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The Venezuelan Oil Ministry disclosed that nuts and bolts on a key pump in a pipeline that transported olefins to the neighboring Cardon refinery were intentionally loosened. The analysts allege that the frequent mishaps are the result of insufficient maintenance at plants run
by the energy monopoly.
By KEJAL VYAS
CARACAS -- Venezuela Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said that a
key gas line at the country's large Amuay refinery was tampered with, leading
to the massive blast last year at the facility which killed 47
It's the first piece of evidence offered by Venezuelan
officials since they declared last month that the 2012 accident
at Amuay, the deadliest ever experienced by the local oil
industry, was the result of sabotage aimed at destabilizing the
country's leftist government.
In a presentation to oil industry workers, Mr. Ramirez said
the year long investigation concluded that nuts and bolts on a
key pump in a pipeline that transported olefins to the
neighboring Cardon refinery "were intentionally
Mr. Ramirez said the dislodging of the connection line
helped create a "massive gas leak" around much of the
refinery's storage areas, which was then set ablaze by the
ignition of a vehicle used by National Guard members patrolling
the area.
Of the 47 people killed in the explosion, 24 were from the
National Guard, while their family members living on the site
of the refinery accounted for another
The findings are part of a 140 page report produced from the
investigation conducted by state energy monopoly Petroleos de
Venezuela, or PdVSA, as well as the country's Attorney
General's office and the state intelligence agency Sebin.
No independent parties were involved in the
Mr. Ramirez and other government heads dismissed as
"irresponsible" an independent report released last month by
the Energy Orientation Center, a group of Venezuelan oil
industry professionals and former PdVSA workers, which said the
Amuay disaster followed in trend of increasing accidents at
PdVSA facilities. The analysts allege that
the frequent mishaps are the result of insufficient maintenance at plants run by the
energy monopoly, charges that state officials strongly
Government figures say the alleged act of sabotage was
carried out by enemies of the state but haven't specified who
was responsible.
Officials say the blast left about $1.1 billion in damages
at the plant. The losses reach $2 billion when factoring in
lost production and other opportunity costs due to the
accident, Mr. Ramirez said on August 25, 2013.
Jesus Luongo, a PdVSA board member who oversees the
Paraguana Refining Complex, which includes
Amuay, said the company will begin the process of making claims
with its insurers, now that the investigation report has been
He said, however, that he didn't know how much insurers
would pay for the damages.
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Jeffry House
The "sabotage" explanation is strictly for fools and Stalinists. A gas leak occurred. They say the valve was left open purposely, yet cannot say who did it, or when. How do they know it wasn't done accidentally? They provide no answer to this question.
Robert in Houston
However difficult, leave aside all the political posturing: something is inconsistent with the "sabotage" explanation. The saboteurs are patient enough to wait for the right [rare] wind conditions, smart enough to know the right pump to hit (inside knowledge), brazen enough to do it right across from the Guarda caserne, yet too stupid to take the right wrenches and have to use a pipe-wrench, leaving marred nuts??? Of course the photos have not been released, but what other "evidence" could there be? Nuts are often reused and will show wrench marks from proper loosening. Frankly, I wouldn't be too surprised if some PdVSA "hires" used pipe-wrenches on nutsroutinely!A more likely cause is vibration, which gets much worse with foundation deterioration and/or missing tie-downs. Easy to miss if operators are untrained or skipping rounds.
Paul Tudor
This is a new lie from PDVSA and the Venezuelan government, where were the surveillance cameras, why there was not detected by the operations supervisor, why the pressure drop was not detected by the operations control room, to loose those nuts and bolts it is a cumbersome procedure, if it is don manually you need a hammer and the appropriate tool, if you use a torque wrench the same you make noise.All this report is to avoid the insurance company investigation which I am sure will find negligence in the management of this accident by lack of maintenance.
Ruben Perez
For now is not a public document the one generated by the internal PDVSA investigation committee. It is available to everyone a presentation of the final report than summarizes the results obtained after one year of study and analysis by a group of professionals who have faithfully followed the rules on accidents evaluation in PDVSA. Next link you will find the presentation http://tinyurl.com/owzwbgjThe final report, according to the President of PDVSA has at least 200 pages including attachments. When this document is made public every one can evaluate in depth its content.On many occasions it was noted that there were various teams working on the finding of the root causes of the event , including teams from the insurance company. Also the President of PDVSA shows the participation in the investigation of the manufacturers of the equipment involved .From the comments made on this page , I see several errors , but the most significant is that indicated they had 2 people working on the pump at the time of the leak. The reality is that once detected the problem ( through low flow alarm in the control system ) 11:57 pm, two people were sents to the area to verify what was happening.It is not a secret in Venezuela that security zones in refineries and processing plants have been consistently violated, major freeways are placed a few meters from the process equipment , entire cities have grown to meters of these . The third-party intrusions are common in operational areas , more than you think. This is where PDVSA must take decisive action .Now some of the operational questions that everyone should ask:• In a large refinery , petrochemicals complex process area , How many times a day operator visit the product storage area?• How many cases of decoupling of the Pump - Foundation bolt in operation do you know? Bolts # 7 Slide 37 , 38 and 39 in the presentation.• Many argue lack of maintenance. If there is lack of maintenance why the safety valves in the storage spheres functioned properly and prevented these explode? Slide 17 in the presentation.Now in a highly politicized country like Venezuela , amid an electoral race ( Presidential Election October 7, 2012 ) it was possible to prevent the victory of Hugo Chavez . Remember the bombing of the Atocha Train Station in Spain at Vespers of the 2004 presidential election http://tinyurl.com/2v4yqqAlso it must be remembered that the only energy company sabotaged by a lot of workers for purely political reasons ( Demanding the resignation of Hugo Chavez) was PDVSA in December 2002 .That said, and since in Venezuela some people insist on mixing the technical to the political , and ignore the importance of clarifying a fact is serious and painful as the death of several people even in their sleep , following an accident that still is under criminal investigation , I believe that all the hypotheses stated in the presentation that has greater feasibility is the hypot
WE Brookis
Unlike the previous commenter I have no personal connection with the situation. The only argument for sabotage is the work of the worker. I do not find it inconceiavable that the fastiners might vibrate enough to loosen on the high pressure pump. To the contrary in my 40 years of engineering I have seen it hundreds of times. His mention that two men are working on the pump at the time of the explosion tells us that the leak had been know about for at least some time normally meaning block and flare from both ends. For sure the knowledge of the leak should have stoped all vehicle traffic even if the leak was thought to be small. The very indication that the gas detectors failed to pick up the gas leak indicates that the technology was either outdated, or nucance alarms were very common and were not seen as a pattern as the front moved across the ground saturating the detectors to above the 100% of LEL. Companies big and small need third and even foruth party validations to make clear the findings for such desasterious situations.
How easy it appears to enter the Amuay Refinery premises in order to commit a sabotage, this said having in mind the strong surveillance and security personnel maintained by the Venezuelan Government at all their production installations. I guess the alleged intruders were a group of 007 Agents with the mechanical skills required to work on loosening nuts & bolts in pumps and piping working at their typical refinery severity. I think that is just a big bluff for the layman, which we Process Engineers find totally absurd and unacceptable whatsoever. Besides, are all the failures the results of acts of sabotage; come on Mr Ramirez this looks like a Chinese Urban legend repeated again and again. By the way, no offense to the Chinese People....
Carlos Diaz
The report produced by the oil minister and PDVSA's president is infantile at best. The following facts remain:1) PDVSA did not make the claim with his insurers at the time the explosion occurred fearing an independent (reliable) investigation. Only now, after all evidence has been removed, they think about making the claim (hence the facility's manager questioning whether they will collect at all).2) A previous insurance audit report, months before the explosion, indicated that gas leak detection sensors were inoperative. Other major maintenance shortcomings, relevant to the explosion event, were also pointed out in that report. They continued to be inoperative at the time of the explosion. This is why a major leak, spilling over quite a few hours, went undetected.3) PDVSA did not renew its insurance policies with their traditional brokers and insurance companies. Instead, for the past few months, they have been fast-tracking a switch to lesser known firms (one of them Russian) who may be willing to accept the policies. At this time PDVSA's insurance status remains unclear.4) Upon the publication of the report "proving" sabotage, PDVSA's president and oil minister, Rafael Ramirez, personally supervised a company-wide survey made mandatory to all refining personnel. The answers to the survey questions, confirming the belief that they thought it was sabotage, were pre-defined; employees only had to sign their names to the survey. It was made clear to all that those who refused to sign the survey would be fired on the spot.(Remember that this is the same guy who in 2002 fired more than 20,000 -twenty thousand- skilled personnel from PDVSA after they had gone on strike against the imposition of specific political ideologies within the company).5) At this time, the authorship of this report "proving sabotage" remains unknown. Neither reliable risk evaluation and analysis organizations nor any independent technical expertise were called to participate. This was strictly an internal PDVSA's work carried out under close supervision and censorship by company authorities.In summary, the report was produced ONLY for domestic political use in Venezuela. It does little to improve PDVSA's international image and credibility.
Yiltzon Moreno
What once was one of the most efficient NOC's, has now become one of the companies with the worst record in safety and profitability.If the explosion was due to sabotage, as the Energy minister claims, He should resign as he felt to establish proper measures to secure those highly critical faciities. The fact that anybody can just go and loose screws in a refinery should switch on red lights and multiply by 100% the insurance fees of those facilities. This speech only aims to fuel the conspiracy theory that any wrong doing in Venezuela is a direct result of enemies that seek to threaten the regime installed there since 1999.
Marco FAirest
this report is laughable to say the least, sabotage has traditionally the scapegoat of those people that usurped the government. the real issue is the lack of maintenance on all of the infrastructure that belongs in Venezuela, the problem is endemic as it has manifested itself every where the government gets involved. either way, the real cause is imcompetence:1-toying with the sabotage theory, indicates the government is incapable of controlling a safe zone in the refinery complex, even though the complex has been militarized, and all personel that did not simpathize with the regime was fired.2-lack of maintenance theory, it is evident that the regime can't admit that maintenace budgets are being stolen from the coffers, the implications will be severe as insurance will most likelly refuse to pay, the only option avaliable to those corrupts is blame sabotage, iether way another nail in the coffin.......
thomas allsop
I live fairly close to the refinery and knew from past experience that the blast was due to a gas explosion. But too many coincidents at the time led me to believe that the cause was sabotage. Firstly, our normal weather is strong easterly winds but whenever a tropical depression passes to the north of Paragauana we have 2 or 3 windless days (this was the condition on the days before during and after the explosion). So no wind to dilute the gas concentration. Secondly it is inconceiavable that the nuts and bolts on a high pressure gas pump can work loose. Thirdly gas detectors didn't pick-up the gas leak (by definition the gas spreading over an area of several windless acres will hug the ground). Fourthly, a maintenance engineer repairing the pum stated that the nuts and bolts had been tampered with. He survivied, his supervisor standing next to him him died. For these reasons the gas leakage continued for some 8 hours before the explosion. Just how can you dilute the gas if there is no wind? Yes, sabotage it must have been. This was my conclusion on the day of the explosion
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ANDERSON, S.C. – After posting a ninth-place at the Tusculum College Invitational nearly four weeks ago, the Anderson University men's golf team returns to the Volunteer State to compete in Lincoln Memorial's Tennessee River Rumble on Monday and Tuesday.
The Railsplitters will host the two-day event at the Tennessee National Golf Club in Louden, Tenn., with the tournament marking AU's final regular-season outing and comes less than a week before the South Atlantic Conference opens the three-day league championship in Sevierville, Tenn.
Senior Sean Shelton paced the Trojans at the Tusculum Invitational with a 16th-place finish, while Arran Setro finished in a tie for 40th. David Wachter was two shots further back in a tie for 48th, along with teammates CJ Messana and Rob Warren.

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what is robot.txt??
what is robot.txt??
Robots.txt is a text (not html) file you put on your site to tell search robots which pages you would like them not to visit. Robots.txt is by no means mandatory for search engines but generally search engines obey what they are asked not to do. It is important to clarify that robots.txt is not a way from preventing search engines from crawling your site (i.e. it is not a firewall, or a kind of password protection) and the fact that you put a robots.txt file is something like putting a note "Please, do not enter" on an unlocked door – e.g. you cannot prevent thieves from coming in but the good guys will not open to door and enter. That is why we say that if you have really sen sitive data, it is too naïve to rely on robots.txt to protect it from being indexed and displayed in search results.
Pretty much meaningless posts just for signature spam. I had to ban you once again.
Robot.txt file is a simply text file.the purpose of robot.txt file is to tell the search engine to not crawl a page,which is robot.txt file.in a simple manner,search engine will not visit a page of your site,if you write a robot.txt command in a page.
"Robots.txt is a text file that has a special meaning to the majority of "honorable" robots on the web. By defining a few rules in this text file, you can instruct robots to not crawl and index certain files, directories within your site, or at all. For example, you may not want Google to crawl the /images directory of your site, as it's both meaningless to you and a waste of your site's bandwidth. "Robots.txt" lets you tell Google just that."
Robot are text files as we can see its extension but on the other hand we can say that robot always remains robot they react according to instruction We have some parts in website which are private we not want to be crawled by robot.
Robots.txt is a file which is use to give the instructions to the robots of search engine. We can allow and disallow the robots of search engine on a particular folder and page.
Disallow:/Folder Name/
Disallow:/Folder Name/
Originally Posted by sandrajollyRobots.txt file does not improve your search engine positioning.
It provides robots with information concerning which files you will not allow to be crawled and indexed in the search engines.
When the search engine robot crawls your site it looks for the robots.txt file.
If it doesn't find one it assumes automatically that it may crawl and index the entire site.
This allows all robots to crawl all files.
User-agent: *
This Disallows all robots to crawl a folder called /cmsbuffet/ .
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The OP was banned for asking this (and other) silly question, and I think it has been fully answered.
So to any else who visits this thread, please read it first and only post to it if you have something new and relevant to say.
So to any else who visits this thread, please read it first and only post to it if you have something new and relevant to say.
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Originally Posted by sachinseorobots.txt is the file which doesnt allow crawlers to a site, for that you need to specify disallow function in webmaster tools and generate the txt file and upload to your server in root directory.
Generate a robots.txt file using the Create robots.txt tool
On the Webmaster Tools Home page, click the site you want.
Under Site configuration, click Crawler access.
Click the Create robots.txt tab.
Choose your default robot access. We recommend that you allow all robots, and use the next step to exclude any specific bots you don't want accessing your site. This will help prevent problems with accidentally blocking crucial crawlers from your site.
Specify any additional rules. For example, to block Googlebot from all files and directories on your site:
In the Action list, select Disallow.
In the Robot list, click Googlebot.
In the Files or directories box, type /.
Click Add. The code for your robots.txt file will be automatically generated.
Save your robots.txt file by downloading the file or copying the contents to a text file and saving as robots.txt. Save the file to the highest-level directory of your site. The robots.txt file must reside in the root of the domain and must be named "robots.txt". A robots.txt file located in a subdirectory isn't valid, as bots only check for this file in the root of the domain. For instance, http://www.example.com/robots.txt is a valid location, but http://www.example.com/mysite/robots.txt is not.
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We have moved!!10/19/2011
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We are headed down to Mazatlan and back for our 6 Months Oct, 20th.
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Home again02/25/2011, Mazatlan
We left La Cruz Monday February 21 about 0700 and arrived in Mazatlan Tuesday at 1500. Not a bad trip. We usually break it up by stopping in San Blas (Matachen Bay) however because of the week delay waiting for the fog to clear we were in a bit of a hurry. It was a pretty uneventful trip. If fact once we rounded Punta Mita we could of set the autopilot and slept until just outside of Mazatlan.
February 21-Free at last02/25/2011, La Cruz, Banderas Bay,
Free at last
Did ya hear it?02/15/2011, The Vortex
Did ya hear it? You know. The sucking sound of us being draged into La Cruz against our will.
We are hanging out in beautiful Tenacatita Bay with about 15-20 boats. Much different from the first time we were here this season and we were the only boat. The Mayor, Robert aboard Harmony, has returned, and with him a whole bunch of activities. About 1:30 the "swim to shore" starts and then a walk along the beach and always bocce ball after that. Sometimes there is Mexican train dominos, or a game of volleyball. The one sport we all enjoy (some more than others) is the often exciting game of "beach landings". The surf here has been big for the last couple of days and the landings get more exciting as the swell increases.
The second entry not looking so good.
And the third, a perfect landing for Mind Magic
On Thursday we had a special sport day. Don and Deb from Buena Vista taught us all to play cricket. What a fun time. We all tried to take a turn at being the "bowler". Not an easy throw. It's kind of an over hand throw with your elbow locked.
There are 2 batsmen and they run back and forth in the pitch to score runs as the ball is hit
I try my hand at batting
Don from Buena Vista shows us all the correct way. 29
The crowd watches Dennis bowl
I am sure we missed some of the finer points of the game and no one from the beach here is going to be recruited to the major league but a great time was had by all!! Thanks to Buena Vista, Don and Deb
La Manzanilla01/30/2011
On Friday Mike and I got one of the Panga drivers to take us over to the town of La Manzanilla. With the palapas and tiendas closed indefinably at the aquarium, the closest place to provision while here in Tenacatita Bay is La Manzanilla. We had 25 people show up to Slacker at 9am to tie up their dingys and wait for the panga. Juan made 3 trips back and forth and then picked us up for the return trip at about 1 pm. Everyone had fun, got some grocery shopping done and enjoyed breakfast or lunch in the quaint town.
La Manzanilla01/30/2011
Juan the panguero
La Manzanilla01/30/2011
One of the very full pangas on the trip in to La Manzanilla with
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Mija and Harmony, miss those guys!!!!! Miss you two as well.
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The ocean themed town square
Ok so I made fun of the sign in the Soriana store telling people not to bring their pet squirrels to the store. So a bunch of us go for a store run to Melaque and low and behold what do we find, but a pet squirrel. He/She sits in the cage in front of a store and plays with a towel. I had no idea there are squirrel pet owners. I bet they are not happy about the Soriana sign.
Barra Lagoon01/24/2011
We went on a hike with the "Grey Maxers" thru the golf course and to the beach on the other side of the lagoon in Barra. As always it is a great time walking with Bill and MJ. That girl knows her birds. We saw a ton (actually she saw a ton! we saw lots of branches and trees where the birds used to be) and she can name them all. The beach is beautiful over there and the stairs carved out of the sandstone go up to the top and then back down to a lovely cove uncovered at low tide. We will go back there and do a little snorkeling on the next time we are in Barra.
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'Like a Shadow'
Maya is a young woman who works at the foundation I direct. Until a few months ago, she also worked part-time as my adult daughter's babysitter. (Moy Moy has special needs and requires constant care.) I play a sort of mother role to Maya. Her own mother died three years ago, her father abandoned the family long ago, and she has no elder woman in her life.
Maya quit when she became pregnant. She and her husband were thrilled about becoming parents and each time we met, I got an update on the morning sickness, the weight gain, the items they were collecting for the baby.
A few weeks ago, she called me in a panic. She had just had an ultrasound and the results were bad. The baby—five months along—had anencephaly, a condition in which the skull does not form properly and which is generally "incompatible with life."
I went immediately to meet her. My heart was pounding as I neared her home, a tiny two-room place with a hand-pump in the front yard and no running water inside. I knew she would do whatever I suggested she should do.
Before coming, I had Googled anencephaly. I found a website that profiled families who had decided to carry the pregnancy to term, to give their babies as long a life as possible and to make their inevitable deaths peaceful and calm. One family had hired a photographer who specialized in documenting such traumatic situations. The woman, beautiful in her pregnancy, was photographed in various positions. The child, born full-term, was also photographed lovingly and sensitively. As I thought of Maya, these photographs made me unreasonably angry.
She was tearful and frightened when we met. She showed me the ultrasound images in which her baby's head was clearly malformed, and she informed me matter-of-factly that the doctor had already given her a pill to induce an abortion—the follow-up procedure would happen the next day at the hospital. I felt a strange sense of relief, a mixture of guilt and gratitude: the decision had already been made. There was no moral stand to be taken, no need to convince her to see the pregnancy through.
Had I been in her position, that's what I would have done—see it through, just like the woman on the website. And just like her, I probably would have made a big fuss about it with photos and heartfelt prose. But neither of us would ever be in Maya's position. Neither of us lives in a slum; neither of us would ever give birth to a dying baby in a dingy, unhygienic hospital.
"You'll come with me tomorrow, Didi?" Maya asked. There was really no doubt in her voice. There was no doubt in my mind, either. Yes, I—the first person to go to jail in the United States for protesting abortion—would be there. I would hold Maya's hand and help her through a process she didn't choose and would have given anything not to endure.
I have attended many births but this was the first time I had to help a woman deliver a baby we both knew would be dead. In the end, an emergency at home prevented me from being there at the moment the baby emerged, but I was back twenty minutes later. Maya was dozing; her husband and mother-in-law sat quietly beside her. The baby was in a plastic bag, lying on the floor behind the bathroom door.
I asked Maya if I could look at her and she said yes. The nurse took the baby out of the bag and held her out for me to see. She was the exact length of my hand and, except for the head, she was perfect: fingers, toes, hands, and feet—all in miniature, all lovely and complete.
"Maya! Look at her!" I said. "She's so beautiful." Maya's eyes filled with tears. "Would you like to name her?" I asked. In India, babies are named several months after birth, so I knew this was pushing things. Maya shook her head. "Oh, go on." I said gently. "She's your first born. She's your little daughter."
"I want to name her Chhaya," she said. ("Chhaya" means shade.) "Because she came like a shadow and she went like one." The speed of her response surprised me. She had clearly been thinking about it already, and I was suddenly confronted with the assumptions I had made about Maya, about how the daily burdens of a life without a safety net would have determined her decisions. Maybe she, too, would have preferred to go through with the pregnancy. Now we'll never know.
That evening I Googled the drug Maya had been given and learned that it could not have been effective at inducing an abortion so late in a pregnancy. I think I had half-suspected as much all along but hadn't wanted to know for sure. I think I had been trying to protect Maya from the horror she would feel while delivering a baby with an open skull. (The old textbooks called such babies "anencephalic monsters.")
The paternalistic approach to medicine that prevails in India, particularly for the poor, ensured that Maya was guided toward the abortion while remaining completely ignorant about her options. The doctor simply told her the baby needed to be "cleaned out." There was no discussion about the baby's future or Maya's right to decide if she wanted to meet her at least for the few days she had to live before her inevitable death.
The hospital was going to bury the baby along with a few tumors and other surgical debris. Instead, we took her home and buried her in our garden with a simple ceremony: we said a prayer; my nephew sang "Amazing Grace." We planted impatiens around the tombstone—those colorful flowers that grow so beautifully in the shade.
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You observed: "Maya shook her head. 'Oh, go on.' I said gently. 'She's your first born. She's your little daughter.'"
You may have spoken softly, but I sorry, I cannot find gentleness in the actions you describe - to me those seem everybit as mindlessly intrusive as the ones you characterize as paternalistic. Did it not occur to ask - "Maya, how can I be of help to you?"
"Maya! Look at her!" I said. "She's so beautiful." Maya's eyes filled with tears. "Would you like to name her?" I asked. In India, babies are named several months after birth, so I knew this was pushing things. Maya shook her head. "Oh, go on." I said gently. "She's your first born. She's your little daughter. - See more at: http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/shadow#sthash.D9vhf1LT.dpuf
I would not criticize the author for what she said, since I don't know enough about her relationship with Maya. She had asked her to be with her; which suggests a level of trust. This was the only opportunity for Maya to see her baby and say Good--bye. Instead of being discarded, the baby's brief life was acknowledged and honored.
It should be obvious even to the most dogmatic, absolutist Catholic/Christian that sometimes an abortion is justified---as in the case of Maya and others like her. Granted, abortion should not be a means of birth control, but compassion should be shown to the mother (& father) of such fetuses, not just the fetuses themselves. Moreove, who should make these difficult decisions, and who should pay for the care of such helpless beings when mothers are forced to bring them to term?
My objective is not to criticize the author per se, but rather to take the opportunity to reflect upon what action she took - and how she has subsequently contextualized that action in this piece. I take the publishing of the piece to be an invitation to such further reflection.
It seems worthy to us all to ponder what alternative choices were available to build upon the trust Maya showed.
I suggest that this vignette shows us how difficult it is in this area of moral challenge, to be mindful of the living in the presence of these natural tragedies. How difficult it is to set aside our inevitably imperfect preconceptions of "the way the world should work" on the level of human policy and just be present to those whose anguish is as intensely private at any that I can imagine.
I find the decision "We took her home and buried her in our own garden" to be a crassly political one - not one of compassion. Perhaps it was not premeditated, I cannot know that, but, why not a memorial service in Maya's humble home?
The spiritual value of wakes, funerals, and such is not to soften the landing of the departed in Heaven - it is to restore the weary on Earth. It would seem to me this point escaped the author's comprehension in this instance. I can understand that - what the Commonweal editors were thinking I'm still wondering.
I have to agree that the description of burying the child in her own garden seemed jarring. If this was not to help heal the mother's heart was it serving to help assuage the writer's guilt? And if so was it not inappropriate? The mother should have been allowed to decide on the proper rite for the burial of her child.
But, it was obviously a very traumatic experience for all concerned and the writer is courageous to share the story.
I would like to ask Right-to-Life folks: Who will pay for the life-long, around-the-clock care of an essentially totally-dependent, minimally human, being, such as Maya (& there are many others like her)? Who will adopt an unwanted physically-deformed or brain-damaged baby?
***Editor: I meant to say Maya's baby, not Maya, and that there are many babies like Maya's who live a long time. How can I correct this? Or, please correct this.
I don't think it is at all obvious. And that is because there is a premise behind that position that is quite troubling. To say that an abortion is justified is to say that some lives aren't worth living, some people aren't worth protecting, some people aren't worth the sacrifice. That is troubling on two levels, both idealistically and practically.
Idealistically, it is contrary to fundamental beliefs about the worth of the human person (a value that God held so high as to come to earth and die for our salvation). The very fact that we would draw the line and abandon one for whom God was willing to die shows either a rock-hard callousness or a deeply misguided compassion.
Practically, it is troubling because if a line can be drawn, then it can be drawn anywhere. Why draw the line at an anencephalic child? Why not a developmentally disabled child? Why not a below average child? Why not the sick? Why not the mentally troubled? Any argument used to deny the anencephalic child her right to life and right to protection can be applied to some other child that we would likely choose to protect. Either human life is sacred or it is not. Either every person is an icon of God, or no person is. And thus, if we are willing to draw a line at all, it then becomes simply a matter of the strong imposing their line on the weak .. another thing that runs contrary to Catholicism.
As to your question of who would pay for the care of such people, that is a crass appeal. We do not look at the problem of poverty and say, "Well, let's just kill them off, because who is going to pay for their needs?" We are our brothers' keepers, even when our brothers need a lot of keeping.
Thank you for your thoughtful response. We would agree that Maya was deprived of the opportunity to make an informed decision about her pregnancy. An abortion was more or less forced on her without her perhaps understanding what was happening and that this wasn't the only option. The author was confronted with the fact. I can understand that she felt relieved not to have to be part of a difficult decision. She did prevent the baby from being discarded, and provided for Maya an opportunity to see and name her baby, make the baby's short life "real" to her. We are not told what Maya's tradition is and what options a woman living in an Indian slum might have about funeral and burial. I would think that the author talked to her about it. The brief reference to the burial in the garden may sound jarring, but this doesn't mean that is how it was. I wasn't there! I believe the author did what she thought and felt to be best under extremely difficult circumstances. We have the leisure to reflect on other options, something she didn't have. So I respect her both in what she did and for sharing this difficult experience.
P.S. This response was intended for William P. Mullins.
The crucial thing is that the author was there, being a person for another person who was in an impossible situation. She did the most she could. And shared it with us. What more can we ask Thank you, Jo.
Edda, Jim: I do appreciate your sensitivity and insight. In the very short space I am allowed in my column, it is difficult to cover it all. You both gave me the benefit of the doubt, withholding judgment and assuming there must be more to the the story.
How could there not be? 1000 words to deal with disability, abortion, poverty, cultural differences, the powerlessness of a young woman, the views of a traditional society, the taboos around pregnancy and childbirth . . .
Very quickly: Hindus do not bury. Yet no family would even consider a cremation (with its expense and elaborate preparations) for a baby like Chhaya. Maya reacted with tears and dismay to the nurse's move to throw the baby in with the trash, yet burial would not have occurred to her as it is totally outside her tradition. My offer - which I came up with on the spot, without forethought - seemed the only possible solution. Calling it "crassly political" is so far from the truth I don't really know what to say to William Mullins.
I expected a discussion on the complexity of abortion. I have to say I am dismayed and saddened by irrelevant and uninformed comments on my relationship with a young woman I hold very dear.
Jo, thank you for your response! As a healthcare professional I know the challenge of difficult situations that require quick decisions. I appreciate the added information since I suspected that Maya might be Hindu, and cremation of her baby not a realistic choice for her. I admire your compassion and am sorry that the intention of your article was missed by some respondents. I am sure being a columnist is not easy, and brings both joys and disappointments. Blessings to you and your ministry!
It's fairly easy for someone who has no responsibility for a fetus which will become totally dependent to say that the mother must bring that fetus to term. Who will care for, and pay for, an unwanted child who is severly brain damaged or physically deformed is not being "crass", it is being "realistic". Very tough life and death choices are made every day by family members and physicians. Why complicate these agonizing choices by the intrusion of big goverment? Many of us don't "look at the problem of poverty"; we look away from the problem of poverty and pretend that it doesn't exist.
It's fairly easy for a person who has no responsibilitiy for a fetus which will become totally dependent to say that the mother must bring that fetus to term. Who will care for, and pay for, an unwanted, severly brain damaged or physically deformed child is not being "crass", it is being realistic. Very difficult life and death decisions are being made every day by family members and physicians. Each case is unique. Why complicate these agonizing decisions with general laws enforced by big government? Many of us do not "look at the problem of poverty"; we look away from the problem of poverty and pretend that it doesn't exist.
It's fairly easy for a person who has no responsibilitiy for a fetus which will become totally dependent to say that the mother must bring that fetus to term. Who will care for, and pay for, an unwanted, severly brain damaged or physically deformed child is not being "crass", it is being realistic. Very difficult life and death decisions are being made every day by family members and physicians. Each case is unique. Why complicate these agonizing decisions with general laws enforced by big government? Many of us do not "look at the problem of poverty"; we look away from the problem of poverty and pretend that it doesn't exist.
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The author indicated she was expecting a discussion on "the complexity of abortion." That is what she is getting. To suggest my comments were irrelevant and uninformed is consistent with having missed my point in the first place. I can grant that a decision was made on the spot to offer a Hindu the option of shifting over to the author's religious tradition for purposes of holding an ad hoc and totally foreign ceremony in memory of the lost child.
Why then not offer to pay for a cremation? The crassly political action I described is not any one related to the sequence of events surrounding the internment of the remains. Rather the allegation was against the considered decision to write this story, publish it in a US journal and then still, upon considerable reflection conclude that it was "really" not about using a relationship you have that came under horrible distress for the purpose of making a political point in America.
I doubt Maya knows of this exchange; neither she nor your relationship with her are at risk here; that you chose to keep the debate going reinforces my judgment that your motives in publishing this story were flawed. I am of course not any more qualified to sit in final judgment than any other living person, but we all do the best we can with limited information and different contexts.


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Privately-held Salof is known for its cryogenic plant design and fabrication for small LNG and CO2 applications. GE, a leader in large-scale LNG technologies, said it recently launched LNG solutions with a significantly smaller footprint and capacity that are complementary to Salof's offerings.
GE Oil & Gas has agreed to acquire Salof Companies, a
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we are interested in the following sujects :1- Financing for the start of LNG project;2- Technology and line equipment for construction of the LNG plant.
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This is a most welcome development in the gas business, particularly LNG. This move by GE and Salof will boost the development and market of the small scale mini-LNG technology in the United State and export of the same technology to other parts of the world. Small scale LNG plants can be found in many countries and the list is growing. In Nigeria, ISOMER ENERGY proposed mini-LNG project work is at an advance stage. We are interested in and will like to leverage on the technology of GE and Salof to construct and install this Plant in Delta State, Nigeria. The involvement of GE in the development and improvement of power in Nigeria at this time and the building of mini LNG plant amounts to a wider coverage of GE's expertise and impact world wide. Congratulation
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Austin has graced the track at six NASCAR Nationwide Series races. If Austin qualifies for the Indianapolis 500 next May, he will follow racing pioneer Willy T. Ribbs, who became the first black Indy driver in 1991.
A native of Eudora, Kansas, Austin began driving with a go-kart at 8 years old. It was only ten years later that the young competitor would become the first black driver in history to compete in a NASCAR Nationwide Series oval track event at Memphis Motorsports Park. As early as age 13, Austin proved that he was a driving champion after winning the "Future Dirt Track World Championship."
Austin had made a name for himself as a young man with a determination for winning through ultimate speed on the dirt track. However, his spirit was tested when he lost several friends and mentors from Hendrick Motorsports in a tragic plane accident.
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Working with Ubuntu 12.04 server. Trying to upgrade from 8.04 on an old but reliable server which can't boot from USB.
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techniques include high dynamic range imaging, flash-noflash imaging, coded
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and plenoptic imaging. Computational videography extends these ideas to moving
pictures, as well as introducing additional techniques such as stabilization
and spatio-temporal super-resolution.
In this talk, I will briefly survey the state-of-the-art in computational
photography and videography, and I will describe my laboratory's project to
build an open-source camera platform. Our current prototype, called the
Frankencamera, accommodates SLR lenses and SLR-quality sensors, runs Linux, is
programmable at the microsecond time scale, and is connected to the Internet.
I will end by describing several ongoing research projects: (1) high-speed
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compositing, (3) a domain-specific language (DSL) for photographic image
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computational photography, including CMOS imagers having multi-bucket pixels."
Biographical sketch:
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Presses sprang into life with survivors accounts of the Titanic sinking, as well as "true stories" by people who were no closer to the iceberg than the engraving on a newspaper frontpage. Quality varied, and it was consistent integrity that pushed the New York Times from one of a dozen local papers into a national media outlet. Lawrence Beesley, a schoolteacher and survivor, prefaced his 1912 book The Loss of the SS. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons with this very issue of accuracy:
Some five weeks after the survivors from the Titanic landed in New York, I was the guest at luncheon of Hon. Samuel J. Elder and Hon. Charles T. Gallagher, both well-known lawyers in Boston. After luncheon I was asked to relate to those present the experiences of the survivors in leaving the Titanic and reaching the Carpathia... When I had done so, Mr. Robert Lincoln O'Brien, the editor of the Boston Herald, urged me as a matter of public interest to write a correct history of the Titanic disaster, his reason being that he knew several publications were in preparation by people who had not been present at the disaster, but from newspaper accounts were piecing together a description of it. He said that these publications would probably be erroneous, full of highly coloured details, and generally calculated to disturb public thought on the matter.
Published in June 1912, Beesley's account was released only nine weeks after the disaster. Yet it was in response to even earlier released and contemporaneously planned books. The Loss of the S.S. Titanic can be read by clicking on the frontispiece below, courtesy of the Internet Archive.
Amongst the most interesting and lurid of 1912's Titanic publications is the following. Sinking of the Titanic advertised itself as a memorial edition with the byline of "Thrilling Stories Told by Survivors". The frontispiece, reproduced below and far more resplendent than the tastefully understated Beesley book, describes it in considerably greater detail. As a whole, it is rich with hymns, poems, survivors accounts, moralizing, photographs, drawings, memorials, news articles, urban legends and ample blame, organized in a fashion nearly devoid of reason. The following excerpt from the preface exemplifies the violent hue of the prose:
Sorrow that is too deep and strong for words clutches the heart-strings of humanity and the Nation mourns for the heroic dead, who were carried down into the sea with the crushed "Titanic." They faced death with high hearts, making the Supreme Sacrifice so that the women and the helpless little ones might live.
It is a heart-rending story, redeemed and ennobled by the heroism of the victims. Its details are appalling. The world is full of mournings for the dead. Nature has conquered again destroying with ruthless hand the most marvelous ship that ever floated on the bosom of the deep.
It is the worst disaster that ever befell any vessel. It is the wrecking of a whole armada within one hull of steel, vaunted as unsinkable.
The sinking of the "Titanic" is an appalling catastrophe, in the contemplation of which any words that can be uttered are as futile as in the presence of the awful majesty of the Angel of Death.
Click on the frontspiece below to read a copy of Sinking of the Titanic.
In much the same vein is Marsahll Everett's Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic, also claiming to be replete with thrilling survivor's tales, religious admonitions and reprinted editorial cartoons. It can also be read by clicking on the frontispiece.


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OFF TOPIC: Just noticed in the NY Times that Sara Mearns is scheduled to dance a non-NYCB gig in June -- the closing program of the NY Philharmonic's season, ...
No Sara Mearns. Not good!
... an evening of Stravinsky ballets ("The Fairy's Kiss" and "Petrouchka") with Karole Armitage creating choreography for the New York City Ballet dancer Sara Mearns.
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Things picked up considerably with This Bitter Earth, an excerpt of a new ballet by C. Wheeldon titled Five Movements, Three Repeats. I thought this ballet was sensational, and I hope that this one becomes part of the rep of NYCB. Whelan and Tyler Angle danced a tender and moving pdd of great depth. The costumes were much more neutral in this ballet than the other costumes that Valentino created for this evening. Wendy's dress had a sheer skirt that allowed you to see her line. Chris Wheeldon again strikes gold in creating a role on his muse, Wendy.
Rubies brought a number of significant debuts, and was cast primarily with corps and soloist members. Ashly Isaacs and Danny Ulbricht did the third section of the ballet, and they were brilliant. Their super charged technique and extroverted stage manner were spot on. Kikta initially looked tentative as the tall girl, but she improved as the ballet proceeded. It was good to see Anthony Huxley back on stage again after a long absence. He did the pdd with Lauren Lovette. I thought they were wonderful together, and that Lovette did an excellent job in bringing out the angularity of her role. This girl is going places. Pereira, Carmena and Lowery danced the initial section of the ballet..Why hasn't Ulbricht been cast in this ballet before? He is perfect for it, and he is, in my opinion, underutilized at NYCB.
The final ballet of the evening was Bal de Couture, to the music from Eugene Onegin. Again, I thought the costumes upstaged the choreography of Martins. Six of the women wear gorgeous dresses designed in various permutations of black and white. The dresses are so elaborate and have so many layers that there is no possibility of inserting any complex lifts into the choreography. The dresses, in my opinion, hamper any possiblity of demanding choreography for those who are wearing them. The main role of these beautifully dressed ladies is to waltz around the stage with their dapper partners during the polonaise from Eugene Onegin. In addition, there are three women wearing tutus (M. Fairchild, Bouder and Peck). Personally, I thought the six dresses were gorgeous, but the tutus were unflattering. They made these three women look short waisted and broad shouldered, in my opinion. (The women all have their hair done up in elaborate up-dos.) I thought the choreography for the ensemble was very pedestrian. The central leads of the ballet are Janie Taylor, Robbie Fairchild and Sebastian Marcovici. (Janie's dress is a lovely lilac color with billowing arms and a sequin butterfly in the center of the back. This dress is sheer and light, and is much more suitable for ballet dancing.) It is a romantic trio ballet which vaguely references the Onegin plot- Janie loves and is committed to Marcovici, but Fairchild is the man from her past for whom she still yearns. I was hoping that this would be developed more in the ballet, but it seemed to go nowhere. The choreography for the trio was pleasurable but uninspired.
All in all, a fun evening of costume and people watching.
By the way, the updated casting has Bouder replaced in her assignments for this week and next, but she danced tonight. Not sure what's up with that.
I'm not a big fan of Orpheus, but Taylor and Marcovici were compelling in this ballet earlier this week.
Although Sara Mearns did not dance, she looked sensational in her red Valentino gown on the red carpet.
Posted 21 September 2012 - 06:31 AM
Did Valentino do new costumes for Rubies as well? I can't find any pictures.
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No, the costumes for Rubies were not by Valentino. The Rubies costumes are the same ones that they use every season. It was obvious that most of the audience had never seen Rubies before, because there was a collective gasp and spontaneous applause when the curtain was first raised for this ballet.
That happens at EVERY performance......
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I have seen many different representations of the Orfeus myth, including the Paris Opera Ballet's version of Pina Bausch's "Orfeus", the Australian Opera's DVD version of Gluck's "Orfeo", Balanchine's "Chaconne", and, on Friday, Balanchine's "Orfeus". I did not notice any reference to Paradise or Elysian Fields in the Friday performance. I admit to experiencing some distractions. Did I miss it, or did the black hut represent this plane? Did Eurydice emerge from the black hut? Could Orpheus possibly have reunited Eurydice in the Underworld in this version?
In "101 Stories", Balanchine writes that Apollo tried to, but could not, retrieve the music or the lyre (I forget which). In the end, the lyre ascends by a prop that appears to be a rope/fish symbol/ broken figure 8/loop/near infinity image. Does that indicate the lyre was trapped and inaccessible? In the absence of Balanchine's explanation, I would have interpreted the image as perhaps hopeful. Usually a raising, elevation, ascension, or eternity indicates a form of salvation, not a failure. However, in light of Balanchine's writing, one must presume that the promise of retrieval or rebirth does not offer the benefits desired. Perhaps a souless, empty lyre, without Orpheus or Eurydice, offers little solace. The conductor explained the passage of music as similar to running in place, which I did not observe, but which would lend support to the conclusion contained in Balanchine's writing. However, this would appear to offer a negative commentary on Apollo's apparent triumph, in the previous ballet (which could be viewed as Act I in Friday's program), of his (a) birth/rebirth, (b) ascension, and © having conquered (i) his powers; (ii) his muses; (iii) his gifts; (iv) other levels or planes; and/or (v) time (?).
The following deserve special praise:
1. Ana Sophia Scheller, for her clean, beautiful performance as Calliope in "Apollo";
2. Amar Ramasar, for his beautiful lines, lyricism, and moving performance as the Dark Angel in "Orpheus";
3. Wendy Whelan, for being the incomparable Wendy Whelan, always on a different level, again on Friday as Eurydice in "Orpheus";
4. Megan LeCrone, for her self-reflective, thoughtful approach in "Agon"; and
5. Maria Kowroski, for her particular strength, athletic skill, ability to create dramatic tension, and near-flawless execution in the pdd in "Agon.
I wanted to see this program since it was first announced, and I waited until the last minute to buy tickets. Luckily, I obtained a $31.00 seat in the Fourth Ring. The same approach failed me with respect to the opera at BAM today, and so far, with respect to the upcoming ABT and Ratmatsky workshop at the Guggenheim. How early does one need to get on line to obtain canceled tickets to Works and Process generally?
Lastly, are Apollo's feet supposed to be sloppy, to convey his developing of mastery over his body, or do some dancers perform the steps in a neat fashion?
Posted 27 September 2012 - 06:35 PM
Scherzo a la Russe - It is short & sweet. A wonderful example of fine patterning and musical choreography. I could watch it several more time. It is a great opportunity for those SAB students to have stage time and be able to move big without technical challenges.
Divert La Baiser de la Fee - Tiler Peck, Tiler Peck, Tiler Peck - lush port de bras, beautiful musical phrasing, rock solid technique in every way. Who could ask for anything more. I'm not a fan of Gonzalo Garcia, he was OK. I just find that his movements are not completely finished, and he never dances in a way that lets you know he has time to spare.
Dances Concertantes - Very entertaining. Combine this with the two previous mentioned pieces and the choreographic inventiveness still is astounding. I loved Andrew Veyette in this. Everything looked sharp, taught and focused. If this is an indicator, this will be a great season for him. Megan Fairchild was also fine in this. They both brought a lot of humor and spice to the piece. It's funny, but to me the choreography isn't dated but the costumes are.
I didn't stay for Firebird. My husband dislikes the piece and I don't like it enough to sit through a 20 minute intermission to see it, particularly when I saw it twice last spring.
I'm going next Tuesday. Excited about Symphony in C - Reichlen in the 2nd movement and Lauren King getting a shot at the 4th. I'm hoping L. King will get promoted to soloist - there are only 2 female soloists at the moment.
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In Shafarevich's Basic Algebraic Geometry, he gives an example of why we use algebraically closed fields. He considers a circle $C$ and a point $P$ outside of it. He constructs the polar of $P$ as the line joining the points of contact of the two tangents to the circle that pass through $P$. If $P$ is on the circle, the tangent and the polar are the same. But these constructions can be expressed by algebraic relations between the coordinates of $P$ and the equation of $C$, and so are valid when $P$ is inside the circle.
But now, he says, the points of tangency of the tangents have complex coordinates and can't be seen in the figure in his book. But given that the data was real, we can realize certain facts: that the points of tangency must be conjugates and the polar is the line through them, and that the polar can be seen as the locus of points whose polar line passes through $P$.
Now, is there a picture for this situation in $\mathbb{C}$ where there is none in $\mathbb{R}^2$? I feel like I'm missing the point with no geometric intuition present to "refer" to. What are these algebraic relations that define this construction?


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