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Scottish songstress Susan Boyle seems poised to conquer the world. The unassuming 'Britain's Got Talent' star has already sold more than 1.8 million copies of her debut album 'I Dreamed a Dream' in its first three weeks of release in the U.S. (not to mention the millions she's sold worldwide). She also set an impressive record for the best first-week sales of any woman since SoundScan started tracking in 1991. If Boyle continues to sell albums at this pace, she'll likely steal Taylor Swift's crown as top selling artist of 2009.
So what is it about this homespun 47-year-old charity worker who lives alone with her cat that has us running to our nearest record store to pick up her debut album? We at PopEater checked in with some renowned pop music critics to see what all the fuss is about.
It's Boyle's "every woman" quality that's so appealing believes Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle's Pop Music Critic. "She's ordinary. She's like us. People can relate to her," he says. "When she got onstage to face Simon Cowell she brought a million office workers' daydreams to life. I think everyone who saw the ('Britain's Got Talent') video felt moved by it wanted to be part of the story and make sure it had a happy ending."
It's Boyle's "underdog" status combined with our obsession with reality show sagas that has us rooting for her says Gaylord Fields, Senior Editor of AOL Music. "Susan Boyle's story is a classic underdog tale -- yet one that played out in front of the entire world," said Fields. "It embodies a couple of popular reality-show trends in one: it's a music competition coupled with a makeover story, with a hint of medical program savant syndrome thrown in."
"Shows such as 'American Idol' and 'Britain's Got Talent' are as interested in a potential star's looks as much as their talent," said pop music critic Stephen Humphries. "Boyle managed to up-end all that. Dowdy and close to age 50, she seemed to have no right to be trying out for a market most interested in youth and sex appeal. But her voice trumped all that. I think the fact that Boyle isn't a particularly self-confident or precocious person only added to her underdog appeal."
Fields concurs that it is these personal attributes that make Boyle so relatable. "The juxtaposition of Boyle's one-in-a-million voice with her modest looks and her seeming simplicity and innocence add up to something unique -- and ultimately relatable," he says.
Interestingly, Boyle is bucking current record sales trends. While most artists are selling more digital than physical copies of their albums, Boyle has people rushing out to traditional brick and mortar stores. Humphries has a theory as to why this might be the case. "Boyle's success comes down to older shoppers who still buy CDs and who only buy one album a year when they're out doing their Christmas shopping," he says. "In past years, this older demographic -- the type that gets its music fix from PBS -- has bought millions of copies of albums by the likes of Michael Bublé and Josh Groban. Her album seems perfectly suited to this market, from boomer-era songs ('Wild Horses') to show tune ballads."
So does this plain Jane songbird have what it takes to stick around and keep her music career soaring? Vaziri's not so sure. "I think most of the people who bought her album just wanted a souvenir of the moment," he says. "I'm guessing most of them probably buy one or two records a year and will have moved onto the next thing by the time they wear out this album."
Fields, however, is a bit more optimistic. "As Boyle is not packaged as any sort of visual image that can date her, there is little worry of her becoming passé as a trend," he says. "Also, she is presenting a repertoire of classic songs, so her biggest concern is to avoid being considered a novelty act. With her talent, there are literally thousands of songs she can handle with ease and comfort. The biggest thing that can hamper her career is if she's no longer willing to put up with the demands of stardom, as she does come off as emotionally fragile at times. It seems long-term success is hers to accept or reject." via: www.popeater.com


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Concerns about collaboration efforts with the developing College of Medicine are growing within the university's Physician Assistant Program and Department of Biology.
As CMED faces a decision based on an evaluation from the Liason Committee on Medical Education for preliminary accreditation, the related academic departments hope to be better incorporated in the university's decision-making process in the future.
Ahmad Hakemi, director of the Physician Assistant Program, said he will meet to provide input with CMED officials Thursday, the first time in more than two years.
"Recently, there has been an effort for us to be included to see what's happening and closely collaborate," Hakemi said. "But we were not included at all in the past two years."
Hakemi said he was once involved in CMED discussions when former University President Michael Rao's administration presided over the university.
"Initially, two and a half years ago, we were included and I attended all the meetings and was very involved," Hakemi said. "I was one of the first people involved that the university and ex-president Rao talked to."
Hakemi said his department is looking forward to collaborating with CMED programs and faculty, and the shared facilities, simulation labs and standardized patients will help strengthen the PA program.
"LCME's standards are very high and if they're going to allow a medical school to proceed, expectations are very high," Hakemi said. "So this means that you're going to have top people here, the best resources here, the best minds here and the best researchers here, and I really look forward to collaborating, because we have very limited resources in the PA program."
CMED Dean Ernest Yoder said he expects collaboration efforts to increase after LCME's evaluation next week. Recently, Yoder said, a significant amount of work has been dedicated to ensuring CMED will meet the required criteria for accreditation.
"There's a fair amount of work that was going in regard to LCME which did not invite in folks from other departments," Yoder said.
As the school continues to develop, Yoder said, he envisions CMED collaborating with the university's relevant departments, along with the Mount Pleasant community.
"We view ourselves as a community-engaged medical school and we think there's going to be very substantial collaboration involving all of the departments at CMU, as well as the community we hope to serve," Yoder said.
Stephen Roberts, chairman of the Biology Department, said the department's recent endorsement of the Academic Senate's vote of no confidence against University President George Ross and Provost Gary Shapiro stemmed from issues with CMED, a lack of shared governance and perceived devaluation of faculty during contract negotiations.
"In the deliberations of the motion to endorse the Academic Senate's vote of no confidence, some Biology faculty members expressed concerns about perceived communication lapses from the administration during the conception and planning of the College of Medicine," Roberts said in an email.
However, Roberts said development of CMED has already started to make a positive impact on the Department of Biology, including the number of students majoring in biology and biomedical sciences.
"There is little doubt that the creation of the College of Medicine has played a significant role in the growth of the biology and biomedical sciences majors, which combined have grown from 450 students to 725 students in the past three years," Roberts said. "Historically, the Biology Department has had strengths in field and aquatic biology, but in the past decade or so, has also grown and developed strength in cell biology and molecular genetics."

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I just returned from the raging waters of Yosemite to catch the ripples from the redistricting commission's draft congressional maps.
Let's see, the commissioners envision making the coastal district … a coastal district. Not exactly a novel idea. Take a look at the region's congressional boundaries in the 1970s. And the 1960s. And the 1950s. In fact, you can find districts spanning the North Coast from the Golden Gate to the Oregon border as far back as the 1890s. Is it a long way to travel? Sure it is. Just ask Rep. Mike Thompson, or his predecessor, Frank Riggs, whose territory spans from the Oregon border to Fairfield. Or look at states such as Wyoming and North Dakota that have a single house member for the entire state. In rural and suburban areas, it takes a lot of territory to include 700,000 people.
Santa Rosa in a district that stretches past Marysville? Well, our local congressman probably will be as familiar with Sacramento International as he or she is with SFO. But as a matter of politics, the population is concentrated in the west end of the district, so Santa Rosa isn't going to get lost and Yuba County isn't likely to elect a congressman who doesn't fit Santa Rosa sensibilities.
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You're making too much sense Jim. So is the independent commission. That's why most of the politicians (who opposed the independent redistricting initiative) are whining and proclaiming the end of the world. My favorite is Thompson saying the North Coast is "disenfranchised." How is Napa any more connected to Del Norte than Marin? The commission is doing exactly what we wanted them to do – take the politics OUT!
Translation of "Santa Rosa sensibilities": Prius progressives high on wine; global warming, and Obama while they ignore the plight of regular stiffs.


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Police said they began an investigation into Erin Upham, 20, early last month and determined she'd assaulted the girl, recorded images of the sexual activity and transmitted them via Skype Chat to a 21-year-old airman stationed at an air base in Japan. Police did not name the man, but said he is under investigation by the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
The Air Force contacted Manchester police about the exchanges on April 9, police said.
Upham is charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault, manufacturing of child sexual abuse images and distribution of sexual abuse images.
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A few nearby public transportation options.
Flat as a pancake, minimal bike lanes.
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WAUSAU (WAOW) - Firefighters say the Tamarack Heights Apartment complex is a total loss after an overnight fire. Crews say everyone was able to get out safely but several tenants are now left with nothing. Tenant Paul McCoy recounts frightening situation. "There was pounding, people screaming. I didn't know what was going on so I got up and opened the door and saw fire rolling down the ceiling of the hallway." McCoy had just fallen asleep when he woke to orange flames and heavy smoke filling his apartment complex.McCoy moved to Tamarack Heights on Wausau's west side back in march. He says now, everything he has is gone.Wausau Battalion Chief Paul Czarapata says the call came in around 11:00 p.m. Sunday and the apartment complex was consumed by flames by the time they arrived. He says there are eight apartment units here, seven of them occupied.Firefighters say the roof collapsed and the fire quickly spread. "Heavy orange flames just like a gigantic campfire coming out of both roofs. A large column of smoke. Sparks starting to fly," Czarapata said. Several departments and dozens of firefighters worked quickly to put out the flames. Czarapata says help is available for people who lost their homes. "Red cross has been notified so that their needs will be taken care of."McCoy says he's got another place to stay but doesn't have renters insurance. "I just lost everything so, what are you going to do?" McCoy estimates he lost about $20,000 worth of property in the fire but says he's just glad the people living here and their pets made it out okay.Czarapata says firefighters have not determined a cause. He says the blaze is completely out by officials are monitoring hot spots. We're told it does not appear to be suspicious.
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Wausau fire officials say a west side apartment complex that went up in flames is a total loss.
Residents of the Tamarack Heights complex got out safely when the fire started about 11 p.m. Sunday. Wausau firefighters got help from several area fire departments in battling the blaze, which spread quickly and caused the roof to collapse.
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A senior care group kicked off the first of a four-part series on caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's and dementia Monday. Home Instead Senior Care held an Alzheimer's CARE training at the Colonnades.
Representatives say the program, which stands for Changing Aging through Research and Education, is meant to empower people with knowledge about what the disease is, some of the challenging behaviors they may encounter and how to deal with it.
"Seventy percent of people with Alzheimer's or other dementia live at home, so the care falls upon family members who really sometimes don't know about the diseases, have any understanding of the prognosis, the diagnosis," said Christine Shaw, Home Instead Senior Care community representative.
The sessions also serve as support groups for those that attend. The second workshop will be held next Monday.
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If you have a laptop, you've been there: While the manufacturer promised hours of available battery time, you find that after you've been working on the laptop for a short time, the screen goes black. Battery dead.
Improving battery life is the pursuit of many scientists around the world, but computer scientists at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University are taking a different approach: looking at how to save power by incorporating individual user perception, performance expectations, and usage behavior when controlling clients, servers, and networks.
The research, called the Empathic Systems Project and headed by electrical engineering and computer science professors Peter Dinda, Gokhan Memik, and Robert Dick, ultimately explores how to incorporate end-user satisfaction and guidance into computer systems and computer architecture design and implementation.
When it comes to computer power, the idea is that computer scientists can scale back the amount of power the system uses when additional power does not make a difference in user satisfaction.
"Typically, computer designers will just measure computer performance and won't take users into account when they are designing the computer," says Alex Shye, a graduate student involved in the project. "We try to take the individual user into account while optimizing the computer's performance, as well."
In addition to Shye, electrical engineering graduate students Yan Pan, Benjamin Scholbrock, and J. Scott Miller have studied user satisfaction using biometrics: measuring factors like pupil movement and how hard a user types on the keyboard to determine satisfaction, then changing the processor frequency to save power and seeing if that affected user satisfaction.
"We saw there were instances where scaling back the central processing unit frequency didn't affect the user satisfaction, but it saved power," Shye says. Some studies done by the group show that it is possible to save as much as 50 percent of total system power on a laptop by doing this.
But now the group wants to take their studies to another realm: cell phones and PDAs, and they're looking for volunteers to help them.
"Cell phones, PDAs, and iPods are becoming more and more popular," Shye says, "And they are even more power-constrained. We're trying to see if we can understand how the system uses power based on what the user does."
The group is looking for volunteers with Google Android phones to download their application, which logs activity relevant to understanding system performance and power consumption. By the time the data gets to the group's server, it is anonymous, and users have the ability to turn off the logger at any time.
"By installing our logger, volunteers will help us collect real information about user activity and usage patterns on real devices; we can use this information to get a power breakdown of each of the components — the processor, wifi radio, the cell radio," Shye says. "And that's what is important. Once we understand the power consumption with respect to real usage patterns, we can develop new optimizations to save power while maintaining a high user satisfaction."
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This season we play our best basketball in Feb/Mar. What would you attribute as the most important factor? How would you rank them?
Here are some factors I can think of:
1. Hummel and LewJack finally able to practice consistently (how do they do get healthier mid-season is beyond me, but thanks the medical staff)
2. Byrd finally becoming a legit sniper, much like Ryno a year ago, which allows us to stretch the defense
3. TJ's increased confidence in attacking the rim and hitting >50% FT (vs. <30% early on), giving us a legit attack option
4. Barlow's dismissal (sends a msg to the team that CMP means business!)
5. CMP trimming the rotation
6. Getting outplayed by IU at home finally woke up the players
7. Other
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CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) -- Morning commuters on Interstate 24 eastbound got to spend some quiet time on the roadway Monday after a tractor trailer jack-knifed under the Seminole Drive overpass.The accident blocked two lanes of the three-lane roadway, only allowing a few cars to squeeze past the wreckage. Traffic was backed up for over a mile.
The accident was one of several that snarled morning traffic Monday, complicated by wet roadways.
There were two accidents at the State Route 153 bridge over the Tennessee River, and another at the I-75/I-24 split during the morning rush hours.
The early afternoon fared no better, with additional accidents on I-24 eastbound at mile marker at 178 and another at the I-75/I-24 junction.
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If you're like me, sometimes when you want a little escape, you go shopping. You get a few moments to yourself and pick up a little gift for yourself–maybe some earrings, a necklace or a bracelet. They're adorable, and make you happy and when someone says "I love that–where'd you get it?", and you'll respond with the name of one of Brookline's many awesome boutiques and gift shops, or maybe TJMaxx.
But how cool would it be to answer "Thank you–I made it myself!"?
As soon as you set foot into in Brookline Village, your creative juices start flowing. Beads of practically every color, shape and type are neatly and artfully displayed throughout the store. Every type of clasp, wire, chain and tool necessary to bring your vision to life is also available here. Owner Lisa Trachtman and her staff at Abeille (pronounced "ah-bay") are talented jewelry makers and patient instructors who can guide you to your goal with a smile.
Have some other friends who need a break too? Abeille offers private parties–perfect for a birthday, shower, or bachelorette party or for girls night out! The staff will guide your group through creation of a certain items, either selected by their team or customized by you. Their gift certificates are a great gift idea for any age (they also offer children's parties).
For those that really have the crafting bug (or bee–Abeille means bee in French), the shop offers manyclasses in jewelry making, sewing and paper crafts. And if you would rather simply buy something pretty than make it yourself? Abeille also has a large selection of beautiful pieces by local artists, including many staff members.
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An East Texas soldier is recognized for his service in Afghanistan, receiving one of the nation's top honors, the bronze star medal. With much of the nation's military focus on Iraq, we don't hear much about our military forces in Afghanistan. But a White Oak man has been honored for his one year service, for keeping the peace and fighting against terrorism.
For the past year, Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Robertson has led troops of the 10th mountain division in Afghanistan as a good will ambassador to the people, and in the fight against terrorism and the taliban. It's an assignment that has had a profound effect on him. "I think more than anything, it's made me appreciate how fortunate we are as Americans to have the freedoms we enjoy," said the sergeant.
For his tireless, exceptional, meritorious service, the Army awarded him one of its highest honors: the bronze star. His father, Jerry Robertson, who is retired air force, was overwhelmed. "It was a very big shock to me. I'm so happy he got the bronze star. Of course you get worried, especially when they're going to that Iraq Afghanistan area," Jerry said.
"I definitely feel humbled," said Jeremy. "Of course you don't go over there and think to yourself, 'My goal is to win a bunch of medals'. Your goal is to go over there and lead your soldiers and bring them all back alive and do the job your country called you to do," Jeremy said.
Manning mountain outposts, Robertson's unit fought insurgents at the borders, and worked to help a people fighting for their own freedom. "They want to see their country succeed and they want to see their country get out from the depths of the taliban," said Jeremy.
For his father, the honor has reaffirmed what he already knew. "How proud I am of him, and just what to tell him how much off a hero he is of mine," said Jerry.
Robertson remains committed to U.S. forces protecting freedom anywhere it's in danger. "Our role as Americans, we're always wanted to help other countries and other people," Jeremy said.
Sgt. Robertson is now back for a guaranteed three year stateside duty at Ft. Drum, N.Y. to train new mountain division troops.
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On Rahm's Run for Windy City Mayor
On Sunday, Rahm Emanuel declared his candidacy for mayor of Chicago. Instantaneously, he had problems with his campaign, not the least of which is that he is as much a resident of Chicago as I am. So on Monday, I declared my candidacy for mayor of Chicago. Why not? I did it on the national television show of the estimable Sean Hannity, who immediately threw his support behind me. I was born in Chicago, come from a long line of Chicagoans and, like Rahm, am occasionally in town. The place is a gastronomic paradise, a cultural delight with great museums and a fine orchestra, plus opera; surprisingly, Rahm and I never have crossed paths while in town. Supposedly, he attends rock concerts. He could attend the Chicago Symphony, but he opts for Bruce Springsteen.
My candidacy already had the national endorsement of The New York Sun, which tapped me the day before I declared. I have a new book out, "After the Hangover: The Conservatives' Road to Recovery," to provide Chicagoans — and Americans generally — with a blueprint for getting out of our present political and economic fix. The blogs are alive with support (and occasional rudeness), and more newspaper support is rumored to be on the way. All Rahm has are a few big names and our mutually held residency problem. Rahm still is seeking newspaper support, and his "listening tour," begun Monday, has gotten off to a rocky start. A lot of Chicagoans do not like him. He has a reputation for yelling at underlings and for profanity.
As for me, I am free of any hint of Chicago corruption, certainly no hint of a connection to ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Frankly, I could not pick him out of a police lineup — at least a police lineup of gaudily dressed gigolos. Rahm is recorded on the telephone with Blagojevich suggesting deals shortly after President Barack Obama's election. All of this and any other questionable dealings will be rehashed over and again during the run-up to the February election. When it comes to political connections with the Chicago machine or, for that matter, almost any connection at all — my family lives in the suburbs — I am clean as a hound's tooth.
More to the point, though Rahm owns a house in Chicago, he does not live in it and cannot live in it. He leased it out nearly two years ago to one Rob Halpin, and it appears that Rob is a patriot. He is not going to let some capricious politician run him out of his home just because the politician decided to leave the sinking ship of President Obama and enter the mayoral race. He has responsibilities. Moreover, he renewed his lease just days before Mayor Richard M. Daley announced his retirement Sept. 7. That apparently inspired Rahm to run, and it does raise this question: Why did Rahm not leave himself free to move back to Chicago when he took his ill-considered job as President Obama's chief of staff? President Obama has maintained his home there and is freer to run for mayor than Rahm. Why, as recently as the first week in September, did Rahm not see this mayoral race as at least a possibility — or maybe some other Chicago electoral endeavor? As I say, he suddenly decided to jump ship.
It all smacks of opportunism and Rahm's usual proclivity for bullying people. He tried it on me, when as a prelude to siccing a grand jury on The American Spectator, his Clinton White House sent me not a dead fish but a copy of Bill Clinton's book "Between Hope and History," suitably inscribed but with no explanation. It was sent Feb. 26, 1998, and marked the beginning of a yearlong investigation of the Spectator on felony charges meant to tarnish Ken Starr's witness in the Whitewater matter. The proceedings were dismissed as a witch hunt, but it did last a year, and it was unpleasant. In fact, it reeks of bully politics.
Now Rahm envisages his unpleasant bully politics for Chicago, but he is dealing with serious pols, Sheriff Tom Dart and state Sen. James Meeks. Charges of "carpetbagger" are in the air and that word again, "bullying." Still these guys can deal with bullies, especially Dart, who is sheriff of all of Cook County. Moreover, experts on electoral law have weighed in, and they see tremendous hurdles for Rahm to leap — and me, too. I shall throw myself on the mercies of the court. Will Rahm trust the courts?
One of Chicago's top lawyers, Burt Odelson, told the Chicago Sun-Times that "the guy does not meet the statutory requirements to run for mayor." Odelson elaborated: "He hasn't been back there for 18 months. Residency cases are usually very hard to prove because the candidate gets an apartment or says he's living in his mother's basement. Here the facts are easy to prove. He doesn't dispute he's been in Washington for the past 18 months. This is not a hard case."
Well, Rahm, how about joining my legal case and throwing yourself on the mercy of the court? You got one thing right in all of this. Now is a good time to leave the White House. It might be a good time for Barack, too. Can one run for mayor while being president of the United States? Check it out, Barack. We all could run.
Column originally syndicated on October 7.
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. is the founder and editor-in-chief of The American Spectator and an adjunct scholar at the Hudson Institute. His new book is "After the Hangover: The Conservatives' Road to Recovery." To find out more about R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
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Rahm must have an ego 5 miles square.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 11:45am.
It seems like Rahm is/was thinking that there was some sort of demand for him to be mayor and all he had to do is announce his intentions and he would be mayor, the election a mere formality.
Maybe Rahm has seem Democrats break the rules so much that he felt residency doesn't matter. It'll get fixed.
I think I'll run for mayor of Chicago too. Never been there but what the heck.
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I'm voting for you pal . .
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Tue, 10/12/2010 - 12:28am.
Even though I live in Indiana. Hell, if the dead in Chicago can vote, why can't we cross the border?
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
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They don't come any better
Submitted by bigtimer on Tue, 10/12/2010 - 1:25am.
They don't come any better tha Tyrrell...he's a true patriot, heck, I'd vote for him in a second flat...been following him for 20 years or more...American Spectator is one of the best.
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Since the Chargers' front 3 in 3-4 aren't good enough after the loss of Jamal Williams. Basically three teams: Baltimore, Miami, and Pittsburgh have found the way to move the ball against us: Run the ball. Defeat us one on one in the front 3. All our guys do is get pushed back. and the secondary does not look good because they couldn't stop the run. If they line up 4-3 they would have two NT in Ogemdi Nwagbuo and Alfonso Boone. It will make it easier in goal line situations
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A Scottsbluff man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 8-year-old stepdaughter after admitting to police that he killed her, the Associated Press reports.
Thirty-two-year-old Salvador Carlos Lopez was charged Friday in the death of Kerra Wilson, court documents show. Investigators found Kerra's body Thursday evening in a remote area of Sioux County after a rancher reported seeing something suspicious.
Kerra was reported missing by her family just before 3 p.m. Wednesday. She was last seen Tuesday evening, when she was with her grandparents.
Lopez told police that he dropped Kerra off at school Wednesday morning, but police say that after reviewing surveillance video from school cameras and interviewing school staff and classmates, it's clear the little girl was never there.
"The cooperation of the staff of Mitchell Elementary was key in determining that Kerra never made it to school on Wednesday," Lt. Bartling of the Nebraska State Patrol said. "This has been a very difficult time for everyone involved and I want to thank the school staff, community volunteers and local law enforcement for their efforts and cooperation during this very difficult time. "
"We were hoping to bring Kerra safely home to her family; sadly we weren't able to do that," Lt. Bartling said. "We will continue gathering evidence in this case and work with the Sioux County Attorney to prosecute Salvador Lopez to the fullest extent of the law."
Kerra was the oldest of four children living in the home. Police say the three other children are now in the care of relatives.
It is unclear when Kerra was killed and police say the motive is still unknown. They also say it is unknown whether or not Kerra's mother, Amanda Lopez, was involved.
Lt. Bartling said in a press conference Friday that Lopez doesn't have an extensive criminal record.
He is being held in the Scotts Bluff County Detention Center and is scheduled to make his initial court appearance Monday morning.
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Since its inception in 1994, the American Baseball Foundation Inc. has been successful in its role of an instructional center for both under-served youth in United States communities, (through the ABF Baseball & Academic Skills Instructional Course (BASIC); and also for youth from diverse communities on a worldwide basis.
BASIC is a Blast for Summer Scholar-Athletes
Nearing the end of the American Baseball Foundation Inc.'s BASIC's 16th summer program, nearly 250 children have learned the basics of baseball and improved their math and literacy skills while having a blast in Central Alabama.
Just like sugar helps the medicine go down, BASIC has always used sports to introduce high-quality math and reading lessons to help prevent the learning loss that can occur over the summer months.
For the first time, in addition to our traditional two-week programs, we have offered a five-week program for 70 students in Pinson, Alabama. The five-week program was a partnership with the language department of the Jefferson County schools. Funding comes from the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham as part of the SAIL Consortium of Philanthropic Organizations.
Also new this summer, we responded to the nation's growing emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), we intensified our focus on math and physics to give STEM a new twist: STEMS, or science, teaching, engineering and math through Sports.
Thanks to excellent instruction delivered by veteran Birmingham teachers, our students learned why a curve ball curves and a why Beckham can bend a soccer ball. And of course, students still learned lessons about character and sportsmanship from some of our favorite and most revered sports heroes, including Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente and Pele.
This summer's highly successful program was made possible with new volunteer support and contributions of time, food and materials. We are fortunate to have a growing list of supporters helping us bring this popular program to new generations of children. It's a great summer for learning!
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I was a standout athlete, no doubt one of the best all-around athletes in American sports history. The Philadelphia Phillies, lead by manager Ben Chapman, assaulted me with streams of racial slurs and epithets when they met the Brooklyn Dodgers for the first time in 1947.
On my retirement from baseball, I entered the corporate world as vice president for personnel for the restaurant chain chock Full O Nuts. It was 1958—coffey cost ten cents, a fresh lobster salad sandwich a quarter. Chock Full O Nuts employed large numbers of African Americans.
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- Pitcher development courses for volunteer coaches who desire to assist their players in prolonging their careers. The international version of the ABF pitcher development courses runs for three days
- Research related to pitching and the causal factors in youth pitching injury
International Baseball Development
- ABF educational programs for developing baseball countries include coach education courses, equipment donation and specialized schools related to pitching with the objective of partnering to provide a higher technical level to the youth playing baseball in the hosts countries.
- International competition in the form of taking youth teams to underdeveloped countries to promote international exchange both culturally and in the sport setting.


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The Niles community is excited for week three when they host West Branch and christen the new Bo Rein Stadium Eastwood Mall Field.
The renovations include turf, paving around the field, a new entrance way, a memorial wall and a new visitors side press box.
This $700,000 project is the third renovation in the stadiums 80 year history.
The improvements were possible thanks to many donors.
Booster officials hope to make more renovations in the future, such as new building for locker rooms and the concession stand, as well as updating the press box.


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During July and August all rentals are SATURDAY TO SATURDAY!
Beachfront one bedroom first floor condo sleeps up to 6 people. Bedroom, Livingroom and Kitchenette. POOL Our condo is family friendly.
This beautiful clean condo has a community gas grill, one free off street parking space, outside rinse shower, a community coin operated laundry, a beautiful pristine pool, Outdoor patio table and chairs, 32" flat screen TV, DVD player, queen size pull out couch, microwave, toaster oven, blender, coffeemaker, full refrig/freezer, dishes for six, pot, pans and cookware. The bedroom has two full size beds plenty of storage space, ceiling fan, and TV. Central Air Conditioning, BASIC Cable, WIRELESS INTERNET Bring your own sheets, linens and toiletries.
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At last science has fallen in to line with the rest of us. Scientists now say that they have identified the part of the brain that covers the sixth sense, and particularly warns us of coming danger. The findings based on the numbers of Sri-lankan tribes-people, and animals that somehow sensed all was not right and escaped to high land immediately before the Boxing day Tsunami, thus saving themselves from the disaster. Co-author of the studies Joshua Brown, based at Washington University at St.louis claimed that this part of the brain figures things out without you knowing how, from the anterior cingulate cortex , a brain area near the top of the frontal cortex.
The latest research says it acts as a pre-warning in anticipation of possible problems. This confirms previous research by the likes of Prof. Robert crookall and others. The present findings published in the Journal "Science" are in direct conflict with the modern psychological school who say there are no such thing as "psychics".
In a stinging reply, my colleague Dr. John Hopton lecturer in the sciences made the claim that, "Psychology is just 'hogwash.'" Quack psychologists like Susan Blackmore, and Richard Wiseman, perhaps do understand psychology, but are just not equipped to make comments on the T.V about psychic abilities, and just look like fools.
But science itself is suspect, these are the people who told us the world was flat, and there were no such thing as giant squid, this weeks findings show that records of giant squid were not only true, but on these giant squid were sucker marks of even bigger squid! And on march 2nd 2006 an even bigger giant squid larger than a London bus was put on show at Central London natural History museum, with 6 metre tentacles. The latest is that the "furry lobster" said by scientists to be a hoax, has been endorsed as genuine.
So much for these science experts!
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A 34-year-old Aurora man was killed in a three car collision Friday night.
The accident happened at 11:28 p.m. on State Route 8, north of the Seasons Road entrance ramp.
According to the Stow police department, The right front corner of a Chevrolet Cobalt, struck the left rear corner of a semi unit.
A Mitsubishi Eclipse was also involved in the accident.
The drivers of the Cobalt and the Eclipse were taken to Akron City Hospital by Stow EMS.
The driver of the Chevy Cobalt was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The driver of the Eclipse was treated for unknown injuries; her status is not known at this time.
The driver of the semi was not injured.
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University of Illinois sophomore Ashley Spencer has continued the success she had as a freshman on the Illini's women's track squad.
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Sales Wrap: Drake Remains At Second Best, Young Jeezy Trapped In Top 5, J. Cole Brings Home The Gold
Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012 12:35PM
In this week's Sales Wrap, Drake leads the pack at No. 2, Young Jeezy trails closely behind at No. 4 and J. Cole officially hits gold status with his return into Top 50.
Leading the pack this week is Drake's Take Care remaining at No. 2 with 42,200 behind Adele's 21 (124,500). According to Nielsen SoundScan, Drizzy's sophomore album has sold 1,289,000 units after two months in stores.
Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy's Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition dropped a notch to No. 4 with 35,600. With three weeks knocked out, Jeezy's newest offering has moved 336,900 records.
Pop star Rihanna's Talk That Talk moved up three slots to No. 6 with 27,200. After seven weeks on store shelves, her newest LP has sold 541,300 copies.
Rap duo LMFAO's Sorry for the Party Rocking fell three slots to No. 8 with 25,400. Moving into their 30th week on the chart, their new LP has sold 549,200 pieces.
Late singer Amy Winehouse's Lioness: Hidden Treasures fell a notch to No. 17 with 18,100. With five weeks in the books, her posthumous release has shelled out 297,600 records.
Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV dropped five slots to No. 18 with 17,500. Heading into his 20th week, Weezy's newest offering has sold 1,934,400 units.
Rap duo Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne fell five slots to No. 20 with 16,600. Moving forward to Week 23, their new joint record has sold 1,248,300 pieces.
R&B singer Mary J. Blige's My Life II...The Journey Continues fell four positions to No. 24 with 14,400. Moving into her second month on store shelves, the soulful singer's newest album has shelled out 415,200 records.
Singer Anthony Hamilton's Back to Love received a 13-slot boost to No. 27 with 13,400. With a month to his name, the crooner's new LP has moved 133,600 copies.
Grammy-winning singer Beyonce's 4 fell nine slots to No. 31 with 11,900. Headed into her 29th week, her album has moved 1,070,200 records.
Pop crooner Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans leaped 14 slots forward to No. 35 with 10,100. After 66 weeks of going strong on the chart, his album stands at 1,446,000 sold records.
Roc Nation rapper J. Cole's Cole World: The Sideline Story returned to Top 50 moving up 12 slots to No. 40 with 9,600. With 15 weeks under his belt, the rapper's long-awaited debut has hit gold status with 507,900 sold units.
Chicago rap veteran Common's The Dreamer/The Believer fell 16 slots to No. 42 with 9,500. Headed toward his first full month in stores, the rapper-turned-actor's new LP has shelled out 97,600 records.
Evening things in Top 50 is Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller's Blue Slide Park moving ten slots down to No. 45 with 9,000. With nine weeks in the books, his new LP has sold 262,200 copies.
Be sure to check back next week to see what new releases impact Sales Wrap!


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Former Arizona forward Grant Jerrett, who left the Wildcats unexpectedly after his freshman season, is now a Portland Trail Blazer, as Jerrett was the No. 40 pick in Thursday's NBA draft.
Many suspected that Jerrett could one day be a future first-rounder, but because he opted to leave, he seemed like he might not get selected. Clearly, the Trail Blazers see something in the 6'10, 232-pounder, taking him just ten picks into the second round.
Jerrett was a McDonald's All-American in 2012 and a highly rated get for Arizona coach Sean Miller, but Jerrett was not expected to make the leap to the league after one season in Tucson. He averaged 17.8 minutes per game, scored 5.2 points per game and grabbed 3.6 boards per game. He didn't play much at the behest of sharing time with Solomon Hill, Kaleb Taczewski and Brandon Ashley. Hill was taken in the first round, No. 23 by the Indiana Pacers.
In one his collegiate season, Jerrett mostly lived behind the 3-point line, scoring 32 of his 63 made field goals from beyond the arc. He likely projects as a jump-shooter at the next level, as he is not terribly athletic nor did he show many other raw offensive skills waiting to be developed at Arizona. Measuring 6'10.25 at the draft combine, he is not an aggressive rebounder or a particularly quick defender.
Jerrett joins C.J. McCollum and Allen Crabbe as Trail Blazers picks tonight. McCollum's a score-first guard, while Crabbe's definitely a shooter like Jerrett, so they're strategizing around offense.
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Wimbledon Lotto players pick up jackpot after 15 years
12:40pm Tuesday 3rd July 2012 in News By Lauren May, Chief Reporter
A 16-strong syndicate from Wimbledon are celebrating a lotto windfall after 15 years.
Clare Sadlier and her current and former colleagues matched five numbers and the bonus ball in the June 9 draw to scoop £75,667 - £4,600 each.
She said: "I had seen the email saying we had news and thought it was just £10.
"I was chatting away and checking the account when I found out.
"I was just in shock and had to hang up to get my husband to double check the account.
"Everyone is ecstatic, so happy."
One winner, Nicola Harvey, from Wimbledon, said: "I couldn't believe it and assumed she was lying - but she was so excited that it had to be true.
"It is brilliant, I have been in it for about 15 years and this is a great win.
"I am going to put the win towards having my garden redone, it means I can have my dream garden."
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Gillibrand To Male Colleague Who Called Her 'Porky': 'Thanks A--hole'
In promoting her new book, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has come forward with several stories of being called "chubby," "fat," and "porky" by her male colleagues in Congress.
In promoting her new book, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has come forward with several stories of being called "chubby," "fat," and "porky" by her male colleagues in Congress.
A woman in Congress finally opens up about what skeezebags men in Congress can be.
Jon Stewart returned from vacation last night and got to riff on Ferguson for the first time: "Race is there, and it is a constant. You're tired of hearing about it? Imagine how fucking exhausting it is living it." Watch.
ESPN now says it regrets that weird segment yesterday on whether Michael Sam's teammates are showering with him.
Bill Kristol happily embracing the stereotype of the armchair bomber pilot without a clue.
Mitch McConnell doesn't want voters thinking he's planning to resume government shutdown brinkmanship if Republicans win the Senate. Shutdown is a loaded and unpopular word. So he's putting it in legis-speak to give himself some deniability. But that's exactly what he's promising to do if becomes Senate majority leader. He told as much to Politico on his campaign bus a few days ago, and he's been caught saying it privately a couple of months ago to a group of high-dollar GOP donors on an audio recording published today by The Nation. This kind of cynical gambit relies on the lack of sophistication of voters and a compliant press corps. Probably not a bad gamble.
You have to check out these great pics of pre-revolution American cars which, because of the U.S. embargo, still show up all over Cuba.
McDonnell confessed last week that he's living with a priest during the corruption trial against him. But it's now been revealed that that priest was arrested for a sex crime in 2002 — one that McDonnell himself advocated for keeping on the books as a state delegate.
Pew finds relatively few self-identified libertarians -- and discovers their views are actually not as different from everyone else's as they like to think.
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As we know, hindsight is 20/20. With a little over a month gone in the 2009 season, Reds' leftfielders are OPSing a paltry .625, good for 28th out of 30 MLB teams. The Chicago White Sox's right-handed bat who we were rumored to have been considering trading Homer Bailey for is OPSing .891 with 7 HRs. I can't run the numbers like many on this site can, but eyeballing it, I'd say that we'd have at least 2 more wins with Dye instead of C-Dick/McDonald/Cherry/Nix starting in left field.
So, with the Reds' early success, and especially seeing how good this starting rotation and bullpen can be, is it too early to try to fix the team's most glaring hole? To make an early fix, a candidate would have to come a team that has no realistic shot a competing and who is not in the team's long-term plans. Because the AL West and AL Central are terrible, this eliminates a lot of teams who currently feel they are competing. Also, teams that suck normally do because they have bad players, so that leaves us with 2 realistic early-season candidates:
Matt Holliday - A's - $13.5M ('09) - a contract-year hitter who has struggled thus far in Oakland, but has a big-time track record of hitting. The career 1.050 / .800 home / road OPS split is a warning given the time he spent in Colorado, but he's still a big-time hitter. And he's playing on a club that sucks (trust me, I'm an A's fan too). That said, this was Billy Beane's big splash in the offseason, so there's no way he's pulling the trigger without significant prospects coming back in return. This type of acquisition would be mortgaging the future.
Josh Willingham - Nationals - $2.95M ('09) - 1st year arbitration - Willingham is the 4th outfielder in what has become a decent-hitting outfield in Washington with Dunn, Dukes, and Kearns (one of these things is not like the other...) each OPSing over .900. He's been reduced to a part-time starter and a pinch hitter and is not taking kindly to the role. Willingham would be a much cheaper option for left field, both in $$$ and in prospects. He's OPS'd over .800 the past 3 seasons with good power considering he played in Dolphins stadium. Because he's the odd man out, and because he's hitting about as well as Edwin Encarnacion so far in 2009, his price tag would be significantly less than Holliday's. And, we wouldn't have to deal with Bowden.
Others considered: Luke Scott, Brad Hawpe, Miguel Tejada (to replace A-Gon if he's injured more severely than thought), Eric Byrnes, Ben Francisco.
My Take - I think that if we could pull off a trade for Willingham without having to give up Homer/Yonder/Frasier/Valaika, I would seriously consider it. Would Maloney and Darryl Thompson be enough for Washington to pull the trigger? If so, I would say go for it! It's better to correct an obvious problem early in the season than to wait until the trading deadline. I wouldn't go for Holliday - too expensive.


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A Cape Cod charity that's supposed to help families deal with tragedies will have to stop raising money while the Attorney General's office probes the charity's finances, the AG's office said today.
The AG's announcement came just hours after families and former employees protested outside the office of Touched by Angels. The protestors say they can't believe the charity is still in business and they want the AG to take action. FOX Undercover first reported the controversy over the charity in April.
'We don't want anyone else to get hurt. And (Touched by Angels president) Gina Clark is out there saying she's still running. She's still helping families. And if she's helping them like she did to our family and to others, we need to stop her,' said protestor Bobbi Finn.
David Morrissey turned to the charity after his 29-year-old son Kris died in July 2008. He says for weeks the charity collected money at tables set up at grocery stores and held a benefit for his son. But the family only received $138.
''We promise you we'll do this. We'll help you with the funeral bill. We'll help you with the gravestone.' I still don't have the gravestone. I got $138,' Morrissey said.
Morrissey says he's disgusted that Touched by Angels is still open.
'They should go to jail. They should be prosecuted and shut down immediately,' he said.
Clark was not at her office during the protest. But earlier this year she told FOX Undercover that money collected at grocery stores was never intended for the families. She says it went to operating expenses for the charity.
'Did you steal money from any of these families?' asked FOX Undercover reporter Mike Beaudet.
'Absolutely not,' Clark replied.
Clark says she doesn't pay herself a salary, making protesters more suspicious of her lifestyle. She lives in a Marstons Mills home purchased for $710,000and drives a Mercedes Benz SUV. Her husband is a firefighter who makes about $50,000 a year.
'The truth will prevail, and if I was doing anything wrong, I would be closed. I'd be arrested. I haven't done anything,' Clark said.
But protestor Rebecca Roche said, 'She can say what she wants. But actions speak louder than words and I think her actions have spoken a lot louder than her words have spoken.'
Clark did not return phone calls from FOX Undercover.
The Cape and Islands District Attorney's office says its criminal case is on hold while the AG conducts its investigation. A statement from Attorney General Martha Coakley's office said the office is actively investigating complaints against Touched by Angels.
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Hannah Garrard reports from Monrovia on a crisis in Liberia's education system.
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Hannah Garrard reports from Monrovia on a crisis in Liberia's education system.
Hannah Garrard is a nonfiction writer and youth worker from Britain, whose writing focuses on community narratives.
After graduating in English Literature from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in 2005, she taught English at the Carolyn A Miller School when it was still on the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana. From here, her concern for refugee issues, specifically the state of 'statelessness' for young people, developed. Upon returning to Britain, Hannah worked with the Gateway Protection Program; assisting young refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and completed her youth work training.
She has written for literary journals Newfound, Literary Traveller and Going Down Swinging on topics ranging from the poetry of separation concerning the DMZ, and the controversial US nuclear-weapons base in South Korea which has destroyed the local community of elderly sea-women.
Hannah is currently delivering youth work in rural communities in Norfolk and studying for an MA in Biography and Creative Non-fiction at UEA, where she is researching and writing her first book about Liberia and the Buduburam refugee camp.
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Public Health Advisory: Important Information for the Safe Use of Tussionex Pennkinetic Extended-Release Suspension
FDA is issuing this public health advisory to alert patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to important information on the safe and appropriate use of Tussionex Pennkinetic Extended-Release Suspension. Tussionex is a prescription cough medicine containing hydrocodone and the antihistamine, chlorpheniramine that is made to be given every 12 hours ("extended-release"). Hydrocodone, the narcotic ingredient in this medicine that controls cough, can cause life-threatening breathing problems and death when given above or more frequently than the recommended dose. Tussionex should not be used in children less than 6 years old.
FDA is highlighting the following important information on the safe use of Tussionex:
- Do not give to children less than 6 years old. FDA has received reports of death due to respiratory depression with use of Tussionex in patients less than 6 years old.
- Healthcare professionals should not prescribe and patients should not take Tussionex more often than every 12 hours. Taking this cough medicine more often than every 12 hours may result in a narcotic overdose. Too much hydrocodone can cause life-threatening breathing problems and death. If the cough is not controlled when taking Tussionex every 12 hours, talk to your doctor before taking more.
- Healthcare professionals who prescribe and patients who use Tussionex should be aware of the signs of hydrocodone overdose including the following: trouble breathing; slow or shallow breathing; slow heartbeat; severe sleepiness; cold, clammy skin; trouble walking or talking; or feeling faint, dizzy, or confused. If these signs occur, patients, parents, or caregivers should get medical attention right away.
- Patients and parents should use a device designed to accurately measure Tussionex. Household teaspoons or tablespoons vary in size and can result in giving too much of the medicine. Use a syringe or spoon specifically designed to measure liquid medicine.
FDA has received reports of death and life-threatening side effects in patients, including children, who have received Tussionex. The reports indicate that doctors have inappropriately prescribed this medicine for patients less than 6 years old and at doses more frequent than every 12 hours. In addition, parents and caregivers have given this medicine too frequently and have not carefully measured the suspension, resulting in overdoses. Overdose of Tussionex in older children, adolescents, and adults has also been associated with life-threatening breathing problems and death.
FDA has worked with the manufacturer of Tussionex Pennkinetic Extended-Release Suspension, UCB, to update the label, including information that Tussionex is not to be prescribed or used in children less than 6 years old and the need for accurate measurement and dosing.
There are cough products containing hydrocodone that can be given every 4 to 6 hours. FDA is reviewing safety information for these products and will provide updates as new information is available.
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The idiom "red herring" is used to refer to something that misleads or distracts from the relevant or important issue.[1] It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or characters towards a false conclusion. A red herring might be intentionally used, such as in mystery fiction or as part of a rhetorical strategy (e.g. in politics), or it could be inadvertently used during argumentation as a result of poor logic.
The origin of the expression is not known. Conventional wisdom has long supposed it to be the use of a kipper (a strong-smelling smoked fish) to train hounds to follow a scent, or to divert them from the correct route when hunting; however, modern linguistic research suggests that the term was probably invented in 1807 by English polemicist William Cobbett, referring to one occasion on which he had supposedly used a kipper to divert hounds from chasing a hare, and was never an actual practice of hunters. The phrase was later borrowed to provide a formal name for the logical fallacy and literary device.
As an informal fallacy, the red herring falls into a broad class of relevance fallacies. Unlike the strawman, which is premised on a distortion of the other party's position,[2] the red herring is a seemingly plausible, though ultimately irrelevant, diversionary tactic.[3] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a red herring may be intentional, or unintentional; it does not necessarily mean a conscious intent to mislead.[1]
The expression is mainly used to assert that an argument is not relevant to the issue being discussed. For example, "I think that we should make the academic requirements stricter for students. I recommend that you support this because we are in a budget crisis and we do not want our salaries affected." The second sentence, though used to support the first sentence, does not address that topic.
In literature, a red herring is a false clue that leads readers or characters towards a false conclusion.[4][5][6] For example, the character of Bishop Aringarosa in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is presented for most of the novel as if he is at the centre of the church's conspiracies, but is later revealed to have been innocently duped by the true antagonist of the story. The character's name is a loose Italian translation of "red herring".[7]
A red herring is often used in legal studies and exam problems to mislead and detract students from reaching a correct conclusion about a legal issue, allegedly as a device that tests students' comprehension of underlying law and their ability to properly discern material factual circumstances.[8]
In a literal sense, there is no such fish as a "red herring"; it refers to a particularly strong kipper, a fish (typically a herring) that has been strongly cured in brine and/or heavily smoked. This process makes the fish particularly pungent smelling and, with strong enough brine, turns its flesh reddish.[9] In its literal sense as a strongly cured kipper, the term can be dated to the mid-13th century, in the poem The Treatise by Walter of Bibbesworth: "He eteþ no ffyssh But heryng red."[10]
Until very recently,[9] the figurative sense of "red herring" was thought to originate from a supposed technique of training young scent hounds.[9] There are variations of the story, but according to one version, the pungent red herring would be dragged along a trail until a puppy learned to follow the scent.[11] Later, when the dog was being trained to follow the faint odour of a fox or a badger, the trainer would drag a red herring (whose strong scent confuses the animal) perpendicular to the animal's trail to confuse the dog.[12] The dog eventually learned to follow the original scent rather than the stronger scent. An alternate etymology points to escaping convicts who used the pungent fish to throw off hounds in pursuit.[13]
According to etymologist Michael Quinion, the idiom likely originates from an article published 14 February 1807 by radical journalist William Cobbett in his polemical Political Register.[9][14] In a critique of the English press, which had mistakenly reported Napoleon's defeat, Cobbett recounted that he had once used a red herring to deflect hounds in pursuit of a hare, adding "It was a mere transitory effect of the political red-herring; for, on the Saturday, the scent became as cold as a stone."[9] Quinion concludes: "This story, and [Cobbett's] extended repetition of it in 1833, was enough to get the figurative sense of red herring into the minds of his readers, unfortunately also with the false idea that it came from some real practice of huntsmen."[9]
Although Cobbett most famously mentioned it, he was not the first to consider red herring for scenting hounds; an earlier reference occurs in the pamphlet "Nashe's Lenten Stuffe," published in 1599 by the Elizabethan writer Thomas Nashe, in which he says "Next, to draw on hounds to a scent, to a red herring skin there is nothing comparable."[15] The Oxford English Dictionary makes no connection with Nashe's quote and the figurative meaning of red herring, only in the sense of a hunting practice.[1]
The use of herring to throw off pursuing scent hounds was tested on Episode 148 of the series MythBusters.[16] Although the hound used in the test stopped to eat the fish and lost the fugitive's scent temporarily, he eventually backtracked and located his target, resulting in the myth being classified as "Busted".[17]
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I have Nokia E52 and have successfully installed an VOIP/SIP setting and now I can make calls through the internet phone (thanks to this forum).
Problem is that no every time I'm within home/authorized WLAN coverage internet phone (and WLAN) signs in!
While it's on I can't edit or delete settings. I turned off WLAN automatic scanner; turned off network availability information display. When I try to disconnect the connection through the connection manager it reconnects immediately.
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Then why are you guys so hung up to plastic body? The next 1D will be fully 'engineering' plastic too!
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Debunking Princeton
This blog has been pretty dormant so I imagine this won't really increase the reach, but I did write something that is pretty in tune with it over on Facebook: a note on Debunking Princeton.
A Joe Paterno angle I haven't seen
I'm in no way condoning child abuse, and I've always disliked Joe Paterno and found him really creepy to begin with (and disliked Penn State by association). So I don't have a bias here, I really don't. I'm just a quant.
Australian gender
Australia announced today that it's providing the option to not specify a gender on your passport — you can use "X", intended for intersex people and the like. What I'm wondering as a quant (unrelated to whether or not it's a good change) is: if you're going to do this, why bother specifying anyone's gender at all? Actually, it's not clear what the point of that ever was, but certainly if "not specified" is an option for an identification type situation, it's not really helpful for those sorts of security purposes, which the stuff on a passport is designed to accomplish.
Ethics of the placebo effect
Is it ethical to package things in a way that increases the placebo effect?
Is it ethical to publicize the placebo effect? (It works less well the more familiar people are with it.)
Dental insurance
Just a quick thought today. Dental insurance is the biggest swindle ever. I'm not talking about it being an instance of the general swindle that is the insurance industry (perhaps overstated by me); I'm talking about the fact that it's called insurance. I don't know who did this, but it's brilliant: by using the word for something not really insurance, they make it seem obligatory. A dentally related catastrophe would almost certainly fall under medical insurance; people use dental insurance for routine things like checkups and cavities being filled, and dental expenses are generally both optional and in most people's linear utility range. Getting insurance on something in your linear utility range (e.g. dealer blackjack, unless you really have a gambling problem) is quite the folly indeed, but somehow the industry gets away with using the word to give a sense of prudence and sensibility to buying dental coverage, all the while taking the insurance company's usual steep vig. Quite a trick indeed!
This link reminded me of this to-me fascinating situation. No, not gay marriage itself: rather, whether a gay judge should have recused himself from this case, which seems to me to be an entirely different type of question.
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Always believe Vegas
One of the lessons from my career working for a hedge fund is a pretty obvious one: if someone is good at predicting something, they will be making a mint off of it and moving the market in the process. The contrapositive, of course, is the relevant implication: if someone isn't making a mint off of it, they probably aren't good at predicting it. I'm reminded of this when I see all sorts of psychoanalysis and even non-psychoanalysis of sports.
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Watching some press conferences during the NBA finals, I was struck by how similar to interrogations a lot of the questions are. As a reporter, you would think that you're actually trying to get the truth, and it should be widely known that the best way to do this is to ask an open-ended question. For instance, asking "what do you think the main problem their defense presents you with is?" as opposed to "what do you think the main problem their defense presents you with is, height or athleticism?" This is of course a phenomenon exploited in polling and also in courtrooms: you are basically pushing the answers on the respondents. It's a huge effect; a hard prime, if you will. Especially in realtime, like in a courtroom or a press conference, you give people an easy way out without them having to think on their feet. In a sense it's a win-win: easier for the reporter (who can write his story first, then get quotes that support it) and easier for the player (who doesn't have to think about things).
But in the courtroom as well as in the press conferences, this approach isn't very good at revealing the truth. Open-ended questions, instead of choice-delimited ones, are far far superior. The problem, I guess, is that no one really cares what the truth is; attorneys have agendas (they work, after all, for their client, whether that be individuals or the state), and reporters have stories they want to write. And maybe this isn't some huge tragedy. But if you are ever in a position where you really want someone's honest opinion, don't give them choices — and don't prompt them if they pause to think (a pedagogic technique my advisor passed down to me many years ago — you want to help people along when they don't know what to do, but it's much better for them if you just allow the awkward silence and they come up with the answer on their own.)
Daily News, you are dead to me
This is unfortunately just another example of the fight I'm trying to fight. This is the second biggest paper in the biggest city in the US and we still get gems like:
Meanwhile, 139 million Americans have jobs. And since 13.9 million do not have jobs, that means 10% do not, not the 9.1% that they tell you of.
Via Ali Davis via facebook.
Crime rates down
This economist article notes that crime has fallen during this recession. No one really knows why! Worth a read — shows the murky waters of trying to ascribe explanations to quantitative phenomena, i.e. the counterpart to this blog.
Via Jennifer Doleac via fb.