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Taj Airport Garden Hotel Colombo Gets Rebranded
The Gateway Hotel Airport Garden Colombo is the first international hotel of the Gateway brand from the Taj Group, South Asia's largest hospitality group.
Every touch point across the customer's journey has been carefully thought of in order to present guests with a relaxed, refreshing and contemporary hotel experience. Special initiatives have been introduced to deliver the brand promise - a 24/7 approach to all services; the offering of active foods that are a combination of low glycemic index foods and super foods packed with antioxidants and phytochemicals for the health conscious guests; eat in - a refreshed in room dining menu; yoga mats in each room; wake up - the buffet breakfast with a range of healthy and indulge options; and explore - packages that let the guest explore the destination where the hotel is located.
The guest experience commences on arrival at the hotel, perfectly located in the midst of a 38-acre coconut plantation, bordering the famous Negombo lagoon. Skirted by verdure and vegetation, the lagoon is a picture of peace and home to a variety of water birds, offering picturesque views from the rooms. As part of the rebranding exercise, the hotel has undergone uplift. A large number of guest rooms have been refurbished. The rooms have laminated timber flooring in place of carpets, sleek furniture, LCD televisions and stylish design elements.BUZZ, a stylish new all-day dining restaurant and bar, offers a multi-cuisine menu including delicious active food preparations and an extensive beverage list.


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All human subjects research conducted under the jurisdiction of the UW-Colleges must be reviewed by the UW Colleges IRB before any participants are recruited and/or before any data are collected. The institution is responsible for the activities of its researchers and must comply with federal and university regulations and policies. It is important that the IRB be aware of where and by whom such activities are being conducted, even in another country. To determine whether the activity is subject to UWCAP#15, three questions must be answered:
- Is the activity "research?"
- Does it involve "human subjects?"
- Is it under the jurisdiction of the UW-Colleges?
What is "research"?
- Under the federal Common Rule, "research" is defined as "a systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge." Activities that meet this definition constitute "research" for purposes of this policy, whether or not they are conducted or supported under a program which is considered research for other purposes. For example, some demonstration and service programs may include research activities. [45 CFR 46.102(d)]
- Under the FDA regulations, the terms research, clinical research, clinical study, study, and clinical investigation are synonymous. [21 CFR 56.102(c)]. FDA regulations apply to "research" when they involve drugs, medical devices, foods, dietary supplements, infant formula, etc.
Examples of "research" activities:
- Formal investigations
- Some pilot projects
- Exploratory studies
- Student independent studies, theses, or dissertations
- Some demonstration activities
- Some service programs
Examples of activities that are generally NOT "research:"
- Classroom activities that teach research methodologies or simulate research activities
- Activities conducted to improve the quality of teaching in a particular classroom
- Activities required for quality assessment (QA) or quality improvement (QI)
What or who are "human subjects"?
- Under the Common Rule, a "human subject" is a living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research obtains (1) data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or (2) identifiable private information. [45 CFR 46.102(f)]
- "Intervention" includes both physical procedures by which data are gathered (for example, venipuncture) and manipulations of the subject or the subject's environment that are performed for research purposes. [ 45 CFR 46.102(f)]
- "Interaction" includes communication or interpersonal contact between investigator and subject. [ 45 CFR 46.102(f)]
- "Private information" includes information about behavior that occurs in a context in which an individual can reasonably expect that no observation or recording is taking place, and information which has been provided for specific purposes by an individual and which the individual can reasonably expect will not be made public (for example, a medical record).
- "Private information" must be individually identifiable (i.e., the identity of the subject is or may readily be ascertained by the investigator or associated with the information) in order for obtaining the information to constitute research involving human subjects. [ 45 CFR 46.102(f)]
Examples of activities that qualify as "human subjects research" needing IRB review include:
- Human testing of drugs, devices, or products developed through research.
- Research using data collected through intervention or interaction with living individuals:
- Intervention includes not only physical procedures (like blood drawing), but also manipulation of the subject's environment.
- Interaction includes interpersonal contact, surveys, and other forms of communication.
- Research involving the collection and/or use of coded data, images or specimens in which the researcher DOES have access to a code or link to re-identify the source of the data, images or specimens.
- Research involving information collected for purposes other than the research being conducted (e.g. medical, educational or corrections records).
- Research involving identifiable bodily materials such as human cells, blood or urine, tissue, organs, hair, and nail clippings, even if they were not collected by the person using the materials for the research.
- Accessing medical or educational records, for research purposes.
- Extraction of individually identifiable information from medical or educational records, for research purposes.
- Establishment of a databank that includes individually identifiable data from living individuals.
- Case studies in social science research.
What or who are NOT "human subjects"?
a. The subjects must be living, so studies of cadavers or historical records are not included.
b. Public and completely de-identified data sets are not considered "human subjects."
Defining UW Colleges IRB Jurisdiction:
Whenever UW Colleges "engages" in human subject research, the research must be reviewed and approved by the UW Colleges IRB before it can begin. The UW Colleges "engages" in human subject research when:
- any UW Colleges employee/s (including faculty, staff, students, or emeriti) or agents conducts human subjects research. [In a study with multiple researchers, if a UW Colleges employee will have access to identifiable human subjects data, then s/he is "engaged" in the research and should seek approval from the UW Colleges IRB.] "Agents" include all individuals performing institutionally designated activities (including students) or exercising institutionally delegated authority or responsibility;
- the UW Colleges receives a federal award to conduct human subject research, even when all activities involving human subjects are carried out by a subcontractor or collaborator.
The UW Colleges does not "engage" in human subject research when an individual with a minimal percentage UW Colleges appointment (e.g. 0% to 25%) conducts human subject research in his or her role as an employee of a non-UW Colleges entity or institution. Such individual may not refer to her/his UW Colleges affiliation in any grant applications, publications, or other oral or written material, including any material presented in a public forum, related to the research; and the research may not be conducted using any UW Colleges resource, property or facility. Additionally, such individual should take reasonable efforts to ensure that he or she is not improperly associated with the UW Colleges by a third-party in any of the materials identified above.
In the following two instances, the UW Colleges also does not directly "engage" in human subjects research but prior review by the UW Colleges IRB is required:
a. When the UW Colleges provides access to confidential student information and/or records for non-UW Colleges investigators.
b. when one of the populations being studied is UW Colleges students in their role as students (that is, recruitment is being conducted physically on campus(es) or virtually through UW Colleges related sites (e.g., a campus' FaceBook page) or UWC communications (e.g., uwc email)).
Does student research require IRB review and oversight?
If the project meets the federal definition of "research" with living human subjects, regardless of the status of the principal investigator, it requires IRB review prior to any data collection.
What are some examples of student research?
a. Independent study projects – for example, a sociology student (after lengthy consultation with a faculty member about the appropriate wording of questions and how to obtain a "good" sample) interviews 50 people to see if gender stereotypes have changed from what they were 50 years ago.
b. Honors projects – for example, a physiology student compares blood pressure readings as other students watch different types of films (romance versus action versus horror). Again, this project is only "research" if the project is well-designed in terms of subject selection, assignment to conditions, appropriate experimental controls, etc.
c. Other class or group projects, assuming they are carefully designed, systematically carried out, and intended to have results that generalize to persons outside the original sample.
What qualifies as a pilot study?
A pilot study is a preliminary investigation of the feasibility of the study and/or of study instruments, normally done on a small scale (10 or fewer subjects). It is designed to help the investigator refine data collection procedures and instruments or prepare a better, more precise research design. Since a pilot study is by definition not yet "well-designed," it would not contribute to generalizable knowledge and therefore is not considered research. Data collected from a pilot study cannot be used as research data and, of course, investigators must obtain IRB approval after the research design/instruments are refined and prior to any collection of actual research data.
IRB approval must be obtained prior to collecting pilot data if one or more of the following applies:
a) Medical interventions or interactions for research purposes, especially those involving invasive procedures;
b) any research activities, regardless of the size of the study, if the research is funded by the Veterans Administration.
Is there any penalty for failure to comply with IRB rules and regulations?
Possibly. Federal regulations require that each IRB has consequences and procedures in place for instances of egregious and/or ongoing non-compliance. The consequence for a single instance of minor, unintentional non-compliance is likely an effort to better educate the person about the regulations. Other consequences might involve working out a corrective action plan. The non-compliance policy (UWCAP#56) can be found on the "Guidance for Research" page of this website.

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Sapna Pandya
President, KhushDC (Washington, DC)
Today, in an historic ruling, the Indian Supreme Court joined its counterparts in Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan to create a third gender classification for India's communities that identify outside of oppressive "male or female only" gender classification systems.
In response, KhushDC President Sapna Pandya issued the following statement:
"We applaud the Indian Supreme Court's decision creating a third gender category for transgender Indians. We support the Court's declaration that 'all people have a right to choose their gender,' and that the Constitution guarantees 'equal opportunity to every citizen to grow and attain their potential, irrespective of caste, religion or gender.'"
"While today's decision is critical and just, much work remains. First and foremost, it is important for jurisprudential experts to derive a precise understanding of the ruling and its impact on both gender and sexual minorities in India, so that activists can keep advocating for the strongest and clearest protections possible for transgender Indians."
"Secondly, we hope the Indian government will make it a priority to enact accessible laws that will actually empower and protect India's transgender communities not just on paper, but in all spheres of life."
"Finally, we hope that the Court will use precisely the reasoning it endorsed today to reverse its recent ruling and finally strike down the Indian Penal Code's Section 377, which criminalizes homosexual sex and has been used to persecute transgender Indians and other sexual minorities for over a century. It is impossible to empower and protect transgender Indians while declaring the sexuality of so many of them to be criminal."
KhushDC is a social, support and political group that provides a safe and supportive environment, promotes awareness and acceptance, and fosters positive cultural and sexual identity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) and additional gender or sexual minority South Asians in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
We represent a broad array of nationalities including those of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.


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Top Items:
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Kushner Is Said to Have Ordered Flynn to Contact Russia — Now that the retired general has pleaded guilty, the president's son-in-law could be one of the next dominoes to fall. — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn's guilty plea Friday for lying to the FBI is alarming news for Donald Trump.
Discussion: New York Times, ABC News, Vox, Business Insider, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, RedState, The Rush Limbaugh Show, IJR, BloombergQuint, Common Dreams, Coffee House, New York Magazine, Politico, The Guardian, Daily Kos, AOL, The Atlantic, Mediaite, Little Green Footballs, Joe.My.God. and twitchy.com
John Santucci / ABC News: Jared Kushner is 'very senior' official who directed Flynn to contact Russia in court documents: Sources
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider: New details from Mueller about Michael Flynn could implicate top Trump officials …
Brad Reed / Raw Story: Kushner instructed Flynn to make direct contact with Russian ambassador during transition: report
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo: Reports: Kushner Is The 'Very Senior Member' In Flynn Charging Documents
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show: Don't Forget What the Washington Post Reported About Flynn and the Russian Ambassador
Brittany Shepherd / IJR: What Are the Political Ramifications of Michael Flynn's Guilty Plea?
Megan McArdle / BloombergQuint: Babies or Board Rooms? Tax Bill Tests Republican Loyalties
Jacob Heilbrunn / Coffee House: Now that Mueller has flipped Flynn, will he target Kushner next?
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine: Hope Hicks Is Trump's Right-Hand Woman — and That Could Make Her One of Mueller's Favorite Witnesses
Daily Kos: Michael Flynn asked the Russian ambassador to block a UN vote on orders from Jared Kushner
Natasha Bertrand / AOL: New details from Mueller about Michael Flynn could implicate top Trump officials …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic: If Flynn Is Small Fry, Who's the Bigger Fish in Mueller's Net?
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: The Big Shoe Drops: Michael Flynn Pleads to Lying to the FBI, Promises to Implicate Trump
Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.: REPORT: Kushner Ordered Flynn To Contact Russians
Sarah D. / twitchy.com: HOLD UP: Did JARED KUSHNER tell Michael Flynn to contact Russia? (And what would that mean?)
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Flynn prepared to testify that Trump directed him to contact Russians about ISIS, confidant says — Retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn has promised "full cooperation" in the special counsel's Russia investigation and, according to a confidant, is prepared to testify that Donald Trump directed …
Discussion: Politico, Just Security, Bloomberg, New Republic, The Hill, Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Vox, The Last Refuge, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Mashable, The Week, The Atlantic, Shakesville, Shareblue Media, The Guardian, bizpacreview.com, Outside the Beltway, Washington Free Beacon, Business Insider, Politicus USA, myfox8.com, RedState, FiveThirtyEight, Common Dreams, Mother Jones, Mediaite, Axios, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Breitbart and abc7news.com
Anna Palmer / Politico: MICHAEL FLYNN PLEADS GUILTY to lying to FBI …
Kate Brannen / Just Security: What Does Flynn Plea Deal Mean?
Alex Shephard / New Republic: ABC News: Michael Flynn is prepared to testify that candidate Trump told him to "make contact with the Russians."
Julia Manchester / The Hill: Judiciary Dem: 'More than enough evidence' to probe Trump for obstruction of justice
Callum Borchers / Washington Post: Trump's Mike Flynn denials could haunt him
Ryan Koronowski / ThinkProgress: 17 things Trump said about Michael Flynn that he really regrets right now
Andrew Prokop / Vox: What Michael Flynn has actually admitted to so far, explained
Sundance / The Last Refuge: Leverage in The Swamp - Mueller Reinforcing The Horsehair Holding DC's Sword of Damocles...
Justin Miller / The Daily Beast: Michael Flynn Charged With Lying to FBI
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: Ex-White House ethics chiefs predict that Kushner or Don Jr. are next in line after Flynn
Marcus Gilmer / Mashable: Is this why Trump has gone off the rails on Twitter this week?
Paul Waldman / The Week: Why Flynn ultimately betrayed Trump
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: More Flynn: Mueller Veers Toward Kushner and Pence
Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media: Paul Ryan goes into hiding after Flynn's guilty plea endangers Trump's presidency
Richard Wolffe / The Guardian: Michael Flynn's wrongdoing is just the tip of the iceberg
Kyle Becker / bizpacreview.com: Special counsel Robert Mueller has announced first criminal charge of Trump official in Russia investigation
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Trump Pressed Top Senators To End Russia Investigation
Katelyn Caralle / Washington Free Beacon: Dem Lawmakers React to Flynn Guilty Plea
Sarah Jones / Politicus USA: The Nature of Flynn's Plea Deal Suggests He Has Very Good Information For Mueller
myfox8.com: Michael Flynn admits that Trump transition officials told him to make contact with Russia
Neil Stevens / RedState: BREAKING: Flynn to Roll on Trump
Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight: Michael Flynn's Guilty Plea Is Bad For Trump In Lots Of Ways
Jake Johnson / Common Dreams: In Guilty Plea, Flynn Admits Trump Transition Team Directed Him to Contact Russian Officials
Lawrence Bonk / Mediaite: Twitter Buries Flynn For Pleading Guilty in Russia Probe: 'This Is So, So Rich'
Stef W. Kight / Axios: Timeline: Michael Flynn's secret work for Turkey
Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money: Flynn to Testify Against Trump
Ian Hanchett / Breitbart: Report: Flynn Ready to Testify Against Trump, Testify Trump 'Ordered Him' to Contact Russians
New York Times:
Flynn to Plead Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, will plead guilty on Friday to lying to the F.B.I. about a conversation with the Russian ambassador last December. — The plea was the latest indication …
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly: Mike Pence's Credibility Could Be Totally Shot
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch: Mike Flynn Revealed His Russian Contacts And It Caused Jack Posobiec To Break
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media: "Is this a good thing?" Fox flips out over Flynn, returns to Hillary obsession
D. Parvaz / ThinkProgress: A strange case of bribery and money laundering strengthens sketchy ties between Flynn and Erdogan
Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.: BREAKING: Michael Flynn Charged With Lying To FBI
David Ferguson / Raw Story: Jack Posobiec — one of President Donald Trump's most feverishly …
Media Matters for America: Sean Hannity has been laying the groundwork for Trump loyalists to brush off Flynn plea deal
Monique Judge / The Root: Michael Flynn Releases Statement After Pleading Guilty to Lying to the FBI; James Comey Responds With Epic Subtweet
Bre Payton / The Federalist: If Mere 'Contact' With Foreigners Is A Crime, Obama Should've Been Locked Up In 2008
Nicole Gallucci / Mashable: James Comey throws shade at Flynn and Trump with first Instagram post
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty To Lying To The F.B.I.
Jason Easley / Politicus USA: Mike Flynn's Guilty Plea To Lying To The FBI Is Why Trump Has Lost His Mind
Prachi Gupta / The Slot: Michael Flynn Charged With Lying to the FBI [Updated]
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump White House caught off guard by Flynn plea — No one in the White House was prepared. — Friday began with the now-routine flurry of tweets from President Donald Trump — two about the acquittal of an undocumented immigrant accused of a 2015 killing in San Francisco, one about his tax legislation.
Discussion: ABC News, Political Wire, bizpacreview.com and The Daily Beast
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News: Protesters chant 'Lock him up' at Flynn as he leaves courthouse
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire: Flynn Plea Caught White House Off Guard
Kyle Becker / bizpacreview.com: Michael Flynn hit by Special Counsel Mueller with criminal charge, now he's made a plea deal
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
What the Flynn Plea Means — There's less to the news than meets the eye. — Former Trump-administration national-security adviser Michael Flynn is expected to plead guilty today to lying to the FBI regarding his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the United States.
Jen Kirby / Vox: How James Comey responded to Flynn's indictment
John Hinderaker / Power Line: Charge Against Flynn Is More Evidence that Mueller Has Nothing
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show: Everyone Calm Down About Flynn and Listen to Me
Chris Sims / Indianapolis Star: Mike Flynn reaction: Twitter unforgiving after FBI charges in Robert Mueller probe
Douglas Ernst / Washington Times: Rush Limbaugh: Media 'reporting their dreams' on Flynn's guilty plea
Sundance / The Last Refuge: Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying To FBI - Same Misleading Statements That Got Him Fired...
Bob Dreyfuss / The Nation: Flynn Pleads Guilty: Is He Singing on Trump-Russia?
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine: Michael Flynn to Plead Guilty to Making False Statements to the FBI
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: Making Sense of Initial Flynn News
It Was Kushner Who Told Flynn To Make Calls About Israel UN Vote, Source Says — The president's son-in-law prompted the Dec. 22 call to Russia's ambassador that is the focus of Flynn's guilty plea Friday. — Reporting From Washington, DC — WASHINGTON - Jared Kushner …
Discussion: New York Magazine, Washington Post, Common Dreams and CNBC
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine: Report: Kushner Told Flynn to Sabotage U.S. Policy With Russia's Help
Julia Conley / Common Dreams: Trump Son-in-Law Jared Kushner Named as 'Very Senior Member' Who Instructed Flynn on Russia
SHennessey / Lawfare:
The Flynn Plea: A Quick and Dirty Analysis — The news that former national security adviser Michael Flynn has reached a cooperation and plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller could not come as less of a surprise. Reports of Flynn's bizarre behavior across a wide spectrum …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, New York Times, RedState, Mother Jones, Politico, Vox, ABC News and Weekly Standard
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo: Why Did Mike Flynn Bother To Lie To The FBI?
David Ignatius / Washington Post: Why did Obama dawdle on Russia's hacking?
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times: Documents Reveal New Details on What Trump Team Knew About Flynn's Calls With Russia's Ambassador
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones: Why the Flynn Guilty Plea Is Bad News for Pence—and Other Senior Trump Officials
Theodoric Meyer / Politico: Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI
Andrew Prokop / Vox: Michael Flynn has signed a plea deal with Robert Mueller. Trump should be very worried.
Jenna Lifhits / Weekly Standard: Flynn Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Former Prosecutors Break Down What Mike Flynn's Plea Deal Really Means — The explosive news that ousted national security advisor Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials was delivered in a brief, tidy package: a one-and-a-half-page document laying out the single count against him.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Guardian
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post: Michael Flynn's guilty plea: A comprehensive timeline
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
'Over By Thanksgiving': White House Lawyer Ty Cobb Was Disastrously Wrong — Ty Cobb, the Beltway lawyer brought to the White House to handle the Russia investigation, predicted in August that Special Counsel Robert Mueller would be done with his work by Thanksgiving: "I'd be embarrassed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
How the Flynn Charges Box In Trump — Keeping the focus on advisers' Russia contacts helps Mueller keep his job. — The news that Michael Flynn pleaded guilty Friday to Russia-related offenses is striking, for several reasons. The lies he told the FBI were about asking the Russian ambassador …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, National Review, BloombergQuint, Mashable, ThinkProgress, Politico and Vox
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller: Flynn Lied To Justice Department About His Work For Turkish Government, Mueller Alleges
David French / National Review: There Is No Evidence of 'Collusion' in Michael Flynn's Offense Statement
Marcus Gilmer / Mashable: Michael Flynn's guilty plea makes these old Trump tweets seem incriminating
Casey Michel / ThinkProgress: This is why Flynn's guilty plea should terrify Trump
Ben White / Politico: Stock market tumbles after Flynn charges
Associated Press:
The Latest: WH cancels Trump media event after Flynn plea
The Latest: WH cancels Trump media event after Flynn plea
Discussion: CNBC, AOL, Business Insider, Raw Story and Axios
Natasha Bertrand / AOL: Federal prosecutors: Senior Trump transition official directed Flynn to speak to Russian ambassador
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider: Michael Flynn pleads guilty to making false statements to FBI about conversations with Russian ambassador
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story: Fox News reporter mocks Trump for abruptly canceling White House photo op after Flynn guilty plea
Erica Pandey / Axios: How the Russia probe closed in on Michael Flynn
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Suspected for Weeks That Mike Flynn Would Flip
Donald Trump Suspected for Weeks That Mike Flynn Would Flip
Discussion: Raw Story, Politicus USA, Shareblue Media and ABC News
David Ferguson / Raw Story: Former intel director Clapper on Flynn: 'This is not a coffee boy, this is not a hoax, this is real'
Sources: Kushner was the 'very senior' transition member mentioned in court filing
Sources: Kushner was the 'very senior' transition member mentioned in court filing
Discussion: ThinkProgress and emptywheel
The Daily Beast:
'Very Senior' Trump Official Authorized Flynn's Russia Outreach
'Very Senior' Trump Official Authorized Flynn's Russia Outreach
Discussion: The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Washington Post, Raw Story, NBC News, IJR, Roll Call and Daily Kos
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic: Flynn's Plea Raises New Questions About Whether Trump Obstructed Justice
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: Key Issue in Flynn Plea Deal
Gary Legum / IJR: What We Know About Michael Flynn's Plea and What We Don't
John T. Bennett / Roll Call: Flynn Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn charged with making false statement to the FBI
Michael Flynn charged with making false statement to the FBI
Discussion: The Atlantic, New Republic, ABC News, CNBC, The Hill, Media Matters for America, ThinkProgress and The Week
Lena Felton / The Atlantic: The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Flynndictment
Christina Wilkie / CNBC: White House: Nothing about Flynn's plea 'implicates anyone' else
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill: Flynn coordinated Russia call with senior transition official, prosecutors say
Media Matters for America: Pro-Trump media downplay Michael Flynn's plea agreement for lying to FBI about conversations with Russian ambassador
Joshua Eaton / ThinkProgress: 'Guilty, your honor': Flynn's day in court implicates 'senior official' on Trump transition team
Jeva Lange / The Week: Read the charge against Michael Flynn
NBC News:
Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI in Mueller probe
Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI in Mueller probe
Discussion: CNBC, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Mashable and Axios
CNBC: Michael Flynn, Trump's ex-national security adviser, is expected to plead guilty Friday to lying to the FBI
Talking Points Memo: Flynn Charged With Making False Statements In Apparent Plea Deal In Russia Probe
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider: Federal prosecutors: Senior Trump transition official directed Flynn to speak to Russian ambassador
Rachel Kraus / Mashable: 2016 Michael Flynn video highlights the soul-crushing hypocrisy of his F.B.I. guilty plea
Shane Savitsky / Axios: Everything we know about Michael Flynn's plea deal
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Flynn to testify Trump 'directed him to make contact with the Russians': report
Flynn to testify Trump 'directed him to make contact with the Russians': report
Discussion: Politico, ABC News, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Business Insider, bizpacreview.com, Shareblue Media, ThinkProgress, Politicus USA and Axios
ABC News: WATCH: Flynn promised 'full cooperation' to Mueller team, prepared to testify against Trump
Philip Bump / Washington Post: Trump put his presidency at risk to defend Michael Flynn. What happened?
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: Trump May Have Tipped Us Off
Ryan Cooper / The Week: Michael Flynn pleaded guilty. Now what?
Akin Oyedele / Business Insider: Stocks tumble, gold spikes on report that Flynn is prepared to testify against Trump
Kyle Becker / bizpacreview.com: BREAKING: Now we know what Flynn will testify in court - and it doesn't look good for President Trump
Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media: Flynn ready to rat out Trump, his kids, and top officials for colluding with Russia
Melanie Schmitz / ThinkProgress: Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI
Sarah Jones / Politicus USA: Mike Flynn to Testify that Donald Trump Directed His Contact with the Russians
Alayna Treene / Axios: ABC News: Flynn prepared to testify against Trump
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Wall Street rocked by Michael Flynn, tax debate
Wall Street rocked by Michael Flynn, tax debate
Discussion: CNN and myfox8.com
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Flynn charged with one count of making false statement
Flynn charged with one count of making false statement
Jordan Fabian / The Hill: White House distances itself from Flynn
Silveysilvey / FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV: Former FBI director James Comey tweets Bible verse after Michael Flynn's guilty plea
Erika Martin / KTLA: Jared Kushner Was Trump Transition Official Who Directed Michael Flynn to Contact Russians: Sources
Alex Shephard / New Republic: With Michael Flynn's guilty plea, the walls are closing in on Donald Trump.
Jake Johnson / Common Dreams: Former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Charged With Lying to FBI
Samtata / New York's PIX11: Fired FBI director James Comey goes biblical after Michael Flynn pleads guilty
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Mueller finds another process crime: Michael Flynn pleads to making false statement (Updated w Plea Docs)
Jeff Poor / Breitbart: Limbaugh: Timing of Flynn Charges 'May Not Be Coincidental' — 'Look at All the News It Has Swept Off the Front Pages'
Stocks fall sharply on report that Michael Flynn was directed by Trump to talk to Russians
Stocks fall sharply on report that Michael Flynn was directed by Trump to talk to Russians
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David French / National Review:
The Michael Flynn Charge: Monstrous Injustice or Prelude to Bigger Things?
The Michael Flynn Charge: Monstrous Injustice or Prelude to Bigger Things?
Discussion: New York Times, Washington Monthly, Vox, Shareblue Media and Patterico's Pontifications
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times: Did James Comey Subtweet Michael Flynn? Perhaps.
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly: Donald Trump Is Having His John Dean Moment
Andrew Prokop / Vox: What the evidence shows about potential Trump-Russia collusion
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media: "This is as real as it gets." Flynn's expected plea signals danger for Trump and Pence
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Lawmaker behind secret $84K sexual harassment settlement unmasked — Rep. Blake Farenthold used taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by his former spokesman — the only known sitting member of Congress to have used a little-known congressional account to pay an accuser …
Discussion: ABC News, ThinkProgress, RedState, NBC News, New Republic, Talking Points Memo, IJR, Washington Post, New York Times, The Texas Tribune, Allied Progress, The Daily Beast, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Kos, NY State of Politics, The Slot, Washington Times, TheBlaze, New York Magazine, The Guardian, AOL, The Daily Caller, PinkNews, The Week, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Mediaite, Axios, Roll Call, The Root, Washington Free Beacon and twitchy.com
Ben Siegel / ABC News: Since 2012, Congress has paid out $84,000 to settle one sexual harassment claim
Addy Baird / ThinkProgress: The first to use a secret congressional fund to pay a sexual harassment settlement has been named
Brandon Morse / RedState: GOP Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold Used Taxpayer Money for $84k Sexual Harassment Settlement
Suzanne Monyak / New Republic: The "duckie pajamas" congressman used taxpayer dollars to secretly settle a sexual harassment suit.
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo: Reports: Farenthold Is Lawmaker Behind $84K Sex Harassment Settlement
Gary Legum / IJR: Texas Congressman Used Taxpayer Money to Pay Off Woman Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post: Treasury fund paid for Rep. Farenthold's $84,000 sexual harassment settlement
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune: Report: U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold settled sexual harassment claim with taxpayer funds
Mary Chastain / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Rep. Farenthold Paid $84K Towards Sexual Harassment Settlement
Ellie Shechet / The Slot: Report: Rep. Blake Farenthold Used Taxpayer Dollars to Settle Harassment Claims
Sally Persons / Washington Times: Blake Farenthold used taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment claim: Report
Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine: Congressman Known for Ducky PJs Settled Harassment Suit With Taxpayer Funds
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Guardian: House panel demands records of all settlements for sexual harassment in Congress
Thomas Phippen / The Daily Caller: Congressman Paid $84,000 To Settle Lawsuit Over 'Wet Dreams' Comments
Nick Duffy / PinkNews: Married Republican paid $84k sexual harassment settlement, while claiming marriage 'too sacred' for gays
Jeva Lange / The Week: GOP congressman used $84,000 in taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment lawsuit
Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.: REVEALED: Rep. Blake Fahrenthold Secretly Settled Sexual Harassment Suit With $84K In US House Money
David Ferguson / Raw Story: Texas Republican Blake Farenthold used $84K in taxpayer money to pay off sex harassment accuser
Justin Baragona / Mediaite: GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold Used Taxpayer Money to Settle $84,000 Sexual Harassment Claim
Haley Britzky / Axios: Taxpayer funds paid House Republican's sexual harassment settlement
Lindsey McPherson / Roll Call: Office of Compliance Releases Settlement Money Details
Stephen A. Crockett Jr / The Root: Texas Republican Used $84,000 of Taxpayer Funds to Settle Sexual Harassment Claim: Report
Conor Beck / Washington Free Beacon: Farenthold Used Taxpayer Funds to Settle Sexual Harassment Claim
She Says She Quit Her Campaign Job After He Harassed Her. Now He's In Congress. — Last year, a 25-year-old woman left her job on Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen's campaign because of what she says were repeated unwanted propositions for dates and sex. Responding to these allegations …
Elena Schneider / Politico: Freshman Democrat urged to resign after sexual harassment allegations
Haley Britzky / Axios: Woman alleges sexual misconduct by Nevada congressman
Daily Kos: DCCC chair calls for Rep. Ruben Kihuen to resign after former aide accuses him of sexual harassment
Paul Crookston / Washington Free Beacon: Dem Rep Accused of Sexual Harassment, DCCC Calls for His Resignation
Sarah Rumpf / RedState:
Have We Been Lied to About the Kate Steinle Case? — The illegal immigrant who killed Kate Steinle in 2015 was found not guilty of her murder by a San Francisco jury today. Outrageous, right? — Before the killing, Garcia Zarate had been released from a San Francisco jail despite a standing federal deportation order.
Jim Swift / Weekly Standard: Afternoon Links: The Kate Steinle Verdict, Disney Goes to War, and Why the Kids Hate Jersey
Angela Ruggiero / Mercury News: Kate Steinle shooting: Jury delivers not guilty verdict
Frieda Powers / bizpacreview.com: Mark Steyn destroys San Fran's sham Steinle ruling: 'Miscarriage of justice in the profoundest sense'
Jeet Heer / New Republic: Trump and the right-wing media continue to lie about the Kate Steinle case.
Anna Palmer / Politico: TAX DEBATE scheduled to resume at 11 a.m. …
CBS News: Kate Steinle trial: Jose Ines Garcia Zarate found not guilty of murder in fatal pier shooting
Eleanor Sheehan / Splinter: Jury Acquits Undocumented Immigrant in Death of Kate Steinle
Sally Persons / Washington Times: Trump slams Democrats over Kate Steinle case, urging need for border wall
Fausta Rodriguez Wertz / Da Tech Guy Blog: The Steinle verdict — Yesterday Jose Ines Garcia Zarate …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
DOJ issues arrest warrant for undocumented immigrant acquitted in Kate Steinle killing
DOJ issues arrest warrant for undocumented immigrant acquitted in Kate Steinle killing
Discussion: CBS San Francisco, IJR and Washington Free Beacon
CBS San Francisco: Jury Finds Garcia Zarate Not Guilty In Steinle Murder Trial; Trump Calls Verdict 'Disgraceful'
Elizabeth Zwirz / Fox News:
DOJ files arrest warrant for illegal immigrant acquitted in Kate Steinle case
DOJ files arrest warrant for illegal immigrant acquitted in Kate Steinle case
Discussion: RedState, Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CBS New York, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News Insider, NBC News and The Hill
Washington Post: Trump fumes after San Francisco jury acquits illegal immigrant charged in Kate Steinle killing
Mary Chastain / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Charges in this warrant "include violations related to the charges …
Cristina Laila / The Gateway Pundit: DOJ Issues Arrest Warrant For Illegal Alien Who Killed Katie Steinle
Emily Smith / Page Six:
The 'Today' show was a 'total boys' club' during Lauer's tenure — Top NBC News execs received complaints about Matt Lauer's alleged sexual misconduct long before he was fired for harassment — but chose to protect him, current and former staffers told The Post on Thursday.
Discussion: Vox, CNN, NBC News, IJR, TMZ.com, Washington Post, bizpacreview.com, The Daily Caller, TVNewser and USA Today, more at Mediagazer »
Matthew Yglesias / Vox: The 4 most important stories of the week, explained
Roxanne Jones / CNN: Women enable men like Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose
Will Ricciardella / IJR: Source Calls 'Pretend Shock' of People on 'Today' Show After Lauer's Firing Insulting 'Theatrics'
Biz Pac / bizpacreview.com: Savannah Guthrie plays gotcha with Conyers sexual abuse accuser, even after her past with Matt Lauer
Chris Ariens / TVNewser: NBC Launches Review of Matt Lauer's Employment
Erin Jensen / USA Today: Matt Lauer scandal: There may be as many as 8 victims, Lauer breaks his silence
John Bowden / The Hill:
Clinton on Matt Lauer: 'Every day I believe more in karma'
Clinton on Matt Lauer: 'Every day I believe more in karma'
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller
Claire Spellberg / Decider:
Meredith Vieira Found A "Huge Bag Of Sex Toys" In Matt Lauer's Office
Meredith Vieira Found A "Huge Bag Of Sex Toys" In Matt Lauer's Office
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Corker to vote no on GOP tax bill — (R-Tenn.) said on Friday that he will oppose the GOP tax plan, making him the only GOP senator currently expected to vote no. — Corker has long said he could vote against the bill if it hiked the deficit, and he reconfirmed to those concerns in his statement.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Top GOP senators say they have the votes to pass tax bill
Top GOP senators say they have the votes to pass tax bill
Discussion: Axios, National Review and The Daily Caller
Caitlin Owens / Axios: Corker will vote against GOP tax bill
Jibran Khan / National Review: Susan Collins Declares Support for Tax Bill but Bob Corker Remains Opposed, Citing Deficit
Robert Donachie / The Daily Caller: McConnell: 'We Have The Votes' To Pass Tax Reform
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Leaders Claim They've Sewn Up 50 Votes For Tax Bill
GOP Leaders Claim They've Sewn Up 50 Votes For Tax Bill
Discussion: Bloomberg, Slate, ThinkProgress and Axios
Jim Newell / Slate: Drama on the Senate Floor as Tax Bill Hits a Snag
Amanda Michelle Gomez / ThinkProgress: Flake's flawed logic for supporting GOP tax bill
Caitlin Owens / Axios: Senate tax bill appears set to pass
New York Times:
Republicans Have Enough Votes to Pass Tax Bill
Republicans Have Enough Votes to Pass Tax Bill
Discussion: RedState, Politico, Grist, Media Matters for America, New York Magazine, CBS New York and Daily Kos
Smoosieq / RedState: Do You Know the Positive Aspects of the GOP Tax Plan? I Didn't. But This Really Helped
Sarah Ferris / Politico: Tax bill could trigger historic spending cuts
Kate Yoder / Grist: 4 ways the Republican tax plan could harm the planet.
Media Matters for America: Fox & Friends revives debunked myths on the deficit, health care, and middle-class tax increases …
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Gowdy, Benghazi panel settled wrongful firing suit with $150,000 in public funds — Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. (Alex Brandon/AP) — As chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) used $150,000 in taxpayer dollars to settle with a former aide who alleged …
Brian Calle / LA Weekly:
And the New Owners Are ... There is a lot of talk about who owns L.A. Weekly. We've seen all the speculation. Is it a Russian oligarch? Is it some Trumpista? Is it Lord Voldemort? — Rumors are rampant and the assumption is that someone bought the Weekly for some nefarious reason.
Discussion: KTLA, more at Mediagazer »
Melissapamerktla / KTLA: After Firing Editorial Staffers, Secret New Owners of LA Weekly Reveal Themselves as Men With O.C. Ties
New York Times:
Former N.S.A. Employee Pleads Guilty to Taking Classified Information — BALTIMORE — A former National Security Agency employee admitted on Friday that he had illegally taken from the agency classified documents believed to have subsequently been stolen from his home computer by hackers working for Russian intelligence.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
GOP eyes post-tax-cut changes to welfare, Medicare and Social Security — High-ranking Republicans are hinting that, after their tax overhaul, the party intends to look at cutting spending on welfare, entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, and other parts of the social safety net.
Discussion: Common Dreams


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JASPER, Tenn. -- When Marion County made the switch from Grandview Medical Center to Puckett EMS for ambulance services in March, the County Commission was required to buy Grandview's five remaining vehicles.
At its recent meeting, the board voted 10-3 to donate one of the ambulances to the county's Disaster Animal Response Team and voted 12-1 to accept the highest bids for the remaining trucks.
Giving DART one of the ambulances amounted to a $4,500 donation to that organization, officials said.
After the news was published about the county's interest in selling the ambulances, County Mayor John Graham said his office fielded a flurry of inquiries.
At least 27 individuals or companies officially contacted Graham about buying the ambulances and "probably that many more" called about them in recent weeks, he said.
"I got calls from all over the country, but we only got a total of four bids out of the 40 or so people that contacted us about it," he said.
Commissioner Donald Blansett, who is chairman of the board's Ambulance Committee, said the county received bids on all of the ambulances totaling $32,000.
The county paid Grandview $53,875 for all the vehicles, he said, but the original contract called for the vehicles to cost the county between $82,000 and $132,000.
According to the contract, each side would get an appraisal for the vehicles' worth and if those didn't match up, officials said, the county would pay the average of the two appraisals.
"Our appraisals were about $30,000 less than the average, but Grandview just agreed to use the lowest appraisal," Graham said in July. "We were very fortunate that we did not have to pay the average."
Blansett said accepting all the bids would put the county "somewhere in the neighborhood of $21,875 in the hole" for recovering the amount of money it had to pay to Grandview.
Graham said the highest bid received was $17,000 for one of the Ford models.
"I can assure you that we'd probably never get a bid like that for this ambulance again," he said.
The county received a bid of $6,000 for its other Ford ambulance, officials said, and the remaining two Freightliner models accounted for a total of only $9,000 in bids.
Commission Chairman Les Price said the bids were "about half of what we suspect [the vehicles] are worth, or at least, what we paid for them."
"I think what we've got [in these bids] is a good overview for what we'd be able to obtain for these ambulances," Graham said.
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As to other films to include in observance of Banned Books Week, how about
the pseudo documentary that the Sinclair Broadcasting Group intended to run
about John Kerry and the swift boat veterans' charges before the election.
Sinclair backed down and ran a "news special" instead, at least in my
viewing area. Left wing censors, right wing censors, if a film is
challenged and then not shown it's still the same issue. Sorry, I don't
remember the title, but surely somebody on the list does...
Mike Tribby
Senior Cataloger
Quality Books Inc.
The Best of America's Independent Presses
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From: Cecilia Hurt [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:51 PM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: [Videolib] Film Censorship
Hello, everyone!
Please see below a current film censorship story. At this time, I do not
know of any actions being taken to reinstate the film in the collection.
On a related note, for this year's Banned Books Week, the Video Round Table
will be creating an attractive banned/challenged/censored film handout. It
will be made available on the VRT web site. We are in the information
gathering stage of development. Does anyone have suggestions for titles that
should included?
Thank you,
Official cancels viewing of film
By Jean Weaver
Special to the Star-Telegram
ARLINGTON - Interim City Manager Fred Greene canceled the showing of a movie
with sexual overtones Thursday that the Arlington Public Library had planned
to show at its independent film festival this month.
Falling Angels, based on a novel by a Canadian writer, contains female
nudity, sex scenes, adultery, adult language and situations, incest
overtones and unwanted pregnancy set in the 1960s.
The library had been planning to launch an independent film festival at the
George W. Hawkes Central Library, 101 E. Abram St., with three movies
scheduled from Jan. 29 through March. The other two films, Buddy and
Witnesses, are being reviewed.
"The film has been pulled," Arlington Mayor Pro Tem Ron Wright said. "The
librarians were given strict content guidelines by Greene, which are based
upon the information that if a film cannot be shown to someone under 17,
then it would not be appropriate for the city libraries of Arlington."
The Canadian film was released in U.S. theaters Oct. 31. It was not rated by
the Motion Picture Association of America. However, a recommendation on the
back cover of the video says it should not to be shown to people under 17.
Adults-only films have never been shown at the Arlington libraries, said
Starr Krottinger, public services administrator for the Arlington Public
Library System. Reference librarian Linda Seitz said that she has previewed
half of Falling Angels and is aware of the content.
The films were aimed at college-age people, she said.
Library patron Carlos Medina, 23, of Arlington said the library wasn't the
place for the film. "There are plenty of other places to see that kind of
stuff," Medina said. "They don't have to show it at the library."
The film is no longer available for checkout.
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse's CSGN.VX investment bank drove a one-third jump in second-quarter group earnings, while higher interest rates should help future profits at its private bank, the lender said.
The Zurich-based bank's normally stable wealth management arm has been rattled by a global crackdown on Swiss bank secrecy with European clients withdrawing money to avoid being snared by tax-evasion probes.
For the second straight quarter, Credit Suisse's more risky investment bank lifted group net profit, which rose to 1.05 billion Swiss francs, a touch above the 1.02 billion francs forecast by analysts in a Reuters poll.
Like Wall Street rivals including Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and JP Morgan (JPM.N), Credit Suisse benefited from strong trading in stocks and bonds, more than doubling pretax investment bank profit from a year ago. Compared with the previous quarter, typically the strongest period for capital markets, pretax profit was down 42 percent.
Credit Suisse shares, which have climbed 13 percent in the last three weeks on expectations of a strong investment banking performance, dropped over 2 percent to around 27.8 francs in early trade, underperforming the European banking index .SX7P.
A spike in bond yields in June, sparked by fears the U.S. Federal Reserve would cut back its quantitative easing efforts, put clients off issuing debt and equity. But Credit Suisse said it has seen recent signs of its major markets stabilizing, and an expected rise in interest rates should help profit margins.
"In the longer term, the transition to higher rates will benefit our business," Chief Executive Brady Dougan said in a statement.
Domestic rival UBS UBSN.VX on Monday disclosed a profit for the quarter that will beat estimates, even after charges to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. housing regulator over the mis-selling of mortgage-backed bonds.
Both banks have cut risk and raised capital to meet stricter rules spawned by the global financial crisis, but Credit Suisse is sticking with its investment bank while UBS is abandoning the fixed-income activities that soak up costly capital, cutting 10,000 jobs in the process.
UBS will report a full set of second-quarter results on Tuesday, along with other major European banks, Barclays (BARC.L), Deutsche (DBKGn.DE) and Santander (SAN.MC).
Credit Suisse's core capital ratio, a measure of financial strength, rose to 10.4 percent in the quarter, past a 10 percent target, which analysts said signaled higher payouts to shareholders.
"This is impressive in our view and raises the prospect of an increased dividend per share from the 0.75 francs that was awarded in 2012," Banco Espirito analyst Andrew Lim said.
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Pretax profit at Credit Suisse's private banking and wealth management division rose 4 percent on the quarter and fell 6 percent year on the year, after the Zurich-based lender took a 100 million franc charge to cover a deal between the British and Swiss governments aimed at sweeping Swiss banks clean of undeclared money held in accounts of UK clients.
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Credit Suisse is among a dozen Swiss banks under investigation by U.S. prosecutors for helping wealthy Americans evade tax and is negotiating with officials to settle the allegations, with the Swiss government's help.
The bank, which made a 295 million franc provision towards a settlement in 2011, said it was preparing information on client withdrawals demanded by U.S. investigators to help pinpoint tax evasion.
While rival private bank Julius Baer BAER.VX said on Monday it hoped to make progress towards a settlement with the United States in the second half, Credit Suisse was more cautious.
"We would welcome and actively seek to achieve it, but we cannot necessarily make a forecast that it can be achieved in the second half of this year," finance chief David Mathers said.
($1 = 0.9352 Swiss francs)
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Multi-Site Ministry
Ankeny First United Methodist Church, located in the growing Des Moines suburb of Ankeny, Iowa, is a multi-site congregation of around 2800 members. Our three buildings are:
- The Uptown site - we use this name due to our central location in the historic Uptown area of Ankeny.
- Faith Chapel - our smaller ministry setting in Southwest Ankeny which evolved from the former Faith UMC.
- The Christian Life Center - our newest worship site, is a multipurpose recreational complex in the northeast quadrant of Ankeny.
Each one of these locations offers vital ministries and provides a springboard for helping God grow deeply committed Christians who can help transform the world for Jesus Christ.
Solidly grounded in a Wesleyan approach to Christian belief and practice, the three ministry sites of Ankeny First United Methodist Church help persons grow in faith and then live out that faith in their everyday lives.
The Uptown location houses our central church office, large traditional sanctuary with digital pipe organ, chapel for prayer and meditation, welcoming Fellowship Hall for many special events, Bright Beginnings Preschool, a Family Center for moderate sized activities, JC's Cafe for smaller events and special activities, and many meeting rooms for classes and small groups. Four weekly worship services including "traditional," "relaxed contemporary," and "new traditions" take place at this site.
At Faith Chapel, our worship and fellowship events create the more intimate atmosphere of "a family church." Two smaller worship services, one traditional and the other "relaxed contemporary" take place here. Faith's three acres of fields also provide space for a variety of ministry opportunities and is the location of our Agape Garden food ministry, as well as our prayer labrynth.
The focus at the Christian Life Center is recreational ministry, with full size gym offering a variety of non-competitive leagues for children, family-friendly events, and large space for youth ministry. Two contemporary worship experiences are offered at the Christian Life Center each Sunday morning.
Sunday School and nursery care is offered at all three sites each Sunday.
While we have three locations, we are one congregation. Members and guests alike move freely between the ministry offerings of each site, and work together on major mission outreach efforts of the church, such as our annual mission trip to the African nation of Malawi, and our varied on-going hands-on ministry opportunities in greater Des Moines community.
Our church is staffed by four full-time pastors and a number of lay directors of ministry areas, but the real work of ministry is done by the congregation serving in ministry teams according to their individual callings to serve Christ. Our organizational structure of clusters of ministry teams and special groups makes it easy for each person to find the great joy that comes from using our talents to serve God.
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Ridgeway Brewing Warm Welcome Nut Browned Ale
Ridgeway Brewing is located in the United Kingdom and every winter they put out a large line up of holiday themed brews. This is one of those brews that my brother was kind enough to give me for Christmas this year!! Here are my thoughts on this one...gotta love the label too:
Pours into my glass a dark copper color with a fizzy white head that lingers for a bit and then fades. Good clarity as well. Aromas start out with a nice light roast and some toasted malt accents. Nutty notes throughout along with a mellow fruit tone. Slight sweetness.
First sip brings smooth crisp malts upfront, lightly toasted and semi-sweet as well. Nutty flavors roll across the palate with a fruity undertone as well. Lingering nutty roast on the back end. A well balanced, easy drinking ale.
Mouthfeel is light, crisp and smooth. Good carbonation and easy drinking. Makes for a good session beer. Overall, a tasty English brown ale with well balanced flavor profile. Would have this one again sometime.
Overall I gave this brew a rating of Enjoyable! Worth checking out.
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quotes in the liberal media.
March 19, 2001
(Vol. Fourteen; No. 6)
CBS Found 67% Want Bush's Tax Cut, But on the Evening
Dan Rather: "President Bush insists what the economy really needs is his major tax cut. Democrats and some independent economists believe the Bush push is risky business...."
CBS News reporter John Roberts: "...The debate now is over which way to go: Mr. Bush's plan or the Democrats' proposal for smaller targeted tax cuts. At the Stage Right Cafe in Omaha, where the sarcasm runs as strong as the coffee, they've heard all the talk about tax cuts."
Woman: "Some people think it's too small. Some people think it's too big. And some people think it's just right. Isn't that what it was?"
Roberts: "What do you think?"
Woman: "I think it could probably be reduced."
Roberts: "Jan Dill believes if Mr. Bush can hold the line on spending, his tax cut could work, but Sue Kilgarin fears the President is rolling the dice on eight years of success just for political gain."
Kilgarin: "I think a big tax cut is just a real feather in someone's cap."
- February 28 CBS Evening News story the day CBS News released a poll which found 67 percent support for Bush's tax cut, a result the
Evening News failed to report.
"New polls...show voters leaning slightly in favor of the Democratic plan."
- Roberts on the CBS Evening News the next night.
Democrats Are Never Partisans
"So much for bi-partisanship, Charlie [Gibson]. The Republicans rammed through this tax cut, and all but ten Democrats voted against it, and the Democrats are accusing President Bush of reneging on his promise to change the tone in Washington."
- ABC's Linda Douglass on World News Tonight, March 8, 2001.
"The vote on the budget plan was the closest and most partisan in 50 years. Not a single Republican supported it, and there was not a vote to spare in either house....Republicans did not offer an olive branch, and party leaders scoffed at suggestions that the President had won a big victory."
- Douglass, then with CBS, after Bill Clinton's 1993 budget, which raised tax rates, passed Congress with only Democratic votes, August 7, 1993
CBS Evening News.
Bush Sabotaged Bi-Partisanship
"President Bush came to Washington promising to change the tone of the political debate, to make it more civil and, above all, make the results more bi-partisan. But the way Republicans handled the opening round of the tax cut legislation left some wondering whether the President really meant it."
- Sam Donaldson on ABC's This Week, March 11.
Mrs. Roberts vs. Mr. Roberts
"It's a popular tax bill, you look at every poll that's out there."
- ABC's Cokie Roberts on Bush's tax cut plan, March 11 This Week.
"Polls still show Americans are not wild about this tax bill."
- Cokie's husband Steve Roberts of U.S. News on CNN's Late
Edition, same day.
Reagan's 8 Years: "Tough Times"
NPR reporter Nina Totenberg: "Well, if Reagan's was small, and you're equating it with this one, you know Katy bar the door because we got into a terrible fix over that."
Charles Krauthammer: "Twenty years of expansion!"
Totenberg: "We didn't have that initially. We didn't. We had ten years, we had eight years of tough times."
- Exchange on the March 3 Inside Washington after Krauthammer pointed out how Bush's one percent of GNP tax cut isn't so big compared to Kennedy's at two percent of GNP and Reagan's at three percent of GNP.
"George W. has reverted to the Republican fiscal policies of Ronald Reagan - the ones his father characterized as 'voodoo economics,' meaning tax cuts that did not pay for themselves, as advertised, but produced huge deficits and quadrupled America's national debt over a period of just 12 years. President Bush should have used a different presidential model: Dwight Eisenhower, whose fiscal discipline kept the economy growing and inflation under control."
- U.S. News & World Report Editor-in-Chief Mortimer Zuckerman concluding a March 12 back page essay.
Tolerance at CNN: 'Jesus Freaks'
"What are you, a bunch of Jesus freaks? You ought to be working for Fox."
- CNN founder Ted Turner, on Ash Wednesday to CNN employees at Bernard Shaw's retirement party who displayed ash marks on their foreheads, as reported March 6 on FNC's
Special Report with Brit Hume.
Poof! There Goes Daschle's Vote
ABC reporter Terry Moran: "Mr. Bush has embarked on a two-day, five-state swing to sell his $1.6 trillion tax cut, as well as his blueprint for the federal budget unveiled yesterday. But the budget blueprint the White House has released may already have cost the President votes in Congress. Democrats lost no time in attacking the President's proposals as stingy to the point of meanness."
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle: "The administration also proposes to cut $17 billion from programs that provide health coverage to the poor."
- March 1 Good Morning America.
Geraldo Feeling Lonely
"But Lanny [Davis], things have gotten pretty grim for the President's legacy in the last week or so. You even have The New York Observer, the weekly newspaper here in town, staunch Clinton supporter, calling for Senator Hillary Clinton to resign from the United States Senate, adopting former Carter administration official Ham Jordan's label of 'grifters' for both the Clintons. If, if the Observer is lost what's left? Besides me and you?"
- Geraldo Rivera on CNBC's Rivera Live, February 28.
Too Many Guns...
George Stephanopoulos: "But I do think the Democrats are over-reading the politics on this. Now there's no question the single best predictor of how someone was going to vote in the last election was did you have a gun in the house - by 40 points they went for Bush. But if you look at the three states- "
Cokie Roberts: "Most Americans have a gun in the house."
Stephanopoulos: "Unfortunately, yeah."
- Exchange on ABC's This Week, March 11.
...But Too Little Government
"How much do you fault the surplus of guns for the frightening increase in violence we're seeing?"
"Well, I don't think it's pointing fingers, Mr. Secretary. But what do you say to those who want to see federal action to do something to keep guns out of the hands of young people?"
"It's a community problem, but doesn't the federal government have to take a lead in this?"
"As a final note, is there any specific one new thing that you can tell parents the Bush administration is going to do in response to this week's incidents?"
- Questions from CBS's Bryant Gumbel to Secretary of Education Rod Paige, March 8
The Early Show.
Liberals Are Too Timid
"The most obnoxious hunk of rhetoric or pseudo-concept in this year's tax debate is the phrase 'class warfare.'...It is completely disingenuous and virtual red-baiting to spout off that criticizing tax changes for being too generous to the rich is class warfare; as if such talk is un-American. It would be silly, except for the fact that it does seem to actually silence some Democrats from talking about equity and fairness."
- Commentary by CBSNews.com Editorial Director Dick Meyer, a former CBS Evening News producer, March 9.
Say You're Sorry, Arlen
"You know you, you angered a lot of feminists when you accused Anita Hill. In fact, you detailed how she changed her testimony during questioning, during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. And you accused of her publicly, quote, 'Flat out perjury.' Any regrets?"
- Katie Couric to Sen. Arlen Specter, March 6 Today.
Conventional Liberalism
"Pass massive tax cut before they have a budget. Don't try this at home."
- Newsweek's Conventional Wisdom, assigning a down arrow to the House of Representatives, March 19.
"No one points a finger at them after Santee. Maybe they do have an office in the W. House."
- Next Conventional Wisdom item, assigning an up arrow to the National Rifle Association.
Empty-Headed Early Show
"Bryant Gumbel and Jane Clayson have yet to make it, but laying out $30 million to build them a studio is like laying out $30 million for a picture frame before you've even found the picture to put it in."
- 60 Minutes Executive Producer Don Hewitt in a new book, quoted by Peter Johnson in the March 12
USA Today.
Has Hell Frozen Over?
"I think in the case of those of us who work in the so-called establishment, be it by and large middle-of-the-road media, not being dragged around by the, by the political persuasions of the time, making room for people to be on. I'm always struck by the fact that there are not enough conservative voices in mainstream broadcasting. And so I think that's unfortunate and it always reminds me of one of the best things we can do, and one of the things you do well on this program, present company excepted, is to make room for people to have their say."
- ABC's Peter Jennings on CNBC's Tim Russert, describing "the biggest challenge to our profession," March 3.
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After logic board replacement, no brightness control, stuck at max
I replaced the 2.4 GHz logic board in a late 2008 MBP due to a liquid spill. I replaced it with the 2.53 GHz logic board, due to the part being available and for a low price.
I replaced the board and it powered up just fine (after the spill it wouldn't power up at all.) While the thermal paste was breaking it I got a few sparklies on the screen and a few screen flashes / flickers. I continued to break in the thermal paste with a few more short term usages.
Now it seems to be running fine with one exception. I have no screen brightness control. The ambient light sensor works, in that it dims the keyboard backlight accordingly, but doesn't dim the screen. Further troubleshooting shows that the display won't dim by the F1 & F2 keys or the System Preferences>Display Settings either. The display sleep setting doesn't work either.
So it seems the computer has no control over the screen brightness. Is this a cable I missed (I followed the ifixit guide very closely) or is there some difference between the 2.4 GHz logic board and the 2.53 GHz logic board.
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