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Bombing that killed Syrian officials signals new push to topple Assad, rebels say
A bomb targeting Syria's military leadership killed the country's defense minister Wednesday and at least two other high-ranking officials, sparking questions about how long the besieged government of President Bashar Assad can remain in power and highlighting the differences between the United States and Russia over what steps should be taken to curb the violence that's sweeping Syria.
The deaths of Defense Minister Dawoud Rajha, his deputy, Assef Shawkat, who was Assad's brother-in-law, and Hassan Turkmani, a former defense minister, marked the first time the rebels who are fighting to topple Assad have managed to kill members of his inner circle. According to Syrian state media, the blast also wounded Interior Minister Mohammed Shaar.
Rebels said the men were part of Assad's "crisis management" team, which met daily at different locations throughout the capital. Rebels have been targeting the group for months. In May, the rebels claimed to have killed Shawkat by poisoning him.
U.N. Syria envoy Kofi Annan, who's been struggling to impose a peace plan on Syria's warring factions, condemned the bombing, as did Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The Obama administration declined to do so, instead repeating its call for Assad to step aside. "It is precisely because of the ongoing campaign by President Assad against his own people that we are seeing a situation that is getting worse and worse," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
In some of Damascus' northern suburbs, fighters reacted to the news with unrestrained glee, breaking into spontaneous song and repeatedly shouting, "God is great." But by nightfall there were reports in parts of the city that pro-government fighters were taking revenge against residents of neighborhoods that support the rebels.
Fighting raged in parts of Damascus throughout the day, though the threat to the government from that violence was unclear. For the first time since the uprising against Assad began 16 months ago, Syrian government forces began shelling rebels in the city proper over the weekend. But the areas where the fighting is taking place are largely the same ones that previously have been the scene of violence and where militancy has been heightened in recent months by an influx of refugees from Homs and other conflict areas who openly support the rebellion.
"The consequences of what happened today are not clear," said Radwan Ziadeh, an anti-government activist who's focused on documenting civilian and rebel casualties during the conflict. "But I don't think Bashar Assad can control Damascus anymore."
Residents of the city reported attacks by the military after the blasts.
"They are shelling my street," said a resident of Yarmouk, in southern Damascus, who spoke by telephone only on the condition that he not be identified, for fear of government retribution. "I asked my parents to leave three days ago, but I don't know what has happened to my uncles."
"There are many tanks coming into Yarmouk. Mosques are being turned into field hospitals. There are a lot of refugees coming from al Hajar, al Tadamon," another Yarmouk resident, said, referring to adjacent neighborhoods where fighting was taking place.
"They are staying in the schools," said the man, who also asked not to be named, referring to the refugees. "There is no place to go."
The Syrian government moved quickly to stanch claims that the bombing had crippled its security apparatus. It named Fahd Jessem al Freij the new minister of defense within hours of the attacks. Freij made a statement Wednesday promising to continue the fight against "terrorist gangs," the government's catchall term for the opposition.
Speaking from his headquarters in southern Turkey, Free Syrian Army commander Riad al Asaad claimed responsibility for the day's attacks. The Free Syrian Army is the moniker the majority of the rebels use, but it was unclear whether the attacks were part of a larger coordinated rebel offensive or the result of independent initiatives by local rebel commanders in Damascus.
In February and March, assaults by government troops pushed rebels out of a number of urban areas that they'd seized. But since April, the momentum appears to be in their favor as they've secured routes for weapons trafficking and apparently solved funding problems. Rebels have made inroads recently into areas of the cities of Deir el-Zour and Idlib they'd been kicked out of in March. A recent study by the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War found that rebel attacks on government positions surged in April and May, when a U.N.-sponsored cease-fire was supposedly in effect.
Wednesday's bombing drew an immediate international response. The U.N. Security Council postponed a vote scheduled for Wednesday on a resolution to extend the mandate of the U.N. mission that's in Syria to monitor the progress of the peace plan. The mandate expires Friday.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced that he'd summoned his top security and intelligence advisers to a meeting to discuss the situation, a move all the more startling because Israel has tried to remain publically aloof from the events unfolding in its neighbor to the north. In recent days, however, Israeli officials have expressed concern that the deteriorating situation in Syria could lead to a number of dangerous scenarios. In a parliamentary meeting Tuesday, Israel's head of military intelligence said there was concern that Syria's chemical weapons could fall into rogue hands, especially as the presence of foreign jihadist groups in Syria increased.
President Barack Obama spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin but apparently failed to resolve the differences between the countries over how best to end the violence in Syria.
In comments, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta underscored the American position that no peace is possible with Assad still in office. "It is more essential than ever that the United States and the international community continue to work together, through the United Nations, through whatever possible vehicles we have, to bring additional pressure on Assad to step down and to allow for a peaceful transition of government there in Syria," he said.
In response to the intensified fighting in the capital, the Syrian army appeared to have cut major arteries in and out of the city. Rebel fighters in al Tal and in the northern suburb of Rancous spent much of the day searching for routes into the capital in hopes of joining the fighting there, but they said the presence of Syrian army units stymied them.
Elsewhere, rebels predicted that the bombing would lead to more anti-government attacks. One rebel commander reached by phone in Idlib province in the country's north said rebel units in the area had received no prior indication of the attack or further orders from higher Free Syrian Army command. But he thought that the intensified fighting in the capital was a signal to rebel units throughout the country.
"This is what we have been waiting for. We have our own attack here. It will be so big and we will do it so soon," said the commander, who asked to remain anonymous out of concerns about government retaliation.
Rebel fighters repeatedly have expressed their belief that the real fight for the country will occur in Damascus. Many have said they expect a renewed offensive to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins later this week.
But it was clear also that the government hadn't lost its ability to launch attacks. Earlier in the day, a rebel safe house in the usually peaceful Damascus suburb of Yabrud was hit by artillery or rocket fire, resulting in the deaths of five rebels. Ten rebels were wounded. It was the deadliest attack in Yabrud since the beginning of the conflict.
Reached via phone, a local rebel fighter suspected that the rebels may have been targeted by their cellphone signals. He expressed concern that the group might have a government collaborator within its ranks.
The funeral for the slain rebels drew thousands of demonstrators into the streets.
There were also reports of unexpected calm. An activist near the flash-point city of Homs said an eerie quiet had descended on the city, and that on Wednesday residents had heard no sounds of the shelling that had become part of their daily lives.
Nancy A. Youssef in Cairo, Matthew Schofield and Hannah Allam in Washington and special correspondent Sheera Frenkel in Jerusalem contributed to this article.
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Weekly Wire: The Global Forum
Emerging Nations Embrace Internet, Mobile Technology
Pew Research Global Attitudes Project
In a remarkably short period of time, internet and mobile technology have become a part of everyday life for some in the emerging and developing world. Cell phones, in particular, are almost omnipresent in many nations. The internet has also made tremendous inroads, although most people in the 24 nations surveyed are still offline. Meanwhile, smartphones are still relatively rare, although significant minorities own these devices in countries such as Lebanon, Chile, Jordan and China. People around the world are using their cell phones for a variety of purposes, especially for texting and taking pictures, while smaller numbers also use their phones to get political, consumer and health information. Mobile technology is also changing economic life in parts of Africa, where many are using cell phones to make or receive payments. READ MORE
How Emerging Markets' Internet Policies Are Undermining Their Economic Recovery
NSA surveillance activities are projected to cost the American economy billions of dollars annually. Washington is not alone, however, in pursuing costly policies in the technology and Internet realm. Several emerging economies – including Brazil, Turkey, and Indonesia – are likewise undermining their already fragile markets by embracing Internet censorship, data localization requirements, and other misguided policies – ironically often in response to intrusive U.S. surveillance practices. These countries should reverse course and support the free and open Internet before permanent economic damage is done. READ MORE


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NBC Sets Fall TV Schedule, Plus First Trailers for Katherine Heigl's 'State of Affairs' and More
Earlier today we saw NBC delivering the first full trailer for its upcoming 'Constantine' adaptation, but the network had plenty more to give in advance of the Upfront presentation tomorrow. Not only has NBC set the basic structure of its fall lineup, breaking up its Thursday comedy lineup and keeping 'Parks and Recreation' on the bench for the moment, but the network has also released full trailers for its other offerings, including Katherine Heigl CIA drama 'State of Affairs,' and 'HIMYM' alum Cristin Milioti's 'A to Z.'
It remains to be seen exactly when NBC will premiere or slot the 7th (and confirmed final) season of 'Parks and Recreation,' though among the more interesting decisions lies in NBC breaking up its traditional Thursday comedy schedule to slot 'The Biggest Loser' in at 8:00 P.M., with 'Bad Judge' and 'A to Z' airing thereafter. 'Constantine' will head to Fridays following 'Grimm,' while such anticipated offerings as 'Mission Control,' 'Mr. Robinson,' and 'Heroes Reborn' are on deck for midseason.
All told, here's what the lineup will look like on NBC this fall:
8:00 P.M. 'The Voice'
10:00 P.M. 'The Blacklist' ('State of Affairs' will replace on November 17)
8:00 P.M. 'The Voice'
9:00 P.M. 'Marry Me'
9:30 P.M. 'About a Boy'
10:00 P.M. 'Chicago Fire'
8:00 P.M. 'The Mysteries of Laura'
9:00 P.M. 'Law & Order: SVU'
10:00 P.M. 'Chicago P.D.'
8:00 P.M. 'The Biggest Loser'
9:00 P.M. 'Bad Judge' ('The Blacklist' will replace on February 5)
9:30 P.M. 'A to Z'
10:00 P.M. 'Parenthood' (Confirmed final season)
8:00 P.M. 'Dateline'
9:00 P.M. 'Grimm'
10:00 P.M. 'Constantine'
Encore programming
7:00 P.M. Football Night in America
8:20 P.M. NBC Sunday Night Football
But that's not all! Check out the full series trailers for 'A to Z,' 'Fargo' star Kate Walsh's 'Bad Judge,' 'Happy Endings' vet Casey Wilson's 'Marry Me,' Debra Messing's 'The Mysteries of Laura,' and Katherine Heigl's 'State of Affairs' below (hint: none of them look great), and tell us what you think in the comments!


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Man may have robbed same NKY business twice
Robberies take place months apart
Boone County deputies are looking for a man who may have robbed the same business twice.
Deputies said the man took cash from the Cash Express location at 1862 Petersburg Road in Hebron just after noon on Tuesday.
Investigators said the man went around the counter, emptied the cash register and then left on foot. He's believed to have walked to an adjacent residential street where had his pickup truck parked.
The images of the truck were caught on a residential house-mounted camera.
The man is described as white, approximately 5'10" to 6'00" tall, thick build, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, ski mask and white gloves with blue palms.
The truck is described as a 2003-2006 Chevrolet or GMC crew cab with tinted windows.
The man may be responsible for a Dec. 4 robbery at the same location.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Boone County Sheriff's Office at (859) 334-2175 or Crime Stoppers at (513) 352-3040.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Like their counterparts in the private sector, information technology managers in the federal government are actively debating whether their agencies should move to a "bring your own device" (BYOD) policy, allowing employee-owned mobile smartphones and tablets devices to be used for work.
At the Fose/GovSec Conference here, IT leaders from the General Services Administration, the Department of Agriculture, NASA and others spoke out in favor of BYOD, indicating they are moving along that path. Some, such as the Department of Veterans Affairs, were more hesitant. And at the National Security Agency, where there's a huge push to try to adapt commercial-based smartphones and tablets for use by agency employees, don't bother to ask about BYOD.
MORE: Government IT strains under BYOD challenge
BACKGROUND: Is your BYOD MIA?
"God forbid you bring a phone in. It's not a pleasant experience," said Troy Lange, NSA's mobility mission manager, who participated in a panel discussion that focused on the BYOD question. NSA rules prohibit personal phones from even being brought into NSA buildings, so the topic of a BYOD policy is not on the table.
But if its push for commercial-based smartphones build according to NSA specifications is successful, such as its so-called "Fishbowl" design, and these customized smartphones eventually get handed out to employees, there is the intention to "let people get to their personal email," said Lange. He also added the NSA may decide to stop relying on its lengthy certification processes for equipment and go with more "minimal requirements" that would be much simpler for vendors to hit.
"We haven't jumped into BYOD because of policy issues in the government," said Donald Kachman, director of mobile and security assurance for client services, enterprise systems engineering at the Department of Veterans Affairs. While the VA is actively pursuing pilot projects, for instance with tablets in hospitals, the main concern is, "When we put a mobile device in, are we really replacing something? Can we manage the device? Can we secure the devices?" So much is driven by what Google and Apple technologies will allow, he pointed out.
The latest generation of smartphones and tablets still have to be considered as a new phenomenon going back only a few years and "vulnerabilities aren't well-known," Kachman said.
Anil Karmel, chief technology officer at the National Nuclear Security Agency, which manages the nation's nuclear weapons stockpiles and facilities such as Los Alamos National Laboratory, said policies under development there "will help us get to a BYOD stance."
For security purposes, NNSA is looking at use of what's called "containerization" to separate out personal and business data. In the end, this will all likely be unified around the virtual desktop infrastructure and cloud-based approach that NNSA already supports in a multi-platform virtual-machine environment.
"It's the same virtual desktop and it follows me where I need to go," he said, and mobile devices, including BYOD, are expected to be a part of that. NNSA hopes to issue its BYOD policy soon, "and it's imperative we do this right," he said.
Ellen Messmer is senior editor at Network World, an IDG publication and website, where she covers news and technology trends related to information security.
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You should probably have adult supervision.
I have heard about you plans for me next year.
You just have to remeber I run on playa time, and can be a little hard to find at times.
You forget, I had child supervision.
I'm sure you have heard of my little plan for you next year, for it was you, my bouncy friend, that gave me the idea.
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It's been kind of quiet around here this week as I studied and took finals but I'm done...(deep breath) and have three weeks off school. All I want to do is be Mom again and cook and organize and all that good stuff. I'm thinking it's going to be a productive few weeks.
This week we are doing our Christmas baking and homemade gifts. I'll be making some gift mixes and packaging them up to take to friends. Here are mix ideas that you might want to use.
- Package up some homemade laundry soap with directions.
- A spa package with some Green Tea Bath Salts, add a loofah and a pretty washcloth.
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Menu Bar
Data Explorer
Filter Explorer
Data Table
95% Confidence Intervals Chart
Annual Trend Data Chart
Map Layers
Comparison Geographies Table
Screen Grabs
The title of the report appears at the very top, within the map header (see Figure 1). It typically lists the name of the theme, BRFSS measure, and time period being displayed. It may also display any filter that you have applied to the data.
Data Button: Click this button to display the available geographical categories, themes, BRFSS measures, and years in the Data Explorer.
Filter Button: Click this button to display the available filters in the Filter Explorer.
Help: Click this link to access InstantAtlas Dynamic Reports: A User's Guide.
Print: Click this link to open a new browser tab/window showing the print preview. This view resizes the report to a standard A4 size (landscape format). You can change the size using the '+' and '-' buttons at the top of the page. When you are happy with the size you can click the printer icon to open the print settings dialog of your internet browser.
Share: Click this link to open a pop-up window which allows you to share this report either via email or by embedding it into your own website. To share the report via email simply copy and paste the displayed link into the email text. To embed the report into your website, you can copy the displayed embed code and paste it into your website source code.
All components of the report have a maximize button on the top right hand corner that becomes visible when you hover over the component. Click this button to see a full screen view of the component. In this view the maximize button changes to a restore down button which allows you to restore the component again to its original size and location.
Some components such as the map, tables and charts also have an export button next to the maximize button. For the map and charts this button will open the map or chart graphic (the map without background layers) as an image in a new tab/window of your browser. From there you can save the image through the right-click menu. For the tables the export button opens a new browser tab/window showing you the table content in CSV format. If you have made a selection, only the selected features will appear in the CSV export.
The Data Explorer contains the available geographic categories, themes, BRFSS measures, and time periods. Otherwise the top level lists the available themes. Click on a theme to see a list of the indicators within that theme. Click on an indicator to see a list of available years (see Figure 2). Click a time period or an indicator without a time period to load new data.
At the top of the Data Explorer there is an option to navigate up one level in the tree or to jump directly to the top level.
In front of the BRFSS measure year you may see notes icons which will link to external resources with further information about the data.
The Filter Explorer lists any available filter. Click on a filter name to see the filter values of this filter. Clicking a filter value will filter the report so that only geographic features with the selected filter value are prominent. At the top of the Filter Explorer there is an option to navigate up to the top level and to clear the applied filter.
Select Features: Click on a table row to select the feature. The row of the selected feature will be shaded light pink. Click on further rows to add those features to the selection. Click on a selected row again to deselect the feature.
Sort Columns: Click will sort a column header to sort the table ascending/descending.
Legend Colors: By default there are small circles in front of the feature names shaded in the color of the class which the data value of this area is within in the legend. This helps to get a better visual impression of the data.
Table Footer: The table footer contains a 'Clear' button and a 'Filter' button. Both buttons become active once one or more features are selected. You may also see a notes icon with the name of the last selected feature next to it.
Clear Button: Click the 'Clear' button to clear the current selection.
Filter Button: The 'Filter' button allows you to create a filter out of the currently selected features. Once a filter is applied the filter button will show a red cross. Clicking on the button again will remove the filter.
Notes Icon: If a notes icon appears in the table footer after you have selected a feature, click the icon to link to external resources with further information about the feature. If the administrator has not set up a link, you will not see a notes icon.
Scroll: A vertical scroll bar will be available if data cannot be viewed within the table dimensions.
Shading: Geographic features are shaded based on values in the data table according to the map legend.
Select Features: Click on a geographic feature in the map to select it. The border of the selected feature will be highlighted red. Click on further features to add them to the selection. Click on a selected feature again to deselect it. Clicking on the map background will clear the selection.
Tooltip: Hold your mouse pointer over a map feature to display a tooltip with the geographic region's name, year, and BRFSS measure estimate.
Map Toolbar: The map toolbar appears once you hover with the mouse over the map. It contains buttons for zooming, a 'Clear' and a 'Filter' button. The latter two become active once one or more features are selected.
Zooming: Use the '+' and '-' buttons at the top of the map to zoom in and out. Alternatively you can also use the scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom in and out of the map. Click the zoom full icon to zoom back to full extent.
Clear Button: Click the 'Clear' button to clear the current selection.
Filter Button: The 'Filter' button allows you to create a filter out of the currently selected features. Once a filter is applied the filter button will show a red cross. Clicking on the button again will remove the filter.
Bars for BRFSS Measures: There is a bar representing each geographic category listed in the data table. The height of the bars is proportional to the percentage estimate listed in the data table. Bars are displayed in the order of the indicator values and the shading is linked to the legend (see Figure 3).
Select Features: Click a bar to select the corresponding geographic feature. A selected bar will be highlighted with a red border. Click on further bars to add them to the selection. Click on a selected bar again to deselect it. Clicking on the bar chart background will clear the selection.
Error Bars: The bar chart display error bars representing the lower and upper 95% confidence limits associated with percentage estimate values. These give an indication of whether the differences between indicator values are statistically significant.
Comparison Values: The bar chart can display values for comparison geographies as well as features in the base geography. Values for comparison geographies are shown using a horizontal line across the chart.
Tooltip: Hold your mouse pointer over a bar to display a tooltip with the geographic region name, percentage estimate, lower confidence interval, upper confidence interval, and the margin of error.


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Book chapter
New Political/Public Governance (2015)
in: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Please check back later for the full article.The New Political Governance (NPG)—or alternatively the New Public Governance—is best understood as a heuristic model that allows us to empirically consider, compare, and contrast the evolution of democratic governance and public administration beyond the reforms associated with New Public Management. Contributors have focused on NPG as both a product of and a response to the challenges of a complex, pluralist state. Key pressures said to spur NPG include aggressive, 24/7 media; greater demands for transparency; an expansion in government oversight and accountability; an expansion of the advocacy industry; and, an increasingly polarized and volatile electorate. While these pressures are not, unto themselves, new, what is new is the response to them. Four primary elements characterize NPG as a response to these forces: the onset of the permanent campaign; full, or nearly full, integration of the range of activities associated with governing with constant concerns and tactics historically associated with campaigning; the expansion and elevation of the role of partisan political staff; politicization through the personalization of appointments to senior public service positions; and the shift in norms from a neutral, non-partisan public service to an expectation of promiscuous partisanship that demands enthusiasm for the agenda of the government of the day.The NPG framework has not been without criticism. Theoretically, some have argued for greater precision in the core concepts of NPG (e.g., politicization). Others have questioned whether it is so much the behaviors themselves—expected or undertaken—or the more public context in which they occur that marks the real shift. Finally some have pointed out the lack of integration of exogenous influences in the NPG model. A number of commenters have pointed out the limited empirical evidence that has been provided to support the NPG model.
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When I signed on to write a column for the newspaper more than five years ago, I chose a topic I knew would provide me with plenty of material — my children.
When I signed on to write a column for the newspaper more than five years ago, I chose a topic I knew would provide me with plenty of material — my children.
Whereas my monthly ramblings typically delve into the lives of my kids and their parents, Melissa and me, something else periodically emerges, and that is my mother, father, in-laws, friends and older brother.
These people enter and exit my column because they play important roles in our lives and are routinely present to share in the many ups and downs life brings us.
As I start formulating the words to express myself and my feelings in this particular column, I do so knowing full well it is something I never envisioned writing about.
Before explaining this further, I must bring everyone back to a previous column I cobbled together shortly after New Year's in which I spoke at length about being thankful for friends and family and how I found myself more intently focused than ever on even the smallest of moments that took place at our home when we hosted our annual New Year's Eve party.
For one of the first times in my life, I realized how lucky I was to have such a loving group of friends and family that surround me. We are all different and may not always get along or agree with one another, but there's no denying how much we care about each other at the end of the day.
My column highlighted how you have to embrace and appreciate nights like the one we shared together on New Year's Eve, while simultaneously realizing that uncomfortable moments are sure to come at some point down the road.
These are the moments that test us, but ultimately bring us closer together as friends and family when times do get tough.
This column has become ever more profound to me in recent days with the unexpected news that my older brother has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia.
This discovery was made after my brother was rushed to the hospital last Sunday due to complications arising from an undiagnosed case of pneumonia. In the process of treating him for a fluid build-up in his lungs and around his heart, some of his blood work revealed an unwanted guest inside my brother's body in the form of cancer.
A number of times I have used this column as a way to express my feelings about my father and the road our family has traveled in dealing with his dementia and gradual decline, but never did I believe the topic would so suddenly turn to my brother and his health.
It is human nature to hurt for a family member when he or she is going through something scary and unpleasant, and it is no different for me as I try to wrap my mind around this shocking news.
Imagine yourself going to the hospital and being told you have pneumonia one day then to discover you also have cancer. Then imagine somebody performing a biopsy of your bone marrow only to come back and tell you they have found cancer cells there that will require them to give you several weeks of high-powered chemotherapy that will keep in you in the hospital for upwards of six weeks. Hard, huh? Well, guess what? This is the reality my brother faces now. But before you go feeling all sad for him, you need to know something about this guy: He's a funny, positive person that approaches even the most difficult of situations with a sense of humor most of us only could dream of possessing.
More than that, he has something else going for him that will serve him well in the difficult weeks and months ahead — his friends and family.
These are the same friends and family who have already offered up their bone marrow if the need arises or called asking what, if anything, they can do to help. I know my brother is amazed by the outpouring of support, but I'm not, because he's a great man that has always been a good and loyal friend to everyone who has been fortunate enough to know him. As my brother faces the uncertainties that await him, I have faith he'll be fine because he has the love of his many friends and our small little family to get him through this difficult chapter in his life.
I believe the irony of my column about New Year's and what's going on now couldn't be more true, and that is why you have to step back and embrace those beautiful moments shared with friends and family because you just don't know when those moments won't be as happy as what occurred on a festive holiday like New Year's.
My brother's biggest concern throughout this entire ordeal is not his own feelings, but the feelings of those around him because he doesn't want those people to feel sad or upset for him.
After witnessing what I've seen thus far from me and my brother's friends, I'm more convinced than ever that he'll beat this thing because he has too many people that won't allow anything bad to happen to him.


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From "America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews) Ann Rule comes the New York Times bestselling mystery novel of drama, greed, sex, scandal, and murder on an eerie island in the Pacific Northwest.
Nestled in Puget Sound and accessible only by ferry, Whidbey Island is a gem off the coast of Washington State where life is insular and the island's year-round residents tend to know one another's business. But when the blood-drenched body of Russel Douglas is discovered the day after Christmas in his SUV, the whole island is shocked. No one can imagine who among them could plot such a cold-blooded crime. And like a cast of characters from a mystery novel, a host of Whidbey residents fall under suspicion.
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A young 14 year old girl is hooked onto TV watching Shahrukh Khan selling almost everything on TV. Her cell beeps and she reads the SMS and laughs at the non veg joke (explicit content suppressed). She calls back the sender and chats for one hour repeatedly repeating the phrase- 'aur batao' (tell me more). The talk gets over after saying bye bye take care for umpteenth number of times and blowing kisses with the sound of Muuuaaahhhhh. The words angel, baby, honey, jaanu, sweetz dominate the whole call and sound like a refrain from a soft romantic ballad. The call finishes and the girl looks at the TV once again wherein SRK again is cheering his boys in the IPL arena of glamour cricket (where everything is a BRAND).
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The young 14 year old girl goes to her room and slips into her Nike PJ and plugs onto her iPOD listening to High School Musical 2 OST and glares at the larger than life posters plastered on her wall. She opens her lappy logs onto Facebook and sends a cool new poster on Super wall to all her 209 friends in her network. She smiles at the new Superlatives given to her by her boyfriend. She sees him online at the moment on Gtalk with the rad status message –'Nobody dies a virgin life f**** you in many ways'. She tells him the message is so cool and then again the repeated act of bye byes and take care begins now armed with emoticons.
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A young 14 year old girl is hooked onto cleaning the dining table hearing Sahrukh Khan (sic). She sings 'Jaanam Dekh Lo mit gai duriyaa main yahaan hu……..yaha'. She hears a shrill voice from the other room and hears a faint voice to bring ice cream for her. She quickly leaves the table and prepares big bowl of ice cream and pours chocolate syrup at the top and resists the saliva on her tongue to grab a big spoonful of the delight in front of her misty eyes. She takes a bite from the melting drop from the rim of the bowl and closes her eyes for a second.
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The young 14 year old girl goes to the kitchen and lies on the mattress and switches on the FM listening to new Himesh Rehammiya number and glares at the roof while imagining her in the song. She gets up and looks herself in the mirror. She looks at her long never ending braid and the weird curve in the end where her rubber band was tied. She opened it and moved her fingers through her hair and started singing 'Jhooth Naiyo Bolna'. She smiles at her little jig and goes back to the mattress fully conscious of the fact that she had to get up early next morning to iron the uniform and make the breakfast.
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The young 14 year old girl gets up at the shrill voice of the pretentious Mrs. Kapoor and runs to the kitchen. She switches on the swanky LG Cooking range and heads for the Nirlep non stick pan to cook breakfast. She runs for the car. The chauffeur opens the door and she gives the lunch box to the young 14 year old girl. She curses her and annoyingly takes it and starts fiddling with the remote control. The young 14 year old girl goes to the market to get groceries and meets her other likes. She smiles and yells- 'Hello didi I am going to my gaon (village) for diwali '.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Police released 911 calls that revealed a social worker's frantic attempts to alert authorities that Josh Powell had locked himself in his home with his two young sons, moments before he set off a huge fire that killed all inside.
"He exploded the house!" the social worker tells a dispatcher at one point.
Before the fire erupted, the woman, who was supposed to monitor a supervised visit between Powell and his children, said he grabbed them and wouldn't let her in the door.
"What should I do?" she asks the dispatcher. "Nothing like this has ever happened before at these visitations. ... I could hear one of the kids crying, and he still wouldn't let me in."
Also Tuesday, police searched a storage unit Powell rented as they tried to determine why he ultimately committed the murder-suicide, and questions remained about the status of the investigation into his wife's 2009 Utah disappearance.
For at least six months, Utah authorities have investigated the disappearance of Susan Powell as a murder case. But without a body, they publicly held out hope that she would be found alive.
What evidence did they have that the 28-year-old mother of two was dead? And was there anything to identify her killer?
There was the damp spot on the floor in the Powells' Utah home and a curious late-night camping trip described by Josh Powell. There were also the recollections of their young son Braden about a camping trip and his mother being "in the trunk."
That could strike some as a clue, or the ramblings of a boy who was then just 2.
For authorities in Utah, none of it was enough to bring charges.
The man identified by investigators as a "person of interest" -- Josh Powell -- had already moved from Utah to Washington state, taking with him their two young sons. On Sunday, he torched his house, killing himself and the boys.
On Tuesday, investigators said Josh Powell withdrew $7,000 in cash from a bank the day before the deadly blaze. Police from Utah and Washington also searched a storage unit tied to Josh Powell in Pierce County, Wash.
Meanwhile a Washington state search warrant obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request showed that police were investigating three felonies in Utah since at least last summer: first-degree murder, kidnapping and obstructing a public servant.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill acknowledged for the first time that investigators believe Susan Powell is likely dead, but he said in an interview with The AP that the case remains a missing persons probe for now.
Gill wouldn't discuss the evidence but said authorities had lacked enough information to file charges.
"I think when I talk about it as a missing persons case, that's because we haven't located the body of Susan Powell," Gill said. "Do we think that she may have met harm? Sure. I think that's been an ongoing assumption with law enforcement."
Josh Powell claimed that on the night Susan Powell vanished, he took sons Charlie and Braden from their home in West Valley City, Utah, on a late-night camping trip. Authorities eventually searched the central Utah desert but found nothing.
Susan Powell's father said that when police went to the family home after she was reported missing, they found a wet spot in the house being dried by two fans. Police have not commented further on what they found.
West Valley, Utah, Police Chief Buzz Nielsen said authorities needed concrete evidence to move forward.
"When you charge on criminal cases, especially if it ends up being a homicide ... without a body, it's just more difficult. You have to have a stronger case to make those arguments in court," Nielsen said. "We have circumstantial evidence that I'm not allowed to talk about it."
Last September, authorities got a warrant to search the Washington state home of Josh Powell's father, Steve. Josh Powell and his sons were living there at the time. The documents obtained by the AP did not specify a suspect.
In addition to the charges, the warrant listed Steve Powell's work laptop computer as well as cars that he used.
Authorities found explicit images on his computers during the search, and he was jailed on voyeurism and child porn charges. The boys were later sent to live with Susan Powell's parents.
Speaking to reporters after the boys' deaths, their grandfather Charles Cox said the boys were emotionally distant when they first arrived at their home but recently had begun to open up.
That gave Charles Cox hope that someday they would be able say what happened to their mom.
The boys had not recently made more comments about what may have happened to their mother, Charles Cox said, though he related what Braden said nearly two years ago.
Cox said: "The four ladies that were supervising that activity said, 'Well, what's this?' 'That's us going camping.' 'Who's in the car?' And Braden said, 'That's Daddy, that's Charlie, that's me.' Then he said, 'Well, mommy's in the trunk.'
"Well if Mommy's in the trunk, why is she in the trunk?' He didn't know, he didn't say, I guess. Then, he said we stopped somewhere and mommy and daddy got out and mommy didn't come back," Cox said.
Nielsen said despite the death of the young boys and Josh Powell, the probe would continue.
"Our case is not closed," the police chief said.
Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist, who is overseeing the voyeurism prosecution of Steve Powell but is not directly involved in the Susan Powell case, said it's clear to him that it's a homicide case.
"I don't think at this point I'm going to call this a missing person case," he said. "It's reasonable to call Josh Powell's decision to kill himself and his kids a confession to the murder of Susan Powell."
Anne Bremner, an attorney for the Cox family, said she believes there was enough circumstantial evidence to charge Josh Powell. And she said authorities had indicated in November that an arrest was near.
"There were a number of times where it looked as if there would be an arrest or a resolution, and it didn't happen," Bremner said. "And that was very frustrating to the family."


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The announced title for the song can be written as "Assarabia" or "Assaravia" in English. It's slang used by South Koreans to express thrills. It suggests no ethnicity or body part, but worries have risen that Arabs might misinterpret the title and find it derogatory.
PSY said Monday on a South Korean social media website that he has decided to change the title. Some lyrics also will change.
After several Korean albums, PSY has promised future work in English but it isn't clear when. The "Gangnam Style" video with its catchy tune and much-imitated horse-riding dance has a record 1.44 billion views on YouTube since July.


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The duo will share responsibility for the day-to-day management of Variety's sales efforts spanning digital, print, custom publishing, sponsorship and events.
"Dawn and Donna share an understanding of our industry that is second to none," said Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, veep and associate publisher of Variety. "Their ability to focus on the needs of Variety's customers and deliver business-to-business solutions that are unparalleled in creativity and thoughtfulness makes them the ideal candidates to look after our sales activities and the development of our sales staff."
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Given that privacy of the doctor-patient relationship is at the heart of good health care, and that the electronic health record (EHR) is at the heart of good eHealth practice, the question arises: Is privacy legislation at the heart of the EHR? The second global survey on eHealth conducted by the Global Observatory for eHealth (GOe) set out to answer that question by investigating the extent to which the legal frameworks in the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) address the need to protect patient privacy in EHRs as health care systems move towards leveraging the power of EHRs to deliver safer, more efficient, and more accessible health care.
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Open Forum: Spirit lives on in different ways at UL Lafayette
THE QUESTION: Being an older USL (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) student during the early 1970s, I spent much of my time studying and working and had little time for extracurricular activities. However, I have memories of homecoming that stick with me. I remember observing a bulldog in red and white uniform holding up a sign that spoke of "Bulldog Tenacity" and "Intestinal Fortitude." Such beautiful terms! Does the current football program use that dog and its words during football/homecoming season?
— Barbara Spencer, Lafayette
THE ANSWER: The University of Louisiana at Lafayette currently does not have an official mascot, although there is still lots of team spirit, according to Aaron Martin, director of Communications and News Services.
The bulldog was the school's mascot when the university was called the Southwestern Louisiana Institute and later, the University of Southwestern Louisiana. "Bulldogs" was also the nickname for its athletic teams.
That began to change in 1963, when then-Coach Russ Faulkenberry gave the football team the new nickname, "Ragin' Cajuns." By the late 1970s, it had replaced "Bulldogs" as the team's nickname.
Although there is no longer an official mascot, UL Lafayette does have Cayenne, its spirit leader, to entertain the crowd with its antics.
The tradition of promoting team spirit has a long history at UL Lafayette.
In the mid-1930s, SLI's first pep squad, the Red Jackets, was formed. The all-female group wore red jackets, white ascots, white pleated skirts and white gloves as they led cheers from the stands, while cheerleaders did the same from the field.
The group was part of SLI and USL until the mid-1950s.
Dance teams have also been part of the university's spirit team. The USL Sweethearts represented the school from 1960 to 1981. Today, it's the Ragin' Jazz who perform for halftime crowds.
As to inspirational slogans, those have also been a part of the university's sports history.
The late 1980s and early 1990s saw a revival of an old cheer, " Yay, rouge; yay, blanc; yay, Cajuns. Allons!"
When the Ragin' Cajuns wore black jerseys in 2012, emblazoned on them were four words: Combattre (fight), Croire (believe), Fierté (pride) and Unité (unity).
With Coach Mark Hudspeth came a new set of sayings to inspire team spirit. One of them, Martin said, is "Protect the house." Another is "Don't let go of the rope," or some variation on that theme.
And as a reminder to the team, this year, the words, "Fight on," taken from the university's fight song, were posted on the locker room wall.


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Basketball Has A Bright Future In The Garden State: Oh, Newark. Newark. The Nets got tired of looking at New Jersey, filed for divorce, and moved out of the Meadowlands. Brooklyn is so much richer, more sophisticated-it's just a better match. Don't you want the Nets to be happy? Oh, but Brooklyn's place isn't ready yet. Could the Nets maybe sleep on the couch, at Newark's Prudential Center? Just for a little while.
And by the way now, tonight, they're going to have all their friends over, OK? The Theater at Madison Square Garden is being renovated, and the NBA needs somewhere to have the draft. No, the league's not just using Newark because it's there. It really adores the Prudential Center. It's sure Newark will meet someone special. Newark has got a great sense of humor and it's totally fun to be around. Mayor Cory Booker knows the right new partner is out there:
"We're definitely engaging in conversations with folks who have put out feelers about the potential for our arena to host an NBA team," Booker said during a phone interview.
If Anaheim can almost get a team, but not get one, then New Jersey can't stay lonely for long. Can it?
"He's never thrown cold water at me," Booker said of Stern. "He's never said no. In fact, we've had some conversations about if it were to happen, what would that pathway look like?"
Lakers, Timberwolves Trade Insults In Lieu Of Trading Players: The Los Angeles Times reported that the Lakers offered Lamar Odom to Minnesota in exchange for the Timberwolves' No. 2 pick. (Historical note: Lamar Odom was originally a No. 4 pick.) Minnesota responded by asking for Andrew Bynum or Pau Gasol. "[T]he teams stopped talking, an NBA official said."
The NBA Hates Winners: ESPN's headline desk asks: "Kemba Walker was the best player on the best college team. So, why won't he be No. 1 on Thursday?"
Gosh, ask Kyle Singler. Or Wayne Ellington. Or Mario Chalmers or Corey Brewer or Joakim Noah or Sean May or Emeka Okafor or Carmelo Anthony or Juan Dixon or Shane Battier or Mateen Cleaves or literally every single other player who has been the best player on an NCAA championship team for the last 23 years, since Danny Manning won the last national-title/top-draft-pick exacta in 1988. And Danny Manning had an awful pro career (though to be fair, the best two players in that ill-starred draft class were Mich Richmond and Rik Smits).
If You Believe Hard Enough, Maybe Jimmer Will Play For Your Team:
"He's going to the Timberwolves," said Jason Martinez, a Saratoga Springs High School student. "He's going to have a slow start, maybe a slow three years, and then he's going to start coming up like J.J. Redick did. I think he'll be a sixth man, maybe he'll even win sixth man of the year."
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European court: Surrogate babies deserve status
PARIS (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that France was wrong to refuse to register the birth of a child born to a surrogate mother.
France outlaws surrogate births, but some French parents go abroad where it is legal.
The Labassee family had a child legally with a surrogate mother in the United States, then returned to France and tried to register the child as theirs. French authorities and courts refused, and the parents brought the case to the European court in Strasbourg, France.
The court ruled Thursday that France had violated the rights of the child — and of two other children in a similar situation — by refusing to recognize the parent-child relationship. It ordered France to pay 5,000 euros in damages.
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