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Go green or die? Bitcoin miners aim for carbon neutrality by mining near data centers
Cointelegraph By Rachel Wolfson Uncategorized May 10, 2022 | 0
Bitcoin (BTC) mining has always been a controversial topic. But, Bitcoin's proof-of-work (PoW) model has reached new levels of concern as senior decision-makers and investors pay closer attention to environmental, social and governance factors.
As such, many crypto miners are highlighting environmentally friendly practices by acquiring carbon offsets. Yet, some would argue that this isn't enough to guarantee green Bitcoin mining. Other risk factors may also be involved with carbon credits.
For instance, Kevin O'Leary — the Canadian entrepreneur better known as "Mr. Wonderful" for his role on Shark Tank — told Cointelegraph that he typically indexes public mining companies like Marathon Digital Holdings, Riot Blockchain Inc. and others. However, O'Leary pointed out that once these companies claimed carbon neutrality through carbon offsets, their stocks dropped drastically. O'Leary believes this is because the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), may soon plan to audit carbon credits. O'Leary expressed his concern, stating:
"Carbon offsets are unauditable. So indexers like me dumped those shares — we had to sell. The only way institutions will now invest in Bitcoin mining is for those companies to claim there is no carbon involved at all."
Bitcoin mining and data centers
In order to ensure zero carbon mining, O'Leary explained that Bitcoin miners should build in parallel with data centers. This would then allow mining companies to efficiently use excess energy omitted from data centers to mine Bitcoin, resulting in "zero carbon displacement," a process that produces zero carbon emissions.
Bitcoin mining company Bitzero began implementing such a model two years ago in Norway. Akbar Shamji, CEO and founder of Bitzero, told Cointelegraph that the company initially built an infrastructure partnership with Norway's local government two years ago that prompted the region to release unused hydroelectric power generation for Bitcoin mining:
"This was the perfect opportunity for us to test this idea. At the same time, big data companies started to use renewable energy sources in places like Norway, but this wasn't profitable for the region. We've built a long-term, low-cost 100% zero carbon displacement power source to have an edge over the market. We hit revenue when we mined our first Bitcoin in December 2021."
Being aware of the massive demand for data storage today, Shamji further explained that electricity generated from data centers should be properly harnessed. "We call this the 'Norway model.' Electricity generation is there but it remains stuck at high voltage. So, we executed the electrical step down from high voltage to low acquiring transformers and substation, allowing us to drive containers full of ASIC miners efficiently," he remarked.
In other words, Bitzero draws power directly from surplus capacity at local hydro plants, resulting in zero carbon displacement. At the same time, Shamji explained that Bitzero is delivering fixed data centers made of sustainable and local materials that consist of heat capture technology.
"In the case of Bitcoin mining, when electricity passes through these computers, the PoW algorithm doesn't take much energy to generate. If this wasn't implemented, the heat generated from these computers would go back into the air and be lost entirely," he said. Although a zero carbon displacement model is yet to be widely adopted, Shamji said that Bitzero typically mines 129 Bitcoin per month, using 40 megawatts of power. He added that this will eventually grow to 110 megawatts.
The crypto mining company Argo Blockchain also plans to open a data center in West Texas to conduct mining operations. While Argo isn't taking a zero carbon displacement approach, Peter Wall, CEO of Argo, told Cointelegraph that the company aims to become carbon neutral:
"There's an enormous amount of renewable power in West Texas, and Argo's mission is to mine Bitcoin in the most eco-friendly way possible. We chose Dickens County in particular because there is a substation that is adjacent to the property we chose to build Helios, which is our new flagship mining facility."
Like Shamji, Wall is aware that clean power running through the substation located in Dickens County, Texas, is stranded and is not being utilized. "There is not a lot of local demand or local load to use that power, so we felt that this was a strong opportunity to help stabilize the grid," he remarked.
Interestingly enough, energy and gas companies are also setting up shop in areas where energy is emitted. For example, Alex Tapscott, author and co-founder of the Toronto-based Blockchain Research Institute, told Cointelegraph that energy producer ExxonMobil has been quietly mining Bitcoin in North Dakota's Bakken region for a year as part of a plan to curb emissions from flared gas.
North Dakota gas flare. Source: Joshua Doubek
"The pilot project has been enough of a success that the company plans to roll it out on a much wider basis. ConocoPhillips is reportedly working on a similar project," said Tapscott. In addition, the energy company Grid Share recently announced plans to open a Bitcoin mining data center next to a hydroelectric dam on New Zealand's south island to support 100% renewable energy in the region.
According to Tapscott, these initiatives may be surprising to many individuals who believe that Bitcoin mining is carbon-intensive. He explained that models such as these can be helpful for reducing carbon footprints:
"A typical Bakken well produces oil but also natural gas which is burned off or flared into the atmosphere. This is a significant source of carbon entering the atmosphere. Instead of flaring the gas, Exxon has partnered with Denver-based Crusoe Energy to capture gas and divert it to generators where it mines Bitcoin."
Tapscott added that Crusoe found Bitcoin mining to reduce the world's carbon footprint by as much as 63%. "Gas that had no way to get to market and would have been burned straight into the atmosphere instead gets a useful purpose as the fuel for minting new Bitcoin."
Zero carbon emissions
While green Bitcoin mining has always been a "buzzword," some would argue that these initiatives, along with zero carbon displacement, have become critical for mining operators that wish to stay in business.
For instance, lawmakers are seeking to pass legislation to ban non-green crypto mining operations entirely. This was recently exhibited by the State of New York, as lawmakers aim to restrict Bitcoin mining operations with a proposed bill currently making its way through the state capitol in Albany.
Meanwhile, the government of Kazakhstan recently proposed requirements for cryptocurrency mining operators to report the electricity consumption and "technical specifications" for connection to the power grid before operating.
Although initiatives like the Crypto Climate Accord aim to achieve net-zero emissions from electricity consumption from the companies involved by 2025, this also raises concerns in terms of how this may be achieved. Tapscott pointed out:
"This is a laudable goal, so long as it does not force Bitcoin to be something it's not. To wit, some have suggested changing Bitcoin's underlying code so that it uses the less energy-intensive proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. This would be a mistake. Proof-of-work is a feature that gives the network resiliency and strength."
From an investors perspective, O'Leary added that he will only invest in Bitcoin mining firms and data centers that can prove to be a sustainable source of energy moving forward:
"Private capital must be compliant with environmental, social and governance factors. ESG was once a marketing term, but now it's a real thing. I can't be subject to an SEC audit, and can't find an auditor who will sign these statements anyway. The crypto industry is at an interesting inflection point."
To O'Leary's point, Bitcoin miners are, indeed, facing an inflection point, yet regulatory clarity remains questionable. Bill Tapscott, CEO of CarbonX — a fintech carbon trading company — told Cointelegraph that the SEC's proposed disclosures are similar to those that many companies already provide based on broadly accepted disclosure frameworks, such as the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. He elaborated:
"Disclosure creates a baseline from which a government or regulator's next move is to introduce a carbon tax or an emissions cap and trade system, such as the ARB's California Quebec Market or RGGI. Carbon credits are part of these programs and have been 'audited' for years."
Given this, Tapscott explained that mining operators will need to report their emissions, which will likely be high if energy originates from fossil fuels even flare gases, or low if these are from green sources like hydroelectric. "Yet, these companies can de-risk future carbon costs by investing long in carbon credits," he said.
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HSBC, the UK's biggest bank helped wealthy customers cheat the UK out of millions of pounds in tax according to the BBC's Panorama after seeing 1,000's of accounts from HSBC's private bank in Switzerland leaked in 2007. They show bankers helped clients evade tax and offered deals to help tax dodgers stay ahead of the law.
HSBC admitted that some individuals took advantage of bank secrecy to hold undeclared accounts. But it said it has now "fundamentally changed". The documents, stolen in 2007 by a computer expert working for HSBC in Geneva, contain details of more than 100,000 clients from around the world. Offshore accounts are not illegal, but many people use them to hide cash from the tax authorities. And while tax avoidance is perfectly legal, deliberately hiding money to evade tax is not.
The French authorities assessed the stolen data and concluded in 2013 that 99.8% of their citizens on the list were probably evading tax. The thousands of pages of data were obtained by the French newspaper Le Monde. In a joint investigation, the documents have now been passed to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the Guardian newspaper, Panorama and more than 50 media outlets around the world.
The documents include details of almost 7,000 British clients. Many of the accounts were not declared to the taxman. HMRC was given the leaked data in 2010 and has identified 1,100 people who had not paid their taxes. But almost five years later, only one tax evader has been prosecuted.
HMRC said £135m in tax, interest and penalties have now been paid by those who hid their assets in Switzerland. HSBC denies that all these account holders were evading tax.


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2019 LSU Tigers Team Preview
LSU has got to be one of the toughest jobs in the country. Not because recruiting is tough, the Tigers have an incredible base on that front, but because they are a consistent bridesmaid to Nick Saban in the SEC West, and getting close but falling short can be worse for programs than just consistently falling short. Les Miles was pushed out in 2016 despite finishing ranked nine times and making the national title game twice, with one win, and that's because he finished his tenure losing to Saban five straight times.
The Tigers brought in well like Ed Orgeron to take over as head coach. After taking over midseason in 2016 and going 6-2 with the only losses to Florida and Alabama, Orgeron has gone 19-7 in his first two full seasons, with a New Year's Six Bowl victory last year, but with an 0-3 start to his tenure against Alabama (including two shutouts), Orgeron now finds his name mentioned on the hot seat. Despite all that, this is a preseason top-four team in the CSD Prime model, the problem is that the #1 and #2 are also in the SEC, and the Tigers will have to upset at least one of them to make the playoff, either Alabama in the regular season or Georgia in a potential SEC title showdown.
Former Ohio State transfer Joe Burrow returns at quarterback after doing a solid job in his first year as a starter. Burrow wasn't special by any means, but he was solid and held his own against SEC defenses, often keeping them on their toes due to his ability to make plays in the run game. Six of his top seven targets from last season return, including the top five in receiving yardage in a group led by Justin Jefferson (875 yards, 16.2 YPC, six touchdowns).
The run game wasn't up to the LSU standard last year, and while backup Clyde Edwards-Helaire returns (658 yards, seven touchdowns, 4.5 YPA), I'd expect five-star freshman John Emery to get the nod as the top back for the Tigers this year.
Five starters are back on the line and the Tigers add a top-100 overall four-star guard, Kardell Thomas. This offense should be one of the most improved in the country as Burrow settles into his role after improving greatly the back half of last season.
The LSU defense slipped a little last year, but the Tigers played young and eight starters are back in a group led by All-SEC linebacker Jacob Phillips, who is the top returning tackler on the team and added in 4.5 TFL and three PBUs last season. Sophomore K'Lavon Chaisson is a name to watch at linebacker after he totaled 4.5 TFL as a backup last year and should benefit from additional playing time in 2019.
Some nice pressure returns in ends Rashad Lawrence and Glen Logan, who combined for eight sacks last year. Rush linebacker Michael Divinity added five more. The Tigers add some blue-chip recruits in the middle to help add some depth.
The secondary is probably the best group on the defense. Grant Delpit is back after an All-American year where the safety racked up five sacks, 4.5 TFL, nine PBUs, and five interceptions. Corner Kristian Fulton added nine PBUs, and FS JaCoby Stevens had five of his own as a backup. The unit also adds five-star corner Derek Stingley, and I'd expect the defense to be one of the best in the country overall.
This team is favored in every game this year, most by pretty large margins, except for one exception, the Tigers are near 17 point underdogs to Nick Saban's Alabama Crimson Tide, and in a rivalry that hasn't been close at all the past four years, and where one side hasn't won in nearly eight years, I don't think that is far from reality. The question stands, can Orgeron keep having really good but not national title level years, or is he going to have to beat Saban.
Date Opponent OPp. rank Proj. Margin
31-Aug georgia southern 93 25.8
7-Sep at texas 14 5.9
14-Sep northwestern state nr n/a
21-Sep at vanderbilt 57 14.8
5-Oct utah state 73 22.9
12-Oct florida 8 8.4
19-Oct at mississippi state 13 4.8
26-oct auburn 12 9.8
9-Nov at alabama 1 -16.3
16-Nov at ole miss 48 13.2
23-Nov arkansas 68 22.6
30-Nov texas a&m 11 9.5
Average Projected Record: 9.3 wins, 2.7 losses (5.7 wins, 2.3 losses)

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Her er du: Hjem » Gel-Based Proteomics of Clinical Samples Identifies Potential Serological Biomarkers for Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer. » Pub MED artikler » Gel-Based Proteomics of Clinical Samples Identifies Potential Serological Biomarkers for Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer.
Gel-Based Proteomics of Clinical Samples Identifies Potential Serological Biomarkers for Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer.
International journal of molecular sciences (2019 Dec)
Issue 23 issn:1422-0067)
The burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) is considerable-approximately 1.8 million people are diagnosed each year with CRC and of these about half will succumb to the disease. In the case of CRC, there is strong evidence that an early diagnosis leads to a better prognosis, with metastatic CRC having a 5-year survival that is only slightly greater than 10% compared with up to 90% for stage I CRC. Clearly, biomarkers for the early detection of CRC would have a major clinical impact. We implemented a coherent gel-based proteomics biomarker discovery platform for the identification of clinically useful biomarkers for the early detection of CRC. Potential protein biomarkers were identified by a 2D gel-based analysis of a cohort composed of 128 CRC and site-matched normal tissue biopsies. Potential biomarkers were prioritized and assays to quantitatively measure plasma expression of the candidate biomarkers were developed. Those biomarkers that fulfilled the preset criteria for technical validity were validated in a case-control set of plasma samples, including 70 patients with CRC, adenomas, or non-cancer diseases and healthy individuals in each group. We identified 63 consistently upregulated polypeptides (factor of four-fold or more) in our proteomics analysis. We selected 10 out of these 63 upregulated polypeptides, and established assays to measure the concentration of each one of the ten biomarkers in plasma samples. Biomarker levels were analyzed in plasma samples from healthy individuals, individuals with adenomas, CRC patients, and patients with non-cancer diseases and we identified one protein, tropomyosin 3 (Tpm3) that could discriminate CRC at a significant level ( = 0.0146). Our results suggest that at least one of the identified proteins, Tpm3, could be used as a biomarker in the early detection of CRC, and further studies should provide unequivocal evidence for the real-life clinical validity and usefulness of Tpm3.
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The control module for the refrigerant pump will take care of the fan speed as well, since it will be monitoring pressure and temperature of the system to do so. I will be using the fan sensor header on the motherboard to shut down the system in the event of a fan / refrigerant pump system failure, maybe even scale the "rpm input" on the motherboard to calculated system load of the refrigerant system. . We'll see 🙂 So with it mounted in the case, at a beefy 51mm thick, there is just enough room on each side for the condenser coils and the plumbing to run up and down. I need to find a good place to source material to create new capillary tubes, since the given size of my "evaporators" are going to be different, and I'm going to be running a couple different evaps I will need to make more than one capillary tube. Lots of planning and math is going to need to go into this for a sure fit. On Day #3 I covered fitting the power supply to the front of the case . .
I got the power supply to fit nicely, and it does clear the SATA headers after some careful measuring. (Thanks to the YouTube commenter that reminded me, as I wasn't thinking about it at the time I originally had the idea.) I am rather impressed with the fitment as well, and cable management is going to have some rather awesome results. It's basically an offset 120MM fan hole, and I will use the fan mounting screws built into the power supply to mount it to the case. This is for both simplicity, and incase I need to use a different PSU later I can mod the new PSU with a 120mm fan or locate it in a different place altogether and I'm not left with a weird hole to deal with. I used a right angle IEC cable I had found as well, and will notch the motherboard tray so I can run it up the far side front of the case and far away from any other cables for the best EMI shielding that's possible. I don't suspect there will be any issues, but it's good to be prepared. I also took measurements of the case window, and will order the stuff I need from Mnpctech. There is a new window kit coming out soon that will work perfect for this application, and it's going to be totally awesome with this case, we definitely are going to want to peer inside on this one. I also found these Diamond Knurl Case Feet that I already have the holes for and would compliment the build perfectly, I think I am going to pick up a set of those as well! (Clicking image will take you to product page so you can snag a snazzy set for your project!) I will also be picking up an old boiler sight glass like the one below. This will go on the suction line after the evaporator blocks, this is not only for aesthetics but also to monitor the load of the refrigeration loop and ensure that no liquid is being returned back to the compressor. Mounting it in a fixture that doesn't leak refrigerant might end up being a challenge though 🙂 (click pic for eBay link) So that's where we are at for the latest progress, some stuff is done, lots is still in planning, but we are starting to take more and more shape. Wish me the best on progress, and please keep poking in to see what comes of it. Coming up next week we'll do a bit more plumbing, and start to investigate more wiring details and component placement. I will be giving Mike, our machine shop guy, the front case panel this week to hopefully cut out a special logo into the front as a fan grill. Check out the additional pictures below from the build so far. I also included some shots of the motherboard.
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Eyal Berkovic
Where is Eyal Berkovic now?
Voted by The Times as one of the top 10 best midfielders in the history of the Premier League the often temperamental Eyal Berkovic called time on his playing career in 2006 in his native Israel whilst playing for Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
In 2006 he was appointed as general manager of Maccabi Netanya but he left after two months after a fall out with the club's owners.
After a few years of working in the media and also operating a soccer school, Eyal Berkovic was back in management in 2014 when he was appointed head coach of Happoel Tel Aviv.
In January 2015 Berkovic resigned from his post at Happoel Tel Aviv after disagreements with the club's owner.
After disagreements with the owners of both clubs he served as manager under, Berkovic is now owner of Israeli second division side Hapoel Rishon LeZion and answers to no one but himself.
Back to Manchester City / Portsmouth / Southampton / West Ham United
Eyal Berkovic: Premier League Statistics
Nationality Israeli
Premier League Teams Played for Manchester City, Portsmouth, Southampton, West Ham United


Easter down South is no small event. Such a holiday means music, preaching, eating, and getting haircuts in a single-wide trailer by a woman who isn't like the rest of the flock. Sean takes the listener into the country, and tells a tale of Miss Tilly. Music by RockyGrass Bluegrass Competition winners, the Wooks.
The Wooks are the real thing. A collection of musicians whose sensitivity leads them to translate the sights and sounds of the people, hills, bars, roads, and creeks around them into songs and shows that captivate. With both respect for their heritage and innovative originality, The Wooks are the natural evolution of a sound that has always been there.


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The Harmoniemesse in B-flat major by Joseph Haydn, Hob. XXII:14, Novello 6, was written in 1802.  It was Haydn's last major work.  It is because of the prominence of the winds in this mass and "the German terminology for a kind of wind ensemble, Harmonie," that this mass setting is called "Harmoniemesse" or "Wind Band Mass". Besides flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in B-flat, 2 trumpets in B-flat, the mass also calls for choir, timpani, strings, and organ, the latter supplying figured bass for most of the duration.

The setting is divided into six movements.

 Kyrie Poco Adagio, B-flat major, 3/4
 Gloria Vivace assai, B-flat major, common time
 "Gratias agimus" Allegretto, E-flat major, 3/8
 "Quoniam tu solus sanctus" Allegro spiritoso, common time, B-flat major
 Credo Vivace, B-flat major, common time
 "Et incarnatus est" Adagio, E-flat major, 3/4
 "Et resurrexit" Vivace, B-flat major, common time
 "Et vitam venturi" Vivace, 6/8
 Sanctus Adagio, B-flat major, 3/4

 Benedictus Molto Allegro, F major, common time
 "Osanna" 3/4, B-flat major
 Agnus Dei Adagio, G major, 3/4
 "Dona nobis pacem" Allegro con spirito, B-flat major, cut time

The Kyrie has "the most striking 'introductory' shock in Haydn's late vocal music ... a rather long  orchestral introduction ... [with] unceasing contrasts between soft and loud, and the unexpected entry of G-flat, the flat submediant, in the fifth bar." The Agnus Dei makes reference both to the Adagio of Symphony No.  98 and to Mozart's Coronation Mass.

The Harmoniemesse was performed at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City for the Mass of the Solemnity of Pentecost on 31 May 2009, which coincided with the 200th anniversary of Haydn's death.

Recordings

See also
Die Schöpfung & Harmoniemesse (Leonard Bernstein recording)

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References
 Heartz, Daniel (2009). Mozart, Haydn and Early Beethoven: 1781 — 1802 W. W. Norton & Co. New York.
 Hughes, Rosemary (1974). Haydn. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. London.
 Larsen, Jans Peter; Feder, Georg (1997). The New Grove Haydn W. W. Norton & Co. New York.
 Schenbeck, Lawrence (1996). Joseph Haydn and the Classical Choral Tradition. Hinshaw Music. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
 Sisman, Elaine Rochelle (1997). Haydn and His World. Princeton University Press. Princeton.
 Strimple, Nick (2008). Choral music in the nineteenth century. Hal Leonard. New York.

External links

Masses by Joseph Haydn
1802 compositions
Compositions in B-flat major

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Going and Coming: Notes
Coming home on the plane to DC I meet a couple just out of high school going rock climbing in South Africa. Why South Africa? Why go all the way from Bozeman, Montana, their home, to such a faraway place to hoist yourself up a sheer rock face?
Because 'it' is there - sensibly enough. And their planned activity somewhere outside Cape Town represented a higher challenge in a country than what they had, or had conquered, at home. Ambition strikes in strange ways. One was taking a gap year, presumably to do more climbing, the other was planning a first year in college. Boy and girl; man and woman. Both dressed 'down' with backpacks full. The larger pack had been held up briefly in security while the uniformed agent tried to figure out the pieces he had found of a drone.
No problem hauling a disassembled drone through the airport apparently. Except that isn't the usual object detected under high resolution x-ray machines.
They would take a record of their expedition on video. They were meeting up with a coach and a few others. This was serious business.
I was struck by the coincidence - Olympics coming up in a month and these young hopefuls already training for when the IOC recognizes rock climbing as sport worthy of medals. The pair felt sure it would happen eventually. Meanwhile, they were getting ready.
A chance encounter between cities. Perhaps a point worth making: Use time aloft to learn and never give up the chance to engage.
Going and coming on several airplanes a few weeks later: In Athens headed home to DC via NYC (coming hours earlier from Chios), I meet two enterprising middle-aged American women - friends traveling together. I initiate talk and immediately hear dulcet deep-south Southern speech, a wide smile, and immediate connections. They are from Shreveport, La., a nurse and a teacher, seeing Greece for the first time: three days in Athens, three in Santorini, and an 11-hour cruise tour of Hydra, Paros and Aegina. All fine - wonderful. "Everybody friendly. No difficulty with language." They booked the tour themselves. Their husbands 'don't like to travel,' one says over a cola and a bag of oregano-flavored potato chips. "Mine went golfing in Scotland once. He might consider going there again, but.."her voice trailed off. The two got to swim, walk the Acropolis, love the food.
Had they worried about news of terrorist attacks in Europe? Not at all. "We were told not to worry because Greece is neutral." (That isn't a description I've heard before about the country.)
Then on leaving, headed to their gate and flight home, they turn over to me the rest of the chips and wish me a "safe journey."
Later, I realized that I had encouraged them to tell me their adventures to avoid asking them their views about Trump vs Hillary at home.
Safety certainly wasn't my concern on my ten day sojourn on a beach in Chios. Rather, it was the errant habits of airlines under pressure in high season. Computer glitches (caused on Delta by malfunctioning circuit breaker switch of some kind...), thunderstorms, etc. Take your choice and chances. Take books. Drink water. Smile a lot and say thank you often, since the people in charge of the journey are inevitably overworked and overstressed.
"Safe" in fact might be the best word to use to describe the not-quite-a-village of Agia Fotini - a small community 20 minutes from the port of Chiostown on an island famed for its production of mastic resin used in the manufacture of many everyday goods. (Lipstick, gum, etc.) As islands go, and as Greece goes in a time of general economic hardship, Chios is relatively prosperous though the tourism sector has suffered a severe blow recently with the loss of Turkish visitors following the aborted coup in that country. (Anyone with any affiliation with any government agency being rounded up...even jailed.) Turkey's landscape- and some sort of wind farm - is visible from my beach where last year migrants fleeing war-ravaged homelands turned up daily in fragile overcrowded dinghies hoping to win asylum in Europe. These aren't the 'tourists' that Greek needs at the moment though the country is sheltering thousands in camps on the mainland due to a breakdown in relations between Turkey and the EU (which, ironically, Turkey hopes one day to join).
A weathered sign in English spotted high on a lamppost by Chios' domestic bus station near outdoor cafe tables where locals play backgammon with ferocious intent : "We're all migrants. No one is illegal."
Another different kind of sign on a dead end lane bordering Agia Fotini's beach reads 'Theoxenia,' name of a complex of studio apartments owned by hosts Maria and Dimitri Pelandis. The word in Greek means that visitors are gods in disguise and must be treated as such. ( Greek hospitality at its finest. ) The beach itself is a welcoming sea of pebbles, with clean cool waters of exceptional clarity. Who wouldn't want to fly thousands of miles to swim there? Though the sensation is complex. The sea is both boundary and road, a watery link between two worlds. Immersed in water, a person is suspended - thoughts adrift like the body that feels nearly weightless in its salty balm. I strike out to do laps (it's Olympic week in Rio) and then stop, aware of such a fruitless endeavor: why make the effort - to what end? Better to enjoy a heightened awareness of this privileged place. Meditation in situ, a whole lot better than turning bicycle pedals in the gym.
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All rise for Tippet Rise
The name alone is unusual enough to attract attention. But to witness what the words represent is astonishing even when experienced on a chilly rainy Saturday outside Fishtail, a small town in southeastern Montana one hour from Billings, the largest city in the state and not a place known for larger-than-life cultural attractions.
Tippet Rise is an ambitious new arts center - possibly unique - that opened mid-June on a 11,600-acre working ranch that is about as remote as any city sort can only imagine in a movie. The center features musical performances of a high caliber as well as large site-specific sculptures in commanding locations across the landscape. Owners and instigators of the project are Peter and Cathy Halstead, a couple in their 70's - visionaries with the money to make real their dream. Cathy has a Grey Goose Vodka fortune behind her; Peter, a poet and pianist, other income sources allowing them to hire and inspire top performers as well as architects and acoustical engineers. It's one of those gotta-see-it-to-believe-it creations.
Perhaps most remarkable is that they were able to bring it off to such high standards seemingly without compromise. But then Montana, praises be, often surprises the die-hard urbanite. Locals know not to be surprised - or act overly impressed - by heavy professional credentials worn with panache. Caterers in charge of the $10-per-person late afternoon barbecue that rainy Saturday afternoon included a Fishtail man who had trained at the Cordon Bleu in Paris. The buffet was scheduled to feed patrons who had come to attend both an afternoon and evening concert dedicated in turn to the music of Beethoven, Schubert and Messiaen.
Many in the audience had bought tickets - priced at only $10, with persons under 18 free of charge - for both Friday and Saturday events and every other weekend to come. through a final week in August. The opening season sold out quickly, Billing residents being among the most avid subscribers.
GPS will get you there but mobile phone service wasn't available (on purpose?) in the hall, called the Barn and named after Halstead family members like other equally well-planned structures on the grounds. Low-key garbed Mr. Halstead provided introductory remarks outlining the two Messiaen pieces, his long white hair and beard peeking out under what looked a cross between an Australian bush hat and a Canadian Tilley.
"City people have everything brought to them," noted Chicago Symphony clarinetist John Yeh, taking part in the second half of the program. "Here people have to go to it," he said approvingly. (It also helped that he found the acoustics in the Barn "perfect," and was impressed by Tippet having no less than 12 Steinway pianos on the premises.) An attentive, appreciative audience numbering no more than 100 sat in canvas-back director chairs under a large silver Calder sculpture hanging overhead. Another Calder, an arresting black steel stabile, greets visitors near the entrance of the site - on loan for five years from the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Chautauqua Chic
The storied Chautauqua Institution has such a golden reputation for its P.C. outlook, its prim almost precious profile, that it can be difficult to see its crazier - let's say whimsical and wondrous - side.
A recent trip (theme for week one, late June into July 2016: "On Creative Expression") very nearly convinced me the handsome lakeside gated community was for many reasons about to become chic. As in 'sought after,' 'popular,' 'a model of its kind.' The current demographic definitely skews 'senior' - as might be expected of a place where families have been coming for years and only reluctantly give up property - mirroring the national trend. (Oldsters staying older longer.) That doesn't diminish individual capacity for good works and inspirational activities. A very retired ob-gyn doc named Herb is a fine example of this. He makes lemon tarts and sells them to benefit the Chautauqua Foundation. Tarts made with such finesse that any professional chef would applaud. So Herb, who hand delivers tarts to a buyer's fridge, wrote a book about them that is sold in the very well stocked bookstore on the premises. The organist who plays what is said to be the oldest and largest 'outdoor' organ in the world cheerfully steps up between numbers to talk about being adopted and how he came to find his talent. He performs at noon in the open-air (on the sides) amphitheater that seats as many as 7,600 thousand at a go. On the same commanding stage where 80-year-old Alan Alda and his wife sat recently talking about their lives to a capacity audience.
Think any of this unusual? Try putting together a daily schedule of such varied events - and more - and find anywhere else that can match it. A 'resort' that has as a central feature a vast green lawn banked at one end by a stately up-to-date library.


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Emmanuel Ibarra says:
Can you use 1 controller with multiple people playing it?
RecklessSB says:
$10? Worth it ?
Jorge Cifuentes says:
Thank you for the review 🙂👍
Criptin says:
Dang posted 2 hours ago? Nice timing, was just wondering if the sale was worth it or not. =p
M E says:
I bought this months ago. Still haven't played it. My backlog is no joke.
316whatupz says:
I wish this had more boards tbh
Solo Board Gaming Knight says:
Digital board games have been interesting to say the least. I personally enjoy the physicality of board games but digital is a nice alternative for some types of board games.
ColtsFan4Life 35 says:
That price is way too much.
lifehackertips says:
I'm disappointed there's no fast mode, computer takes so long to take turns. It's so slow that I would not have bought the game if I had known that. Even the old gameboy version had a fast mode.
SpcCrawford1246 says:
I have this game for Switch. At the end of a long workday, I just sit and play this game on my Switch. I find it convenient to have board games on Switch as well as any other console because if you're at a friend's house and y'all want to play a board game and don't have it, but you have a digital copy, then you can play that. It also takes away the experience if you don't have an actual board game.
MissLovely42 says:
I really hoped this game would be a mild relaxing experience. Oh God, this game sucks so bad!
So I play against an AI, and I play really easy because I just want to
play for like 30 min, not trying to spend three hours on a stupid video game.
So I'm thinking super easy means the AI will be really stupid, I'll take his money, and go to sleep.
This became one of the hardest monopoly games I've played. Every single move I made, he'd make one better. He'd get triple rolls of the die, never go to jail. Never even landed on jail. Would never land on my properties. Any time he had to draw a card, it was CRAZY positive, like getting $200, going to go and collecting $400 (house rules). He'd only land on his properties and if he landed on mine, it was only for cheap ones. It's literally like you're playing a cheater on the other side of the screen, and theyre getting everything handed to them and you're getting shit on.
So I played. I thought I'll work through this. I play for TWO HOURS and it never changed, nothing got better, this super easy AI was not going to be easy at all, and in fact, acted pretty spitefully toward how I was playing. It's absolutely absurd.


"To identify internal or external LOC the easiest way is to ask yourself 'how do you know when you have done something really well?' "
Have you ever wondered where people get their motivation from? Or how they can stay so motivated? And why some people never seem to need anyone to help them with their decisions?
Which camp are you in? The one who just makes a decision and gets on with it or the one that needs to check with others before you hit the streets?
People draw their motivation from different sources: their external world or from within themselves. This is called Locus of Control. Once you understand this it really helps to know why you do or don't feel motivated to make decisions.
Those with an Internal Locus of Control get their motivation from inside themselves and reference themselves to see have well they are performing. What happens to them they feel is as a direct result of their actions. They will create a set of criteria and judge how well they are doing against them.
Those with an External Locus of Control are motivated by feedback from the outside world. What happens to them is a result of what other people or events do to them. They are influenced by others and may experience inertia or overwhelm until someone is available to guide them in the right direction.
To identify Internal or External LOC the easiest way is to ask yourself "how do you know when you have done something really well?" Someone with an Internal LOC may look at you slightly confused and say "I just know" or tell you about the criteria they selected and judged themselves against. Internals also say "I think" a lot and point to themselves when answering a question. By contrast, someone with an External LOC will answer with reference to other people's view or opinion.
Take a deep breath and ask yourself which you are. There are no right or wrong answers.
I was working with someone new recently and we were presenting together. To me she seemed the most motivated and confident person I had ever met and then she asked me "how am I doing?" She confessed that she often needs to know that things are going well. That makes her an External. Whilst I on the other hand am very Internal and wouldn't think to ask. What I learnt was that maybe I should ask so that I get feedback.
When you are trying to move forward and feeling stuck it could just be that you have always checked in with others and now you have to make all of the decisions yourself and it feels a little scary.
1. Ask again do you need to check in with others before you do something?
2. Find yourself a trusted accountability buddy.
3. Ask them for support.
4. If you are an Internal tell them that you usually make decisions based on what you think and that every once in a while you would like to tell them what you have done and ask for feedback.
5. If you are External tell them that you usually rely on others for validating your decisions and that when you ask for this they are to say "what do you think you should do?"
By trying to understand your usual modus operandi and trying to motivate yourself in another way you will have a greater chance of changing the way you think and moving things on. Have a go. I promise you if you are like me and hate to ask you will be pleasantly surprised at what you can learn.


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Q: Need help in picking latest element version from ClearCase stream I have a  perl script that I use to copy the modified elements to a certain folder.
I use the following cleartool command:
cleartool find . -version "{brtype(Branch) && created_since(28-Feb-2014) && (version(...\\Branch\\LATEST))}

And then I parse the result using perl script to copy the files modified as per the date criteria above over to the specified folder:
foreach $file (@files)
{
    $file =~ s/@@.*$//g;
        if ($file =~ /\.csp$/i) {
    if ( -e $file) { die "$file exists" };
    chomp($file);
    $dname=dirname($file);
    $dname=~ s/\///g;
    $dname1=substr($dname,1);
    $dirname="C:\\AutoDeliver" . "$dname1";
    unless(-d $dirname){
    mkpath $dirname or die "cannot create dir";
    }
    copy ("$file",$dirname) or die "File cannot be copied. It may already exist.";
    print STDOUT $file;
    }
}

This works fine in every stream except one. That one stream is only used for delivering code to and from and is the child directly under the integration stream. With my script, I get all the modified elements correclty but the elements have the wrong version. All the element versions copied are same as the integration stream. This seems to me that since the child stream does not have any elements version created and the version tree eyeball is always looking at the integration stream causing the integration version to be copied. How do I avoid this so that I get the version from the child stream.
Please help. Thanks.

A: A Child stream would reference the same version of the parent stream when it has foundation baselines created on the parent stream, and simply rebased on the child stream.
In that case, there is no point of running your script on that specific branch, as it would always reflect versions created on its parent.

The OP comments:

I see the issue now after stepping into my script. My script is run against the dynamic view.
The dynamic view is holding on to the element versions from the integration while the snapshot view on the same stream is properly updated and showing the latest version of the same elements.
I thought the dynamic view is updated on the fly and will always have the latest content.

In fact:

The dynamic view was incorrectly setup.
I just created a brand new view and it's working as expected

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TRACK & FIELD | Teams Post Stellar Results Across Country
April 6, 2018 by Ethan Cohn Leave a Comment
The Georgetown men's and women's track teams competed across the country last weekend, displaying strong individual and relay performances at the Raleigh Relays, the Pepsi Florida Relays and the Stanford Invitational.
Director of Track and Field Julie Culley said the team tries to place runners in events in which they can be successful.
"We try to evaluate which competition the individual can be most successful in," Culley wrote in an email to The Hoya.
Freshman sprinters Shannon Meisberger and Lawrence Leake gave strong performances over the weekend at the Raleigh Relays. Meisberger finished fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.75 and Leake ran a personal best in the same event.
"Both Shannon and Lawrence had strong openers in the hurdles to start their freshman outdoor campaigns. If Shannon can dip under 60 seconds, she will have a great shot at making the NCAA East Regional Championships," Culley wrote. "Both should be at the top of the Big East when we head to the championships in May."
GUHOYAS
Graduate student distance runner Michael Crozier placed ninth at the Stanford Invitational with a personal best time of 29:14.68 in the 10000m.
Culley singled out four other runners whom she expects to compete at the postseason meets in May.
"We had three women and one guy run times that should get them into the NCAA Regional Championships in May," Culley wrote. "[Senior distance runner] Piper Donaghu in the 1500m, [graduate student distance runner] Meredith Rizzo and [sophomore distance runner] Margie Cullen in the 3000m steeplechase and [graduate student distance runner] Mike Crozier in the 10000m."
Donaghu finished seventh in the 1500m in Florida with a time of 4:20.44. Rizzo earned seventh place in the 3000m steeplechase at Stanford, finishing just over a second behind Cullen, who completed the race in 10:32.10.
At the Stanford Invitational, the Hoyas' success in the steeplechase over the weekend earned three top 10 finishes. Junior distance runner Nick Wareham finished tenth in the event with a time of 9:09.07. Additionally, graduate student distance runner Michael Crozier earned ninth place with a time of 29:14.68 in the 10000m.
The Hoyas also sent multiple relay teams to compete at the three meets, with two relays earning top 15 finishes. The men's 4x400m relay in Raleigh, composed of Leake, sophomore sprinter Quincey Wilson, freshman sprinter Josiah Laney and freshman sprinter Kino Cheltenham, earned eighth place with a time of 3:17.68. The women's 4x400m relay in Raleigh, led by Meisberger, senior sprinter Jody-Ann Knight, graduate student sprinter Taylor Williams and freshman sprinter Bryann Sandy, finished 12th with a time of 3:52.45.
This weekend, the Hoyas will compete at the Virginia Quad Meet in Charlottesville, Va. Culley is hopeful both teams will continue to improve throughout the season.
"We have two low-key meets coming up the next two weekends and then we have a big opportunity to hit some good marks at the Virginia Challenge, a large invitational at the University of Virginia. Then we head to Penn Relays prior to Big East," Culley wrote. "We have some work to do ahead of us, but we have some great opportunities ahead."
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I was recently speaking with a good friend of mine who is a Structural Engineer for the railways. He told me he's not usually involved with building bridges, Civil Engineers tend to do that, rather it's his job to maintain them keeping them strong and functional. These railway bridges of course play a vital role in connecting people together, allowing people to go about their business without the disruption of having to wait for trains to pass or to travel unnecessary miles to get around. I asked him a really obvious question. What would happen if he and his colleagues didn't check and maintain them? He told me that after some time we'd regularly be seeing bridges collapsing with terrible consequences all over the country.
It struck me that no one would question the logic of paying careful attention to physical bridges. To ignore the maintenance of a bridge would mean accepting future catastrophe. The conversation got me thinking about the metaphorical bridges within our communities and how much they also require careful attention to avoid catastrophe. I wondered who are the equivalent Civil and Structural Engineers in our communities and what are they doing to build and help maintain bridges respectively?
The bridge builders I meet within communities are typically people rich in passion and knowledge. They are often unrecognised outside of their particular community, but they are certainly considered well known assets within it. Whether they be formally constituted as a group of individuals, a faith organisation, a group of friends or just individuals who care, it is their focus and presence that makes an enormous difference to the quality of life and the connectivity of that community. They help people get on with life and create the conditions for strengths to shine and lives to flourish. They tend to see building community as being all about building bridges between individuals, families, voluntary groups, public services etc. As we know maintaining those bridges in the long term is often a challenge though. This takes time and ongoing resource in all sorts of ways.
Local Area Coordinators do help build new bridges in communities but importantly only when absolutely necessary. A Coordinator is much more likely to focus their attention on identifying and supporting the builders to build and to maintain the bridges that are already in place. This is in part due to a very clear philosophy of nurturing what is already strong and being alongside people rather than taking power away, doing things to them or for them.
I recently saw this in action when I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with a group of residents who meet regularly together on an estate in Derby. The Local Area Coordinator was there in case anyone needed her input or if new people wanted to meet for a chat. Alongside the group's leader, the Local Area Coordinator's was strengthening the groups capacity to remain self-managed, connected, connecting and inclusive. It was brilliant to see.
Arguably some of the weaker bridges that exist within our society are the ones between communities and public services. Sometimes these bridges need to be strengthened and sometimes they need to be built again from scratch.
You don't have to look hard to see an enormous effort going on in this area from the powerful and passionate community of individuals and organisations that make up Social Care Future. People like TLAP, Coalition for Collaborative Care, Shared Lives Plus, Wellbeing Teams, Community Circles, Community Catalysts and the Local Area Coordination Network. In this particular bridging challenge, we might find Local Area Coordination playing more of a building role. From the start of an area embracing the model, people from communities lead the recruitment of the Local Area Coordinators. This co-produced approach helps to cement the ethos that the Coordinator is a resource for that particular community. Given that Coordinators are employees of a Local Authority this is often a very different approach.
The logic of Local Area Coordination also helps bridges to be built or strengthened internally between sometimes disconnected service departments who come together to invest in and grow the approach alongside communities. All this allows for greater understanding and trust on all sides leading to stronger co-production and a shift of power from the traditional towards community orientated approaches.
I am firmly of the belief that we need to pay as much attention to our metaphorical bridges as we do our physical ones. Our communities need the Civil Engineers as much as we need the Structural Engineers to ensure bridges both within and out towards public service are properly built and sustained. This needs to happen in order to avoid communities becoming fragmented and people becoming isolated and disconnected. It also needs to happen to ensure that those in power are clear about the assets and challenges that surround them so important decisions are co-produced in a meaningful way. Local Area Coordination can play a powerful role in helping to make all of this happen.


What Audiobook Do You Think Does The Source Material The Most Justice?
I never enjoyed listening to audiobooks as it felt to me that you are removing the most enjoyable aspect of a book, namely the reading. I also got very irritated trying to listen to a book versus just reading it as I can read much faster than whoever is narrating the book. This all changed when I listened to the audiobook for Ready Player One by Ernest Cline for the first time. It was a gift from a friend who knew that I was big on online gaming, so I decided to give it a fair shot as the premise of the book sounded just right for my taste. The plan was to start listening to the book on my way to college in the mornings and, if I liked the story, but hate the narrator, I would simply get the book and continue reading myself. After I started listening to the book I couldn't help but feel that I know the voice of the narrator and, sure enough, it turned out to be Wil Wheaton, who used to star in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The story itself is obviously amazing and it blew me away (remember this was long before the movie ever came out), but listening to it being read by Wil, who is a huge gaming fan himself, was a treat. I don't have a lot of audiobooks I can recommend, but this is by far the best I have encountered.
Call me strange, but instead of favorite audiobooks, I have favorite audiobook narrators and I tend to listen to audiobooks from my favorites, whether it is something that I would normally be drawn to or not. I've discovered some great books this way, but I can understand that not everyone would have a good time with this method. These are just a few of my absolute favorites.
The Harry Potter Series narrated by Jim Dale - If you are a fan of audiobooks and listened to the Harry Potter series, then Jim Dale will be your hero. This man has done an absolutely incredible job of reading the books in a way that captures all the imagination that the author intended. My parents read the first Hary Potter book to me, but I was bugging them so much to hear the rest that they ended up buying me the audiobooks on CD to spare their voices. Listening to Jim Dale eventually felt like I was listening to a beloved uncle or grandfather telling me stories and the way he handled all the different voices in the books are great. Other books I listened to just because of Jim Dale are The Night Circus, Around The World in Eighty Days, and A Christmas Carol.
The Dark Tower series narrated by Frank Muller - Not only did Frank Muller have a great voice, but he narrated a huge number of great audiobooks. My favorites are the Dark Tower books by Stephen King, but Muller also narrated a lot of other Stephen King books as well as books by Nicholas Sparks, John Le Carre, Anne Rice, Robert Ludlum and even George R. R. Martin. It was an absolute tragedy that he died in that motorcycle accident as I think he still had plenty of good audiobook readings left in him.
The Outlander series narrated by Davina Porter - Normally I prefer male narrators for my audiobooks as I find their voices more soothing, but for Davina Porter I made an exception. I became totally hooked on the Outlander series thanks to her voice and I was delighted when I discovered that she has narrated a prodigal amount of other books too. I may be wrong, but I believe that she has acted in a number of theater productions, which would explain why she has such a great voice and can inject it with all the right emotions. I also like a lot of the classics that Davina narrated, such as Anna Karenina, Villette, Far From The Madding Crowd, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Madame Bovary.
I am a big fan of audiobooks where the writer himself narrates his work, because I don't think anyone else would be able to capture the mood they were going for as perfectly. Not all authors are blessed with great voices, though, but luckily one of my favorites, Neil Gaiman, is. Just listen to Neverwhere, Norse Mythology and The Graveyard Book for proof.


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Events and meetings happening in Abilene and the Big Country 3/6 to 3/9
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Christianity lecture
Dr. Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University, will present part of the 2017 Sikes-Melugin Lecture at 4 p.m. in the Old Main Watt Matthews Auditorium at McMurry University. The topic will be "What Will Christianity Look Like in 2050?" Admission is free.
BROWNWOOD — The Brown County Retired Teachers Association will present a seminar, "Teamwork is Key: Unlocking Information on TRS-Care," at 4:30 p.m. in the Brownwood High School auditorium. Information on teacher retirement benefits will be presented.
Caldecott award winners David Small and Sarah Stewart will conduct a book signing at 6 p.m. at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, 102 Cedar St. Admission is free.
Square dance workshop
TYE — A-Team will conduct a square dance workshop at 6:30 p.m. at the Wagon Wheel.
SWEETWATER — A dance featuring Second Chance will be 7:30-10:30 p.m. at VFW Post 2479, 216 Avenger Field Road. Admission is $6.
Blood drive, 9 a.m. to noon, Health & Human Services Commission, 4601 S. First St.
Overeaters Anonymous, noon, Hinds Square Building, 100 Chestnut St., Room 112.
Schizophrenia Support Group, 1-2 p.m., Mental Health Association of Abilene, 333 Orange St. 325-673-2300.
Blood drive, 2-5 p.m., Health & Human Services Commission, 3610 Vine St.
Free swim class for people with multiple sclerosis, 5:30 p.m., YMCA, 3250 State St.
Anorexics Bulimics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Shades of Hope, 402A Mulberry St., Buffalo Gap. 800-588-4673.
Central Texas Gem & Mineral Society of Abilene, 7 p.m., 7607 Highway 277 South. 325-692-0063.
Abilene Toastmaster's Club 1071, 7 p.m., Conference Center, Texas State Technical College, 650 E. Highway 80. 325-692-7325 or abilene.toastmastersclubs.org.
Al-Anon, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1501 N. Broadway, Ballinger. 817-689-2810 or 325-977-1007.
Mid-City Al-Anon, 7 p.m., First Christian Church. 325-670-4304.
Memory Men (4-part a cappella singing), 7 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 1165 Minter Lane. Park on east side, enter through kitchen. 325-676-SING.
Taylor County Libertarian Party, 7 p.m., Winery at Willow Creek, 4353 S. Treadaway Blvd. 325-675-0266.
Abilene Community Band rehearsal, 7:30 p.m., Bynum Band Hall, McMurry University. 325-232-7383.
South Pioneer Al-Anon Group, 8 p.m., 3157 Russell Ave.
Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Avoca United Methodist Church. 325-773-2611.
Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Group. 325-676-1400.
Dr. Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University, will present part of the 2017 Sikes-Melugin Lecture at 4 p.m. in the Old Main Watt Matthews Auditorium at McMurry University. The topic will be "How Global Christianity Will Transform American Churches." Admission is free.
Alzheimer's program
WINTERS — The Alzheimer's Association - North Central Texas Chapter will present "Alzheimer's Disease: What You Need to Know" from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Cup of Joe Vintage Coffee Shop, 106 N. Main St. Admission is free.
Business workshop
Texas Tech Small Business Development Center Abilene will conduct a workshop, "How to Start a Business," from 6-8 p.m. in the Texas Tech Training Center, 749 Gateway St., Suite 301. To make a reservation, call 325-670-0300.
TYE — The Key City Squares will conduct a square dance workshop at 6:30 p.m. at the Wagon Wheel.
A book signing and reception for "Eucharist and Ecclesiology: Essays in Honor of Dr. Everett Ferguson" will begin at 7 p.m. at Abilene Christian University, College of Biblical Studies Room 130. Admission is free.
The Abilene Christian University Concert Band and Chamber Ensembles will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. in Cullen Auditorium on campus.
Veterans benefit meeting, 10 a.m. to noon, Disabled American Veterans, 2555 Grape St. 325-793-9699 or 325-480-6175.
Mission on the Move Soup Kitchen, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Southwest Drive Community United Methodist Church, 3025 Southwest Dr.
Abilene Southwest Rotary Club, noon, Beehive Restaurant, 442 Cedar St.
High Noon Al-Anon, noon, Southern Hills Church of Christ, 3666 Buffalo Gap Road (south end; follow the yellow signs).
Blood drive, 1-6 p.m., Coleman County Electric Co-Op, Coleman.
Stroke/Aphasia Recovery Program support group, 1:30-2:30 p.m. West Texas Rehabilitation Center boardroom, 4601 Hartford St. 325-793-3535.
Dystonia Support Group, 5:15-6:15 p.m., Not Without Us, 3301 N. First St. Suite 117.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), 5:30 p.m., Brook Hollow Christian Church, 2310 S. Willis St. 325-232-7444.
Legacies Al-Anon Family Group, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Open Door Building, 3157 Russell Ave. 325-280-7584.
Family (of Mental Health Consumers) Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Mental Health Association in Abilene, 333 Orange St. 325-673-2300.
MHAA Bipolar/Depression Peer Support Group, 6-8 p.m., Ministry of Counseling & Enrichment, 1502 N. First St. 325-673-2300.
Free certified nurturing parent class (pregnancy to toddler), 6-8 p.m., Mission Church, North Third and Mockingbird streets. 325-672-9398.
Abilene Star Chorus, 6:15 p.m., Wisteria Place Chapel, 3202 S. Willis St. 325-829-1470.
Taylor County Democrats and Big Country Democratic Women, 6:30 p.m., The Mill, 239 Locust St. 325-677-1776.
Overeaters Anonymous, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Exodus Metropolitan Community Church, 1933 S. 27th St.
Al-Anon Parents Group, 7 p.m., Hillcrest Church of Christ, 650 E. Ambler Ave. Use Church Street entrance.
Al-Anon, 7 p.m., Doug Meinzer Activity Center, Knox City. 940-658-3926.
Abilene Society of Model Railroaders, 7-8:30 p.m., 2043 N. Second St.
Parents, Family, Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) of the Big Country, 7-9 p.m., Unity Church, 2842 Barrow St. 325-232-4726, www.pflagbc.weebly.com.
Unity Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander St.
Free tax assistance
The AARP will provide free tax assistance from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Abilene Public Library, 202 Cedar St. Library doors will open at 9 a.m., with registration on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants should bring photo ID, Social Security Cards, wage and earnings statements and other financial information. For more information, call 325-676-6025.
Wine and yoga
Abilene Yoga House will conduct a one-hour yoga class at 6 p.m. at The Mill Wine Bar & Event Center, 239 Locust St. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and bring their own yoga mats and props. Tickets are $20. For more information, go to themillwinery.com.
Overeaters Anonymous, 8 a.m., Hinds Square Building, Room 112, 100 Chestnut St.
Blood drive, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Merkel High School, Merkel.
Abilene Cactus Lions Club, 11:45 a.m., Cotton Patch Cafe, 3302 S. Clack St.
Abilene Wednesday Rotary Club, noon, Abilene Country Club, 4039 S. Treadaway. $12 for lunch. Jo Ann Wilson, 325-677-6815.
Kiwanis Club of Abilene, noon, Abilene Country Club, 4039 S. Treadaway Blvd.
Clearly Speaking Toastmaster Club, noon, Westgate Church of Christ, 402 S. Pioneer Drive. 325-795-5570.
Diabetes Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Stonewall County Library.
Veterans Peer Support Group, 6 p.m., 765 Orange St. 325-670-4818.
Mid-week Al-Anon Family Group, 6-7 p.m., Open Door Building, 3157 Russell Ave. 325-698-4995.
Steamboat Cycling Club, 6:30-8 p.m., Rosa's Cafe, 1026 N. Judge Ely Blvd. steamboatcyclingabilene@gmail.com or bikeabilene.wixsite.com/steamboatcycling.
DivorceCare support group, 7 p.m., Hillcrest Church of Christ, 650 E. Ambler Ave. 325-691-4200.
Women's luncheon
A Christian Women's Connection luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Abilene Country Club, 4039 S. Treadaway Blvd. Victorya Rogers will be the guest speakers. Tickets are $16. For reservations, or for more information, call 325-370-6567.
Rattlesnake Roundup
SWEETWATER — The 59th annual Rattlesnake Roundup will begin with a parade at 4:30 p.m. in downtown Sweetwater, followed by a carnival at 5 p.m. at the Nolan County Coliseum and the Miss Snake Charmer Pageant starting at 7 p.m. at the Sweetwater Municipal Auditorium.
ArtWalk, a program of the Center for Contemporary Arts, will take place from 5-8 p.m. in downtown Abilene. The theme will be "A Bird in the Hand." More than 300 clay birds, made by the center's ArtReach students, will be hidden for participants to find.
TYE — The Wagon Wheel Squares will conduct a square dance workshop for beginners at 6:30 p.m. at the Wagon Wheel.
Grace After Dark
Screenings of several short films will be presented during Grace After Dark at 7 p.m. on the roof of The Grace Museum, 102 Cypress St. Food trucks will open at 5 p.m., and a cash bar will be available. Admission will be free, but will be limited to 100 viewers. Participants must be 18 or older.
OLD GLORY — A dance will be 7-10 p.m. at the Old Glory Community Center. A live band will perform and refreshments will be available. For more information, call 940-989-2816.
Blood drive, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wylie High School, 4502 Antilley Road.
Abilene Garden Club, 10 a.m., 300 Westwood St.
Chronic Pain and Depression Group, 11 a.m. to noon, Mental Health Association of Abilene, 333 Orange St., 325-673-2300.
Abilene Founder Lions Club, 11:30 a.m., Al's Mesquite Grill, 4801 Buffalo Gap Road.
Kiwanis Club of Greater Abilene, noon, Beehive Restaurant, 442 Cedar St. 325-695-0092.
Mental Illness Open Support Group, 1-2 p.m., Mental Health Association of Abilene, 333 Orange St. 325-673-2300.
Abilene 42 Club, 6 p.m., Rose Park Senior Center.
PEP (People Enjoying People) Club, 6 p.m., Wylie Baptist Church, 6097 Buffalo Gap Road 325-692-4909.
Teen Recovery Group, 6-7 p.m., Mission Abilene, 3001 N. Third St.
Free certified nurturing parent class (all ages), 6-8 p.m., Mission Church, North Third and Mockingbird streets. 325-672-9398.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 6:30 p.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church, 4933 S. Seventh St. Weigh-in begins at 5:30 p.m. 325-665-5052.
Gambler's Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., Unity Spiritual Living Center, 2842 Barrow St. 325-338-2575.
West Texas Genealogical Society, 6:30 p.m., Rose Park Senior Citizen Center.
Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County, 7 p.m., Myrtle Wilks Community Center, Cisco.
Hendrick Hospice Care sponsors a "Gone But Not Lost" support group the second Thursday of each month for any bereaved parent who has lost a child of any age. Information: 325-677-8516 or 1-800-622-8516.
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"Firing From Work Is The Last Defense Against Doctors. It Seems That We Have No Other Rights Left "
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Health care optimization has reached FMBA institutions. All surgeons are leaving the Medical Unit No. 72 of Trekhgorny, Chelyabinsk Region. The employees of the medical unit No. 94 in Peresvet near Moscow are also dissatisfied with the changes taking place. And these are just two examples of what is happening across the country: wear and tear, low wages and management's silence on problems are doing their job.
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Optimization of health care, taking place due to the intensification of the work of ordinary doctors, reached the departmental institutions of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency. According to media reports, all surgeons are leaving the Medical-Sanitary Unit No. 72 of the FMBA of the city of Trekhgorny, Chelyabinsk Region. The employees of the Central Medical-Sanitary Unit No. 94 of the FMBA in Peresvet, Moscow Region, are also dissatisfied with the recent changes. And these are just two examples of what is happening all over the country today: wear and tear, low wages and management's silence on problems are doing their job.
I spent the night at home only three days a week, the rest of the time I spent at work
The medical unit in Trekhgorny is the only hospital in the entire city with a population of 35,000. The surgeons made the decision to quit because of the intense workload and disproportionately low wages, said the head of the department, a surgeon with 30 years of experience Stanislav Redkin. According to him, the situation was aggravated in over the past three years. And today I have to work at one and a half or two rates a day, plus serve night shifts.
As the head of the department explained, salaries in the FMBA system remained at the level of 2009. "As the head of the department, my salary is 7800 rubles. This is the salary for which all other percentages are made: for length of service, for harm, for experience, for a category. The rest is various incentive payments, attempts to catch up with our salary level to the 200% prescribed by the president. Of course, they fail, because they have to pay too much. I can say by July: I worked for three, for three rates, for this I received 76 thousand rubles with accruals. I spent the night at home only three days a week, and spent the rest of the time at work,"Redkin said.
According to the head of the department, all of his colleagues wrote letters of resignation after coming out of vacation in September. "Yesterday the head of the medical unit reprimanded us for our lack of awareness, saying that our workload is small and the salary is quite high. They will solve the problem by trying to bring doctors on time, under fixed-term contracts, in order to close the holes,"Redkin said.
Later, the information about the mass dismissal of surgeons in the medical unit No. 72 was denied by the regional Ministry of Health. "The situation in the Trekhgorny medical unit (structure of the FMBA) is under the close scrutiny of the Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk region. We are in contact with the head of the medical institution, information about the mass dismissal of surgeons has not been confirmed,"the press service of the department said.
Employees of this medical unit have previously complained about meager salaries. According to doctors, their salaries are several times less than stated in the presidential decrees in May. Moreover, the incomes of the nursing staff are below the subsistence level. "Up to the minimum wage, we are paid three thousand, two thousand. They have no right to pay lower, - explained one of the nurses of the medical unit. - Everything works in a day, in two days. Back to work in the morning. We are not paid extra for overwork … We write everywhere … They wrote to the General Prosecutor's Office, to the governor, to the president. The answer comes from everywhere that our salary is normal."
According to the presidential decrees in May, the average salary of doctors in the Chelyabinsk Region should now be 62,502 rubles, nurses and orderlies - 31,251 rubles. But the staff of the medical unit in Trekhgorny assure that almost no one gets that kind of money. The salary for doctors there is no more than 7-8 thousand rubles, for nurses - 4400 rubles, for orderlies - 2,300 rubles. Moreover, the issue of salary is by no means idle: many allowances are calculated on its basis.
On a "bare" salary
The central medical unit No. 94 in the town of Peresvet, Sergiev Posad district of the Moscow region, serves 27 thousand residents, about 400 people work here. The staff of the medical unit invited the media to the reporting and re-election trade union meeting, as they are unhappy with the recent changes. The meeting was also attended by employees who are not currently in the union. Only the head of the medical unit did not come - despite an official invitation specially sent to him.
According to the doctors, the administration is forcing them, under the threat of dismissal, to urgently sign an agreement with new, completely unacceptable and illegal, from the point of view of the hospital staff, working conditions, arguing that it is necessary to pay off the hospital's debts.
According to doctors, from July 1, 2019, they have cut incentive payments, eliminated preferential length of service, removed all allowances and additional vacations. These changes are associated with the results of a special assessment of working conditions (SAWC), which took place at the medical institution at the beginning of the year. At the same time, the commission did not include either representatives of the trade union or heads of departments. In due time, people were not notified of the results of this assessment. Or it was done retroactively, as ordinary doctors say. "According to the Labor Law, we have the right to information, and all regulatory and local acts must be agreed with the trade union," says Elena Mavrina, chairman of the Sergiev Posad organization of the trade union of healthcare workers of the Russian Federation.
Over the five years that have passed since the last such assessment, nothing has changed in terms of working conditions, doctors emphasize. And why the conditions were harmful, and now suddenly become not harmful, is unknown. In addition, doctors do not understand why, where the premium for harmfulness still remains, it is paid at the rate of 4%, while the agreement between the FMBA and the Central Committee of Trade Unions provides for an 8% premium for hazard class 3.1. Moreover, the hazard class in the departments of gynecology, surgery, intensive care (where work is associated with blood and possible infections) should be from 3.2 and higher. "But in response to a letter signed by about 50 employees, the authorities explained to us that we were working not with the infection, but with its source," a doctor from one of the "harmful" departments told Mednovosti.
The management of the institution denies all statements of employees about the reduction of payments and threats.According to the head of the medical unit Vadim Perevedentsev, the assessment of conditions is provided for by law, and it was carried out by an accredited organization - Glavpromekspertiza. All payments due for harm, approved after the SAUT, are calculated and paid, insists the head of the medical unit. As for the 8% premium for harmfulness, then, according to him, this is just a declaration. The agreement is not valid, as the relevant law has not yet been adopted. "If the salary is small - and this is the case throughout the Federal Agency - then the additional payments are made up," Perevedentsev believes. - I can give examples without names. Anesthesiologist-resuscitator - 77 thousand rubles have been accrued, 62 thousand to be paid. A local general practitioner - 52 thousand rubles accrued, 40 thousand to be paid. These are not managers, but ordinary doctors."
Ordinary doctors themselves say that citing these examples, the head of the hospital forgot to clarify that these charges were made for work at 2.5 rates during the vacation period. In this case, in fact, it was necessary to fulfill the duties of four doctors. The fact is that in the medical unit the emergency surgical and gynecological services have been reduced, and all problems that arise during off-hours have to be solved by the doctor on duty.
The hospital's nurses were also made redundant: now, in the departments of neurology, therapy and gynecology, their functions are performed by "cleaning staff" - the same people, only for a lower salary. "In a hospital it's impossible to do without nurses," says one of the doctors of the medical unit. - And these should not be employees of the "cleaning company", but full-fledged junior medical personnel. Many of our nurses studied specifically for this."
However, doctors near Moscow do not intend to surrender. In the past few weeks, the medical unit's union membership has doubled. The regional trade union of medical workers appealed to the Ministry of Health of the region with a request to cancel the decision of the SAUT and reassess the working conditions in the medical unit.
It is impossible to condemn people who quit their jobs without enduring such conditions
The federal agency remains silent on all these cases. Meanwhile, the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Veronika Skvortsova accused the regional authorities of abuses in the formation of medical salaries. "The salary, that is, the guaranteed part of the salary, must be at least 55-60%, 10%, maximum 15% - compensation payments for night shifts, work on holidays, and so on, and no more than 30% - incentive payments", - the minister told reporters. According to her, pilot projects to determine the optimal pay structure for doctors were carried out back in 2014. At the same time, criteria were developed for incentive payments.
But while the Ministry of Health is developing criteria and method of recommendation, and locally they are looking for where to save money, doctors, nurses and nurses turned into cleaners are leaving the state health care en masse
And it is impossible to solve this problem at the level of chief physicians. They are the same hostages of the situation: they are required to raise their salaries, but they are not given money for this. It remains to either quit, or manipulate statistics and resist employees, turning into monsters in their eyes. According to Semyon Halperin, President of the League for the Protection of Doctors, all managers - from chief doctors to the Ministry of Health - are trying to report on the implementation of the May decrees on increasing wages. But in fact, in most cases, this is a fiction.
At the same time, no one cares that when a doctor works for wear and tear, patients suffer. And this is the situation throughout the country today. In reports about the wave of mass layoffs and "Italian" strikes of doctors that has swept over the past months, the entire domestic geography: Nizhny Tagil, Pyatigorsk, Irkutsk, Kachkanar, Penza, Orel, Tolyatti, Perm, Gagarin, Smolensk.
"The current system of remuneration in health care has led to the fact that in order to somehow survive, doctors have to take more and more part-time jobs. Today the situation has reached a critical level, and it is impossible to condemn people who quit their jobs because they cannot withstand such conditions. Firing from work is the last defense against doctors. It seems that we have no other rights left,"says Semyon Halperin.
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