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27 Aug Improve your Medical Billing Practices in 9 Steps
Improve your Medical Billing Practices
To safeguard your medical practice's fiscal health, it is necessary for services and procedures to be billed correctly to maximize collections. Many physicians do not realize just how much revenue they are losing by not evaluating their medical billing practices. There are nine steps of the billing process to be reviewed and considered. As a medical student, you probably did not receive training regarding the administrative aspects of a practice. Because of this, the physician usually ends up learning through a trial-and-error method.
Percentages of the Allowed Amounts for Services
Most physicians will never collect 100 percent of the allowed amounts from the insurance carriers and/or patients. However, there are ways you can come close. Experts suggest that between 90 to 95 percent of the allowed amount should be the minimum acceptable figure for collections. To do this, you must evaluate every step of the medical billing process.
The 9 Steps of the Medical Billing Process
Each step of this process is equally important, and there are many errors within these steps that can lead to lost revenue. Steps 1 through 5 occur before the clinical service is provided, and steps 6 through 9 occur after the patient has been seen.
- Step 1: Credentialing – This involves verification that each insurance carrier has accurate information for every physician he/she will see and for each location of practice.
- Step 2: Patient registration – The front office personnel should obtain accurate demographic and insurance information from each patient so it remains up to date.
- Step 3: Patient scheduling – Medical staff must verify the patient information is correct, whether or not the patient has a deductible, if that deductible has or has not been met, and how much the copay is.
- Step 4: Insurance verification – The front office staff must verify if the insurance information is accurate, up to date, and if the patient has a new policy.
- Step 5: Patient check-in – The medical staff need to collect outstanding balances, copays, deductibles, and/or refraction fees when appropriate.
- Step 6: Charge capture – The billing personnel should confirm that each service marked on the superbill was provided and that charges were identified.
- Step 7: Claims submission – The medical billers are to remit claims to the clearinghouse for approval.
- Step 8: Accounts receivable (AR) management – The medical billing personnel will determine when payment is to be made, based on the insurance carrier. After this, payment is posted as received.
- Step 9: Follow-up – The medical billing manager should review unpaid/underpaid claims at regular intervals, such as every 30, 60, 90, or 120 days. This is done to correct errors and resubmit the claim for processing.
Common Medical Billing Problems
- Missing information – Medical billers who do not fill in areas on the superbill can cause claim denials. These problems should be addressed by the medical billing manager. The front office staff should be trained to obtain current and correct patient information and to enter it into the computer system. The same is true for medical assistants and nurses who enter information when conducting diagnostic testing procedures.
- Failure to capture all charges – Many practice management software systems allow the medical billing manager to create a variety of reports to determine whether or not the patient who was seen has had a charge entered. Most systems will not indicate every service, so it is crucial that the medical staff enter every billable component accurately.
- Not following up on unpaid claims – The practice will lose revenue when claims are denied and the medical billing personnel allows time to elapse before resubmission. The insurance carrier has a deadline regarding processing of denied claims. When the billing department is disorganized, the practice could overlook a billing error, which will result in denial for untimely filing.
- Inadequate number of medical billing personnel – The physician office should have a certain number of medical billers to accommodate the flow of patients and the number of providers. Established benchmarks offer accurate guidelines to follow to decide how many employees are needed to process claims. Experts recommend one staff person per $1 million of collected income.
- Unmotivated staff – To get billing done right, hire self-motivated medical billers who have an eye for detail and are problem solvers. Look for candidates with a background in billing and coding and who have outstanding references. It is worth paying more per hour for a qualified person than taking a risk on someone who has no experience.
- Failure to designate duties – There are many ways to delineate duties among the medical billing personnel. The billing process requires that you front office personnel as well as billing staff. For large practices, the duties can be divided by insurance payer, amount in collection, functional tasks, or by the level of experience of the biller. Decide which system works best for your office and create a list of protocols and guidelines to detail the billing procedures. Along with a list of tasks for each staff member, this will allows the practice to function smoothly.


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There is nothing more fun than recording a song or performance at a studio. All the gear, people paying attention to what you need and how you sound, makes for a great experience.
Once upon a time, that was pretty much the only place to record. With the onslaught of cheaper smaller consumer oriented gear, more artists are choosing the home studio route because it's cheaper, more convenient, and for certain genres, pretty much the same. And if you're the only one recording-you only need 1 pair of headphones, maybe 1 mic, only stereo inputs and converters into your digital system-not so complicated.
A great way to enhance what you do at home is to add something you might not be able to do at home. Live strings, horns, drums, percussion, group vocals-all can really make a track pop! Other things like harmonica, a style of guitar or stringed instrument you do not own or play-all can take your production to the next level.
Many of my professional musician friends with home facilities choose to come to my place to mix, because its very hard to have the depth of knowledge, experience, and gear it takes to do a really killer mix, especially if there is a lot of things going on. That's also true of mastering. And it does not have to cost a lot to take your tracks to your favorite studio and add some stuff or mix. If you are very familiar with the situation, just sending over a stereo mix and having someone add some guitar can very economical and easy.
We just did a string session on a high profile pop tune for producer Ishmael Moody. We used the "Dallas String Quartet", and they did an excellent job, and everyone was comfortable and had fun.
Ishmael shot some video, and I edited down a snippet of the actual session-the 2 links are below. I'm told the artist (singer) has gone with just piano and strings after hearing it. Ishmael has a great setup at home, but not 4 music stands, 4 pairs of headphones, a big enough room with silent air conditioning, and a large mic collection to accommodate recording the quartet. He also was free to keep track of the charts and the musicians, without having to worry about what might come up in the recording process (and stuff does come up) Nothing worse than trying to track down a problem somewhere with 4 musicians sitting there on the clock!
So check out the video and the audio clip, and give some thought to expanding your horizons at JOMUSIK!

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The One Where We Ask if We Should Trust Some Guy Named Sly
Today's Rundown
Your Cousins going to the playoffs (38-24). Last night the Washington Football Team defeated the Philadelphia Eagles and kicked them out of playoff contention. Washington QB Cousins played well, except for one pretty embarrassing blunder at the end of the 1st half. Washington was up 16-10, and had possession of the ball. They were quickly marching up the field and were within 10 yards of the end zone with 6 seconds left. Because there was so little time left in the half, the standard move would be to spike the ball to stop the clock to allow the kicker to come in and score a field goal for 3 additional points. Instead, Cousins had a complete brain fart and took a knee, which ran out the clock through the end of the first half. He immediately realized his mistake and tried to spike the ball, but it was too late. Sports news reporters and Twitter trolls alike had a good laugh, asking if Cousins "quarterback[s] much?" Regardless, he was able to come out with composure in the second half and Washington was able to clinch the game and the division title.
It is not snowing in Vermont, but it is snowing in Texas?! (20-14) Washington State defeated Miami in El Paso at the Hyundai Sun Bowl, yesterday. It was a bizarre snowy game in El Paso, which didn't allow either team to showcase their usually spectacular offense, but congrats to Washington State for taking home victory!
Spotlight on some guy named 'Sly'
Al Jazeera announced today that they were releasing a documentary, in which they alleged that several high profile athletes, most notably Broncos QB Peyton Manning, took human growth hormone (HGH). Their major informant was a man named Charlie Sly, who spoke with an undercover reporter working for the network.
What does this 'Sly' say happened? Sly says that HGH was given to Manning back in 2011 when he was recovering from four neck surgeries. The prescriptions were given to Manning's wife by the Guyer Institute where Manning was being treated, so there would be no record of the transaction.
Mmmhmm sure, Sly. Sly has recently recanted his statement. Additionally, the Guyer Institute released a statement that Sly only worked for them as a pharmacy intern for a few months during 2013, not during 2011.
What does Peyton have to say? Peyton has called the report "garbage" and "a freaking joke." He also got quite red-faced and hot and bothered by the report. Stay tuned for further developments.
Hot Read
Are you in or are you out? Today we have a series of matchups that have serious playoff implications for one or both teams, so it's time to break out the beers and make some prop bets. Here are the games you need to watch:
- New England Patriots @ New York Jets: The Patriots already have a guaranteed spot, but this is make it or break it time for the Jets who are still hopeful for a wildcard spot in the AFC conference to make it to the playoffs. But things don't look great for them, as the Pats have won 8 out of 9 of their last meetings.
- Cleveland Browns @ Kansas City Chiefs: The Chiefs started off with a rocky 1-5 start, but they have won their past 8 games. If they don't have any major blunders, tomorrow could be a great chance to clinch their spot in the playoffs.
- Indianapolis Colts @ Miami Dolphins: The Colts need at least one more win to make the playoffs and they stand a pretty good chance against the Dolphins who have looked rough all season, including an abysmal loss last week to the San Diego Chargers, who by the way are also terrible.
- Green Bay Packers @ Arizona Cardinals: These two teams both look good right now and already have guaranteed playoff spots, so this will just be a fun game to watch. The Cardinals are favored to win because they have won their past 8 games, and the Packers offense looked shaky and demotivated midway through the season.
- New York Giants @ Minnesota Vikings: This game has playoff implications for both teams, who are fighting for playoff spots. The Giants are going to be shorthanded because WR Odell Beckham Jr. has been suspended for the game, due to targeting drama earlier this week. If the Giants are up in the last two minutes of the game, don't give up and go to bed early, because the Giants have lost 5 games this season during crunchtime.


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The Hine's Emerald Dragonfly, Somatochlora hineana, is an extremely rare dragonfly and the only one on the Federal List of Endangered Species. The largest breeding population known to occur on the planet is in Door County, Wisconsin (see map below). The only other known populations occur at small sites in northern Michigan, northeastern Illinois, and a recently discovered site in Missouri. The dragonfly thrives in and around The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor, WI (see aerial view below). Information about the Sanctuary is provided on page 2.
This website is dedicated to providing the viewer with an introduction to this rare dragonfly, which is renowned for its beautiful emerald green eyes and its remarkable aerobatic abilities. It is unlawful to collect, kill, harass, or even have dead specimens in your possession. For more detailed information about the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly, visit <hinesemeraldgallery.org>.
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What is the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly?
What about its anatomy?
What are its distinguishing features?
Photogallery of the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly
What about the dragonfly's life span?
Some interesting facts about dragonflies in general
Other dragonflies of The Ridges Sanctuary
Just what is The Ridges Sanctuary?
© 2001, and updated 2002 by Paul Burton, P.O. Box 250, Ephraim, WI 54211, and The Ridges Sanctuary, P.O. Box 152, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202


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Clive Thompson's Brave New World of Digital Intimacy in tomorrow's New York Times Magazine digs into phenomena at the core of microsharing. I'm quoted, but link to it for its objective value. As Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin writes (he) really nailed a number of things I've been struggling to put into words for years.
Some comments asked for more about the value, so I added this:
What's the value?
It comes in many ways but they take time, engagement and even some serendipity to experience directly. I've lived it. I've seen it happen to many.
Shannon co-authors EXCELER8ion with her other half Julian E. Gude. EXCELER8ion is a blog about digital engagement.
Shannon is a regular speaker in the HR & Talent Acquisition space where she's known for her work in social media and integrated digital engagement. By day Shannon works at a Recruitment Marketing Agency.


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SHSU online is excited to announce the official debut of our 2nd cohort-based completely online certification option. Strategies & Practices for Effective Assessment is a three week online certification course that will begin on July 6th. In this 3 week course, you will gain in-depth knowledge of the tools and features that help monitor and evaluate student performance. Topics include the Grade Center, the Retention Center, the Performance Dashboard, inline assignment grading, the review status feature, and the reports and statistics you can use to better track student progress. You will also pick up on strategies and practices that will help you more effectively assess your students.
Sign up today: http://distance.shsu.edu/faculty-staff/how-to-sessions/index.html
We are also offering a number of face-to-face how-to sessions for July meant to assist you for the coming year:
- 8th, 30th – Blackboard Learn: Portfolios
- 9th – Blackboard Learn: Achievements (Gamification)
- 13th – Blackboard Learn: Blogs, Wikis and Journals
- 16th, 23rd – Kaltura: Lecture Capture in Blackboard
- 15th, 20th, 22nd – ProctorFree – Online Proctoring for Blackboard Exams and Quizzes
- 6th, 29th – Spice Up your Blackboard Course (Finding and Adding Images)
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Bright Futures Fund
Join Us in Building a Bright Future
Our vision is to provide a world class Montessori education to each and every student who comes through our doors.
Imagine a school where students are encouraged to challenge themselves across all their abilities, where they can find their balance and push their boundaries however they choose.
" Movement, or physical activity, is an essential factor in intellectual growth, which depends upon the impressions received from outside. Through movement we come in contact with external reality, and it is through these contacts that we eventually acquire even abstract ideas."
– Dr. Maria Montessori
active lifestyles
Westmont offers an educational environment that is both dynamic and engaging. Students move around their classroom and our campus, constrained only by the limits of their imagination and curiosity. Our students are active learners in every sense of the word and are laying the foundations for an active and healthy life.
Programs You Are Supporting …
In 2011 parents and staff came together and raised the funds to build our amazing bouldering wall in the gym. Every student can now practice their technique (or just monkey around). Working on the wall is not only great for agility and strength — it is also a lot of fun! The wall is always available for teachers to add to their classes weekly activities and offers a unique and fun way for students to challenge themselves and build in a love of all forms of movement.
Westmont is surrounded by some of the most stunning and beautiful natural settings on the Island, including Witty's Lagoon, Sitting Lady Falls, and the Garry Oak Reserve. Creatively engaging with and learning from our natural world is at the heart of the Westmont experience. From the very start of their time at Westmont, students spend time each day exploring, learning about, and interacting with their natural environment. Where else can a day at school include beachcombing, views of an active volcano (Mt Baker) and the roaring of a waterfall in flood?
Every summer our Grade 4 – 6 students head out to Camp Thunderbird for a week of activities, fun and adventure – fully funded by their popcorn sales during the year. Memories of canoeing on the lake and eating marshmallows by the fire will stay with them forever. The opportunity to explore the world beyond the classroom and outside regular school hours reinforces the love of learning and exploration that is at the heart of a Montessori education.
In the spirit of collective effort and fun the school enters into the Inter School Track Meet every July. Students experience the thrill of performing in the Centennial Stadium at UVic and testing their athletic prowess against students from around the region. We have had some great individual performances over the years, but most importantly we see our students working as a team, encouraging each other, and building confidence and joy in their physical being.
Help us ensure active lifestyles for future generations by supporting our Bright Futures Fund.
"Education should no longer be mostly imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities."
– Dr. Maria Montessori
creative spirits
Westmont seeks to build connections with new and established artists in our community and beyond – working to enrich the cultural life of our school and our community. Whether it is mime or music, acting or voice lessons, our students have the opportunity to learn and grow through performance and creative expression.
Programs You Are Supporting …
We are lucky at Westmont to have connections with some internationally renowned artists. Students have been mentored and supported by these artists as they work on some of our performance pieces for the Winter Celebrations, opening ceremonies or the much loved talent show. Whether it is mime or music, acting or voice lessons, our students have grasped the opportunity to learn and grow through performance with both hands.
Westmont offers many paths for our students to explore music in its myriad forms. Students can learn and practice their keyboard skills on the grand piano in the main hall or join in with the marimba classes. We have a parent-lead choir that has been a great success and generated interest in building a band program in the school. Westmont has also been open to visiting musicians – broadening and deepening the experience of music offered to the students.
We see ourselves as a vital part of our local community. Opening our doors to community events and welcoming artists and performers is part of our commitment to giving back. We host an element of The Stinking Fish Art Show in the fall of every year. This show is a much loved local event that brings together and showcases the many artists who live in and around Metchosin and Sooke. Our own students put on an annual art exhibition and also put forward their pieces at the Independent Schools Art Show. Building connections across community and among new and established artists enriches the cultural life of our school and our community.
As part of a vibrant and engaged community, Westmont is happy to open our doors to others who can bring their own unique talents, passions, and joy to our school. One way we achieve this is by collaborating with local artists like Paul Hann, Holly Arntzen, and Trent Arteberry. This artist-in-residence program has proven to be very successful. Students work together as a team with the artist in a positive, creative, and fun environment. They collaborate in creating their own performances and even their own songs. They then work together on the many tasks involved in preparing for an end-of-session concert. It is always a fun, uplifting experience as students share their work with family, teachers, and friends.
Help us develop the creative spirits of future generations by supporting our Bright Futures Fund.
"The land is where our roots are. Children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth. We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity."
– Dr. Maria Montessori
engaged minds
From imaginative international 'trips'; through working with local gardeners to learn about our natural environment; to supporting Malawian girls to complete their education, Westmont strives to connect the everyday world of our school with the wider currents
of the global community.
Programs You Are Supporting …
Westmont has always believed that our students need to have an understanding and awareness of the wider world. All our classes bring this perspective to their daily activities. We have 'trips' to far flung nations, snapshots of other cultures are brought in to discussions and explorations, and many of our staff bring international experience to bear on their teaching role. Westmont strives to connect the everyday world of the school with the wider currents of the global community.
Every year our students learn about the life cycle of the Pacific Salmon — an iconic species of British Columbia. The students actively engage with these amazing creatures by raising young salmon from eggs and releasing them into their natural habitat in local watersheds. Direct involvement in this cycle of renewal and rebirth brings a deep understanding of and connection to our natural environments and fosters a respect and love of the indigenous ecosystems of Vancouver Island.
Building empathy and understanding for others is central to the ethos of our school. Westmont seeks to extend this perspective beyond the bounds of school, community, and nation. We are committed to seeing our students graduate with a strong sense of the wider world and their role in it. Malawi Toonie days are interspersed throughout the year and focus attention on children in Malawi and in particular to raise funds to support the education of Ucleaner. Westmont students begin their journey towards global citizenship with these small but important steps.
Westmont has a large garden area on our property that has been a much loved space since we moved to our current site. We are working to transform this space into a true "learning garden." We see the garden becoming a true extension of the classroom — allowing students to explore the nature of agriculture, practice land stewardship, and foster a passion for nature. Our plans include the building of raised beds for students to tend and the planting of numerous crops and seedling fruit trees for students to harvest. We even have plans to include a small sheep pasture!
"I am convinced that happy, healthy children understand how their personal, social, and natural worlds are connected." – Jen McAllister, Learning Garden Coordinator


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Cheat Sheet
Organic Gardening For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
Many people proudly claim to be environmentalists, while knowing very little about how to be a good steward of their own garden. Organic gardening is about more than producing safe food and chemical-free lawns. To garden organically, you need the help of nature and to welcome billions of soil bacteria, pest-munching birds, amphibians and other creatures. Organic gardening is also about making decisions on sustainability and taking responsibility for actions that affect the world outside your door. This cheat sheet gives you the basics on how to get started on your organic gardening adventure.
An Organic Gardening Calendar
Use this organic gardening calendar to keep track of what you need to do in each season, and remember to always work with nature, rather than against it.
Gardening in spring
Sow frost-tender vegetables and flowers under cover, on a sunny windowsill or in a heated greenhouse.
Start to sow hardy veg and flowers outdoors when weather and soil permit.
Use traps or barriers to protect seedlings and susceptible plants (such as lilies) from slugs and snails.
Finish cutting back herbaceous perennials.
Sow or turf new lawns.
Plant evergreens or slightly tender shrubs.
Prune roses and late-summer flowering shrubs.
Spread a mulch of garden compost or manure on bare soil between plants in borders.
Summer sowing and more
Make regular sowings of many vegetables, including salads, right through summer; plant tender veg outside when frosts are past.
Watch for signs of pests, especially under cover; control by hand, and introduce biological controls if necessary.
Trim hedges when fledglings have left their nests.
Mulch flowers and crops to reduce water loss and keep down weeds.
Pull weeds regularly: don't let them seed!
Sow a cover crop (green manure) on any soil likely to be left bare over winter.
Autumn organic gardening
Gather as many leaves as you can to turn into leafmould, a wonderful soil conditioner.
Set up compost bins if you don't already have them; shred woody prunings and compost, or stack for six months to use as a mulch.
Plant bulbs.
Put up nest boxes; birds inspect them over winter for next year's nesting, and are likely to use them as winter roosts: clean existing nest boxes.
Wintertime and your garden
Cut back dead growth of perennials only if leaves are 'mushy'; leaving growth until late winter/early spring gives hibernation sites for many useful insects.
Gather and dispose of diseased leaves and fruits from roses, other plants and fruit trees, to avoid spores overwintering.
Put out food and fresh water for birds; ensure a steady supply as they come to depend on it during freezing weather.
Keep a small area of water ice-free on any pond to let toxic gases out and oxygen in; use a pond heater, float a ball or pour on boiling water.
Spread manure on no-dig beds in later winter.
Set up water butts to save rainwater.
Order seed and plant catalogues to browse new pest and disease-resistant varieties.
Assessing Your Site for Organic Gardening
Before starting your organic garden, take an inventory of your garden's conditions. Match plants to different sites and choose only those plants that can grow to their full potential where you plan to put them. Here's what to assess:
Hardiness: Average winter low temperatures
Obstacles: Locations of buildings, overhead and buried cables, roads and property boundaries
Slope: Steep, flat, valley floors
Soil: Structure, texture, pH, drainage and moisture
Sun and shade: Duration and time of day and year that the sun shines directly on the site
Views: Unsightly views to screen; pleasant views to enhance or preserve
Wind: Speed and direction at different times of year
Reasons to Become an Organic Gardener
In case you're wondering why it makes sense to garden organically, here are just a few of the many reasons why people do it (in order of many people's priority):
Human health: Many pesticides harm people, causing illness when they're consumed or when they make contact with exposed skin. Some pesticides accumulate in the environment and contribute to illness long after contact. Also, some studies show that organically grown fruits and vegetables contain more nutrients than their conventionally grown counterparts.
Water pollution: Excess fertiliser washes into groundwater, streams, lakes, rivers and coastal waters, where it contributes to the death and disruption of natural ecosystems.
Soil erosion and depletion: The urgent need to protect the world's remaining agricultural land from erosion, development, pollution and diminishing water resources has reached the state of a global crisis. The collective efforts of many organic gardeners have a postive, allievating effect.
Ecological balance and biodiversity: Insect predators and prey keep one another in check, and plants grow best in a balanced environment. Organic gardeners respect all parts of the interconnected web of life and use practices that support it.
Future generations: Sustainable gardening, agriculture and landscaping mean thinking about the future, using renewable resources wisely and efficiently, and taking only as much as nature can replace.
Cost savings: Prevention costs less than cure. Provide habitat for beneficial insects and they reduce the populations of bad bugs. Feed the soil organisms that make nutrients available, and your plants flourish.


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From the Editors: This review will be showing up in a future edition of LOGIA. Who is Jesus? Disputed Questions and Answers. By Carl E. Braaten. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011. Paper; 147 pages.
Carl Braaten has written a little handbook of the faith for laymen without a formal theological education. Only in the book's conclusion does he show his hand: he has used the scholastic method of quaestiones disputatae to get at some fundamental points of Christian belief. He says what various people are saying about some controverted issue, such as the historical Jesus or the connection between Jesus and the church, and then gives an answer, always lively and plainspoken. The chapter titles themselves are simple and understandable and match various classical loci: prolegomena and the means of grace; Christology; missiology; ecclesiology; and the two governments.
Braaten's pithy, lucid words are the reader's well-aged wine. It is everywhere evident that the writer has been turning these things over in his mind for a very long time. So when they come out, they come out full of flavor and body. Savor this from Braaten's discussion of the Jesus Seminar: "The Jesus of the 'Jesus Seminar' is a dead Palestinian Jew who was unlucky enough to get nabbed and nailed to a cross, due to a colossal misunderstanding—just a bad mix-up at city hall." From his examination of the quest for the historical Jesus to his discussions of interreligious dialogue and ecclesiastical politicking, Braaten is always keen to find where the crucified God has been removed from the equation. Jesus Seminar doyen Robert Funk claimed that Jesus had not even been crucified, let alone God. His body was likely consumed by scavenging dogs. The Jesus resulting from the Seminar's research decisions is for Braaten "not worth the bother."
The book is more than an assortment of linguistic goodies. It also provides substantive, critical coverage for the lay reader—or theological student or under-informed pastor—of the critical quest for Jesus and its ultimate futility. Braaten does not find in the historical quests much of actual use for Christian proclamation, since certainty is needed for faith. He finds the canonical Scriptures much more useful and defends them over against gnostic gospels or other ancient Jesus literature by pointing out that the Holy Spirit has used the canonical Scriptures to create and sustain faith, not any of the other gospels long ago written and recently discovered. "A plain reading of Scripture mediates a living impression of 'the whole Christ of the whole Bible' without any need to appeal to dogmatic or historical authorities. An essential dependence of faith upon the results of historical research would force faith to rely on the erudition of learned professors." Braaten avers he doesn't want to turn back the clock on historical criticism, but in his rejection of scholarly certainty and his embrace of the Spirit's certainty from a "plain reading," the sensus literalis peeks out from the pre-critical age.
The loci covered in the book will therefore shock no one because Braaten aims here only to line up his answer to "Who is Jesus?" with the answers he has received from Christian tradition. His applications of that orthodox tradition to contemporary universalism and historical-critical biblical research are particularly interesting, since he sees in both trends the same deep desire to separate Jesus from God. This began with the nineteenth-century exchange of the religion about Jesus for the religion of Jesus, as in von Harnack's What Is Christianity?, and continues in the American Academy of Religion and the Society for Biblical Literature, whose meetings Braaten regularly attends, "Lots of highfalutin talk goes on about the glorious God of the universe, but embarrassment prevails when it comes to speaking about Jesus, the humiliated God on the cross." If Christology can be lowered or even altogether abolished, the theology of glory can annex the Lebensraum it demands in the human heart.
The book's brevity induces some unfortunate historical-theological judgments of the type any pastor is liable to make offhandedly in Bible class. Contra Braaten, the Pastoral Epistles can scarcely be self-evident validation of the threefold form of ministry; the New Testament contains no particular "church order" as he claims. We are certain of a New Testament gospel ministry but less certain of the forms it took in Antioch, Jerusalem, Corinth, and elsewhere, as titles shift and differ, not to speak of enumerated tasks for the various offices. Lutheranism's continued rejection of the ancient church order long after the Reformation ended is not an historical mistake or inconsistency, making "a virtue out of a necessity" by forever abandoning a threefold ministry. It was Lutheranism's recognition and confession of only one ministry of the gospel (AC V), unadulterated by dubious historical researches. In his insistence on a particular church order, Braaten reprises the historical dubiousness and passionate assertion of the Jesus questers he elsewhere derides.
The glib equation of the orthodox Protestant doctrine of verbal inspiration with papal infallibility, which Braaten makes at least once, ignores his own discussion of the epistemology of Christian faith. If every Christian has been given the faith he has by the Spirit working through the Word, verbal inspiration is the confession of faith that has learned to trust the Holy Spirit who calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies—the catechetical framework Braaten himself uses to explain conversion. Confession of verbal inspiration is the upwelling of faith in the converted heart, not a rigid, psychologically, and scientifically precarious adherence to preexistent authority. Verbum domini manet in aeternum at the very least means we can trust God's word, since it endures when all else fails. The doctrine of verbal inspiration is just the application of the Spirit's own essential trustworthiness to all the words he speaks.
We do not throw away a perfectly good hammer for a few chips in the handle. Braaten's highly commendable intent in writing the book is for the lay reader to grasp better these basics things of the faith and for pastors to teach faithfully the church's understanding of Jesus' identity, purpose, and meaning. Classic Christology, especially the crucified God-man, is at the book's center. As in anything, a little ability to test the spirits goes a long way, but with that testing, the reader will be richly rewarded by almost all Braaten has to say. In this little book a master is speaking simply and clearly, so we would do well to sit awhile and listen.
Vicar Adam Koontz
St. John Lutheran Church
Sayville, New York


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Reality has seemed so petty at times afterwards. The feeling I had transcends the heights and limits of beauty and truth, at once amplifying them and making them seem ridiculous at the same time, or so normal they seem ridiculous.
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LSD: The Aftermath – Epic Realisations
At one stage of the trip, I'd just had a freak out, mainly physical. I was coming up hard and had lost all sense of physical being which was scary; "Chris" I appealed, "I feel weird mate". "It's OK" he said, "you've taken drugs".


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text: KIRKUS REVIEW First cataloguing a series of characters in 20 vignettes, most depicting pairs (an organ grinder and his monkey; the mayor and his wife)--although there are other special relationships (an artist with his paints; a thief looking for things to steal)--Lobel then includes the lot in a single double-spread where the dark, angry-looking wind rushes in to blow everyone awry. The bulk of the book consists of pictures that can be read either side up, with different captions--and meanings--indicating the confusion produced by the storm. Unfortunately; most don't work very well either way; and although there are some amusingly clever touches and some intriguingly nightmarish passages, the effects are often confusing. The mastery of color and design is recognizably Lobel's, and larger collections will certainly want to include this example; but, sadly, children will find it puzzling and somber in tone. Pub Date: July 1st, 1988ISBN: 0060239875Page count: 32ppPublisher: Harper & RowReview Posted Online: May 1st, 2012Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15th, 1988


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BRUSSELS — European leaders gathered Thursday to sign a German-imposed treaty binding them to bring down deficits, but they faced swelling opposition to draconian austerity measures that have helped usher in recession and long unemployment lines.
The leaders, at a 27-nation European Union summit here, in effect were being called on to square an economic circle: reduce mountains of debt accumulated during years of overspending while at the same time stimulating stalled economies to reignite employment and assuage laid-off workers.
At Germany's urging, the main strategy since the debt crisis erupted last summer has been austerity, seeking to shrink deficits at all costs to prevent the debts from spinning out of control. Should other nations join Greece in de facto bankruptcy, officials warned, the European Union and its common currency, the euro, would be threatened with collapse, triggering financial instability that could also infect the United States and Asia.
But a viewpoint has spread in recent weeks that austerity alone is not the answer and that it must be accompanied by reforms aimed at renewing growth. According to the latest E.U. figures, the 17 nations that use the euro face an average economic contraction of 0.3 percent in 2012 — and perhaps beyond — and are wrestling with a 10.7 percent unemployment rate.
The International Monetary Fund declared Tuesday that European policymakers should put more emphasis on growth despite the dangerous level of debt. The IMF's new managing director, former French finance minister Christine Lagarde, urged such a shift on Germany in a speech Monday in Berlin but drew no promise of change.
Holding firm along with the Germans, the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, told reporters here that European governments must stick to their debt-reduction pledges despite the rising complaints.
"The general remark I hear is that if times are tough, you don't have to have austerity," he said, according to the Associated Press. "Well, I don't share that. Your government finances have to be up to scratch because it gives confidence to markets, to investors, to your own citizens to spend wisely. So we want to have our budget in order."
Rejecting such caution, strikes and demonstrations protesting austerity measures and demanding a "social Europe" with fewer cutbacks broke out Wednesday, not only in hard-hit Greece but also in major cities of half a dozen European nations. In addition, 12 European leaders issued a pre-summit appeal for more attention to economic growth, which they said is the only way to move Europe out of its economic crisis.
"Growth is broken down, unemployment is rising, and citizens and businesses confront the most difficult situation in 12 years," they said in an open letter to the E.U. Council president, Herman Van Rompuy, and the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso.
Barroso, in a public response, agreed that more attention should be paid to getting European economies moving again. He outlined a series of reforms that he said would accomplish this goal in the long term but provided little hope for a quick return to growth while deficits were being pared and debts paid off.
"We need to do more to create the conditions for longer-term prosperity, to trigger a virtuous circle of reform, stability and sustainable growth," he said.
Among those who signed the appeal were Prime Ministers David Cameron of Britain, Mario Monti of Italy and Mariano Rajoy of Spain, all considered fiscal conservatives. Significantly, however, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were not among the signatories.
Merkel, supported by Sarkozy, was the main force behind the deficit-reduction treaty to be signed in a formal ceremony on Friday by 25 of the 27 E.U. countries. It was designed to give Brussels the power to blow the whistle on countries that continue to run up excessive debt and, after a lengthy bureaucratic procedure, to impose a fine if a government fails to heed the warning.
The accord reflected Merkel's long-standing insistence that European countries must get their financial houses in order because Germany is the largest contributor to the rescue plans that have bailed out Greece, Portugal and others from collapse. Despite their prosperity, she argued, German voters have wearied of paying for others' legerdemain.
Merkel also insisted on delaying a euro-zone decision that had been scheduled for the sidelines of the summit to increase funding for a new long-term stability fund, the European Stability Mechanism, designed to guarantee that other debt-ridden governments will not end up like Greece. The idea of Merkel's delay, officials said, was to make sure pressure remains high on Greece to live up to its austerity commitments under a separate $174 billion rescue package agreed upon last month.
The anti-deficit treaty, agreed to in December, was portrayed at the time as a last-ditch answer to the debt crisis and a milestone in European integration. Economists quickly pointed out, however, that it will take months, if not years, to produce a change in Europe's finances even if it works perfectly as planned.
Doubts already have surfaced about whether this will be the case. Britain and the Czech Republic refused to sign the treaty from the outset, Britain because it objected to relinquishing sovereignty to Brussels bureaucrats and the Czech Republic because the government had doubts that it could get the pact ratified in parliament.
Ireland announced Tuesday that it will hold a referendum on whether to participate, raising fears that the treaty will be rejected by an electorate already griping about austerity measures imposed last year. Moreover, the front-running Socialist candidate in France's presidential election, Francois Hollande, has vowed to renegotiate the treaty if he is elected, throwing France's participation into doubt as well unless growth-producing measures are added.


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By Camryn Clune & Amanda McNulty
Theater life can be full of high points and "bumps in the road." But this week, actor Devon Goffman's road is taking him to his hometown of Buffalo with the national tour of Motown.
Standing in the grandiose lobby of Shea's Performing Arts Center, Devon shared lessons from his experiences on national tours including Jersey Boys, Grease, Titanic, and the Buddy Holly Story to share lessons for all of us who aspire to become future actors and actresses.
Be nice to everyone. Never have a negative attitude toward anyone you meet, Devon said. You never know where you'll see them again – or even if they'll be able to help you in the future.
"If you work hard, you meet a lot of people, and you're nice to everybody that you meet, I think that eventually, these things can lead to success," he said. "You never know who's going to be the one to get you that next break. In theater, we are all one community of people, no matter if you're doing theater at a community level, a theater here in Buffalo, or on Broadway, we're all just doing theater."
Always be kind, not only since it's the right thing to do, but also because "you never know, the classmate next to you could end up being a huge Emmy winner."
Do everything you can in school. In high school, Devon participated in everything he could possibly get his hands on! Not only was he a star linebacker on his football team, but he also participated in activities people usually would not pin an athlete as doing.
He was also involved with student council and anything he could get involved in that would be fun.
"I did the musicals and the plays, I played trombone in the band, I was in the choir…swing choir…I basically did every music class you could possibly take," he said.
Always have a Plan B….but first you should have a Plan A! Surprisingly, Devon didn't really want to be an actor, he wanted to teach music.
"When I went to college, I was actually studying to be a music teacher," he said. "It wasn't my plan B, It was my plan A!"
But then after two years, Devon decided that acting was his true calling and realized that was the path he should take.
Stay healthy. Taking care of yourself can make or break how you feel and impact your work ethic. Devon wishes he would have learned that lesson at a younger age.
"If you have energy to wake up in the morning," he said, "(you can) have a full day of work, play, and everything you want to do in your life."
Bumps in the road are not always a bad thing "As an auditioning actor, you try to see bumps in the rode as lessons learned," said Devon, who sees those bumps as ways you can improve yourself or as a sign that this wasn't really your job.
In New York, he had to work many different jobs, but what he really wanted was to do theater.
"It takes getting through those times," he said, "and taking 'no' in an audition as 'maybe next time.'"
Amanda McNulty and Camryn Clune are students in our program at Mount St. Mary Academy in Buffalo.


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Angelique Houtkamp. Illustrator. Tat artist. Amsterdam.
I've seen Angelique Houtkamp's art online many times, but recently had the pleasure of enjoyed it in person at Outre gallery Melbourne-definitely rad work. This 'vintage/sailor tat' theme is big here in Melbourne... huge Rockabilly scene and overall 50s throwback style... adore it.
Bronski Beat. Smalltown Boy. 1984.
long live Sommerville's falsetto voice.
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Zuriick. Footwear. Utah.
Zuriick = Mike McCaleb + Chad Tovey.
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Heterochromia refers to a difference in coloration of the iris... it's the result of excess or lack of melanin (a pigment) which may be inherited (genetic) or due to disease/injury... the eye may be hyperpigmented or hypopigmented. There are 2 kinds of heterochromia: complete-one iris is a different color from the other, and partial/sectoral- part of one iris is a different color from the rest. Rad.
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Feng (wind) Shui (water).
Gillian Bates. Embroidery. UK.
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New figures have revealed further evidence to suggest that more van insurance customers are turning to the second-hand market for their vehicles.
According to the latest findings of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), commercial vehicle production fell by a significant 65.2 per cent in April to just 7,655 units produced in the month.
Among that number, only 1,924 units went to commercial vehicle insurance customers in the UK.
Despite the negative news, however, the SMMT is confident that the global growth will return to the market.
Chief executive Paul Everitt commented: "With the scrappage incentive scheme fully operational, industry is optimistic about the positive impact this will have on the market and on UK production facilities."
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Design Home Review: Porch
Now that the outdoor furniture buying season is (almost) upon us, we wanted to share with you the final images from our contributions to the Boston Magazine 2012 Design Home. We've shown you our products in the kitchen (tableware and cookware), dining room, and boy's room, but today we're sharing some images of the glassed in porch. This all-weather room has loads of appeal, it's the kind of place you could sit down for a meal or plop down with a book and waste away the afternoon. With the deck directly off of it, and the beautifully landscaped property just beyond that, it offers a stunning view and ultimate comfort.
We brought in two larger pieces of outdoor furniture to outfit this room, starting with this Barlow Tyrie Mercury Serving Table. On wheels for maximum functionality, this serving piece is just what you need for anytime entertaining. It has two shelves, two drawers, a solid serving workspace on top, and two serving boards that slide out for use when you want them. It's definitely a favorite piece for us.
Atop the serving table, we featured an array of glasses from the iittala Aarne Glassware Collection, which includes beer, highball, red wine, old fashioned, cocktail, champagne and cordial glasses. They have a simple, modern aesthetic and are extremely versatile.
We also had a few Frascati Linen Cocktail Napkins in Flax to act in place of traditional coasters, and a Schott Zwiesel Basic Bar Boston Shaker for crafting the perfect cocktail.
In the center of the main dining table, we had this ornate iittala Ultima Thule Ice-Lip Pitcher. This ornate glass pitcher doubles as a stunning centerpiece when not in use, and we placed it atop a rustic wood slab to make it even more of a showpiece.
The teak dining table we picked was the Barlow Tyrie Equinox Extending Table, and that was accompanied by Barlow Tyrie Equinox Stacking Armchairs with Teak Armrests. The outdoor furniture pieces worked perfectly in this multi-season room.
For dinnerware, we picked pieces from our French line Jars Ceramics. From the Vuelta Collection we had a Dinner Plate and a Dessert Plate, and a Fruit Bowl from the Plume collection. The flatware featured was the iittala Tools Piano 5-piece Setting, which has a nice modern appeal with rounded edges and smooth, straight lines. The glassware also came from iittala, this time the Essence collection.
To cover the table, we picked very neutral Chilewich Lattice Tablemats in white, and Libeco Home Polylin Blend Napkins in Corn, a warm and vibrant yellow.
This room really had a wonderful feel - cozy, comfortable, and a tad bit indulgent. Because there wasn't much representation from other brands on the porch, it really let our brand shine through, which was fun to see!
The last part of the home which we contributed product to was the desk - saving the biggest and best for last! The grand wrap-around porch was the perfect canvas for one of our most impressive pieces of furniture. Find out what it is in our final Design Home review post!


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Judge Lifts Freeze on Microsoft Search Warrant
A federal judge on Friday lifted a freeze on a ruling that enforces a search warrant against Microsoft for customer email stored in a company data center in Ireland.
"Microsoft will not be turning over the emails, and plans to appeals," A spokesman for the software giant said Friday.
In a criminal case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, the government obtained a search warrant for digital files and information from the Microsoft email account of a person whose identity hasn't been disclosed publicly. Microsoft has refused to turn over the content of the emails. The company says they are stored in company computers in Ireland, and Microsoft says the U.S. government is overstepping by trying to reach into another country to grab digital documents.


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Previous Exhibitions
Damien Crisp
Damien Crisp is an artist currently living and working in Chattanooga, TN. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and his Master of Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His works in painting, writing, photography, collage, and installation. Learn More About Him Here.
Tanner|Hill Gallery's 2018 exhibition, Interference, was curated by Ashley Hamilton.
Stephanie Wilde
Stephanie Wilde is known for her elaborate and detailed work, which at first glance seems to be from another era. Wilde explores social and political issues, in a subtle and suggestive way: using symbolism and history as a constant reference, reaching her viewer through complex narrative.
Wilde is a self taught artist, who has exhibited over a period of three decades. In 2010, Wilde's work received recognition by some of the most respected collections. The Library of Congress, Washington DC, recently included in their print collection (AIDS forms the Tally). The New York Public Library purchased her AIDS work (AIDS forms the Tally) and the suite was chosen for Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Photographs, an exhibition celebrating the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building's Centennial in 2011. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England included her AIDS work (Slim) in their permanent collection. The Crocker Museum, Sacramento, California included her AIDS work (AIDS Forms the Tally) in the permanent collection. Scripps College, Claremont California included her work (I'm a 950 but want to be 1000) in the permanent collection
Stephanie Wilde is scheduled to have a solo show January 2018 at the Outsider Art Fair in New York City. Forum Gallery will also exhibit her work May 2018 in New York City.
Ashley Hamilton
Ashley is an important guest curator at Tanner | Hill Gallery. She was the co-founder and curator of Easy Lemon, the first artist's residency program in Chattanooga, TN, where she hosted "happenings" created by established inter-media artists from around the United States. She started several curatorial projects, including a series of pop-up shows called "Gallery for a Night." During undergrad at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, she helped manage Apothecary Gallery and served as an artist's assistant for local artists. Additionally, she works as the public relations and creative director for New Dischord, an interdisciplinary arts festival in Chattanooga. In 2013, Ashley was honored with the prestigious "Artists and Authors Club" scholarship.
Ashley's work as an artist and as a curator often explores issues regarding the struggle of self-identity, focusing on psychoanalytical notions such as displacement and repetition compulsion. Although trained as a painter, her work exists in an expanded field of painting, manifesting in various ways including performance, sculpture, installation, and video.
She is actively involved in the arts, and was recently featured as a "game-changer" in Chattanooga Now's "Changing Chattanooga" series. Ashley spends her time on a sailboat in Florida and in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Available artwork is offered online here.
T. A. Hay
Thomas Andrew Hay was born in Clinton County, Kentucky, where he grew up on his family farm before leaving home at age fifteen. After several years spent "hobo-ing" throughout the United States and working as a map sketcher for the British military in World War I, he returned to Kentucky, where he would spend the rest of his life. It was not until Hay was in his late seventies, unable to keep up with farm work, that a woodworking hobby gave way to greater creative expression. He began creating simple, yet refined, images using accessible materials. With shoe polish for paint and his finger as a brush, he decorated gourds, wood blocks, paper plates, found styrofoam, and his own hand-carved sculptures.
Though his work may at first appear as conceptually simple as he has presented it visually, T. A. Hay's work is imbued with meaning. He displays an innate ability to distill forms into fundamental, yet recognizable, geometries, bringing to mind Alabama artist Bill Traylor. The two-dimensional pieces exhibited in "Farm Works" depict such subjects as horses, ox shoes, and spinning wheels, his ardent repetition of which mirrors the meditative routine of farm labor. During his life, he occasionally received local press and visits to his home to view his art, but Hay's work has not been widely shown.
The Jealous Curator
The Jealous Curator was a guest curator of the exhibition entitled Beautifully Boring at Tanner|Hill Gallery from February 8 – March 29 in 2013. Artists included Holly Farrell, Leah Giberson, Samantha French, and Mark Bradley Shoup. Below is her curatorial statement:
"There are beautiful things that we experience every day, but don't really see. Buildings you pass while rushing to work, an old coffee mug on your desk, the cozy chair that you flop into when you get home from a busy day. Most people would never consider these things special enough to be artistic subject matter, but this collection of work is just that. Everyday things that your eye most likely skips right over. We need to take the time to slow down, and study the lovely objects and places that surround us… whether we realize they're there, or not! All of them have a story to tell, and I think you'll find that 'boring' really can be beautiful."


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Chapter 1
Pain seared across Shay's back in a hot, stinging wave that emanated outward from where the flogger lashed her; if this was what being a submissive was like, she wasn't at all sure that she enjoyed it. But no, she wanted this, was determined to see out the experience. She gritted her teeth, barely containing the cry of pain that threatened to escape her lips.
Shay had fantasized for most of her adult life about exploring the world of kink, and at twenty-eight she had finally plucked up the courage to venture to the one BDSM club in Charlotte: Tempest. And here she had met the Dom who was currently beating the tar out of her. Although she was now beginning to suspect that Bobby was more of a sadist. Surely a flogger wasn't supposed to hurt this much? She had told him it was her first time. Maybe she just had a low pain tolerance?
The lash raked across her ass, leaving lines of fire in its wake. This time she couldn't hold back her strangled cry. Instinctively, she tugged at the restraints around her wrists that held her firmly down over the spanking bench. This was getting to be too much. The promises she had made to herself about sticking it out began to waver as tears pricked at the corners of her eyes.
"Stop," she said, struggling to keep her voice even and controlled. But the flogger's stinging kiss made contact with her sensitive thigh. "Stop!" She said more loudly, desperation lacing her tone now. Another burning blow across her ass. Panic began to rise in her throat. Was he really not going to stop? She jerked more wildly at the cuffs that held her in place, locking her in her vulnerable position. She suddenly, starkly, realized her own powerlessness. Only the loss of control didn't bring her the pleasurable rush that she had hoped for; all she felt was a growing terror.
Tears were rolling down her cheeks now. "Please!" The word came out as almost a scream as the lash came down on her thigh again, merciless and unrelenting. Panic engulfed her. Was no one going to help her? Couldn't they see that she was truly in pain? Oh god, when would it stop? Surely he had to stop soon...
She squeezed her eyes shut in dread as she heard the flogger whooshing through the air once again. But somehow, mercifully, there was no answering line of fire on her skin.
A deep, accented voice came from behind her. "I'm not usually one to interrupt a scene, but I believe the lady wants you to stop."
Shay nearly sobbed in relief, the sound almost drowning out Bobby's reply: "Well, you are interrupting," he snapped.
"No! Please," she interjected quickly. "I want to stop." She tried to crane her neck back to look at her tormentor and her savior, but her restraints prevented her from seeing them. Please, she thought desperately. Please listen to me. She forced her tone to harden. "I may be a submissive, but I do have rights."
"We're not finished-" Began Bobby's cruel voice.
"Do you want to use your safe word, sub?" The stranger cut across him.
"Safe word?" Shay asked. She had heard of those, but Bobby hadn't discussed them with her.
The accented voice let out a low curse. When he spoke, his voice was tight, the anger in his tone carefully controlled. "You mean to tell me," he said coldly to Bobby, "that you did not discuss safe words before play? I'm assuming that she's a new submissive if she doesn't know about them. Were you aware of this?"
There was an uncomfortable pause from Bobby before he finally answered. "Yes. But how was I to know that she didn't know about safe words?" He said defensively.
Her savior let out a low growl. "You always discuss safe words before a scene. Any idiot knows that." His voice turned soft, dangerous. "Now, I suggest you leave and never come back to this club. I will be reporting you for this."
"But-" Bobby began.
"Now!" He barked, his tone brooking no argument. Shay shivered slightly at the power of it.
She jumped as gentle hands touched her wrist, the cuff around it tightening momentarily before it was unbuckled. For some reason that she couldn't quite identify, she glanced away from her savior before she could see him. Keeping her eyes on the floor, a pair of polished black leather boots entered her field of vision as he circled around the spanking bench to release her other wrist. She let out the breath that she didn't know she was holding as relief washed over her; she was free. Then a pair of strong arms were around her shoulders, turning her onto her back.
"Up you get, sub," his tone was warm, gentle. She let out a squeak of surprise as he hooked an arm under her back and another under her knees, lifting her up until she was pressed against a hard-muscled chest. Her eyes widened and lifted of their own accord, finally meeting her savior's eyes.
All the wind was knocked out of her as she gazed up at one of the most beautiful men she had ever seen. His midnight-black hair waved down around his face to his strong jawline, the planes of his face were masculine and angular, and dark stubble covered his jaw, giving him ruggedly attractive looks. And his eyes: a bright, mesmerizing bottle-green. A small, sexy smile was playing around his full lips. Shay's mouth watered and she felt a sudden urge to lightly sink her teeth into that lower lip. She licked her own lips unconsciously, and something in his eyes darkened in a way that made her stomach flutter.


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How do you stay optimistic when life seems to be a catastrophe?
We can distinguish two types of catastrophes: the real one such as war, becoming a refugee, a severe illness of a loved person, etc. and a superficial catastrophe which we tend to create for ourselves without any decent reason for that, such as meeting multiple deadlines in a rush because of procrastination earlier, or breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend who you were dating for a few years and so on.
To target 'catastrophe', it is important to understand where does this feeling come from. There are two main sources of them: cognitive biases, which include attentional bias (noticing only very limited amount of information and mostly the one which is fresh in our memory), memory bias (remembering something we are frequently in touch with or exposed to) and interpretational biases (interpreting things from own perspective which is not necessarily objective, e.g thinking of event, such as taking a flight, as threatening and dangerous); and mass media which is playing on our cognitive limitations. Media mostly portrays the negative events of the world avoiding good and uplifting news, This is done for a reason – to catch our attention easier. As a result, if mass media is the main source of information, it leads to a skewed perception of the world. This guardian article explains the effect of media on our perception of the world very neatly, and I would definitely recommend you to read it. Besides biasing our views of the world, media also alters our perception of our own problems, in other words after hearing a lot of negative news, our own problems can seem to us more grandiose, even if they are not (Davey & Mitten, 2016).
Nevertheless, the historical practice shows that some people manage to stay strong and positive even if they had to go through really tough situations. While others become discouraged even after small failures. So how do you stay positive and optimistic when life is tough? The answer to this question lies in a research of positive psychologists.
The suggestion, on how to achieve this optimistic state is not a rocket science, and you might have heard them already, however, this is something that has been tested and retested in research. They sound to be simple, yet, maybe not so easy to implement.
Firstly, having a purpose in life, helps you going through difficult times or situation. Having a clear understanding why you are doing what you are doing or suffering for, gives you strength. As Viktor Frankl, a famous positive psychologist who was sent to concentration camps during the World War II, describes in his books, the thing that kept him strong during the hardest time in the camps was love to his wife, and his infinite desire to see her. This purpose helped him to survive.
Secondly, looking for benefits. Even when everything seems to be pretty drastic, it still worth searching for the goods, there is always something. It can be extremely hard and you may fail but you have learnt something, you gained experience, you may have started a completely new life. Any situation still has something good and positive in it, but you need to be open to see and accept it.
And last but not least, staying present in the moment and meditate. The research has shown that being present in the moment makes you happier, even if you are doing routine tasks and, I guess, you can imagine how great is the value of the awareness and presence in truly precious moments. Unfortunately, all the technologies which surround us are both used and abused. You probably can quite easily remember the moment from a meet up with friends and how often you or your friends were checking the phone, such behaviour distorts attention and makes us less attentive to friends or any other activity you are doing, moreover, a constant urge to check the phone is one of the sources of anxieties, so it is worth knowing and being conscious about own behaviours. Meditation is one of the routes to achieve awareness of the present moment. It helps the mind to be clearer and more focused, as well as it makes it more flexible (e.g Hinton and colleagues, 2013). Both behavioural and brain imaging studies show that meditation has a positive effect on a brain and subsequent behaviours in people who are living an urban busy lifestyle and on those who are going through difficult times (e.g. Keller and colleagues, 2006).
If you are looking for some advice on how to change your life to become a happier person, this blog is a good starting point. It gives practical suggestions which are supported by scientific research but all written simply and easy to understand and implement.
Other than that, it is important to remember, that majority of our 'catastrophes' are not catastrophes but rather some challenges which can make us stronger once we overcome them. What seems to us as a catastrophe today, may not even be remembered in a year. In fact, things are better than we think and when they are not, it might be a trigger to take action.
Catastrophic or in a depressive state? Life is full of heartache and hardships. Life is full of change and lessons learned, often the hard way. We lose people we love, we lose things we value. All of these things are guaranteed to happen. It's how we perceive them that makes or breaks us. Even in the darkest, lonely moments, there is beauty. It can be an uphill battle to force yourself to see them but they are there. Everyone has their own ideas of what that beauty can be. If the dark is a frightening place for you? Look up and see the stars. They are amazing, soon that sense of awe inspires hope. Hope is the key to optimistic views. I may be depressed but I have learned to hold on to that one small thing that brings hope. It may not be okay at this moment but the next breath will be better and so on from there.