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Organized by Thomas Keenan, Suhail Malik, and Tirdad Zolghadr
LUMA / Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College / Bard College Human Rights Project
2013 Conference
Arles, France
September 19-21, 2013
People now, almost routinely, make claims for their rights through user-generated communication channels, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. In images, as well as words and sounds, these claims are proffered and conveyed – we could say,demonstrated – by the self-proclaimed rights bearers themselves, addressed sometimes very directly, sometimes to an undetermined public. These images and their consequences constitute a human rights praxis outside of its conventional sites such as law, government, NGO activity, and formal journalism. They present a radical expansion and consolidation of human rights practices and institutions, and no less a new kind of universalism that underpins and is transformed by these praxes, perhaps constructing a practical communicative ethos that is yet to be understood.
Responding to the drastic changes in how political transformations in the name of justice have been organized and taken place since the first "The Human Snapshot" Conference in Arles in 2011, the second LUMA Foundation Conference in 2013, "The Flood of Rights," will ask how technologies of image-capture and the channels of communication have in recent years transformed the very terms of human rights. That is, while "The Human Snapshot" explored the possibilities and limitations of the intersections between human rights, photography, and universalism, our focus now turns to the platforms and media of these intersections, and on how the newly produced and disseminated universalizing pressures on morality, law, civic engagement, and their institutions are themselves transfigured in the process.
Our key questions are then:
What are the technologies, languages, institutions, and interests that structure the global distribution of concepts and practices of humanism and universalism, and how do they leave their mark on these ideas themselves?
Which narratives, knowledges, and imageries have proven easier to export and import, and whose interests are at stake in the configurations at hand?
Contributors include Amanda Beech, Rony Brauman, David Campbell, Olivia Custer, Rosalyn Deutsche, Eric Kluitenberg, Jackson Pollock Bar, David Levine, Sohrab Mohebbi, Sharon Sliwinski, Hito Steyerl, and Bernard Stiegler.
Some of the themes discussed in the conference will be:
The Ubiquitous Capture of Rights Claims
As demonstrated in recent developments in the Arabic-speaking region, and in protests in the Global North, the rapid dissemination of images in today's online culture has altered our relationship to how politics takes place, to the potential credibility of different kinds of images, and to ideas of a globalized visual culture itself. Uploading to globally interconnected distribution sites direct from phone-cameras obviates any number of editorial processes premised on selection processes of image quality, newsworthiness, topicality, and so on. Yet despite being beleaguered by the democratization of camera technology on the one hand and accusations of exploitative voyeurism on the other, photojournalism still has a vital influence in this context. How does this development affect the categories of high photography, professionalism, and archival longevity? What authority will continue to be granted to official photojournalism? Equally, do the corporate platforms of user-generated content protect or diminish a newly-ordered civil space? What counts as citizenship in these new conditions of recording, exhibition, platform-provision, participation?
Demonstrative Urgency
Raw footage of devastation, emotional stress, chaotic movements, disorganized actions and reactions, often in low-resolution visuals with distorted sound: is the immediacy and urgency of such images key to initiating a demand for humanitarian assistance and capturing global attention? What are the affective, formal, and material dimensions of this urgent appeal? Is there a "humanitarian real" that brings certain claims to the fore as it obscures others, equally worthy of attention? Are standard media-based demands (for clarity, representation, explication, visibility) overtaken by a new formation of affectively and politically located insistence?
Whose Universalism?
The European Bourgeoisie famously developed a forceful and still vibrant tradition of framing its interests as being identical to those of humanity in general. For dissident struggles in China and other autocratic states, in protests against state incarceration without trial of terror suspects, in zones of conflict generated by power over territory and resource-extraction, the discourses of universalism and human rights have on the other hand been instrumental in the articulation of struggles of the underprivileged, lending crucial visibility to otherwise marginalized voices. Extended into contemporary forms of global legitimacy, how do the new transnational circuits of art, culture, commerce, finance, philanthropy, and NGOs reproduce these historical, foundational precedents—or how do they transform them? Do these transformations benefit the vast majority who do not and can not participate in established circuits of influence? How do universalizing claims occasionally turn against the special interests of their originators, if they do?
In What Language?
Artists have long grappled with the contention that "an artist who cannot speak English is no artist" (Mladen Stilinovic), suggesting that English is not only a pragmatic lingua franca, but also a powerful yet elusive foil with its own array of political, aesthetic, and epistemic bias. What are the stakes of English as the primary language of globalization today? Which historical conditions have marked the ascent of English as a vessel for universalism and other traditions, and what factors are at play in what is widely seen as its impending decline? What role do the elite universities and research centers take as transmission channels between local talent in its multiple dialectics and those transnational circuits of influence? How do the knowledges traditionally housed in and generated by institutions change in these conditions?
About LUMA Foundation
The LUMA Foundation was established in 2004 to support the activities of independent artists and pioneers, as well as institutions working in the fields of art and photography, publishing, documentary, and multimedia. The foundation specializes in challenging artistic projects combing a particular interest in enviroinmental issues, human rights, education, and culture in the broadest sense.
The LUMA Foundation's current focus is to develop truly experimental cultural center in the Parc des Ateliers in the city of Arles, France, working with the architect Frank Gehry. This ambitious project envisions an interdisciplinary center dedicated to the production of exhibitions, research, education, and archives and is supported by a growing number of public and private partnerships.
About the Center for Curatorial Studies
The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) is an exhibition, education, and research center dedicated to the study of art and curatorial practices from the 1960s to the present day.
In addition to the CCS Bard Galleries and Hessel Museum of Art, the Center houses the Marieluise Hessel Collection, as well as an extensive library and curatorial archives that are accessible to the public. The Center's two-year M.A. program in curatorial studies is specifically designed to deepen students' understanding of the intellectual and practical tasks of curating contemporary art. Exhibitions are presented year-round in the CCS Bard Galleries and Hessel Museum of Art, providing students with the opportunity to work with world-renowned artists and curators. The exhibition program and the Hessel Collection also serve as the basis for a wide range of public programs and activities exploring art and its role in contemporary society.
About Human Rights Project
The Human Rights Program at Bard College is a transdisciplinary major across the arts, social sciences, and literature. It offers courses that explore fundamental theoretical questions, historical and empirical issues within the disciplines, and practical and legal strategies of human-rights advocacy. Students are encouraged to treat human rights as an intellectual question, challenge human-rights orthodoxies, and think critically about human rights as a discourse rather than merely training for it as a profession. The Human Rights Project links theoretical inquiry and critical explorations of human-rights practice with active research and involvement in contemporary issues. Ongoing initiatives include projects on human-rights forensics (with the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College, University of London), music and torture, and the intersections between the visual arts and human rights (with the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College).
For more information on the conference please write [email protected].
To register to attend the conference (which is free and open to the public) please click here.
Amanda Beech
Rony Brauman
David Campbell
Olivia Custer
Rosalyn Deutsche
Jackson Pollock Bar
Eric Kluitenberg
David Levine
Sohrab Mohebbi
Sharon Sliwinski
Hito Steyerl
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The Italian Bar, Espresso, and Cappuccino
After Caterina settles into the routine of daily life with her family in Italy, her sister-in-law, Francesca, invites Caterina to have coffee and lunch with an Italian girlfriend. The women meet at an Italian café, also known as a bar, and order espresso coffee and sandwiches. They also meet someone special, so feel free to listen in on their Italian conversation at our website www.LearnTravelItalian.com and learn some Italian phrases of endearment for that special someone in your life!
The Cultural Note below, adapted from the Conversational Italian for Travelers textbook, talks a bit about the history of espresso and cappuccino and how each drink and its variations are made. Read on and then order your own favorite Italian coffee drink—here or in Italy!
—Kathryn Occhipinti
The Italian Bar
Italian-style coffee, or caffè, has become so popular in America today that confronting the list of coffees available in an Italian bar may not be as intimidating as it once was. The list of specialty coffees offered by a coffee bar is usually displayed on a large sign behind the counter, opposite where one stands to place an order.
Most Italians pay at the counter and drink their coffee standing up at the counter as well, often fairly quickly, before proceeding on to their next appointment. Space is at a premium all over Italy, and most coffee bars have only a few small tables. So, for the luxury of a seat, the price for the same coffee is slightly higher. But although the fee is higher, I've always felt that for visitors, it is nice to sit down at a table with a friend, have a waiter take your order, and have coffee and any pastries or sandwiches brought to you. Then relax and enjoy while watching the world go by!
If you want an Italian coffee, keep in mind the general "rule" that most Italians follow: cappuccino in the mornings, usually before 10–11 a.m., and espresso later in the day. This "rule" may have come from the many well-meaning Italian mothers and their idea that milk is bad for digestion, although I don't think anyone really knows how it started.
To support this theory, consider that those of us raised by Italian-American mothers (like myself) were often told that milk does not "go with" Italian food—that is, a tomato sauce–based meal, of course. Eat tomato sauce and drink milk and maybe, just maybe, the milk will curdle in your stomach! End result: indigestion. Not what an Italian cook wants for her family after hours spent making a special meal! In our house, soda for the children was a once- or twice-weekly event—with Italian dinners only! (If you want, leave a comment and let me know the "tradition in your Italian household. I'd love to hear!)
Of course, if you like your coffee the American way, order a caffè americano any time! Read on for a few fun facts about Italian coffee drinks and what to expect to receive when you order an espresso- or cappuccino-type drink in Italy.
From the Italian Bar: True Espresso Drinks
In Italian bars, all coffee drinks are made by the specially trained barista (this title is used for men and women). Espresso means fast or quick and refers to the method of brewing the coffee.
The classic espresso takes 7 grams of fresh, finely ground dark-roasted coffee beans, filtered under high pressure by an industrial espresso maker, with just the right amount of hot water to fill an espresso cup halfway to the top. There will be a layer of crema (foam) on the top as the result of the high pressure those large, gleaming stainless steel coffee shop machines can generate to make the coffee. For more information about how the modern-day commercial espresso machine came about and the components of these industrial espresso makers, click on this link from the Smithsonian magazine and this espresso equipment link.
Add sugar or, for a caffè corretto, a shot of brandy or one of the other liquors always found on the shelves of coffee bars. For a caffè lungo, extra water is added to fill the espresso cup to the top. For a ristretto, less water is used for the same amount of coffee grounds, to one quarter of the cup.
The popular stovetop espresso maker that is part of every Italian household—and I mean every household—here and in Italy is shaped like an octagon. Don't expect to get a real crema in this case, because this coffee pot does not operate under the high pressure of the industrial espresso makers, but this classic espresso pot is an easy, inexpensive, and convenient way to brew your everyday espresso.
All stovetop espresso makers require very finely ground espresso beans packed firmly in place into a metal coffee filter that fits into the center of the pot. Freshly ground beans are, of course, best.
Put water in the bottom half of the stovetop espresso pot, insert the filter with its coffee grounds, twist on the top, and heat over medium-high heat. The water in the bottom compartment will boil, and the steam will move upward through the coffee grounds in the filter to re-condense as coffee in the top compartment.
Below is a picture of my favorite home espresso set that I picked up in Rome at one of its famous coffee bars, Cafè Sant'Eustachio. (Leave a comment if you can find the orange cat waiting for his morning coffee in the background on this lovely fall day!)
From the Italian Bar—Cappuccino, Anyone?
The Italian cappuccino drink that we know today is a fairly recent development of the 20th century, although historians have found coffee drinks with a similar name that date back to 18th century Austria.
Cappuccino coffee is said to be named after the Italian Franciscan order of Capuchin monks, presumably because the combination of the dark brown color of the coffee and the milk froth (schiuma) that tops the drink is reminiscent of the white-faced monks in their habit with the distinctive dark brown hood.
This short explanation begs the question, "How did the Italian Capuchin monks get their name?" In Italian, the word "cappuccio" means "hood." Adding the diminutive "ino" ending for the coffee drink changes the meaning of the word into "little hood." This may sound like a lot of trouble to go to just to name a coffee drink, although one should remember the Italian tradition of nicknaming people and food based on catchy associations that then become a part of Italian tradition.
The now classic Italian cappuccino calls for three equal parts espresso coffee, milk, and milk froth, and is served in a large coffee cup. The milk froth is traditionally made by steaming low-fat milk with the wand attachment on the espresso machine.
Gently stir in some sugar if you like, then sprinkle the froth with a bit of cocoa powder, cinnamon, or nutmeg.
For a smaller coffee drink with milk later in the day, foam can be added to an espresso for a speckled drink called caffè macchiato that is served in an espresso cup.
Above all, enjoy your cappuccino drink as a delicious start to your morning!
-Adapted from Conversational Italian for Travelers, "Cultural Note – Italian Coffees," by Kathryn Occhipinti
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Go Ahead and Have a Donut (or a Dozen) for National Donut Day [Video]
If you put down that morning Cruller or Long John because you're trying to watch your figure or keep your blood sugar from skyrocketing, go ahead and have one today. Just tell yourself it's National Donut Day.
That's right, even the United States' most popular morning treat has its own day. It happens every year on the first Friday in June, according to our calendar of strange June holidays.
National Donut Day got its start during World War I, thanks to the Salvation Army. The treats became a popular snack among soldiers in 1917 after an ensign nurse named Helen Purvience served one to a soldier. Pretty soon, other soldiers started asking for a donut.
The Salvation Army eventually developed a recipe known and loved today.
The first Friday in June became National Donut Day as another way of honoring U.S. troops and veterans after Memorial Day.
You can still make them the old fashioned way with the Salvation Army's original recipe.
Another legend claims the treats came from Dutch settlers way back in the 1940s. Hansen Gregory claimed to have invented the familiar shape of the donut while traveling on a ship in 1847 by punching a hole in it because he was tired of the doughy treat's undercooked center.
All this talk of donuts is really making us hungry. Luckily, several popular donut chains are offering some specials to celebrate this sugar filled day.
Now you have no excuse not to get one. Just do an extra set of sit-ups on Saturday.


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I am sure we can all recall a time in elementary school when our teacher caught us day-dreaming and whipped our mind back into the present moment by sternly declaring our name out loud followed by those two famous words: "Pay Attention!"
I don't know about you, but I didn't have much training in "paying attention." I am not sure I even knew what that meant. No one had ever really explained it to me. And I certainly hadn't consciously practiced it.
Now, as an adult woman who earns a living through helping others pay attention, I have come to learn that mindfulness is not something we have to learn. It is something we have to remember (and practice). The closer we are to our natural state, the easier it is to remember.
Being naturally mindful
One of my favourite things is to watch my nine-month-old son's sense of wonder, exploration and curiosity. A small white daisy in a field of green grass can hold his admiration for many minutes. At mealtime, he becomes completely mesmerised by the shape, feel, taste and texture of a silver spoon. Each morning, watching me brush my teeth is an utterly fascinating event worthy of his full attention.
I would dare to argue that young children are naturally mindful. Mindfulness helps us become aware of what is happening in the present moment. We pay attention to whatever is in front of us, whatever we are doing or feeling or experiencing now. It is such a powerful practice because it does not seek to take us out of our daily lives, but bring us intimately in to them. We come to a greater sense of calm and serenity in the simplest of everyday tasks.
The influence of parents
As parents or guardians, I believe we can greatly influence whether or not this natural sense of awareness is enhanced or diminished amidst a child's ever-widening world of distraction. Thich Nhat Hanh, the famous Buddhist monk and teacher, wrote, "You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout and to grow."
If we can encourage the seed of mindfulness to flourish from an early age, we are guiding children to a realisation of their own inner self, power and peacefulness. These are invaluable resources, which they can then rely on through the inevitable pain and challenges to come.
Anything can be done mindfully—drinking, eating, washing dishes, walking, breathing, bathing, speaking. And the first step to nourish the seed of mindfulness in the children around you is to nourish the seed within yourself. Children are incredibly sensitive beings. If you attempt to guide them to a state of peaceful awareness when you, yourself, are feeling stressed and distracted, they will pick up on it. The peace starts with you.
Nourishing the seed of mindfulness in children
Ideas are great. Concepts are fascinating. I can give you testimonial after testimonial from parents reporting that their children, who have been trained in mindfulness, experience better focus and concentration; increased calm; decreased stress and anxiety; improved impulse control; have increased self-awareness; find skillful ways to respond to difficult emotions and are more empathetic of others. But we need to begin with simple and effective ways to introduce mindfulness to our children. So, here are a few to get you started :
1. Start with what is in front of you
Mindfulness is a practice of bringing your mind fully into the present moment. You don't need to set up situations to practice mindfulness. Begin with what you and your children do every day.
At mealtime, encourage your son or daughter to pause before eating, to begin relating to the food, even asking questions like:
'Where did you come from carrots?'
'What do you taste like?'
'What emotions or feelings do you bring to my body?'
When you take a walk, ask your child to activate their magical or superpower senses:
What do they see?
What do they hear? (even the sounds that are really, really far away)
What do they feel?
If you make things fun and imaginative, they are more likely to respond in a positive way.
2. Play with mindfulness
Children love to play, and setting up games that nourish the seed of mindfulness can be really fun and engaging. One of my favourite ones is given in Thich Nhat Hanh's book, Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children. (A book I highly recommend you to read). Here is the exercise I love:
- Fill a large, clear vase with water, and set out different containers of coloured sand.
- Explain that the vase is our mind, and the different colours of sand are our thoughts.
- You then begin asking your child, or children (this is often very powerful when done in a group) various questions, such as:
What kind of thoughts do you have when waking up?
What thoughts do you have when you go to school?
In the afternoon?
Before bed?
- After each question, each child can pick a colour of sand that feels right for their thoughts or feelings and sprinkle a handful in the vase, while sharing their emotions. You (or another child) can begin stirring the water so the sand swirls around.
- As you stir the water faster, you can explain that our minds are like this when we are hurried, stressed, angry or upset. Ask the children:
Can you see things clearly in this state?
Is it a pleasant state?
Can you name some examples of when you feel this way?
- Then ring a bell and stop stirring. Tell the children: "Let's breathe with the bell and observe all the sand as it slowly settles to the bottom of the vase." They will often find this quite peaceful and relaxing.
(This is what happens to our mind when we are mindful of our body and breathing. What is the water like now? The thoughts and feelings are still there but rest peacefully at the bottom, because we know how to return to our breathing to calm them).
A beautiful learning experience
This, and other mindfulness games, can be a beautiful learning experience for both you and your children. It asks for your time and creativity, but by giving your child this time and creative energy, you are giving them a precious and invaluable gift. You are fostering a sense of self-awareness and attention, which they will always have access to.
I'm not sure about you, but I love to imagine a world where compassion and mindfulness are taught alongside elementary school mathematics and geography—the lessons of the Self, alongside the lessons of the world. But until then, let's begin at home.


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The Master discusses with his disciples and unveil his preoccupations with society. Tr. Legge (en), Lau (en) and Couvreur (fr).
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A lesson for parents and ministers, that they must be strict and decided.
The Master said, "Can there be love which does not lead to strictness with its object? Can there be loyalty which does not lead to the instruction of its object?"
Legge XIV.8.
The Master said, 'Can you love anyone without making him work hard? Can you do your best for anyone without educating him?'
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Le Maître dit : « Peut-on ne pas être exigeant envers ceux que l'on aime ? Peut-on ne pas conseiller celui envers lequel on est loyal ? »
Couvreur XIV.8.
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This post will be an update on #TeamBlackWidow...As you may have guessed, based on following the #TeamBlackWidow hashtag on Twitter, we have arrived back in BC and are engaged in the early stages of our season's fieldwork. Catherine and I are set up in a really nice basement suite in a house in the countryside (owned by arachnologists!) and are very much enjoying the new space (compared to our 400 square feet in Toronto).
We have been to our fieldsite several times for reconnaissance and mapping, and have staked out quite a few logs on the southern portion of the beach for observation.
So what have we found so far? Well, the spider season this year is much delayed compared to what we saw last year, with no females with egg sacs, and most of the spiders just beginning to fatten up on springtime bees and flies.
Only this past week have we seen any adult males at all, with most males we have found being only penultimate (one molt away from maturity).
By way of comparison, we saw our first mature male and our first egg sac on April 20 of last year. This year, as of today, we have only seen two mature males, and not a single egg sac. The weather has been cool and often rainy, and the widows are off to a slow start.
With these conditions, we have not been focusing on field observations, instead working to prepare a set of experiments to perform before we have to return to Toronto in June.


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The Super Bowl is the biggest football game of the year — but not everyone watches strictly for sport.
The Super Bowl commercials are some of the most expensive a company can buy, and for that reason, they're usually some of the best of the year.
Below is a list of 10 of the best commercials from Super Bowl LIV. Watch them all and pick your favorite!
Hyundai: "Smaht Pahk"
Budweiser: "Typical American"
Mountain Dew: "As Good As the Original"
Microsoft: "Be The One"
Doritos: "The Cool Ranch"
Jeep: "Groundhog Day"
Pringles: "Rick & Morty"
Rocket Mortgage: Jason Mamoa's "Natural Self"
Snickers: "Fix the World"
Tide: "Laundry Later" commercial series
This story was originally published by Katie Cox on WRTV in Indianapolis.


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text: As a folk singer that plays in smalls bars and clubs I'm keenly aware of the obstacles we face in getting the attention of the audience – even if it is just a tiny portion of the audience. We are often competing with flat screen televisions on every wall, people enjoying themselves talking, laughing, yelling, hooting and hollering with their friends. We each have to devise our own way to survive a 2 to 3 hour set without losing our sanity. For me, if I can find one person, one couple, or table that I can…Read more


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Ain't Nothin' Wrong With a Little Free Time
Matt Wood | Nov 8 2007
Since my days are set to the sleeping patterns of a toddler and the biorhythms of a dog, I have to squeeze my "work," i.e. writing, interviews, blogging, etc, into naptime and the few hours after the boy goes to bed and before I collapse. I'm pretty good about getting the important, bill-paying stuff done, but unfortunately that means what suffers is Me Time, things like reading books or watching a ballgame on TV without a computer in my lap. When I just spent most of my day stressing out about what I wasn't getting done because I was at the playground or reading Richard Scarry books 49 consecutive times, I can't very well justify not doing my stuff when I'm back home and books are put away. One day this week, the boy was at Grandma's for the day, so I lined up a ton of things to knock out. Most of my afternoon was going to be spent dealing with some carpenters installing a cabinet in our house, so I also knew I had to get busy in the morning. As any time-constrained person knows, feeling squeezed is the best way to make yourself efficient, and I finished everything I needed to by lunch. Then, lo and behold, the furniture guys called and said they couldn't make it, so I was faced with a free afternoon. Now, I could have looked at the remaining items on my to-do list and just kept on truckin'. But, nothing else on my list was all that urgent, and I really wanted to dig into that book sitting on my nightstand, the one taunting me every night when I conked out without turning page. So that's what I did. I took advantage of four quiet, uninterrupted hours in my house, and read a book. And when my son came home that evening, I enjoyed my time with him that much more because I wasn't feeling ragged and worn out from working nonstop all day. "Caring for our stressed out lumps of grey matter by indulging in personal pleasures every once in a while isn't a bad thing."
This is a trick I learned from Neil Fiore's The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play. That bit of the subtitle about "guilt-free" play means that we have to recognize how important our Me Time is, that caring for our stressed out lumps of grey matter by indulging in personal pleasures every once in a while isn't a bad thing, and that we should actually plan for it. I had been feeling stressed out this week, which is why I felt like I needed to accomplish so much that day. But when I was faced with that unexpected block of free time, I looked at what I had left on my plate and realized I was on top of it. What was really bothering me was how that book was going unread. Even though I routinely list reading as one of my top priorities, I wasn't doing it, and after I finally put a good-sized dent in it, I felt 100% better. Of course, the next day, 892 screaming, blinking, high-priority things hit my inbox, and for a half-second I felt like I could use that four hours back. But I knew I couldn't. More importantly, I reminded myself that I wouldn't have wanted to spend that time differently anyway. POSTED IN:
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The advance beneficiary notice (ABN) is a powerful tool for practices to educate patients about their benefits and responsibilities for Medicare non-covered services. Many of our readers still write us to ask questions about the form and the correct way to use it in the office, so we developed this Frequently Asked Questions list for the ABN to clear up some of the confusion.
We always tell the physicians we work with: "If you are going to accept insurance, you need to be the expert on insurance." In practice this means knowing your patient's benefits and working with them to communicate with them about what, if anything, they will owe before or after payer adjudication. No one enjoys being surprised about money!
The ABN is also a tremendous opportunity to talk about financial responsibilities with a patient. If you don't have a credit card on file program in your practice, it's important to be proactive about patient financial responsibilities and how they will be handled. Having a patient sign that they understand they will be financially responsible for payment for a non-covered service is a natural way to start that process.
Here are some of your most frequently asked ABN questions.
What is the ABN? What does it do?
The ABN was originally developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to make sure Medicare patients were aware that if they received services that were not covered by Medicare, payment for these services would be their responsibility. By signing the ABN, the patient agrees that if Medicare (or other payer) does not pay the physician then the patient will have to pay for it. The document affirms that the patient knows they could be required to pay out of pocket. Once the ABN is signed, if you are sure Medicare won't pay you can (and probably should) collect the patient portion listed on the form immediately. You can charge in full for the services if the ABN is signed, however the service is self-pay at that point, so I always suggest you charge your self-pay rate.
What won't Medicare pay for?
The classic example is an annual physical, which many people assume is part of their Medicare coverage. Medicare will pay for an initial "Welcome to Medicare" visit, as well as an "Annual Wellness" visit, but the key word to hear is "visit". These are not physical examinations. If a patient wants a physical, they will need to sign an ABN before the service saying they understand that Medicare will not pay for it. Other things that Medicare will not pay for include services without specific medical need, like labs or imaging diagnostics without diagnoses that are accepted as medically necessary. Medicare will also only pay for certain services at regular intervals, for example women who are considered "low risk" for cervical cancer can only receive a pap smear every 24 months. Note that you are not required by Medicare to get an ABN signed for services that are never covered, such as the annual physical, however, it pays to be absolutely clear when discussing payments, so I suggest you get an ABN signed by the patient regardless.
Should we just have everybody sign an ABN?
No. The ABN is to be used in specific instances for a specific service. You cannot require a patient to sign a "blanket" ABN for the year, just in case. If Mr. Smith wants a service that Medicare is unlikely to, or definitely will not pay for and the physician is comfortable ordering or performing the service, a staff member should present an ABN to Mr. Smith for that specific day's procedure, before it is performed. If the patient is a having a series of recurring services that will not be covered, you can have one ABN signed for up to twelve months of the specific service. An example of this might be a series of physical therapy sessions. The ABN is not a catch- all to protect from denial, however, and persistent misuse will not only be denied, but could open the door to an audit.
We are a small, busy practice; that sounds like a lot of work!
It is a lot of work for a practice! Many practices choose to not use the ABN rather then work out a protocol to implement it. The practice has to have a system in place so that the physician or staff member can explain the situation, fill out the form, answer the patient's questions and file the ABN for posterity (they have to be kept seven years, like other records). It can be the physician in a micropractice, or a dedicated billing or customer service employee in a larger setting. Also, a note has to be made of the ABN signing in the patient's chart so that modifiers can be added to the CPT codes for billing.
Are ABNs for Medicare only?
No. You can also have a patient sign an ABN for a private payer. This helps the patient to understand that if their insurance doesn't cover the service specified, the patient will have to pay for it. Medicare requires an ABN be signed in order to bill the patient, but for patients with private insurance it's still a great opportunity to talk about non-covered services, deductibles, copays, coinsurance or any past balances if you haven't already. A few private payers actually require a waiver/ABN to bill patients for non-covered services – check your contract to be sure.
Mary Pat has created a generic non-Medicare ABN; if you'd like a copy for $20, just email Mary Pat and she can send you one.


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CuriousRubik, 3PL Total Technology, and Doji Media Join NetSuite Solution Provider Program To Transform Business Model and Launch Cloud ERP Practices
SINGAPORE—May 30, 2016—NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, today announced NetSuite has accelerated channel growth in Asia as new partners seek to thrive in a cloud model. The fast growing list of channel partners in the region today added new partners including CuriousRubik, 3PL Total Technology, and Doji Media. Partnering with NetSuite will allow each solution provider to bring the world's #1 cloud ERP to clients of all sizes and help them gain the superior business visibility, efficiency, scalability and agility possible with NetSuite. The new NetSuite partners will bring the power of the NetSuite cloud to customers in key Asian markets, including Singapore and Hong Kong, who want greater flexibility and superior performance, as well as a solution tailored to local business needs.
Launched in 2002, the NetSuite Solution Provider Program is the industry's leading cloud channel partner program, providing hundreds of channel partners with a cloud solution to offer prospective customers and grow their businesses as well as industry-leading margins and incentive programs. With cloud computing at the forefront of the hottest trends and cloud ERP leading the way, channel partners representing on-premise products are continuing to build new practices based on NetSuite's superior cloud business management suite. Designed to help solution providers transform their business model to fully capitalise on the revenue growth opportunity of the NetSuite cloud, the NetSuite Solution Provider Program delivers unprecedented benefits that begin during recruitment and range from business planning, sales, marketing and professional services enablement, to training and education. For more information about the NetSuite Solution Provider Program, please visit /portal/uk/partners.shtml.
All three partners have seen repeated inquiries regarding cloud ERP from customers and prospects and turned to NetSuite to meet this growing demand.
CuriousRubik Selects NetSuite as their partner
CuriousRubik (www.curiousrubik.com), a multidisciplinary team of logical and business problem solvers based in New York with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Shanghai, Bangkok, Tokyo and San Francisco, who has expanded the partnership with NetSuite to include Singapore, focuses exclusively on NetSuite solutions and was founded to help its clients move to the cloud, either by migrating away from legacy on premise platforms or new businesses. Customers in the wholesale/distribution, retail, and professional services verticals in particular turn to CuriousRubik for global experience and consulting expertise. Many clients in the wholesale/distribution space currently run their business on basic systems and stand-alone spreadsheets which require multiple dedicated administrators. When CuriousRubik presents the seamless integration of NetSuite and their solutions, it is a welcome improvement. CuriousRubik also builds complete Payroll and HR solutions tailored for the Singapore market. In addition to this, they have built Rostering, Appointments and Umbrella Event Apps on the native NetSuite platform targeting specific industries. "Our partnership with NetSuite has been very productive and promising and our extensive NetSuite implementation experience helped us to build innovative solutions for different industries, said Reddy Pol, director/strategist of CuriousRubik. We focus exclusively on NetSuite and aim to become a regional powerhouse and target to build a 50+ strong team only on NetSuite. We believe there is always space for quality and committed partners and we want to be one of them. "Customers are asking for complete solutions to run their businesses, based in the cloud, and NetSuite provides the perfect solution."
3PL Total Technology Brings Cloud ERP to Fast-Growing Logistics Providers
3PL-Total Technology (www.logi-cloud.com), founded in 2009, became a NetSuite partner in December 2015. 3PL-Total Technology focuses on cloud warehouse management (WMS) solutions for distributors and third-party logistics providers in Hong Kong and other pan-Asian markets. As more wholesale/distribution companies and 3PL providers learn about the power of the cloud, demand for cloud-based solutions in this industry is raising significantly. NetSuite's cloud-based ERP is especially the ideal complement for 3PL providers who must manage relationships with multiple customers in real-time, many of which have different operational flows on the warehouse floor and different billing arrangements in the back office.
Although 3PL-Total Technology has performed implementations of other cloud solutions, NetSuite is the first cloud ERP provider the company has formed a full partnership with. The fact that NetSuite is already localised for language and business process requirements in Hong Kong and several Asian companies is also extremely important to 3PL-Total Technology and its clients. "NetSuite is a perfect match for our enterprise customers, who need powerful warehouse management for their operations, and NetSuite's comprehensive cloud ERP to handle all of the financial details and data," said Arthur Chan, solution manager at 3PL-Total Technology. "And many companies in the logistics space start out small but grow very quickly, so NetSuite's flexibility and scalability are ideal for these companies."
Doji Media Brings NetSuite Cloud ERP to Singapore's SMBs
Doji Media (www.dojimedia.com) was founded in January 2015, with the goal of bringing better ERP and customer relationship management solutions to nearly 200,000 SMEs (Small Medium Enterprises) in Singapore . Doji Media delivers end-to-end business solutions designed to help small and medium sized businesses efficiently reach customers locally and those who are expanding their businesses globally. Shortly after starting operations, the company recognised the need to go to market with a sophisticated, mature cloud-based solution for financials and CRM, and embraced the NetSuite philosophy. Doji Media works with SME clients to secure government grants and financial support to make adoption of refined solutions like NetSuite easier for smaller businesses. "NetSuite's CRM capabilities are ideal for companies in Singapore which have not previously understood the power of CRM to help them get more value out of an existing customer base," said Jordan Wang, Doji Media managing director. "And NetSuite's multi-lingual, multi-currency capabilities are extremely important in Singapore and Asia, making it possible for SMBs to make a big impact in a competitive market."
Today, more than 30,000 companies and subsidiaries depend on NetSuite to run complex, mission-critical business processes globally in the cloud. Since its inception in 1998, NetSuite has established itself as the leading provider of cloud-based financials/enterprise resource planning (ERP) and omnichannel commerce software applications for businesses of all sizes. Many FORTUNE 100 companies rely on NetSuite to accelerate innovation and business transformation. NetSuite continues its success in delivering the best cloud business management software to businesses around the world, enabling them to lower IT costs significantly while increasing productivity, as the global adoption of the cloud accelerates.
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For more information about NetSuite, please visit www.netsuite.co.uk.
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Kudozza enhances the process of publicly expressing gratitude and congratulations to colleagues through kudos messages. Kudos are given alongside your daily work with very little effort.
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I'm in Milford, UT right now after a night in a hotel. It's been eight days of biking so far at a fairly stiff pace, out of necessity due to the 37-day cap. Nevada (particularly) and Utah are so spread out and empty that most of my days have been 100+ through it, including one 135 mile day (and, perhaps surprisingly, an even worse day yesterday at 118 miles, due to the first real headwind of the trip). And don't forget there's no water between towns, and often no houses, even. But this is what's between the west coast and the east coast, so you make it work. What must be done, can be done. (In my case, using two completely-filled 100oz. water bladders, which yesterday was just enough to get me through the longest waterless stretch on the route at 84 miles. Although I was sucking dry for the last dozen miles of it, which happily coincided with a long downhill stretch where I didn't miss the water too much.)
I said I'd try to occasionally post here, but I'm finding that for this trip Twitter's a much better medium both in terms of ease of use and suitability for pictures plus a few words, so look there for future updates. They're pretty intermittent, tho — cell coverage out here is very sparse, and by all accounts T-Mobile is the worst provider in the world to have out here (rookie error on my part), so I tend to save up drafts and post them all at once when I do find coverage.
Anyway, back to riding now. Onward through Utah to the Continental Divide, and to the Great Plains beyond!


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Filming the Margins of Iranian Society
Many observers assume that it will become increasingly difficult to produce films with contentious social and political messages under the new conservative Iranian government. But Rakhshan Bani-Etemad remains determined to complete her new feature film "Mainline" ("Khunbazi" in Persian) as planned.
"No matter how the situation develops, I will carry on with my work because I'm convinced that we can continue working toward our goals," says Bani-Etemad. "The decision makers cannot change my values. I will do everything I can to remain true to myself as an individual."
In her internationally acclaimed films, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad often deals with controversial issues in Iranian society such as poverty, crime and forbidden love. She focuses on society's underprivileged who find themselves in desperate situations because of their cultural or socio-economic status.
Hopelessness and economic misery
"Mainline" deals with the issue of drug addiction. Before her wedding, Sara (played by Bani-Etemad's daughter Baran Kosari) has to overcome her heroin habit before her wedding, so her mother brings her to a drug rehabilitation clinic. These sequences set the stage for a film shot in the neo-realistic tradition, showing how hopelessness and economic misery have driven an increasing number of young people to drug abuse.
"Drugs are a problem in every country around the world," says Bani-Etemad. "But since two thirds of the population of Iran is under the age of 25, I see drug addiction in our country as an extremely alarming crisis."
Born in Teheran in 1954, Bani-Etemad studied film before she went to work for the national television in the 1970s. In 1987, she made her first full-length feature film, "Off the Limits" ("Kharej az Mahdudeh"), a satire on Iranian bureaucracy.
Her big international breakthrough came with "Nargess", the story of a love triangle between the aging thief Afagh, the young Nargess, and the unemployed Adel, who leads a life of petty crime. The film was honored with the coveted best director award at the 1992 Fadj Festival.
This was followed in 1995 by "The Blue Veiled" ("Rusariye Abi"), a film about love and taboos. Rashul Rahmani, an affluent farmer and aging widower, falls in love with one of his workers, Nobar, breaking with social conventions and shocking his family. With this film, Bani-Etemad won the Bronze Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival.
Although Bani-Etemad takes a critical view of the Iranian government and has received awards in Western countries – by Western standards, she is not your archetypal liberal filmmaker. For example, she has made decidedly critical comments on the permissiveness of European and American films.
Focusing on women and politics
In addition to feature films, Bani-Etemad is a documentary filmmaker. Her two-part film "Our Times" ("Ruzegar-e ma") reports on young activists, women and men campaigning for a continuation of the reform process during the 2001 presidential elections.
The second part of the film focuses on Arezoo Bayat, a 25-year-old divorced single mother who has to support her blind mother. She loses her job and, to make matters worse, is evicted from her apartment. Despite all these hardships, she decides to run for president, but during the political review process, her candidacy is rejected.
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad follows and films Arezoo Bayat everywhere she goes, and captures some heartbreaking scenes that illustrate the main problem in Iranian society today: the severe economic hardships faced by many people and their endless struggle to survive in a huge city.
Capturing social problems on film
Cinematographic elements typically found in documentary films can also be observed in "Under the Skin of the City" ("Zir-e poost-e shahr", 2000) and "Mainline". Bani-Etemad's directing evokes a distinct sense of authenticity, primarily created by hand-held camerawork that captures the people and the action.
The feature film "Under the Skin of the City", a runaway success in Iran, essentially deals with the topics of hopelessness and poverty. Once again, Bani-Etemad produces a film that focuses on a social misfit: Tooba, a textile worker who loses her home and family. Her son Abbas, desperate for a visa to go work in Japan, is cheated by a bunch of crooks, and takes on a job smuggling drugs.
Bani-Etemad's most recent feature, "Gilaneh", made its international premiere in 2005 and was acclaimed by critics around the world. In the first part of the film, set in 1988, Saddam Hussein's bombs fall on Teheran as Gilaneh's son Ishmael marches off to the front. In the second part, in 2003, American forces blast Baghdad while Gilaneh nurses her son, now a helpless invalid.
The films made by Bani-Etemad in recent years have focused time and again on women who have been left washed up and abandoned by society, like the presidential candidate Arezoo Bayat, the poor textile worker Tooba, and the care-worn Gilaneh.
Nevertheless, Bani-Etemad refuses to be classified as a feminist director. She says that her approach is much broader: "My films should not be interpreted from a 'gender' point of view. I deal with the social problems and difficulties faced by both women and men in society."
Robert Richter
© Qantara.de 2006
Translated from the German by Paul Cohen
Iranian Cinema
Iran's film culture has been transformed since the Islamic revolution: from the state propaganda films to today's socially critical productions. We take a look at the various facets and examine its resonance in the West.


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What is house sitting?
A house sitter watches your house while you are away for work or vacation, or if you have to be away for an extended period. House sitters can also provide pet-sitting services, staying in your home and caring for your pet while you are away. The house sitter can say overnight in your home while you're gone, or stop by once a day to ensure everything is in order if your pet doesn't need overnight supervision. Reptiles and most cats are just fine with daily visits and feeding.
House sitting provides major advantages to the homeowner. A regular presence in your house deters break-ins and theft. Home safety issues such as water leaks get noticed and dealt with right away, so you don't come home to big problems. A house sitter can bring in your mail daily, care for your houseplants, and provide home safety and peace of mind.
How do I find a reliable house sitter?
House sitting can help keep your home safe and well cared for so you can be worry-free while you're away for work or play. There are several steps you can take to make sure you hire a trustworthy house sitter and do your part to be a responsible host. One of the best ways to ensure a safe home is to hire a professional house sitter. Here are some key points to look for when hiring a house sitter:
- Reviews and referrals: When searching for a house sitter, always read reviews. Previous experiences will indicate how the house sitter will care for your home while you're away.
- Contract: Sign a clearly written contract outlining services to be provided (e.g., mail in each day by 5 p.m.), the daily rate you are paying, and how long the services will be provided. You can also include any agreed-upon house rules in the written contract.
- Your part: Leave important phone numbers (vet, emergency contact, etc.) and information on where to find emergency items like the circuit breaker and the fire extinguisher, and have a credit card on file with the veterinarian in case of emergencies if the house sitter is watching your pets.
For more, check out our tips for smart hiring on Thumbtack.


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Healing begins through education as the first step of conscious healing requires knowledge that healing is needed.
Healing into personal power is not a process of offering knowledge and healing tools and then those things becoming a crutch. Healing into personal power cannot occur if the individual continues to believe they must rely on the teacher to tell them what to do next.
The life forms of Earth have become dis-empowered via memory loss and lack of Source energy to such an extreme that the majority cannot yet remember they are Source embodied and that the life experience is not being done to them but that they are creating it their selves.
It is necessary to offer knowledge to assist the life form to first remember how they are creating the life experience which opens memory and begins to return awareness of personal power.
Only by remembering personal power, remembering the personal connection to Source and regaining self trust can a life form regain personal responsibility for everything they experience inside and outside of their self.
The distorted system of the Earth hologram has been created and controlled via the inner distorted virus via distorted thoughts and the process of daily living and survival seems like it is controlled within every sector of the life experience.
The people of Earth easily accept the factions of control through held beliefs and thoughts of concepts such as the devil, satan, ET groups and secret societies. This is not a new occurrence within the mass consciousness and has been held in place for thousands of years via the inner distorted virus.
The masses find it very easy to believe that a hidden, unseen force is responsible for the chaos, imbalance and control and this is a result of personal experiences with inner and outer demons that seem to be very real.
Simply because the thoughts of the masses have been controlled by the distorted thoughts of the inner virus for so long and because of memory loss, the mass consciousness accepts imbalance as part of the life experience and are shocked or amazed when things work within balance to such a degree that it seems like a miracle.
The desire to heal into balance remains but seems like an impossible feat simply because at this time there is no one on the planet with open memory of what it "feels" like to experience within a balanced reality field; the concept of miracles offer hope yet always seem to be out of reach and possibly even fairy tales.
Simply offering an assisted healing system will not allow healing into self empowerment, it would only be one more program that became lost among many programs that are already available on the planet, some of which simply promote more control and dis-empowerment.
The inner distorted virus has used the life forms of Earth for so long to do its bidding and co-create its desires that it seems natural to the largest percentage of the population for someone to tell them what they should do and to take care of their needs when disaster and chaos strike.
It is for these reasons that the people quickly turn to the political, religious and medical communities to lead them and tell them what they should do and provide for their needs of well being.
Every life form on the planet and the planet itself carry the infection of the distorted virus consciousness and feel helpless within a sea of imbalance and there will remain those who are more than happy to control and tell people what they should do and how they should live until the virus is completely purged from the planet which will not complete until the planet returns to its healed expression in 87 years.
The battle to heal from the virus cannot occur by placing ones energy within the outer hologram and focusing on what is occurring within the outer hologram because what is occurring within the outer hologram is a result of what is held within.
Only by focusing within, by remaining constantly aware of the personal thoughts and "reprogramming" the distorted thoughts can awareness of the healing that is taking place occur.
The dis-empowerment and control of the virus has created and fosters the belief of an external savior within the largest percentage of the population. The concept of a savior is adapted to fit into any belief system; it may be thought of as an embodied face that is going to appear in the outer hologram and instantly remove all imbalance or it may have been adapted to think it is going to be some higher ET life form that is going to remove chosen ones from the planet and take them off to a balanced reality system.
Such beliefs have been held within the mass consciousness for thousands of years and such beliefs are exactly the same with the only difference being the concept of who and what the savior will present as.
Only by remembering that all of creation is energy, the energy of Source, how creation occurs and that all life forms are Source embodied can real healing occur and the false belief of an external savior be healed within the conscious collective.
The process of healing into balance still fits within the ancient thought that healing does not occur via supplying the fish, healing occurs by teaching the individual how to fish and provide for their own needs.
The dis-empowerment that has occurred within the Earth hologram is so severe that if the current food supply system were not in place hundreds of thousands would very quickly starve to death simply because they have no idea how to feed their selves and the food supply system has been allowed to be completely controlled.
The current desire is to offer knowledge and understanding to remember truth that will empower to allow those who can hear to take back control for their needs, personal healing and well being while healing to remember allowance and free will.
Allowance does not mean sticking your head in the sand and ignoring what is going on around you. Healing into balance requires remembering the importance of the whole and how each piece of the whole is required to allow anyone to heal.
Allowance requires understanding personal strength and how & where to apply that personal strength to assist into whole healing while remembering that you do not have the right to control anyone but yourself as all hold the gift of free will.
It is known that there are those who are anxious for personal healing and may currently feel they need to be told what to do to facilitate personal healing and there are those who do not feel they need such assistance who have reached a point of healing to allow them to remember their personal power and the support and strength they know via their personal connection to Source.
It is desired to offer as much support into healing as possible for the whole without interfering with free will and when enough knowledge has been offered to allow the opportunity to allow for an "informed choice" there will be offered some tools for assistance with personal healing but you do not have to wait until such tools are offered to work on personal healing and making a stronger connection to Source. There are already some tools offered on the AW website that can assist with personal healing but the main key is daily consistency of focusing on and communing with Source as well as constant awareness of personal thoughts.
What limitations might your thoughts be imposing upon you? If you believe you cannot "you will not" because your beliefs will create exactly as you believe.
What are you filling yourself with from the external hologram? Are you filling yourself with thoughts and ideas that speak of forces with a desire to control, consume and create chaos? If those types of things are what you are choosing to focus your thoughts on then that is exactly the type of experiences you will create.
Ask yourself why anyone might find it challenging or impossible to find 30 minutes a day to simply be one with Source and be quite and commune with Source. Is the imbalanced life experience so important that there is no time to work on co-creating balance? If it is then it will be quite unpleasant to experience healing into balance.
Why might people put the needs and desires of others as more important than their personal needs or desires? Do you run yourself out of energy daily trying to take care of everyone else and have no energy left to take care of yourself?
Do you feel it is selfish to take care of yourself first and if so why do you feel that way? Such a feeling spawns from lack of self love and trying to ensure that others continue to supply the love that feels missing within. It is a game of chasing your tail and never getting anywhere and spawns dis-empowerment for others by not allowing them to take care of their own needs.
Lack of self love spawns from false beliefs that say you are not good enough or unworthy in some fashion and such false beliefs can only heal by consistently filling yourself with the love of Source.
You ARE important! You are an extremely important part of the whole and without you there would be a missing piece within the whole and then who would take care of all of those needs of others that seem to be so important.
If you choose to allow time for yourself daily to simply relax, be quite and still and focus on Source within you then you can quickly discover that all of the love and acceptance you will ever need is held within and that you can easily fill yourself with the love of Source and then it becomes much easier to gift that love and eternally gain more for yourself.
Loving Joy to All,


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How to be a tall person at work
The Institute of Social and Economic Research recently published a study about the connection between popularity in high school and earning power later in life. New York magazine, information source to the rich and popular, summarized the study like this: "This study may seem to burst our Revenge of the Nerds fantasies, but it's logical that people who are attractive, likable, and socially comfortable"?the class officers, the cheerleaders"?should get ahead in corporate settings."
There is absolutely irrefutable data to support the idea that good-looking people do better in life than everyone else. Gordon Patzer, in his book, Looks, draws from a wide body of research to describe the advantaged life of a good-looking person from the time they are a baby (good-looking babies get better parenting) to the time they are in sales (the whole sales team performs better if there are more good-looking people on the team.)
As a result, I have jumped on the plastic surgery bandwagon. Super-smarty Chelsea Clinton got plastic surgery before she entered the work world. We should all do that. And while I haven't taken my own advice, I do find myself pinching and pulling at my nose to see what it would look like after a $10,000 investment.
But wait. Before you take out a loan to straighten your nose, maybe you should just start thinking like a tall person. Being good-looking means having the right mix of a lot of things, and for you, being tall might be the final keystone to hold it all in place. (Wondering if you're already tall? Fast Company has the answer: over 6'3″ for men and over 5'9″ for women, which, by the way, makes me half-an-inch into the land of the tall.)
Tall people make $789 more per inch per year, and are 90% more likely to ascend to the CEO chairs of Fortune 500 Companies, according to Arianne Cohen, author of The Tall Book. She scoured the sociology, psychology and workplace research to determine why tall people succeed (she herself is 6'3″). And Cohen discovered that the behaviors tall people display can be mimicked by anyone in order to get the career benefits of being tall.
Here's what Cohen says to do, based on the research she's gathered:
Be unforgettable. Due to evolutionary programming, when a tall guy walks into a meeting, everyone registers that he's there, and remembers what he says. This is a huge boon for someone who's also an ambitious, talented worker. So be noticeable. Figure out a way that when you walk in the room, everyone registers it. You can do that through interesting (but professional) clothing, cracking jokes when you walk in, etc.
Act like the boss. Tall children, from a very young age, are deemed the "leader" of their friends. Other little kids literally look up to them and often treat them as they would a slightly older child, and as a result, they're more likely to function as the leader for the rest of their life. Even as interns, other office workers give them the physical space and attention usually reserved for a leader. So act like a leader.
Find a way to look down on coworkers. Literally. An eye cast down is a really powerful behavior — it's the body's way of signaling a power imbalance in your favor, and you can create that power imbalance with some attention to your positioning. Thus, stand whenever you can when coworkers are sitting, and avoid walk-and-talks and casual standing around the office where coworkers are looking down at you.
Guard your personal space. Close friends hold conversations 18″ apart; friends 2-3′ apart, and bosses and employees four feet apart. Coworkers naturally give tall people four-or-more feet, which means that from the beginning, they're treated with boss-like reverence. You can mimic this body language — simply send out the physical vibe of professionalism, not chumminess, even in casual conversation. You'll see that people step back, and give you more space.
Don't be shy. Tall people often build an oversize personality to fit their oversize bodies. In the workplace tall people are more likely to yell or make demands or pull off a tongue-in-cheek toast to the boss. Socially, they take chances, and those chances are rewarded.
Focus on image rather than competence. Tall people aren't actually better workers, but in surveys, their bosses think they are. Which means that though competence matters, the perception of competence matters much more. So stop spending so much time on your work, and start spending more time on this list of ways to look tall.


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Chocolate Marble Cake
We found today's cake on Zoe Bakes. It's run by Zoë François, and, well, she knows how to bake!
François has authored two best-selling bread books, The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day and Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day, she's a graduate of New York's Culinary Institute of America, and she has worked as a pastry chef in one of Minneapolis's finest restaurants, Tilia. She now teaches baking all over the country.
So do you second-guess that François knows how to bake? Didn't think so.
Her son Henri helped make this cake; he has fun mixing the white and chocolate cake batter to make a marbled effect. After the three layers have been baked, Mom takes over and frosts the outside with chocolate buttercream. Finally, to give the cake its rippled design, she runs a cake comb around the sides.
Show us that you know how to bake, too. Share your cake pictures with us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook!


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1979 Mini 1275 GT
2dr Sedan
4-cyl. 1275cc/54hp 2x1bbl
Past sales
Protect your 1979 Mini 1275 GT from the unexpected.
Model overview
Model description
Alec Issigonis's tiny Mini sedan can lay claim to being one of the most significant automobile design of the 20th Century. The simple design broke all the rules, what with its transverse-mounted, four-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive, transmission in the sump, a wheel at each corner, and suspension by simple rubber cones.
Costing only $1,340, the 1959 Mini also offered surprising interior space at only 10 feet long, and its 33-hp, 848-cc engine could manage 40 mpg when driven carefully. In one step, Issigonis had replaced every three-wheeled microcar, as well as every motorcycle and sidecar, with a real family sedan. It was a stroke of genius and led to his knighthood.
Minis were originally badged as Austin Se7en and Morris Mini Minor, but soon they were just known as Minis. Their charm was in basic functionality – pull-string door openers, "bucket" door pockets, sliding windows, a shelf instead of a dashboard and a single big speedometer with integrated gas gauge in the center. The rear license plate swung down so the car could be driven with the trunk lid open to handle larger objects. About 945,000 Mk I models were built between 1959-67.
John Cooper reworked Austin Minis into Mini Coopers starting in 1961, and Mini Coopers won four successive Monte Carlo Rallies in the 1960s. The Mk I Mini Coopers remain the most iconic of the breed and are highly sought after today.
The 1967 Mk II gained a squarer grill and squarer taillights, remote gearshift and 998-cc engine. The next year saw an all-synchro gearbox and the 1969 Mk III gained hidden door hinges and wind-down windows. A troublesome "hydrolastic" fluid suspension was used from 1964 to 1969, at which point Minis reverted to the original rubber cones again. The basic Mini changed little between 1969 and 1992, though the original 848-cc engine was dropped in 1980 and 12-inch wheels were adopted in 1984.
From 1962 to 1969, the "woody" Mini Countryman and Traveler were made. The nifty little wagons were 10 inches longer than the sedan, with double back doors. Wood trim was glued to the body at first, but later models were available without it. From 1969 to 1980, the Mini Clubman model grew a square nose and the accompanying wagon had stick-on vinyl "wood" trim. Nearly 475,000 were sold but relatively few survive today. Other rare variations include the 1961 to 1969 Riley Elf and Wolseley Hornet, both of which had tiny vestigial fins, an extended trunk, and luxury interiors. About 30,000 of each were sold, but survivors are fairly rare. There were also a few pickups.
One oddity that has survived quite well is the Mini Moke, best remembered for its role in Patrick McGoohan's TV series, The Prisoner. There would seem to be little demand for a Jeep with 10-inch wheels, but the Moke became a popular beach car in sunny places, and 51,000 were sold between 1964 and 1994, and they were built in Australia and Portugal as well as the UK.


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I'm posting this in hopes of saving someone else from the hours of frustration I've endured to resolve this issue.
From the time I set-up my Arc + Sub + Surrounds system in July with an Asus RT-AC88U router (connected to Fios Gigabit internet) it has worked without issue. I've used Asus Smart Connect with all settings at default. No problems with the S2 app and no problems when I upgraded to an iPhone 12, other than the loss of Trueplay support, which continues to be a problem. (HELLO Sonos! Anyone home?)
Then I recently upgraded to the RT-AX86U using same Smart Connect default settings and, initially, all seemed fine. But soon the dropped connections started. I'd reboot and the Sonos system would connect for 10-30 minutes, then lose wifi connection again. Meanwhile, all other wifi devices in my home worked just fine--the Sonos was the only problem child.
I did all the troubleshooting I could, then called into Sonos support and spent almost 2 hours with a tech rep trying every potential solution possible, but nothing worked. (However: KUDOS to such extraordinary tech support!) He then escalated the issue to an appointment with the Senior Support Team.
Meanwhile, I went into the router settings once again, looking for anything that might be an issue--even though I had gone through them all with the tech rep, and these were all the same settings that had worked on the AC88U. On a whim, and not expecting it to help, I turned off the QoS feature, which I have set to prioritize bandwidth for media streaming over other tasks. BINGO. That was it. Sonos system has stayed connected ever since. I can't explain why that would be a problem--I've always had the QoS set that way, and with gigabit service, an AX router, a modest load of wifi clients in my apartment and no gaming, there should be bandwidth aplenty. But that was the issue and it's finally solved.