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Question: "Are the teachings of Witness Lee and the Local Church biblical?"
Please note - many have approached us and expressed disappointment that we tend to agree with CRI's assessment of the Local Church movement. There are many people, some of them formerly involved in the Local Church, who are absolutely convinced that the Local Church is a cult, or at least a non-biblical and non-evangelical movement. The more we research the Local Church, however, the more we run into widely divergent views of the movement. As a result, we have decided to leave our Local Church article as it currently is. However, due to the major concerns many people have about the Local Church, we strongly advise you to use the utmost caution and discernment before visiting or joining the Local Church movement. Here are some sites at which you could pursue further research into the Local Church / Witness Lee / Living Stream movement:
Witness Lee was the protégé of his predecessor, Watchman Nee, a well-known missionary in China. The Local Church movement was founded in China by Nee and brought to America in 1962 by Witness Lee. Thus began a long and strange saga of charges, counter-charges, lawsuits, strife, and misunderstandings between the Local Church movement and the evangelical community that has left much wreckage in its wake, and has yet to be fully resolved. Foremost in the controversy is whether the LC is a legitimate movement within Christianity or a cult. Statements made by Lee over the years have caused his organization to be described as a cult by such counter-cult organizations as the Christian Research Institute—under both founder Walter Martin and current president Hank Hanegraaff—and the Spiritual Counterfeits Project. However, a 50-page series of articles in a 2009 edition of the CRI Journal has come out strongly in favor of Lee's teachings and the Local Church movement.
The history of the conflict between Witness Lee and his Local Church movement—also known as the "Lord's Recovery Movement," along with their publishing arm, Living Stream Ministry (LSM)—and the counter-cult establishment is far too long for a detailed recounting here, but those who are interested in the full story can access it through the CRI website http://journal.equip.org/issues/we-were-wrong. Since the publication of CRI's retraction of their former stand, churches and ministries, including GotQuestions.org, have had to rethink and reinvestigate their stand on Witness Lee and the Local Church.
For the purposes of this article, the major causes of controversy between the Local Church and the Christian community in the West will be addressed. The concerns raised by counter-cult organizations about Lee's teachings center primarily on four areas: the nature of God, the nature of man, the legitimacy of evangelical churches and denominations, and the lawsuits brought against Evangelical churches, publishers and individuals by the Local Church. We will look at them one by one.
Regarding Lee's views on the theological doctrines of God and man, the controversy centers around statements which are "red flags" to evangelicals, particularly those in the West. This is an important factor in this discussion because it appears much of the controversy could have been avoided if only Lee and his followers had made an effort to understand the Western Christian culture into which they were moving. Part of the training of Western missionaries sent to foreign countries is sensitivity to other cultures. Unfortunately, in bringing their doctrines to the West, no effort was made to "Westernize" them, and this was the source of much of the confusion, misunderstandings, and recriminations that resulted. For one thing, Lee's method of teaching—to make radical statements and then balance them elsewhere in his teachings—proved to be antithetical to the Western idea of "say what you mean and mean what you say." Lee's doctrinal statements on the nature of God and the nature of man are perfect examples. In one of his messages, he states, "The traditional explanation of the Trinity is grossly inadequate and borders on tritheism" (Life Messages, p. 164). Naturally, this is enough to inflame Western evangelicals, who proudly affirm the doctrine of the Trinity as it has been passed down from the great theologians of our Western Christian heritage. To judge it to be "grossly inadequate" by Lee raised legitimate concerns about Lee himself. Closer scrutiny of Lee's teachings elsewhere, however, brings to light that they actually agree with evangelical orthodoxy.
The same can be said of his teachings on the nature of man. Some of his most inflammatory statements are in regard to what appears, on the surface, to assert the deity of man. In an LSM publication, A Deeper Study of the Divine Dispensing (p. 54), Lee states, "My burden is to show you clearly that God's economy and plan is to make Himself man and to make us, His created beings, God." On page 53 we read, "We are born of God; hence, in this sense, we are God." In the same publication, Lee refers to the Triune God as now the 'four-in-one' God, with man as the fourth person. Nothing raises a red flag to evangelicals more quickly than any notion that man is God, because we are rightly taught that it is the original lie from the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:5) and is the same lie propagated by cults and false religions such as Hinduism, New Age, and Mormonism throughout history. To the Western mind, at least, imparting the idea of any kind of godhood to those who struggle against the sin nature is disastrous. Western Christians, already steeped in the philosophy of freedom, autonomy, individuality, and the triumph of the human will—and the pride such thinking inevitably produces—need not be encouraged to see themselves as divine. But the CRI researchers found that a closer examination of context and terminology reveals that Lee's views on the "deification" of man (another unfortunate choice of words and a red flag term) do not really mean that at all. The sentence after the "in this sense, we are God" quote reads, "Nevertheless, we must know that we do not share God's Person and cannot be worshipped by others." Herein lies the problem. Putting the two statements together, Lee is essentially saying we are God, but we are not God. It is no wonder that confusion is rampant.
Regarding the third area of controversy, this is what Witness Lee has said in his own publications about Christians and Christianity: "We do not care for Christianity, we do not care for Christendom, we do not care for the Roman Catholic Church, and we do not care for all the denominations, because in the Bible it says that the great Babylon is fallen. This is a declaration. Christianity is fallen, Christendom is fallen, Catholicism is fallen, and all the denominations are fallen. Hallelujah!" Once again, Lee's unfortunate choice of words, possibly due to English not being his native language, has caused consternation among American evangelicals. To say that Christianity is fallen is seen as painting with a far-too-broad brush and accusing the entire of the body of Christ of being false and fallen creatures. But here again, we have to dig more deeply to find what Lee really meant by that statement. Context and terminology are once again at the center of a true understanding of Lee's doctrine. After careful and diligent examination, the CRI researchers came to the conclusion that Lee's pattern of the use of "certain hot button words associated in our minds with heresy or cultism" has led to misunderstanding of his meaning.
As one of the LSM leaders expressed it, "We are not out to proclaim that the denominations are Babylon." However, Lee's own statement, quoted above, that "we do not care for all the denominations, because in the Bible it says that the great Babylon is fallen," seems a direct contradiction, whether intentional or not.
The fourth major area of controversy between evangelicals and the Local Church centers on the number of lawsuits brought by the Local Church and LSM leadership against individuals and ministries that were critical of them, despite the clear New Testament teaching against suing a Christian brother (1 Corinthians 6:1-8). This led to allegations of a "history of litigiousness" on the part of the Local Church and charges that they forced some of their opposing ministries into bankruptcy by the litigation expenses they were forced to incur. This is a complicated situation that has gone on for more than a decade and the details—who sued whom, when, and how often—are still in dispute among the parties. For a complete history of the litigants and legal decisions, the reader is once again referred to the CRI article.
Summing up the crux of the conflict, it would appear that both parties bear a share of the responsibility. Lee and the Local Church leadership do not share the Western heritage that has shaped the thought processes and approaches of the Westerners among whom they settled. English was not their first language, particularly of the early leaders, and both the cultural differences and language barrier led to much misunderstanding. At the same time, the Local Church's distinctively Chinese approach to Christianity was so unfamiliar to Westerners that it smacked of cultism, whether or not any actually existed. The Local Church leadership was unaware of the impact the use of certain "hot button" words would have on cult-wary evangelicals in America, while Western Christians were unaware of the tremendous impact that labeling a group a cult had on the Chinese. The Local Church resisted any changes in their terminology and for the most part refused to provide contextual explanations for some of their doctrines, an unfortunate approach that led to even deeper rifts between the two sides. At the same time, the counter-cultists failed to be as thorough as they could have been in their research. Thus, both sides developed an "us vs. them" mentality which negatively influenced both their thoughts and actions.
What is the conclusion of the matter, and what are Christians to believe about Witness Lee and the Local Church movement? Elliot Miller, editor-in-chief of the Christian Research Journal, declares at the end of the 50-page treatment "We were wrong" and concludes that the Local Church is not an "aberrant Christian group" but a "solid orthodox group of believers." Since Got Questions Ministries has a cordial and respectful relationship with CRI, we have no doubt their conclusions are based on extensive and diligent research and are therefore valid. It is left to the individual Christian to decide whether the thousands of man-hours, not to mention the expense of defending the various parties in court, the decades of charges, defenses, counter-charges and acrimony have not been, at best, a waste of time and at worst, a blot on the face of Christianity. How much more profitable it would have been if the hundreds of people and thousands of hours had been dedicated to knowing, loving, and obeying Jesus Christ. No doubt the counter-cult organizations thought they were providing a much-needed service to the Christian community. No doubt the Local Church and Living Streams Ministry felt they were justified in their quest to clear their names and set the record straight. But as alluded to above, much of the controversy could have been avoided in the first place by more careful attention by both sides to the details of cross-cultural communication. The old saying "the devil is in the details" finds its verification in this sad situation. The fear is that the devil may have profited from this controversy more than the body of Christ, and for that, all parties are culpable.


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Lot 28: Pablo Picasso , 1881-1973 La Lampe Oil on canvas
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Description: Painted between January and June 1931. Dated 21-I-XXXI and 8-VI-XXXI on the stretcher Oil on canvas
Notes: Picasso's revelatory La Lampe introduced an extraordinary and unexpected new presence in Picasso's paintings. As a singular composition, it appears to be a vibrantly colorful ode to classicism: a plaster bust, framed and illuminated against the dark archway and surrounded by a garland of philodendron leaves. But there is much more to this picture than meets the eye, as it is the story behind the canvas that adds another powerful dimension. What we see here, bathed in the warm glow of a gas lamp that hung in his Boisgeloup studio (see figs. 1 & 2), is the unmistakable likeness of the artist's mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter (see fig. 4). Painted during the summer of 1931, the theme of illumination is timely. It was during these months that Picasso began to cast his artistic spotlight on his young lover - a sensual young blonde whose unveiled presence here would raise the suspicions of Picasso's wife the following year. Up until this point he had only referenced his extramarital affair with Marie-Thérèse in his pictures in code, sometimes imbedding her initials in a composition or rendering her strong, Grecian profile as a feature of the background. By 1931 Picasso could no longer repress his creative impulse with regard to Marie-Thérèse, and she became the primary focus of art. He occupied himself during the first few months of the year with modeling large plaster heads of her likeness. Not stopping there, he even incorporated these sculptures into a series of paintings between 1931 and 1932 (see fig. 3). It is one of these plaster heads that we see here, cast in the powerful light of the artist's studio. The fact that the androgynously-featured head and strong profile could be taken for the artist's own was a clever means for the artist to merge himself with his beloved. But no matter how one reads this picture, Marie-Thérèse's presence as the central feature of his art is without question here. La Lampe, and the others in this series that were to follow it, brought about a revolution in Picasso's art and in his life. Discussing another, later composition of a similar subject, Elizabeth Cowling has made the following remarks: "Here, as in many paintings, drawings and prints of the Marie-Thérèse period, Picasso reflects on the relationship in his work between paintings ... and sculpture... The style of the painting as a whole seems intended to dramatise the oppositions between pictorial flatness and sculptural mass in the oppositions between pure line and bold areas of color on the one hand and gradations of light and dark on the other. The sculpted head is a synoptic reference to the earlier series of plaster heads inspired by Marie-Thérèse. The same head, raised on a tall plinth and sometimes garlanded with vines, in a object of veneration in several of the etchings in the 'Vollard Suite'" (Elizabeth Cowling in Picasso: Sculptor/Painter (exhibition catalogue), Tate Gallery, London, 1994, p. 272). About a year after La Lampe was completed, Picasso included it in an exhibition of his recent work at Galerie Georges Petit. It was at this exhibition that Olga, upon seeing Picasso's numerous references to a specific face that was clearly not her own, was alerted to the presence of another woman in her husband's life. Until the exhibition, Picasso's relationship with Marie-Thérèse had been a tightly guarded secret, the evidence of which he had kept sealed away at the studio he maintained at Boisgeloup. He had purchased this property near Gisors in 1930 as a retreat house, where he could escape from Olga and spend time alone with his mistress. The chateau at Boisegeloup was much larger than his studio in Paris, and the space allowed him to create the monumental plaster busts of Marie-Thérèse that inspired the present picture. John Golding has written about La Lampe and the studio environment in which it was depicted: "The painting The Lamp, 1931, evokes [Picasso's] nocturnal working habits, and the light shed by the big kerosene lamp made him particularly sensitive to the play of shadows over the white plaster sculptures. He tended to distrust the official heaviness of bronze and declared that the Boisgeloup plaster heads in particular were more beautiful in their original white or plaster state. While the studios were being got ready Picasso executed a series of small slender standing figures whittled out of single pieces of wood, and the respect for material that these required may have encouraged him to concentrate on more closed, self-contained sculptural forms." John Golding in Picasso: Sculptor/Painter (exhibition catalogue), Tate Gallery, London, 1994, p. 28). In the months that followed the completion of this picture, Marie-Thérèse's features would become more readily identifiable in Picasso's art. Like the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea, Picasso took his sculpture off its pedestal and brought his muse to life. By 1932, he would enthrone her curvaceous figure in an armchair (see fig. 6) or depict her sleeping after a session of their lovemaking (see fig. 7). This picture foreshadows those next representations. Robert Rosenblum wrote about the young woman's symbolic unveiling: "...[I]t was really only in 1931 that Marie-Thérèse, now firmly entrenched in both the city and country life of a lover twenty-eight years her senior, could at last emerge from the wings to center stage, where she could preside as a radiant deity, in new roles that changed from Madonna to sphinx, from odalisque to earth mother. At times her master seems to worship humbly at her shrine, capturing a fixed, confrontational stare of almost supernatural power; but more often, he becomes an ecstatic voyeur, who quietly captures his beloved, reading, meditating, catnapping, or surrendering to the deepest abandon of sleep" (Robert Rosenblum in Picasso and Portraiture: Representation and Transformation (exhibition catalogue), The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1996, p. 342).
Provenance: Estate of the artistThence by descent to the present owner
Dimensions: measurements 63 ¾ by 51 1/8 in. alternate measurements 162 by 130 cm
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit; Zürich, Kunsthaus, Exposition Pablo Picasso , 1932, no. 201
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Picasso , 1932, no. 201
Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Mostra di Picasso , 1953, no. 20
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Pablo Picasso, 1953, no. 58
Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Mostra di Picasso , 1953, no. 20
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Pablo Picasso, a Retrospective , 1980
Seibu, The Seibu Museum of Art; Geneva, Musée de L'Athénée; Hong Kong, Museum of Art, Picasso intime, Collection Maya Ruiz-Picasso , 1981, no. 9
Antibes, Musée Picasso, Picasso/Tête à tête. La parabole du sculpteur , 1984, no. 6
Literature: Cahiers d'Art, Paris, June 1932, illustrated p. 16Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1926 à 1932, vol. 7, Paris, 1955, vol. 7, no. 347, illustrated pl. 147Frank Elgar and R. Maillard, Picasso, Paris, 1955, illustrated p. 171Brassaï, Conversations avec Picasso, Paris, 1964, p. 29Pierre Daix, La vie de peintre de Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1977, discussed pp. 232 & 237 Christa Lichtenstern, Picasso, Tête de Femme, Frankfurt, 1980, p. 65L. E. Smith, "Iconographic issues in Picasso's 'Women in the garden'," Arts Magazine, January 1982, fig. 12, illustrated p. 146Jean Sutherland Boggs and Marie-Laure Bernadac, Picasso et les choses. Les natures mortes (exhibition catalogue); The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 1992, fig. 94.C, illustrated p. 238Elizabeth Cowling and John Golding, Picasso: Sculptor/Painter (exhibition catalogue), Tate Gallery, London, 1994, fig. 7, illustrated p. 28Pierre Daix, Dictionnaire Picasso, Paris, 1995, discussed p. 514The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture. Surrealism, 1930-1936, San Francisco, 1997, no. 31-043, illustrated p. 61Brigitte Léal, Christine Piot and Marie-Laure Bernadac, The Ultimate Picasso, New York, 2000, illustrated p. 263


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Author Notes: This is a fun party dip that hits on almost every flavor imaginable. It's made with black beans and Mexican spices, topped with pineapple (sweet & sour), queso fresco (salty & umami) and a drizzle of sriracha (spicy). As an added bonus, I also tried to combine textures - soft dip, crumbly cheese, juicy pineapple, and crunchy chips for dipping. —foxeslovelemons
Makes 1-1/2 cups dip
- 15.25 ounces black beans
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 cup chopped pineapple
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup crumbled queso fresqco
- 2 tablespoons Sriracha
- Plantain chips or tortilla chips, for serving
- In food processor, pulse beans, garlic, yogurt, cumin, chili powder, salt and cayenne until smooth.
- Transfer to serving dish; top with pineapple, cilantro, queso fresco and hot sauce, if desired.
- Serve with chips for dipping.
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text: I had a nice Goldberg cub with a OS 61 FS, all servos, battery, Goldberg floats, and JR 72 mhz receiver for sale for $250 and I had some guys tell me I was crazy wanting that much. It is done up in OD coverite fabric all painted and done nicely. The only issue was the application of the star & bars being put on upside down on the wing (previous owner). The floats were silver monocoted that needed redoing. Well, I had been taking this plane to the field to fly and it flies great letting another club member fly it. It flies along at 1/4 throttle and he was sold right then and there. I told him the price with the floats and he said he would take it. After all the other "cheapos" trying to buy it for $100 I decided I would recover the floats for the new owner because he immediately saw the value and didn't try to offer less. I stripped the floats of all old covering, sanded them down and applied Balsarite. I then recovered with aluminum Solartex and man did they come out nice. The Solartex really seals well on the seams and its very easy to work with around the curves. I reassembled the cub and we maiden it yesterday on the floats. The new owner had never flown a plane of this size off the water just a electric seawind. He is a new pilot with less than one year under his belt yet I was able to teach him how to take off and land in about three tanks of fuel. The old OS 61 has gobs of power and easily lifts this off the water at 1/2 throttle with a 12x6 prop. The new owner is very happy and I think he got himself a very nice float plane for the right price. I can't understand how some in this hobby think that a nice flying float plane with all the enmities this one has is not worth the $250. I guess I just see more value than some in a man's work and his belongings. Maybe it's the ARF market that has really ruined the value of our aircraft. I have included pics of it with is land gear and floats. Sorry no pics of it on the water.


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Sling Media announced its its new Slingbox 500 ($299.99) and Slingbox 350 ($179.99) streaming media devices.
For more information visit: www.slingbox.com
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Sling Media Unveils Two New Redesigned Slingbox® Models
Slingbox 500 and Slingbox 350 Deliver Unprecedented Full 1080p HD-Quality Streaming of TV Content Anywhere; Slingbox 500 Sets New Standard with Integrated Wi-Fi, HDMI and Provides Platform for Delivery of Personal Content to the TV
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Oct. 10, 2012 — Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), today introduces the Slingbox 500 and Slingbox 350, two completely redesigned retail Slingbox products that deliver best-in-class, up to Full 1080p HD-quality, live streaming of your favorite TV shows, sporting events, recorded programming and premium content to smartphones, tablets, laptops and connected devices. In addition, the Slingbox 500 introduces new features, including Wi-Fi and HDMI, as well as a platform for delivering personal content to the TV, a first for any Slingbox product.
The latest portable devices and high-speed wireless networks give consumers access to video content wherever they go. Now the Slingbox 500 and Slingbox 350 raise the bar by delivering a superior HD quality video experience, making it easy for them to watch and control their home TV — virtually anywhere.
"Slingbox is still the best way to extend the entire living room TV experience anywhere," said Sling Media's Senior Vice President and General Manager, Raghu Tarra. "We've redesigned our Slingbox products from the ground up, adding features and enhancements that make them easier to set-up and use while creating the highest performing products on the market. With these new product introductions Sling Media continues to evolve and disrupt the category we created."
With the proliferation of TV streaming services, consumers are finding new ways to watch TV but are confused by the many options in this highly-fragmented market. Only Slingbox delivers your entire living room TV experience regardless of where you are without requiring additional subscription fees. Sports fans can watch their hometown teams' live games from another room in the house on a tablet, or in another country as the action happens. Frequent travelers can keep up with their favorite shows or local news. Busy parents can catch up on recorded shows while waiting for their kids to finish practice or while enjoying what little downtime they have throughout the day. Slingbox makes it easy for consumers to watch their favorite shows on the go, using the portable devices they already own and love.
How They Work
The Slingbox 500 features built-in Wi-Fi and integrated IR emitters for controlling a set-top box. It has HDMI and component, as well as composite, inputs/outputs. This makes set-up anywhere in the home clean, simple and straightforward.
The Slingbox 500 is the foundation of a growing set of features for Slingbox customers. The hardware platform not only has the ability to placeshift content, making a live content stream available anywhere, but can also receive content and display it on the TV. The first example of this is SlingProjector®. SlingProjector makes it easy for anyone to wirelessly display their personal media, such as photos, from their smartphone onto the big screen. Look to Sling Media to provide Slingbox 500 customers with other exciting ways to display content on their television screens in the coming months.
The Slingbox 350 offers Sling Media's highest quality, proven "TV Anywhere" technology at a cost-effective price. The Slingbox 350 features 1080p, HD-quality streaming on compatible devices, making it a value leader. The sleek, industrial design combined with integrated IR emitters makes it a compact, unique and easy-to-use addition to any home entertainment center.
In conjunction with the introduction of these two new Slingbox products, Sling Media is also rolling out new SlingPlayer® software clients across its desktop and mobile platforms. In addition, SlingPlayer software for iOS, Android and Windows Phone is now on sale for $14.99, a savings of 50 percent, as part of a special launch offer.
To learn more about these two new products and other Slingbox hardware and SlingPlayer software, visit www.slingbox.com.
Pricing and Availability
Slingbox 500 and Slingbox 350 will go on sale in the U.S. on Sunday, October 14, and will be available in Canada in November. Both models can be purchased at www.slingbox.com, Best Buy (online and in stores), Amazon.com and other independent retailers. In the U.S., Slingbox 500 is $299.99 MSRP and Slingbox 350 is $179.99 MSRP. Canadian prices will be adjusted to exchange rates.
About Sling Media
Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, is the leading provider of video placeshifting products and services for consumers and television service providers. Sling Media's product family includes Slingbox, which provides consumers with the ability to watch and control their living room TV shows at any time, from any location, using Internet-connected PCs, Macs, tablets and smartphones. For more information, visit www.slingbox.com.
About EchoStar Corporation
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) is the premier global provider of satellite operations and video delivery solutions. EchoStar's wholly-owned subsidiary, Hughes, is the world's leading provider of satellite broadband services, delivering network technologies and managed services for enterprise and government customers in more than 100 countries.
Headquartered in Englewood, CO, with additional business units world-wide, EchoStar is a multiple Emmy award-winning company that has pioneered advancements in the set-top box and satellite industries for nearly 30 years, consistently delivering value for customers, partners and investors through innovation and outstanding quality. Over the last three decades EchoStar's contribution to video technology has been a major influencer to shifts in the way consumers view, receive and manage TV programming.
EchoStar's consumer solutions include HughesNet®, North America's #1 high-speed satellite Internet service, Sling Media's Slingbox products, and EchoStar's line of advanced digital video set-top box products for the European free satellite and terrestrial viewer markets.


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WASHINGTON – Behind singles wins from Liz Harvey, Ritamarie Holden, Elaina Sceusa, Caitlin Porter and Emma Needham, CUA downed Randolph-Macon 7-2 on Monday afternoon. The Cardinals also received doubles points from Holden and Porter, as well as Andie Ingram and Isabel Tanco to notch their 13th win of the season.
In singles action, Harvey earned a 6-2, 6-0 win over Courtney Owens at the 2nd flight, while Holden defeated Caty-Betz Holcomb 7-5, 6-1 at the 3rd flight.
At 4th singles, Sceusa defeated Violet Han 6-1, 6-2, and Porter upended Jane Oh 6-2, 6-1 at the 5th flight.
Needham downed Madison Guidry 6-3, 6-4 at the 6th singles position.
RMC's lone singles point came from Angelina Sportelli, who won the 1st flight point by default.
Holden and Porter teamed up to sweep Holcomb and Mackenzie Nunnally 8-0 at 2nd doubles, while Ingram and Tanco defeated Reba Sledd and Hahn 8-3 at the 3rd flight.
The Yellow Jackets won the 1st doubles point, as Sportelli and Owens downed Marge Selinger and Harvey 9-7.
CUA, which has already clinched a Landmark Conference Tournament berth, heads to Pennsylvania on Saturday to face the Juniata Eagles in the regular season finale. Start time is set for noon.
The conference tournament then gets underway on Wednesday, April 24.
CUA downs Randolph-Macon 7-2 to earn 13th win
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Devi: A Sanskrit term for "goddess." In the tradition of Hinduism known as Shaktism, she is the supreme deity.
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Voodoo is a mixture of ... Relevance: 20% Summary: The Tarot of the Magical Forest is a quirky and slightly bizarre version of a Rider-Waite-Smith deck. As such, it can be used easily by anyone familiar with that tradition. For beginners who learned on a more traditional RWS deck and are ... Relevance: 7% Runes have always been mysterious and forbidding. The very word "rune" means a secret, a mystery. In popular folklore runes are dangerous, evil, pitiless, and destructive. But how did runes get so wicked a reputation?
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Yucatan Field Tile is a great choice for pairing with natural stone because it is hand-painted and the complex glaze is not a single color.
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the Drosera, which is from the Greek drosos, dew. So called from the dew-like drops which rest on the hairy fringes of the leaves.
By the lone fountain's secret bed, Where human footsteps rarely tread; Mid the wild moor or silent glen, The sundew blooms unseen by men, And, ere the summer's sun can rise, Drinks the pure water of the skies.
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text: Home Some recent events at The Arc of Dutchess worthy of notice. The Arc of Dutchess values and recognizes the strength and compassion of our community leaders and volunteers. Your support means the world to us! "As a community, great things can happen when each individual contributes, according to their strengths, toward a common goal." ― Idowu Koyenikan


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In the latest injection of pop culture into the race in San Bernardino Countyâs 31st Congressional District, Republicansâ campaign committee mocks Democratic candidates with a âGame of Thronesâ-style spoof.
âFor the right to challenge Gary Miller, these candidates are playing a dangerous ⦠Game of Dems,â reads the map, which was timed to coincide with the season finale of Thrones.
The map, produced by the National Republican Congressional Committee, depicts castles for the four announced Democrats in the June 2014 primary: Pete Aguilar of Redlands, Joe Baca of Fontana, Eloise Gomez-Reyes of Colton, and Danny Tillman of San Bernardino.
The largest castle, âThe Kingdom of Pelosi,â is in the middle.
âAs House Baca works to reclaim a crown after being dethroned in a neighboring district, he has been met by opposition within his own ranks,â reads a description.
(We should note that âHouse Bacaâ is depicted as being in Rancho Cucamonga, not Fontana.)
Both parties must think voters in the 31st watch a lot of television. Last month, Democrats likened Miller to George Bluth on âArrested Development.â Republicans countered with a clip from âMean Girls.â
The 31st is expected to be one of the top House contests in the country in 2014. So come next fall, a lot of voters there may have a good reason to reach for the remote control.
San Bernardino County Board Chairwoman Janice Rutherford has hired a former aide to disgraced ex-Assessor Bill Postmus as a policy advisor.
The Board of Supervisors approved a contract at the Tuesday, June 4, meeting with Joshua White to serve on Rutherfordâs 2nd District staff. He will receive an annual salary of $57,190 plus $41,279 in benefits.
White, who was 19 at the time, was hired in summer 2007 by Postmus as an executive secretary where he was part of an executive staff that worked on political activities aimed at enhancing Postmusâ status instead of duties related to official assessor business, according to a county-ordered investigative report by attorney John Hueston.
Postmus pleaded guilty in March 2011 to 15 felonies including misuse of funds at the assessorâs office and accepting a bribe as a county supervisor in a separate case involving the Colonies Partners settlement.
According to the Hueston report, White helped write content for a political website and designed emails for local groups that campaigned on behalf of then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. However, Hueston also stated that White acted on othersâ instructions, was honest in his interview with the attorney and showed remorse by resigning in April 2008.
Rutherford credited White with coming forward and said he helped prosecutors uncover corruption. She hired him before in 2011 as a special projects coordinator for a year before he left for college.


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Which Wax Trax! Artist Are You?
Which Wax Trax! Artist Are You?
Yeah, I got the same too... considering the limited amount... but oh well. There are worse fates than being Coil I imagine.
yes, for instance, you could be one of those bands that released one waxtrax single and then got consigned to oblivion... i'd name a few, but they've already been consigned to the dustbin of history...
and i got to be SISTER MACHINE WAX, which i have never heard in my life, but will do so soon, see what of that.....and look at that scoundrel sleazy in his weewarlock posing! ha ha ha
OK, not my cup of tea...i will stick with coil!


text: Someone Stole an Entire Driveway (In Florida, Obviously)Leslie Horn12/14/12 11:13amFiled to: WTFridayWTFloridaFloridaCrimeSerious crimeDrivewaysTheft105EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkA grave crime has been committed and of course, it happened in Florida. A woman named Michelle Wright returned home Tuesday night and found her driveway missing.AdvertisementApparently she pulled into her house and noticed the whole thing was gone when she felt a huge bump where a driveway should have been. Witnesses saw two men digging up 300 square feed of bricks while she was gone for the day. And thieves loading bricks up into a pickup truck wasn't at all suspicious because there were other workers building a barn on her property. Wright's driveway was taken, and yet her fine jewelry and the money she stores under the mattress were untouched. Florida, what are you? [Ocala.com via MSN]Image credit: Shutterstock/Sam Ives


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The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has started a crackdown on property owners who have not been paying tax for many years.
Recently, it attached three properties on Barakhamba Road that have arrears of around Rs.10 crore. According to officials, properties worth crores of rupees will be auctioned to recover the losses.
"We have been sending notices to the owners of the three properties, but they did not pay the arrears. So, their properties have been attached," said a senior official.
According to a statement issued by the body, the owners did not even respond to the council's announcement to give 5% rebate to them if they got their property assessed and pay the dues.


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Summer House
Finally, it has arrived, the summer of 2010! With this happening we would like to share some of our favourite house tracks for the forthcoming summer. If you have a great track that reflects the summer of house for you, drop a comment. Enjoy!
Richard F ft. Samantha Stock – Let The Sunshine Thru (Main Mix)
Live Element – Something About You (DJ DLG Remix)
Michael Cassette – Summer (Dub)
Michael Feiner – Peace (Original Mix)
The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
Roland Clark And The Montanas – Music Talking (Fred Falke Remix)
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AHL Game Night 4/14: Bruins at Falcons
Submitted by pete on April 14, 2007 - 21:08
The Lightning's affiliation with Springfield ends with a whimper.
Jonathan Boutin allowed 2 goals on 34 shots in the loss. The Falcons finish the 2006-2007 season by being shutout in their final two contests. Appropo. Boutin was named third star of the game for his efforts.
First Period
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PRO Leach, (2) (Krejci, Walter), 10:53 (PP)
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PRO Lashoff, (11) (Dempsey, Walter), 1:00 (PP)
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A shopkeeper stabbed in the back during a robbery was recovering in hospital today.
Victim Javeed Riaz, 32, was attacked as he locked up his grocery store in Farnworth, Bolton.
He was approached by two masked men who demanded a bag he was carrying, then stabbed him once during a struggle outside as he fought to protect himself.
Mr Riaz, believed to be a father-of-four, was rushed to Royal Bolton Hospital. His condition was described as stable in an intensive care unit.
Friends spoke of their shock after the stabbing at 7.30pm on Saturday, and said Mr Riaz could have been killed.
The thugs, who covered their faces using tights, ran off with the bag, which contained a large amount of cash.
Mr Riaz, who is thought to live in the Great Lever area of Bolton, has only owned Farnworth Superstore on Cawdor Street for three months.
Friends said he is believed to own other shops in the Farnworth area, including a money transfer business.
Tina Patel, 41, owner of nearby Cawdor News, said Mr Riaz was set upon as he pulled down metal security shutters.
She said: "He was stabbed and they just took his money as he was closing the shop. I have spoken with him and he said he was in pain and couldn't talk much.
"He is a really nice bloke and I do not think that he had trouble with anyone. They opened around two to three months ago, it has not been long.
Another friend, who asked not to be named, said: "He is a really good lad, a businessman who is just getting on with his life. He is a hard worker and a family man.
"It is all just a real shame and he could have been killed. He was by himself at the time. It is a shock.
Detectives have launched an investigation and are appealing for witnesses.
One man is described as 6ft tall and stocky. He spoke with an eastern European accent and was wearing a dark hooded top and jeans. The second offender is light skinned, 5ft 10in and of medium build.
Call Bolton CID on 0161 856 5740 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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"Never judge a work of art by its defects."
Washington Allston
"There are minds which easily sink into submission, that look on grandeur with undistinguishing reverence, and discover no defect where there is elevation of rank and affluence of riches"
Samuel Johnson
"It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins."
Bhagavad Gita
"Find out the cause of this effect,Or rather say, the cause of this defect,For this effect defective comes by cause."
William Shakespeare
"Understanding how to better develop software that is free from security defects is fundamental. Only by collaboration between top thinkers representing all stakeholders can we solve this problem. The Secure Software Forum is a tremendous step towards that solution and ISSA is excited to be supporting these efforts."
Dave Cullinane
"Up until now, the aircraft carried no major defects."
James Boyd
"I can stand here right now and pick out 10 kids who have congenital heart defects, but if you didn't know, nobody would."
Chris Campbell
"Using FGF signaling we can actually rescue the cell proliferation defect, but so far we have not been able to do the same thing in the palate."
Yang Chai
"These bacteria had a defect that we didn't anticipate. I've never been so happy in my life to be wrong."
Daniel Hassett
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They've got muck; we've got rakes. TPM Muckraker
The Foiled Underwear Airline Bomb Plot: What Do We Know?
"AQAP is the responsible group here," the official said. "We believe AQAP produced the device, and we believe it was intended to be used by a suicide bomber on an aircraft."
That wording was chosen very carefully -- the suicide bomber, of course, was never a threat.
The official said that the device and plot "are consistent with what we know about AQAP's plans, intentions, and capabilities" and added the that organization is likely "feeling pressure to conduct a successful attack to, from their perspective, avenge the deaths of bin Ladin and Awlaki."
The non-metallic device is in FBI custody and officials say they expect studying it will help them adapt security practices.
"It is clear that AQAP is revamping its bomb techniques to try to avoid the causes of the failure of the 2009 device," the official said.
DHS said that there was no specific, credible information about an attack in the U.S., according to spokesman Matt Chandler. The White House said that President Obama was told about the plot in April and received regular updates from his national security team.
There's a wider context for the foiled plot, even if we don't yet know many of the details of this particular incident. The case is the latest example of the Obama administration's intensified operations against Al Qaeda in places beyond Afghanistan -- an issue touched on by Ozzie Nelson, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in an interview with TPM last week.
"It was important that Obama did the one-two punch," he said, both killing bin Laden and "expanding the operations into Yemen and other places globally."
An article in The Los Angeles Times last month described how U.S. drones and warplanes have attacked militants in Yemen with increased frequency, following a "lull" during the time in which former President Ali Abdullah Saleh was clinging to power. U.S. Joint Special Operations Command and the CIA both fly drones over the country, and, according to the Times, the stepped-up attacks appear aimed at preventing militants from strengthening their grip on areas in the southern Yemeni provinces of Abyan, Shabwa and Bayda.
Long War Journal, which keeps an unofficial tally of the numbers, reports that the U.S. has already conducted 14 airstrikes in Yemen in 2012 -- up from 10 in all of 2011.
In fact, the foiled plot this week seems to have come with its own drone strike. One government official told NBC News the strike on Sunday that killed Fahd al-Quso, a senior Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative, was connected to the foiled plot and "part of a 1-2 blow against Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)."
The other important aspect here is the cooperation between U.S. and Saudi Arabia.
In an interview with TPM -- given before news broke of Saudi involvement -- Gregory Johnsen, a former Fulbright Fellow in Yemen who now works in the Near Eastern Studies department at Princeton, said it is widely assumed that Saudi Arabia has been active running operations in Yemen over the last few years. (Writing yesterday on his blog about Yemen at Big Think, Johnsen suggested it was "likely" that the Al Qaeda double agent involved was "working for Muhammad bin Nayif in Saudi Arabia.") He cited several instances of prominent AQAP members ending up in Saudi hands, and the execution of three men by AQAP accused of spying for the Saudis. In 2009, AQAP claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt on Saudi prince and counterintelligence chief Muhammad bin Nayif, in which an underwear bomb was used like the ones connected to both the Christmas Day attempt and this week's failed plot.
Johnsen argued the operation is "representative" of what the U.S. and its allies are now capable of.
"One of the things that the U.S. is seen to be fairly weak on in Yemen... is human intelligence on the ground," Johnsen said. "And that's where this is really a great coup for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia -- assuming this agent was working for Saudi Arabia -- or whichever foreign partner the U.S. was working with."
Human intelligence is important because the increase in drone strikes and air attacks has not resulted in a decrease in AQAP's overall numbers. Instead, it's been the opposite. In Johnsen's view, the U.S. has not done enough to hurt the group's "base of support" in the country.
"Why are they [AQAP] growing when the U.S. keeps attacking?" he asked. "The U.S. needs to do counterterrorism in a different way in Yemen."
This post was updated after publication.


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Situated in Chihuahua, this hotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Semilla Museum of Science and Technology, Fashion Mall, and Sebastian Museum. Cathedral of Chihuahua and Plaza de Armas are also within 2 mi (3 km).
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A restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and 24-hour room service.
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All 152 rooms boast deep soaking tubs and offer free WiFi and balconies. Other amenities available to guests include free wired Internet, 24-hour room service, and cable TV.
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Fiesta Inn Chihuahua provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
A business center is on site at this 3-star property. This business-friendly hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Conference space
- Total number of rooms - 152
- Outdoor pool
- Fitness facilities
- Number of floors - 7
- Bar/lounge
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- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Free WiFi
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- Outdoor pool
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- Laundry facilities
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
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- Bathtub or shower
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- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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La Fiesta - This restaurant specializes in Mexican cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
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An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
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- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Only service animals are allowed
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: MXN 160 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
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Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed historic legislation (the Marriage Equality Act) making New York the largest (and only the sixth) state to permit the marriage of same-sex couples.[1] The Marriage Equality Act also provides same-sex married couples with the same legal rights as their opposite-sex counterparts in New York. The law becomes effective on July 24, 2011, which is 30 days after it was signed.
The Marriage Equality Act
The Act amends New York State's Domestic Relations Law to provide that same-sex couples may obtain a marriage license in New York, and that parties to a same-sex marriage shall be treated equally to opposite-sex married couples "in all respects under the law," without any distinction. Although New York has for the past few years recognized same-sex marriages validly performed in other jurisdictions, such marriages could not be performed legally in New York, and the State only recognized the rights of same-sex married couples for limited purposes.
Important Exemption to the Act's Requirements for Religious and Benevolent Organizations: In order "to ensure that [the Act] does not improperly intrude into matters of conscience or religious belief," the Act preserves the current rights of a member of the clergy to choose not to solemnize any marriage. It also protects the rights of a religious organization to choose who may use its facilities for a marriage ceremony and who may rent its housing accommodations. A benevolent organization is also exempt from the State's prohibitions against discrimination in public accommodation, so that it is not required to rent its halls for weddings of couples it chooses not to accommodate. The Act specifically provides that a religious or benevolent organization's refusal to provide accommodations, facilities or privileges in connection with a same-sex marriage does not create a civil claim or cause of action.
The Act is not intended to change, and expressly provides for, the existing exemptions in New York law that permit religious organizations (and charitable or educational organizations that are operated, supervised or controlled by religious organizations) to limit employment or admission to, or give preference to, persons of the same religion, or to "tak[e] such action as is calculated by such organization to promote the religious principles for which it is established or maintained."
Impact on Employee Benefits and Other Employment-Related Rights
The Act is quite broad. Based on the statutory language, all benefits and rights that are provided to employees' opposite-sex spouses as a result of a New York State statutory, decisional, administrative or other law must be provided to same-sex spouses married in New York or another jurisdiction where such marriages may legally be performed.[2] Not only will the Act have an impact on employee benefits and other employment-related rights that arise out of, or are governed by, New York law, but it will also cover various statutory and other legal rights provided to spouses in New York, such as those relating to inheritance and death benefits, property division, hospital visitation and parental rights.
Health and Other Welfare Benefits
With regard to insured health and other welfare benefits provided by an employer (under an insurance policy governed by New York State law), the Act does not represent much of a change. As a result of a directive issued by former Governor Paterson in 2008 (and in accordance with a Circular Letter issued by New York's Insurance Department as a result of that directive), New York State law already required that same-sex spouses (validly married in other jurisdictions) must be treated in the same manner as opposite-sex spouses. Click here to access the client alert of December 2008. Now, same-sex couples who are married in New York will receive the same treatment.
With respect to self-insured health and other welfare benefits, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) generally preempts state laws related to employee benefit plans (other than laws regulating insurance and certain other laws). The Act does not require employers to treat same-sex spouses as "spouses" for purposes of self-funded benefit plans. Under ERISA, the terms of the self-insured benefit plan (rather than the state law) would govern and, thus, employers that offer self-insured benefits and that do not wish to cover same-sex spouses should carefully craft the definition of "spouse" in the applicable plan documents to make the exclusion clear. However, employers may nonetheless wish to consider extending self-funded benefits to same-sex spouses, particularly if other benefits of the employer are provided to same-sex spouses in accordance with the Act or other state laws.
Pension and Other "Federal" Benefits
Employer-provided pension and other benefits that are governed by federal law (i.e., the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA) also are not impacted by the Act. The federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) provides that, in determining the meaning of any federal statute, ruling or regulation, the term "spouse" can only refer to married persons of the opposite sex.[3] Accordingly, the Marriage Equality Act does not change the fact that DOMA continues to prevent same-sex couples from accessing many federal protections and benefits, which include federally-mandated surviving spouse protections under pension plans. DOMA also precludes same-sex spouses from receiving federal tax and other benefits that are only available to married couples of the opposite sex (including the ability to file federal tax returns as a married couple), such as Social Security survivor benefits, favorable federal income tax treatment with regard to employer-provided health benefits, the right to reimbursement for a spouse's medical expenses under a flexible spending account and federal COBRA continuation coverage rights.
However, DOMA and ERISA-preemption notwithstanding, employers and other plan sponsors can and have voluntarily chosen to re-create certain "federal" benefits as plan or policy features, such as providing COBRA-like benefits, in order to make them available to same-sex spouses. Accordingly, employers may want to take this opportunity to revisit benefit plan documents and other employment policies to clarify that federally-required spousal benefits are not available to same-sex spouses, and to make plan design changes to provide same-sex couples with similar alternatives.
Other Employment-Related Rights and Benefits
Other benefits and policies of an employer that arise out of (or are governed by) New York State law must be provided in accordance with the Act. Employer policies and practices that are not "legal" rights, such as inviting spouses to work events and providing tuition assistance for family members, may not be technically governed by the Act, but it appears that such benefits should be provided to employees' same-sex spouses based on New York's nondiscrimination law, which prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. It also should be noted that New York State law already specifically requires that employers offering bereavement or funeral leave to their married employees (e.g., in the event of death of a spouse, or the spouse's parent or other close relative) must provide the same leave to same-sex couples in committed relationships, in accordance with an amendment to the New York Civil Rights Law that became effective last year.
Tax Implications
Importantly, the Act changes how same-sex marriages will be recognized for New York State income tax purposes. Since same-sex marriages have not been recognized as marriages for New York State personal income tax purposes,[4] employers have been required to include in an employee's income the value of employer-provided health coverage for the same-sex spouse for New York income tax purposes (unless the spouse qualified as a federal tax dependent of the employee). In light of the Act, there should no longer be any imputed New York State income with regard to such benefits,[5] and same-sex spouses should be able to file state tax returns as a married couple. A representative of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has stated that the Department will issue guidance on the Act soon.
However, as a result of DOMA, the Act does not change the analysis under federal tax law. An employee with health coverage for a same-sex spouse will be subject to bifurcated tax treatment — i.e., the benefit for the non-employee spouse will not be imputed into the employee's income for state tax purposes, but will be imputed into the employee's income for federal tax purposes (unless the spouse qualifies as a dependent of the employee for federal tax purposes). Employees will also generally be required to pay for their same-sex spouse's health benefits with after-tax dollars (since pre-tax benefits under cafeteria plans are governed by federal law) and will not be permitted to obtain reimbursement for the spouse's medical expenses from a health flexible spending account (unless the spouse qualifies as a federal tax dependent of the employee).
Action Items
It is important for employers and other benefit plan sponsors to review existing benefit programs and policies to determine the scope of any necessary changes or clarifications that may be required as a result of the Act. Even if an employer or plan sponsor is not resident in New York, the heightened interest and publicity of domestic partner/same-sex marriage issues and benefits created by the Act suggest that this is a good opportunity to review and reconsider benefit programs and policies. Among other things, the following actions should be taken:
Review and analyze existing HR policies and procedures, including employee handbooks, to assess the current rights of same-sex spouses and domestic partners, and consider any required (or desired) changes;
Review benefit plan documents, summary plan descriptions, enrollment forms and administrative procedures to assess the current rights of same-sex spouses and domestic partners, and consider any required (or desired) changes;
Confer with insurance providers and TPAs, and work with payroll department to address taxation issues;
Review and update domestic partner benefit policies;
If certain benefits are provided only to same-sex domestic partners, review with legal counsel whether the right of same-sex couples to marry in New York enhances potential discrimination claims by opposite sex domestic partners;
Consider with legal counsel the potentially discriminatory consequences of imposing any eligibility requirements on same-sex partners that are not imposed on opposite-sex partners; and
Carefully communicate the applicable rules and changes to employees and their family members.
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The purpose of this Alert is to provide a general overview of the impact of the Marriage Equality Act on employee benefits and other employment-related rights. Please contact your employee benefits attorney at Proskauer if you would like more detailed guidance on this subject.
[1] New York joins the states of Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia.
[2] The Act provides that "no government treatment or legal status, effect, right, benefit, privilege, protection or responsibility related to a marriage, whether deriving from statute, administrative or court rule, public policy, common law or any other source of law, shall differ based on the parties to the marriage being or having been of the same sex rather than a different sex."
[3] Importantly, earlier this year, the Department of Justice announced that it will no longer defend the constitutionality of DOMA. The potential impact of that announcement is reviewed in our client alert of March 8, 2011.
[4] See Advisory Opinion No. TSB-A-10(2)I of the State of New York Commissioner of Taxation and Finance.
[5] This would apply equally to insured and self-insured benefits.
DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations.
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