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Updating Beliefs with Ambiguous Evidence: Implications for Polarization
We introduce and analyze a model in which agents observe sequences of signals about the state of the world, some of which are ambiguous and open to interpretation. Instead of using Bayes' rule on the whole sequence, our decision makers use Bayes' rule in an iterative way: first to interpret each signal and then to form a posterior on the whole sequence of interpreted signals. This technique is computationally efficient, but loses some information since only the interpretation of the signals is retained and not the full signal. We show that such rules are optimal if agents sufficiently discount the future; while if they are very patient then a time-varying random interpretation rule becomes optimal. One of our main contributions is showing that the model provides a formal foundation for why agents who observe exactly the same stream of information can end up becoming increasingly polarized in their posteriors.
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'Liahonaroo' aims to be a family-friendly Bonnaroo
Conan O'Brien works the crowd at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Friday. (Jake Coyle, Associated Press)
A group of Mormon musicians in Tennessee is planning a family-friendly alternative to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, the Tennessean reported.
"Liahonaroo" will be drug- and alcohol-free and feature about 30 acts playing music appropriate for people of all ages.
According to the article, "The name, 'Liahonaroo,' is inspired by a compass called the Liahona that a Book of Mormon prophet Lehi used to lead his family through the wilderness. 'Roo' was tacked on the end because people associate that with music festivals."
Though the organizers of the festival are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the event is not religiously oriented.
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Top rock and pop stars come together in concert on NBC to raise money for hurricane recovery.
As hastily assembled telethon benefit concerts go, Friday night's Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together was perhaps more ragged than most, but the assembled all-stars' commitment was genuine and the need was dire.
The hour-long commercial-free broadcast on NBC (and carried by numerous other outlets) highlighted musical artists with regional ties, led by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel and Christina Aguilera, and raised money for American Red Cross hurricane relief efforts.
Aguilera, a native of hard-hit Staten Island, opened the show from a stage at NBC's studios in Rockefeller Center in New York with a plaintive version of I Am Beautiful, defiantly singing "Don't you bring me down today.''
Jon Stewart, Matt Lauer and members of his news team took turns hosting the program, which featured numerous recycled news clips of the storm's destruction and pleas for donations by Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Bacon, Tina Fey and Danny DeVito.
Sayreville, N.J., native Jon Bon Jovi was introduced via a video showing him revisiting his battered hometown, and then he appeared with a guitar to sing a medley of Who Says You Can't Go Home? and Livin' On a Prayer.
"We've got to hold on to what we've got,'' he sang, "we've got each other and that's a lot.''
Among the other musical highlights: a rousing sax- and piano-driven Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway by Long Island icon Billy Joel; an impassioned The Living Proof by New Yorker Mary J. Blige; an apropos Message in a Bottle by New York resident Sting; and a toned-down Dream On by Aerosmith members Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.
One dim-light: a goofy, not-ready-for-prime time Under the Boardwalk, on which Fallon and Tyler traded vocals as the other artists played backup.
Quipped Stewart afterward: "Jimmy Fallon is a bold man to take the lead vocals from Steven Tyler, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel.''
Springsteen and his E Streeters, who mostly hail from the Jersey Shore, closed the show, not with the expected My City of Ruins, but with the equally inspirational Land of Hope and Dreams, which ends with a snippet of gospel standard People Get Ready.
"God bless the Jersey Shore,'' Springsteen said at the end.
Stewart responded with the parting words, "Jersey strong, man. Keep your heart in it.''


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Horgus the Ravager {{#set:NPC faction=Combat}}
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Race | race::Ghoul (Undead) |
Level | NPC level::60 Elite |
Health | 33,000 |
Reaction | Alliance Horde |
Affiliation | Scourge |
Location | Eastern Plaguelands |
See | Pilt:Icon-3D-48x48.png |
Horgus the Ravager is a level 60 elite ghoul found in the Eastern Plaguelands. Horgus spawns during the recreation of the Battle of Darrowshire.
The ghoul lord Horgus the Ravager fell at the battle of Darrowshire. But the evil within him was not fully spent. The victorious Scourge forces removed his skull from the battlefield of Darrowshire, carrying it with them to sow dread among the living they faced.
Days later, the company of Scourge who possessed the head were defeated by Silver Hand paladins. Horgus' head was cast into Blackwood Lake.
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- N [60R] The Battle of Darrowshire
- Ravenous Claw - Drains 278 to 322 health from the enemy, transferring it to the caster.
- Thrash - Grants the caster 2 extra attacks.
- Unholy Aura - The caster automatically inflicts 150 shadow damage every 2 sec. to all nearby enemies. This effect lasts until cancelled.
- Horgus' Aura is both a blessing and a curse. While annoying, it will draw huge aggro on him from the soldiers helping you.
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Jeremy Schaffer singled just past the pitchers mound to score C.J. McElroy Jr. as the Peoria Chiefs snapped a six-game losing streak and beat the Clinton LumberKings 7-6 in 12 innings on Wednesday. The win moved the Chiefs to 67-65 overall and 29-36 in the second half, two games behind Clinton for the final wild card spot.
After the Chiefs stranded a runner at third in the first inning, the LumberKings grabbed the early lead against Brad Watson in the second. Taylor Ard led off the inning with a home run to left field, putting Clinton up 1-0 with his eighth long ball of the season. The LumberKings added to their lead in the top of the third as Dario Pizzano homered to right field with two outs to extend Clinton's lead to 3-0.
Ildemaro Vargas appeared to score on a Nick Martini single in the third but on a play at the plate, he was called out to end the Chiefs threat. The LumberKings scored another two-out run in the fourth as Alfredo Morales launched his first home run of year giving Clinton a 4-0 lead.
The Chiefs got back into the game with a three-run fourth inning against Victor Sanchez. Schaffer led off with a double and moved to third on a Jordan Walton ground out. Trevor Martin singled to score Schaffer and Juan Herrera doubled to move Martin to third. Vargas singled to center to plate Martin and a McElroy single with two outs drove in Herrera. Martini singled to left and Vargas attempted to score from second, but was thrown out at home preserving the LumberKings 4-3 lead after four.
Clinton put another run on the board in the fifth inning. Luis Cabellero led off with an infield single and back-to-back walks loaded the bases. After Cabellero was tagged out at home, Brock Hebert scored as Watson struggled to field an oddly hit ground ball back to the mound, eventually picking it up and making the play at first. Watson retired the next batter, limiting the damage and keeping the score 5-3 LumberKings.
Clinton scored another run in the sixth via the long ball, their fourth home run of the game. Gaby Guerrero led off the inning with his second homer of the year, both coming against the Chiefs, as Clinton took a 6-3 lead.
After they stranded two in scoring position in the sixth inning, the Chiefs plated a pair in the seventh against Blake Holovach. Martini reached on a lead-off walk and moved to second on a Walton two-out bloop single to left. Martin doubled off the left-field wall to score both Martini and Walton, cutting the LumberKings lead to 6-5. With the tying run in scoring position Herrera flew out to right field to end the Chiefs threat.
The Chiefs tied the game in the eighth inning on a two-out rally, but could have had more against Jochi Ogando. With two down McElroy singled and scored on a Martini double to right field to even the score. Bruce Caldwell singled to right and while Martini was rounding third he tripped and had to retreat to the bag. After Schaffer walked to load the bases, Walton grounded out to end the inning with the score tied at 6-6.
After the Chiefs stranded runners in scoring position in both the ninth and 10th innings, they closed it out in the 12th against George Mieses. McElroy led off the frame with a single and moved to second on a wild pitch. He advanced to third on a ground out, and after Caldwell was intentionally walked Schaffer hit a bouncing single just over the outstretched glove of Mieses to plate McElroy, giving the Chiefs the 7-6 win.
Watson gave up a season-high six runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out five. Jay Voss tossed three scoreless innings giving up two hits and one walk while fanning two. Joe Donofrio (6-2) tossed two scoreless innings while allowing two hits and striking out three.
Notes… The Chiefs have eight walk-off wins in 2013, their last was on August 8 against Wisconsin…Peoria snapped a season long six-game losing streak with the win…The Chiefs set a season high with 23 hits, their most since a 24-hit game in 2009 and the most by any MWL team in 2013…The last time the Chiefs recorded at least 20 hits was June 2, 2011 against Lansing…McElroy Jr. recorded his 13th multi-hit game while recording a career-high four hits…Martini notched his 21st by recording four hits, a career high…Martin notched his third multi-RBI performance and his 10th multi-RBI game….Walton recorded his 29th multi-RBI game, Herrera got his fourth, Vargas earned his 26th and Shaffer notched is 12th…The Chiefs were 8-for-21 with runners in scoring after recording only two hits in their last 40 at bats with runners in scoring position…Velazco tied his career high with three hits, notching his 12th multi-hit game of the year…Voss pitched three innings, his most with the Chiefs…Donofrio made his 39th appearance tying Joe Scanio for the team lead and struck out a batter for his 14th outing in a row…The Chiefs came back to tie the game from four runs down, equaling their biggest comeback of the season…The Chiefs seven runs was their most in a game since they scored nine against Burlington on August 5…Peoria finished the season 7-0 at home in Wednesday games…The Chiefs snapped a streak of 59 straight innings without scoring more than one run by plating three in the fourth frame…Watson had only allowed four home runs all year prior to giving up four against Clinton, the most allowed by the Chiefs in a single game this season...Chiefs leader in hits, Breyvic Valera, missed his second straight game with a hamstring injury…The Chiefs take on the LumberKings for game two at 6:30 p.m. Thursday… It's Thirsty Thursday with $1 12-ounce domestic draft beer and fountain drinks presented by Miller Lite…The Chiefs RH Mike Mayers (0-2, 3.05) takes on a pitcher to be named for Clinton…The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Premier Print Group Pre-Game Show at 6:15 p.m. on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android.
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Hoping you are not getting too bored with these blog posts/poems. Feel free to return in May when instant poetry has stopped.
Ah yes, NaPoWriMo- filling the internet with bad poetry, one blog at a time.
But if you're following along, here was today's prompt--
From Writer's Digest blog--
Take the phrase "The problem with (blank)" and replace the "(blank)" with a word or phrase. Make this the title of your poem and then write a poem to fit with or juxtapose against that title. For instance, you could have poems with the titles of "The problem with government," "The problem with advanced mathematics," or "The problem with bipolar penguins." You know the drill: have fun, be creative.
She is better-not, the flotsam
walking the sidewalks in search
of minus calories. She thinks
giddy and spellbound are words
she doesn't say enough. Heartthrob,
another. A husband mowing the lawn
with his shirt off and his wife not noticing,
she has seen his bare chest many times
before. The wife. The neighbor.
The characters all have the same
pronouns. She's a little shaky
from the bubble tea she had three weeks
ago or could it be the peanuts, something
is always wrong with the peanuts.
She waves to the man with little
chest hair. Heart. Throb. The voice
inside her says, Don't seem too interested.
The voice of her mother, Never play
with married men.
They are both beautiful
with their imperfections—the woman
with her longing and the man
with his knack not to notice. She is better-
not touch the sold merchandise, the house
is off the market. She wants to go home
to a surprise party or to something smaller,
a hello from lover/husband/roommate,
if she had one. She turns the corner. Confetti,
the Yoshino cherry trees in full bloom.
Friday, April 03, 2009
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The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2012
by Brit Mandelo
This hasn't been the most productive reading year for me—there's a huge pile of 2012 books I haven't made it to yet!—but there were certainly standouts in fiction and nonfiction both. The best novel I read this year, far and above all else, was The Drowning Girl: A Memoir by Caitlin R. Kiernan. The prose is stunning, the characters are rich and real, and the narrative is, quite literally, haunting. It's also full of women, and explores a great deal of complicated territory around identity, subjectivity, and the stories that we tell ourselves to survive. And, speaking of stories for survival, The Moment of Change ed. by Rose Lemberg was my favorite poetry publication in 2012—a collection of feminist speculative work that spoke intensely and intimately of all sorts of struggles and acts of survival, Lemberg's book was a real pleasure. I also had a chance to re-read Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, which remains as wrenching and honest as ever, and to read for the first time Sarah Waters's Tipping the Velvet, which I found to be an engaging, handsomely written historical romp. I can see why folks had been recommending it to me for years; it's doing some interesting things with turn-of-the-century lesbian experience, romance, and women's rights.
As for other things that were fun, I enjoyed the X-Files-inspired action and intrigue of Malinda Lo's Adaptation, though it had its flaws. Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers, too, was an intriguing novel (with flaws) that nonetheless impressed and engaged me throughout. Last but not least: it feels a bit like cheating to mention a story from Strange Horizons, but regardless of potential conflict-of-interest, "The Grinnell Method" by Molly Gloss was one of the best short stories I had the pleasure of reading in 2012—I continue to be thrilled that we had the chance to publish it.
Of course, there was nonfiction, too. My favorite this year was the inimitable Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman's anthology, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. It's no exaggeration to say that it made me cry, and rage, and laugh. There aren't enough genderqueer and trans* voices out there, speaking to experiences of life and self that are valuable and too-often hidden—this book does some great work to even that deficit out a little. (The short comic, "transcension," hit me particularly and personally hard.) The newest Alison Bechdel came out this year, too, and Are You My Mother? was exactly what I had hoped it would be. I read it twice, back to back, to get a fuller sense of the piece. The interwoven stories of mothers, children, and psychology in this autobiographical graphic novel are often breath-taking and always emotionally effective.
I also finally read James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips, and though I don't tend to be much on biographies, this one is well-researched and written with attractive, engaging prose in a way that seems rare in the genre. The portrait of Alice Sheldon/James Tiptree Jr.'s life that comes out of this book continues to be fascinating and somewhat haunting, and it also brings to light a particular section of American history in a personal way. On that note, I also re-read (again) The Country You Have Never Seen by Joanna Russ—another book that paints a picture, this one of the genre, in the form of her collected reviews, letters, and essays. I regularly re-read this one; I love it, and it's always as good as it was the time before.
There was also some harder to classify (but still cool) stuff, like Does Writing Have a Future? by Vilem Flusser, a weird polemical book. However, for folks interested in speculation about writing, technology, and language, it's provocative fun. He's not necessarily "right" or "accurate," but he's saying some fascinatingly odd things. Also, The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Roleplay, and the Erotic Edge edited by Tristan Taormino is a nicely intersectional, well-researched, playful anthology of essays and other writings on kink—probably the best guide out there for the curious and for the old-hats, as of now.
On the visual media front, I didn't consume much TV that blew me away this year. Mostly, I spent an absurd amount of time watching cartoons like Adventure Time, Regular Show, and Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated. All three strike me as a return to the batshit-weird style of 1990s cartoons, so it's no surprise I genuinely enjoy them. Adventure Time, as it builds its post-apocalyptic universe full of strange magic and discomfiting history, has a subtle kind of weirdness going on—but, their world is still our world post-magical/nuclear apocalypse, which a few of the characters lived through but only one (?) remembers. Also, Natasha Allegri is a delightful artist, and I love her work on the show. (The Sailor Moon references and the gender-swap fanfiction episode were pretty awesome.) Regular Show, on the other hand, is about being a failure in your twenties and seems to be actually set in the '90s; I'm not sure what the hell kids get out of the show, but I'm enjoying it. I've written about the new Scooby Doo series before, but it's worth noting again that it's composed almost entirely of allusions and asides toward pop culture—like, H. P. Lovecraft is a reoccurring character, and Harlan Ellison shows up once voiced by his actual self. The Shining, Werner Herzog; you name it, it's there. Also, there's an overarching supernatural plot!
As for adult shows, I re-watched seasons 3 and 4 of The X-Files over the summer. I'm sure I've mentioned (note Adaptation, above) how I feel about The X-Files: in short, I'm a pretty big fan. It's a pleasure to revisit the world of Mulder and Scully, relive their adventures and failures, et cetera. I'm glad Netflix has it, so I can do this rewatch—fun stuff. I intend to keep watching it over the summer of 2013. Also, I'm one of those folks who loved Sherlock, despite its problems. The show is visually stunning, emotionally provocative, narratively satisfying, and did I mention visually stunning? I particularly enjoy the play with sexuality and categories of sexuality—I know this is a touchy topic, but I don't think the show had a lesbian fall for a magical straight guy; I read that scene, considering Freeman's dialogue, to be about the instability of affectional categories—and the complicated relationship between Sherlock and John. I don't expect everyone to be able to look past the aforementioned problems, but I think it's sharp and wonderful.
Some movies I enjoyed, either because they were fun or moving or silly or provocative, are, respectively: Skyfall, Pariah, Dark Shadows, and Frozen River. James Bond is James Bond, and though it did have one of those queer!sociopath!villains, it also gave Craig's Bond the ability to acknowledge his own (potential) queerness in a sexy one-liner, which I found pretty awesome. Pariah is a quiet movie about a young black lesbian's coming-out experiences that does a lot of good work with subjectivity, gender, and culture. Dark Shadows was just silly good fun for a fan of the old show; it was what I wanted it to be and nothing more. Frozen River, though, is a serious picture: a story about women building alternative families together across race and culture in the frozen north, during a hard winter. Strong stuff.
Music-wise, I have a tendency to linger around albums that I'm fond of—it's been a great year for Mastodon's Crack the Skye, much like last year and the one before that—but this time around, there were a few new things that caught my ear. Mother Mother—consisting of Ryan Guldemond on guitar and vocals, Molly Guldemond on vocals and keyboard, Jasmin Parkin on keyboard and vocals, Ali Siadat on drums, and Jeremy Page on bass—have an upbeat and deviously playful sound wrapping around sharp (and often satisfyingly angry) lyrics. Try out "The Stand" or "Wrecking Ball" for a taste, or albums O My Heart and Eureka. Shamefully, I haven't had a chance to pick up their newest offering. Another new artist that I've stumbled on (thanks to my partner, in this case) is Aesop Rock, and I know I'm late to the party. His voice is handsome and his delivery is spectacular; there's poetry in these tracks. I've been enjoying None Shall Pass, and I'm looking forward to delving into the rest of his discography.
So, it's been one of those hectic years. I haven't read nearly as many books as I wish I could have, and there's a lot left on the pile for 2013. However, I did have plenty of chances to talk about books I liked throughout the year, and I look forward to having a chance to do more reading in the coming months. In fact, I'm just now digging into Small Beer Press's two-volume Le Guin collection, The Unreal and the Real; so far, so great!
Brit Mandelo is a writer, critic, and editor whose primary fields of
interest are speculative fiction, feminism, and queer literature,
especially when the three coincide. Her work—fiction, nonfiction, poetry:
she wears a lot of hats—has been featured in magazines such as
Clarkesworld, Tor.com, and Ideomancer. She is an editor for Strange Horizons. She also writes regularly for
Tor.com and has several column series there, including "Queering
SFF" and the ongoing "Reading Joanna Russ," which explores Russ's oeuvre
book-by-book. She edited Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction (Lethe Press, 2012). Aqueduct published her long essay, We Wuz Pushed: On Joanna Russ and Radical Truth-Telling in the Conversation Pieces series earlier this year.


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This wedding. Oh this wedding. Let's just say I love it. Like really love it. It's chic yet sweet, runway meets aisle, and the result is pure perfection. It all unfolds via the lens of Lina Arvidsson leaving all of us SMPers with a feature that is just be-yond. It's style defined with a side of serious sweetness, and really it doesn't get better than that.
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The Alliance is a social activist network for students to educate Drew's campus on issues pertaining to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. The organization creates a safe haven for students of a sexual and/or gender minority via the strengthening of the queer community and all allies.
Website: http://groups.drew.edu/alliance/
Advisor: Dean Frank Merckx
- President: Keiran Wilson
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text: Corgis Prefer to Lounge Wrestle on the WeekendDoug Barry1/27/13 2:45pmFiled to: SqueeCorgisDogsPlay41EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink It shouldn't surprise anyone that the preferred playstance of the Welsh Corgi is "prone," since Corgis have been so thoroughly inbred that their stubby legs often stop working when they get older and they have to be carried around like Little Lord Fauntleroys. When did we start desiring dogs that have absolutely zero utility, dogs that just suck up resources and can't even copulate without a guiding human hand? It's totally gross and purebred dogs seem like a tremendous waste of money, especially with so many free dogs to be had. That said, look how cute the Corgis when they make a rumpus!Advertisementvia BuzzfeedReply41 repliesLeave a reply


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NEW YORK - Treasuries rose for a fourth day as global equities slumped after Japanese trade figures fell short of economists' forecasts, reinforcing concern that Europe's debt crisis and a slowdown in China are damping global growth.
Longer-term securities led advances before the Federal Reserve releases the minutes of its July 31-Aug. 1 policy meeting today. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said a weakening in global trade is "awful." Gains were limited before reports this week that analysts said will show U.S. home sales and durable goods orders rose last month.
"The lack of global growth story is having an impact," said David Ader, head of U.S. government-bond strategy at CRT Capital Group LLC in Stamford, Conn. "The minutes are probably the main story, but the risk could be that they come across as more dovish, reflecting information in July that took rates back 45 basis points. Their views may have been tempered since then."
The benchmark 10-year yield declined three basis points, or 0.03 percentage point, to 1.77 percent at 8:36 a.m. New York time, according to Bloomberg Bond Trader prices. The 1.625 percent note maturing in August 2022 rose 9/32, or $2.81 per $1,000 face amount, to 98 23/32. The yield, which touched a record low 1.379 percent on July 25, yesterday moved above its 200-day moving average of 1.86 percent.
The 30-year bond yield fell to 2.86 percent after trading above the 200-day moving average of 2.96 percent for the last two days.
The MSCI World Index of stocks slid 0.4 percent, while the Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropped 0.9 percent.
Japan exports
The term premium, a model created by economists at the Fed that includes expectations for interest rates, growth and inflation, shows Treasuries are the most expensive in more than a week. The gauge was negative 0.77 percent today, after reaching 0.70 percent on Aug. 16, the least expensive since May. It reached a record negative 1.02 percent, the most expensive level ever, on July 24. A negative reading indicates investors are willing to accept yields below what's considered fair value.
Japan's exports fell 8.1 percent in July from a year earlier, the Ministry of Finance said in Tokyo. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast a decline of 2.9 percent.
Japanese shipments to the European Union slumped 25 percent, the biggest drop since October 2009, and those to China slipped 12 percent, the ministry said.
European governments are struggling to find ways to pay their debts, while China's gross domestic product growth has slowed for six quarters.
The U.S. central bank will consider circumstances in the economy and financial stability to decide whether it needs to step up monetary easing, Evans said to reporters today in Beijing. He declined to elaborate ahead of a scheduled press briefing tomorrow at the U.S. Embassy in China's capital.
Jackson Hole
The Fed is charged with promoting "maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates," according to the central bank's website.
Policy makers need to see improvement, particularly in the labor market, Michael Carey, chief economist for North America at Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank in New York, wrote in a report today. "Or else additional stimulus measures are likely," he wrote.
Investors who predict Treasury yields will rise say there are signs of improvement in the U.S. economy even as other countries struggle. Reports this month on retail sales and nationwide industrial production both showed gains.
Purchases of existing homes in the U.S. rose 3.2 percent in July from the month before, after sliding 5.4 percent in June, based on a Bloomberg survey of economists before the National Association of Realtors report today.
Monthly loss
Treasuries have handed investors a loss of 1.4 percent this month, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch index.
The August slump in bonds is poised to end, based on a Bloomberg survey of economists. Ten-year yields will be at 1.78 at Dec. 31, according to the responses, with the most recent projections given the heaviest weightings.
The Fed is scheduled to buy as much as $2 billion of Treasuries due from February 2036 to August 2042 today as part of its efforts to exchange shorter-term Treasuries in its holdings for those due in six to 30 years to support the economy by putting downward pressure on long-term borrowing costs.
The U.S. central bank also bought $2.3 trillion of mortgage and Treasury debt from 2008 to 2011 in two rounds of so-called quantitative easing.
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Chef's Challenge at Mile High Station tonight
Mark DeNittis will judge The Next Culinary Voice: Chef's Challenge this evening. |
The Next Culinary Voice: Chef's Challenge goes down tonight from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Mile High Station, 2027 Old West Colfax Avenue. Mark DeNittis of the Rocky Mountain Institute of Meat, Jenna Johansen of Epicurean Catering, Matt Selby of Corner House and Elise Wiggins of Panzano will serve as judges for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation fundraiser, which features up-and-coming chefs.
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Purchase tickets, $75 (or $125 VIP), at the cff.org website. And while the signature-dish awards will be determined by the judges, the audience is invited to vote for the best desserts.
Note: The "Here and There" team-up between Table 6 and Beast + Bottle has sold out. But the restaurants plan to make the collaboration -- which includes two courses at Table 6 and a drive to Beast + Bottle for third and fourth courses-- a monthly event; call 303-831-8800 for more details.
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Gail Vitikacs 1/31/2007 7:10:04 AM
Fantastic capture!!!! Love this! #597498Kay E. Mahoney 1/31/2007 7:18:40 AM
Nice capture. Love how the red stands out on the white building. #3895606Girish Vaghela 1/31/2007 7:25:01 AM
Great horizontal composition, with horizontal building lines and guards in line with red, Tarun!! #3895634Karen Bacon 1/31/2007 7:35:58 AM
Wonderful composition Tarun,very well done! #3895698Paula Dwyer 1/31/2007 7:42:19 AM
Love the bright reds against the building!!! Excellent capture Tarun!! :) #3895739Chastity Abbott 1/31/2007 7:49:17 AM
Wonderful color contrasts!! Very well seen & captured! A wonderful capture!!! :o) #3895782Remi Trepanier 1/31/2007 7:51:19 AM
Awesome shot Tarun... How did you go in front of all the tourist??? lol:) #3895794Melissa G. Meiselman 1/31/2007 7:59:07 AM
Terrific capture...taken with great clarity...terrific colors of the marching men in front of the softly colored building!!! #3895836Cyn Valentine 1/31/2007 8:00:33 AM
It's so fun to see the world through others photos! Excellent comp and lighting!! Great work Tarun! #3895846Pamela Shane 1/31/2007 8:08:00 AM
Super capture of the changing of the guard Tarun! Love the lines, & colors.Nadine A. Lewis 1/31/2007 8:16:38 AM
GREAT shot...how interesting...GREAT colors & detail, Tarun!!! <>< #3895911Rakesh Syal 1/31/2007 8:19:27 AM
Great capture and composition, Dada! #3895915Denise M. Snyder 1/31/2007 8:48:55 AM
Oh Tarun this is FANTASTIC!!!! What a perfect comp! #3896076Paul Michko 1/31/2007 8:51:12 AM
Great capture, Tarun. #3896091Jenny Bosmans 1/31/2007 9:43:20 AM
WooooooW!! I simply love everything about this FANTASTIC capture, Tarun! SUPER! :) #3896318Hurk (Steve) Hurkett 1/31/2007 9:56:56 AM
Nice capture, Tarun ... nice comp!Steve Hurkett #3896363
Revonda L. Gentry 1/31/2007 10:48:21 AM
I just love this Tarun!! No doubt we will see this again!! #3896554Agnes Fegan 1/31/2007 10:49:41 AM
Perfect timing on this Tarun...the reds really stand out! #3896561Jim Huffield 1/31/2007 10:50:57 AM
Very nicely composed image, Tarun. Jim #3896565Colette M. Metcalf 1/31/2007 10:52:26 AM
FANTASTIC capture, Tarun!! #3896572Tamera S. Phillips 1/31/2007 11:48:46 AM
Nicely done Tarun. I like the composition and the bright red! #3896779Manuel Barrera 1/31/2007 2:11:10 PM
great capture and fantastic composition #3897219Carol Sawyer 1/31/2007 2:35:23 PM
Great capture, Tarun!! #3897292Claudia Kuhn 1/31/2007 2:56:42 PM
Great capture Tarun, love the vibrant reds! #3897346Anita Hogue 1/31/2007 3:37:03 PM
I've seen this, but it was before I had a passion for photography, and I didn't get a photo. Beautiful image, Tarun!!!!! Thanks for posting! This brings back wonderful memories.......anita #3897466Jen M 1/31/2007 4:01:45 PM
Excellent capture! #3897531Nancy L. Green 1/31/2007 6:48:37 PM
Great capture Tarun!! I do hop someday to see this in person!! Beautifully done!! <>< #3898064Jessica Jenney 1/31/2007 8:43:04 PM
Wonderful capture of Changing of the Guards, Tarun! I love the bright red uniforms contrasting the white building! #3898240Janine Russell 1/31/2007 9:41:04 PM
Tarun, excellent colors, detail, clarity, composition and lighting. #3898361Satvinder Bhamra 1/31/2007 10:34:05 PM
Tarunda, nice composition and framing. Lovely colours and contrast in the BC and dresses of the guards. lol #3898457Dominick M. Dimacale 2/1/2007 3:14:10 AM
This is a great capture, love the colours here Tarun...Dominick #3898850Sharon King 2/1/2007 4:54:44 AM
I really like this shot Tarun. Love the bold color of red and the composition. #3899208Lynne Morris 2/1/2007 4:56:29 AM
What a wonderful image Tarun, love the comp and colours, well captured. Wish I had discovered my passion for photography when I saw this, it's a wonderful sight! #3899216Melissa A. Mannon 2/1/2007 6:36:45 AM
this is wonderful! great lines and contrasts! #3899634Su Sana E. P 2/1/2007 6:41:29 AM
Great capture with excellent framing, Tarun!! #3899658Sherry Sturgis 2/1/2007 7:01:25 AM
Wonderful colors & composition, Tarun!!! I've always wanted to see the changing of the guard.. and now I have :) thru your lens! #3899718eileen bedford 2/1/2007 8:25:25 PM
Great capture Tarun, love the colors and your composition is great.... #3902346Tarun Bose 2/1/2007 11:33:28 PM
Thanks to all of you for appreciation and lovely comments. #3902597Z. Banu 2/2/2007 1:03:13 AM
Awesome capture Sir stunning image nicely done . #3902721Shawn Jennings 2/2/2007 6:53:46 AM
Great clarity, color and composition on this Tarun! #3903738Emile Abbott 2/2/2007 7:53:45 AM
Tack sharp and excellent composition, Tarun. Almost forgot what analog was in this digital age. #3903992Amy Jackson 2/2/2007 8:00:17 AM
Excellent image, Tarun!! #3904025Tammy Scott 2/4/2007 6:41:59 AM
Wonderful image and nice framing. The red really jumps out #3909977Kathleen K. Parker 2/4/2007 7:43:02 PM
Wonderful image. Sharp, well composed, and really interesting, Tarun!Marijana Fajgl 2/24/2007 11:48:17 AM
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Tarun! #3982727Melissa G. Meiselman 2/24/2007 11:49:45 AM
Tarun, congratulations on this terrific finalist!! #3982731Sharon King 2/24/2007 11:52:46 AM
Congratulations Tarun, wonderful image! #3982753Nadya Johnson 2/24/2007 12:19:02 PM
Congratulations on your great finalist, Tarun! #3983024Judyann Plante 2/24/2007 12:51:15 PM
Congratulations on this awesome finalist, Tarun!!!Judyann ><> #3983382
Colette M. Metcalf 2/24/2007 12:52:22 PM
Congratulations to you, Tarun!! #3983394Arlene Krassner 2/24/2007 12:55:15 PM
Apparently I never saw this beauty. Congratulations on this finalist Tarun. #3983433Terry L. Ellis 2/24/2007 1:35:14 PM
I'm so glad that this got finalist as I get to see it! Fantastic, Tarun! #3983843Jen M 2/24/2007 1:37:58 PM
Congratulations Tarun! #3983876Karen Bacon 2/24/2007 1:49:10 PM
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Tarun! #3984037Laurie Daily 2/24/2007 1:51:10 PM
Congratulations, Taren on this wonderful image! #3984063Revonda L. Gentry 2/24/2007 1:52:48 PM
I love being right!!:) Congrats Tarun on this wonderful finalist!! #3984083Tamera S. Phillips 2/24/2007 2:43:44 PM
Huge congrats to you my friend! Good luck in the next round. #3984591Janine Russell 2/24/2007 3:07:58 PM
Tarun, congratulations on your finalist. #3984811Emile Abbott 2/24/2007 3:21:41 PM
Congrats on your finalist and great capture, Tarun. Good luck NR. #3984935Claudia Kuhn 2/24/2007 3:35:05 PM
Wonderful capture Tarun, congrats and good luck! #3985051Jenny Bosmans 2/24/2007 3:36:08 PM
Big congratulations on this super finalist, Tarun...good luck in the next round, my friend! :) #3985060Donna LaMattino Pagakis 2/24/2007 4:13:41 PM
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist!!! Excellent work Tarun! Good luck with this!! #3985401Carol Sawyer 2/24/2007 4:15:56 PM
Congratulations on your finalist!! #3985424Hurk (Steve) Hurkett 2/24/2007 4:25:10 PM
Way to go, Tarun, Congrats ... steve #3985521Denise M. Snyder 2/24/2007 4:33:09 PM
Oh I knew this would be a winner! Huge congrats Tarun! #3985618Linda Proctor 2/24/2007 4:40:27 PM
Congratulations Tarun!!! Fantastic finalist !! #3985703Jeff Robinson 2/24/2007 5:35:49 PM
Congrats Tarun on your excellent Finalist! Jeff #3986198Renee Doyle 2/24/2007 5:53:31 PM
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Tarun!!!Kay E. Mahoney 2/24/2007 6:17:28 PM
Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #3986650Melissa A. Mannon 2/24/2007 6:33:41 PM
so glad to see this again! congratulations! #3986849Ujjwal Mukherjee 2/24/2007 6:34:30 PM
Congratulations Tarunda ! #3986862eileen bedford 2/24/2007 7:34:11 PM
Congratulations Tarun, well done my friend... #3987405Amy Jackson 2/24/2007 7:56:20 PM
Congratulations, Tarun!! #3987585Barbara Waldoch 2/24/2007 8:20:37 PM
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Tarun! #3987788Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas 2/24/2007 8:23:16 PM
BIG CONGRATULATIONS TARUN!,Dominick M. Dimacale 2/24/2007 8:39:43 PM
Congratulations on your finalist image Tarun...Dominick #3987970S P Mukherji 2/24/2007 11:11:08 PM
Congratulations Tarunda!! #3988662VISHVAJIT JUIKAR 2/25/2007 2:06:45 AM
Congrats Tarun Da.. wish to see the same in next list as well #3988936Paula Dwyer 2/25/2007 4:07:22 AM
Congrtulations Tarun!!! :) #3989150Linda M. Walker 2/25/2007 4:34:42 AM
Congratulations on a wonderful image #3989334Girish Vaghela 2/25/2007 5:04:02 AM
Congratulations on this great finalist, Tarun! #3989493Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna 2/25/2007 7:30:03 AM
Congratulation, Tarun!!!!! Fantastic image!!!!! Best to you in the next round!!!!! :-) ^.^ Kitty #3990400Robert Goodman 2/25/2007 7:37:55 AM
Congratulations Tarun!!!!! #3990455Gail Vitikacs 2/25/2007 8:12:48 AM
No surprise here! CONGRATULATIONS@ #3990705Cary Rogers 2/25/2007 8:19:00 AM
Congratulations on this finalist, Tarun! Nicely-composed and captured! Namaste! #3990771Photographer 2/25/2007 8:19:20 AM
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist Tarun! #3990772Carla Metzler 2/25/2007 10:23:14 AM
Congratulations on your finalist, Tarun! :) #3991791Cyn Valentine 2/25/2007 10:24:03 AM
Big congratulations Tarun..awesome work! #3991798Karen Slagle 2/25/2007 2:56:51 PM
Wow Tarun, this is fabulous. Congrats on this being selected as a finalist. Best of luck next round. #3993373Kathy Reeves 2/25/2007 4:14:22 PM
Congratulations on the fantastic finalist Tarun!!! #3993604Remi Trepanier 2/25/2007 4:33:43 PM
Beautiful capture! Congratulations! #3993681Tamara K. Walker 2/25/2007 6:31:17 PM
CONGRATULATIONS. #3994168Evy Johansen 2/26/2007 1:43:11 AM
Big congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Tarun!! #3995313Jessica Jenney 2/26/2007 6:16:14 AM
Congratulations, Tarun on this wonderful finalist image! Terrific capture! #3996091Shawn Jennings 2/26/2007 7:05:13 AM
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Tarun! #3996343Susan Jane Allen 2/26/2007 9:16:28 AM
Congrats Tarun! Great capture! They almost look like toy soldiers! #3997022Ray Clarke 2/26/2007 9:42:10 AM
Congratulation Tarun, this is a wonderful capture, Right place at the right time!!!(R) #3997129Virginia Leone 2/26/2007 10:16:29 AM
Beautiful finalist, Congrats and good luck! #3997319John V. Roscich 2/26/2007 11:04:26 AM
BEAUTIFUL IMAGE TARUNRakesh Syal 2/26/2007 11:50:08 AM
Big congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Tarunda!! #3997743Abhijit Nandi 2/26/2007 11:52:54 AM
Congratulations Tarunda on your finalist. Good luck in the next round.#3997763
Hector Contreras 2/26/2007 7:18:39 PM
Big congrats on this amazing image Tarun #3998983Arnie Horwitz 2/26/2007 9:12:17 PM
Congratulations on your great finalist, Tarun! #3999303Sherry Sturgis 2/27/2007 7:41:55 AM
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS on this wonderful finalist, Tarun!!!! #4001027Manuel Barrera 2/27/2007 8:08:14 AM
big congratulations, Tarun #4001140Gail P. Sullivan 2/27/2007 10:19:13 AM
Tarun...this is awesome...the pano crop really works well! #4001639Roger Fry 2/27/2007 12:30:26 PM
Congratulations Tarun for your interpretation of a scene that must have been taken a million times.!Roger #4002050
Z. Banu 2/28/2007 7:41:20 AM
Congratulation Sir on wonderful Finalist. #4006471Akhilesh Sharma 3/17/2007 11:13:09 PM
Excellent! Just excellent!! #4065505Lisa J. Boulden 5/1/2007 6:29:25 PM
I've just visited your gallery... A big W O W !!! This image jumped out at me: Love the color contrast, the mid-action capture, and the elemental composition.f/12.0, 1/500 secs, ISO 200, Lens 80-200 mm. Hand held. Shot taken during the Gaurd changing at Buckingham Palace, London. This image was taken by Canon EOS 300 SLR analog camera. This ceremony is a tourist attraction.
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When Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) tried to diagnose Terri Schiavo from an hour's worth of videotape — saying that "footage, to me, depicted something very different than persistent vegetative state" — the conventional wisdom was that he was looking at the famous images of Schiavo smiling and seemingly responding to family members.
But today, on NBC's Meet the Press, viewers learned that Frist based his opinion on "court-appointed video by a board certified neurologist who came to the conclusion that she was not in a persistent vegetative state."
That neurologist was almost certainly Dr. William Hammesfahr.
JABBS readers should be very familiar with how the conservative media used Hammesfahr to try to present the "other side of the story."
Viewers of several conservative shows — MSNBC's Scarborough Country, Fox News' Hannity & Colmes and Christian Broadcasting Network's The 700 Club — were not told that Hammesfahr's testimony was discredited by multiple courts for failing to back up his claims with actual facts. For example, a 2003 article in the St. Petersburg Times said that video supplied to Florida Circuit Judge George Greer showed Hammesfahr giving Schiavo 105 commands and 61 questions. The court reported it could not determine whether Schiavo's responses were more than random motions.
Was that the video that Frist watched?
The conservative media pushed Hammesfahr — even falsely claiming he was a "Noble Prize nominee" — to rally the troops against all the things it hates: the dreaded "liberal media," and those "liberal activist judges."
As a heart surgeon, Frist should have done his homework before trying to diagnose Schiavo via video. He should have spoken to her doctors. He should have been briefed that Hammesfahr's testimony had been discredited.
As a legislator, Frist should have known that 10 courts and 19 judges sided with Schiavo's husband and upheld Florida law. He should have known that as governor of Texas, President Bush signed the 1999 Advance Directives Act, which allows a patient's surrogate to make end-of-life decisions — and is consistent with the current Florida law.
Sadly, Frist did what a lot of conservative politicians did during the Schiavo ordeal — ignore facts, ignore legal precedents and ignore science, and instead kowtow to their base and the loud voice of the Religious Right.
Here's a portion of the interview with NBC's Tim Russert:
FRIST: … Now, the video footage that I looked at, it wasn't what you saw on TV, it was court-appointed video by a board certified neurologist who came to the conclusion that she was not in a persistent vegetative state.
RUSSERT: But, Senator, you will acknowledge that people who looked at this believed, suggested that you were trying to diagnose from your office, that the Senate was kept in session over the weekend. The president flew back from his ranch. For something that happens a thousand times a day, in terms of removing tubes, and … (a)nd that this was used in a way to exploit politics and to play to the conservative base of the Republican Party. … Do you regret going to the floor of the Senate and saying, "I watched the videotape and that's not a persistent vegetative state."
FRIST: No, I don't. I'm a physician. I was watching a board-certified neurologist…
RUSSERT: Were you wrong in your diagnosis?
FRIST: I didn't make the diagnosis. I raised the question of whether or not she's in a persistent vegetative state. …
RUSSERT: No regrets?
FRIST: Well, I'll tell you what I learned from it, which is obvious, is that the American people don't want you involved in these decisions. …
Well, at least Frist has learned one thing from this embarrassing time in his Senatorial career.
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Buchanan MI Real Estate & Homes for Sale33 Properties Found
The median home value in Buchanan, MI is $105,000.
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The national median home value is $185,800.
The average price of homes sold in Buchanan, MI is $105,000.
Approximately 56.76% of Buchanan homes are owned,
compared to 34.87% rented, while
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Julie Capron
View additional info1998 Manufactured home in Riverside Estates featuring 3 bedrooms 2 full baths, open concept and large kitchen, living room dining area and family room. The family room has a fireplace. This home has a built in curio cabinet and central air new in 2013, skylights, water softener and windows with tinting on them. This is an extra large lot with beautiful landscaping and 2 storage sheds. Neighboring area is all wooded and the lot is at the end of a cul-de-sac. $119,900203 S Oak Street Buchanan, MI 49107
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Mark Skene
View additional infoJust Listed ! If you enjoy the beauty & charm of a historic home, you must see this home. With 4 bedrooms & 2 full baths, natural wood work and gleaming wood floors, this home has been given great care & upgrades including; new roof 2016 w/30 yr. warranty, newer furnace w/ central air, water softner & heater, bath & kitchen remodeled ,and several newer windows. Large front sitting porch , there's also a large 3 seasons porch off kitchen in back. With nice walkout patio you can see the tranquil McCoy creek at edge of the walking trail. Large private backyard is all fenced ( nearly a double lot) plenty of room for a garden.Carport & storage shed on north side of house. Basement has large workshop area and full bath, with a separate outside access door. One year home warranty & much mor
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Jason Stroud
View additional infoGreat opportunity to own a home in growing Buchanan MI under $80,000. Situated on a quiet street and close to downtown. This home is clean and will show very well. Fenced in backyard, extended garage with work area, appliances included, and much more. Come take advantage of this opportunity to benefit form everything Buchanan has to offer.
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View additional infoDarling 2 bed/1 bath Bungalow near Ottawa school in Buchanan City. Large yard is partially fenced with nice shade tree and patio. Open Living and dining room with beautiful wood floors. Good sized kitchen with range, microwave and refrigerator. Partial basement has laundry area and bonus room for hobbies, storage or even a spare bedroom. Move-in ready property. Gas heat pump heat.
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Ryan Gehris
View additional info3 bed, 2 bath Buchanan, MI home. This property will need work and repairs before move in ready. Has great potential here but will need work before move in ready. Ramp to the covered front porch is an added bonus. The home sits on a spacious lot. The detached garage large with a partially finished second floor.
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Jennifer Stoops
View additional infoNEED A LOT OF BEDROOMS? Then schedule your appt to view this RARE FIND with 5-7 Bedrooms and 3 Full Baths!!! Wonderful Location Near the High School, Library, Shopping & more. Numerous Updates: 2016: Installed Privacy Fence & Added Attic Insulation - 2015: New Front Deck/Porch - 2014: Rebuilt Chimney & Updated Upstairs Plumbing - 2013: Added Outside Security Light - 2012: Updated Main Floor Plumbing - 2010: Tiled Basement Shower, New Water Heater & New Back Door - 2009: New Roof - 2002: Furnace - Additional updates: Replacement Windows (some still in process), some Light Fixtures, some Flooring, some Electrical, Basement Bath Plumbing, all 3 Toilets & more! ALL APPLIANCES STAY, too! Hardwood Floors, Storage Shed & TONS of FLEXIBILITY & POTENTIAL! Can also be a 3-Unit (See MLS #17010284)
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Stacey Carlin
View additional infoThis gorgeous custom built 3-4 bedroom country home, situated on over 21 quiet acres in the Buchanan School District, features stunning views both inside and out. Sip your morning coffee on the covered wraparound front porch and enjoy panoramic views of alfalfa fields and green pastures. Inside the home you will find soaring cathedral ceilings, beautiful wood floors, a home office space, and a large carpeted bonus room above the garage with built-in bookshelves (33x18). The freshly painted walls of the living room, kitchen, and office, combined with the warmth of the brick hearth gas fireplace make for a welcoming environment for entertaining friends and family. The basement is ready to be finished with plenty of storage space and 9' ceilings. The 36x52 pole barn with electric, water (MORE
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Vicki McWilliams
View additional infoCute home in Buchanan that has new, range, refrigerator, washer & dryer. New roof and new carpet in some of the rooms. Home is set between two creeks on a nice size lot. This is one you might want to take a look at. All measurements and square footage are approximate. All information should be verified by buyer.
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Jill Celie-Brenay
View additional infoBring on the Country Life: sits on 3.2 acres with a barn and in-ground swimming pool 16'x18'. 3 fireplaces. Large master suite & 2 additional bedrooms upstairs; 2 full baths all updated. 21 new windows, large family on the main level with a formal dining room with fireplace and living room. Main floor (4th) bedroom. Pantry and large kitchen with fireplace. $224,9001860 Dayton Road Buchanan, MI 49107
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Dan Morissette
View additional infoHistorical Centennial Home. 6 wooded acres on a winding bend of Dayton Rd in Buchanan township. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. High ceilings, large enclosed front porch, a main floor parlor and an enclosed back porch being used for washer/dryer. Multiple outbuildings one of which is a red historical Barn. A former summer kitchen building just off the back door, a buggy shed, chicken coop, small quonset hut.
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Clinton Maki
View additional infoSee the 3-D TOUR! This is a REAL LOG HOME way out in the woods on a LAKESIDE lot! Secure inside the Camp Madron compound, the home rests in the woods overlooking the wooded lakefront: a custom built log home on no-wake, 60 acre Madron Lake. A total of 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, cathedral ceilings and a gourmet kitchen complete with granite counters and stainless appliances. The walk out lower level features a wet bar, recreation room surrounded with 2 more bedrooms and bathroom. Camp Madron is a retired Boy Scout Camp converted to a private community of single family homes around a QUIET, NO-Motor lake. A Caretaker for the community lives on site. Clubhouse, lake beach, and trails are all the owners and their guests to enjoy . Located Only 1.5 hrs from Chicago.
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Kurt Hauseman
View additional infoCharming 4 bedroom, 2 bath farmhouse on 26.5 acres in SW Michigan. Minutes from wine the wineries, beaches, shopping, and restaurants. House features large rooms, with hardwood flooring, and a main floor laundry. This home also has an attached greenhouse and a 26x14 addition, currently used as a heated work shop, but could be additional bedroom or living space. Outside features large deck, fruit trees, large yard, gardens, and storage shed. What makes this property unique is the 20 wooded acres accessed by a bridge over the Galien River!
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Robert Kaufman
View additional infoThis delightful bungalow offers two bedrooms with one bath and features many upgrades like Laminate flooring, Whirlpool Duet steam Washer and Dryer, replacement windows in the bedrooms, all newer appliances in the kitchen, Furnace and Central air, all in the last 6 years. It also features a deck off of the kitchen, fenced in yard which has a peach, plum, and 2 sour cherry trees. You will also enjoy raspberries, black berries and strawberry's from your own yard. The room off of the 2 car garage could be the perfect workshop. Make this your home today. $4,537,0002298 E Glendora Road Buchanan, MI 49107
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Daniel Hoffman
View additional infoHidden in Buchanan, MI this luxury getaway property is 90 minutes from downtown Chicago. With 8,500 SF of living space, this splendid estate on 81 acres has trails, lakes, tennis, swimming pool and basketball - plenty of year-round fun. Developed around 2 lakes and nature and tucked into wine country, it is a perfect mix of privacy and diverse enjoyment. Once inside the gate, this country estate is yours to discover. The main home has 6 bedrooms and 5 full baths. An open floor plan and large great room has floor to ceiling windows overlooking the lake and woods. The downstairs is a walkout with a movie theater, fireplace, pool room and bedrooms. The Guest Lodge is 2,500 SF of living w/ gourmet kitchen, full bath, rec room, office, brick patio and two-car garage that overlooks Clarks Lake.
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Scott Carlin
View additional infoClassic Buchanan Home w New Central A/C unit (3 years) and New Furnace (2 years) situated in quaint neighborhood in the heart of Buchanan. Lovely, spacious dining room serves as house centerpiece. Fenced in Backyard. Home located close to downtown amenities and walking distance to all Buchanan Schools and parks. Home located in Buchanan School District which recently unveiled college scholarship program to all Buchanan Graduates. $325,000618 River Buchanan, MI 49107
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Margo Green
View additional infoThere are endless possibilities with this beautiful parcel of vacant land with 600'' on McCoy Creek and 500'' on the St. Joseph River. Parcel is 5.59 acres and would be perfect to build your dream home with views of both the Creek and River. There are buildings on the property that are condemned and will need to be remodeled or removed. ENTER BUILDINGS AT YOUR OWN RISK. SECOND TAX CODE 115800250271018 $299,999341 Williamsburg Buchanan, MI 49107
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Margo Green
View additional infoCome and view this immaculate log cabin located on 147 Acres of woods with walking trails that led to the Beach on Clear Lake. This 3 bedroom, 3 bath home features spacious kitchen, newer appliances, wet bar, full finished basement, forced air heat with central air conditioning, large wood deck and hot tub. Association features, nature trails, private beach, gazebo, swimming area and full time caretaker. Cabin has smart home technology cat-6 wiring , internet controllable thermostat and structured sound system. Starr Valley is located in wine country with shopping and restaurants minutes away. Association has first right of refusal on all offers. $349,000414 Holmes Dr. Buchanan, MI 49107
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Brian McKean
View additional infoFantastic new 21st century home with great views! Incredible new home with views of both Hazen Lake and Brookwood golf course. This home is tech ready. Bedrooms are wired for Cable, phone, and internet. Electrical boxes in bedrooms are USB enabled. Master has a large walk in closet. Amazing open floor plan is a must see. Large bedrooms each feature their own private bathrooms, complete with gorgeous ceramic tile. Eat in kitchen with large island and snack bar is open to the dining area and living room. Open concept living area has a beautiful fireplace and large windows showcasing the lake and golf course. Beautiful wood floors throughout the main floor living area. The home is located in Buchanan School District which recently unveiled the Buchanan Promise College Scholarship Program.
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Christine Moore
View additional infoJust under 80 acres in Buchanan Twp. House sits on just over 46 wooded acres, main floor master, two full remodeled baths, huge country kitchen with dining and pantry; main floor laundry. Wrap around porch so you can see every view from the porch, 2 pole barns one 36x56 with dirt floor, other 20x40 with cement floor. Second tax id is for additional 33.64Acres mostly wooded with 15 acres tillable with some clearing. Clean partial basement. Room used as office could be walk in closet. Clean Home. Nice Woods and many possibilities Same owner for over 35 years all splits going to new owner. Buyer to verify info. $469,000401 Maple Lane Buchanan, MI 49107
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Alicia Glossinger
View additional infoWOW! Bright and Cheerful home with spectacular views of Wagner Lake! Situated on an amazing lot in the Maple Beach development, this 5 bedroom, 3 bath home won't disappoint with 2,280 sq ft., granite countertops, and stone fireplace to enjoy! This home boasts with over 740 sq ft of an enclosed front porch as well as 2 open decks to take in the breathtaking views of the lake. Enjoy hiking, canoeing, swimming bicycling, and even a pool inside the gated community. Make your appointment today! $469,000401 Maple Lane Buchanan, MI 49107
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View additional infoWOW! Bright and Cheerful home with spectacular views of Wagner Lake! Situated on an amazing lot in the Maple Beach development, this 5 bedroom, 3 bath home won't disappoint with 2,280 sq ft., granite countertops, and stone fireplace to enjoy! This home boasts with over 740 sq ft of an enclosed front porch as well as 2 open decks to take in the breathtaking views of the lake. Enjoy hiking, canoeing, swimming bicycling, and even a pool inside the gated community. Make your appointment today!
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Paul Dumke
View additional infoThis is one rare opportunity to own a 38 acre farm/Winery, with a newer 2bd rental cottage, Tasting Room, production building, and well known, and growing Winery business / Label (Hickory Creek Winery). A fixture on the Southwest MI. Wine Trail, daily wine Tours contribute to a vast amount of visitors a day. Secondary open air tasting area as well as a second floor private events space! Hickory Creek Wines are served at fine Chicago dining establishments and in demand by patrons from all over. Vatted/barreled aged varieties/bottled product/inventory negotiable. All business owned equipment, supplies, and furnishings included! Winery and short term rental cottage is quite profitable and can be taken to the next level if desired. Property also borders a small fishing lake/large pond.
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Krista Polmounter
View additional infoClose to two acres on this beautiful river access lot. Lot is level with mature trees and two hundred feet of private Saint Joe River frontage. The home on the property could be a project (home has been taken down to the studs)or you build your own home on this great spot.(Seller willing to inherit the cost of removing the structure for an acceptable offer.)
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Brian McKean
View additional infoLarge lot. 2 car detached garage. Calling all investors...this 3 bedroom home sits on a large lot with a newly built 2 car detached garage. Additional tax ID# for back lot (526 Moravia St.) 115873000034000.The SEV, annual property tax for 2016. $1,500,00014359 N Red Bud Trail Buchanan, MI 49107
Courtesy: Cressy & Everett Real Estate
Tarah Sheteron
View additional infoThe Ultimate Private Estate featuring over 23 acres, a stocked pond with gazebo, over 1000 ft of St.Joseph River frontage, 40 x 58 barn with full loft and walk-in cooler. All of this surrounded by babbling creeks. Barely a neighbor in sight from all angles of this gorgeous property tucked away near Southwest Michigan's wine country. The dramatic winding driveway invites you home to relax & enjoy. The open concept of the main living area sets you up for grand entertaining for family and friends. River views from almost every room in home including the master bedroom balcony. The ''bachelors den'' above the garage has a cabin feel with wood beam structures with pool table and a sauna room. This property is truly a rare & unique find. Schedule your private tour soon.
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College shooting: 2 killed, 1 injured in Kentucky
Initial reports say 2 were killed at a Kentucky college. A teenager was also wounded. The shootings took place on the main campus of Hazard Community & Technical College in Hazard, Ky.
Louisville, Ky. — Two people were shot and killed and a teenager wounded Tuesday in the parking lot of an eastern Kentucky community college, authorities said.
A police dispatcher told The Associated Press the shooting happened about 5:30 p.m. at Hazard Community & Technical College in Hazard, Ky. The dispatcher, who was not authorized to release information, spoke on condition of anonymity.
Two people showed up at the Kentucky State Police post in Hazard and said they were involved in the shooting, police spokesman Tony Watts said, but he said he did not know whether they were alleged perpetrators or witnesses. State police held the two until Hazard police came and took them into custody, he said.
Conor Duff, the college's evening coordinator, said the school was on lockdown following the shooting at the campus, 90 miles southeast of Lexington. Police searched the school's two buildings and determined that no one else was at risk, Duff said.
Classes had resumed Monday at the campus after the holiday break, according to the college's website, which also posted that there had been an incident and asked students to stay away from the main campus.
The college's academic programs range from associate's degrees in arts and sciences to career-focused training in mining technology and heavy-equipment operation.


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Our future depends on learning more about our home
Posted 06 September 2011, by David Suzuki, The Tillsonburg News (Sun Media Corporation), tillsonburgnews.com
Biologists recently found a strange monkey in the Amazon. They didn't know this unusual creature with its bright red beard and tail even existed. Researchers also found what they believe to be a massive river running 6,000 kilometres underneath the Amazon River. The underground Hamza River is 200 to 400 kilometres wide, though, whereas the Amazon ranges from one to 100 kilometres wide.
These are just two examples of how much we have yet to learn about our planet. As for the plants and animals that share our home, a recent study – "How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?" – suggests that of the estimated 8.7 million species on Earth, 86 per cent on land and 91 per cent in the oceans have not been described by scientists. And describing just means identifying and naming. It doesn't mean we know anything about population numbers, geographic distribution, what they eat, how they reproduce, or their relationship with other species.
Authors of the study, published in the scientific journal PLoS Biology, argue that understanding the range of biodiversity in our world is crucial to conservation. In many cases, plants and animals are going extinct before we even know of their existence. "We know we are losing species because of human activity, but we can't really appreciate the magnitude of species lost until we know what species are there," study co-author Camilo Mora said.
As well as the titi monkey, other animals recently discovered include a small African antelope, a bacterium that consumes iron-oxide on the sunken Titanic, an underwater mushroom, a jumping cockroach, and a "prehistoric" eel found in a cave in the Pacific Ocean. The eel has so many unusual features, including a second upper jaw, that it has been classified as a new species belonging to a new genus and family.
And, several species that were thought to have been extinct have since been rediscovered. However, researchers say this doesn't mean they have recovered. Pretty much all of them are still at risk of extinction. In fact, 92 per cent of all amphibians and 86 per cent of all birds and mammals are believed to be facing extinction, and tens of thousands of species are being wiped out every year.
Many factors are at play in this biodiversity crisis, but most are related to human activity. Habitat destruction and conversion of land for agriculture and development are big ones. The spread of invasive species, overexploitation of natural resources, pollution, and climate change are also major contributors to what some scientists are calling the sixth great extinction.
Unlike the previous mass extinctions, this one is human-caused. But the history of these extinctions should also tell us something. Nature and the planet are resilient. They bounce back after major crises, but – and this is crucial – not until the cause of the extinction or crisis has dissipated. This means we humans are putting ourselves on a path to extinction. The way out is to recognize that we are a part of the natural world and not something that stands outside of it. We absolutely depend on all that nature provides for our existence.
Bringing about necessary changes won't be easy. It will require stabilizing and reducing global population, reevaluating our economic systems to reduce the pressures of consumerism, addressing climate change and pollution, protecting large swaths of terrestrial, marine, and freshwater habitat, and learning more about the natural world. Conservation efforts are essential. These will help plants and animals become more resilient to climate change, but they can also help slow climate change. For example, forests absorb and store carbon, so protecting them not only helps the plants and animals that live in them, it also helps reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Of course, as the species study makes clear, we must address the massive knowledge gaps about our world. Unfortunately, economic pressures, antipathy toward science, and the fact that we often spend more money to learn about other planets than our own mean that we have a long way to go to avoid catastrophe.
We can't and needn't give up hope, though. Thanks to the work of scientists and other thinkers, we learn more about our world every day. Above all, we really need to learn how crucial this knowledge is to our future.
Dr. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation editorial and communications specialist Ian Hanington.


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Gov. Dannel Malloy said on Saturday he has asked President Barack Obama for a federal declaration of emergency to help with the costs associated with cleaning up the storm that hit the state.
In a Saturday night press briefing, Mr. Malloy said he had spoken with leaders of the impacted municipalities and told them to keep track of expenses in case there is federal money for reimbursement. This declaration would allow for federal assistance, including equipment and power but not federal money yet. That is something that will be determined later and that is why Mr. Malloy said he is having municipal leaders keep track of those expenses.
In a letter to the president. the entire Connecticut congressional delegation including U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes urged him to grant the declaration Mr. Malloy had requested.
"Our first responders, snow removal crews and the hundreds of state and local employees working in emergency operation centers throughout the state are to be commended for their incredible response to this record-breaking storm," the delegation said in a prepared statement. "We wholeheartedly support Governor Malloy's emergency declaration request and will fight to ensure that Connecticut receives the federal aid it needs to respond and recover from this storm."
The state remains in a state of emergency and Mr. Malloy said it would "for some period of time." The statewide ban of travel was lifted at 4 p.m. but Mr. Malloy urged people to remain at home. He said the reason the ban was lifted was neighboring states had lifted their bans and that meant an influx of traffic, particularly commercial, into Connecticut including fresh stock for grocery stores and gas stations.
"I want to stress this, do not go on the roads," Mr. Malloy said. "Stay off the roads. They are not as safe as we would like them to be. Secondly there is a lot of blowing snow and thirdly there are a lot of entrances and exits that are still not open so your ride is not going to be very comfortable. Let me put it this way, discourage your loved ones from going out on the road. Do not have your children take the car out tonight. Do not have your loved ones take the car out tonight. There's really no reason to do that."
He later added that people with snowmobiles and ATVs should not use them on the roads either, citing the limited space and potential dangers. Mr. Malloy said there is only about 2/3 capacity available on the highway with no breakdown lanes available. He stressed this was illegal and dangerous and residents should not do it.
According to Mr. Malloy, there have been more than 3,000 calls to the state police since Friday morning and about 600 of them involved accidents. There now appear to have been five fatalities in the state connected wit the blizzard. The National Guard has deployed close to 400 troops to Connecticut to assist.
Mr. Malloy had earlier said that he would make state plows and work crews available to municipalities in need of help as soon as state work was done, but so far that has not been able to be granted due to the sheer volume of work on state roads.
"It is highly unlikely that we're going to be able to lend much effort if any effort to that until at least after the Monday morning commute," Mr. Malloy said. "We have a gigantic job ahead of us. In fact restoring our highway and route system is probably 10 days worth of work. Some equipment may become available on Monday but there's precious little assistance we can lend."
Metro North has been able to get some of its trains going and said that it anticipated going to a regular schedule for Sunday but only for trains going from Stamford to Grand Central Station and back. Train service between Stamford and New Haven, including the branch lines, remains suspended until further notice. People were urged to visit www.mta.info or call 511 for further details. Mr. Malloy said he did not believe that Metro North would be able to have a regular schedule for those suspended areas before Monday morning but that has not been confirmed by the MTA. New Haven's railyard remains covered in about 36 inches of snow, causing the problems.


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* China rolling back rule of law since 2003 - expert
* High-profile case not to be model for judicial independence
* Blind activist Chen Guangcheng faced unfair trial in 2006
* Harassment, detentions of lawyers intensify
Gu Kailai, the wife of deposed Chinese leader Bo Xilai and a career lawyer
* China rolling back rule of law since 2003 - expert
* High-profile case not to be model for judicial independence
* Blind activist Chen Guangcheng faced unfair trial in 2006
* Harassment, detentions of lawyers intensify
Gu Kailai, the wife of deposed Chinese leader Bo Xilai and a career lawyer, faces possible execution for murder at the hands of a swift, unblinking justice system that she once championed.
Gu, who practised commercial law and wrote once a book about her experiences of both the Chinese and U.S. legal systems, will be at the centre of highly politicised trial this month in which rule of law is unlikely to attract more than token attention.
Legal experts and activists expect her to receive the kind of rapid guilty verdict handed down in almost all Chinese criminal trials - the kind Gu once compared favourably to U.S. legal practice where she felt the guilty risked going free on legal technicalities.
"As long as it is known that you, John Doe, killed someone, you will be arrested, tried and shot to death," Gu wrote of Chinese criminal justice in her 1998 book.
Chinese law, she explained, did "not mince words".
Now Gu finds herself on the other side of Chinese law in a case that experts say is unlikely even to become a rallying point for China's marginalised supporters of judicial reform.
"It simply cuts too close to core issues of internal (Communist) Party politics and the handover of power," said Carl Minzner, a Chinese law expert at New York's Fordham University School of Law, casting Gu's trial as part of a political campaign against her husband, once seen as a candidate to join China's next top leadership team to be unveiled late this year.
"These are the very last areas we should expect any willingness (from Beijing) to play by legal norms."
China has long had an official agenda of enforcing rule of law and its case against Gu has drawn global interest, not only because of the political overtones but because the victim, former Bo family friend Neil Heywood, is British and Frenchman Patrick Devillers is a potential witness.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has demanded Beijing live up to its judicial rhetoric in the Gu case, calling in April for "a full investigation that observes due process, is free from political interference, exposes the truth behind this tragic case, and ensures that justice is done".
But experts say London is bound to be disappointed. They point out that the signs so far are that the trial against Gu and her alleged accomplice, family aide Zhang Xiaojun, will be a formality with only the severity of the sentence in any doubt - execution or a long jail term.
Gu will not have access to her family lawyer, Shen Zhigeng, who has revealed that other legal counsel have been assigned to her case. China's official Xinhua news agency has already said the evidence against Gu will be "irrefutable and substantial" when the case goes to court, likely next week.
"It makes the case a transparent sham," said Jerome Cohen, an expert on Chinese law at New York University. "If you forbid people to have the best lawyer they can and you assign lawyers who you control...it renders the whole thing an obvious farce."
Both Bo, the ousted Chongqing party chief, and Gu have been in detention since Beijing first announced the murder allegation against Gu and the unspecified "disciplinary violations" against Bo in April. At the time, Bo was stripped of all party positions. Neither he nor his wife has been able to publicly comment on the allegations.
Despite the track record of China's criminal justice system - its courts answer first to the party, almost never side with defendants and have never ruled in favour of dissidents - it has sometimes raised hopes for genuine reform.
Beijing appeared to offer some encouragement to reformers in the 1990s with a promise to "rule the country according to law". Late in the decade, it added the principle to the constitution, though it still recognised the party as supreme arbiter.
In 2003, it abolished "custody and repatriation" powers, a form of arbitrary detention once used by local governments to sweep homeless and other undesirables from the streets.
Emboldened, some legal activists began to test the government's rhetoric on rule of law, launching cases against the authorities on behalf of ordinary aggrieved citizens - but they quickly found that nothing much had actually changed.
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who made international headlines in April with his escape from house arrest and his flight to the United States, recalls his own 2006 trial for whipping up a crowd that disrupted traffic and damaging property - charges he says were trumped up to stop him advocating for the disabled, farmers and women forced to undergo abortions under China's one-child policy.
Chen too was deprived of his lawyer and was forcibly represented by two state-appointed counsel.
"In the courtroom, to all the unfounded accusations by the prosecution, the two lawyers would only respond, 'We have no objection'," Chen said by phone from New York where he is furthering his legal studies.
Minzner, of Fordham University, said any genuine party interest in the rule of law evaporated from around 2003 as the government realised that it posed a threat to one-party rule.
"A combination of political and practical concerns came together to lead central authorities to rethink it -- how far do we really want to go down this track?" he said.
For Chen Guangcheng, genuine rule of law would indeed challenge the party's grip on power, though he also believes long-term political stability cannot be assured without it.
"If there was truly the rule of law in the first place, power should be returned to the people. There would be no way for them to hold on to power," Chen said.
Farmers, evicted homeowners and affluent business people have used the courts to seek redress, but victories have been rare and often hollow. In July, a court threw out a fraud charge against disabled lawyer Ni Yulan who had helped defend people from forced evictions carried out in the name of development.
But Ni won only a two-month reduction in her near-three-year jail sentence for causing a disturbance.
In March, parliament gave new safeguards to criminal suspects and defendants but also solidified police powers to hold certain suspects in secret for up to six months. And harassment and detention of lawyers, whose legal advocacy is seen as a threat by the party, has been intensifying ahead of China's once-in-a-decade leadership handover later this year.
"On appearances, there has been progress, but there has been no real increase in judicial independence and legal representation," said Li Fangping, a lawyer who has defended dissidents and protesters. "Recently it has been crippled."
As ever in China, there is a pithy phrase to sum up Chinese justice. "You will have heard the saying 'the police cooks the food, the prosecutor serves it and the court eats it'," said Eva Pils, a law expert at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.


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Dirty Linen (4/04, p.60) - "It's a sunny collection of songs that benefited from beautifully produced, piano-filled arrangements..."
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Personnel: Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Reggie Young, Johnny Christopher, Grady Martin, Chips Moman, Lewis Talley (guitar); Johnny Gimble (fiddle, mandolin); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Don Markham (saxophone); Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood (keyboards); Mike Leech (bass); Gene Crisman (drums).
Producers: Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Chips Moman.
Recorded at Pedernales Studio, Spicewood, Texas and Moman's Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee. Originally released on Epic (37958). Includes liner notes by Rick Kienzle.
This duet between two of country music's biggest contrarians includes four Willie Nelson originals and one by his partner, Merle Haggard. But the most notable inclusion is Townes Van Zandt's title track, the story of two outlaws at the end of the line, which became the album's signature hit in 1983. In addition to their remarkable interpretations of the album's contemporary songs, Nelson and Haggard's weathered voices are ideally suited to their more vintage material, including California country music pioneer Stuart Hamblen's "My Mary," and two Texas Playboys covers, "Still Water Runs the Deepest" and "My Life's Been a Pleasure." The album's relaxed feel is enhanced by its being done at Nelson's own Pedernales studio outside Austin.
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Dear Miss Manners: At the end of a date, a young man suggested (repeatedly) that we go back to my house for a drink. (My house was much closer than his.)
Is it unreasonable to say "yes" to such a request and still expect him to go home after an hour or two? He had never been invited to my house before, nor I to his.
Was it rude of me to let him know that he was about to miss the last train? Was it rude of him to invite himself over?
I'm guessing that it would be best never to let him get near my house in the first place. I enjoyed chatting with him over a drink, but it didn't seem worth enduring the awkward moment of kicking him out.
Gentle Reader: General rule — Do not say yes to self-invited guests who only inspire you to wonder how you will get rid of them. (This rule does not apply to close relatives.)
It also seems to Miss Manners that there could be more than a curfew problem if you accepted this reverse-invitation, as she gathers you did not. That he needed to be reminded that his last train home was imminent should have answered any doubt you might have had about his intention to go home at all, let alone early.
The usual way to demur is to say, "I've had a lovely evening, but I'm too tired" or, if you want to conclude the association, simply, "I'm afraid I have a headache."
But the train excuse was ostensibly helpful, so it was not rude. Self-invitations, however, even with the purest of intentions, are questionable. Not taking no for an answer is clearly rude.
Dear Miss Manners: Before I had my last baby, I purchased some baby gear from an acquaintance. I wrote her a check for a substantial amount of money. She also gave me some items for free that she felt she could not sell.
Now, a bit over a year later, she contacted me to say she's unexpectedly having another baby and demanded her things back as if she had lent them to me. I'm done with the items and not planning to have more children, so if she had made a polite request, I would have happily given them to her. I have a lot of sympathy for her predicament, but her attitude of entitlement is offensive.
How can I respond to this? We have several mutual friends, and I don't want to create discord in my social circle.
Gentle Reader: Since it has been more than a year, perhaps this lady has forgotten that some of the things were sold to you, not given. Still, in either case, they had become yours, and the lady should have asked for them as a favor.
Miss Manners gathers that you only want to make that point, not to recoup the money. Then you can say, graciously, "Which things do you need back? There were two batches -- one that you sold me (and here you can even name the price) and another batch that you kindly gave me." After pausing to let that sink in, you should add, "Never mind, I'm happy to give you back everything you want."