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Northern Mariana Islands, also called Northern Marianas, officially Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States. It is composed of 22 islands and islets in the western Pacific Ocean. The commonwealth is a part of the Mariana Islands, a chain of volcanic mountain peaks and uplifted coral reefs. (The Marianas chain also includes the politically separate island of Guam, to the south.)
Saipan (46.5 square miles [120 square km]), Tinian (39 square miles [101 square km]), and Rota (33 square miles [85 square km]) are the principal islands and, together with Anatahan, Alamagan, and Agrihan, are inhabited. Another island, Pagan, was evacuated in 1981 after a severe volcanic eruption there. The capital is on Saipan.
Rota, the southernmost island, consists of a volcanic base capped with coral limestone, giving it a terraced appearance. Four southern islands (Farallon de Medinilla, Saipan, Tinian, and Aguijan) are composed of limestone and have gently rolling elevations and few mountains. The islands farther north are volcanic peaks. Mount Pagan, one of the two volcanoes that make up Pagan Island, has erupted many times during recorded history; Farallon de Pajaros, the northernmost of the Marianas, and Asuncion are also active volcanoes. Agrihan volcano, the highest of the Northern Mariana group, rises to 3,166 feet (965 metres). Besides Guam, the nearest neighbours are the Bonin Islands (north) and the Federated States of Micronesia (Caroline Islands; southeast).
The climate is tropical, with average yearly temperatures on Saipan ranging between 79 and 82 °F (26 and 28 °C) and annual precipitation averaging about 70 inches (1,800 mm). Heavy rains are common, and typhoons strike the islands periodically. Precipitation is significantly less on the northernmost islands.
The four limestone islands have tropical or scrub forests at higher elevations and coconut palms and casuarina trees along the coast, with the exception of Farallon de Medinilla, which is barren. Where level or gently sloping areas occur, cattle are grazed. The steep slopes of the volcanic islands from Guguan northward are mostly barren. The soils in these areas are generally shallow and low in fertility. The islands are major nesting sites for many types of migratory seabirds, including several endangered species.
The native people of the Northern Mariana Islands are Micronesians. Only about one-fourth of the total population are Chamorros, descendants of the original inhabitants, who intermingled with Spaniards, Mexicans, Filipinos, and various other Europeans and Asians. About one-third of the people are Filipino, and there are smaller proportions of Chinese, Koreans, and other Pacific Islanders. There is also a small minority of Carolinians, descendants of people who migrated from the central Carolines during the 19th century. About two-fifths of the Northern Marianas population is native-born; small numbers come from Guam, the United States, or nearby island states. More than half of the people are nonresident aliens, or guest workers, mostly from Asia and largely employed in the garment industry. Since the late 1990s the government has attempted to control and reduce the number of nonresidents.
Having lost most of their original Pacific Islands culture, the people of the Northern Mariana Islands have a mode of life that is Spanish Roman Catholic but is influenced by American culture. Saipan has more than nine-tenths of the commonwealth's total population. Chamorro, related to Indonesian, is the principal language. Chamorro, Carolinian, and English are official languages; Chinese and Filipino are also widely used. About nine-tenths of the population speaks a language other than English at home. Although Roman Catholicism predominates, there are significant minorities of independent Christians, Protestants, and Buddhists.
Tourism is the principal economic activity. Saipan and Rota are the main tourist centres and offer luxury hotels. The tourists are mainly Japanese and Americans. Subsistence farming, including the cultivation of taro, cassava, yams, breadfruit, vegetables, and bananas, is practiced extensively by many islanders to supplement their cash income. Investors from Korea, China, and the Philippines have expanded the islands' production of clothing and accessories, making the garment industry a major component of the Northern Marianas economy. The investors are attracted by duty-free and quota-free access to the U.S. mainland. However, the employment practices in the factories have been criticized. Labour and immigration regulations have been relatively lax, and it has been alleged at times that working conditions are sweatshoplike. The U.S. government has taken steps to improve conditions for workers.
Saipan, Tinian, and Rota have paved roads; public transportation is almost nonexistent, but shuttle buses serve major towns. Transportation between the islands is largely by air, with some boat traffic primarily for cargo. Saipan is the largest port, followed by Tinian and Rota. Saipan has an international airport; there are smaller airports on Rota and Tinian.
Government and society
Part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands granted to the United States by the United Nations in 1947, the Northern Marianas voted in a plebiscite for status as a U.S. commonwealth in 1975. Some aspects of the commonwealth status were implemented in 1976, and the full commonwealth became effective upon the dissolution of the trust territory for the Marianas by the U.S. government in 1986. Eligible residents of the commonwealth became U.S. citizens at that time.
According to the constitution of 1978, the U.S. president is head of state. The head of government is a governor, who is elected by residents to a four-year term, as is a lieutenant governor. The bicameral legislature consists of a 9-member Senate and an 18-member House of Representatives. The commonwealth also elects one representative to the U.S. House of Representatives.
All inhabited islands have primary schools and hospitals. Schooling is compulsory between the ages of 6 and 16. There are public and church-run secondary schools on Saipan. Northern Marianas College, a public institution with its main campus on Saipan and branches on Tinian and Rota, was established in 1981. A high percentage of students earn university degrees, notably from the University of Guam and the University of Hawaii.
Cultural life
The cultural diversity of the Northern Marianas has increased rapidly since the late 20th century. There are growing Filipino, Chinese, and Korean communities, although they have limited political representation. The Carolinian community, which has lived on Saipan since the 19th century, is represented in the legislature. The local Chamorro population, with its tradition of extended families, is dominant in political, economic, and cultural matters. A local arts council has promoted folk arts and cultural events in the community, and there are small museums and libraries. Public beach parks and preserves as well as golf courses and other sports facilities provide recreation; scuba diving is particularly popular among tourists. American national holidays and several local holidays are celebrated. The Guam daily newspaper, which provides some local coverage, supplements two local weekly newspapers; all are published in English. There are several radio and television stations, and mobile phone usage, though low, was increasing in the early 21st century.
Early period
Archaeological evidence at Chalan Piao on Saipan indicates that the Northern Marianas were settled by an insular people originating in Southeast Asia. They made a distinctive form of red-slipped pottery, sometimes incised with lime-filled decoration, closely related to Philippine ceramics. By ad 800 a plain, unslipped pottery style was in use. Stone architecture had also developed, characterized by parallel rows of upright pillars topped with hemispheric capstones (halege). According to early Spanish accounts, the pillars were supports for structures called latte (for which term the culture is named), which may have served as houses or canoe sheds. Each village had from one to several latte structures. Stone and shell tools were used and betel nuts were chewed, as shown by extended burials most often located between the rows of latte.
The Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan was the first European to arrive on the Marianas when he stopped there briefly in 1521. There is some historical question as to which island he actually visited, but Magellan named the islands the Ladrones (Spanish: "Thieves") because while he was there some of the islanders took a small skiff that he had trailing behind one of his ships.
In 1565 Miguel López de Legazpi landed at Umatac, Guam, and proclaimed Spanish sovereignty over the Ladrones; some priests went ashore to perform mass. No colonies were started at that time, however, because the Spanish were more interested in conquests in the Americas, the Philippines, and the Moluccas. The British adventurer Thomas Cavendish was the next to visit the Marianas, in 1588 aboard the Desire. He traded briefly, and as he left he ordered his men to open fire from the rear of the ship to discourage the islanders from following.
The effects of the early explorers and those who followed them to the islands were mixed. On one hand the Europeans provided ironware and cloth, which was traded for fresh produce. On the other hand they introduced infectious diseases, including influenza, smallpox, leprosy, venereal diseases, and tuberculosis, which severely depleted the indigenous population.
Spanish colonial rule
The permanent colonization of the islands began with the arrival of the Jesuit priest Diego Luis de Sanvitores in 1668. With him were priests, laymen, women, and some Filipino soldiers. Mariana of Austria, the regent of Spain, financed his mission, and he renamed the islands the Marianas in her honour. Sanvitores and his colonists established churches and religious schools. A series of revolts attended those efforts, since the islanders resisted conversion to a religion that did not fit traditional beliefs. In response, the Spanish moved the population of the Marianas into enclaves and segregated the people into villages. Many islanders were killed in the process of relocation. Others died from the rapid spread of disease in the settlements, thus further decreasing the population.
In 1680 the Spanish sent reinforcements led by José Quiroga, who was interim governor of the Marianas from 1680 to 1696. He subdued the islanders after a series of revolts, sieges, murders of missionaries, and burning of churches that was known as the "Chamorro wars" and that resulted in many islanders fleeing to the hills. In reprisal, the entire native population was relocated from Saipan and Rota in the northern Marianas to the island of Guam. Finally, the Chamorro people took the oath of allegiance to the king of Spain, accepted Spanish customs, and began to wear Western-style clothes, cultivate corn (maize), and eat red meat—some of the cultural traits that the Europeans associated with "higher" civilization. Artisans were sent to the villages to teach sewing, spinning, weaving, tanning, iron forging, stone masonry, and other crafts. By 1698 the subjugation of the Marianas was complete.
The Spanish branched out from the Marianas into the rest of Micronesia, meeting only mild resistance. Guam became a regular stop for the Spanish galleons traveling between the Philippines and Mexico.
By the 19th century the Marianas had become involved in European colonial rivalries. German and British soldiers and settlers began to encroach on Spanish claims in Micronesia, and difficulties were averted in 1886 by the mediation of Pope Leo XIII, whose efforts in this regard prevented war between Germany and Spain. But Spain's empire was weakening, and by 1898 war with the United States was at hand. After American naval forces under the command of Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet in the Philippines and took Guam, Spain decided in 1899 to withdraw entirely from the Pacific. It subsequently sold its possessions—including all of the Marianas except Guam, which the Americans still held—to Germany.
German and Japanese control
The Germans promptly established an administrative centre at Saipan, which had served as the seat of the Spanish administration after the Americans captured Guam in 1898. This period marked the permanent division between Guam and the Northern Marianas. Schools, a hospital, and other public buildings were erected in the Northern Marianas, and colonists were encouraged to emigrate from Germany. Large coconut plantations were started, as were other agricultural projects. Copra production was the main German agricultural interest.
German control in the Northern Marianas ended abruptly with the outbreak of World War I. In October 1914 the Japanese navy took possession of the Northern Marianas and the rest of Micronesia. Japan's authority for this seizure was based on several secret agreements with the British designed to keep the peace in Asia in the event of war. After World War I, Japan received the Northern Marianas by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919, and then later as a mandate under the League of Nations on Dec. 17, 1920. The United States, which continued to hold Guam, recognized this mandate on Feb. 11, 1922.
Japanese rule in the Northern Marianas was direct and allowed the islanders little part in local government. The basic laws of Japan were extended to the islands with only a few modifications to meet local conditions. Formal educational facilities were restricted, with emphasis placed on learning the Japanese language. Public health conditions, however, were improved, and hospitals were established. Economic development was Japan's main interest, and large sugarcane plantations and refineries were started at Saipan and Rota. Large numbers of labourers and investment capital were made available. There was also full employment.
With the start of World War II in the Pacific in December 1941, the Japanese immediately took Guam from the United States and made their domination of the Marianas complete. The larger islands of Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Pagan, and Agrihan, along with Guam, became bases for Japanese expansion to the south and east. In 1943 U.S.-led Allied forces began to reduce Japanese strength in Micronesia, and in June–July 1944 the Marianas were neutralized with the recapture of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. The three islands then became Allied bases for the bombing of the Japanese home islands; the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were flown from an air base at Tinian.
Events since c. 1950
The U.S. invasion of the Marianas during the war destroyed the Japanese-created economy in the islands, and after the war the United States began the task of rebuilding. In 1947 Pres. Harry S. Truman signed an agreement with the United Nations (UN) to administer the Northern Marianas as a district within the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in Micronesia. Responsibility for the civil administration was given to the U.S. Navy. Then, on July 1, 1951, following the signing of the peace treaty with Japan and the renouncing of all Japanese claims to the Northern Marianas, responsibility for the UN Trusteeship was transferred to the U.S. secretary of the interior. A special designation of "strategic" trusteeship was made, placing ultimate jurisdiction of the Marianas under the UN Security Council. The other Micronesian island groups of the Marshalls and the Carolines were also covered under this trusteeship agreement.
The United States pledged to "promote development…towards self-government or independence as may be appropriate." In 1969 political status talks began between Micronesians from the entire trust territory and U.S. representatives. In 1973 the Northern Marianas began separate negotiations with the United States that led to a plebiscite in 1975, in which the people approved a commonwealth status in association with the United States. The new government began operations under its own constitution and an elected governor, who was installed in January 1978. Eligible residents of the Northern Marianas became U.S. citizens. The United States declared the trusteeship officially ended on Nov. 4, 1986. On that day, a Covenant Agreement established that the Northern Marianas would exist in political union with the United States, with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, administering federal funds allocated to the Northern Marianas. In 2008 the commonwealth elected a delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time; the delegate may introduce legislation but may vote only in committees.
Beginning in the late 20th century, the Northern Marianas became a production centre for garment manufacturers. The commonwealth was exempt from many of the labour standards of the United States and from provisions of federal immigration and nationality law. As a result, factories imported workers from Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, and other Asian countries without restriction and maintained poor working conditions. After international attention focused on the alleged exploitation of workers, the U.S. government enacted minimum-wage legislation in 2007 that encompassed the Northern Marianas for the first time and instituted other measures to improve conditions; tax breaks were also created to offset the economic impact on small businesses. Industry suffered, however, from increased competition from China and other countries where labour costs remained lower. In addition, beginning in 2000 several typhoons damaged infrastructure and caused widespread property damage in the islands.Dirk Anthony Ballendorf Sophie Foster The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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The Accident fallacy, or a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid, is when generalizations are applied to circumstances when they are otherwise flukes or exceptions. The broader the generalization, the weaker it tends to be, and is more prone to this type of fallacy. In other words, it is insisting that the rule of thumb applies even to the exceptions.
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- Cutting people is criminal
- Surgeons cut people
- Surgeons are criminals
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- God gives people meaning and purpose
- Atheists have meaning and purpose
- They believe in God, but are in denial
Converse Accident Fallacy[edit]
The Converse accident fallacy is similar to the accident fallacy, except, in reverse. The exception is used to justify a generalization.
- Example 1
- Speeding on the roads is illegal
- The police can legally speed in an emergency
- I can legally speed if it's an emergency
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USDA's first assessment of 2012-13 domestic and global supply and demand prospects puts the 2012 corn crop at 14.79 billion bushels compared to 12.36 billion last year. USDA projects a 5.1 million acre increase in harvested area. Corn yield is projected at a record 166 bu./acre.
Total supplies are estimated at 15.66 billion bushels and stocks will reach 1.88 billion bushels. Ethanol demand for corn will remain at 5 billion bushels in 2012-13. Exports are estimated to increase to 1.9 billion bushels compared to 1.7 billion bushels this year.
Feed and residual use will increase by 900 million bushels to 5.45 billion bushels. Corn prices are estimated to drop from $5.95 to $6.25/bu. to $4.20 to $5.00/bu. Soybean production is estimated at 3.205 billion bushels on 73 million harvested acres. Soybean yields are estimated at 43.9 bu./acre, up 2.4 bushels from last year. Soybean supplies for 2012-13 are estimated at 3.43 billion bushels, an increase of 4% from 2011-12. Soybean prices are estimated at $12 to $14/bu., compared to $12.35/bu. in 2011-12. Wheat production is estimated at 2.245 billion bushels, up 12% from last year.


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A nail salon chain which also has an outlet in Delhi's Connaught Place has been forced to rethink its social media security after a hacker 'took over' its business page on Facebook and extorted money to return access.
The young owner of the store who has around 10,000 followers each on Facebook and Instagram was allegedly contacted by a caller who identified himself as a member of FB's security team.
On the pretext of securing her Facebook account, he hacked into her page and took complete control of it.
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He then demanded money to give back access. She tried to log in but the username and password had changed along with her phone number and email address.
'There was no way of resetting the passwords,' she said.
Her frustration was compounded when thousands of followers suddenly unfollowed the page because of spamming by the offender.
According to cyber security experts, hackers are now targeting those who are dependent on social media for marketing their businesses and have significant online presence.
Kislay Choudhary, chairman of NGO Indian Cyber Army, said hackers are 'very opportunistic' when it comes to extortion.
Similarly, the Facebook account of another businessman who had over 20,000 followers on his page Bollywood Suits and Sarees was hacked and later deleted when he refused to pay the extortion money.
Criminals are extorting money from their victims
The victim told Mail Today that on May 29, he got a call from a man who claimed to be from the cyber security team of Facebook who said that he was checking the businessman's details so his business page could be verified.
'As I was getting a lot of spam recently and verified pages get more eyeballs, I decided to follow his instructions. The caller said that I have to share the onetime password to authenticate the page.
'As soon I gave my code, he said that my page was hacked and asked for `10,000 through Paytm,' the victim said, who wished to remain anonymous.
He claims that it took him several years to get that many followers on his page but they vanished overnight after the hacker was not paid.
The man is apprehensive that his page may be misused to spam his followers.
A senior Delhi Police officer said crimes related to social media are on the rise and most cases are about profile spoofing and account-hacking
'Social media account hacking is big business these days, since hackers can make a lot of money through compromised accounts.
'The amount of extortion depends on the number of likes one has on its page,' Choudhary said.
Prateek Shah, founder of the online marketing hub Digital Defynd, explains that small internet-based business take the issue of cyber security casually as they don't perceive themselves to be potential victims.
'Taking advantage of this very fact, many hackers and phishing companies catch entrepreneurs unawares and try to extort money or dupe them.
'These businesses operate internationally and criminals are often hard to catch,' Shah said.
He claims 'takeover' of accounts occurs because of weak passwords and the same passwords being used for different accounts.
A senior Delhi Police officer said crimes related to social media are on the rise and most cases are about profile spoofing and account-hacking.
But hacking of social media accounts of businesses is under-reported, mainly because if a compromise occurs, the victim sometimes does not know about it and, when he does find out, considers it embarrassing to inform anyone.
Small businesses are being hit by the hackers
Cyber security expert Sreedeep Ck Alavil said, 'Many black hat hackers are involved in illegal activities like carding (trafficking of credit card and bank account information) and selling hacked Facebook pages by using advanced spy applications.
Hackers demand money through fake profiles and through secured payment methods, including bitcoins. Hackers also openly sell hacked pages online and are ready to give rights against payment.
'Hackers have access to several Facebook pages. As new start-ups and other business pages need 'likes' for promotion, they directly buy it from hackers.
'So they get a set number of users without much effort,' Alavil said.
Advertising through hacked Facebook pages has become a fulltime business for many hackers.
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The Buford High boys soccer team won the Region IV-AA championship with a 1-0 win over Cheraw at Andrew Jackson High School, a neutral site, on Thursday.
The match was necessary because Buford and Cheraw, which split in regular-season play, were 3-1 in region play.
Cheraw entered looking more intense, and putting a great deal of pressure on Buford's back line and goalkeeper with several open looks, but just couldn't convert.
The Lancaster High School girls placed fifth in the Region III-AAAA track meet with 65 points at York, while the LHS boys were sixth with 26 points on Thursday.
Terricka Thompson and Zayla Stewart each led the Lady Bruins with a second.
Stewart dashed to a second in the 100 meters, while Thompson was second in the discus.
The LHS girls 4 x 800 relay was second.
Lancaster, Buford and Andrew Jackson softball teams are seeking district titles today as they play host in hopes of staying unbeaten in postseason play.
LHS wins
Lancaster rolled to a 12-0 win over Midland Valley at home to stay unbeaten in the Class AAAA Upper State softball playoffs Friday.
LHS junior southpaw Summer Clinton hurled the win, tossing a three-hitter and fanning two.
The Region IV-AA champion Buford High soccer team capped its regular-season with three straight wins.
BHS defeated rival Andrew Jackson, 4-2 on Jackets senior night April 18.
The Jackets seniors are Matthew Hunter, Josh Parris, and Austin Gregory.
BHS center midfielder Jim Small tied the score at 1-1 on an assist from Will Ingram. AJ was awarded a penalty kick for a foul in the box, and converted for a 2-1 lead.
The sixth-ranked Indian Land Lady Warriors built a 6-0 halftime lead on the way to a 10-1 win over host Lancaster High School at Memorial Stadium on Wednesday night.
The Lady Warriors, 13-5-1, had plenty of contributors as Kelsey Long scored three goals in the ILHS girls' victory.
Reagan Hunter and Emily Gerdes each had two goals and an assist.
Shelby Ryberg, Emily Jordan and Summer Bishop each tallied a goal for the Lady Warriors. Bishop added an assist.
INDIAN LAND – Brilliant Indian Land Warriors wrestlers took center stage at the Cross Ridge Ministries in Indian Land on April 21 for the annual ILHS wrestling awards.
Warriors state champions Chad Milasauskas (126) and Austin Ross (106) were honored as the Indian Land High School Wrestlers of the Year.
Andrew Jackson and Buford stayed alive in the Class AA baseball playoffs, posting wins in district elimination games Thursday night.
AJ, which dropped a 4-1 road loss to Abbeville on Tuesday, rebounded with a 7-3 victory over host Saluda to end the Tigers' season.
Buford, which fell to Johnsonville 10-0 on Wednesday, came back to notch a 10-8 win over the Andrews High Yellow Jackets on Thursday at AHS.
The Region III-AAAA softball champion Lancaster High Lady Bruins opened the Class AAAA Upper State playoffs, taking a 6-1 home win over Greer on Thursday.
The Lady Bruins, 16-0, rode the pitching of junior southpaw Summer Clinton, who in facing 22 batters, allowed no hits, three walks and struck out five GHS batters.
Clinton aided her cause with a hit, sacrifice fly RBI and scored a run.
The Buford Yellow Jackets golf team shot a 339 to win the 18-hole Region IV-AA golf tournament at the Green River Golf Club in Chesterfield on Wednesday.
The 10-2 Jackets, who went unbeaten in region play, were led by tournament medalist Caleb Henson, who shot a 76.
The Jackets' "T" Sutton, an all-region pick with medalist Henson, posted a 79.
Cannon Cato had an 86 and Chandler King posted a 98 to boost the Jackets' links effort.
The Andrew Jackson High School girls compiled 111 points, highlighted by three firsts, to win the Region IV-AA girls track title at Buford High School on Tuesday.
The Lady Vols were followed by host BHS with 95 points.
Paris Clyburn, who won the discus crown for the third straight season, aided the AJ cause along with Niyana Jones, who won the long jump and placed second in the high jump.
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Claude Chabrol helped ring out the old century with this slick and affectionate tale of small-time con artists. Reaching back before the deadly serious crime films of the past decade or so, The Swindle seeks to remind us of the fashionable crimes and sophisticated criminals that became extinct in the 1970s. The plot is a true guessing game that gives us little certainty about anything -- we don't even know what the exact relationship is between our enterprising partners in thievery. The Swindle could go in the direction of light comedy or turn into an ironic bloodbath, a possibility that keeps us on our seats throughout.
The Swindle immediately reminds us of the legendary gentleman thieves, the kind that exist only in romance novels and Hollywood movies. The classic example is Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble in Paradise, a wonderful picture about a pair of amoral, light-fingered lovers that seemingly steal from one other as a substitute for on-camera sex. Cary Grant probably made the most of larceny as a romantic bait, in Charade and
To Catch a Thief. The secret to sexy thievery is that no matter how hard one tries to give the impression of heartless avarice, higher motives prevail. The guilty pleasure of crime is equated with the guilty pleasure of � pleasure.
Chabrol keeps the wit high and the temperature cool, as his pair of tricksters dodges the slings and arrows of their profession. They have to keep changing names and stay on the move, obviously, choosing casinos and hotels far from their Paris home base. The much older Victor is never at a loss for words, but must literally dive under tables to avoid the advances of a scary Italian widow (Mony Dalmès). Their work is always low-key, as just being recognized in the wrong place by the wrong people could spell disaster. Above all, Victor realizes that the secret to success is to not be too greedy. Having drugged a poor mark, Betty is ready to clean him out. Victor takes only a portion of the man's ready cash. When their victim awakens, he'll be too concerned about having his infidelity discovered to notice what's missing from his wallet.
Of course, all of this gentleman-theft mythos is the bunk. How can our enterprising couple be certain that their mark doesn't have a medical condition that might conflict with their knockout potion? Taking chances isn't so charming when other people's lives are put at risk.
Betty and Victor's cozy relationship goes haywire when she pulls him into a much wilder and riskier con, with a prize of millions instead of thousands. Victor is naturally concerned when it becomes clear that Betty is hiding almost as much from Victor as she is from their all-too-trusting victim Maurice. Or is Victor really the victim? Movies of this kind rarely reverse their twists more than twice, but knowing Claude Chabrol, we can be sure that something completely unexpected will happen. Reading the characters doesn't work in this case, because we don't even know the exact relationship between Betty and Victor. Are they lovers, or his he her father? They're both such experts at hiding their feelings under pressure that we can't be sure of their reactions --- and they can't be sure of each other's, either. Betty's chameleon-like surface is as deceptive as the alluring wings of the dancer hired to entertain the dentists at the Alpine resort.
Just as things are going bad and they're being manhandled by ruthless gangsters, we remember Victor's earlier lessons about 'keeping things fun' and 'avoiding greed.' The big-time beckons, and this delightful odd couple fall into the trap just like the sucker they have adjudged Maurice to be. We don't know if they're going to get themselves out. In fact, we don't know who exactly is in the trap and who is not!
The Swindle is a smooth production that changes exotic locales as many times as Isabelle Huppert changes her hairstyle. 1 Chabrol keeps the focus on his characters without imposing a clever directorial plan, as might Hitchcock. There is a rather disturbing moment involving a ... well, it's stronger than what one would expect in a truly light thriller, like, say, Hopscotch. In fact, when the screws begin to tighten just about everyone is threatened with considerable violence.
Like Hitchcock, Chabrol plays with what information he hides and what he reveals. We know when facts have been withheld or scenes are not shown (like an opportunity to switch attaché cases), forcing us to stay in a perpetual guessing game. The only possible fault Savant found in the show is that, after showing a refreshing economy for ninety minutes, Chabrol draws out the denoument over the better part of a reel. This is one story that calls out to be resolved as cleverly as it was begun.
New Yorker's DVD of Claude Chabrol's 50th film The Swindle is a beautiful enhanced transfer with perfect color and audio. Eduardo Serra's rich cinematography and intimate lighting schemes give the story a needed sheen of opulence; when we see an upscale hotel lobby, it looks upscale. For extras, the disc includes an original European trailer and a 1907 hand-tinted film called Le Farfale, with 'wing' dancers performing the exact same moves that Brygida Ochaim displays in the movie.
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Movie: Excellent
Video: Excellent
Sound: Excellent
Supplements: Le Farfale (dance excerpt from 1907 silent film), Trailer
Packaging: Keep case
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Counting any fewer roadside signs as you drive through Chesapeake Country?
After $25 per fines on signs on the right-of-way on state highways were promised last year, we expected postings to go down. Didn't you?
In the weeks before the November 6 election, signs bloomed. Many were gone before Election Day, though business-as-usual signs — Christmas Lights was an omnipresent one — quickly returned.
The State Highway Administration collected 659 signs political and otherwise from state roads last month. All ended up in the back of dump trucks along with other roadside litter, says State Highway Administration's Charlie Gischlar.
"Every election we remind the candidates it is not permitted to put signs up on our property," he added.
Part of the reason for the prohibition is cost. Last year, the State Highway Administration spent $600,000 collecting signs off of the side of the road.
Fines ought to offset that cost.
If they are collected.
They're not.
"We're still in an educational period and working on our own protocol," says Kellie Boulware of the State Highway Administration.
So, if you're willing to lose the cost of the sign, it's still fine to post signs on state roadways.
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Europe: Home of silly hats and serious ideas.
Conservative politicians are fond of warning against European influence in American life. Throughout his campaign for the presidency, for example, Mitt Romney would make declarations like this one: "What we have to do in America is not to make us more like Europe, but to make America more like America." Likewise, according to right-wing wunderkind Paul Ryan, "we will turn out just like Europe if we stick with European policies," by which he means modest attempts to bolster and pay for the welfare state.
But it isn't just politicians; conservative intellectuals are fond of this rhetoric as well. Here's Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield in an interview with The Wall Street Journal:
"We have now an American political party and a European one. Not all Americans who vote for the European party want to become Europeans. But it doesn't matter because that's what they're voting for. They're voting for dependency, for lack of ambition, and for insolvency."
The problem with this is that both Democrats and Republicans are open to European ideas on public policy. It's obvious that Democrats—or at least, liberals—look to Western and Northern Europe for inspiration on health-care reform, child care, and other elements of the welfare state. Liberals aren't pushing for anything as robust and pervasive as what Europeans have, but there are clear connections.
Likewise, Republicans want the United States to adopt a European approach to immigration, abortion, and church-state relations. European countries admit far fewer immigrants and take a much more draconian approach to the ones they allow. They have stricter abortion laws—generally speaking, abortion is permitted during the first trimester and regulated (or outlawed) afterward—and much weaker separation between church and state (the Church of England still exists, for instance).
If Democratic public-policy preferences are "European," then that's also true of Republican ones as well; it's nonsense to pretend otherwise. With that said, it might behoove the GOP to go a bit further in its embrace of European ideas.
For the last decade, the GOP has pushed a blend of right-wing social policy and hyper-capitalist ideology that has managed to alienate young people (who aren't hostile toward gay people), nonwhites (who aren't thrilled about white identity politics), and middle-income Americans, who aren't convinced the Republican Party has anything to offer them.
If conservatives can moderate their zeal for free markets—and accept redistribution as a policy aim—then there's a well-worn path out of the wilderness they could follow. Josh Barro, a center-right columnist for Bloomberg, explains:
If conservatives made peace with the need for more redistributive economic policy, they could fight to make sure it is pro-growth. For example, they could focus on minimizing poverty traps created by means-tested entitlements, and making sure the tax base is broad so progressivity can be achieved with relatively low tax rates.
Roughly, this is what right-of-center political parties in Europe do.
For as much as conservatives like to denounce Europe as a wretched hive of scum and villainy, it might behoove them to take a few lessons from the European right, which—so far—has had a bit more political success than its American counterpart.


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First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts Kids' 'State Dinner' at the White House
Michelle Obama welcomed guests to the first ever Kids "State Dinner" luncheon at the White House on Monday, an event marketing the latest effort in the First Lady's campaign to fight childhood obesity.
Obama told America's top junior chefs that the dishes they created are proving that fun eating can be "healthy and tasty at the same time."
"Your recipes truly stood out," she said to an East Room filled with kids who won a nationwide recipe competition. "You came up with dishes that were packed with nutritious, delicious ingredients — dishes that are good for you but more importantly they taste good, too. See? It can happen."
Mrs. Obama listed some of the winning entries, calling them "amazing stuff": Kickin' Chicken Salad, Power Pesto Pasta, Miss Kitty's Egg Salad Sensation and Secret Service Super Salad, dreamed up by one youngster who hopes one day to join the presidential protective detail.
The 54 winners, ages 8 through 12, were chosen from more than 1,200 entries.
"I was just experimenting and being creative in the kitchen," said Haile Thomas, 11, of Tucson, Ariz., whose original recipe of quinoa, black bean and corn salad was one of six winning entries prepared by White House chefs at the luncheon. "It's just an honor. I never thought my recipe would go national."
Thomas, who's been cooking since age 5, hopes one day her YouTube cooking show will make it on commercial TV.
Other kid-inspired dishes served at the luncheon included cabbage Sloppy Joes and baked zucchini fries that resembled hamburgers and French fries, "strawberryana" smoothies and fruit skewers called "summer fruit garland."
Kyle Moore, 12, of Lebanon, Mo., created his winning recipe by using whatever ingredients he could find in his cupboard and refrigerator.
"I didn't want sandwiches for lunch one day in the summer, so I went into the kitchen to see what we had," he recalled. "I put them together and made chicken spinach pasta."
Mrs. Obama called the luncheon the "hottest ticket at the White House."
"You guys inspire us here at the White House to keep doing what we need to do to keep this message at the forefront," she said about her initiative.
President Barack Obama also dropped by to applaud the winners and thank them for "spreading the word about healthy eating."
"Usually, I get invited to state dinners," he said. "This time I had to crash."
"I'm an OK cook," Obama added. "I make a very good chili."
He also warned the youngsters not to drop any table scraps because first dog Bo is on a diet.
The children, who got to bring a parent or grandparent to the White House, were also treated to a performance by Nickelodeon stars Big Time Rush and a tour of the White House kitchen garden.
The contest is a partnership with Epicurious.com and the departments of Education and Agriculture.
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Thread: Is the GOP becoming obsolete?
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#1 Is the GOP becoming obsolete?04-27-2012, 01:03 PM
I'm afraid the GOP has come to a crossroads. It's core leadership no longer represents it's platform. It hasn't for some time now.
On one side you have a few who really believe in the small government cut spending..... types like Sen Mike Lee who I'm starting to admire.....and on the other side you have your big spending big government who change their tune during the election cycle to sound hip.......types like Mitt Romney. I know some find it difficult to separate "conservatism" from the "GOP". But it has never been one in the same and people are starting to come around to that. They are also taking leadership positions locally.
I don't know if any of you are actually engaged in local level politics. but there are fights going on at the local levels in many localities throughout the country in protest of who the GOP is about to nominate for the 2nd time in 4 years. In some states like my own and Missouri, the tea party types have made some headway...taking leadership positions that were currently long held establishment strongholds. In other states like Pennsylvania and many NE states.....not so much. That shouldn't surprise anyone because a NE conservative is the same as a football bat.
I don't think some of you realize what type of massive Exodus is getting ready to happen when Romney is the nominee. Tea Party types and Conservatives are heading for the exit doors. It is shaping up to be even worse than in the 2008 GE. I'm afraid you all are getting ready to witness an ass kicking worse than McCain got in 08'.
I remember back then at my local meetings there were maybe 3-5 people who had come around to this line of thinking and felt similar to myself. Tea party was brand new, and some conservatives were still trying to tell themselves McCain was one of them. I had been around a long time, but most of the mass thought we were being foolish and prideful. This time around....about 30 to 40. I'm talking about in a GOP mass meeting of about 100 to 150 people. That's enough to have major local influence...to make people listen. You really don't see the same tone as before.
One congressman in my state who has never had a serious challenger and in some years never had a challenger at all is in some serious trouble. This time around he has 2 major challenges to his seat. It's a pretty awesome day when a once Conservative poster boy congressman like Goodlatte is now being told by two challengers he is not conservative enough.
The GOP better wake up pretty soon because one of several things is going to happen. Either it will be a defunct party like the Whigs in 2016 because it destroyed it's own conservative base and simply become a parody left leaning "Democrat light party" that it is currently been working toward since 2000. Or just maybe the tea party types will get hold of the reigns by 2016. I haven't been alive long enough to watch a political party commit suicide so this is both exhilarating and maddening at the same time having at one time supported the GOP so strongly.
I think some of you better decide which side you are on after the Big O' is anointed for another 4 more shitty years. The GOP has only itself to blame for this idiot being in office.
In other words: If you think Bush did a bang up great job.....you might not be ready and are part of the problem.Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound - Unknown
The problem is Empty People, Not Loaded Guns - Linda Schrock Taylor
Let's dismantle it and reassemble it after the election, if the emperor wins again there is no need."If the Bible is true why don't we have any urns or vessels that like say expires 6/15/300 BC on the bottom?"
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
Seems as though we have many who would rather see Obama re-elected than vote for Romney. When that happens, not only can all of you kiss my ass but damned you for allowing it to happen not to mention that you would have no grounds for complaint.Progressivism is a bottomless pit of absurdity.
Obama second term would be national suicide, especially in the courts which I have mentioned in another thread.
Trying to talk to these people and convince them is pissing in the wind, they don't read the replies to our posts with anything resembling comprehension and they come back and ask the same questions the next day."If the Bible is true why don't we have any urns or vessels that like say expires 6/15/300 BC on the bottom?"
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
I'm am about to the point of taking these "I'm going to take my dolly and go home" threads and put them in gibberish.
How many times do we have to rehash this bullshit?"If the Bible is true why don't we have any urns or vessels that like say expires 6/15/300 BC on the bottom?"
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
Yep... Damn GOP party chairs.
As oppossed to "Cover my ears and La La La La...I don't want to hear what's happening".
Look.....You don't have to enertain it at all....but it's not going away and it's not just a few people. I'm just trying to tell you all what's going on. You ignore it if you want too.
Things shaping up for turnout worse than 08'.....
get it?Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound - Unknown
The problem is Empty People, Not Loaded Guns - Linda Schrock Taylor
You got it, Molon. Despite my Libertarian views, I have been a registered Republican all my life. And I do actually agree with you guys on a lot of topics, which is why I go for the hopefully peaceful discussions on more controversial issues that we disagree on. The Republican Party has swayed away from their small-government message. It's people like Sen. McCain calling for US action in every country that has a scuffle in MENA. No, sir. Not I. I am not here to help the Libyans. I am here to defend the Americans. Things like No Child Left Behind didn't work, the PATRIOT Act, I feel, is too invasive. CISPA just got passed. Yeah, you can say good bye to my Rep. in North Carolina. I won't be voting for him again. Unfortunately my Senators are safe this year.A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand
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Amanuensis Monday – Maggie McGinnis Dies at Age 101
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Many thanks to my cousin Lynne Bajuk, California, for our great-grandmother Maggie McGinnis' obituary!
This past week, Lynne sent me a wonderful 'genealogy care package' with photographs and this obituary. Happy Dance!
Fortunately, I was able to find Maggie's husband, Thomas Jefferson McGinnis' obituary and send it to her recently. It has been sooo wonderful to 'meet' and visit with Lynne and to be able to share information and work together. Lynne has many wonderful stories that her mother told her that I'd not heard. Marvelous!
Maggie McGinnis, 101, Succumbed Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret (Maggie) McGinnis, 101, were conducted at the Cedar Vale Methodist church Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock with Rev. W. E. Burdette officiating.
Mrs. McGinnis passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Maud Stocking, Sunday morning at 6:15 o'clock from arterial thrombosis. Although bedfast since the first of February, Mrs. McGinnis had only been seriously ill since 11 o'clock Saturday morning.
Mrs. McGinnis had made her home in Cedar Vale with her daughter for the past nine and one-half years. She was loved and admired by all who knew her. Despite her age, Mrs. McGinnis possessed a keen and alert mind and enjoyed conversing on current topics. She frequently spoke of her childhood and enjoyed telling of her experiences when she with other girls of her community sang for Abraham Lincoln.
A trio composed of Bill House, James E. Humble and Maurice Smith sang "Abide With Me" and "City Four Square." As a solo, Maurice Smith sang "Crossing the Bar." Mrs. R. D. Oltjen was pianist.
Pallbearers were Marshall Hill of Arkansas City, Herbert Stocking of Elk City, Harold and Fred Stocking of Mayfield, Bob and Jack Yearout of Wellington.
Burial was made in the cemetery at Mayfield, Kansas.
Margaret (Maggie) E. Corson McGinnis was born January 19, 1849, in Saugamon County, Illinois (Sangamon?) and died March 26, 1950-, in Cedar Vale, Kansas at the age of 101 years, two months, and seven days.
Maggie Corson was educated in a rural school near her home and in Springfield, Illinois. In 1860 she was one of a group of children trained to sing campaign songs in support of Abraham Lincoln's candidacy for president. The group on one occasion sang for Lincoln and received his thanks.
At the age of fifteen she united with the Methodist church of which she remained a loyal member throughout her life.
After teaching for three years in Illinois rural and village schools, she was married in 1872 to Thomas J. McGinnis, who was teaching and farming in eastern Illinois.
In 1886 they moved to Kansas, eventually living in several communities in this state.
After the death of her husband at Emporia in 1911, Mrs. McGinnis lived in Missouri, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Maryland, and California, eventually returning to Kansas, where the has been residing with her daughter, Mrs. Maud Stocking, in Cedar Vale.
Mrs. McGinnis is survived by three sons – Charles E. of Los Angeles; Eugene E. of Wichita; and Virgil H. of Denver; two daughters – Mrs. Maud Stocking of Cedar Vale and Myrta E. (Ethel) McGinnis of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania; twelve grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren.
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I mentioned this in another thread last week.
Powell is going to shut up ALL THE STUPID HOMERS on this board who were crying #29 was a "waste of a draft pick" last year. Grow up and realize it takes time for a kid to develop and feel comfortable in the NFL.
Now he seems to be the Diamond in the Rough that all the coaches and FO were gushing about last year in direct contrast to all the Internet GMs on this board.
If this moron - ESPN beat writer "Me Like" Dick SemenI - can see it, I hope the homers realize it now
A sleeper in the backfield. Bilal Powell, coming off a non-descript rookie season, is showing why the Jets used a fourth-round pick on him. He's having a nice camp, even getting some reps with the first team. If he keeps it up, he could leap-frog Joe McKnight on the depth chart, backing up Shonn Greene. Powell also has a chance to win the third-down job because he's better than McKnight in pass protection. Ryan made a great point about Powell: His pattern, based on his career at Louisville, is to start slow and finish strong. Maybe the Jets are seeing the upside in Year 2.
I don't really question his ability as much as we didn't need a RB. Greene is a good starter already and I love what McKnight brings. Just feel both are better options. He can burst on to the seen great but we already have the weapons IMO.
Bilal Powell Scouting Report
Competitiveness: Shies away from no contact. In fact, seeks contact out looking to lay wood on defenders. Never concedes a yard. Legs are always churning and arms are always pumping. Runs with determination, vigor, and passion every time he steps on the field. A fierce competitor that will rally the troops when necessary.
Vision/Patience: Displays excellent vision and patience. Knows how to let blocks and holes develop before accelerating. Picks his holes wisely, choosing the one that gives the best bang for the buck. Doesnt do a lot of dancing behind the line of scrimmage or in the hole. Once a hole materializes, he sees it, picks it, then hits it.
Agility/Acceleration: Agility is average. Doesnt have that jump cut that most like in their Running Backs. Lateral movement is good, not great, but elusiveness is below average. Not the type of back to put defenders on ice skates, but can plant his foot and change directions effectively. Acceleration is superb. Can cut and burst with some of the best backs in the nation. Speed is average, but top-notch acceleration allows him a head start to daylight.
Power/Balance: Plays with good pad level, which allows for maximum power upon contact. Dishes out more blows than he receives. Runs with a forward lean, always falling forward and picking up extra yards. Not the biggest back. Has a lean lower body. Will need to add muscle to his frame at the next level. Displays terrific balance, especially after contact. Has the ability to absorb hits and keep going.
Passing Game: Effective out of the backfield as a pass catcher. Uses his hands more often than his body to reel the ball in. Aggressive in pass protection. Shows good pop on contact and sticks with him man until the whistle. Not so great when cut blocking. Needs to work on keeping his head and eyes up when lunging at his target. Will miss because of this technique flaw.
Intangibles: 2010 All Big East selection. 2010 team captain. Carries tripled in 2010 and he took advantage of the opportunity. Put up amazing numbers in 2010 that rival any running back in the nation (229 carries, 1,405 yards, 6.1 avg, 11 touchdowns). Displays outstanding character, as coaches rave about his personality.
Overall Stock: Many people say the draft is weak when it comes to Running Backs. When I look at a guy like Balil Powell, I cant disagree more. There may not be many Running Backs that warrant a first round selection, but there are many guys like Powell that will be quality guys for teams. The good thing about Powell is that he has a good combination of things that teams look for short area speed, balance, vision, and toughness. The thing hindering his draft status is that hes a one year guy. Prior to the 2010 season, he didnt have much production. Scouts and coaches will be weary of a one-hit wonder. This may cause him to drop towards the tail end of the draft. Nonetheless, the team that takes a chance on Powell may have themselves a diamond in the rough. Had he played for a bigger school and got more carries, he may be known as a top three round guy.
NFL Comparison: Fred Jackson
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July 27, 2007 Urban Word of the Day
1. American bonehead.
2. Pull a Homer: to succeed despite idiocy.
"Looks like I just pulled a Homer!"
- Magic Johnson, after slipping on water and having the ball fly out of his hands, off a ref's head, and into the basket for the game winning three pointer.
I see what you mean, triumphs in the end. Homer is not accurate then, it just seemed a nice way to say idiot
RBs (even rookies) typically show you more than what we saw from Powell last year in limited action, but if he's ready to contribute some serious snaps now then it was worth the wait.
This thread would have a lot more credibility if it had been made before TC started.
I assure you, those of us who doubted Powell are thrilled with the glowing reports we're getting of his play.
Before training camp this year there was no evidence that Powell had any talent at all. In fact, given his sparse play his first season, there was plenty of reason to doubt his ability. The coaching staff sure didn't have a lot of confidence in him. RB generally contribute right away and Powell never saw the field.
I'd love to be wrong about the kid. It would be great to have another talented RB in the backfield this season.
I'm very interested to see how Powell and Terence Ganaway perform the remainder of camp and preseason. If they both show enough promise, Joe McKnight could be the odd man out.
That said, while I agree that Powell might surpass him on the depth chart, NO WAY the Jets just flat out cut McKnight. His speed is a HUGE asset that this team values highly.
The mere fact that McKnight has been mentioned by Rex as a possible CB, plays defensive special teams, and has juke moves that no one else on the teams has, keeps him safe. The team seems committed to finding a way to utilize his lethal speed.
In the G&W scrimmage, Powell caught a TD and had no turnovers, McKnight had the only respectable run gain and then fumbled it. There'll be a change in the depth chart, but I can't see Powell as our #2 and 3rd down back. McKnight is a special teams speed demon, and Ganaway to the PS.


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Update: 12/06/10
Was on the phone about 3 times to Clarisonic. Was supposed to be called back but had to chase them up and eventually Clarisonic said they'd send me a new UK charger to try.
The charger came from the US, it only took about 4 days. Tried it out…and yes, it works! So it was the charger that broke, d'oh.
Kudos to the Clarisonic customer service who sent out a new charger quickly and without much hassle, and without penalising me for having the unit for over 12 months. That's American companies for you.
On the downside….my brush is pink, the new charger is white. This will annoy me till the day I die because I like things to match. Even thinking about it now is giving me a rash. Heigh-ho.
After the Laura Mercier incident and a weekend away eating endless junk food, my skin is punishing me by giving me lots and lots of gigantic, painful spots.
So I dug out my Clarisonic Brush (Purchased in late July 2008. It wasn't out in the UK then so I shipped it over from the USA and it cost me $200).
Horror of horrors. It's broken. Or the charger isn't working. Tried it with my adaptor plug, etc. and all I am getting is a flashing green light.
(Other things that have broken at Casa Candy this month:
2. Widescreen TV
3. My MAQUillage Lipstick)
I am a little bit pissed because its pretty much been living in a box for the last 12 months. I have used it (on my mother's life) less than 50 times in total (I am thinking more like 35 times. My skin was very delicate at the time that I bought it and the Clarisonic was a bit too rough but it would probably work a treat now).
I've had it in total for 19 months and I am hoping, due to the amount of times its been used and the cost they can swap it or repair it or something. Otherwise what a complete waste of $200 that was – these things that cost so much money should be built to last for a decent amount of time.
Am consulting the Clarisonic Customer Services. If they can't fix it I sure as hell won't be paying out for another one, I'll be relying on this.


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(CBS News) In Florida, manatees are fighting for their lives. A record number have died in the past two months, in a battle against the very waters they call home.
Ask any Floridian: manatees are whiskered icons in the state. They laze in warm waters, grazing on vegetation and sleeping -- massive mammals that can grow 13 feet long and weigh two tons, but are as gentle as they are big.
Virginia Edmonds, who directs care for Florida mammals at Tampa's Lowery Park Zoo, said, "(Manatees) don't have a mean bone in their body and they are unique to Florida."
Edmonds said encountering a manatee can be a "pretty magical experience" and, she added, "most people in Florida have run across a manatee at some point."
But for decades, manatees have been endangered. Fewer than 5,000 exist, squeezed out of their natural habitats by human development. Power boat propellers have cut some of them in half. Now manatees face a new killer. It's red tide, a natural algae bloom that has released microscopic toxins that cling to vegetation the manatees eat. Those toxins get into the manatee's nervous system and paralyze them. If they can't come up for air every few minutes, they drown.
This year alone, red tide has killed 181 manatees, a record. The hot zone stretches 75 miles along the coast from Sarasota south to Ft. Myers.
But, according to one expert, it's a very curable situation if the manatees can be reached.
Marine biologist Andy Garrett coordinates the rescue and recovery effort for the state of Florida. One dead manatee after another, usually spotted by boaters, come to labs.
Garrett said, "Some animals that are compromised will actually be rolling at the surface trying to breathe, so getting to them before that happens, before they actually can't get their head above water, is crucial."
Ten manatees got lucky. They were found in severe distress, but alive and in some cases unconscious, and rushed to Tampa's Lowery Park Zoo. The manatees are cared for in the intensive care unit of the zoo's manatee hospital.
Edmonds says the first 24 hours are critical. "The animals we've gotten in are incapacitated," she said. "They're sort of comatose. We have to hold their heads up and they can't take a breath on their own so we'll spend time with them, if it's 24 or 48 hours, just keeping an eye on them so that they don't drown over night."
CBS News watched a rehab team care for a manatee they call "Bond," a young male rescued two weeks ago. He needed another injection of antibiotics. But eight people had to control the flailing patient. He weighs 550 pounds -- small for a manatee.
Edmonds said, "If your head is in the middle of a tail and a head you're in trouble."
And a couple of times, she said she's had to just give up. Edmonds said, "You sort of know when to quit, and you know when you are not going to be able to continue, and that it is just getting tiring for the manatee."
All the manatees brought to the hospital have survived. On Thursday, four manatees were being released into a sanctuary that's away from the red tide, which has no end in sight. Scientists say a period of heavy rains and winds could help disperse it. But for now, everyone involved expects manatee rescues and recoveries to go on into spring.
Watch Mark Strassmann's full "CBS This Morning" report in the video above.


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-Welcome to the 262-
100 Abandoned Properties
13th Street
16th St Factory
23rd St Industry
9th Street Railroad Bridge
A Dead Steel City
A Lone Smokestack
A Rainbow of Bricks
A Window to the Past
Along the River
Along the Tracks
An Unforgotten Journey
Autumn Vines
Beyond 23rd Street
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Collapsed Barn in Caledonia
Dark Yards
DeKoven Avenue / The Red Foundry
Dumore Company
Eighteenth St Industry
Fire Station No. 1
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Flamin' Hearse
Hansche Park
Heart of Racine
Historic Lathrop Barn
Historic Sixth Street
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Kewaunee St Warehouse
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Lake Michigan
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Lost Memorial
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Mitchell Wagon Factory
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Speaking a stragne language on TV news
If you watch any television news at all, you may have picked up on what has become known as �Ing-lish.� It�s a form of news-speak that has gained widespread use in television broadcasting.
I�m referring to the proliferation of participles taking the place of verbs in TV news. In other words, eliminating verbs along with tenses: past, present and future. A couple of recent examples culled off the tube: Instead of saying, �high winds are making it difficult for commuters,� Ing-lish requires the omission of the verb � are � leaving us with �High Winds making it difficult for commuters.�
Listen closely to the next TV news program you watch and you�ll pick up on it.
A few more recent examples: �Two buses plowing into a crowd.� �City Council approving new zoning changes.�
I first ran into this a decade ago when a broadcast news consultant suggested we adopt the news-speak syntax at the news/ talk radio station I was running in Richmond, Va. The idea was, and one supposes, still is, to make what is being reported sound more immediate, to eliminate the past tense and resolve the conundrum of making something sound like it just happened when quite often it didn�t. I rejected the proposal out of hand because it tends to confuse the proper sequence of events and also because people don�t talk like that.
Strangely, broadcasters don�t seem to realize how bizarre the new style sounds. Fox Newscaster Shepherd Smith is quoted as calling it �people speak� and said �it�s about how I would tell the story if I were telling it to a friend on a street corner.� Mr. Smith must live in a strange place if his friends are saying things like �My car in the shop. The brakes needing relining.�
The PBS Newshour points to the need to shoehorn as many stories as possible into a brief space. But the new syntax doesn�t save any time. In fact, it often makes sentences longer. �Obama met with Putin� is one syllable shorter than �Obama meeting with Putin.�
Cable channels and networks were the first to adopt Ing-lish. Local TV stations were quick to follow. Now news-speak has spread like a disease. It even has a name: �ING Disease.� When I first started in broadcast journalism as an intern at NBC News, an editor presented me with a copy of William Strunk and E.B White�s bible of English usage, �The Elements of Style.� I must have worn out a dozen copies in the course of my career. TV newsrooms would do well to buy a few. It�s still very much in print and available at most bookstores including Amazon. It�s a whole lot cheaper than a news consultant and there�s an added benefit: you�ll sound like you actually know how to communicate the way real people do.
John Harding
Obama in conflict with natural law
Two thousand years before Columbus discovered America, the Greeks had measured the circumference and diameter of the earth within 5 feet. The Pythagorean Theory, the circulatory system, all conformed to natural law and manifested eternal truths. Perhaps the Gospel of John best describes natural law: �In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.�
Homer introduces hubris into natural law governing human behavior when Odysseus exacts revenge in the Odyssey. Hubris connotes more than mere arrogance; hubris means �becoming like the gods.� The ancient Greeks would view the five-day weather forecast as hubristic.
In this light, the president�s inaugural address was chilling. Not only does the president intend to control the economy, he also intends to control the climate, placing himself squarely in conflict with natural law. Intoxicated with his political victory and enchanted with his myopic vision, Obama has truly ascended into a spiritual realm traditionally reserved for the saints.
Trumpeted by his Marxist legions, he ignores the lessons of ancient and modern Greece, foreboding a legacy history will surely record as Before Obama and After Obama.
Joe Exum
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Superintendent acts with parents in mind
I would like to thank Dr. (Steve) Mazingo for his response to the severe weather threat recently. His decision made on Thursday concerning early closing on Friday gave parents ample time to make arrangements for their children�s early dismissal. The children were at school long enough on Friday to be counted present the entire day and also able to have lunch.
The children, bus drivers and staff all had time to get home safely before the weather became hazardous. I have four grandchildren in the Lenoir County Schools and I am grateful to know we have a superintendent who is concerned and puts safety first.
No one can predict or control weather systems perfectly but we are fortunate to have someone who has enough foresight to respond and put our children�s safety first
Gail Jarman
Too much taxpayer money going overseas
Concerning the amount a widow of World War II gets, I spend over $6,000 a year on my health. My husband spent three years in the service, 2� overseas (1942-1945) and came back with bad health. I get only $313 per month, which is a disgrace, from the Veterans Administration.
When he got his separation papers, they gave him $128 to get home with. I met him in Fayetteville. I don�t suggest anyone join the services. Those people overseas should take care of their people, and we take care of the real Americans.
Too much money is spent on nonsense things and the veterans and widows and children are left out. When President Ronald Regan was president, I had better times and a check to help me.
Ida Jackson
'Breakfast on Boat' feeds preservation
�Breakfast on the Boat� was held on Feb. 16 and was a hit! I want to thank all the patrons that came out on that cold Saturday morning and on board our warm vessel, the CSS Neuse II. The food was fantastic thanks to David Mooring and his crew of cooks along with Linda Mooring, Michele Nix and the other volunteers that made this event possible.
The coffee, provided by Christopher�s Restaurant, was outstanding, as well as the biscuits provided by Lovick�s Cafe. We served over 125 patrons that morning and look forward to the next event. Though 125 is a respectable number, we hope more folks will come out next time and support this worthwhile project.
The CSS Neuse II is the only full-scale replica of a iron clad war vessel from the Civil War era. Our goal is to provide factual educational opportunities for the general public by offering a vessel to train re-enactors and other preservation groups for the advocacy of historical preservation. We are open each Saturday for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment. Appointments may be made by calling 252-560-2150 or visiting www.cssneuseii.org.
John C. Nix, President
CSS Neuse Foundation


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Monsanto is now able to complete its purchase of Delta and Pine Land Company. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) gave approval with special terms for the purchase to move ahead. Monsanto will be required to divest certain assets including its U.S. branded cotton seed business.
In a news release, Monsanto states that the acquisition of Delta and Pine Land "will accelerate the discovery and delivery of new innovation to cotton farmers and the cotton industry."
According to the DOJ agreement with Monsanto, Monsanto will sell Stoneville cotton seed brand to Bayer CropScience for $310 million. Included in this exchange are other cotton parental lines from Delta and Pine Land. Monsanto also is selling its NexGen cotton seed brand for $6.8 million to Americot. Another provision in the agreement states that Monsanto will provide to Syngenta certain germplasm in Delta and Pine Land's breeding pipeline that contains VIPCot trait technology.