Missed my last post? Read Part 15 of My Highly Sensitive Recovery where I discuss the power of a spiritual sanctuary.
I was recently asked why I would risk sharing such personal information with the world as well as with my past, current and potential clients. My answer is that I want you all to hear it from someone who has absolutely been there and moved through it all. Truly the blood, sweat and tears to get here are worth sharing with anyone who needs to learn that it is possible to heal your whole Being and thrive as a Highly Sensitive Person. As importantly, is that if you are contemplating coming to therapy, I want you to have an inkling of who your therapist would be.
We therapists are trained to do our best to be a blank slate, and carefully choose what we share with our clients. We're trained to limit what we share with clients so that the spotlight remains solely on the client. And in my sessions, it always does. In traditional psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic therapy, psychiatry and the like that is the norm. It works well.
In Highly Sensitive Therapy, however, it is better that the client has an understanding that someone else truly knows where they have been. To know someone else has walked a thousand miles in their shoes. They want to hear from a fellow HSP that they're not crazy or delusional, nor imagining this feeling of being very different from most of the population. Because different we are!
I would lose count into the hundreds of times I asked myself all those same questions with little consolation of a solid answer. Until, that is, the uniquely brilliant Elaine Aron decided to share her story and life with us. Thanks to Dr. Aron, we are now on the map. The human map, the psychology map, the world map. We've always been here but now we're here to sing our own praises out loud …finally. Let us roar to a listening world that we're out here to rise and prosper and share our innately profound gifts!
Looking for more? Continue reading Part 17 of My Highly Sensitive Recovery where I discuss my journey thus far to arrive at this point as a therapist.


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Nashua, NH, April 18, 2011: Fast Sheet Metal Inc, specializing in the speedy turnaround of sheet metal prototypes, is rolling out a new custom fabricated product each and every month from their newly produced "Speedy Labs". The Speedy Labs was conceived by the engineers at Quick Sheet Metal.? Sometimes seeing the need for a product where sheet metal would offer you a remedy, they made the decision to be proactive and design that remedy themselves.? In in between orders of custom sheet metal prototypes, the engineers brought their strategies to life, satisfying their personal desires.? Now Speedy Sheet Metal is offering these custom sheet metal merchandise to the public.
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Rapid Sheet Metal focuses strictly on delivering sheet metal prototypes and time delicate short run fabrications to new item developers and engineers. Normal quote response time is under 24 hours and most elements are shipped in six business days or much less.? A 48 hour quickly expedite sheet metal prototyping service is also available. Parts such as brackets, rac?ks, housings, and enclosures are fabricated to information from Solidworks, ProE, Inventor, KeyCreator Cadkey, SpaceClaim and other 3D CAD data sources from stainless steel, cold rolled steel and aluminum supplies. Rapid Sheet Metal's sister organization, Quick Machining, focuses on fast turn machined prototype elements.


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In this text we see why God rejected Saul and the things we need to learn from this lame-duck leader.
Ahab and Jezebel's marriage reflects much reality of sin in our lives. How do we live our lives to build each other up, provide, protect, teach, learn, and encourage?
Who counts these things, I will never know, but multiple sources suggest that the average human speaks between 18,000 and 25,000 words. That means that each of us speak about a 54 page book every day. That means 66 800 page books a year. If we said anything worth selling to be read, we all could be quite rich, I suppose. Oh, but how those words can get us in trouble.


They want to wean consumers from their addiction to single-use packaging. Use aluminum bottles rather than buying water bottles. Go reusable instead of single use. Buy durable goods and drinks with leashed lids. Never use Styrofoam. All of these Team Marine recommendations are consumer choices that don't involve a lot of sacrifice.
Samohi's marine biology teacher and Team Marine mentor, the youthful Ben Kay, has worked his eight student volunteers an average of 20 hours a week for the last two months. Team Marine has made marine debris and climate change presentations at numerous schools and tabled at conferences. Members are building a solar-powered boat and developing an energy conservation/renewable energy proposal for the city of Santa Monica.
They designed their own Team Marine T-shirts and have written press releases and given media interviews. They've testified in front of Santa Monica civic leaders to push them to move forward on a plastic bag ban and they've marched throughout the city on numerous occasions to get people to say no to single use bags and yes to reusable bags. They've handed out free reusable bags every step of the way.
I can tell you, I never worked this hard as a student at Samo and I certainly didn't volunteer for anything for more than a couple of hours a month. These dedicated students are trying everything they can think of to make a difference on the marine debris crisis. Last Sunday, hundreds of people on the Promenade took notice of their massive art installation, and maybe some of them were inspired to change their consumer behavior.
I know I've been inspired by these guys, although we have spent a lot feeding them at their home away from home — my house. (My oldest son Zack is a team member.) They are not part of Generation Entitled and their cynicism is balanced by creativity and optimism. If Kay's crash course in eco-activism trains leaders, then there may be reason for hope in a time of environmental crises.
i think that what you guys are doing for the environment is wonderful!!!!! i think that this will inspire others to take action in the environment, and not pollute/litter!!!! this is great!!! i really hope that our beaches will get cleaner by people not littering and trashing the environment!!!!
thanx for being so awesome towards the environment!!!
p.s. please continue this wonderful contribution to the environment!!!!
This is really inspiring. My heartfelt thanks to these students and their mentor/instructor for their ongoing efforts to better our planet. And thanks for showcasing their work, Mark.


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More than a year later, though, that aid remains caught in legal red tape. And Rivera still scrambles to place buckets in strategic spots to catch the water that leaks through the blue tarp holding together what's left of her roof.
Recently the Puerto Rican Department of Labor announced the expansion of Disaster Unemployment Assistance and we partnered with National Employment Law Project (NELP) and Ayuda Legal Huracan Maria to help share this information.
LatinoJustice has been engaged in a lengthy legal battle with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) over its failure to adequately address the needs of Hurricane Maria victims on a range of issues. Today, Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel at LatinoJustice PRLDEF, issued the following statement on the impending termination of Temporary Shelter Assistance and subsequent eviction of the hundreds of families.
Tallahassee, FL- Voting rights advocates applaud the ruling from Judge Walker ordering compliance with Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act which requires voting and election materials and assistance be provided to U.S. Citizen voters educated in Spanish in Puerto Rico. Today's decision recognizes the growing presence of Puerto Rican voters and their right to fully participate in elections that would impact their future.
Civil rights organizations have asked a federal judge to order the state of Florida and local election officials to provide Spanish-language ballots, literature and translators for voters of Latino descent in time for the midterm election.
Civic engagement groups filed suit against 32 Florida counties who are in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965's requirement to provide bilingual voting materials and assistance, including ballots and poll worker support, for Puerto Rican-educated, Spanish-speaking United States citizens. The plaintiffs are represented by LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Demos, and the law firm of Altshuler Berzon LLP. Service Employees International Union also represents certain plaintiffs. Currently, many thousands of Puerto Rican and other Spanish-speaking Florida residents with limited English proficiency are being impeded from exercising their fundamental right to vote because elections in many parts of the state are conducted only in English.
Judge Hillman heard oral arguments in our case against FEMA seeking a Temporary Restraining Order to prevent massive evictions of evacuees from Puerto Rico staying in hotels nationwide under the Temporary Shelter Assistance (TSA) program. He issued an oral ruling to extend his prior order of a TSA extension to August 31st and reserved ruling on the TRO until then.


I've run into the same scenario more times than I can count: I start working for a client with a brand new site, we develop an incredible content strategy, and then they ask how long it will take to rank on the first page of Google for high-volume, high-competition terms.
It's never fun to explain that no matter how great the content and the strategy, we won't be hitting those top spots for the top keywords for a little while. Not when the site is relatively new, has no content history, and has a limited backlink profile.
New sites naturally have lower domain authorities, which make it harder to compete with established sites that are trusted by and prioritized in search engines. In this post, we're going to go over everything you need to know about domain authority, including how to check your current score and how you can improve your score, no matter where you stand.
What Is Domain Authority and Why Does It Matter?
When someone enters the search term "tips to paint the exterior of my house," there are likely thousands of relevant pages that are targeting that keyword phrase, and Google has to decide which page they want to show first.
Because the search engine giant wants to increase the likelihood that the user has a great experience, it'll look for content relevance as well as sites that have a history of producing valuable, trusted content along those lines.
This is where domain authority comes in. Your brand new mom-and-pop painting company will struggle to compete against a huge chain like Lowes for similar keywords, all else being equal.
Domain authority is not a metric that Google uses when compiling their ranking order for the SERPs, but it is a gauge of how well you can expect to perform there against your competitors. Created by Moz, this metric will give you a number from 1-100 (the higher the score, the better) that tells you how trusted your site is by Google, and therefore how likely you are to rank well.
Increasing your domain authority score will often correlate with more potential to do well in the SERPs, though it will have no impact on what your competitors are doing.
There are a number of tools that allow you to check your domain authority for free, but the best ones are Moz's Explorer tool or their free MozBar Chrome extension, both of which give you the domain authority right from the source itself. Moz's Explorer is not a free tool in general, but you can get up to 10 free queries per month.
When you search for a specific URL, you'll be able to see what your domain authority is, and what the page authority is for that specific URL. The page authority is basically the same thing as the domain authority, but it's focusing on an individual URL instead of the root domain.
If your site is newer or hasn't aggressively worked to build up site links, there's a good chance that you'll be hovering around a 30 or less. That's ok! While it does take time to increase your authority, which is no fun, there are strategies that can help, and it's much easier to go from a 30 to a 40 than a 70 to an 80; it gets more difficult the higher you go, which is good news for everyone getting started.
We know that domain authority, in its own indirect way, is important. I want to stress again that time is a factor that you need to take into account; older sites are more trusted and naturally have a much more extensive backlink profile, so it will be hard to catch up.
Notice, though, that I said hard and not impossible. I've worked with sites over a period of two years that ended up beating out major competitors for those number one spots, so with the right strategies, you can do the same.
Here are the 5 ways you can take action to start building your domain authority as quickly as possible.
Link building is the first thing that you should focus on when it comes to domain authority, because this is a big quality signal that Google looks at. If plenty of other great and high-authority sites are linking to you, after all, it means that they trust you and think you have something to offer. Google notices this.
If you haven't already, the best place to start is to run a backlink audit, which will show you your current backlink profile. It will also flag any potential harmful backlinks you'll want to remove (which we'll cover in the next section). I like SEMrush's tool, but there are others that you can using, including Moz.
While looking at your backlink profile, take note of not just how many links you have, but which sites they're coming from. Check those sites' domain authorities online; are any of them high enough to give you a boost? Over 50 is good, but 70+ is outstanding.
As you're looking at your backlink profile, consider how you can expand upon it. Creating great content on your site through blogs is always a good start, because it gives people something that they can link to.
Look for some of the most high-authority publications when choosing your link building profile, and remember that it's better to have links from four different sites than four links from a single root domain; Google prioritizes the former.
Sometimes it's easy to get a little overeager with the backlink building, especially if your business took part in any of the "not punished then but now not approved" backlink practices. Private blogging networks, for example, will typically hurt you more than they'll help you, and spamming your link online is a fast way to get a Google penalty and a knock down on your domain authority score.
Check that backlink audit, and look over it closely. SEMrush will flag all the toxic links that you have, showing you the individual backlink, along with your overall ratio of positive-to-toxic links. They'll also show you the number of referring domains you're getting backlinks from, which is helpful to see.
Create a list of backlinks you need to start working on. If you can remove them manually, go back and do so. For example, remove links to your site in the comments sections or forums. If, however, you no longer have access to the sites where your links are placed, which may be the case for something like a private blogging network, you should look at doing a link disavow through Google.
A link disavow should only be done if you believe that you have links that are knocking you down and if you haven't been able to remove them manually. The process is pretty straightforward, and you can learn more about it here.
Content marketing is going to be a huge asset while you're trying to build up your domain authority. It allows you to keep the main pages on your site in order while still creating new opportunities for you to write fresh content (which Google loves) that can attract your target audience, provide a valuable avenue for new backlinks, and allow you to rank for more keywords.
If you want to get more eyes on your content, which will get you more shares and more backlinks, you need to have a strong distribution plan in place. If your domain authority isn't strong yet, you can't rely on SEO alone; have social campaigns set up to share your posts, and consider reaching out to your network and ask for a few shares at the beginning. You can also use PPC campaigns like Facebook Ads to promote important posts and hopefully gain traction early on. Be agile here.
Offer unique, original content. If you want those links and a lot of attention on your post, you have to create something that no one else has done yet. Otherwise, people can easily steal the ideas covered in a post, if they're even interested enough to read it. Instead, opt for original thoughts and, if possible, even consider creating resources like infographics or case studies that contain statistics from your own research. People will have to link back to you for this.
If Google can't crawl your site, there's a good chance that they're missing out on the great content you have to offer, and it will hurt you in the SERPs. There's also a good chance that Moz will have the same issues, and it will cause your domain authority score to take a hit.
Crawlability issues are something you want to avoid, because that means not getting all the SEO points you should be getting even if you have all the right elements in place. Use a site audit tool to regularly monitor your site for any issues that could be causing problems, such as confusing redirects, broken links, and even duplicate content. SEMrush is still my go-to here, but again, Moz is another great option.
These tools will show you the specific errors that could be hurting your SEO potential, and they'll often have suggestions for how to fix it. In many cases, the errors are relatively easy to fix, especially considering the huge payoff that you could get in return.
Google and Moz both look at social signals like retweets, likes, and shares of your content when evaluating domain and page authority. This ranking factor does not weigh as heavily as other things like backlink profiles or crawlability perfection, but it can make an impact, so if you want to change your domain authority score as quickly as possible, take some time to get this right.
Find ways to increase social proof on your content, as this will get more traffic to your site and boost your authority score at the same time, both of which will only benefit your business.
Make sure that you're sharing blog posts, infographics, and lead magnets with interesting descriptions explaining why users should click to read, instead of just posting the title and hoping that will be enough. Make the value clear up front and include a CTA like "The ebook is free– download it now!" to increase clicks on the post and further actions.
Domain authority can frustrate a lot of new sites trying to make a name for themselves (and increase site traffic and lead generation) through content marketing, but it's something that everyone has experienced. Be patient, because a combination of time and some dedication to your link-building strategies will help your site authority, and it will be easier for you to rank well.
Consistency is important, so keep at these strategies even if it feels like you're spending too much time waiting on editors to respond to your guest posting inquiries. In the meantime, you can always target some lower-competition long-tail keywords so that you can still rank and start getting some of those clicks to your site.
If you're still looking for a little help with giving your domain authority a boost and improving your overall SEO traffic, we can help. Learn more here.


Jeff Goodman wrote: Nevada's Jazz Johnson has entered the transfer portal, source told @Stadium. Averaged 11 points per game this past season.
Only natural to see what my options are after a coaching change. It doesn't mean I am leaving.
I really do love this community and don't want them to think this means I'm gone. Only doing what's best for my future.
I had missed that Eric Musselman moved from Nevada Reno to Arkansas. What's the longest time Jazz has spent at any school going back to high school?
up7587 wrote: I had missed that Eric Musselman moved from Nevada Reno to Arkansas. What's the longest time Jazz has spent at any school going back to high school?
Jim Shaw joining Kyle Smith at WSU. Jazz Johnson remaining at Nevada to play for Alford per Jon Rothstein twitter.
It's only right that little Cal Poly is sanctioned by the NCAA over books, once again proving the UNC path of fake classes is the one to follow.
Funny that overpaying for books to the tune of $600 per college Career gets sanctioned, but 18 years of academic fraud ( no books required) is perfectly ok in the eyes of the committee.
Gonzaga's Killion Tillie and Zach Norvell have both submitted their names for the NBA draft, but could return to GU if they withdraw from the draft by May 29.
Under the new NCAA rules, players are now allowed to hire an agent during the evaluation process, but must terminate the relationship with the agent and pull their name from the draft by May 29 to remain college eligible.
DoubleDipper wrote: Gonzaga's Killion Tillie and Zach Norvell have both submitted their names for the NBA draft, but could return to GU if they withdraw from the draft by May 29.
Kispert may be the most experienced returning player for GU next year.
I guess new BYU Coach Pope is a good recruiter as he just got a commitment from former BYU hotshot, Jake Toolson, to come back to BYU for his grad year after playing for Pope at Utah Valley and being named the WAC player of the year and an All-America Honorable Mention this past season.
DoubleDipper wrote: I guess new BYU Coach Pope is a good recruiter as he just got a commitment from former BYU hotshot, Jake Toolson, to come back to BYU for his grad year after playing for Pope at Utah Valley and being named the WAC player of the year and an All-America Honorable Mention this past season.
Pope just added Utah Valley versatile big man, and the reigning WAC Freshman of the Year, 4-star Wyatt Lowell to the BYU roster.
Sticking close to home/Utah, Pope brings in two of his Utah Valley assistant coaches and rounds out his staff by also hiring the former Southern Utah head coach.
So he is basically stripping out his old team?
On a side note, Utah Valley has almost 40,000 undergraduate students! And there are several colleges in Utah with larger enrollment than any schools in Oregon. Yet Oregon has 4.1M population vs. 3.1M in Utah.


Anyone with a "legacy" email account from mobile and broadband provider Orange (now part of EE) needs to move to an alternative email address by the end of May as the service is being shut down.
After 31 May 2017 you'll not be able to access your account, send or receive any emails from your Orange email address, or access contacts and emails in any way.
While many of those affected may already have an alternative email address with another provider, those who don't will need to set one up. EE is recommending Google's Gmail as a good choice for those in this situation, due in part to its 15GB of free storage which will allow you to store many emails from your old account if you wish.
For full help on how to transfer to a new email provider, plus how to save and forward old emails you want to keep, you can check out EE's full FAQs.
What are Orange customers saying?
We've heard from a number of you with email addresses which are set to close. MoneySaver Bob emailed: "Many of us silver surfers obtained our email address through signing up to Orange, Freeserve or Wanadoo broadband and have kept them for many many years."
And Michael got in touch to say: "I use Orange email and I have had an email saying it's closing down completely. I imagine there are a lot of users like me who are unsure of the best alternative options."
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Climate Change Is Behind A Lot Of Sleepless Nights
Increase of 1 degree Celsius = 110 million more nights of insufficient sleep
As temperatures rise thanks to global warming, Americans are having more and more trouble falling asleep. A new study delves into just how many sleepless nights people are having across the country based on how many degrees hotter it gets. It found that an increase in 1 degree Celsius would lead to 110 million more nights of insufficient sleep a year.
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Scientists have observed poor rest in hot laboratory environments and sweltering houses. But as far as Obradovich could tell, he told The Washington Post, no one had tracked a large number of sleepers in their homes across the United States. Obradovich decided to investigate. As he and his colleagues noted in a Science Advances study published Friday, the researchers relied on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey representing 765,000 Americans, contacted between 2002 to 2011, from across the United States.
The CDC randomly dials Americans to inquire about where they live, their income, age, how much they drink, if they wear seat belts, if they were sunburned recently and other public health questions. Questioners also ask how many nights of insufficient sleep a person had in the past month. The study authors meshed these responses with weather station records to determine if respondents may have been exposed to unusual nighttime temperatures.
Equipped with this information, the researchers calculated that every nocturnal temperature increase of 1 degree Celsius produced an additional three nights of restless sleep per 100 people per month. Scaled across the United States, the authors wrote that this 1 degree bump translated to about "110 million extra nights of insufficient sleep" each year.
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Little Dinos Don't Bite | Michelle Writes!!
Don't bite! This book gives the young person several reasons not to bite. The author also provides specific examples of what not to bite. The examples include both people and objects. Once this has been established, Mr. Dahl provides specific examples of what to bite.
This is a good book to read to youngsters when their teeth are coming in, in order to show why they should not bite. In addition, the book provides a good book to use as a teaching point for preschool and primary age children.
The book provides an excellent format for a teacher to use to introduce backward counting. The colors are beautiful, the dinosaurs are well drawn and the text is can be easily explained. The theme of dinosaurs is excellent because children love dinosaurs.


The local grocery stores have started stocking fresh cranberries so I am taking advantage of it and creating cranberry recipes.
These delicious cookies are made by starting with a basic snickerdoodle recipe. I added fresh cranberries, orange zest, and pecans to the dough. After they are baked, dip in melted white chocolate and allow the chocolate to harden.
My husband and I really only started eating cranberries about 3 years ago. I always throw a few bags in the freezer to use during the year when I cannot get them.
They are delicious in Turkey Meatloaf and make it extra moist. I also make a cranberry sauce that we eat on turkey paninis, club sandwiches, and we love them in stuffing. The desserts are endless they can be used in.
What are some ways you use fresh cranberries? I would love more ideas..
Mix up the snickerdoodle recipe, then stir in fresh chopped cranberries, orange zest and pecans.
Shape the dough into balls, roll in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and then bake.
Melt white chocolate baking discs to dip the cookies in. I did the bottom of these, but you can also just hold the cookie and dip a side of it in the chocolate. I also use Ghiradelli's .
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cream of tartar, soda, and salt: set aside.
In another large mixing bowl, cream the butter and shortening together, using an electric mixer. Add 1 1/2 cups sugar and the eggs, continue to mix until well combined. Combine the cinnamon to the remaining sugar in a small bowl and set aside. Gradually add the flour mixture to butter mixture, in 3 divided amounts, mix only until combined. Stir in the cranberries, orange zest, and pecans. Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch size balls, using a teaspoon or small scoop. Roll each ball in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and place on cookie sheets 2 inches apart.
Bake for 9-11 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Remove cookies from the oven and allow to set on pans about 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire cooling rack.
Place the white chocolate and oil into a medium size, microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 40 seconds and stir. Continue to microwave at 20 second intervals, stirring after each, until chocolate is melted and smooth. Hold each cookie bottom in the melted chocolate, allow excess to drip off, then return to cooling rack with chocolate side up. Allow cookies to cool until the white chocolate hardens before placing on serving tray or packing.
I Pinned it to try later. Looks really yummy!
Those cookies look yummy. I am not a big fan of cranberries and didn't like them at all until about 5 years ago when I first cooked them from scratch and didn't serve them from a can! Oh my! Such a difference. I will have to try out your cookies. Cranberries are supposed to be a super food so that makes the cookies healthy, right?!
Thank you. I agree that the fresh cranberries are much better than the can. I use the Snickerdoodles recipe often and do add ins. Dried blueberries are great.
Thank you. I think cranberry & orange really is a great combination.
The snickerdoodles look amazing. I printed it off and saving it for Christmas holidays! Thank you.
Thank you. It will be holiday baking time before we know it. I have a stack of cookie recipes from others to try this year also.
I discovered an easy cranberry sauce recipe that I use every Thanksgiving. Other than that, the grandkids and I string them with popcorn to feed the birds!
These look delicious. I must try them. I never thought to use cranberries in meatloaf….hmmm.
Thank you Krista. The cranberries in the meatloaf makes it moist and gives a little tangy taste. I don't even remember why I started using them in it…must have seen it in a magazine or on TV.
You are determined to fatten us all up! Now I need cookies!
I figured since I eat too many, I may as well have some company!
Love a good snickerdoodle and this combination has me very intrigued with the flavor combination. Thanks for linking up with Blogging Grandmothers.
I love cranberries and these cookies look tasty. Never had turkey meatloaf. Thank you Pamela for sharing at #BloggingGrandmothers #LinkUp #BlogParty. I shared on social media.
This recipe looks so good and I love crandberries. This is quite a combination. I am pinning to make sure I try later. Thank you for sharing with #blogginggrandmothers. I have shared on my social media.
Just added these to my Christmas cookie baking list! They look amazing!


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Q: Make divs looking towards cursor By assembling some previous answers, I managed to have multiple div elements 3D-rotating to the cursor (similar behavior as eyes). However, there are still some small bugs:

*

*at a certain point while moving the cursor horizontally, the shadows will 'break' and are displaced

*if the cursor is placed in the middle of all 4 elements, I would expect symmetrical behavior. However, this is not the case...

Can someone help me out on this please?
Here's the code (and the pen: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/pJROyL)
$(document).ready(function() {
  var browserPrefix = "",
    usrAg = navigator.userAgent;
  if (usrAg.indexOf("Chrome") > -1 || usrAg.indexOf("Safari") > -1) {
    browserPrefix = "-webkit-";
  } else if (usrAg.indexOf("Opera") > -1) {
    browserPrefix = "-o";
  } else if (usrAg.indexOf("Firefox") > -1) {
    browserPrefix = "-moz-";
  } else if (usrAg.indexOf("MSIE") > -1) {
    browserPrefix = "-ms-";
  }

  $(document).mousemove(function(event) {

    $('.box').each(function() {
      elOffset = $(this).offset();
      elWidth = $(this).width();
      elHeight = $(this).height();
      elCenterX = elOffset.left + elWidth / 2;
      elCenterY = elOffset.top + elHeight / 2;

      dx = event.pageX - elCenterX;
      dy = event.pageY - elCenterY;
      tiltx = Math.min((dy / elCenterY), 1);
      tilty = -Math.min((dx / elCenterX), 1);
      radius = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(tiltx, 2) + Math.pow(tilty, 2));
      degree = (radius * 30);

      shadx = degree * tiltx;
      shady = degree * tilty;

      $(this).css(browserPrefix + 'transform', 'rotate3d(' + tiltx + ', ' + tilty + ', 0, ' + degree + 'deg)');
      if (dx > elCenterX) {
        $(this).css('box-shadow', +(-shady) + 'px ' + (-shadx) + 'px 5px #3D352A');

      } else {
        $(this).css('box-shadow', +shady + 'px ' + (-shadx) + 'px 5px #3D352A');
      }
    });
  });
});

A: For the symmetrical problem the solution is to offset the half of the body width:
bodyHalfWidth = $('body').width()/2;
// ... More code ...
tilty = -Math.min(dx / (elCenterX  + bodyHalfWidth), 1);

This reduces the effect so I add a gain constant.
bodyHalfWidth = $('body').width()/2;
gain = 2;
// ... More code ...
tilty = -Math.min(gain*dx / (elCenterX  + bodyHalfWidth), 1);

(EDIT: other subquestion's solution by George Lee posted here as well to consolidate the overall answer)
To fix the shadow breaking, remove the last if statement if(dx > elCenterX) and leave just $(this).css('box-shadow', +shady + 'px ' + (-shadx) + 'px 5px #3D352A');

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Tribal elder Faith Smith speaks to Society Director Christian Øverland during the first American Indian engagement session with the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe in Hayward.
HAYWARD — The first of the Wisconsin Historical Society's new museum engagement and listening sessions planned for the 12 American Indian nations of Wisconsin — titled "Walking Together in a Good Way: American Indian Engagement for the New Museum Project and Beyond" — was held Oct. 2, 2018 with the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe at the tribe's Sevenwinds Casino, Lodge & Conference Center.
Christian Øverland, the Ruth and Hartley Barker Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society, and Rebecca Comfort, the Society's American Indian Nation Liaison, had a good discussion with Tribal Chairman Louis Taylor and Vice Chair Jason Schlender before the evening event with tribal members, which produced meaningful personal conversations.
Guests shared their experiences growing up on the reservation and other stories of tribal life. One tribal elder woman talked about learning the skill of ricing from her mother and grandmother, and how she now teaches it to younger tribal members.
Øverland used that experience to share a new museum rendering showing how digital technology will allow live programming to be broadcast from the museum to locations around the state, and vice versa. He asked the audience to imagine the possibility of the woman demonstrating authentic wild ricing techniques inside the large conference room in which the event was held, and broadcasting it to people across the state.
Meaningful and ongoing conversations like that are what the statewide engagement tour is all about, Øverland said.
Jason Schlender, Vice Chair of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, shares stories of his tribe's history during the new museum engagement session in Hayward.
The first of the Society's new museum engagement sessions planned with each of the 12 American Indian nations of Wisconsin was held Oct. 2 with the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe at the tribe's Sevenwinds Casino, Lodge & Conference Center in Hayward.


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Jenni Asserholt, född 8 april 1988 i Storå i Guldsmedshyttans församling, Lindesbergs kommun är en svensk ishockeyforward som spelar i HV71.

Asserholt började spela hockey vid sex års ålder och spelade länge med killar i moderklubben Guldsmedshytte SK. Hösten 2003 blev hon den tredje tjejen någonsin att spela i TV-pucken då hon blev uttagen i Örebros TV-pucklag. Under några år kombinerades spel i moderklubben med spel i Örebros damlag, men inför säsongen 2007/2008 värvades hon till Linköpings HC som då satsade kraftigt inför den kommande Riksserien. Efter endast en säsong i Linköping bytte hon till den amerikanska collegeligan för spel i Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. Lika snabbt som hon lämnade, lika snabbt kom hon tillbaka till Sverige och Linköping när dåvarande förbundskaptenen Peter Elander ställde krav för att kunna konkurrera om platser till OS i Vancouver 2010. Efter ytterligare sex säsonger i Linköping bytte hon klubb till HV71 inför säsongen 2015/16. Där ska hon kombinera spel i Riksserien med kombinerad träning med herrar/juniorer i en annan förening.

2014 utsågs Asserholt till Sveriges bästa damhockeyspelare och tilldelades priset Årets hockeytjej av Ishockeyjournalisternas Kamratförening i samarbete med Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Juryns motivering lyder:

Jenni Asserholt är en hårt arbetande forward, som ger allt i alla lägen.  Hon är en stor förebild, såväl på som utanför isen. Hon är alltid förberedd och visar alltid ledarskap.

Asserholt har fram till juni 2018 spelat 235 landskamper och deltagit i tre OS- och nio VM-turneringar med Damkronorna. Hon är lagkapten i landslaget och har som främsta meriter två SM-guld med Linköpings HC samt ett silver i Olympiska vinterspelen 2006 i Turin efter seger över USA i semifinalen.

Hälsoproblem
2004 undergick Asserholt behandling för hennes astmasymptom, som vid den tiden orsakade besvär som andnöd. 2011 friskförklarades hon, men hon har berättat att sjukdomen orsakade känslighet för kall luft, särskilt i kalla ishallar.

Meriter

Svenska mästerskapen
SM-guld 2014 med Linköpings HC
SM-guld 2015 med Linköpings HC

Europacupen
 Silver 2015 med Linköpings HC

VM
VM 2004: 4:a, Halifax, Kanada
VM 2005: 3:a, Linköping, Sverige
VM 2007: 3:a, Winnipeg, Kanada
VM 2008: 5:a, Harbin, Kina
VM 2009: 4:a, Tavastehus, Finland
VM 2011: 5:a, Zürich, Schweiz
VM 2012: 5:a, Burlington, USA
VM 2013: 7:a, Ottawa, Kanada
VM 2015: 5:a, Malmö, Sverige

OS
OS i Turin 2006: 2:a
OS i Vancouver 2010: 4:a
OS i Sotji 2014: 4:a

Utmärkelser
2012 Bästa forward i Riksserien
2013 Årets Forward Dam (inofficiella hockeygalan)
2014 Årets Forward Dam (inofficiella hockeygalan)
2014 Mest Värdefulle Spelare SM-slutspelet
2014 Årets Hockeytjej
2014 Årets Idrottskvinna (Topp100:s idrottsgala Linköping)

Klubbar
Guldsmedshytte SK
Örebro HK
Linköpings HC, 2007-2008 samt 2009-2015
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, 2008-2009
HV71, 2015-

Referenser

Noter

Svenska ishockeyspelare
Svenska olympiska silvermedaljörer
Olympiska silvermedaljörer 2006
Tävlande vid olympiska vinterspelen 2006 från Sverige
Tävlande i ishockey vid olympiska vinterspelen 2006
Tävlande vid olympiska vinterspelen 2010 från Sverige
Tävlande i ishockey vid olympiska vinterspelen 2010
Tävlande vid olympiska vinterspelen 2014 från Sverige
Tävlande i ishockey vid olympiska vinterspelen 2014
Idrottare från Örebro
Födda 1988
Levande personer
Kvinnor
Ishockeyspelare i Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (damer)
Alumner från University of Minnesota Duluth
Spelare i Linköping HC Dam
Spelare i HV71
Personer från Lindesbergs kommun

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Richmond Zine Fest
Interview by Nicki Stein
Issue 32 • October 2015 • Richmond
Celebrating populist self-expression in all its analog glory, this DIY festival holds the zine torch high.
Celina Williams was in elementary school when she put together her first zine. At the time, she didn't know exactly what to call the thing that she had created. "As a kid, I wanted to write books," she told me while seated at a wooden picnic table at the Lamplighter café on Morris Street. "I just stapled some pieces of paper together and made one." Those creative impulses were rekindled when she attended the first Richmond Zine Fest in 2007. Inspired by the event, Celina started making zines again (this time she knew what to call them) and, upon graduation from VCU, joined the festival's team of organizers.
With the ubiquitousness of blogs and social media, it's easy to dismiss zines as the self-publishing format of a bygone era, but their popularity has actually grown in the digital age. Tangible handmade artifacts like zines are something to be treasured, not just bookmarked for later consumption. Creators get more out of the process as well: that visceral feeling of satisfaction that comes from building something by hand can't be replicated by the click of a "post" button. There's also an intimacy that many zine authors crave. Knowing that their audience consists of only a handful of truly appreciative readers, rather than the entire internet, allows them to speak in the most honest, vulnerable of terms.
It should come as no surprise, then, that events like the Richmond Zine Fest have come to hold a special place in the self-publishing landscape. As one of the longest running conventions in the country, it attracts zinesters from all over seeking the chance to trade their wares, discover new authors, and make friends. The Richmond Zine Fest has even inspired organizers in other cities to start their own events. "You can blame Brooklyn Zine Fest on us," Celina joked.
Sitting with Celina is Brian Baynes, one of her fellow organizers and a DIY show promoter. Wearing a faded orange t-shirt and shorts, he possesses an infectious sincerity that makes me want to describe him as "baby-faced" despite his full beard. "My definition of a zine is that it's a self-publication made to spread an idea without the goal of financial benefit," he explained while offering me the pickle that came with his sandwich. "The word zine came around in the late 70s or early 80s. It came out of underground comics when people thought, 'No one wants to publish my weird sexual adult comics ...'"
"... so I'll publish them myself!" Celina declared, finishing his sentence.
Holding a zine is so different than making a blog post, and you're not really sure what it is, but we can all admit that it's there.
Brian Baynes
Channeling that do-it-yourself ethos, the event seems to have come into existence through sheer force of will. Celina recalled, "The original organizers thought, 'Wouldn't it be great if Richmond had a zine fest?' and they just did it." Brian joined the team under similarly spontaneous circumstances, saying, "I saw a Facebook post asking if anyone wanted to come to a meeting to help organize Zine Fest." He glanced at Celina as the two share a warm, goofy laugh, then continued, "I was the only one that came to the meeting, but it's definitely one of the coolest things I've done in Richmond," finishing with an aw-shucks grin. Celina echoed his sentiments, "I think that's something really amazing about the city of Richmond: while it's laidback and Southern, there's also this very self-driven spirit. People are aware that if you want something, you've just got to do it."
The success of Richmond Zine Fest relies on the passion and dedication of its volunteers. Celina wryly described it as a "no-profit" organization: all funds earned by the project go directly back into making Zine Fest happen again the next year. While the organizers have historically put the bulk of their funds towards renting the Gay Community Center as an event space, this year they won't have that expense as they are moving to the Richmond Public Library. "That freed up our time to concentrate on other things like workshops," Celina explained, "but it also brings things that we have to plan for in a new space. The location is more accessible and I think we're going to get more foot traffic, too." On the whole, moving the fest's location is a welcome change. "It'll be a little nerve-wracking the day of," said Brain, scratching the back of his neck, but, still smiling added, "this year, we'll be hustling."
An important element of Richmond Zine Fest's mission is introducing newcomers to zine-making as a form of self-expression and making publishing resources accessible to the community at large. In an effort to reach as diverse an audience as possible, this year's event includes a Safer Space policy for attendees. "It's intended to be a welcoming and supportive environment free of oppressive actions, behaviors, and language," Celina explained. "We didn't add that explicit policy until recently, but it was always implied."
As our conversation continued, the sun lingering below the horizon, Brian told me about the children's zine-making workshops that he's been leading at the Richmond Public Library in advance of the festival, calling to mind those first zines that Celina made years ago. It's clear that Brian is committed to introducing a new generation of authors to the genre. Paraphrasing the thoughts of Raven Mack, another prominent Virginian zinester, he explained his zeal by saying, "Holding a zine is so different than making a blog post, and you're not really sure what it is, but we can all admit that it's there." He grinned again, a toothy pale streak in the dark, "There is something different. It's not really important to know exactly what, but we all know."
The Richmond Zine Fest will be held at the Richmond Public Library on Saturday, October 10 from 11 AM to 4 PM. An after party concert featuring zine-maker bands will follow at Gallery5 at 6 PM. For full schedule, visit richmondzinefest.org.
Photography by Nicki Stein
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Neu Tellin ist ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Alt Tellin im Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Der Ort liegt nördlich oberhalb des Tollensetals rund 1,5 km nordwestlich von Alt Tellin an der Straße nach Vanselow und besteht aus sechs einzelnen Gehöften.

Neu Tellin wurde zwischen 1822 und 1825 auf der Grundlage der Stein-Hardenbergschen Reformen neu angelegt. Im Zuge der Trennung (Separation) zwischen gutsherrlichem und bäuerlichem Besitz wurden mehrere Bauernstellen von Hohenbüssow in die Telliner Feldmark verlegt. 1865 hatte das ritterschaftliche Dorf 9 Feuerstellen und 81 Einwohner.

Literatur
 Heinrich Berghaus: Landbuch des Herzogthums Pommern und des Fürstenthums Rügen. 2. Teil, Bd. 1, W. Dietze, Anklam-Berlin 1865, S. 118 (Google Books).

Weblinks

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Terrence Malick Eyes Relative Newcomer Haley Bennett as Co-Star of Untitled Christian Bale Film
Posted on Thursday, September 8th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
When Terrence Malick chose Jessica Chastain years ago to be the female lead in The Tree of Life she was all but unknown; now she seems to be everywhere, and is garnering great praise for her performances in Malick's movie, The Debt and (at the Venice film fest) Wilde Salome. Malick employed the same canny eye for casting with his first feature, Badlands, when he chose Sissy Spacek to star.
So when the director picks a relative unknown to star in his as-yet untitled film that will star Christian Bale, we should all take notice. The actress in question is Haley Bennett (Marley & Me, The Haunting of Molly Hartley), said to be the frontrunner for a role that has drawn no small amount of interest.
She's not signed yet, but looks like the winner for the role. Rooney Mara, Clemence Poesy and Mia Wasikowska were all previously mentioned as being in contention for the part.
As is typical for Malick, we know next to nothing about the film other than the involvement of Bale and the fact that it is likely to shoot next summer. The film is supposedly a romance with a small cast, But this will make four possible Malick films in just a couple of years — a positive explosion of effort for the notoriously slow director. He's currently in post-production on an untitled romance with Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams and he is reportedly still making the long-rumored Voyage of Time. [Variety]
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Government creates poverty
Published April 27, 2011 at 12:00am
The U.S. government has "helped" no group more than it has "helped" the American Indians. It stuns me when President Obama appears before Indian groups and says things like, "Few have been ignored by Washington for as long as Native Americans."
Ignored? Are you kidding me? They should be so lucky. The government has made most Indian tribes wards of the state. Government manages their land, provides their health care, and pays for housing and child care. Twenty different departments and agencies have special "native American" programs. The result? Indians have the highest poverty rate, nearly 25 percent, and the lowest life expectancy of any group in America. Sixty-six percent are born to single mothers.
Nevertheless, Indian activists want more government "help."
It is intuitive to assume that, when people struggle, government "help" is the answer. The opposite is true. American groups who are helped the most do the worst.
Consider the Lumbees of Robeson County, N.C. – a tribe not recognized as sovereign by the government and therefore ineligible for most of the "help" given other tribes. The Lumbees do much better than those recognized tribes.
Lumbees own their homes and succeed in business. They include real estate developer Jim Thomas, who used to own the Sacramento Kings, and Jack Lowery, who helped start the Cracker Barrel Restaurants. Lumbees started the first Indian-owned bank, which now has 12 branches.
The Lumbees' wealth is not from casino money.
Statism's illogic exposed for all to see in F.A. Hayek's "The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism"
"We don't have any casinos. We have 12 banks," says Ben Chavis, another successful Lumbee businessman. He also points out that Robeson County looks different from most Indian reservations.
"There's mansions. They look like English manors. I can take you to one neighborhood where my people are from and show you nicer homes than the whole Sioux reservation."
Despite this success, professional "victims" activists want Congress to make the Lumbees dependent – like other tribes. U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., has introduced the Lumbee Recognition Act, which would give the Lumbees the same "help" other tribes get – about $80 million a year. Some members of the tribe support the bill.
Of course they do. People like to freeload.
Lawyer Elizabeth Homer, who used to be the U.S. Interior Department's director of Indian land trusts, say the Lumbees ought to get federal recognition.
"The Lumbees have been neglected and left out of the system, and have been petitioning for 100 years. ... They're entitled, by the way."
People like Homer will never get it. Lumbees do well because they've divorced themselves from government handouts. Washington's neglect was a godsend.
Some Lumbees don't want the handout.
"We shouldn't take it!" Chavis said. He says if federal money comes, members of his tribe "are going to become welfare cases. It's going to stifle creativity. On the reservations, they haven't trained to be capitalists. They've been trained to be communists."
Tribal governments and the Bureau of Indian Affairs manage most Indian land. Indians compete to serve on tribal councils because they can give out the government's money. Instead of seeking to become entrepreneurs, members of tribes aspire to become bureaucrats.
"You can help your girlfriend; you can help your girlfriend's mama. It's a great program!" Chavis said sarcastically.
Because a government trust controls most Indian property, individuals rarely build nice homes or businesses. "No individual on the reservation owns the land. So they can't develop it," Chavis added. "Look at my tribe. We have title and deeds to our land. That's the secret. I raise cattle. I can do what I want to because it's my private property."
I did a TV segment on the Lumbees that I included in a special called "Freeloaders." That won me the predictable vitriol. Apparently, I'm ignorant of history and a racist.
The criticism misses the point. Yes, many years ago white people stole the Indians' land and caused great misery. And yes, the government signed treaties with the tribes that make Indians "special." But that "specialness" has brought the Indians socialism. It's what keeps them dependent and poor.
On the other hand, because the U.S. government never signed a treaty with the Lumbees, they aren't so "special" in its eyes. That left them mostly free.
Freedom lets them prosper.
John Stossel is author of "Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media." To find out more about John Stossel, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage.
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Yesterday brought us the exciting official news of water on the Moon, as well as in 5 craters on Mars (via the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). The water news has been flowing, and since this is the Google Lunar X PRIZE blog, we'd like to briefly comment on what this news might mean for the competition.
The news about water on the Moon is astounding and scientifically fascinating -- we now know that the water is not just isolated to the lunar poles as scientists had previously speculated, but instead is interlaced with the lunar soil in many locations, kind of like mold on a giant moon cheese wheel.
While the current water quantities being discussed are not exactly at the levels required to benefit a lunar base, lower costs by reducing the amount of H2O launched from Earth, or to start creating rocket fuel (yet), the scientifically groundbreaking news provides intriguing possibilities for larger quantities of water to exist as shallow subsurface ice, likely at the poles. Revealing water ice in significant quantities on the Moon could truly be a turning point in space exploration, not to mention the scientific benefits to be gleaned from understanding what form the water takes on the lunar surface and how it got there in the first place. This all begs the question: how will the Google Lunar X PRIZE teams play a role in this important quest for water?
Now is truly a critical time for commercial space to develop robotic exploration capabilities in order to support future scientific and exploration efforts, to the Moon and beyond. The Google Lunar X PRIZE challenges private enterprise to return to the Moon -- and stay there. With water on the lunar surface, this now offers exciting new opportunities for the teams to explore, conduct valuable research, and perform operations that will be critical to the future of exploration. The timing of the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition with the announcement of water on the Moon is incredibly exciting.
Stay tuned for the next chapter of the story which happens on October 9th -- the LCROSS collision into one of the permanently shadowed areas of the lunar South Pole. This will be another important key to unlocking the secrets of the mysterious Moon mistress.
Finally, we should also note that the moon water announcement was big news for the MoonPie industry, providing inexorable proof against the widely-held opinion that the treats were devoid of all water content, and "as dry as lunar regolith". The water findings today have proven that the MoonPie likely has trace amounts of water in it, although overall is still about as dry as the Arizona Desert.


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You Have Heard of the BIPA, But What About the GIPA?
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti & Jody Kahn Mason on February 8, 2021
Posted in Biometric Information, BIPA, Data Security, Genetic Information, GINA, GIPA, HIPAA, Information Risk, Workplace Privacy, Written Information Security Program
Enacted in 2008, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14 et seq. (the "BIPA"), went largely unnoticed until a few years ago when a handful of cases sparked a flood of class action litigation over the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of biometric information. Seeing thousands of class action lawsuits, organizations have…
More EEOC COVID-19 Guidance: Testing, Screening, Managers, Confidentiality, and Telework
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti & Jason C. Gavejian on September 9, 2020
Posted in ADA, COVID-19, GINA, Workplace Privacy
Since March of this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released guidance on a near-monthly basis addressing various FAQs concerning COVID-19 issues. The guidance has focused on disability-related inquiries, confidentiality, hiring, and reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as well as issues under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…
HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver, Other Medical Information Questions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti on March 17, 2020
Posted in ADA, California Consumer Privacy Act, Consumer Privacy, Data Breach Notification, Data Security, GINA, HIPAA, Information Risk, Workplace Privacy, Written Information Security Program
As the coronavirus spreads across the globe and in the United States, providers, businesses, employers, and others are struggling to understand what medical information they can collect and what information they can share. These are difficult questions the answers to which involve considering factors such as long-standing compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA, ADA, GINA, state law), the unprecedented times we are in, business risk, and common sense. Government is trying to act to relieve some of these challenges, but questions still remain.
HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver of Penalties and Sanctions
Effective March 15, 2020, for example, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex M. Azar (Secretary) waived certain penalties and sanctions under the HIPAA Privacy Rule against hospitals in its March 2020 COVID-19 and HIPAA Bulletin. These waivers were issued in response to President Donald J. Trump's declaration of a nationwide emergency concerning COVID-19, and the Secretary's earlier declaration of a public health emergency on January 31, 2020. The Secretary's guidance makes clear that the Privacy Rule is not suspended during this crisis and provides guidance about the ability of entities covered by the HIPAA regulations to share information, including with friends and family, public health officials, and emergency personnel. But, in the following areas, the Secretary has waived sanctions and penalties against covered hospitals that do not comply with the following provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule:
the requirements to obtain a patient's agreement to speak with family members or friends involved in the patient's care. See 45 CFR 164.510(b).
the requirement to honor a request to opt out of the facility directory. See 45 CFR 164.510(a).
the requirement to distribute a notice of privacy practices. See 45 CFR 164.520.
the patient's right to request privacy restrictions. See 45 CFR 164.522(a).
the patient's right to request confidential communications. See 45 CFR 164.522(b).
The waiver became effective on March 15, 2020, and there is more information and access to resources in the Bulletin about where it applies and for how long.
Reminder About What Entities Are Covered Entities and Business Associates
As part of its guidance on HIPAA privacy and disclosures in emergency situations, the Bulletin reminds readers what entities are covered by these rules – covered entities and business associates. There can be some tricky questions here, but these are the basic rules from the Bulletin:
The HIPAA Privacy Rule applies to disclosures made by employees, volunteers, and other members of a covered entity's or business associate's workforce. Covered entities are health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct one or more covered health care transactions electronically, such as transmitting health care claims to a health plan. Business associates generally are persons or entities (other than members of the workforce of a covered entity) that perform functions or activities on behalf of, or provide certain services to, a covered entity that involve creating, receiving, maintaining, or transmitting protected health information. Business associates also include subcontractors that create, receive, maintain, or transmit protected health information on behalf of another business associate. The Privacy Rule does not apply to disclosures made by entities or other persons who are not covered entities or business associates (although such persons or entities are free to follow the standards on a voluntary basis if desired). There may be other state or federal rules that apply.
Employers are Not Covered Entities or Business Associates – But Still Have Privacy and Confidentiality Obligations
When conducting its business, an organization can be a HIPAA covered entity and/or a business associate. However, when that business is functioning as an employer, it is neither a HIPAA covered entity nor a business associate, although it may sponsor a covered health plan subject to the HIPAA privacy and security rules. As organizations face the coronavirus threat to their workforce and their business, many questions arise about the collection, processing, and disclosure of medical information from employees, their family members, and visitors to their facilities. These can be thorny questions and organizations should seek qualified counsel, but here are some general rules:
When may an ADA-covered employer take the body temperature of employees during the COVID-19 pandemic?…
Continue Reading HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver, Other Medical Information Questions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Coronavirus Raises Privacy Concerns for Healthcare Providers and their Workers
Posted in Consumer Privacy, Data Security, GINA, Health Information Technology, HIPAA, Information Risk, Workplace Privacy
The outbreak of a new coronavirus that is believed to have began in central Chinese city of Wuhan and now appears to be spreading to the United States is driving concerns for organizations around preparedness regarding their operations, their customers, and their employees. Both the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State…
Nursing Facility Settles Alleged GINA Violations with EEOC for $370K
Posted in GINA, Information Risk, Workplace Privacy
As one nursing facility in New York has learned, asking employees or applicants about their family medical history can violate the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act ("GINA") and draw the ire of the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Founders Pavilion, Inc., a former Corning, N.Y. nursing and rehabilitation center, will pay $370,000 to settle discrimination…
A Summary of the Final HIPAA Rule
Posted in Data Security, GINA, Health Information Technology, HIPAA, Information Management, Information Risk, Workplace Privacy, Written Information Security Program
As we continue to examine the final HIPAA privacy and security regulations, as amended by the HITECH Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, we pulled together a summary of some of the key points. We fully expect additional sub-regulatory guidance to be provided by OCR, such as frequently asked questions and sample business …
Maryland and Illinois Seek to Protect Employee Social Media Activity
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti on February 4, 2012
Posted in ADA, GINA, Social Networking
Have you ever reviewed the Facebook or LinkedIn profile or other social media activity of an employee or applicant? How about requiring employees or applicants to provide access to social media activity as a condition of employment.
Continue Reading Maryland and Illinois Seek to Protect Employee Social Media Activity
Decision on Genetic Information Privacy Issued by Minnesota Supreme Court
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on November 17, 2011
Posted in GINA
The Minnesota Supreme Court issued a decision on November 16, 2011 holding that the state's Genetic Privacy Act, Minn. Stat. Section 13.386 (2010) restricts the collection and use of blood samples taken from newborns pursuant to the state's Newborn Screening Statutes, Minn. Stat. Section 144.125-128. The litigation, captioned Bearder et al v. State of…
Connecticut Woman Files First GINA Claim
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Francis P. Alvarez & Joseph J. Lynett on April 29, 2010
ABC News has reported that a Fairfield, Connecticut woman, Pamela Fink, yesterday filed claims with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities that her employer violated GINA when it terminated her employment on March 25, 2010. The federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) (pdf), which went into…
GINA Effective November 21, 2009, But EEOC Final Regulations Remain Under Review
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti on November 20, 2009
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) [pdf], signed into law in May 2008, prohibits discrimination by health insurers and employers based on individuals' genetic information. Genetic information includes the results of genetic tests to determine whether someone is at increased risk of acquiring a condition (such as some forms of breast cancer) in the future…


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We've gotten pretty graphic on this podcast before, but this episode takes it to a whole new level. The omnipresent Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that wears many faces. Often that face is harmless, but Staph has the power to invade and infect nearly every organ of the body, leaving destruction (and a lot of pus) in its wake. While Staphylococcus aureus has been wreaking havoc on humans since well before the discovery of antibiotics, Methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) has risen to terrifying prominence as resistance becomes the new norm. If any disease could make you run out (or stay in) and wash your hands, it's this one.
⟵Episode 14 Rabies: Don't dilute me, bro.
OMG I loves this episode.
I had MRSA on my face that for a long time the doctor tried to tell me was acne. It was a horrible bloody mess. Finally the doctor tested it and gave me some powerful antibiotics…which gave me the best complexion of my life.
Anyways, this episode really helped to clear up questions I've always had about this gross episode in my life.


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While Jam Cruise ports in Jamaica, Positive Legacy will host a meaningful day of service, intercultural exchange, music and celebration! We will begin at a BMX track where we be treated to an exhibition from the Two Wheels, One Love students, followed by hands on service work making track improvements. From there we will go to a beautiful beach to enjoy live music while sharing food and dance with our local partners, children and families of the Two Wheels, One Love program.
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I should mention that the secret beach we are going to after the service work at the BMX track is absolutely gorgeous. The music jam and lunch will be at the beach. It's going to be a great day!
Meet on the boat at 9:15 in Positive Legacy HQ deck 7 art gallery. Thanks and see you soon!


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2020 Men's Varsity Referee Availability Posted; Form Due July 5
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Referee Availability form for the 2020 Men's Varsity season is posted and due by Sunday, July 5. Officials must review the following instructions before completing the availability form: 1. When completing your availability form it...
Collegiate Water Polo Association Referee Education Series: Exclusion Fouls
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) looks back at some of the organization's Referee Education videos. Next up are the league's demonstration and explanation videos for exclusion fouls with official Alex Stankevitch and CWPA Technical...
Nomination Period for 2020 Collegiate Water Polo Association Women's Scholar-Athlete Team Extended to July 10
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) is extending the nominations period for the 2020 Women's Scholar-Athlete Team to Friday, July 10, for varsity and collegiate club student-athletes who competed during Spring 2020 season. The...
Women's Collegiate Club Division Spotlight: Southeast Division
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Women's Collegiate Club Division Spotlight series heads to the Southeast Division which was comprised of Emory University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida State University, the Georgia Institute...
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Council Extends Recruiting Dead Period to August 31
INDIANAPOLIS Ind. — The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Council extended the recruiting dead period in all sports through August 31 during a virtual meeting on Thursday, June 25. The full Council and the Council Coordination Committee...


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Q: ISNEW and ISBLANK not working together in Process Builder I am using PB to check if the Case record is new, and if the Account field is Not blank and a Case.Account.picklist__c has a Certain value then update priority.
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Rowing Blind Toward a Healthy Old Age
Ed Moran, row2k.com
Howard Ruby rowing in the Head of the Marina
As he turned 81, a progressive degenerative disease left retired California businessman Howard Ruby sightless, and he decided one of the best things he could do for himself as he aged was focus on being fit - he had a feeling that it was either time to get moving or fall into a pattern of inaction.
"I decided I was going to be fit, unlike so many other people that give up in their 80s," Ruby said. So, he made changes in his diet, built a home gym, and filled it with exercise equipment - including an erg.
Given the fact that he had gradually lost his sight to retinitis pigments, or RP, a disease that attacks the retina, a piece of sports equipment that has a very specific back and forth motion, like an erg, was appealing to Ruby.
He had tried skiing, hiking, jogging and a few other activities, but began to feel that without sight, they were not the kind of sports he could master and use to get fit. But the erg, well, that felt different.
"I tried some other sports, and when you are lacking sight, that makes it a really different thing," Ruby said.
"People play golf and ski without eyesight, but I couldn't get used to the idea. With someone that has trouble seeing, if you have a track to go on, you're not going to get in the same trouble you would skiing or going after a golf ball.
"So I decided to look on the Internet and find out how to get started."
His investigations led him to iRow Fitnes, a rowing fitness studio in Marina Del Ray, and its owner/instructor Iva Boteva.
Boteva got him started on the erg and he was quickly hooked, becoming an erg class regular. "Then, one day when I was in one of her classes, Iva said I have a cancellation for tomorrow on the water and she asked if anyone wanted to take that. I had no idea I would ever go on the water and I said sure, I'll go," Ruby said.
"And, she was gutsy enough to take me when I was not seeing and I was 81 years, old and brand new to the sport. She took me out on the water and that started the whole thing."
The "whole thing," was rowing on the water. Some people Ruby's age might have felt that was erging was already challenge enough. But starting to row at 81, without being able to see, was another level of challenging.
But Ruby was game, and after some time rowing in a double he tried rowing a single. Botiva rowed beside Ruby and used voice commands to teach him to steer. With limited time and an entire program to run, Ruby said Boteva steered him to the California Yacht Club and coach Craig Leeds, who began helping Ruby learn to row on a regular basis. Ruby either rows in a double or alongside someone who can help him steer.
"I've been on the water most days ever since," Ruby said. "And I've developed an amazing love affair with the sport," a love that Ruby said was "sealed" after reading the book, "The Boys in the Boat," the Daniel James Brown novel about the University of Washington crew that won the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
"I've read that book three times now," Ruby said. "That clinched it for me."
Falling in love with a new sport might have been enough of an accomplishment for many people who just entering their 80s, but it was not enough for Ruby.
"I'm a very competitive person."
Last month Ruby completed his first race and rowed his Maas single in the Head of the Marina Regatta with Leeds following in a launch to guide him through the course.
Now he has a new goal - the Head Of The Charles next fall. Ruby has a partner lined up and is training toward rowing in the Directors Challenge Mixed Double event.
"I'm a very competitive guy and I believe that the competition aspect of it keeps me really striving, and I love the idea of trying to reach new goals," he said. "The Head Of The Charles is the most exciting idea, rowing in what to what to me is the equivalent of the world cup of rowing."
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Redox-Switchable Siderophore Anchor Enables Reversible Artificial Metalloenzyme Assembly
Duhme-Klair, A.K.; Wilson, K.S.
Nat. Catal. 2018, 1, 680-688, 10.1038/s41929-018-0124-3
Artificial metalloenzymes that contain protein-anchored synthetic catalysts are attracting increasing interest. An exciting, but still unrealized advantage of non-covalent anchoring is its potential for reversibility and thus component recycling. Here we present a siderophore–protein combination that enables strong but redox-reversible catalyst anchoring, as exemplified by an artificial transfer hydrogenase (ATHase). By linking the iron(iii)-binding siderophore azotochelin to an iridium-containing imine-reduction catalyst that produces racemic product in the absence of the protein CeuE, but a reproducible enantiomeric excess if protein bound, the assembly and reductively triggered disassembly of the ATHase was achieved. The crystal structure of the ATHase identified the residues involved in high-affinity binding and enantioselectivity. While in the presence of iron(iii), the azotochelin-based anchor binds CeuE with high affinity, and the reduction of the coordinated iron(iii) to iron(ii) triggers its dissociation from the protein. Thus, the assembly of the artificial enzyme can be controlled via the iron oxidation state.
Ligand type: Cp*; Pyridine sulfonamide
Host protein: CeuE
PDB: 5OD5
Notes: Redox switchable iron(III)-azotochelin anchor
Supramolecular Interactions Between Functional Metal Complexes and Proteins
Dalton Trans. 2009, 10141, 10.1039/b915776j
This perspective illustrates the principles and applications of molecular recognition directed binding of transition metal complexes to proteins. After a brief introduction into non-covalent interactions and the importance of complementarity, the focus of the first part is on biological systems that rely on non-covalent forces for metal complex binding, such as proteins involved in bacterial iron uptake and the oxygen-storage protein myoglobin. The second part of the perspective will illustrate how the replacement of native with non-native metal-centres can give rise to artificial metalloenzymes with novel catalytic properties. Subsequently, examples of spectroscopic probes that exploit the characteristic photophysical properties of metal-complexes for the non-covalent labelling, visualisation and investigation of proteins will be described. Finally, the use of kinetically inert metal complexes as scaffolds in drug design will be discussed and it will be highlighted how the binding of metal ions or organometallic fragments to existing drugs or drug candidates can improve their activity or even alter their mode of action.


Breast augmentation is one of the most popular plastic surgery procedures performed in the United States. Although it is such a popular procedure, it is still important to be well informed about the things associated with the procedure. If you or someone you know is considering breast augmentation surgery, here are some basic pieces of information to keep in mind before a consultation or the procedure itself.
Implants are primarily available in saline or silicone. Saline implants are filled with a saline solution (sterile salt water) and may produce a less natural feel and can be prone to ripples.
Silicone implants are quickly become a more popular option. Silicone implants are more cohesive and typically feel smoother and firmer giving them a more natural feel.
Breast augmentation can provide many benefits, particularly for women who feel uncomfortable or dissatisfied with the shape or size of their breasts. Some women have asymmetrical breasts that cause them to feel self-conscious. Many women turn to breast augmentation and breast reconstruction following a mastectomy due to breast cancer, helping them to regain their womanly shape and restore confidence. Studies have shown that over ninety-five percent of women are happy with their decision to undergo breast augmentation or other breast surgeries. These women have reported feeling a significant increase in their self-esteem after the initial surgery and recovery time.
One important thing to keep in mind is that breast implants may not last a lifetime. Although much advancement has been made in the design and composition of breast implants in order to extend their lifespan, they are still a man-made material that over time can begin to wear. It is important to pay close attention to your body and contact your plastic surgeon if you were to notice any changes in the appearance of your implants.
You will need to take at least 1-2 days off of work and 2 weeks out of the gym for recovery time. Patients have reported mild pain during recovery time and can experience swelling, bruising, numbness or tingling in the breasts.
Dr. Michael Whetstone of Las Colinas Center For Plastic Surgery has over 20 years of experience performing superior breast augmentations and other breast surgeries. During a free initial consultation, Dr. Whetstone is intentional about addressing all questions and concerns you might have, while also providing you with comprehensive information so that you are best for the procedure. If you are interested in learning more about breast augmentation or would like to schedule a free consultation with Dr. Whetstone, contact Las Colinas Center For Plastic Surgery today.