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Julian interviewed on 'Something More with Christopher Boyd'
Julian was recently interviewed on the 95WXTK radio program 'Something More with Christopher Boyd'. Listen to the full interview here.
Cyr understands how to fight opioid crisis
"I am supporting Julian Cyr for state Senate because he is the candidate who has a comprehensive plan to stem this bleak tide. He believes as I do that treatment is key. His plan calls not just for more beds in treatment centers, but for long-term treatment because no one overcomes opioid addiction in 30 days. I want to do everything I can to make sure no one else goes down this road. For me, that means voting for a candidate who is committed to taking this crisis seriously. I believe that candidate is Julian Cyr." - Candace Hammond
Thank you Candace for sharing your family's story and for all the work you continue to do to help others manage while a loved one struggles with addiction. I'm grateful for your faith in me and I'm eager to get to work on Beacon Hill if I'm elected as State Senator. - Julian
Read the full letter from Candace Hammond here.
Debate on WCAI
Take a listen to the recording of the WCAI State Senate debate! You can listen to the full recording here.
Julian endorsed by the Mass. Nurses Association and SEIU 1199
"The stakes couldn't be higher for working families in this election, and we need to elect champions who share our commitment to quality jobs, quality care and true economic and racial justice for all. Julian Cyr is a dedicated leader who will stand with us on our issues and will fight with us to build a better future for our families. We are proud to endorse him for election to the Massachusetts Senate."
- Tyrék D. Lee, Sr., Executive Vice President of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
"Julian Cyr respects and supports the work registered nurses do every day to protect our patients and our profession. From his experience working in public health, Julian clearly understands the vital role nurses play in delivering safe, high-quality patient care and will advocate for efforts to improve that care."
- MNA President Donna Kelly-Williams
"In my six years in the Legislature, I have worked with Julian Cyr on a myriad of issues: services for our seniors, containing health care costs, anti-bullying for LGBTQ youth, and racial justice. As a registered nurse, I know that Julian is exactly the sort of champion we need for nurses and working families. I enthusiastically support his candidacy."
- State Representative Denise Garlick (D-Needham)
Julian Cyr will lead in the State Senate
Take a moment to read this Cape Cod Times 'My View' column from Suzanne Condon, Julian's former boss and supervisor.
"As the Democratic race for state senator enters an important phase, I feel compelled to state my support for the candidate I feel is best-suited to be the voice for the region. That candidate is Julian Cyr. He is a smart, doggedly hard worker and, above all, truly loves and cares about Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket on all fronts.' - Suzanne Condon, former Associate Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Julian endorsed by the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care
Read more about the endorsement here!
Julian and Sheila Lyons on 95WXTK with Pat Desmarais
Julian standing up for women's reproductive health access
Candidate Julian Cyr, who worked for the state Department of Public Health and is on the board of Health Imperatives, which manages several locations on the Cape, including a reproductive health facility in Hyannis, called the lack of access "unacceptable."
"This is an issue of equity," he said. "I'm interested in how we can figure out how to make sure that there's elective abortion access here on the Cape and also all of the other communities in Massachusetts."
Cyr also pointed out that the distance is even more of a challenge for people living on the Islands.
"We have no elective abortion access here on the Cape, so that means Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard are even more isolated," he said.
Read the full article in the Cape Cod Times here.
Julian endorsed by MassEquality and SEIU 888
Julian is proud to be endorsed by SEIU 888 and MassEquality PAC. Read more from CapeCod.com here
Daughter of Former Gov. Patrick Endorses Cyr for State Senate
Julian is proud to have the support of his longtime friend Sarah Patrick. Read more here from CapeCod.com


This report explores the opportunities and challenges of crowdfunding for charities, community groups and social entrepreneurs.
Based on interviews with UK crowdfunding platforms and a survey of more than 450 charities, community groups and social entrepreneurs, this report, created in partnership with NCVO, explores opportunities and challenges in crowdfunding for good causes.
Crowdfunding makes up less than 0.5 per cent of giving in the UK, but has significant potential to fund projects with a social purpose, from community events, campaigns and movements to restorations, gardens and playgrounds.
Opportunities in crowdfunding, in addition to funding projects that would otherwise struggle to access finance, include many potential non-financial benefits such as potential to boost volunteering, increase transparency, more experimentation and new ways of combining campaigning and fundraising to increase awareness on social issues and needs.
The main challenges are a potential negative impact on equality and participation in projects, too much focus on short-term initiatives rather than long-term projects. While it is a potential new source of finance the report also highlights that crowdfunding is hard and there are significant limits to what can be raised.
When asked about the reasons why they were yet to use crowdfunding, two in three charities, community groups and social entrepreneurs reported not having the skills and capacity to set-up and run a crowdfunding campaign.
43 per cent of charities, community groups and social entrepreneurs reported that they were likely to use crowdfunding in the next 12 months.
While there has been a rapid growth in crowdfunding in the rest of the economy (for example, making up 12 per cent of new loans to small businesses and 15 per cent of the market for seed and venture-stage equity investment) we estimate that crowdfunding for good causes makes up less than 0.5 per cent of giving in the UK.
This study explores opportunities and challenges in crowdfunding for good causes and how more charities, community groups and social entrepreneurs can be supported to make the most of crowdfunding. We have done this through a combination of interviews with crowdfunding platforms focusing on projects with a social purpose, a review of existing literature on crowdfunding for these types of projects and a survey of more than 450 charities, community groups and social entrepreneurs to understand their perception, awareness and usage of crowdfunding.
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How Do I Get Rid Of (and Interpret) a Mystery HD?
Every time I restart my MacBook Pro (2015, latest Mojave), along with my actual Macintosh HD icon another icon literally named "Mystery" shows on the Desktop. It shows it to be a 1 TB drive, as is my actual drive. It shows it to contain almost the same, but not quite, amount of free space. When I open Mystery it shows zero items, though. I can readily unmount it with no *apparent* problem.
Any ideas for me? Might it be harboring bad things? I'd like it to go away forever.


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Joshua Pearl is a financial consultant who has been featured in numerous media outlets. He is also the co-author of several books and courses, and has spoken at various corporate events and business conferences. He graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, and currently resides in New York City. His work has been recognized in numerous publications and on television, including the New York Times. He is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and speaks fluent Spanish.
Before starting Hickory Lane Capital Management, Joshua Pearl worked as a credit investment banker. Around ten years ago, he made the move to long/short equity investing. He has also worked at Deutsche Bank, Moelis & Company, and UBS Investment Bank. He holds a B.S. in Business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. In addition to his professional credentials, Pearl has authored two books aimed at helping retail investors understand the intricacies of the investment world.
After his time at UBS, Pearl founded Hickory Lane Capital Management, a long/short equity asset manager. He specializes in special situations and equity investments. Before starting his own firm, Joshua Pearl worked as a Managing Director at Brahman Capital, a global asset management firm. He also worked at Moelis & Co. and Deutsche Bank. He holds a B.S. in Business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
While focusing on special situations and equity investments, Joshua Pearl is a seasoned investor with a strong fundamentals-based approach. He previously served as a Managing Director at Brahman Capital, a global investment firm, and he also worked at Moelis & Co. He has coauthored several books on investment banking, including Investment Banking – Valuation and LBOs, and The Little Book of Investing Like the Pros.
Before launching his own firm, Joshua Pearl has spent over two decades in the investment business. His expertise includes equity investing and special situations, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Before starting his own firm, Joshua Pearl was a Managing Director at Brahman Capital. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he worked at Deutsche Bank, UBS, and Moelis & Company. He has co-authored three books, including the Little Book of Investing Like the Pros
As the founder of Hickory Lane Capital Management, Joshua Pearl specializes in equity investments and special situations. Prior to Hickory Lane, he held positions at UBS and Moelis & Company as a long/short equity manager. Before launching his own firm, Joshua Pearl also held roles at Moelis & Co. He earned his B.S. in business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
Investing has been his life for nearly two decades, starting as a credit investment banker and moving to the long/short equity space around ten years ago. He is a successful long-term equity investor who has been recognized as one of the best investment advisors in the industry. A graduate of the Kelley School of Business, he has written two books aimed at helping retail investors invest in stocks. In his latest book, "The Little Book of Investing Like the Pros" he provides tips and strategies to help investors make better investments.
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As a long/short equity investor, Joshua Pearl is a seasoned investor with a proven track record. He is an expert in the equity space and focuses on special situations and equity investments. While his background is diverse, he has been a Managing Director at an investment bank and a Managing Director at a high yield firm. His academic background includes working at the Kelley School of Business and the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.
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Holding Back: II
Members of high-performing teams rarely hold back effort. But truly high performance is rare in teams. Here is Part II of our exploration of mechanisms that account for team members' holding back effort they could contribute.
American Eclipse, an American racehorse who lived from 1814 to 1847. At the time, three- and four-mile heats were common, which makes his undefeated record especially impressive.
Horse-racing strategy — indeed, strategy in most kinds of racing — includes a tactic often called "holding back," in which the racer exerts less effort than would otherwise be possible in order to have some effort in reserve. Even though the workplace isn't a race in the ordinary sense, holding back some effort for reserve purposes can be a constructive choice at times. The image is that of a painting (ca. 1834) by Edward Troye, courtesy Wikipedia.
In Part I of our catalog of mechanisms that cause some team members to hold back their own efforts, we looked at three of the better-studied phenomena: social loafing, free riding, and the sucker effect. We continue now with some less-well-studied — but nonetheless common — mechanisms that lead to holding back. We'll take a look at what to do about holding back next time.
Performance matching
Performance matching is holding back so as to match the perceived level of others' contributions. It differs from free riding because free riders try to minimize their effort — to zero if possible. It differs from the sucker effect because performance matchers aren't trying to avoid the appearance of being exploited.
Some performance matchers try to avoid the risks associated with contributing. For example, they might anticipate shunning by peers concerned about being outshone by high performers. Or, if under pressure to perform on other projects, performance matchers might be trying to deliver at low but acceptable levels.
Futility effects
Holding back can occur when a team member regards the group's efforts as futile because of wrongheaded design, looming external competition, mismanagement, corrupt leadership, or other factors. Those holding back might feel that they're doing no harm because the effort is doomed anyway.
Some leaders or managers regard careful monitoring of individual effort as a deterrent to holding back. But if those holding back feel that no matter the value of their contributions, they will be deemed inadequate or be disregarded, then the deterrent effect of performance monitoring is limited. To achieve a measure of deterrence, group leaders and management must maintain a fair process of evaluation, and that process must be seen as fair.
Sometimes people just get tired. They reduce their efforts — or they reduce time on the job — because they run out of energy. They might not admit exhaustion, because some cultures frown upon such admissions. And even when they do admit exhaustion, the admissions aren't always believed. Fatigue can also be a medical symptom, or a side effect of treatment.
Determining the degree of exhaustion of In virtual teams, distance and time
differences can limit supervisors'
effectiveness, which can create
temptations for some team
members to hold backothers is notoriously difficult. It's likely that some people who are actually tired are thought to be holding back.
Virtuality effects
In virtual teams, distance and time differences can limit supervisors' effectiveness, which can create temptations for some team members to hold back, because they feel safe from detection. The temptation can be enhanced when those holding back are separated from peers in addition to supervisors.
But virtual configurations can also contribute to misjudgments as supervisors and others assess levels of effort. That is, an observer might believe that someone is holding back, when in reality he or she is delivering acceptable or even superior levels of performance.
Honest, I haven't been holding back about suggesting how to control holding back. That's next time. First in this series Next in this series Top Next Issue
Update: April 8, 2018
When someone — call him Nick — in a workgroup or team exhibits narcissistic behavior that entails ruthless disregard for the feelings of others, he tends to target those he perceives as threats to his own status. Some might hold back their contributions as a defensive measure to avoid appearing to threaten Nick. See "Narcissistic Behavior at Work: VII," Point Lookout for May 2, 2018, for more.
There Are No Micromanagers
If you're a manager who micromanages, you're probably trying as best you can to help your organization meet its responsibilities. Still, you might feel that people are unhappy — that whatever you're doing isn't working. There is another way.
What You See Isn't Always What You Get
We all engage in interpreting the behavior of others, usually without thinking much about it. Whenever you notice yourself having a strong reaction to someone's behavior, consider the possibility that your interpretation has outrun what you actually know.
Pariah Professions: II
In some organizations entire professions are regarded as pariahs — outsiders. They're expected to perform functions that the organization does need, but their relationships with others in the organization are strained at best. When pariahdom is tolerated, organizational performance suffers.
Suppressing Dissent: I
In some groups, disagreeing with the majority, or disagreeing with the Leader, can be a personally expensive act. Here is Part I of a set of tactics used by Leaders who choose not to tolerate dissent.
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Leaders Need Conversational Navigation
June 27, 2021 Tim Hagen
This episode teaches a very simple concept called conversational navigation. It requires leaders and even non leaders to enter conversations willing to explore versus steering someone to get to a place that they may want that person to get to. Think about the most simplistic example a person with a negative attitude. Our destination is we want this person to be more upbeat and positive and we want them to get there quickly yet we have to ask ourselves some fundamental questions as a coach: why is this person possessing a negative attitude? What causes it? What are they willing to do to turn it around? This requires exploration versus trying to steer or direct someone to get to a destination... if it were that easy easy we probably wouldn't need a coaching industry.
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I would say in about the last three to four weeks I've noticed something very different, with clients, non clients, people in our industry. And there's a big change going on, and the changes well we're kind of getting back to normal, we're going to an all in office or a hybrid model. And it's almost like it's lulled people a little bit to sleep in, let me explain what I mean by that. Often when we have a major thing, such as a pandemic, it really intensifies us right, it gets us thinking oh my gosh what do we need to do to get through this time, a lot like the Great Recession in 2008 to 2010. And it really prompts us, it almost kind of grabs us, pinches us to say, be empathetic, be aware, be concerned about your employees, keep your eyes open, look for opportunities. And now we're kind of getting into that low. And what's really funny, is I've noticed a sequence of requests from clients, non clients, people that we talked to, and the requests are well, you know I was talking to this employee and, you know, it kind of went sideways, you know what should I do. This about this from a linear perspective, think about on the left side of the page you have an objective. And then on the far right side of the page you have a desired result. It's not a straight line, we want it to be a straight line, it's not a straight line.
And I was leading the session, and one of the L&D directors of this client site said, I've never heard you use the term conversational navigation. I said, Oh really, and he said, No, I've never heard you use that term and conversational navigation is when I go into coaching conversations, people who are experienced in coaching people who are really gifted certified not certified but have coaching conversations all the time. We often go into conversations saying ourself. We don't know where it's going to go, and we're okay with that, and it hits me. That's one of the foundational struggles leaders have. I've got someone with a bad attitude so they need to have a good attitude and I want to get there. Doesn't work that way. So why do they have a bad attitude? Why is someone who's not motivated, why are they unmotivated, what's causing it?
And I had a conversation with a leader who she was really quite concerned not upset concerned, and she was talking about one of our employees and how they are lacking motivation, and she tactically went right to the end. He's got to be more motivated, we need this job done and she just went on and on about the job, and I said, I want to ask you something, and you're gonna think I'm really condescending or humorous, and I know her pretty well. And she said, what, I said, What motivates him? And I completely interrupted her thought pattern, because what she was doing was, she was jumping to the end saying, I got to get him here now. And the guy who she's coaching is throwing curveballs. So she would leave the meeting she'd leave frustrated. And she said, Well, what I need is not what I asked you what I asked you was, what motivates for you answer, not only what motivated him, but I'm gonna ask you a really blunt question. Is she comfortable sharing that, you know it brought my tone down, and she just stopped, we're on a zoom call, and she looked at me she goes, I don't know. That's awesome. So you don't even know what motivated them. So you're trying to motivate, she said, that doesn't sound right. And I said, No, it doesn't, listen I make the same mistake. So she went back to this gentleman and she said, Look, I don't care what your answer is, yet I want and authentic, I want to you to be honest with yourself so you can be honest with me. I really don't want you to worry about your response. What really motivates you? Inside the job, and maybe even things outside the job. And I prompted her I said when you hear things, just listen, don't respond, use something called Bridge statements. Tell me more, could you elaborate, how come, interesting, you know, how would you describe that. Bridge statements keep people talking. She calls me up and she said, within eight minutes, I knew more about this guy than I did the year before.
So when we're leaders and we're driving and we're tactical and we have this end destination. It's not a straight line. And a lot of times we don't know how we're going to get people that we want to get them there in a straight line because in theory the straight line takes less time, it does not.
So what she found out that this gentleman felt very pigeon holed in his job. He was lacking motivation. He felt like, you know, it's a job. He was not inspired by the job. When she asked the question, what would you like to do, he said, Honestly, I don't know. So she called me and she said, What do we do with that? I said, Well, one, you can help him explore it. Now you can have some clear conversations, what does it look like if you're doing something tomorrow morning that you're not doing today, describe what that would look like. So over time, she started to have these conversations. And what they found out was, he mentally did not want to be in that seat. So we can try to motivate and inspire and to all these great things as it relates to the job, the person, the person's mindset was not there. So that was so cool about it she said, You know it's so interesting. Now that I know this, I look back and I interrupted her and I said, Now do things in the past make a lot more sense because totally. She said, How did I miss that I said, I think you were trying to go from here to here, in a straight line. And you may have left navigation. She said, What do you mean by that, as a conversational navigation is when we get into a conversation and we navigate within the conversation without steering, conversational navigation is, how do I learn, what can I learn about this person. What are this person's triggers, their motivators, their inspirations, what do they ultimately want. I don't try to get to a destination that desired place right away, because it comes at the expense of conversation.
I think one of the greatest things that we can do in the workplace is have leaders do something called listening chats. And I have to tell you, we have had a number of companies do these, and they will tell you, it is so hard. And it is so frustrating. The funny thing is it's actually very simple in theory, a convert, listening chat is a part of conversation navigation but a listening chat as he calls them in the office, and you say, Susie, tell me what you're going through. What are some things you're seeing on the front lines, educate me like I would know. And then tell me what you think we could do better, and the role of a listening chat is to just listen. Not rebuttal, not interrupt, not give an opinion, not negate what they're saying, even if they say something wrong, and I've had leaders come back and say, I left so frustrated. I said, Why? They said, Because a couple of the things they said were out of context and it wasn't true, to, you can still go back. I said, But what do you think you earned in that moment, by just listening. Every person says trust. So right, had you said opinion's wrong or no no you're wrong, right you've taken this out of context. Do you think that person's coming back to your office door willingly. Probably not. Conversational navigation is going in, knowing that you have a destination, but not trying to steer them, their conversational navigation is to learn and to take a wiggly road, to take a diversion and explore it, to learn as much as they can. When we have conversations where we walk out learning two or three new things about our employees or the people we're coaching, we are ahead of the curve. We will get to the destination quicker. A lot of times, we want to go in a straight line, that often leads to something called a directive. Conversational navigate this, we're going to take different places, different roads, different tours, different paths to get there. But when we do get the information we get a higher quality, higher integrity, because we're just having a conversation. Trust me when I say when leaders try to steer and get somebody there, they know they're being steered. Sometimes they'll just give the answers that the leader wants. Conversational navigation takes practice and a willingness to explore.


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Rawwater Engineering with University of Aberdeen
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Rawwater partnered with the University of Aberdeen to determine creep behaviour of novel alloys for well plugging and abandonment.
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Case Studies Flipbook
Our case studies Flip Book is now published. The Flip Book includes numerous examples of companies collaborating with Scottish Universities, alongside OGIC support, to complete innovative projects.
Exnics with Heriot-Watt University
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Kibosh Ltd. with Heriot-Watt University
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Subsea Deployment Systems Ltd (SDS) with the University of Strathclyde
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Rowan October 3, 2021, 3:36am #41
My Challenge Entry on The History of Magic:
I thought it was a good choice to choose The Sanderson Sisters, more commonly known from the movie "Hocus Pocus". But in fact it was a daunting task because I cannot find any further info about the sisters in real life. Which leaves me wondering if they were indeed "real" people of that time as I have read that they were, or just a fictional trio based on those witches in the era. None the less…
Many of us know the trio from the movie as Winifred, Mary, and Sarah and throughout the movie their characters delight us and make us laugh. The locations from the movie, of which many are actual places such as:
The Salem's Pioneer Village (shown in the beginning of the movie)
Rope's Mansion
Old Burial Hill
The movie was not an exact telling of the time nor the effects of the Salem Witch Trials but it did do some key details of the "witchy" ways justice in my opinion.
I was able to find out that the sisters were "hanged" outside their home as the movie portrays, for the disappearance of a little girl and her brother. But this was a couple years before the actual Salem Witch Trials had happened.
I also discovered that the movie was derived from a bedtime story that the producer David Kirschner would tell to his children, though it was stated the bedtime story was much darker than the movie turned out to be.
Although my research attempts into the Sanderson Sisters was unsuccessful, I do like bringing attention to this movie as it is one of my faves all through out the year. I enjoy the lighthearted energy it brings to such a dark twisted period of which people still have a misconception about as well as witch craft in general.
After All, Who doesn't love a little Hocus Pocus?
Abs53 October 3, 2021, 12:10pm #42
This weeks entry
Kasandra October 3, 2021, 3:48pm #43
Here's what I learned about Joan of Arc (or Jehanne d'Arc and Jehanne la Puchelle). I'll post a link with more info down below.
I don't remember too much about the Hundred Years' War, but I do know that it was fought over who would sit on the French throne - an English or a French monarch.
King Charles VI of France was mentally ill and unfit to rule, so King Henry V of England took over. Charles VI left behind a son (Charles VII) who would eventually sit on the French throne because of Joan's campaign.
Contrary to popular belief, Joan wasn't actually a peasant. Her family owned roughly 20 acres of farmland, which included a meadow and a forest. Their annual income was roughly 200 pounds a year (which was quite a lot in the fifteenth century) and had stashed away some of it in case of an emergency. Her father was the "doyden" of their village, which meant he was the most important figure there.
Joan did not start hearing the voices of angels and saints until her hometown of Domremy was attacked and burned to the ground by English and Burgundian (French allies of England) when she was only 13. She is said to heard the voices of St. Michael the Archangel, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret of Antioch.
Scientists today think that she might have suffered from schizophrenia. However, my Catholic school teachers told me that schizophrenics aren't able to draw out battle plans or peace treaties, which Joan did. There are also theories that she might have suffered from epilepsy or bovine tuberculosis, the latter which is contracted by drinking unpasteurized milk and tending to cattle.
To me, it sounds like these voices were the result of trauma after losing her home.
Anyway, the voices told her to lead a campaign against the English and put Charles VII on the throne in Remis.
Charles VII agreed to let her lead the French army because she knew things that only a messenger of God would know. The details of this conversation are unknown.
Joan never actually fought in any battle or killed an opponents — she was more of a figurehead and a motivational speaker— but she was injured several times.
She is said to have had a temper (which, if I might add, I think is one of the reasons she was accused of witchcraft). She would chew out the soldiers who took the Lord's name, skipped Sunday mass, drank, or cursed. She was even said to have driven away the camp followers (prostitutes), even going so far as to beat one of them when they wouldn't leave.
She was captured during an attack at Compiegne by English-Burgundians forces. Charles VII refused to negotiate her release because he wanted to keep his distance from an accused heretic and witch.
70 charges were brought against her, including heresy, sorcery, and cross dressing. These charges were later dropped to 12.
She recanted hearing the voices of angels and saints. However, she was caught wearing men's clothing again, deemed a lapsed heretic, and sentenced to burn at the stake. It should be noted that Joan probably wore men's clothing to protect herself from being raped on the battlefield and in prison.
20 years after her death, she was cleared of all charges. She was canonized on May 16, 1920, and is the patron saint of France.
Joan of Arc: Facts, Death, and Canonization - HISTORY
This seems perfect for this week's challenge.
I enjoy learning what scholars say about any given subject more than what culture or myth might have to say. That's why I found this playlist from Angela's Symposium so interesting. I wish I had time to read her references and I wish there were more references to be read. I thoroughly enjoyed her examination of the material, though.
By Angela's Symposium
History of TAROT. From Game to Divination
Rider Waite Smith Tarot Deck - History & Meaning
My entry for this challenge is here: https://forum.spells8.com/t/my-entry-for-the-history-of-magick-challenge/14711
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge about the chakras, @Princess_Tara! You are very right- magick is not restricted to just one culture or one location on the map. I think all cultures have magick in some shape or form- it is truly something that brings the world together
That's really interesting, @Kasandra- what a fun local legend in the Appalachian area! I also love the idea of women using magick to help their communities, and there's something really Southern and charming about the term "granny witch" Thanks for sharing!
Well said that magick is something that has been with us over history, @moonshadow- thanks for sharing your insights and for the interesting links as well! Faerie magick in particular is very curious- it makes me want to learn more!
I think "bizarre and tragic" is really good way to put it, @mary25- it sounds like it was a really rough time back then. I remember learning about the man who was crushed on a visit to Salem- really tragic indeed. While it is true that people can do great things when they come together, the opposite is true as well. There may not have been real witches during the Witch Trials, but there is definitely a powerful message about humanity. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing the video about the Farrs, @Jeannie1!
And hahaha glad you thought it was funny, @TheMuslimWitch
I always thought the Sanderson Sisters were real, @Rowan- but perhaps they were just 'hocus pocus' themselves! Thanks for looking into them, they'll always have a place in my heart haha And beautifully said- it's a fun, exciting, and much-beloved movie that brings a real-life witch town to life on the screen!
I always had a picture of Joan of Arc as a shining hero on the battlefield- but it sounds like there was a lot more to her story, @Kasandra- thanks for sharing it! The fact that the accusations were later removed makes me wonder what was real and what had been recorded to shut down a woman in power. All in all, she sounds like an interesting person!
Thank you for sharing the history of tarot video, @praecog29! The cards have a long and fascinating history. And how cool that Angela is so invested in exploring their source
And thanks again to @Amethyst, @Abs53, @Brightbear, and @Temujin_Calidius for sharing their entries (in separate, linked-to threads)- they were a delight to read! Thanks for exploring witchy history
pedros10 October 4, 2021, 11:42am #48
I might be late for this challenge and the awesome posts during it. Here's my 2 cents of it.
That's a very nice experience with your neurologist indeed!
One of my dreams is to go to Salem for Halloween. Lemme know how everything goes there, I'm sure it's going to be incredible
I've read the whole article and wow… I didn't know all of that happened and is STILL happening, it breaks my heart, it's really really sad, and even more sad to know that there are evil witches over there hurting people… but, thanks for sharing @Garnet that is part of our history and reveals our mission as neo-pagan witches to help to heal the world in any way we can.
Thanks a lot for sharing, @Jeannie1 !
I didn't know about Circe, she seems very empowered and determined.
I'm completely sure that India created its own magic as well. The kinds of meditation they created, the mantras (sang and gestures) it's all magic, even yoga. It's all about the intention you put to it.
American Indians had their own ways of magic as well. We used to worship the sun, the moon, and the mother Earth (or Pachamama as we call it) as well. That, unfortunately, got a bit lost after the Spanish colonization.
Thank you for sharing, @Kasandra ! I didn't know they existed.
I'll anyways check for Jan of Arc, she's was a role model when I was young, the first time I saw her was playing Age of Empires (a great videogame to learn history).
Looks like a book worthy to be read. I'll add it to my list for sure.
And thank you for sharing!
Wow! That looks really interesting. I'll check it out, and thank you for sharing!
Wow! What a great video. Really inspiring!
What a great quote from Doreen, it tells so much truth but also hope.
Thanks a lot for sharing, I'll check out the interview
Jeannie1 October 4, 2021, 7:04pm #58
Aw your so welcome!
I certainly do love that movie. Thanks for sharing, @Rowan
Oh, I spoke too soon, hahaha. Thank you for sharing all that info, Juana de Arco's history (as we Spanish speakers call her) is really amazing, a woman with temper, empowered, determined, just, that is what I wanted to become when I was a kid.


I guess I am okay with that.. but count me out for pants down Fridays!
What followed was a barrage of email messages (yes we had a crude version of inter-company email back then) asking about pajamas, shorts and bathing suits.. we all got a huge laugh out of it.
What about you? Do you have any Casual Friday stories?
I worked for a computer company when "casual Friday" first came up. The programmers always dressed very casually anyway, since they never went home and were free spirits.
One day, a programmer showed up in a suit and tie. It was a casual Friday and he was a programmer, a double whammy. The whole department "prairie-dogged" to stare at him. When he was asked why he was wearing it. He said that he, uh, he, uh, had a...dentist's appointment!
He clearly had a job interview, and for the rest of my time at the company, the code for a job interview was "having a dentist appointment."
Scientific experiments have proven that a cinched-up tie heats the body slightly, requiring $43.00 extra in air conditioning per year, per person.
I still have to wear a tie, but I wear it loose around an unbuttoned collar for "green" purposes.
I haven't had to wear a tie to work since I left the corporate communications dept. of a large forest products company back in 1989.
Now I'm the creative director for a small software company. It would be hard to get more casual any day of the week. t-shirts, jeans, and tennis shoes. During the spring and summer, for the developers it's the "shoes and socks optional" time of year. I tried that one day, arriving in t-shirt, shorts, and bare feet. But the air conditioning works way too well for that in my opinion. The vent is too close to my desk. That day I kept wishing that I had my slippers!
Don't think I could do bare feet Gary.. but my 28 year old son would love it.. he gets the mail at the curb in his bare feet even when it is below freezing.
LOL that cartoon was funny!
We don't have casual Friday. Which is okay because we can wear tennis shoes everyday if we want to and comfortable slacks, which is fine as well. Every once and a while we can wear jeans. We have an awesome work environment, so I don't mind not having a casual Friday. Our principal doesn't like jeans, so we don't wear them that often. We have gotten her to lighten up just a little bit. I love her though. I would rather have an awesome boss and never wear jeans at work.


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PROGRESS OR BLOCKADE: DIGITAL AGRICULTURE AND LAW
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By Jus Corpus Blogs December 9, 2021
Technological innovation has progressed at a rapid speed. This has resulted in examples starting from sociological to economic benefits. But at the same time if there's a cut-off in the technological system then the gap is created between the potential and the subsequent opportunity created. Digital Agriculture refers to the practices of agriculture using an electronic system of information in order to digitally collect the economy as well as the data. This digitization demands a new revolution called the Digital Agricultural Revolution.[1] The precision of technology, agriculture and law is needed. If we take the example of the Indian Agricultural Sector then it has a huge market and its subsequent industry all embedded in it. These all demand a regulatory change and take the current scenario into account a technological change.[2]
This digital revolution demands the required production. This production creates a marketplace. When this same thing has collaborated with the law then it creates a framework governed by law and policy. The technical aspects are in itself a complex set. This digitization not only targets the normal functioning of the farmers or their farming life but also their capital life. Farming or currently the digitized farming demands for investment in the form of capital. When the topic comes to technology and law then it brings the mechanical innovations and these things bring on the legal issues. These laws are backed by the government that is they are made and subsequently implemented by the government for private implications.
MAIN CONTEXT
Certainly, now a new world has popped up where laws are contextualized by the incentive of innovation. Centre or the government has time and again made this very thing realize us through its various schemes. But the path is not the same as it seems to be. There were various concerns raised in the agricultural sector with respect to the farmers where there were complaints of exploitation of consent as data protection was compromised.[3] For example, land records are of prime importance to the farmers and through digitization, this very record was also digitally linked. The Centre has always come up with its plan and for the farmers, it brought the "Indian Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture'' or IDEA. Under this initiative, a task force was created to include farmers under the umbrella and accordingly represent them. But the government here couldn't back its statement with laws as in future legal issues may start coming up. The farmers were concerned primarily because their digital infrastructure would not be maintained by the governmental databases rather would be controlled by the private holders like Jio, Airtel etc.
Land records of the farmers have no clear segregation be it on ownership or the land area. The digitization further will flaw this system as there would be confusion whether who are the actual possessors or if agriculture specific then who are the actual cultivators. All this digitization of land is thought without a proper system of law at hand. At the same time, Data Protection Law was also not in place.
This digitization demands data privacy. On the societal level, many questions come up when it comes to data collection and its subsequent privacy like where our personal data will go, where it will be used, will get accessed by any third-party etc. The Personal Data Protection Bill was introduced in the Parliament in 2019 but hasn't been made an Act till now. Other than that it doesn't contain any information about agricultural data. If there's a lack of clarity then how can the farms give the ownership of personal data to someone else?[4] Transparency is in itself at stake. Through this bill, a Data Protection Law is expected to provide a legal stance and basically provides answers to the problems concerning our "Fundamental Right to Privacy."[5] If there's no appropriate law at hand then the rights and obligations of a person can't be decided upon. At the same time, if there's a compromise in their privacy and farmers move to the court then the court may itself take a contrasting position and state the underlying facet of Right to Privacy as Right to be Forgotten.[6] Uniformity will be absent. Data Protection law will ensure that the digitization of agriculture made for the farmers is used for a lawful purpose and data fiduciary will be maintained. This modern digitized world demands this Data Protection Law which is regarded as one of the fastest areas to implement legal regulations.
There are digital cards or credit cards per se which are being provided to the farmers at a time where Data Protection Law isn't guaranteeing whether their money will remain safe or not. The farmers are being expected to invest through those cards but without any prior knowledge and it's not sure whether it will be backed by the government or not. This same responsibility is taken by private contractors. For example, the Microsoft team had run a model or trial-run program called 'AgriStack' which will develop an interface for the farmers that will make them know the technique of smart agriculture. This will provide them with a Unique Identification Number and they can accordingly use their personal data for the production. This program will provide a unified platform that will combine the digitization of personal data, agriculture and the legal framework. But the Data Protection Law does not specifically tell about this.
The E-Rupi initiative was launched by the Government of India's National Payment Corporation Of India(NPCI) which is a kind of a payment platform by digital means and through this, you don't have to use any credit or debit cards in order to accept or provide payment. The beneficiaries will be subsequently benefited without any physical interface.[7] This initiative was decided to add on to the agricultural practices using a proper legal framework, but it's still pending because a proper Data Protection Law is missing and with that, a Digital Protection Framework is also missing.
The other side of the debate also talks about progress. The digitization of agriculture through its records will help the farmers to look at the table and subsequently bring an analysis of the crops they sew and what all were their status is and this step can be done with the current legislation of the government. The satellite imagery will help to keep a check on the whole agricultural system. This very look of agriculture doesn't need the support of the private sector. This system through its automatic process will bring the production and the subsequent agricultural development.
The best part is it doesn't need an AI technology or complex set of technology rather all that is needed is a simple network or software to perform all these functions. And this makes the farmers access and accept the said system in the best possible way.
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
There are many ways in order to address this issue. There could be a consultation session where the tech partners and the law officers can come together and discuss the policy and framework and how could technology and law be used in a way to give the best possible results to agriculture. Digital Rights Organizations should be involved in order to execute the concerns. If the rights of the user are strengthened then the privacy rights of the people will not have tampered.
The Rapidness of technology is difficult to control but isn't impossible. When the same came to agriculture, then a gap was noticed. The collaboration between technology, agriculture and law was needed. This is possible by a framework governed by proper policy reforms. This new world of innovation has set a very difficult path. Land Records is one prime example. Whatever solution may be, it needs to be backed by the government, for example, the IDEA initiative. But it had a root problem of privacy.
The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 is still not an Act. Transparency is compromised and so do people's fundamental 'Right to Privacy'. As there's no legislation so people can't move to court with a strong case at hand. A proper law should be there to maintain Data Fiduciary. The digital cards issue is addressed but can't be trusted with a proper law backed by the government. The same problem is also with the private contractors who lag a legal framework. e-Rupi though gained recognition but without law couldn't address issues of agriculture. But the progress can't be ignored. The agricultural community can refer to the land records with simple technology and current legislation at hand without any private investors.
Author(s) Name: Sruti Patra (National Law University, Odisha)
[1] Nikola M Trendov, Samuel Varas and Meng Zeng, 'Digital Technologies in Agriculture and Rural Areas' (2019) <https://www.fao.org/3/ca4887en/ca4887en.pdf> accessed 4 December 2021
[2] Shankhyaneel Sarkar, 'New farm laws, digital transformation make India's agri sector 'ripe for disruption' Hindustan Times (New Delhi, 30 June 2021)
[3] 'Centre's digital agri proposal raise concerns of farmer exploitation' The Hindu (New Delhi, 1 July 2021)UPDATED: JUNE 30, 2021 22:26 IST
[4] Leanne Wiseman, 'Farmers and their data: An examination of farmers' reluctance to shatre their data through the lens of the laws impacting smart farming' (2019) 90 NIAS- Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences < https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1573521418302616> accessed 4 December 2021
[5] Siddharth Sonkar, 'Privacy Delayed is Privacy Denied' The Wire (New Delhi, 24 May 2021)
[6] ibid 5
[7] Pranav Mukul, 'e-Rupi: A voucher system ahead of digital currency' The Indian Express (New Delhi, 1 August 2021)
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What Everyone at a Startup Needs to Know About Immigration?
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The immigration process in the U.S. has become a high-stakes undertaking for employers, workers, and entrepreneurs. Predictability has eroded. Processing times have soared. And any mistake or misstep now has dire consequences.
Over the past three years, immigration policies and procedures have been in a state of flux and the process has become more unforgiving for even the smallest mistakes. Putting your best foot forward is crucial. Employers and individuals need to formulate a long-term strategy and backup options to stay protected.
The increase in Requests for Evidence and the backlog for many visa and green card categories has meant longer waiting times. What's more, the Trump administration's recent decision to close all USCIS's international offices—and shift that workload back to the U.S.—is expected to compound the backlogs and delays.
We are seeing these issues affect startups every day. My law firm works with hundreds of startups every year to help them and their employers figure out their immigration paperwork. The overall piece of advice we give is to decide on a specific goal based on a deep understanding of the company and the individual and by examining the options strategically.
Then, you can figure out the right approach for a visa, green card, or citizenship application. Regardless of my personal interest in the matter, now more than ever, I recommend consulting with an experienced immigration attorney who can handle the process with integrity, creativity, compassion, and rigor.
What employers should know
The new normal for immigration means increased employee recruiting and retention costs for employers. However, hiring immigrants remains possible.
Employers should create a long-term hiring plan, identifying roles that need to be filled—highlighting which ones will likely be filled by immigrants—and when. In addition, employers should add language on when, and under what conditions, to sponsor a foreign employee for permanent residence (a green card) or a temporary stay (a nonimmigrant visa) to their hiring policies.
Employers also need to be prepared for a potential investor or acquiring company. In Due Diligence, you'll want to avoid a situation in which the key talent could be forced to leave Silicon Valley due to a visa or green card issue.
Also, employers are required to check the work authorization of everyone they hire. Employers face fines or even criminal prosecution for employing workers who do not have the appropriate authorization. Employers should prepare Form I-9 inspections or H-1B audits to avoid being subjected to increased immigration enforcement over the last several years.
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Most visas and green cards require an employer sponsor. Having quick and ready access to documents and references remains essential for individuals working with an employer to petition for a visa or green card.
Individuals who hold nonimmigrant—or temporary—visas must not have immigrant intent. That means that individuals need to satisfy the CBP agent at the airport, border or other port of entry that they do not intend to abandon their home country. They will also need to show their visit to the U.S. will end at a specific time.
Those who hold green cards—also known as immigrant visas—can live and work in the U.S. and travel abroad with few restrictions. However, they cannot vote and face deportation if they abuse their status or break the law.
The process for applying for visas or green card depends on whether the individual is overseas or already in the U.S. If outside the U.S., an interview will be conducted at the nearest U.S. consulate or embassy with the State Department. If already in the U.S., a visa or green card application and interview will be filed to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Visa sponsorship by companies
Most employers use one of the following temporary visas for prospective employees:
E-2 visas enable employers to hire a foreign national whose home country has a trade treaty with the U.S. to come to the U.S. If the individual is a citizen of a country without an investment trade treaty with the U.S., such as China and India, an E-2 visa can still be obtained by first filing for citizenship in Grenada.
H-1B visas allow employers to fill jobs requiring specialized skills that are difficult to fill with American workers with foreign nationals.
H-2B visas let employers hire workers from select countries to fill temporary non-agricultural positions.
L-1 visas give employers the opportunity to transfer employees from one of their foreign offices to the U.S.
O visas provide a way for employers to hire individuals with extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, education, business, or athletics.
TN visas ensure an employer can hire professionals from Canada or Mexico thanks to the trade relationships between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
F-1 visas allow the holder to enter the U.S. as a full-time graduate student at an accredited college or university. Some F-1 students are eligible to work in their field of study on OPT, and those in the STEM fields may qualify for a two-year work extension.
Green card sponsorship by companies
U.S immigration law caps the number of green cards issued per year for employment-based categories at 140,000. Each green card category is subject to a quota not only on the number of applications that can be approved each fiscal year, but also the number of applicants from each country. If the number of green card petitions from individuals from a country outstrips the available supply, they must wait for a green card number to become available.
The State Department's monthly Visa Bulletin shows which green card petitions from which countries can move forward and which must continue to wait in line. Currently, individuals from India and China face years-long waits for green cards.
Some green cards require an employer to obtain labor certification whereby the employer must prove to the U.S. Department of Labor that no qualified U.S. workers are available for the position sought by the foreign employee. Labor certification is designed to ensure that the employment, wages, and working conditions of U.S. workers employed in the same field are not adversely affected.
These green card options require labor certification:
EB-2 green cards for professionals with a master's degree or higher in a field related to the position.
EB-2 green cards for individuals with exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business.
EB-3 green card for skilled workers with training or work experience and a permanent full-time job offer.
Some green card options do not require labor certification, however, they have high bars for approval:
EB-1A green cards enable employers to hire individuals with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics.
EB-1B green cards allow employers to hire outstanding professors and researchers.
EB-1C green cards allow employers to bring an executive or manager to the U.S. to live and work.
EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) green cards make it possible for employers to hire individuals with exceptional ability in the sciences, arts or business. However, they can avoid the lengthy and expensive process of labor certification if they can show that employing the individual will benefit the U.S.
Options for DIY self-sponsorship
A few immigration options do not require an employer sponsor, allowing individuals to file their own petition. All of them are green cards (immigrant visas):
EB-1A green cards
EB-2 NIW green cards
EB-5 green cards enables individuals to live and work in the U.S. if they invest $500,000 to $1 million in a company or project that creates at least 10 full-time jobs for U.S. workers.
Other options for founders
The U.S. does not offer a startup visa although legislation reintroduced earlier this year would create one. Currently, international entrepreneur find these nonimmigrant visa options work best:
The entrepreneur's startup would sponsor the founder for an E-2 visa or a path to an E-2 visa through obtaining citizenship from a country with a trade treaty with the U.S.
A startup could sponsor its founder for an L-1A visa, which enables companies to transfer an executive from a foreign office to the U.S.
H-1B or an Entrepreneur-in-Residence program at a U.S. university, which allows entrepreneurs to get an H-1B visa to mentor business students while growing their startup in the U.S.
B-1 business visitors visas
Several green card options exist for entrepreneurs:
EB-1C green cards
EB-5 green cards
Family-based options
Sometimes, although we're feminists and want everybody to succeed based on their accomplishments, we have to advise startup founders that the fastest route to a green card is through marriage. Here are some possible routes:
Marriage-based adjustment of status for the spouse of a citizen or permanent resident. Note that currently in July 2019 the Visa Bulletin has progressed so for the first time in years it's currently possible for the spouse of an LPR to currently file the I-130 petition and the I-485 application.
K-1 Fiance Visa for the spouse of a U.S. citizen to later go through the adjustment of status process
Immigrant visa for the spouse of a U.S. citizen who is currently abroad
Options for expedited processing
Some options exist to that may help reduce the immigration wait time for individuals and their employers.
Visa petitioners may request faster processing for certain employment-based petitions and applications, such as E-2, H-1B, H-2B, L-1, and O visas. USCIS guarantees a decision on a petition or application within 15 calendar days for a $1,410 premium processing fee.
Petitioners can submit expedite requests for petitions and applications that are ineligible for premium processing. USCIS grants these requests on a case-by-case basis for reasons including an emergency, a severe financial loss to the visa candidate (or employer), a national interest or defense matter.
The last resort is filing a Writ of Mandamus to compel USCIS to decide a petition or application. A Writ of Mandamus is a lawsuit filed against a government agency that asks the court to force the agency to fulfill its mandated duties, such as deciding an immigration case.
The law requires USCIS to make a final decision on all immigration applications within a reasonable time. Under a Writ of Mandamus, a judge can order USCIS to make a decision.
Immigration is complicated. But just because the system is stacked against immigrants doesn't mean it's not possible. Even though our system is broken, there are still many legal paths to live and work in the United States.
Just remember, it's important to always do the right thing when navigating this system and finding cutting edge-solutions to legal problems, and it's also imperative that you feel that your needs have been taken into account from the very beginning.
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Weekly COVID-19 Update – Jan. 22, 2021: New Positive Cases, Hospitalizations Remain Elevated But Trends Leveling Out
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | News | Date Posted: Friday, January 22, 2021
DOVER (Jan. 22, 2021) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the most recent statistics related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of 6 p.m. Thursday, January 21, 2021.
A total of 73,233 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents have been reported to DPH since March 11, 2020. The seven-day average of new positive cases decreased to 652 as of Thursday, Jan. 21.
The seven-day average for the percentage of persons who tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, Jan. 21, was 23.8%, a slight increase from 23.5% as of Thursday, Jan. 14. DPH publishes both positivity rates – persons tested and total tests conducted – on its COVID-19 data portal. As of Tuesday, Jan. 19, the seven-day average for the percentage of total tests that were positive was 9.1%, an increase from 8.6% as of Tuesday, Jan. 12. There is a two-day lag for presenting data related to percent of tests that are positive to account for the time delay between the date of the test and the date that DPH receives the test result.
In addition, 420 individuals are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Delaware, which is a decrease of 31 reported as of this time last week. Fifty-nine of the hospitalized persons are critically ill, up three from last week.
A total of 1,027 Delawareans have passed away due to complications from COVID-19. The state reported 25 additional deaths since last week's update. The total number of individuals who have died from COVID-19 ranges in age from younger than 5 to 104 years old. Of those who have died, 521 were female and 506 were male. A total of 519 individuals were from New Castle County, 187 were from Kent County, and 321 were from Sussex County.
COVID-19 Vaccinations:
The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) on Wednesday successfully launched a system for individuals to request an appointment at vaccination events, as the state entered the Phase 1B stage of the vaccination plan. DPH began contacting seniors Thursday offering appointments for this weekend's large vaccination events in Delaware City and Georgetown. Additional invitations were extended on Friday after the available appointments were not filled from the initial round.
The vaccination event held today in Delaware City began delivering vaccinations to those who had requested appointments through the new system. Events Saturday and Sunday in Delaware City and Georgetown are by appointment only for Delawareans ages 65 and older who made an appointment, and for Phase 1A health care personnel with appropriate documentation. The events are planned to offer vaccinations to a total of 13,500 individuals over the three days.
A total of 85,000 had requested vaccinations through the new system as of 4 p.m. Friday. Those individuals still on the request waiting list are reminded that they must wait to receive an appointment invitation for a vaccination event listed in the Vaccine Administration Management System (VAMS). A place on the waiting list does not a secure a spot for a vaccination anywhere else such as pharmacies or medical providers that may be offering them. Even after individuals have submitted their initial request in the state's online system, if they do get an opportunity to receive a vaccine from their medical provider, employer, or pharmacy, they are advised to take advantage of it.
As of midnight Jan. 21, 54,760 administered doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been reported to the state's immunization information system, DelVAX. Delaware's latest COVID-19 vaccination statistics can be found under the Vaccine Tracker dashboard at de.gov/healthycommunity. Additional information about COVID-19 vaccine rollout, which includes a list of pharmacies and medical providers accepting public requests for vaccination, is available at de.gov/covidvaccine. Questions can be directed to the Vaccine Call Center at 1-833-643-1715. People who are deaf or hard of hearing should call 2-1-1 or text their ZIP code to 898-211. Individuals can email their questions concerning the vaccine to Vaccine@Delaware.gov.
Walgreens Testing Sites:
As part of its partnership with the State of Delaware to offer COVID-19 testing to Delawareans, Walgreens surpassed 100,000 COVID-19 tests conducted statewide as of Thursday, Jan. 21, 2020. The full list of testing locations, including Walgreens sites, with hours, and registration options are available on Delaware's COVID-19 website at de.gov/gettested.
Update on COVID-19 Outbreaks in Long-term Care Facilities: The Division of Public Health continues to investigate COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities throughout the state. The following facilities have experienced significant outbreaks since late September. Resident and staff tallies represent cumulative case totals between Sept. 25, 2020, and Jan. 21, 2020, and may not represent the number of active cases at each facility at this particular point in time:
Note: These data have ben updated to include additional information that was not immediately available at the time of the original release.
• Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation & Health Center in Millsboro; 30 residents and 26 staff
• Brookdale in Dover; 58 residents and 37 staff
• Cadia Healthcare Broadmeadow in Middletown; 20 residents and 29 staff
• Cadia Healthcare Renaissance in Millsboro; 40 residents and 24 staff
• Cadia Healthcare Silverside in Wilmington; 67 residents and 50 staff members
• Cadia Healthcare Capitol in Dover; 60 residents and 38 staff
• Cadia Healthcare Pike Creek in Wilmington; 15 residents and 35 staff
• Churchman Village in Newark; 75 residents and 50 staff
• Delmar Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Delmar; 45 residents and 41 staff
• Dover Place in Dover; 39 residents and 23 staff
• Foulk Manor South in Wilmington; 30 residents and 31 staff
• Harbor Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Lewes; 69 residents and 31 staff
• Harrison House in Georgetown; 35 residents and 19 staff
• Hillside Center in Wilmington; 26 residents and 23 staff
• Kutz Senior Living in Wilmington; 35 residents and 22 staff
• Lofland Park in Seaford; 20 residents and 20 staff
• ManorCare Health Services in Wilmington; 19 residents and 27 staff
• Milford Center, Genesis Healthcare in Milford; 49 residents and 16 staff
• Oak Bridge Terrace at Cokesbury Village in Hockessin; 16 residents and 14 staff
• Pinnacle Rehabilitation and Health Center in Smyrna; 22 residents and 18 staff
• Regal Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Hockessin; 90 residents and 58 staff
• Regency Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Wilmington; 74 residents and 49 staff
• Seaford Center Nursing Home in Seaford; 27 residents and 25 staff
• Shipley Manor in Wilmington; 34 residents and 19 staff
• Somerford Place in Newark; 29 residents and 13 staff
• The Moorings at Lewes in Lewes; 17 residents and 41 staff
• Westminster Village in Dover; 47 residents and 33 staff
• WillowBrooke Court Skilled Center at Manor House in Seaford; 45 residents and 37 staff
• WillowBrooke Court at Cokesbury Village in Hockessin; 13 residents and 17 staff
*Staff members may include health care and non-health care personnel, such as facility vendors or other individuals working in the long-term care facility who may not be full-time facility employees. Facilities listed represent those that have had a cumulative total of more than 10 cases among residents and more than 10 cases among staff to date since the beginning of the outbreak monitoring period, Sept. 25, 2020. As facility outbreak investigations close, they will be removed from this list.
Long-term Care Statistics:
As of 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, there have been a total of 2,058 positive COVID-19 cases cumulatively involving long-term care residents, and 541 residents of Delaware long-term care facilities have died from complications related to COVID-19.
The locations and number of deaths involving residents of long-term care facilities are:
Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation and Health Center, Millsboro (18)
Brackenville Center, Genesis Healthcare, Hockessin (18)
Brandywine Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Wilmington (34)
Brandywine Living at Seaside Pointe, Rehoboth Beach (5)
Brookdale Dover, Dover (9)
Cadia Healthcare Broadmeadow, Middletown (13)
Cadia Healthcare Capitol, Dover (19)
Cadia Healthcare Renaissance, Millsboro (11)
Cadia Healthcare North Wilmington/Silverside, Wilmington (28)
Churchman Village, Newark (11)
Country Rest Home, Greenwood (11)
Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, Smyrna (13)
Delmar Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Delmar (2)
Dover Place, Dover (4)
Foulk Manor South, Wilmington (7)
Forwood Manor, Wilmington (3)
Governor Bacon Health Center, Delaware City (1)
HarborChase of Wilmington, Wilmington (4)
Harbor Healthcare and Rehabilitation, Lewes (25)
Harrison House Senior Living, Georgetown (43)
Hillside Center, Wilmington (5)
Ingleside Assisted Living, Wilmington (2)
Kentmere Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Wilmington (8)
Kutz Senior Living, Wilmington (3)
Little Sisters of the Poor, Newark (11)
Lofland Park Center, Genesis Healthcare, Seaford (6)
ManorCare Health Services, Wilmington (14)
ManorCare Health Services, Pike Creek (25)
Methodist Country House, Wilmington (4)
Millcroft, Newark (2)
Milford Center, Genesis Healthcare, Milford (40)
New Castle Health and Rehabilitation Center, New Castle (12)
Newark Manor Nursing Home, Newark (11)
Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation, Wilmington (26)
Pinnacle Rehabilitation and Health Center, Smyrna (24)
Regal Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Hockessin (12)
Regency Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Wilmington (8)
Somerford House and Place, Newark (3)
Summit Assisted Living, Hockessin (3)
Sunrise Assisted Living, Wilmington (2)
The Center at Eden Hill, Dover (2)
The Moorings at Lewes, Lewes (4)
Westminster Village, Dover (20)
WillowBrooke Court Skilled Center at Manor House, Seaford (7)
WillowBrooke Court at Cokesbury Village, Hockessin (2)
Four other New Castle County long-term care facilities (1 death at each facility)
Two other Kent County long-term care facility (1 death at this facility)
If you are sick with any of the following symptoms, stay home: fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, muscle aches, fatigue, chills, shaking with chills, loss of smell or taste, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, or headache or congestion or runny nose without a known cause such as allergies. Other symptoms such as abdominal pain or lack of appetite have been identified as potential symptoms related to COVID-19 and may prompt further screening, action or investigation by a primary care provider. If you are sick and need essential supplies, ask someone else to go to the grocery store or the pharmacy to get what you need.
DPH reminds Delawareans that if you believe you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, or have symptoms of illness, make sure to distance yourself from others, particularly vulnerable populations. Older adults and people of any age with serious underlying medical conditions – including serious heart conditions, chronic lung conditions, including moderate to severe asthma, severe obesity and those who are immunocompromised, including through cancer treatment – may have a higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Information about testing events, including community testing sites, permanent fixed testing sites, and free-standing sites operated by the health care systems and hospitals, will be listed on the testing section of the Delaware coronavirus website at de.gov/gettested.
Delawareans over the age of 18 are encouraged to download COVID Alert DE, Delaware's free exposure notification app to help protect your neighbors while ensuring your privacy. Download on the App Store or Google Play.
Individuals with general questions about COVID-19 should call Delaware 2-1-1, individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing can text their ZIP code to 898-211, or email delaware211@uwde.org. Hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Medically related questions regarding testing, symptoms, and health-related guidance can be submitted by email at DPHCall@delaware.gov.
Individuals who have complaints about individuals violating public gathering restrictions should contact state or local law enforcement. Concerns that a business may be violating operating restrictions should be directed to: HSPContact@delaware.gov. Questions related to business re-openings or operations as businesses re-open should go to COVID19FAQ@delaware.gov. Questions regarding unemployment claims should be emailed to: UIClaims@delaware.gov.
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Minotauros Tender Berg
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by: Minotauros Staff
The Minotauros have signed their second player to a tender for the 2015-16 season, defenseman Colton Berg. In signing the Minnesota product today the Tauros have taken another step in building for next season.
Berg, a native of Centerville, MN was a member of the Minnesota Blades during his fall season and is now playing for Centennial High School. In twenty two games this fall with the Blades Berg recorded five goals and ten assists. As a six-foot-one, 177 pound defenseman, Berg is another big body the Tauros are looking forward to having. "Colton fits the mold of the type of player we want to bring into Minot. His hockey IQ, skill set, and determination are the intangibles we feel will be a valuable addition to our program" said Head Coach and General Manager Marty Murray.
"Coach Shermoin has been open and upfront regarding his players. We feel those coming out of the Blades program will be junior hockey ready" added Murray. Berg will play the remainder of the High School season with Centennial before returning again to the Blades to finish out the 2014-15 season. The coaching and scouting staff has watched Berg develop over a great length of time and liked what they saw; Berg is excited about the signing as he says. "I am extremely excited to continue playing the game I love with the Minot Minotauros."
The Minotauros coaching staff will continue to scout and sign players to tenders throughout the season, while also building a draft board. For more tender signings and all of the latest Tauros news on and off the ice be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
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