the $2 billion grant program, said in a written response that the LG Chem funding was part of an initiative to grow the manufacturing sector in the United States. She also said that the electric car industry has not grown as previously anticipated but is confident that it will continue to expand its market share.
A DOE report found that LG Chem had planned to move five production lines to Michigan but has no money to move the remaining two because it failed to account for prevailing wage requirements during the construction process. The result is financial losses for LG Chem on the production of battery cells for the Chevrolet Volt, the sales of which have been lower than hoped.
Source: Ryan Tracy, "U.S. Grant Funded Workers' Play at LG Chem Factory," Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2013.
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So, I guess Burger King is really committed to letting you "Have It Your Way"…
This guy in Japan decided he wanted a burger with 1050 extra strips of delicious delicious bacon.
They made it for him.
Hold on – be right back. Gotta go get the mopbucket. K&M are drooling after watching this video.


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Heat alerts and just how hot does it get inside a stationery car?Bill DunphycarHamilton SpectatorHeat exhaustionToronto Star
Warning: this post makes the use of ALL-CAPS.
Bill Dunphy of the Hamilton Spectator set out the other day to measure the heat inside an unmoving car – this after a few deaths across the east coast under this extreme heat warning that much of Canada and the US is enduring right now.
He says:
- The temperature inside a closed car doesn't so much rise as it rockets.
- The thermometer stopped working after about 15 minutes inside the oven that used to be my car, right after the air temperature climbed past 50C [or about 120 degrees Celsius].
- The humidex came in at a chart-topping 79 [or about 175 degrees Fahrenheit].
- It was too hot even for thermometers.
DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME !! All-caps for emphasis.
Dunphy was monitored in a staged experiment, with paramedics at his side (outside) and he was wired to an electrocardiogram. The results will prove to you that this is not something for you to try. EVER.
All thermometers used in the experiment died – not able to cope with the heat inside the car.
So the answer is, DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN (OR ADULTS) OR PETS ALONE IN CARS IN THIS HEAT. Death will occur. Murder charges may be laid. All-caps for emphasis.
There are three stages of heat illness:
- Heat exposure — excessive sweating, fatigue, thirst and cramps in your arms and legs.
- Heat exhaustion — dizziness, headaches, light-headedness, skin that is cool and moist.
- Heat stroke — a body temperature of 40C (104F), skin hot and dry, nausea and vomiting, rapid breathing, racing heart, confusion, unconsciousness, seizures.
For more on how to cope with this heat, see the article here: The Toronto Star.
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Discussion in 'Dogs - General Dog Chat' started by dk666, Dec 27, 2007.
He's been cooped up the past week or 2 and finally got to let it out at the Forest Pres. Dog park !!
Oh, he looks like he's blowing off some STEAM
gorgeous doggie! Tell us more about him!
What age is he? Did he enjoy christmas?
Thor is beautiful!
He just turned 4 in Oct. I have had him about 1 1/2 yr's right now he's sharing a few White Castles with me after his day of running in the Woods and playing with a few dogs !!. And I'm the proud owner of a muddy BackSeat in the car now LOL but it's ok as long as he had a good time .
Thanks he get's his looks from me !! :yikes:
Thor is such a handsome husky boy. =)
Is he Fozzie's daddy? teehee
Such a cute smile while on agility. Looks like he's zooming as fast as he can.
Thor's not talking !!! don't want to give up his Cookies for Child Support !!