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IFJ Hails Indian Supreme Court Decision on Majithia Wage Board Recommendations
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the Indian Journalist Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists India (NUJI) commend the Supreme Court of India's decision to uphold a new pay structure for newspaper journalists, in line with the Majithia Wage Board Recommendations of 2011.
According to the NUJI President Uppala Laxman, the outcome is a significant victory for Indian media workers after a 12-year struggle with newspaper employers who have strongly petitioned against the revision.
"The victory comes at a time when employers have been pressuring the government to deny workers their due under the pretext of globalisation and liberalisation," Mr Laxman said. "The Government has done the right thing to stand by workers in upholding the Majithia Boards' recommendations with minor modifications."
In a statement issued in New Delhi, IJU President S N Sinha and Secretary General Devulapalli Amarcommended the Supreme Court Judgment saying it was a clear victory for working journalists and other newspaper employees. The IJU urged the Central and State Government to ensure a speedy implementation of the Supreme Court order.
"State governments must immediately take steps to force erring employers to fall in line and see that the recommendations of the wage boards are implemented fully. State governments should also immediately activate the Tri-partite Committees to oversee the implementation of the statutory wages to all working journalists including the rural journalists," The IJU said.
On February 7, the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, called for a new pay structure in line with the Majithia Wage Board Recommendations to be implemented from April 2014. Arrears are to be backdated to November 11, 2011 and are tobe paid within a year in four instalments.
Under the 2011 recommendations, working journalists in the highest class of newspaper establishment, comprising companies with gross annual revenues of more than Indian rupees USD$160,000 would have basic monthly wages ranging from USD$209 to USD$402 and other newspaper staff, between USD$145 and USD$282. The basic wage would be augmented by a partial compensation for inflation and a house rent allowance. Journalists working in challenging environments would be eligible for a "hardship allowance". A "night-shift allowance" and "transport allowance" were also been proposed.
Amongst the petitioners against the wage revision were the publisher of The Times of India, the publisher of AnandabazarPatrika and the Indian Newspaper Society.
The IFJ welcomes the decision as a great victory for newspaper employees, journalists and non-journalists who fought against these attempts by employers to block it.
"The Supreme Court of India has upheld the legal principle on the right to wage increase and revision in the face of extreme pressure from employers. This is a right that should not have taken 12 years to achieve if media employers had stood by their obligations but justice has finally been served," the IFJ said.
The IFJ applauds the victory and says it sets a strong precedent on future cases in the region.
The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 131 countries


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No academic freedom in public varsities without autonomy
July 20, 2017 July 20, 2017 Nur Farzana Md Yusof
https://hakam.org.my/wp/2017/07/20/no-academic-freedom-in-public-varsities-without-autonomy/
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PETALING JAYA: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) has called for policies to bring about greater autonomy among Malaysia's public universities over their own administrative affairs, in order to make academic freedom in these institutions possible.
''At the moment, our universities are not free to make independent decisions on governance, financial and admission matters," IDEAS director of research Ali Salman said.
"The hiring of vice-chancellors, drafting of university budgets and determination of student numbers and profiles are subjected to the ministry of higher education's control."
"The more dependent a university is on other institutions, the more questionable the integrity of knowledge generated will be. In order to safeguard academic freedom, true autonomy is the way forward for Malaysian universities,'' he said in statement.He said academic freedom was tied closely to university autonomy. "When universities have the right to self-govern, academics are protected from being influenced by the interests of external parties," he said.
Ali was commenting on a study commissioned by IDEAS on the need for universities to be free from political interference.
In his paper titled "History and Epistemology of Universities" released on July 11, Munif Zarirruddin Fikri Nordin, associate professor at Universiti Utara Malaysia's College of Arts and Sciences, addressed whether Malaysian universities had diverged from their role as centres of knowledge and platforms for open discourse.
Ali said much of the country's intellectual, cultural and economic development was driven by free discussion of opinions, with academics at the heart of such dialogue.
"Universities should be the breeding ground for the exploration and debate of ideas. Individual freedom to speak out without fear should be given to academics as well as students," he said.
"In this way, the pursuit of true facts, concepts and knowledge will not be at risk," he added.
On June 20, IDEAS released its report on a study titled "The History of University Autonomy in Malaysia" which said that despite their formal status, autonomous public universities in Malaysia had their freedom significantly curtailed as they relied on the government for fund allocations and research grants.
The report also stated that private universities which did not receive financial support from the government were subjected to "extra-legal" requirements.
IDEAS chief executive Wan Saiful Wan Jan said the report put into question the government's determination in ensuring autonomy for the country's institutions of higher learning.
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Movie Review: 13 Assassins (2010)
Hannibal Lecter is the perfect example of a sociopath — a man who can think up and carry out unspeakable horrors without so much as batting an eyelash. Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira, in 13 Assassins, is the perfect example of a sociopath with unlimited power and influence. He rapes, mutilates and murders with impunity. Even more callous and frightening — he does it all while looking at the friends and family of his victims with an ear to ear smile on his face.
Realizing the greater good (i.e., a samurai should protect the people from injustice and not mindlessly serve his master), Sir Doi (Mikijiro Hira) enlists fellow samurai, Shinzaemon (Kôji Yakusho) to assassinate Lord Matsudaira (Gorô Inagaki) before any additional harm befalls the people of the land. A feat such as that is obviously easier said than done — Naritsugu is guarded by several hundred samurai led by the fabled swordsman Hanbei Kitou (Masachika Ichimura). To gain the advantage, Shinzaemon recruits fellow ronin (hence the title of the movie) and sets forth planning an elaborate trap.
Now for those of you aching for a dazzling display of swordplay, you'll have to wait for more than half of the movie to transpire before the going gets good (and by good, I don't necessarily mean skilled or well choreographed). Director Takashi Miike (who has directed more movies than I can count) takes 75 minutes or so to do introductions of the individuals that comprise the "suicide squad" and to lay down the foundation for the viewers to understand the feudal Japanese society 13 Assassins takes place in. The political yarn is rather interesting — samurai live by a strict code (known as Bushidō) and to break it weighs heavily on their mind — and the manner in which it is explained definitely helps in connecting the viewer with the samurai on both sides of the battle lines. The introductions, on the other hand, well they're more confusing than anything else. A name and mini back story for each is presented so quickly that there really was no way to differentiate one from the other (especially once the bloodshed begins).
Ah, now to the bloodshed and dismemberment. Hundreds of sword wielding warriors versus 13. As you can expect with these odds, there has to be some amount of belief suspension employed (although had the assassins continued to shower the battlefield with arrows, belief wouldn't have had to be suspended quite so much). But hey, it's all about the whirlwind of chaos — the formal sword craft versus an untrained tidal onslaught; the painting of streets with rivers of blood — and if the enemy was taken down via arrows there would be none of it. Miike uses a wide array of camera techniques to capture the action — close-ups to focus in on the intensity, wide lensed shots for some of the larger, crazier action set scenes and handheld shaky cam for the up close and personal fighting. Unfortunately, neither of the latter two methods can hide the sword swing that misses its mark by a country mile (yet the assaulted flop to the ground in death throes) or the "lazy circle" in which the mob encircles the hero and attacks one at a time instead of en masse.
Nonetheless, the action in these 30 minutes or so gets the heart pumping and is a lot of fun to watch unfold. And the epiphany one of these battle weary warriors has during the climax was an unexpected poignant moment that was a cherry topping to the carnage's sundae.
It's clear Takashi Miike wanted 13 Assassins to ascend to something greater than a basic slash 'em up samurai flick — the time spent on developing the story arc and characters proves that. The end result, however, is no Seven Samurai; 13 Assassins is a mostly forgettable, muddled slash 'em up samurai flick that just so happens to have a fantastically memorable madman at its core.
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'Movie Review: 13 Assassins (2010)' has 1 comment
April 8, 2011 @ 10:27 am Cal Knox
The trailer looked so badass… Sad to hear the full film is not quite up to scratch =/
Good review!!
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director(s): Takashi Miike
Actor(s): Gorô Inagaki, Kôji Yakusho, Masachika Ichimura, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya
Writer(s): Daisuke Tengan, Kaneo Ikegami
Producer(s): Jeremy Thomas, Takashi Hirajô, Toshiaki Nakazawa
Studio(s): Sedic International
Release Date(s): US: April 29, 2011 | UK: May 6, 2011
IMDb Info: 13 Assassins
Official Page: 13 Assassins
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'Going Green' Is Really 'Going Native': Western Apache Chef Nephi Craig
By Hanna Choi
Published April 4, 2016 at 11:28 AM EDT
Nephi Craig, executive chef of The Summit Restaurant at Sunrise Park Resort in Whiteriver, Arizona.
When Nephi Craig enrolled in the culinary program at Arizona's Scottsdale Community College, there was nothing like "Native American Cuisine 101" in the curriculum. Craig identifies as and Navajo, and the first mention he can recall of anything remotely related to his background was a class discussion on fry bread, a crispy fried concoction that "is really a taste of American colonialism," he says, "a taste of confinement and oppression."
For many Native Americans, fry bread, a flat dough fried in oil or lard, brings up painful memories of a time when Native people were forcibly removed from their homes and land and made to survive off military food rations. Fry bread was improvised from those rations, born of ingredients that represented a forced dependency on outsiders. It has a complex and sensitive history that is often overlooked. And yet it's the only food item many outsiders know of when it comes to Native American cuisine.
As Craig remembers it, the mention of fry bread in his culinary school course didn't get into that history or nuance. Since then, he increasingly came to sense a sort of dismissiveness and sloppiness towards Native Americans and indigenous food ways in the mainstream culinary world.
Craig grew up immersed in his culture through art, music and ceremony, and food always played a large role. He wanted to find a way to bridge the gap. "It is my responsibility to contribute to something I believe in and have been engaged in all my life, whether I knew it or not," he says.
Upon graduating from culinary school in 2000, Craig launched the Native American Culinary Association. Based in Arizona, NACA is a network of Native chefs — professionals and those just starting out — dedicated to the research, refinement, and development of Native American cuisine. Since 2011, the association has organized a yearly Indigenous Food Symposium, bringing people from different fields together to share and learn about Native foods, agriculture and landscapes.
Craig is also the executive chef of The Summit Restaurant at Sunrise Park Resort in Whiteriver, Arizona, which is owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Visitors at the resort — it's open to anyone — can try their hand at snowshoeing and ice fishing in the winter and ziplining and disk golfing in the summer. Craig's culinary team there is staffed entirely by cooks and other food workers who identify either with the White Mountain Apache tribe or as Navajo/Dineh. "Clans are named after places where medicine and food plant relatives grow, or where they choose to live," Craig has written. "My son, my brothers and our boys are sons of sacred mountains, as are all other White Mountain Apaches and Navajo...We are sons of sacred mountains."
The restaurant has featured menu items like Heirloom Chicken with Gnocchi and Reservation-grown Winter Squash and Wilted Greens, dishes "native" in the sense that ingredients are local and prepared by cooks who identify as Native American. But visitors who book the Chef's Table, a cozy, four-person table located in the kitchen, get to dine on Craig's own interpretation of traditionally Apache dishes. He has created renditions of Acorn Stew and seared rack of rabbit, as well as culinary interpretations of his culture.
/ Nephi Craig
This dish,<em> Masáána bik'os ndeezi bigową</em> or "The Long-Neck Apple's House" captures the theme of "Identity, Time and Place" in Apache cuisine.
For instance, the dish in the picture below is called Masáána bik'os ndeezi bigową or "The Long-Neck Apple's House." Craig's blog explains that it uses pears and spun sugar to recreate an edible Apache dwelling, or wikiup, also called gowah, or "home," in the Apache language.
In 2011, Craig started a blog called Apaches in the Kitchen, offering readers a taste of his culinary world, an insider's perspective on "Native American cuisine," and a rich tapestry of untapped history and culture. When Chef Craig's blog caught my eye ,I couldn't help but reach out to learn more about this history-mining chef and his craft.
Code Switch: So what, exactly, is Native American cuisine?
Chef Nephi Craig: One of the misconceptions about Native American cuisine is even attaching the word "cuisine" to our food ways. The biggest misconception about Native American cuisine is that it doesn't exist. And that's not true. Unfortunately Native American people, myself included, are conceptualized and romanticized and set in a certain time period so if you were to just Google 'Native American,' you're going to find all of these images from the 1800s, majority of them Plains Indians, Plains tribes. We're really set in a certain time period, and that's how dominant society perceives us.
Native cooking and Native food ways or Native cuisine very much does exist, and it is very much representative of the people and landscapes. It's when you look at the ingredients of indigenous food ways, it's very complex and vibrant, nutritious, and very sophisticated. Just like all our other art forms, it mirrors who we are. There's no separation with you and your food, and you and your food ways, and your indigenous landscape.
Native American cuisine is right now, to me, in my generation and in this time frame, not about fine dining as a priority. I know it does have that element and aspect. If you were to look up some of my work on the internet, it creates an impression that it's about that, but it's really not. There's a much deeper level to it where it's about restoration of balance, equipping families and individuals with the ability to change their lives and cope with and live an indigenous life under all these different forms of colonialism in America.
What would you like those who aren't familiar with your food culture to better understand about it?
Our work with Native foods and Native food ways is really about restoration and of balance, and this reclamation of our identity through food and landscape and health. That's really the direction that I'm taking with my basic understanding of Western Apache cooking.
As far as White Mountain Apache people, there's seven different federally recognized groups of Apaches, so one group of Apaches is not just "Apache." I'm a part of the Western Apache group, which consists of four different bands, and my tribe is the White Mountain Apache tribe.
As far as us and our identity... society should know that we're still very much engaged in this battle to keep our identity and our cultural lives. We're still very sophisticated and complex. We're not set in that black-and-white photographic era that you'll find in Google. We're very much a reflection of our indigenous food ingredients and landscapes. We're not a reflection of that romanticized idea of the last Indian, or the "noble savage" or all these different concepts that have been created for us, not by us.
We're in an age where we're retelling stories and piecing together histories for ourselves based on our ancestral memory, ancestral dignity and cultural intuition for ancestral justice, and people need to be extremely respectful and supportive in that effort because it's like a family going through a recovery process from a very traumatic event. It's that profound, and people need to allow space for us to take care of ourselves before we can try to fix other people's problems. Be smart enough to be kind, essentially.
How does this history, and the retelling of your peoples' story, tie in with your line of work?
In the 1500s, or 1492, refugees were leaving Europe, being persecuted, and there was a certain class system in Europe, all over Eurasia. The type of civilization that existed in Europe also came with a certain perception of food ways, and this was an entire culture that was foreign to indigenous ways of being and eating and interacting with the landscape.
So this comes with settler colonialism and enters America, and as all these forms of genocide and ethno-genocide are employed, and Native people are wiped out and the land violently appropriated, there's no longer these delicate and intricate trade routes with Native peoples and different tribes, and different methods of indigenous agriculture. Strategic agriculture is no longer practiced. They're replaced by a European, Westernized way of thinking about food and land ownership.
When people want to understand Native American cuisine, this whole story has to be told. In a restaurant culture that thrives on selling pleasure and selling experiences and promoting having a good time, the last thing many people may want to do is have this really serious conversation around indigenous food ways. That dismisses the false American narrative of our history and really begins to tell and prove this really amazing food history. And that reflects us, too.
So I think that there's a Westernized kind of way of eating and thinking that is very different because for us, we aren't a restaurant culture at all. If you look across the board at all the reservations across the country, since long as we can remember, we've never really had the idea of dining in a restaurant. It's only been in Europe for a couple of centuries. And for us, it's a whole different concept.
And even though we get we're in 2016, very much in tune with the times, and adapted, and moving forward, it's still an idea that doesn't match with our core indigenous beliefs. It doesn't really mesh. So to think of it as a community member, seeing fine-dining Native American cuisine restaurants in New York or Chicago or Seattle doesn't really make sense at this point. Like 'Why is that there?' It's such a strange phenomenon.
Is that why you got started in cooking in the first place?
I had always been cooking since I was a kid, growing up here on the rez with my mom and my family. We didn't have a lot of money and so we would bake and sell our goods and I would bag up stuff in sandwich bags and sell them as a little guy.
I've been cooking my entire life, all through my adolescence and I had ultimately wanted to do something creative...
I used to watch on Discovery Channel before Food Network even existed. I used to watch and think 'Wow, I could probably do that. That looks really cool.' I was very interested in the creative side of what was being put on the plate, and I felt like I could do that. So I got out of school and thought maybe I would give it a shot.
I had no idea the world that I would be entering in the long classical legacy that is French cuisine. But that's kind of where I started out, just in childhood, and then realizing just by pure observation that we were left out of this picture of world cuisine even when about 70 percent of foods consumed around the world today were developed and domesticated by Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
As a Native chef, I wanted to ultimately do something with Native food, but I was focused on classical French training because in my mind [that] was like the best and the most fundamental.
But Native foods took me down a whole different realm and changed my life forever, and so now all of that continues to inspire me. Those stories of survival and resilience and tenacity and courage and now, this age of accountability to ourselves and also society's accountability to us to allow us to retell these stories, these histories.
So after learning classical French cooking, traveling to so many places, and being exposed to so many different influences, how did you go back to your roots?
My identity is I'm White Mountain Apache [on his mother's side] and Navajo on my father's side. I'm half-and-half if you want to say that. I'm a father and a husband first, and a community member in my tribe. Definitely an advocate.
As far as where that all fits in on the larger global history, I'm not the only one who's engaged in this battle through food ways. From Argentina to Alaska, there's these pockets of resilience that are mirroring their ancestral memory of the landscape. When individuals like myself hear those genetic messages that are based on a relationship to the landscape, we can hear them articulate these histories in a way that has integrity and dignity, and we can speak for ourselves first, about our families and our communities in a way that hopefully protects our landscapes and our cultures.
So not only do we become land advocates, like we've always been, but in a different age where we're so connected, I feel like I'm in a part of an indigenous resurgence. Western Apache cuisine is just one colorful thread in this larger tapestry of indigenous restoration and resilience.
Of all the places in all the world, how did you get to Sunrise Park Resort and where you are today?
An elder and apprentice with local ingredients.
After all that international travel I started as a line cook and on the first day in this kitchen as a line cook, the whole staff was White Mountain Apache. My mind was blown. I had just come back from all of these places in the world, feeling all these sentiments of wanting to do Native foods, and even though this kitchen was old and banged up and needed a lot of work — the food was really processed — the staff and spirit of the kitchen was all native, and it blew my mind.
And that position vacated, I applied, and got the job, and a year and a half into the job is when I started the Apaches in the Kitchen blog. Not knowing if this was going to last or work, but feeling that this moment in time had to be documented and captured. Anything that we created with our team of Apaches with servers, culinary staff, cooks, and chefs, has been tried to look at from a cultural occurrence.
Even though we could be cooking pasta and classical sauces and ingredients, it's all being produced by a team of White Mountain Apache chefs, therefore making it regional White Mountain Apache cooking. We're taking it back. That was how I arrived at this post. It's been an ongoing journey of understanding it all.
What's in the future of Native foods in the larger scale of the food world?
As other chefs and food practitioners and companies see the growth and development and the appeal to it, I hope they approach it with a sense of cultural sensitivity and that they build healthy working relationships with Native peoples first, before engaging in cultural appropriation of food ways.
I think that's really important because the whole world is going local, sustainable, ecologically sound, all those buzzwords, and essentially 'going green' is 'going native.' What we're realizing is that as our global food system situation gets more and more urgent, we're going to be looking to these.
We're already looking at these indigenous principles of land stewardship to maintain the planet for the world, for humanity, and you know in the process of studying and researching those food ways, and even opening restaurants, I really hope that organizations and people pay attention and have some accountability when developing that because if not, it's just a form of cultural appropriation.
And within your community?
Many of our people living under the oppressive conditions of everyday life in poverty, or in poverty on the reservations, are too busy surviving modern-day colonialism to begin to think about decolonization pathways toward shifting perspectives around foods like fry bread.
This is why it is sensitive, I feel, because some of us are in a position of privilege to have access to education, safety, healthy food options or just food in general and many of our Native people that are oppressed spiritually, emotionally and physically by the bounds of colonialism and shape-shifting colonialism do not have that food privilege.
Non-Native people, scholars and chefs can be quick to make assumptions or condemn many flour-based breads before experiencing our people's desperation for food, and humble desire to feed their families, even if it has to occasionally be with fry bread. I am reminded of this all the time in my community. This is where the real work begins — at home — and will remain there for more generations because it is a true culinary paradigm shift for us all.
Hanna Choi


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Deadlines likely pushed back for ballot proposals
Published on September 26, 2017 in Statewide/Top Headlines by News Service Of Florida
Following the disruption of Hurricane Irma, a panel on Monday recommended that the Florida Constitution Revision Commission give residents more time to file proposed constitutional amendments.
The commission's Rules and Administration Committee voted unanimously to recommend an extension to Oct. 6 of the filing deadline for proposed amendments from the public, replacing a prior recommendation of a Sept. 22 deadline.
"As we all know so much of the state was impacted by Hurricane Irma, many people are still focusing their efforts on recovery from the storm, just getting their lives back to normal. I think it's appropriate that we give Floridians more time to participate in the process," said Tim Cerio, chairman of the rules panel.
The committee also recommended extending the deadline to Oct. 31 for proposed amendments filed by the 37 members of the Constitution Revision Commission, replacing a prior deadline of Oct. 24.
The deadline extensions will have to be approved by the full commission, which meets next Monday in Tallahassee.
The commission meets every 20 years and has the unique ability to place constitutional amendments directly on the 2018 ballot. Thus far, it has received more than 1,400 constitutional proposals from the public, although due to duplication that represents roughly 500 distinct proposals, officials said.
Commission members have filed seven proposals.
Next Monday, the full commission will begin its review of the public proposals. For a proposed amendment to advance, it must be nominated by a member and then receive support from at least 10 commission members.
Public proposals that gain the initial support of the commission will then be referred to one or more of the 10 committees that have specific jurisdictions, including education, taxes, the judiciary and elections.
Proposals that win majority votes in the committees will return to the full commission, where at least 22 members must vote in support to place a measure on the 2018 general election ballot.
Five of the committees will meet this week and hear testimony from experts in their focus areas, starting Tuesday with a presentation from Pete Antonacci, Gov. Rick Scott's former general counsel who now leads Enterprise Florida. Antonacci will talk to the Constitution Revision Commission's Executive Committee on the governor's constitutional authority.
On Monday, a group of Democratic-leaning organizations called for more public hearings once the commission sorts through the more than 1,400 public proposals and whatever amendments are advanced by commission members.
The coalition, which includes the Florida Education Association, the League of Women Voters of Florida, the Florida AFL-CIO, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups, sent a letter asking the commission to consider another round of public hearings across the state "after the full commission has determined, by majority vote, which proposals will be further considered."
The commission held a round of public hearings earlier this year to hear testimony from Floridians on what changes they would like to see in the state Constitution.
"A second round of hearings after many issues are eliminated will allow citizens the opportunity to make focused and in-depth public comment about issues that have been determined to have a real chance of making it to the ballot," the letter said. "And commissioners will have the benefit of that comment before they take their final vote."
Additionally, the coalition asked the commission to hold itself to a strict interpretation of Florida's open-government laws, including prohibiting private communication between two commissioners when discussing proposals.
Cerio said the commission is using the same open-government rules that were adopted by the last Constitution Revision Commission, which met in 1997 and 1998.
Any proposals placed on the 2018 ballot must be approved by at least 60 percent of the voters to pass.
Republished with permission of the News Service of Florida.
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Liberty Mutual Sues New York over Workers' Comp Law Changes
Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual Holding Co. has filed a federal lawsuit challenging several recent amendments to New York State's workers' compensation law as unconstitutional.
The suit alleges that changes made in 2007 as part of a major overhaul of workers' comp insurance in the state violate the contract, takings, equal protection and due process clauses of the Constitution.
At issue are several provisions that Liberty Mutual claims unfairly target insurers. In particular is an amendment that expands the type of workers' comp claims – permanent partial disability — for which insurers must now deposit a lump sum into the state's Aggregate Trust Fund. The fund is a Great Depression-era mechanism designed to guarantee payments to injured workers in the event of an insurer's insolvency.
However. the law does not require lump-sum deposits from employers who self-insure for workers' comp or the state-owned New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) — the largest workers' comp writer in New York.
By requiring only private insurers to make those payments, the law violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Liberty Mutual contends, and creates a drastically uneven playing field between private insurers and the NYSIF.
In court documents, Liberty Mutual said it has not yet paid lump sum deposits, since a pending bill that would have repealed those changes was circulating the state Senate. However, the close of the 2008 legislative session ended hopes of a repeal.
Now, the company says, the state Workers' Compensation Board will begin deciding PPD appeals claims, which will likely begin to require the insurer and its subsidiaries to begin making deposits into the Aggregate Trust Fund.
There are also two procedural rules which the insurer says are unconstitutional.
One is a provision that allows the Aggregate Trust Fund to enter into settlements with the consent of an insurer, a violation of Liberty Mutual's due process rights.
The other is a rule change that makes retroactive the lump sum deposit rule, and applies to policies issued before the law was passed in 2007. Liberty Mutual also contends that retroactive law is unconstitutional.
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Paul Westhead�s optimism about his team this season is not shared by his peers.
Oregon, coming off a 4-27 season, was picked to finish last in the Pac-12 by the coaches in their 2013-14 preseason poll released on Thursday at the conference�s women�s basketball media day event in San Francisco.
Westhead was joined at the Pac-12 Network studios interview sessions by charismatic forward Jillian Alleyne, who led the Ducks last season in scoring (13.0 ppg), rebounding (11.9 rpg) and blocks (1.3) during an injury-plagued season. The 6-foot-3 sophomore doesn�t believe that history will repeat itself this year.
�I think the motivation on my team is different. Despite the 4-27 season we had, we want to get better,� Alleyne said. �We don�t just want to abandon our teammates. Losing weekend after weekend, it sucked, but we kept working. You can�t just quit. That�s something I learned from coach, you can�t just quit.
Stanford has been tabbed as the preseason favorite to win the conference for the 13th consecutive year. The Cardinal received 11 first-place votes with California, predicted to finish second, receiving the other.
Tara VanDerveer welcomes back 10 letter-winners, including reigning Pac-12 player of the year Chiney Ogwumike.
The Bay Area programs are heads and shoulders above the field in the view of the coaches with little separation in the voting between Colorado, Washington, UCLA and USC for spots 3-6.
Utah, Oregon State, Washington State, Arizona State and Arizona round out the bottom half of the conference poll ahead of the Ducks.


We drink a lot of green smoothies. For years, we had a pretty affordable blender that worked fine. I always said I didn't need a Vitamix and that I couldn't imagine spending that much money on a blender. But then our trusty blender broke one day, and we were in the market for a new blender. I did quite a bit of research and kept coming back to the Vitamix. After all, we use our blender almost every day for green smoothies and sometimes for pureed soups. And I read that there was a real difference in the texture of smoothies and soups made in a Vitamix. We therefore decided to bite the bullet and get Vitamix.
We got the more affordable model without all the bells and whistles, but it works great! It was an investment I never regretted as the smoothies and soups are just so much creamier. Plus, the Vitamix can handle all the ice and harder, frozen veggies & fruits you put in it. In the past, I had to always partially defrost most veggies and fruits; looking back that was quite a hassle. I am happy that I chose a quality product that will work for many years to come.
While I love our Vitamix, we have really only been using it for smoothies lately. I was therefore excited when I was contacted to see if I wanted to review The Vitamix Cookbook . The book is written by the president and CEO of Vitamix, Jodi Berg. It sounded like the perfect book to put the Vitamix to use more. And the book did not disappoint.
Berg starts the book with a little background on the fourth-generation family company, her family, as well as her food philosophy. She discusses why it's important to choose whole foods and includes handy information like a list of the dirty dozen and the clean fifteen as well as conversion charts from Fahrenheit to Celsius and cups to milliliters.
Here is a look at the chapters in the book. As you can see, the recipes go far beyond green smoothies & pureed soups!
I looked through the book when I got it and was immediately drawn to a wide variety of recipes and the beautiful pictures that accompany some of the recipes (I wish every recipe came with a photo, but that would have probably made the book too long as it is already very substantial with 380 pages). And in the end, more recipes are more useful than more photos!
The kid and Andy also looked through the book on their own because I left it on the coffee table. Both told me a long list of recipes they wanted me to make. I also picked out some. Everything I have made so far has turned out great. In the next weeks, I will share one of our favorite recipes from the book with you.
Finally, I really like the index of The Vitamix Cookbook as it is organized by ingredients (but also by breakfast. entrees, etc.), something I wish all cookbooks would do as it is so convenient! For example, if I have way too many bananas on my counter, I can see what recipes in the book use bananas.
Questions: Do you have a blender? If so, how often, and for what recipes, do you use it? Do you have a Vitamix? If so, what do you use it for?
A lot of my work is done at home - grading, lesson planning, responding to emails. I'm really only on campus for teaching, office hours, and meetings, which is about fifteen hours a week. I therefore often change out of my "work clothes" around noon. If you follow me on Instagram or have read my What I Wore Wednesday posts, you may wonder why I change out of my "work clothes" as my outfits are pretty casual for the most part. And that's true since I teach in a very laid back environment.
I guess the answer is that I like to be as comfortable as possible when I'm not on campus, and it's also necessary as I am known to get colored ink over my clothes when I write feedback. I think I'm in such deep thought that I don't realize what I'm doing. Well, that's my excuse at least, and I'm sticking to it! All I really know is that I find lots of pink, green, and purple (my favorite pen colors for writing feedback) marks on my clothes.
When I change out of my "work clothes," it's very tempting to reach for too casual clothes like yoga pants and tees. I have lately made an effort to wear more "put together" casual clothes for the second part of my day.
I bought the flare jeans at the beginning of September but hadn't worn them because the length works with my boots, for which it had been too warm. They are super soft; in fact, I read one negative review where someone complained that they are so soft they don't feel like jeans. I think that's great and why I love them! I paired them with a simple turtleneck and silver necklace. I felt great in the late morning/afternoon/evening, which was spent grading, picking up the kid, dropping off the kid at his afternoon activity, and running some errands.
On Friday, I spent the day grading midterms and lesson planning. I was comfortable in dark skinny jeans, a long sleeve black and white tee, and a favorite necklace of mine. I really like the skinny jeans because they have a lot of stretch; they are as comfortable as yoga pants but look more put together. I got the tee years ago at White House Black Market, and I love the material. It's super soft and comfortable. I need to get another one in the same material soon!
Another super comfortable outfit were the dark skinny jeans paired with a striped Banana Republic shirt. It's a super casual outfit but more put together than yoga pants and a tee shirt.
But there are also days when my teaching clothes are so comfortable that I don't feel the need to change when I get home. This was actually the case on Monday and yesterday.
The black and white dress and the leggings are super comfortable, so I wore them all day without ever even thinking about changing. It's really a perfect outfit for my life as I feel it's dressy enough for teaching yet comfortable enough to wear even if I don't have to be dressed up.
When I'm adding new pieces to my wardrobe, I will be looking for dressy(ier) pieces that are comfortable and easy to care for (or super cozy like the cashmere sweater!) so that I'll want to wear them all day.
Questions: What are your favorite comfortable outfits that are still somewhat "put together?"


A family is furious after masked thieves sneaked into their garden in the dead of night and ran away with their expensive Christmas lights.
But the two men didn't realise the whole thing was caught on CCTV.
The pair targeted the Bawtry house, on The Pastures, just off Gainsborough Road, on December 16.
Dad-of-three David Bodman said they "like to spoil Christmas for us". And relatively clear CCTV footage laid bare exactly what the alleged criminals had been up to.
The footage shows two men, with hoods and what appear to be scarves covering their faces, approach the house and then dive behind a neighbour's wall as cars came past. They then cross the road and once they have got hold of the lights, they can be seen running down the road.
"It was Christmas tree they went for, not a traditional one but a metal poled one with lights on - and it's not cheap," said David.
"It was bolted into the ground in my front garden.
"They came at exactly 5am in the morning. The CCTV shows a white car going past, I presume they then parked by the railway.
"Then they walked pas the house and jumped over my neighbours wall into their garden and hid there while a couple of cars went past.
"They got us and walked across the road and into my garden. You can't see them actually steal the tree as it's under a canopy, but you see them walking away with it.
"They left the base and stand because they were bolted in, and walked away with the tops of the trees. Then they made off back up Gainsborough Road.
"Three minutes after they had walked away they disappeared in the white car.
"You've got Bawtry with all the nice lights through the village and we're the last house going out of the village so it's nice to leave people with a pleasant impression as they leave.
"And now my partner doesn't want to buy anymore this year for fear they might go again.
"A friend of mine says there are a lot going missing from Harworth too."
The only solace David and his family can take from the act is that the Christmas lights are useless to the crooks, as they only work as part of the whole set-up.
If anyone has any information about the incident, contact police on 101.


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Klamath Falls construction flagger killed in crash
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – Police say a road construction flagger was killed in southern Oregon when a motorist struck him in a highway construction zone.
Oregon State Police say 45-year-old Daniel Wessel was hit and pronounced dead at the scene along Highway 140 East in Klamath County Tuesday evening.
Police say preliminary investigation shows that 38-year-old Zahara Gonzales of Klamath Falls was driving a Mazda west on the highway when she entered the construction zone and the vehicle struck Wessel.
The circumstances of the crash – including whether Gonzales was speeding, impaired or distracted – are under investigation.
A state police spokesman told the Oregonian/OregonLive Wednesday that Gonzales has not been arrested.
A person who answered the phone at Wessel's employer, Rocky Mountain Construction, declined to comment.
More Crashes Stories
by KOIN 6 News Staff / Jul 17, 2019
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- At least one person was hurt in a 3-car crash Wednesday in Hillsboro.
The crash happened just before 4:30 p.m. at Northwest Connell Avenue and Northwest 9th Avenue.
Burning plane crash lands in field near Salem, pilot hurt
SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) -- A pilot made an emergency landing in a field near Salem after his plane caught on fire.
The pilot was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office. No one else was on the plane.
Accused drunk driver flips new truck into creek
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A driver accused of having a blood alcohol content 5 times the legal limit crashed his truck into Ash Creek Monday afternoon.
Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue said the driver, 24-year-old Ryan Hamilton, was trapped in the car in shallow water. Firefighters were able to get the driver out and he was taken to the hospital.


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InterACT Disability Arts Festival supports leadership
Author: Andrea Moxham
Created: Tue 04 Nov 2014, 02:25 pm
By Andrea Moxham
Sarah Houbolt, project manager of Auckland's fourth InterACT Disability Arts Festival in October, says it's "absolutely crucial" to have disabled people in leadership positions.
"As a person with a disability, it took me a little longer than it should have to build the confidence and capacity to go for leadership positions," she says.
"I was lucky to have worked at TAPAC as its development manager for a year, and participate in not-for-profit management training in Japan. These two recent experiences built my confidence to take the InterACT contract.
"I loved being part of this diverse festival and being able to bring a lived experience of disability to influence interactions, processes and outcomes."
Sarah, the inaugural recipient of Arts Access Aotearoa's Artistic Achievement Award in 2012, is a performing artist, community arts worker and social researcher. She is also partially sighted.
"I worked alongside festival director Paula Crimmens," Sarah says. "My job was about creating templates, managing and communicating with artists and the venue, making logistical decisions, delegating tasks, troubleshooting and managing volunteers.
"With the limitations of my eye sight, I was worried there might be more challenges than there were. Luckily I was supported by a great team.
Communicating via radio transmitters
"I found I could do my job fine. The normal process of using radio transmitters at the festival to communicate to my team without having to make eye contact eradicated all of my fears.
"I am passionate about facilitating a range of creative opportunities for a variety of people with a disability. Anyone who wanted to participate in the festival could. Everyone had fun, and the team was supportive and inclusive – much like a family."
Claire Noble, Community Development Co-ordinator of Arts Access Aotearoa, attended the Friday night gala event.
"There was great energy and it was a lot of fun with excellent performances," Claire says. "The Mutes from Mars band performed the grand finale and brought the house down."
When Sarah first visited the venue, Corban Estate Arts Centre, she immediately realised there was a barrier for herself and others with visual impairment: unmarked steps. She approached its Director, Martin Sutcliffe, and asked if the edges of the steps could be painted in a high-contrast colour paint to make it safer.
"They heard me and they did it," Sarah says. "It was great to advocate for myself as well as for my community. I was really relieved, very happy and super-proud of the painting of the steps. It may seem small but for me, it's a giant symbol of 'Yes! You are welcome here'.
"Access is more than just ramps and lifts for people using wheelchairs. It's also about access to information in a variety of ways for people with cognitive diversity, learning difficulties, and hearing and sight impairments."
Sarah performed in the first InterACT Disability Arts Festival in 2011. "I performed aerial silks and blindfolded acrobatics with my circus partner. It was a good experience and I really appreciated getting paid.
"I'm really proud that I was at the first festival as a performer, and that I could come back and manage the festival in 2014."
Returning to the festival
More than 900 people a day attend the three-day festival. "It's a testament to Paula Crimmens and the InterActing Theatre team that people keep coming back, engaging with it and filling different roles."
Sarah received a lot of positive feedback from volunteers who were comfortable, confident and had fun in their roles because of good communication and briefings.
"I loved the volunteer management side of things," she says. "InterACT Festival is an awesome opportunity for volunteers and artists alike. I'm thinking that next year, I'd like to perform my own show at InterACT and get more arts management experience."


20000-NAMES.COM: Male Names / K, Page 2 of 4. Etymologies of names. Meanings and Origins of male names.
KEDEHERN: Old Celtic variant form of Welsh Cadeyrn, meaning "battle lord."
KEEFE: Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caoimh "descendant of Caomh," hence "beloved, comely."
KEEGAN: Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodhagáin "son of Aodhagán," hence "tiny little fire."
KEELAN: Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from a contracted form of the surname Keelahan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Céileacháin, "descendant of Ceileachain," hence "little companion."
KEELIN: Variant spelling of English unisex Keelan, meaning "little companion."
KEENAN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cianán, meaning "little ancient one."
KEES: Dutch pet form of Roman Latin Cornelius, meaning "of a horn."
KEFILWE: African Tswana unisex name meaning "I was given."
KEGAN: Variant spelling of English Keegan, meaning "tiny little fire."
KEHAT: Variant spelling of Hebrew Kehath, meaning "assembly."
KEHATH (קְהָת): Variant form of Hebrew Qehath, meaning "assembly."
KEI (1-恵, 2-佳, 3-敬, 4-圭, 5-慧): Japanese name meaning 1) "blessed, lucky," 2) "excellent," 3) "respect," 4) "square jewel," or 5) "wise."
KEIICHI (圭一): Japanese name meaning "square jewel first (son)."
KEIJI (敬二): Japanese name meaning "respectful second (son)."
KEIR: Variant spelling of English Kerr, meaning "from the marshland."
KEITH: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, probably derived from a Celtic word meaning "forest, wood."
KELAN: Variant spelling of English unisex Keelan, meaning "little companion."
KELCEY: Variant spelling of English unisex Kelsey, meaning "ship-victory."
KELD: Danish form of Icelandic and Old Norse Kettil, meaning "cauldron, kettle."
KELE: Native American Hopi name meaning "sparrow."
KELEMEN: Hungarian form of Greek Klementos, meaning "gentle and merciful."
KELL: Short form of English unisex Kelly, meaning "bright-headed."
KELLEY: Variant spelling of English unisex Kelly, meaning "bright-headed."
KELLY: Anglicized unisex form of Irish Gaelic Ceallach, meaning "bright-headed."
KELSEY: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from the Old Anglo-Saxon personal name Céolsige, meaning "ship-victory."
KELVIN: First used in the 1920s, this English name was derived from the name of a Scottish river, possibly meaning "friendly river."
KEME: Native American Algonquin name meaning "secret."
KEMEN: Basque name meaning "courage, vigor."
KEMNEBI: Egyptian name meaning "black panther."
KEMOSIRI: Egyptian name meaning "black Osiris."
KEMP: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from the Middle English word kempe "athlete, wrestler," from Old English kempa, meaning "champion, warrior."
Japanese name meaning 1) "healthy, strong" or 2) "modest," or 3) "study."
Short form of English Kenneth, meaning both "born of fire" and "comely; finely made." Also used as a nickname for other names that begin with Ken-.
KENAN (קַינָן): Anglicized form of Hebrew Qeynan, meaning "possession." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Enosh. Also spelled Cainan.
KENANIAH: Variant spelling of Hebrew Kenanyah, meaning "Jehovah establishes" or "whom Jehovah defends."
KENANYAH (כְּנַנְיָה): Hebrew name meaning "Jehovah establishes" or "whom Jehovah defends." In the bible, this is the name of a Levite who was the chief of the Temple singers who conducted the music when the Ark of the Covenant was moved from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem.
KENAZ: Anglicized form of Hebrew Qenaz, meaning "hunter." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Eliphaz and a brother of Caleb.
KENDAL: Variant spelling of English unisex Kendall, meaning "exalted effigy."
KENDALL: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from the Welsh masculine personal name Cynddelw, meaning "exalted effigy."
KENDRICK: English surname transferred to forename use, probably derived from the Middle English personal name Cenric, meaning "keen power."
KENEL: Armenian name meaning "to buy; purchase."
KENELM: Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Cenhelm, meaning "keen protection."
KEN'ICHI (1-健一, 2-研一): Japanese name meaning 1) "health first," or 2) "study first."
KENITH: Variant spelling of English Kenneth, meaning both "born of fire" and "comely; finely made."
KENJI (1-健二, 2-研二): Japanese name meaning "healthy second (son)" or 2) studying second (son)."
KENNARD: English name probably derived from Anglo-Saxon Cyneweard, meaning "royal guard."
KENNEDY: Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use in honor of the assassinated American president John F. Kennedy, derived from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Cinnéidigh, meaning "ugly head."
KENNET: Scandinavian form of English Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire."
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Cináed, meaning "born of fire." This was probably the first Anglicization.
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cainnech, meaning "comely; finely made."
KENNITH: Variant spelling of English Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire."
KENNY: Pet form of English Kenneth, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire."
KENRICK: Variant spelling of English Kendrick, meaning "keen power."
KENSHIN (謙信): Japanese name meaning "modest truth."
Contracted form of Scandinavian Kennet, meaning both "comely; finely made" and "born of fire."
English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "from Kent."
Short form of English Kenton, meaning "Cena's settlement." Also used as a short form of other names beginning with Kent-.
KENTA (健太): Japanese name meaning "healthy/strong and big/stout."
KENTIGERN: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Ceanntighern, meaning "head lord."
KENTON: English surname transferred to forename use, composed of Old English Cena and tun "settlement," hence "Cena's settlement."
KENYA: Pet form of Russian Innokentiy, meaning "harmless, innocent." Compare with feminine Kenya.
KENYON: Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinín "son of Coinín," hence "little wolf."
KENZIE: Short form of English unisex Mackenzie, meaning "comely, finely made."
KEPA: Basque form of Greek Kephas, meaning "rock."
KEPHALOS (Κέφαλος): Greek name meaning "head." In mythology, this is the name of the faithful husband of Procris.
KEPHAS (Κηφάς): Greek name of Aramaic origin, meaning "rock, stone." In the New Testament bible, this is the surname given by Jesus to Simon son of Jona, to distinguish him from Simon Zelotes.
KEPHEUS (Κηφεύς): Greek name meaning "gardener." In mythology, this is the name of a king of Ethiopia, the husband of Cassiopeia.
KERBASI: Basque name meaning "warrior."
KERBEROS (Κέρβερος): Greek name meaning "demon of the pit." In mythology, this is the name of the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades.
KERMAN: Basque form of Roman Germanus, meaning "from Germany."
KERMIT: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Diarmaid, meaning "without envy."
KERNEELS: Afrikaans (South African Dutch) form of Roman Latin Cornelius, meaning "of a horn."
KERR: Scottish surname transferred to English forename use, meaning "from the marshland."
KERRIE: Variant spelling of English unisex Kerry, meaning "Ciar's people."
KERRY: English unisex name derived from the name of an Irish county, Ciarraí, meaning "Ciar's people." Compare with strictly feminine Kerry.
KESED (כֶּשֶׂד): Hebrew name meaning "increase." In the bible, this is the name of the 4th son of Nahor. Chesed is the Anglicized form.
KESEGOWAASE: Native American Algonquin name meaning "swift."
KESHAUN: Elaborated form of English Shaun, meaning "God is gracious."
KESHAWN: Elaborated form of English Shawn, meaning "God is gracious."
KESTEJOO: Native American Algonquin name meaning "slave."
KESTER: Medieval Scottish form of Latin Crescentius, meaning "to spring up, grow, thrive."
KEVAN: Variant spelling of English Kevin, meaning "little comely one."
KEVIN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Caoimhín, meaning "little comely one."
KEVORK: Armenian form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
KEVYN: Variant spelling of English Kevin, meaning "little comely one."
KEYX (Κήυξ): Greek name, possibly meaning "kingfisher." In mythology, this is the name of a king of Thessaly, the son of Eosphoros.
KGOSI: African Tswana name meaning "chief, king."
KHACHIG: Variant spelling of Armenian Khatchig, meaning "little cross."
KHAI: Egyptian name meaning "crowned."
KHAJAG: Armenian name meaning "blue-eyed."
KHALDUN: Egyptian name meaning "immortal."
KHALEEL (خليل): Variant spelling of Arabic Khalil, meaning "friend."
KHALFANI: Egyptian name meaning "shall rule."
KHALID (خالد): Arabic name derived from the word khalada, meaning "eternal, everlasting."
KHALIFA (خليفة): Arabic name meaning "caliph."
KHALIL (خليل): Arabic name derived from the word khalil, meaning "friend."
KHALIQ (خالق): Arabic name meaning "creator."
KHAMISI: African Swahili name meaning "born on Thursday."
KHARITON (Харито́н): Russian form of Greek Chariton, meaning "grace, kindness."
KHARON (Χάρων): Greek name meaning "fierce brightness." In mythology, this is the name of the ferryman of Hades who ferries the dead across the river Acheron.
KHATCHERES: Armenian name meaning "cross face."
KHATCHIG: Armenian name meaning "little cross."
KHAYRAT (خيرات): Arabic unisex name derived from the word khayra, meaning "good deed."
KHAYRI (خيريّة): Arabic name meaning "charitable."
KHAYYAM (خیام): Arabic name meaning "tent-maker."
KHEIRON (Χείρων): Greek name meaning "surgeon." In mythology, this is the name of a wise centaur, the son of Cronus and the nymph Philyra. He himself fathered Ocyrhoe with the nymph Chariklo. He was said to be a great healer, oracle and astrologer.
KHEMKHAENG: Thai name meaning "strong."
KHENTI: Egyptian name meaning "leader."
KHNEMU: Egyptian name meaning "to model."
KHRISTOPHOROS: Variant spelling of Greek Christophoros, meaning "Christ-bearer."
KHRISTOS (Χριστός): Variant spelling of Greek Christos, meaning "anointed."
KHRYSAOR (Χρυσάωρ): Greek name meaning "golden sword." In mythology, this is the name of a son of Poseidon and the Gorgon Medusa. He is usually described as a giant, but sometimes as a winged boar, just as his twin brother Pegasus is described as a winged horse.
KHRYSES (Χρύσης): Greek myth name of a priest of Apollo, derived from the word khrysos, meaning "golden."
KHTHONIOS (Χθόνιος): Greek name derived from the word khthonios, meaning "of the earth (especially the inner earth, i.e. underworld)." In mythology, this is an epithet applied to Hermes and Zeus. It is the masculine form of Khthonia.
KIAN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cian, meaning "ancient, distant."
KIARAN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ciarán, meaning "little black one."
KIBWE: African Swahili name meaning "blessed."
KICHIRO: Variant spelling of Japanese Kichirou, meaning "lucky son."
KICHIROU (吉郎): Japanese name meaning "lucky son."
KIEFER: German surname transferred to forename use, derived from the word kiefer, a blend of kien and forhe, both meaning "pine tree."
KIERAN: Variant spelling of English Kiaran, meaning "little black one."
KIERON: Variant spelling of English Kiaran, meaning "little black one."
KIET: Thai name meaning "honor."
KILIÁN: Czech form of Irish Gaelic Cillín, meaning "little warrior."
KILIAN: German form of Irish Gaelic Cillín, meaning "little warrior."
KILLEEN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cillín, meaning "little warrior."
Variant spelling of English Killeen, meaning "little warrior."
Variant spelling of German Kilian, meaning "little warrior."
KIM: Compare with strictly feminine Kim.
Short form of English unisex Kimberley, meaning "King's City Meadow."
Short form of Scandinavian Joakim, meaning "Jehovah raises up."
KIMBALL: English surname transferred to forename use, from the Middle English personal name Kimbel, meaning "royal courage."
KIMBEL: Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Cynebeal, meaning "royal courage."
KIMBERLEY: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from the name of a South African town first brought to the public's notice by the Boer War in the 19th century. The town was named for Lord Kimberley whose ancestors derived their name from a place in England composed of the Old English elements cyne "king," burg "city" and leah "meadow, pasture," hence "King's City Meadow."
KIMETZ: Basque name meaning "sprout."
KIMON (Κίμων): Greek name, possibly meaning "sleepy."
KING: English name derived from the vocabulary word, "king," from Old English cyning, probably meaning "family, race."
KINGSLEY: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from the name of various places called Cyningesleah, composed of the Old English elements cyne "king," and leah "meadow, pasture," hence "king's meadow."
KIOSHI (淳): Variant spelling of Japanese Kiyoshi, meaning "pure."


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'When Doves Cry' at 35
Contributor Jennie Cataldo
A screenshot from Prince's music video "When Doves Cry."
In the wake of his successful "1999" album, Prince ventured into new creative territories when he decided he wanted to make a feature-length movie.
"He wanted something that could be his version of 'A Hard Day's Night,'" says Prince and the Revolution guitarist Wendy Melvoin. "Sort of an exaggerated version of his own life story."
Matt Fink, the Revolution's keyboardist and vocalist better known as Dr. Fink, remembers Prince presenting the idea to him: "It was completely untested waters for him to get into something like that. And I expressed my concerns saying ... 'Do you think we're big enough to do a movie? Or you're big enough as an artist to do a movie?' And he just said, 'I don't know, but I'm willing to try.'"
"All he had to do was say, 'I want to do this,' and it was literally six months later [that] there was a team of people around who were taking notes and helping him take his ideas and turning it into a script," remembers Melvoin. Those ideas laid the groundwork for the film "Purple Rain."
It was during the production of "Purple Rain" that the idea for "When Doves Cry" arose. The song was commissioned by director Albert Magnoli, who needed one more song to provide the soundtrack for a mid-movie montage that touched on the themes of the film. Prince immediately went to work by himself in the recording studio that night and came back the next day with "When Doves Cry" fully recorded and produced.
"When Doves Cry" was released on May 16, 1984, as the first single off of the "Purple Rain" album, giving momentum to the film's July 1984 release.
"Nobody believed that this was going to be such a catalyst for the kind of success that it had," author Alan Light says. "To be able to do something that's that experimental and that bold, and have it be that popular and connect that universally, it's just unbelievable. It takes an artist of that magnitude to be able to pull that off."
"When Doves Cry" went on to be the biggest single of 1984.
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to have conspired with other devious GBC leaders to poison Srila Prabhupada to death.
"The expression and symptoms of the face, the eyes and the manner of speaking indicate to me that Srila Prabhupada was poisoned, most probably by arsenic or mercury. He Himself said that He was poisoned, confirmed by dullness of the face and how the natural color of the body is gone. This is very hard for the average person to understand; only the experienced eye can tell."
"So as Krishna was attempted to be killed... And Lord Jesus Christ was killed.
"my only request is , that at the last stage don't torture me, and put me to death"
Tamal Krsna: Prabhupada was thinking that someone had poisoned him.
Bhakticaru: Someone gave him poison here.
Bhakticaru: He said that when Srila Prabhupada was saying that (he is poisoned) there must be something truth behind it.
Srila Prabhupada's own words, stating that his poisoning is possible, is the strongest possible evidence, since these are the words of the acharya. Such directly revealed evidence is conclusive since it is beyond the four defects. Even supposedly water-tight forensic evidence has to take second place to the words of the acharya. Any sincere disciple of Srila Prabhupada will believe in His words.
Tamala Krsna: Put poison in different containers. That's all right.
This is not a whisper - these words are clearly audible, spoken by Tamal Krsna. It is interesting to note that even though the transcription of this section of the audio tape was transcribed into the BBT Folio, this sentence was omitted. Why was this sentence omitted? How will BBT / Bhaktivedanta Archives officials explain this mystery?
Tamal Krsna, Bhakticaru, Jayapataka and Bhavananda were obviously dominating over the conversations at the time. Srila Prabhupada was 80 years of age, his body was skin and bones, he could hardly speak. On the other hand Tamal Krsna, Jayapataka, Bhavananda, Jayadvaita, Bhakti Charu, Giriraj were about 30 years of age. To solicit such a response from their own spiritual master to not torture him and 'put to death' is nerve racking to say the least. Their behavior is typical of people with a psychopathic nature and demoniac consciousness.
Srila Prabhupada left this mortal world on November 14, 1977.
But He lives forever in His instructions, and His followers will always live with Him.
While thou art living still in sound!
To spread the Holy Name around"
SRILA PRABHUPADA CONFIRMS POISON WHISPERS!
Tamal Krishna to Srila Prabhupada: "Now you have to choose which suicide"
Disappearance Day Overshadowed By "Poison Tapes"
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12/23/97-1419 A Known Criminal Supplied "Makaradhvaja"
12/22/97-1415 Ravindra's 'Enemies of ISKCON'?
12/03/97-1306 Why Poison Srila Prabhupada?
12/01/97-1303 "Better Kill Me Here"
11/29/97-1295 "Poison Has Been Given"
11/27/97-1284 Re: "Poison Ishvara Rasa"
11/14/97-1206 Perle Lab to Analyse "Poison Tapes"
11/11/97-1196 Incriminating Whisper Found On "Poison Tapes"


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View "Restored by Light" a projection display of the lost frescoes of Mission Concepcion. Travel back in time to discover the original fresco images that once graced the façade of Mission Concepcion. The lighting event took place on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, as part of the World Heritage Site celebrations in San Antonio.
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The Mission Trails hike-and-bike system, originally conceived in 1993, provides pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular routes that link San Antonio's five Spanish colonial missions: San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo), Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan, and Espada.


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A Victory for Love 120 Years in the Making
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis
When Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld and other gay rights pioneers founded the first LGBT rights advocacy organization in the world in Berlin, Germany, in 1897, did they envision revelers at Berlin's famous Brandenburg Gate, just meters from the Reichstag, the seat of the German government, celebrating the attainment of marriage equality in Germany 120 years later? Perhaps they actually did. Back in 1919, Hirschfeld prophesied: "Soon the day will come when science will win victory over error, justice a victory over injustice, and human love a victory over human hatred and ignorance."
A century later, Maik Beermann, one of the 393 German Parliamentarians voting in favor of equality put it simply: "As a father, I want my daughters to grow up in a country where they enjoy the same rights and responsibilities as everyone else, regardless of whether they love men or women." And Thomas Oppermann, the parliamentary leader of the Social Democratic Party proclaimed: "If the Constitution guarantees one thing, it is that anyone in this country can live as they wish."
Marriage equality in Germany is hugely significant for many reasons. Today, Germany plays an increasingly leading role in maintaining a unified Europe and, in recent years, has accepted hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Middle East, North Africa, and other places. Full marriage equality conveys the importance of dignity and respect for LGBT people to the rest of Europe and to new immigrants arriving from around the world.
Activists hope that momentum from the victory in Germany will bring equality to neighboring Switzerland and Austria, both German-speaking countries. Kathrin Bertschy of Switzerland's Green Liberal Party told the TagesAnzeige newpaper that with the German vote "[m]arriage for all is now unstoppable internationally." Cédric Wermuth of the Swiss Social Democratic Party tweeted: "Switzerland must follow suit NOW. Discrimination is the only thing that is perverted." Thousands of people also recently marched demanding marriage equality in Northern Ireland, the only part of the United Kingdom without equality. The country of Malta is poised to enact marriage equality in July.
Further, the German victory underscores the importance of strategic political organizing by proponents of LGBT rights, even when they do not hold parliamentary majorities in government. For years, marriage equality was stalled in Germany because German Chancellor Angela Merkel refused to let the issue come to a vote in Parliament, despite the fact that a January 2017 Federal Anti-Discrimination Bureau poll showed a staggering 83 percent of the public in favor of marriage equality.
But Germany will hold elections in September, and the Social Democratic Party, a key coalition partner with Merkel's Christian Democratic Party in the current coalition government, and the Green Party announced in late June they would make marriage equality legislation a condition for any future coalition governing agreement. Within days Merkel called for a Parliamentary vote where members were free to vote their conscience, and within the week, Parliament passed marriage equality with 75 members of Merkel's party voting in favor.
Although Merkel voted against marriage equality, she strongly urged unity after the vote, hoping the vote would engender "social peace and togetherness." With her words, she appeared to be attempting to set a tone of less polarization and divisiveness in the society. On the other side of the world, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who claims to support marriage equality but is blocking a free conscience vote in the Australian Parliament despite clear public support for equality, would do well to follow Merkel's example.
The LGBT rights movement in Germany did not follow a linear upwards trajectory since its beginning in 1897. One of most enduring images of persecution of LGBT people in the West is the pink triangle that gay male prisoners were forced to wear in the Nazi concentration camps. Beginning in the 1970s, the LGBT rights movement reclaimed the pink triangle as a symbol of bravery and pride (see page 6), and today Germany has marriage equality, a key element in the critical process of integrating protections for LGBT people into the institutions of society. The triumph embodies Magnus Hirschfeld's vision of the victory of "human love … over human hatred and ignorance," "science … over error," and "justice … over injustice"—a vision just as relevant to the world today as it was a century ago.
John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney, together for over three decades, were plaintiffs in the California case for equal marriage rights decided by the California Supreme Court in 2008. Their leadership in the nationwide grassroots organization Marriage Equality USA contributed in 2015 to making same-sex marriage legal nationwide.